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                                        Some of the ‘prostitutes’ at the Kaneshie police station Some 19 women, including five Nigerians suspected to be sex workers, have been arrested by the Kaneshie Police in Accra. Most of the suspects aged between 18 and 55 were picked up in a brothel near Avenor, in Accra while others were soliciting sex from customers on the streets. A man who claimed to be 32-years-old was also caught having sexual intercourse in the brothel with one of the supposed sex workers. Regina Dankwa, 55, who was arrested by the police, told DAILY GUIDE that she has been in the ‘business’ for the past decade. According to her, she engages prostitution only at night and uses the funds to take care of her grandchildren. “I have sacrificed to do this business to take care of my grandchild, since this is not a good business that I will allow my only daughter to e...

The chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) at the Winamda Polling Station in the Sekyere Afram Plains Constituency lost the wife and two daughters in the recent ghastly accident that occurred on the Amomoa-Nkwanta stretch of the Techiman-Kintampo Highway last Friday. Donkor Fuseini, a former District Chief Executive (DCE) for Sekyere Afram Plains during the previous NDC administration, made the disclosure. The deaths of about 60 people in the accident have sparked another round of heated debate over road safety in the country due to the high number of casualties involved. DAILY GUIDE gathered that the NDC Chairman’s wife and children were part of those who got burnt beyond recognition, which compelled the authorities to organize a mass burial for them. He told DAILY GUIDE that the NDC in the Winamda Polling Station and Sekyere Afram Plains in general have been devastated by the development. Mr Fuseini disclosed that the chairman’s wife travelled to th...

The Chief Executive Officer of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), Mohammed Nii Adjei Sowah is appealing to the Ministry of Works and Housing to help desilt the Odaw River in order to help prevent flooding within the Accra metropolis when the rains start. According to him, the assembly does not have the capacity to dredge the Odaw River, which receives most of the waste water within the metropolis and channel them to the sea. Mr Sowah who was speaking on Accra-based Star FM, said his outfit has reached out to the Ministry of Works and Housing on the issue but he is yet to receive any feedback from the ministry. "If it rains heavily tomorrow, there is going to be a challenge around the Odaw areas," he observed, noting that "the Odaw River is chocked and will become a big challenge to the AMA in saving lives in case the heavy down pours begin.” Mr Sowah, however, explained that government has secured an initial funding of US$150, 000,000 from the World Bank to...

A total of 157 out of 225 foreign trained Ghanaian doctors have failed the Medical and Dental Council (MDC)’s examination which grants them the licences to practice in Ghana. Only 68, representing a 30.2 per cent pass rate, were able to prove their mettle in the examination conducted from February 22, 2019 to March 2, 2019 and results released last week. The 225 comprises 208 general duty medical doctors, eight general duty dentists, eight specialists and a ‘mature’ candidate, who studied in more than 10 universities in China, Ukraine, Russia, Philippine and Belarus for six years. The bi-annual examination, introduced in 2000, is to ensure that doctors trained in other countries had the requisite knowledge and skill to offer medical and dental care to patients in the country. Aside a registration fee of $700, candidates are to provide proof of medical education to sit for the examination and must meet the pass score of 50 per cent in the about six disciplines tested in the ...

A one-year-old boy has been stolen at the Takoradi market popularly known as Market Circle. Francis Mawusi Ahiabenu was stolen from his mother on Friday by a woman believed to be in her 40s. According to the mother of the boy, Nana Akosua, the suspect who was dressed in a long dress with a veil engaged her in a hearty conversation prior to the act. She told Joy News’ Western Regional Correspondent, Ina-Thalia Quansah, that she first noticed the suspect in front of her sister’s shop as she cleaned her older kid. The woman, according to Nana Akosua, approached her and inquired if her kids were Ewes to which he responded in the affirmative. She explained that the suspect told her she was also called Mawusi after she learnt the name of young Francis. Subsequently, the suspect requested to buy a pastry and sausage for the kids, Nana Akosua said. She said even though she obliged to the strange woman’s demand, she was at the same time apprehensive because of the recent kidnapp...

Ghanaian musician, Sister Deborah says cautioning females against the wearing of mini-skirt to help curb rape activities doesn’t make sense to her. According to her, she thinks what a girl chooses to wear is no excuse for any man to rape her. She explained that anyone with a clear conscience and a clean mind wouldn’t rape one wearing a mini or a short skirt. “It is like telling me not to wear a nice shirt or use a nice phone because it will be stolen. This is total nonsense, because if you steal or you rape it is a sin and anyone with a good mind will not do that. Besides, we should be dressing according to the weather; why should we suffer in this weather wearing suit and tie all the time?” she quizzed. Speaking on Accra FM on Thursday, she added that no one has the right to anybody’s body and therefore shouldn’t be affected when anyone decides to show some skin. “Does exposing my skin chock the gutters with dirt? Does it cause the cedi to drop? I mean I don’t see why exp...

We are reaching the business end of the 2018/19 season of football and like every other season, we have witnessed brilliant football all around the world. In football, every position is important, but the midfield governs a team's performance. The midfielders breakdown opposition play by making timely interceptions, they dictate the proceedings in the middle and they also create goalscoring opportunities. The midfielders also tend to do the dirty work for the team, so that their attackers can do the damage upfield. It was pretty difficult to pick out the top 10 midfielders in the world at the moment, as there have been a number of brilliant performances in the middle of the park. Before beginning with the slideshow, here are the midfielders who just missed out from this list. Honorable mentions: Thiago Alcantara ( Bayern Munich), Casemiro ( Real Madrid), Luka Modric ( Real Madrid), Thomas Partey ( Atletico Madrid), Miralem Pjanic ( Juventus), Piotr Zielinski ( Napoli), Marc...

Residents of Abrepo within the Kumasi metropolis were early this morning thrown into a state of shock when they woke up to the bodies of two middle aged women dumped near a stream in the community. The yet to be identified bodies were suspected to have been dumped in the area after their death. The bodies were stripped almost naked. Resident One of the residents, Rev Stephen Osei Owusu, who spoke to Graphic Online said around 6am Thursday, he heard some students who used the back of his house to school screaming that a body was lying there. He said the students were the first to appear on the scene and following their shouts, he went there to ascertain the fact. According to him, when he got there he saw the body of a fair [light skin] lady lying supine with her trousers almost pulled down exposing her private part with blood oozing from her mouth. He said he tested for pulse and realized that she was still alive with very faint pulse. Help Rev Osei Owusu said he ca...

About 8000 teachers recruited by the government to facilitate the implementation of the controversial double track system under the Free SHS policy, have not been paid their salaries five months after their employment. The Ghana Education Service, which is in charge of processing of the newly recruited teachers for their biometric data to be captured and staff identity cards issued them, is said to be dragging its feet in the exercise. Of the three processes required, the new teachers have completed only one, which is the filling of what they termed IPPD forms. They are yet to undergo biometric registration and to be issued with their ID cards. New teachers for second track posted, will serve one year probation According to the teachers who form the Association of Newly Recruited Teachers (ANRT), they have met the Education Minister Mathew Opoku Prempeh twice on the non-payment of their salaries, but there appears to be no hope in sight for them. President of the ANRT, Colli...

                                                                 Charles Cromwell Bissue Presidential Staffer, Charles Cromwell Bissue, has dared investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, to produce the ‘raw unedited footages’ of his galamsey exposé to aid in the criminal investigation involving him (Bissue). Mr. Bissue stepped aside recently as secretary to the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM) after Mr. Anas aired a documentary in which he was caught allegedly taking bribe to allow a company carry out mining activities during the ban on all small scale mining in Ghana. Mr. Anas claimed he and his team bribed Mr. Bissue with the amount of Ghc 35, 000. On Friday, 15 March, 2019, Mr. Bissue indicated that he was invited by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Servic...

It's been debated for years: Are eggs good or bad for you? People who eat an added three or four eggs a week or 300 milligrams of dietary cholesterol per day, have a higher risk of both heart disease and early death compared with those who eat fewer eggs, new research finds. "Eggs, especially the yolk, are a major source of dietary cholesterol," wrote Victor Zhong, lead study author and a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Preventive Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. In a study published Friday in the medical journal JAMA, he and his colleagues noted that a single large egg contains about 186 milligrams of cholesterol. The researchers examined data from six US study groups including more than 29,000 people followed for 17½ years on average. Over the follow-up period, a total of 5,400 cardiovascular events occurred, including 1,302 fatal and nonfatal strokes, 1,897 incidents of fatal and nonfatal heart failure and 113 o...

The Management of Ethiopian Airlines in Ghana has commended the Government and the People of Ghana for the support it has received during this period of Pain. The President of Ghana Nana Akuffo Addo was among the first Global leaders to send a message of Condolence to the People of Ethiopia on the Crash of the B737-8 Max. Mrs Genet W. Michael, the General Manager of Ethiopian Airlines in Ghana appreciated the warmth and the empathy the Airline has received from Ghanaians who have supported the Airline over the Years. "I have felt the traditional Ghanaian hospitality and love a lot during this moment of grief. I am really grateful to the good people of Ghana,” she added. She said Ghana has been one of its strong partners in Africa and “we have served the market with the new Airbus A350 for the past year and do promise to always stand by Ghana as they have stood with us" After the Crash on Sunday, March 10, management of Ethiopian Airlines grounded all B737-8 Max in ...

There is a total blackout currently in some parts of the country. Some places including Lapaz, Abeka, Sowutum, Kasoa, Tema, Kwashieman, Odorkor, Awoshie and parts of northern Ghana are currently without light. With regards to northern Ghana, the Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCO) attributed the situation to a “system failure.” They have however assured the general public that efforts are being made to identify the problem and fix it as soon as possible. “The total outage we’re currently experiencing is as a result of system disturbances on NEDCO’s network. We’ve however been assured that they are doing everything humanly possible to identify, fix and restore supply as soon as possible. Sorry for the inconvenience.”, a release from NEDCO stated. This comes weeks after the Electricity Company of Ghana handed over operations of the company to Power Distribution Services (PDS). The takeover took place in February 2019. PDS is expected to turnaround the opera...

A psychiatrist at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi, Dr John-Paul Omuojine, has raised alarm about an emerging trend in drug abuse whereby the youth lace marijuana with opium, known locally as 'tie', for use. Opium is a reddish-brown, heavily scented addictive drug prepared from the juice of the opium poppy plant and used illicitly as a narcotic. According to Dr Omuojine, the substance, which the youth consume to make them ‘high’, was more dangerous than tramadol, as it could easily cause mental illness. He disclosed that the Psychiatric Unit at KATH had been flooded lately with such patients who confessed to taking ‘tie’ because the intake of marijuana or tramadol alone was not enough to get them ‘high’. Speaking to the Daily Graphic during the opening of a 10-day training programme organised by the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) in Kumasi yesterday, the psychiatrist said the alarming rate at which cases connected to the consumption of ‘tie’ were ...

  The Ghana Museums and Monuments Board has rejected claims that the Osu Castle is a security installation. According to the board in a statement, “On 5th March, 2017, the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, publicly, declared and inaugurated Osu Castle as a Presidential Museum of leadership and Governance. The Osu Castle since, this act, above stated, by the President of the Republic, has and to date remained a museum,” a statement signed by the Acting Executive Director of the Board said. “The Osu Castle is not a security installation. The Military and security sensitivities associated with it has since been withdrawn. It now has a similar status as the Cape Coast and Elmina Castles. Visitors, tourists and the general public are allowed to visit as and when they please,” the statement added. Source: Museum Board

Ghanaian media personality and revered Master of Ceremony, Kafui Dey, believes grades and first class honors are overrated in the Ghanaian society. According to the former host of ‘Who Wants To Be A Billionaire’, excellent grades or first class honors do not guarantee success in the real world. Kafui Dey who was speaking at the 5th Edition of the What I Wish I Knew (WIWIK) Conference, said that while in the University he wished he knew “grades are overrated, [and] getting a first class is really overrated.” “You come to the real world and employers want to know what you can do or what you have done in the past. Networking is something I would have done a bit more, linking up with people and developing relationships,” he added. Kafui Dey also was quick to add that although grades are overrated, students must still take their studies seriously. Source: ameyawdebrah.com

Metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs) in the Greater Accra Region have issued a 14-day ultimatum to people who post posters and banners around the city illegally to take the posters down or face prosecution. Churches, advertisers, filmmakers, educational institutions and members of the public who hoist banners and posters have also been advised against carrying out such acts, particularly on ceremonial streets, including the John Evans Atta Mills High Street, the George Bush Highway (N1 Highway), the Obasanjo Way, the Liberation Road, the Independence Avenue, the three Ring Roads, the Castle Road and their surrounding areas. The move by the MMDAs is part of efforts to fulfil the call by the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to make Accra the cleanest city in Africa. The Public Relations Officer of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), Mr Gilbert Ankrah, told the Daily Graphic in an interview that the ultimatum, which was issued last Thursday, was yieldi...

 Some parts of Accra have been experiencing strings of earth tremors causing residents of those affected areas to panic. The recent tremor occurred on Saturday with a 3.9 magnitude on a Richter scale and affected areas like Gbawe, Sowutuom, Old Kasoa Barrier, New Bortianor, Awoshie, Abelemkpe, Tabora, Achimota, Ablekuma, Kissiman, Westland, Laterbiokorshie, Legon and McCarthy Hill. The Ghana Geological Survey Authority has warned of an imminent earthquake following these strings of tremors. So in the face of an earthquake what are you supposed to do? In an exclusive interview with Peacefmonline.com, Mr. R.S. Nartey a lecturer and a Geologist said people living in earthquake-prone areas should be extra careful and pay heed to warning signs or alerts. What to do during an earthquake - According to Nartey, earthquakes come with vibration leading to the collapse of structures; hence if anyone is outside when it happens, avoid standing by structures, trees or power lines. ...

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has declared tomorrow, March 7, 2019, a holiday for all schools in the country. This follows the participation of both students and teachers in various activities during the 62nd independence parade which took place today, Wednesday, March 6.

  Ghana Geological Survey Authority (GGSA) has confirmed what it describes as a “moderate earthquake” in Accra with a 3.9 magnitude on a Richter scale. The incident happened last Saturday at about 11:22pm and was felt 15km away from GIMPA where the Survey Authority’s equipment is located. It was felt in the usual suspected places like Weija, Gbawe, McCathy Hill which is within the Ga South Municipality. It was also experienced in other areas such as, Sowutuom, Old Kasoa Barrier, New Bortianor, Awoshie, Abelemkpe, Tabora, Achimota, Ablekuma, Kissiman, Westland, Laterbiokorshie and Legon. According to a GGSA senior official Nicholas Opoku, the 3.9 magnitude recorded is the highest in 2019. He said the Survey Authority recorded 2.6 magnitude on the Richter scale in January 13, 2019 and 2.8 in February 25, 2019 with the third pointing to increasing seismic activity within Accra. “As for bigger earthquakes, ne day it will come”, he said in an interview with Joy New...

library image Ghana’s Independence Day celebration in all districts within the Northern Region have been cancelled for this year. This is to enable all districts and municipal chief executives, directors of education, staff, and school children to participate in the national independence parade to be held in the Northern Regional capital Tamale on March 6. Director of Operations at the Presidency and a member of the organizing committee of the 62nd Independence Day parade, Lord Commey, announced the decision which he said was taken by the regional minister and his deputy. “The Northern Regional Minister and his deputy have decided that all district level parades be cancelled to afford everybody the opportunity to witness this historic day in Tamale” he told 3news.com. The national Independence Day celebration will for the first time in the history of Ghana, take place outside the national capital, Accra. He said the orgainsing committee has made changes to the celebrat...

The Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong has bemoaned of the depreciation of the cedi citing that it has prevented him from satisfying his wife sexually. Speaking on the depreciation of the cedi on Adom Tv, the politician who looked fumed about remarks made by the former president and now presidential aspirant, John Mahama concerning the depreciation of the cedi by the incompetence of the ruling government NPP noted that he lost appetite so many times due to how the former President and his NDC mismanaged the economy left by former president, John Agyekum Kuffour. He was of the assertion that during the tenure and at the end of Kuffour’s reign in government the cedi matched the dollar to the ratio of 1dollar to 1cedi. He revealed that in 2013, the dollar beat the cedi to 3.1 cedis and it was something which made him lose 25 million cedis at Fidelity Bank where he had locked up his cash for trading when he was travelling out of the country. Speaking of how...

There is no reason to delay having another baby after a stillbirth, research in the Lancet suggests. Although women are often told to wait for a year before getting pregnant again, there is little evidence to back up this advice. This international study of 14,000 births found no increased risk of problems if conception happened earlier. A UK stillbirth expert said the findings were important and reassuring. About one in every 225 births in the UK ends in stillbirth, which is defined as the death of a baby after 24 weeks of pregnancy in the UK. However, in this study, a stillbirth is defined as a baby's death after 22 weeks' pregnancy. Stillbirth rates have been gradually reducing in the UK since 2000, and more sharply since 2015, but compared with many other European countries, improvements in the UK have been slow. In many countries there is limited guidance available on planning future pregnancies after stillbirth, the study says. Manchester University's ...