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The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL), has begun rationing water in some parts of the the country.This is attributed to the dry season and pollution of water bodies in the Greater Accra, Western Ashanti, Central and Northern Regions.“With the onset of the dry season, the entire country is expected to experience challenges with water supply because of the depletion of raw water from the various water bodies. As a result, consumers may encounter erratic flow of water in some parts of the country, especially the Greater Accra, Ashanti, Central, Western and the Northern Regions,” GWCL said in a statement.The Water…

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has justified the shake-up in its leadership in pParliament despite criticisms from its own members. The party said the decision is apt and works best for collective other than individual interests. Following the removal of Haruna Iddrisu as Minority Leader, many have described the news as surprising because they claim the party failed to broadly consult for a consensus to be reached accusing the leadership of taking a unilateral decision. But General Secretary of the NDC, Fiifi Kwetey while speaking on Eyewitness News discredited such assertions insisting that those who mattered were contacted for the…

Arsenal fans are getting excited over the possible arrival of midfielder Martin Zubimendi from La Liga side Real Sociedad. The defensive midfielder, 23, could cost the Gunners €60m and he is more inclined to seal a transfer to Arsenal over Barcelona in the summer with Manchester United also lurking around corners. With the arrival of the Spaniard imminent, his high quality passing technique and physicality would mean more competition for Partey in his role. Below is a video highlights of the midfielder. Source link

Business and banking elites are calling for workers to suffer an even more severe cut in real wages after inflation surged to a fresh 32-year high.The consumer price index in the year to December soared by 7.8 per cent – the steepest annual increase since early 1990.With wages growing by 3.1 per cent, Australian workers are effectively suffering a cut in pay because higher prices for goods and services are diluting the buying power of consumers.Canstar calculated the average Australian worker would need a $7,178 per annum pay rise to keep pace with the deteriorating cost of living. Business and banking…

CNN  —  New Zealand welcomed a new prime minister on Wednesday, six days after Jacinda Ardern’s shock resignation ahead of an upcoming election. Chris Hipkins, 44, was sworn in on Wednesday at an inauguration ceremony in the capital Wellington. Hipkins was first elected to Parliament in 2008 and spearheaded the country’s Covid-19 policies in 2020. Before becoming prime minister, he was minister of education, minister of police, minister for the public service, and leader of the house. Hipkins was unanimously endorsed on Sunday by the ruling Labour party to succeed Ardern as its leader. He was the only nominee. Videos…

Veteran Nollywood actress, Patience Ozokwor, has said that she will never advise anyone to leave their marriage because of infidelity. Speaking in a new interview, Ms Ozokwor, said if at all anyone should leave, it should be the ”visitor” or even the man, but not her. In her words; ”Me I am not going to leave my house for anybody o. You are the visitor that came in, find your way out. I will so hold my family, polish it and sweep out all the dirts.”  Watch the video below…<blockquote class=”instagram-media” data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=”https://www.instagram.com/reel/CnzENfYAPtR/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading” data-instgrm-version=”14″ style=” background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px…

The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has claimed that the National Cathedral project will cost the taxpayer a total of $1 billion and not $400 million as claimed by the government and members of the board of trustees. Mr Ablakwa who has on several occasions raised issues with the relevance of the National Cathedral said on Face to Face on Citi TV on Tuesday that the $400 million being bandied around by the government as the total cost of the project completely ignores several other factors that shoot the total cost past $1 billion. “We were…

Ghanaian giants Asante Kotoko are considering accepting a loan proposal from Berekum Chelsea for striker Samuel Boateng, according to reports from Kumasi. Boateng, 25, has failed to find the back of the net this season for Seydou Zerbo’s side and the situation is compelling the Porcupine Warriors to consider farming him out to the Blues. Kotoko signed Boateng from lower-tier side Future Stars Academy in September 2021 and he managed 4 goals in 24 league games on his debut season for the club. However, competition for playing time has been keen for the forward and Kotoko believe he would be…

Federal regulators are investigating a glitch at the New York Stock Exchange that drove wild price swings in blue-chip stocks, and resulted in the cancelation of trades in more than 250 securities, including shares of Nike, Verizon and McDonald’s. The NYSE, which is owned by Intercontinental Exchange, said a ‘system issue’ prevented the opening auctions in a subset of its listed stocks on Tuesday morning. Those stocks began trading without an opening print, or the price used as the benchmark at the opening bell, causing erroneous pricing that the exchange said will be declared null and void, with the resulting trades canceled.The…

Tokyo CNN  —  Five crew members have been rescued and efforts are underway to save 17 others after a cargo ship capsized off Japan’s Nagasaki prefecture on Wednesday, the Japan Coast Guard told CNN. The coast guard said it received a distress signal from the Hong Kong-flagged vessel Jin Tian late on Tuesday night as it cruised 110 kilometers (68 miles) west of the Danjo Islands in the East China Sea. The crew – 14 Chinese and eight Myanmar nationals – is believed to have been transferred to lifeboats before rough seas impacted their rescue, the Japan Coast Guard said.…