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Details are emerging about what triggered the shooting of a policewoman, Lance Corporal Francisca Tengey, by a soldier during lockdown duties last night.The identity of the soldier has been revealed as Able Seaman 1...

Government to absorb the electricity bills of low-income consumers of in the country for April, May and June.According to the president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the remaining consumers who fall outside of this category...

President Nana Akufo-Addo has extended the restrictions on movements in Accra and Kumasi by one more week from Monday, April 13, 2020.Delivering his sixth address on the progress of the national campaign to defeat...

The DCE for Gomoa West District Hon. Bismarck Baise Nkoom has vowed to cause the arrest and prosecution of anyone who will sell water or lock his tap in the area after President Akufo-Addo...

Former President John Agyekum Kufour is entreating Ghanaians to exercise patience with the demands on the government to absorb electricity tariffs in addition to water bills as the nation battles the coronavirus pandemic.According to...

The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS in the light of the spread of the deadly coronavirus disease, has reaffirmed its solidarity with member states and continues to support them in the fight...

The Deputy Western Regional Minister, Mrs. Eugenia Gifty Kusi has pledged on behalf of the Central Government to provide the Ellembelle District Health Directorate with Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) to fight against the deadly Coronavirus pandemic.The...

Failure to have the New Patriotic Party (NPP) membership card implied no food.This is according to a woman who was painfully bounced by some NPP members when she requested for some food that was...

Contrary to assertions and speculations about Coronavirus being spread by the emissions from 5G Technology, the National Communications Authority has debunked such linkages. In a statement copied to GhanaWeb, the NCA urged the public to disregard the...

Barely 24 hours after the Madina market was shut down by the municipal authorities for non-compliance by traders and consumers, the Bohye market has become the target for shopping of basic amenities. A video recorded...

Fire, allegedly started by a jealous girlfriend at the Zabrama Wood Market at Agbogbloshie, Accra, has left more than 400 people in the area homeless.The angry girlfriend, who is yet to be arrested, is...

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has disclosed that the data of 28, 000 out of the 34,000 travellers who used the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) from March 3 to midnight of March 22, have...

The parliamentary candidate for the National Democratic Congress at the Salaga South Constituency in the Savannah Region, Hajia Zuwera Ibrahimah, has fully refurbished a dilapidated facility at the Salaga Government Hospital to serve as...

In the wake of the lockdown restrictions NGOs, CSOs, and the public complained about the excessive force used by deployed security officers to enforce the lockdown directives.First, it was the 67-year-old widow who was...

The Member of Parliament for Manhyia North Collins Owusu Amankwah has disclosed that a an individual who has tested positive for COVID 19 is in hiding in the Tafo Municipality of the Ashanti Region.According...

Traders at the Kumasi Central Market in the Ashanti Region have begun a shift system in three groups to limit contact and spread of the coronavirus.The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) implemented the system to...

In these trying times, His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has demonstrated a strong sense of fatherhood and deep reasoning with the people of Ghana in our fight against the deadly covid19 pandemic.The President of the...

The Finance Committee of Parliament has approved an amount of ¢1.2 billion for government to access money from the Contingency Fund to finance the Coronavirus Alleviation Programme (CAP).The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta on Wednesday,...

Member of Parliament for Hohoe, Dr Bernice Adiku Heloo, has urged government to as a matter of urgency include persons living with HIV/AIDS in the ongoing social intervention programmes targeted at the poor and...

Broadcast Journalist, Captain Smart has called out Ghanaian Prophets who claim they can foretell happenings in the future but failed to foresee the deadly coronavirus coming into Ghana.In a video Thebbcghana.com sighted, the radio presenter took...

Management of Ghana Water Company Limited in the Eastern Region is struggling to produce water for residents living in and around Bunso due to the pollution of the Birim River by illegal Miners.The Bunso...

The Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress, H. E. John Dramani Mahama has donated 50 sets of PPEs and 50 pairs of Gum Boots to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) to support Health...

Ghana has confirmed 313 COVID-19 cases as of April 8, 2020, the Ghana Health Service said in its latest update.One confirmed case of COVID-19 has been recorded in the Central region after Greater Accra,...

Information reaching Atinkaonline.com indicates  that a military officer  has  mistakenly shot a female police officer at a Covid-19 operation duty point at  Tema New Town.According to reports, the incident happened  on Thursday morning and...

The Ashanti Region Minister, Simon Osei-Mensah, has announced additional measures in ensuring that community spread of Coronavirus is curbed in his region.A statement he issued on Wednesday, April 8 said within the past three weeks, for...

The Member of Parliament for Manhyia North, Collins Owusu Amankwah has disclosed that an individual who has tested positive for COVID 19 is in hiding in the Tafo Municipality of the Ashanti Region.According to...

National Communications Officer for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi has said that the COVID-19 relief packages announced by the Akufo-Addo-led administration are not enough since free electricity for all Ghanaians was...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has assured all health workers in the country that his administration has as its frontline agenda, the safety of all health care practitioners in the country.The President gave the assurance...

Former Deputy Minister for Communication under the Mahama administration, Felix Kwakye Ofosu says the attempt by a section of the public to point out some projects of the previous administration being used for the...

The Regional Health Director of the Ashanti Region Dr Emmanuel Tenkorang says the upsurge in COVID-19 cases in the region is down to active surveillance.The Ashanti Region has seen an increase in cases from...

The Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has presented to Parliament the policy document on the Coronavirus Alleviation Programme (CAP).The Ministry is seeking approval to spend ₵1.2 billion.Giving the breakdown, the sector minister said GH₵280...

The President of the Foundation for Generational Thinkers (FOGET), an NGO, Mr Prosper Afetsi, has called on students at home to use the period they are at home as a result of the coronavirus...

The penis of a man has been bitten in a roadside attack at Oyoko in the New Juaben North Municipality of the Eastern region.The victim, Eric Kwadwo, has suffered deep cuts on his penis.Starr...

Nurses at the Accident and Emergency Centre at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital have resumed work Wednesday following a successful meeting they held on Monday, April 6 with the head of department (HOD) of the...

President Akufo-Addo has charged the board of trustees of the Coronavirus National Trust Fund to spend all monies that would be realised through the fund judiciously.The President gave the admonishing to the trustees after he administered...

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has stated that it will not shield any of its officers found culpable in the case of a civilian who was allegedly beaten to death for breaking the lockdown...

Pre-tertiary education unions have accused the Ministry of Education of taking advantage of the lockdown period to smuggle the Pre-Tertiary Education Bill into parliament for passage a bill they have initially raised objections...

Fifty fishmongers who refused to heed directives for social distancing to prevent the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the Tema Canoe Basin fish market have been suspended indefinitely.This means they would only be allowed to operate...

The Regional Health Director of the Ashanti Region, Dr Emmanuel Tenkorang says the upsurge in COVID-19 cases in the region is down to active surveillance.The Ashanti Region has seen an increase in cases from...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for Salaga South Constituency, Hajia Zuwera Ibrahimah has denied writing a story with the caption, “Re: Death in the frying pan: The case of Joyce Bawah in...

Government is considering absorbing electricity bill for all Ghanaians as part of ways to fight the Covid-19 pandemic.That's according to the Majority Leader, Osei-Kyei Mensa Bonsu who has disclosed that the government is weighing...

The Sekondi Central Prison is in dire need of fumigation materials to sanitise its premises against any infection, particularly during this COVID-19 pandemic.The Prison currently houses more than 800 inmates in its Male and...

Founder of the United Progressive Party (UPP), Akwasi Addai Odike has faulted government over its classification of some individuals as “vulnerable” in the wake of the COVID-19 without recourse to a thorough judgement to...

A 28-year-old driver who stole two goats at Nerebehi, near Nkawie in the Atwima-Nwabiagya South Municipality, has been remanded into police custody by the Nkawie circuit court.Kwame Antwi, who was recently released from prison...

Residents of Agric Nzema in the Ashanti region would have 50% of their electricity bills absorbed by their Chief, Nana Nkansah Boadu Ayeboafo.The initiative is to lessen the burden the coronavirus pandemic is having...

Failure on the part of some Ghanaians to frequently change their hand gloves in this period of COVID-19 has raised concerns as it has emerged that the act can be a significant cause of...

The Finance Committee of Parliament has approved an amount of ¢1.2 billion for government to access money from the Contingency Fund to finance the Coronavirus Alleviation Programme (CAP).The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta on Wednesday,...

A failed National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for the Ablekuma Central Constituency in the Greater Accra Region, Alhaji Halidu Haruna, has indicated his outfit cannot donate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to help fight...

The African Development Bank Group on Wednesday announced the creation of the COVID-19 Response Facility to assist regional member countries in fighting the pandemic.The Facility is the latest measure taken by the Bank to...

NURSES at the Accident and Emergency Centre at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital have resumed work Wednesday following a successful meeting they held on Monday, April 6 with the head of department (HOD) of the...