CHELSEA strengthened their place in the top four and moved to within a point of third- placed Tottenham courtesy of a 2-1 victory over struggling Newcastle at Stamford Bridge. Willian got the winner with an exquisite second-half curler after Ciaran Clark’s bullet header had cancelled out Pedro’s delightful early lob. For long periods Maurizio Sarri’s side struggled to turn possession [...] The post Chelsea
ARGENTINA’S World Cup winning captain Diego Maradona was recovering in hospital on Saturday after successfully undergoing a routine operation for stomach bleeding, his lawyer said. The 58-year-old former Boca Juniors and Napoli player discovered the problem in early January during a check up at a hospital in Olivos, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires. Saturday’s operation, to stem bleeding caused [...] The post Maradona
FORMER Leeds United and South Africa striker Phil Masinga has died aged 49. Masinga played for Leeds between 1994 and 1996 making 31 appearances and scoring five goals. He was signed for Leeds by then manager Howard Wilkinson at the same time as his compatriot Lucas Radebe. Masinga left for Swiss side St Gallen in 1996 and went on to [...] The post South Africa’s Phil Masinga dead appeared
SUBSTITUTE Chico Ushindo and lanky defender Kevin Mondeko each scored late in the game to give ‘Les Corbeaux’ a perfect start to their campaign. The five-time winners played the entire second half a man less after goalkeeper Sylvain Gbohouo was sent off for a foul on Ismaily forward Benson Shilongo. The host were forced to take out Abdoulaye Sisoko for [...] The post Mputu inspires
MOHAMED Salah’s second-half penalty moved Liverpool seven points clear at the top of the Premier League thanks to a 1-0 win away to Brighton, while Arsenal’s hopes of a top-four finish suffered another body blow in defeat by West Ham on Saturday. Chelsea now lead the Gunners by six points in the race for Champions League qualification after beating Newcastle [...] The post Liverpool
RAFA Nadal has spoken of his sympathy for Andy Murray having to cut his career short due to injury, after he announced his plans to retire last Friday. Speaking to Eurosport Spain, Nadal said: “It’s very tough. 10 years ago we would not think retiring at 31 was a short career, but today players are extending their careers.” Recalling his [...] The post Nadal sympathises
Ghana has participated in the ninth session of the Assembly of International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) which took place at Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The Minister of Energy, Mr John Peter Amewu led a delegation from the Ministry and the Energy Commission (EC) to the meeting which started on Thursday, January 10 and ended on Sunday, January 13, [...] The post Ghana attends IRENA
The Australian High Commission in Accra, last Thursday donated a cheque for GH¢ 197,366.95 for the upkeep of victims of domestic violence, including women and children in Accra. The cheque was handed to The Pearl Safe Haven, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) based in Accra, to provide emergency temporary housing for survivors of domestic violence. Mr Andrew Barnes, Australian High Commissioner [...] The post Australian
The La Dade-Kotopon Municipal Assembly (LaDMA), last Thursday disbursed cash and other logistical support to more than 150 Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) amounting to GH? 264,000 from the Assembly’s Common Fund. Fourty-seven of the PWDs received items including 30 freezers, seven industrial sewing machines, three laptops, popcorn machine, four Polytanks, a canopy and multipurpose printer amounting to GH? 111,500 for [...] The post La
The impasse between the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU) Ghana and Avnash Industries Limited, producers of edible oil and plastic containers in Tema, has taken a new twist. The Union last Thursday threatened to drag the company back to the National Labour Commission today, if it failed to comply with an NLC directive to allow 75 dismissed workers to [...] The post Demo
US President Donald Trump has denied hiding details of conversations with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, saying he is “not keeping anything under wraps”. The Washington Post alleges that on at least one occasion in 2017 he took away his interpreter’s notes after talks. And there is reportedly no record of his one-on-one, two-hour discussion with Mr Putin in Helsinki last year. Mr Trump’s [...] The post Trump
The death toll from a suspected gas explosion in central Paris has risen to four after rescue workers found the body of a woman in the rubble. Two firefighters and a Spanish tourist were also killed in Saturday’s blast at a bakery near a popular area. Dozens more people were injured in the blast, which also caused damage in nearby [...] The post 4 killed in Paris gas explosion appeared first
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has said he will call a confidence vote after his governing coalition split over the Macedonia name change. Defence Minister, Panos Kammenos withdrew his party’s support, signaling his opposition ahead of an expected vote in the Greek parliament. The two countries recently agreed that Greece’s northern neighbour would be called North Macedonia, therefore ending a [...] The post Crisis
Hampers and other items packaged for sale during the yuletide still remain in stock days after the festivities due to low sales. Stocked with rice, oil, can foods, wine and other confectionaries, the hampers, are still arrayed in front of shops in Accra with the beauty ribbons used in decorating them, fading away. According to the vendors, this is because [...] The post Traders record low Christmas
The Communication for Development and Advocacy Consult (CDA Consult), a non-governmental advocacy group has outlined its 2019 measures to intensify the national campaign against patronage of Counterfeit Electrical Products and Electrical Appliances. The upscale National Anti-Counterfeit Campaign seeks to inculcate industry professionals as well as consumers to protect themselves from counterfeit electrical products. Speaking at a stakeholder’s workshop in Accra, [...] The post
Two major Chinese retailers have slashed prices on Apple Inc.’s latest iPhones, an unusual move that underscores how demand for the marquee device is flagging in the world’s largest smartphone market. Top chain Suning Commerce Group Ltd. promoted a 128GB iPhone XR for 5,799 yuan ($860) on Friday, 17 percent cheaper than the price on Apple’s own website. JD.com, China’s largest [...] The post Top
The Ghana Federation of Labour wants the government to immediately halt plans for the Ghana Amalgamated Trust (GAT) to invest private pension funds into some local banks following a rocky year for the banking sector. “We think it is inappropriate. We think it is wrong and we think that it must not be encouraged at all,” the federation’s Deputy Secretary-General, Kenneth [...] The post Two
The Nation Builder’s Corps (NABCO) programme is to pay the monthly stipends of GH¢700 for some 9,235 beneficiaries with effect from this week, the Minister of Information, Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has assured. He said the payment of the regular stipends and that of December followed the completion of the resolution of the challenges encountered with processing the stipends for the beneficiaries. The Minister, however, encouraged another 8,766 who still have outstanding data issues to correct
The Marketing and Public Affairs Manager of Tema Port, Mrs Josephine Asante was on Saturday night stabbed to death in her home at EMEFS Hill View, near Afienya. Mrs Asante was believed to have been attacked by someone who tracked her while she was returning from a senior staff party held at the company’s club house in Community 6, Tema. [...] The post Tema
A three-day workshop to deliberate on the draft Tertiary Education Policy Document has ended in Koforidua today. The draft policy document seeks to serve as a reference material that would be a distillate of key government policies on tertiary education in the country. Opening the workshop, the Minister of State in charge of Tertiary Education, Prof. Kwesi Yankah stated the [...] The post Workshop
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