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Catherine Berthet (L) and Naoise Ryan (R) join relatives of the people killed in the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX Flight 302 at a press conference in Washington, DC, April 24, 2024. Photo: SAUL LOEB / AFPSource: AFPThey can’t bring back their children, siblings or partners, but five years on, the families of the 2019 Boeing victims want to make sure a similar tragedy never happens again.”We have French, Canadian, American, Irish, British, we’re all together and fighting for something together,” Naoise Ryan told reporters Wednesday, holding a photo of her late husband Mick.The Irishman was one of…

Wa Central MP Rashid Perpuo blamed the current power outage on the government’s failure to take responsibility. He said the power sector was currently saddled with huge debts, creating difficulties for the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). Speaking on TV3’s Ghana Tonight program on Tuesday, April 23, he said: “It’s not the electrocardiogram’s fault. It’s the lack of responsibility on the part of political leaders.” The member of Parliament’s Mines and Energy Committee added: “We still have about $1 billion in debt.” There are growing calls for the government to publish a load reduction schedule so that people can plan…

Source: GlobalData Ghana Telecom Operators Country Intelligence Report 2024. Ghana is accelerating its drive to expand 4G mobile broadband coverage nationwide. Two out of three MNOs in the country [mobile network operators] have been approved to redeploy existing 2G and 3G spectrum holdings for 4G use, provided they pay an annual premium. The regulator, the National Communications Authority, will hope that these concessions will provide sufficient financial incentives for AT and Telecel Ghana (formerly AirtelTigo and Vodafone Ghana, respectively) and other stakeholders to increase investment in mobile broadband infrastructure and eventually push the country to achieve nationwide 4G coverage. A…

Gameweek 34 Double Saw (DGW34). Jean-Philippe Mateta (£5.1m) record one of the biggest Gameweek scores ever Fantasy Premier League. Mateta scored four goals and provided an assist in Crystal Palace’s two games against West Ham United and Newcastle United, claiming the maximum bonus three points in both games for a tally of 29 points for the week. That stunning haul puts the Palace forward joint fifth on the all-time list alongside Mohamed SalahHis 29 points against Watford in Gameweek 31 of 2017/18 – the most ever in a single game – and Matty CashHe has 29 points from Double Gameweek…

The International Labor Organization (ILO) provides that the Ghana Social Security and National Insurance (SSNIT) reserves will be is sold out by 2036. Details This was revealed in a actuarial valuation study of the viability of the Social Security and National Insurance Trusts (SSNIT). According to the ILO, total income incl contributions, investment income and other incomewill no longer be sufficient to pay annual expenses, including pensioner benefit payments until 2029. What they say “From 2029, the total income (contributions, investment income and other income) is no longer sufficient to pay the annual expenses. “Inventory is starting to dwindle. In…

Singer Davido said he earned $1.3 million after a sold-out concert in the US a few days agoIn an interview he gave to an international media company while abroad, he noted that his recently concluded concert was a huge successFans took to the comments section to react as many criticized the singer for being too loud for his successAfrobeats singer, David Adeleke, better known as Davido, has caused a huge backlash after an interview he gave surfaced on social media.YEN.com.gh reported that Davido had sold out Madison Square Gardens in the US.Davido talks about the money he made at MSG.…

BELEM, Brazil — The bodies of nine migrants found in an African boat off the northern coast of Brazil’s Amazon region were buried Thursday with a solemn ceremony in the Para state capital of Belem.Fishermen off the coast of Para found the boat adrift on April 13, carrying the already decomposed bodies. Brazilian officials later said documents found on the boat showed the victims were migrants from Mali and Mauritania and that the boat had left the country after January 17.The dead were buried in a secular ceremony organized by various groups involved in their recovery, including the UN Refugee…

A Ghanaian couple gave netizens a glimpse of their dream home after the building was completedIn a video making the rounds on social media, the couple shared the process from start to finish of the buildingNetizens flooding the comments section congratulated the couple on their latest achievementA Ghanaian couple took to social media to celebrate after completing their dream home.In a post doing the rounds on social media, they shared a video and flaunted photos of the building which has since won the admiration of many netizens. Before and after photos of the plush building Photo credit: @Cocoa LiquorSource: TikTokThe…

Honda’s new Canadian plant will have a production capacity of 240,000 electric vehicles per year and a battery capacity of 36 GWh per year. Photo: Brandon Bell / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/Getty Images via AFP/FileSource: AFPJapanese auto giant Honda on Thursday announced the largest auto investment in Canadian history, worth $15 billion (US$11 billion), for a massive new EV and vehicle battery assembly plant.Honda CEO Toshihiro Mibe told a joint news conference with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other officials that electric vehicles (EVs) will begin rolling off the new assembly line in 2028.Once fully operational, the plant will have…

The High Court in Accra has remanded four people involved in an accident in which a new Diesel Combined Unit (DMU) 001 train from Tema to Mpakadan collided head-on with an abandoned truck on the tracks in Abotia area. Four gas welders, Koko Koujo. Mr Patrick Kwaku Sosu, Mr Alaza Prosper and Mr Fidugbe Emmanuel, all workers, are suspected of aiding and abetting a convicted driver, Abel Ziditor, who abandoned his truck on the railway. According to court documents, the four were passengers with the convicted driver when the truck became stuck on the tracks and decided to abandon it.…