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Top News A Weekend in Chicago: Where Gunfire Is a Terrifying Norm By THE NEW YORK TIMES Three days, 64 people shot, six of them dead: Memorial Day on the streets, and the violence that has engulfed families and neighborhoods. Iraqi Army Seen as Ill Equipped to Retake Mosul From ISIS, Despite U.S. Aid By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT and ERIC SCHMITT The Iraqis are having trouble moving supplies to their troops on battlefields, and a planned offensive against the Islamic State's stronghold will probably have to wait. Once a Trump Target, John McCain Now Finds Their Political Fates Intertwined By JENNIFER STEINHAUER The senator says he'll back his party's presumptive nominee. But with his own seat on the line and Arizona Hispanics at odds with Donald Trump, it's a risky position. For more top news, go to NYTimes.com »

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Today's front pages: Monday, May 23, 2016

BIG BLOW TO NPP - ANOHTER MP DIES

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Abetifi in the Eastern Region, Peter Wiafe Pepera,has died after battling with an unknown illness.

BNI DENIES COVER-UP IN JB'S MURDER

The Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) says media reports suggesting that it wa covering up facts on the gruesome murder of Joseph Boakye Danquah-Adu, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Abuakwa North in the Eastern Region, are false.

NANA, VOLTA CHIEFS MEND FENCES

The perceived sour relationship between majority of the people of the Volta Region and the oppositio New Patriotc Party (NPP) seems to be diminishing.

NAVY OFFICERS STRIKE! - TORTURE FISHERMAN & 9 RESIDENTS IN DZEMENI

28-year-old fisherman, Kwasi Gadri, accused of insulting navy officers in Torgor Dzemeni, a fishing community in the South Dayi District of the Volta Region, has been beaten to pulp by four navy officers, Today can report. The victim, who is native of Bakpa in the Central North Tongu District of the Volta Region, is currently at the Ho General Hospital, receiving treatment.

ACHIMOTA-OFANKOR ROAD COST SHOOTS UP TO 217%

A report by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament has revealed that the construction of the Achimota-Ofankor Highway, which was estimated to cost the Ghanaian taxpayer an amount of GHC40.4 million, had shot up to GHC120 million, representing an increase of about 217%.

HEAVY RAINS LEAVE THOUSANDS DISPLACED IN ACCRA & AGONA SWEDU

Eight of torrential rains in Accra last Saturday night caused widespread flooding and destruction to properties in low-lying areas. The rains, which began at about 9 p.m., Saturday to about 4 a.m., Sunday, left many suburbs of the city generally submerged in water.

WAGE BILL TO GO SKY-HIGH - COULD SHAKE FOUNDATION OF IMF BAILOUT PROGRAMME

The wage bill to tax revenue, which currently hovers around 57%, is set to shoot up sharply as government recruits thousands into the health and education sectors, as well as the security agencies.

GOV'T TO CLEAR ALL BDCS DEBT BY 3RD QUARTER

Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors (CBOD), Mr Senyo Hosi has assured banks that government is working round the clock to clear all debts by the third quarter of the year.

MAN USES TWO BOYS TO SWINDLE MATTRESS SELLER

A 36-year-old man who use two young boys to swindle a mattress seller is in the grips of the Tesano Police Command.

REVIEW LEVIES ON POWER TARIFFS - AGI

The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) has asked government to relook the various tax components on utility tariffs that have significantly raised the cost of power for businesses in the country.

GLO, EXPRESSO BATTLE CUSTOMER ATTRITION

Glo Ghana Limited and Expresso Telecom are battling customer attrition on their networks as the two mobile telephony operators have lost a combined 35 percent of subscribers since beginning of the year in a new report released by the National Communication Authority (NCA).

TITLE FINALISED FOR AIRPORT LANDS

Title for the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) lands is being finalised to allow the Ghana Airports Company commence various planned projects within its enclave, Transport Minister Fifi Kwetey hs said.

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Today's front pages: Friday, May 06, 2016

SUPREME COURT SLAPS HOT EC OVER NHIS & GHOST NAMES

The Supreme Court yesterday ordered the Electoral Commission (EC) to take immediate steps to delete from the electoral roll names of persons who used the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) cards to register.

MINISTER'S THUGS BEAT NPP ASPIRANT

The confusion that has characterised the ongoing limited voter registration exercise in the Juaboso Constituency of the Western Region turned nasty yesterday.

NANA GETS DOCTORATE

An honorary doctorate degree has been conferred on the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

FUEL SMUGGLING SYNDICATE EXPOSED: TANKER DRIVERS LEAD ILLEGAL TRADE AT PAGA

Smuggling of refined petroleum products from Ghana to Burkina Faso through Paga, the capital of the Kassena Nankana West District of the Upper East Region, has now been taken over by tanker drivers.

NIGERIAL PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR DANADAMS

The Commissioner of Health of Niger State of Nigeria, Dr. Mustapha Jibril, has pledged his government's support to purchase drugs manufactured by Danadams Pharmaceutical Company Limited as part of the country's efforts to improve primary healthcare delivery and to empower local industries.

TRANSPORT MINISTER JUSTIFIES AIRFARE TAX...AS NECESSARY TO PLUG BUDGET DEFICIT

The Transport Minister, Fiifi Kwetey, has said that imposition of a 17.5 percent Value Added Tax (VAT) on domestic air travel is a temporary measure meant to help plug the country's budget deficit.

HASTEN ECG COMPACT TO BOOST POWER SUPPLY...U.S. AMBASSADOR ADVISES

The U.S. Ambassador to Ghana, Robert Jackson has expressed worry that the country's failure to meet deadlines set by the Millennium Challenge Corporation could affect the release of funds to improve the energy sector.

GOV'T CEDES CUSTOMS BROKERAGE TO LOCALS

Government's decision to enact Section 43 of Act 891 of the Customs Act, 2015 to place the business of Customs brokerage in the hands of locals in the shipping industry is a laudable move that places freight-forwarders in a better position to support national socio-economic growth, President of the Ghana Institute of Freight-Forwarders (GIFF), Kwabena Ofosu-Appiah, has said.

VOTER REGISTER NOT CREDIBLE - SAYS SUPREME COURT

The Supreme Court of Ghana has ordered the Electoral Commission (EC) to delete from the electoral roll names of all dead people and persons who used the National Health Insurance (NHI) card to register to vote.

DON'T FOMENT TROUBLE - MP ASPIRANT ADVISES YOUTH

Parliamentary candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in North Tongu constituency of the Volta region, Mr. Richard Collins Arku, has admonished the youth in the area to reject any attempt(s) by groups or individuals to use them to cause chaos before, during and after the November 7, 2016 General Elections.

SUPREME COURT SPEAKS - ORDERS DELETION OF NAMES OF NHIS CARD HOLDERS, MINORS, DECEASED FROM VOTERS REGISTER

The Supreme Court has ordered the Electoral Commission (EC) to take steps to clean the voters register by deleting the names of persons not eligible to vote. Categories of persons affected are deceased persons, minors and voters who registered with identity cards issued under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in 2012.

'NON-BAILABLE OFFENCES DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL'

The Supreme Court has declared as unconstitutional the law that bars persons accused of certain offences from being granted bail.

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Today's front pages: Tuesday April 26, 2016

HOUSING DEVELOPERS WANT ‘EDAIF-TYPE’ FUND

Real estate developers have called on government to set-up a special fund in the likeness of the Export Trade, Agricultural and Industrial Development Fund (EDAIF) to address the country’s housing deficit.

VIAM WARNS OVER ‘POLY VARSITIES’

VIAM Africa Centre for Education and Social Policy, a policy think-tank, says government must suspend the conversion of polytechnics into technical universalities for at least two years to allow for proper establishment of institutional structures.

GH¢¢500M DOMESTIC BOND ILL-TIMED – ECONOMIST

A senior Economist at the University of Ghana, Dr Ebo Turkson, has described government’s decision to issue a 3-year domestic bond as ill-timed – citing a further crowding out of businesses as the likely result.

MAHAMA TIGHTENS SECURITY WITH DOGS, BODYGUARDS

President John Mahama has beefed up his security detail with sniffing dogs and uniformed bodyguards.

ROBBERS RAID BANK, KILL ONE

A susu collector is alleged to have been shot and killed at close range by two trigger-happy robbers who invaded a bank at Nsuta Kwaman in the Ashanti Region Monday morning.

CONFUSION OVER JOB FIGURES

The Ministry of Communication has made a sensational claim that the Mahama-led NDC administration has created over 600,000 jobs, in spite of widespread public concerns about the lack of employment opportunities in the country.

CHRAJ PROBES TWO MCEs

Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has begun investigations into the allegation of misappropriation of funds by two Municipal Chief Executives Sam Attukwei Quaye and Ibrahim Baidoo of Ga West and Ashaiman Municipal Assemblies respectively, in the Greater Accra region.

NPP LOSING GRIP ON ASHANTI AS NANA ADDO SNUBS OTUMFUO’S ANNIVERSARY

It is becoming obvious that the NPP is gradually losing grip on its electoral stronghold, the Ashanti Region.

AUDIT FPSO, ACEP DEMANDS TO HELP RESOLVE FREQUENT BREAKDOWNS

Energy policy think-tank, Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has called on government and Justice partners to quickly undertake a comprehensive technical audit of Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel (FPSO) Kwame Nkrumah.

800, 000 JOBS CREATED IN  3 YEARS – GOV’T

The government claims it has created at least 800,000 jobs since President Mahama took office in 2013.

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