Transport fares to go up - GPRTU

The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has planned to increase transport fares as fuel prices go up this early January.

The National Chairman of the GPRTU, Mr Kwame Kumah told Accra based Citi FM that they would discuss the margin of increment with other stakeholders before new fares are announced.

“They haven’t called us to tell us anything… we are resuming on Monday so I’m sure they will call us if we resume. No matter how it is the increment will come [sic].”

The cost of some petroleum products are to increase between 18 and 27 at the pumps beginning Monday January 4, 2016 following the passage of the Energy Sector Levy on December 23, 2015 by Parliament. The increase margin is one of the biggest in recent times.

The bill was introduced in Parliament on Monday, December 21 by the Finance Minister and passed after two days.

If government had not introduced the recent levy, diesel would have rather gone down by 10 percent.

Petrol would have been reduced by some 5.5 percent per liter at the pumps but the levy has triggered an increase by at least 27 percent.



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Amakye Dede loses manager in fatal accident

Ghanaian high life legend Amakye Dede escaped death by a whisker, but lost his manager Isaac Yeboah in a gory motor crash.

The incident happened on New Year's Day.

Amakye Dede and his entourage were reportedly going for a show when a vehicle rammed into their parked vehicle.

According to an eyewitness, the highlife great was "unhappy with the hotel" he was given and had gone back to his car to change ahead of his performance when the motor accident occurred.

He said a cab driver overtook the bus and in an attempt to avoid a head on crash, the driver veered off into the vehicle of the musician.

The accident occurred close to Osino, after the popular Paradise Filling Station.

The artiste and his bodyguard sustained severe injuries and are receiving treatment at Hawa memorial  hospital in Eastern Region

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Twins born 3 minutes apart, but in different years

Twins born in a San Diego hospital will forever share different birthdays: one baby was born in the final minute of New Year’s Eve, while the other debuted in the first minutes of New Year’s Day.

According to staffers at the San Diego Kaiser Permanente Zion Medical Center, the twins – baby girl, Jaelyn, and baby boy, Luis – were born at 11:59 p.m. on Dec. 31 and at 12:02 a.m. on Jan. 1, respectively, to mother Maribel Valencia, 22, and her husband, Luis.

Though the twins will be sharing a lot of things over the years, they will certainly not be sharing a birthday.
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Two arrested for sodomising a madman

Two people are in the grips of the Nkawkaw Police for allegedly sodomising a mentally retarded man.

Two more suspects who were involved in abusing the 20-year-old are being sought by the Police.

The suspects in custody have been identified as Kwame Okyere,27, and Kwasi Boateng,35, while those on the run have been named as solomon and Gideon.

sources say the victim who was almost bedridden after he suffered severe injuries in the anus following the attack narrated the ordeal to his mother who subsequently reported the matter to the Police.

Deputy Eastern regional Public Relations Officer of the Police Sgt. Gideon Boateng confirmed the incident to Starr News’ Eastern Regional Correspondent Kojo Ansah.

He said investigations are underway to arrest the two other suspects.
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BERIMAH DEFEATS POWERS

Braimah Kamoko, aka Bukom Banku, has knocked out Ayittey Powers in a special bout in Kumasi on Boxing Day, December 26.

Ayittey Powers took a beating in the opening five rounds and could not regain his composure to return to the ring for round six.

Even though Powers endured the fight in this bout better than he did in a similar bout in Accra against Banku last year, he still could not withstand Banku's heavy punches.

Banku calmly controlled the exchanges and pounded on his opponent round after round.

At the end of round five, Powers did not make it back for the commencement of the next round, enabling Kamoko to pick up the technical knockout decision.

Banku remains unbeaten, improving his record to 27 wins. He said his next bout would be a world title fight against Brit Nathan Cleverly.

THREE CHILDREN OF TWO RIVALS BURNT TO DEATH 

Three children of two rivals were burnt to death in a blazing fire that gutted a wooden structure at Market Circle near Bedifuom in Takoradi in the early hours of today.

The mothers of the deceased children are said to be married to one man who is known in the area as Nana Otoo.

Eye witness tells Adom news that, they saw the inferno as early as 1:00am but they could do nothing about it because the door to the wooden structure was locked and the fire was intense. According to him, they got to know children were sleeping in the structure when one of the mothers of the deceased came.

Meanwhile, the Takoradi Metropolitan Police Commander Superintendent Peter Ofori Donkor confirmed the sad incident to Adom news. According to him, police are yet to do investigation into the matter.
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Blame sports reporters for “unattractive” Ghana league - MP

Dec 12, 2015 at 8:18am

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The MP for South Tongu Kwabena Mensah Woyome has accused sports journalists of destroying and making the local league unpopular.

The legislator’s comment comes on the back of the Ghana FA spokesperson Ibrahim Sannie Daara’s claims that some Twi-speaking stations are the ones making the domestic top-flight unattractive.

At the moment, the local league has no sponsor following a request by First Capital Plus - now Capital Bank - to suspend its partnership with the FA for a period.

“You sports journalists are making the league unattractive to all of us. You are not giving prominence to the competition but rather giving foreign leagues and teams publicity,” Woyome, who is the chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Sports,
“For example in the past, Hearts and Kotoko [game] was big in such a way that my father and his friends gather to discuss it always.

“But now, my little boy can’t even mention names of local players but he can mention the starting line -up of Chelsea which is bad, you people must wake up,” the legislator added.

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GYNAECOLOGIST BEATS HASSAN AYARIGA IN PNC CONGRESS TO PNC IN 2016 GENERAL ELECTION

 EDWARD MAHAMA TO LEAD PNC IN 2016 GENERAL ELECTION

Dec 13, 2015 at 5:58am

A Gynaecologist-cum-politician Dr Edward Nasigre Mahama has been elected as the presidential candidate of the People’s National Convention (PNC) at its congress in the Upper West region.

This will be his fifth attempt at the presidential seat of Ghana.


Meanwhile, former general secretary Bernard Monah has been elected as the national chairman of the PNC, Issahaque Awudulai is now the youth organiser with Desmond Ntow taking the national organiser spot.

Other elected executives are Michael Wombeogo, 1st national vice chairman, Henry Asante, 2nd vice, Hajia Hajara Ali, 3rd vice, Atik Mohammed, general secretary, Janet Nabla, Women's organiser, and Akane Adams, treasurer.

Ahead of the congress, confusion erupted between supporters of the two leading contenders for the presidential slot of the Nkrumaist party.

According to reports, gunshots were heard as supporters of Hassan Ayariga and Dr Edward Mahama clashed at the congress grounds.

The Regional Crime Officer Superintendent Alhaji Fuseini has confirmed the arrest but said no injuries were recorded.

The police had to call for re-enforcement to beef up security.


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