Kennedy Agyapong said he caught a treason charge after defending two NPP members who got jumped at Kantamanto, and he pointed out that nobody else in the party had the guts to speak up when Ursula Owusu-Ekuful and Samuel Abu Jinapor got attacked. The presidential hopeful claims the media twisted his warning about potential retaliation from the Ashanti Region stronghold, and he got slapped with charges for basically protecting party interests.
The guy dropped receipts about dumping massive cash into NPP operations since the early 90s and said his rivals conveniently forget about his sacrifices when they start throwing shade during the flagbearer race. He pushed back against personality attacks and said the real question is whether the...
Police grabbed two local officials in Zaka after they apparently let soldiers and party members tear up government property while hunting for buried gold at a district compound. The arrests hit the District Development Coordinator and Rural District Council Chairperson after weeks of unauthorized digging that kept regular villagers blocked off from the area, and sources said the busts prove this treasure hunt operation was never legit, despite the people involved holding public office.
The whole mess kicked off when some white guy claiming his dad stashed valuables near the government house showed up with a map, though another version says the previous DDC fell through a trap door and found tunnels underneath. The council chair and her...
Trump went off on social media, saying he wants to completely halt migration from developing nations after some Afghan guy got blamed for killing a National Guard member in DC. The president claimed hundreds of thousands of Somali refugees basically took over Minnesota and said he plans to yank all federal benefits from noncitizens while forcing out anyone who entered illegally.
Immigration services already froze processing for Afghans and started re-checking green cards from 19 countries, such as Cuba, Haiti, Iran, Somalia, and Venezuela. The whole plan could catch legal heat from courts and UN groups already pushing back, but Trump keeps doubling down on his second-term crackdown by targeting birthright citizenship and slashing...
Zimbabwe just slapped a 15-percent withholding tax on offshore digital payments starting next year, and Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said it fixes the problem of foreign platforms dodging local taxes while homegrown businesses get hit with full VAT charges. Banks and mobile money services will automatically pull the tax when people pay for Netflix, Spotify, Amazon Prime, ride-hailing apps, or Starlink before the cash leaves the country.
People are melting down online because some platforms like Starlink and InDrive already charge VAT, which makes this look like double-dipping. Others are talking about grabbing foreign cards to sidestep the whole thing, and the government is basically betting this levels the playing field while...
Former Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu dropped a lengthy tribute honoring Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings after her sudden death, calling her the only real female hero to come out of Ghana's revolutionary period. He praised her fierce loyalty to her late husband, Jerry Rawlings, and credited her with basically creating the National Democratic Congress back when everyone was arguing about whether revolution supporters should jump into constitutional politics or hand things off to existing parties.
Amidu said she protected Rawlings harder than anyone he ever knew and pushed women's empowerment while backing policies for rural communities during her time as First Lady. The guy mentioned she suggested the party name that eventually became NDC...
Guyana just shipped out its second batch of hurricane relief gear headed for Jamaica after Melissa tore through the island and left families scrambling for shelter. The MV Falk loaded up with enough materials to rebuild 200 roofs plus mattresses, water tanks, and rice before pulling out from the Friendship wharf, and it should dock in about six days. Local companies made the mattresses and tanks, which the Civil Defence Commission director said shows the country can handle regional disaster response with homegrown production.
Defence Force engineers will head over to help put roofs back together once everything lands, and officials grabbed available cargo space on a ship that was already hauling lumber for a private timber company. A...
Trinidad and Tobago's prime minister said the US is setting up radar equipment in Tobago to track drug trafficking and boost airport security after she walked back her earlier claim that all American Marines had left the country. Kamla Persad-Bissessar admitted some troops stuck around to help with installation work at the international airport, contradicting what she told people just a day before about everyone being gone after the joint training wrapped up.
The military presence ramped up after a guided-missile destroyer showed up with Marines back in late October for exercises with local defense forces, and they bounced out, then came back again this month. The war secretary hit the region recently after meeting with the Dominican...
Jamaica pulled in 32,000 cruise tourists across eight ships after Hurricane Melissa hammered the island, and Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett told stakeholders in Ocho Rios that another wave of the same size is hitting next week. The government is hyped because cruise lines kept their routes active instead of bailing, which shows companies still trust the destination after the storm wrecked stuff.
Holland America dropped off 5,000 boxes of supplies when one of their ships docked, and around 30 crew members pitched in with cleanup work alongside local tourism operators. Carnival and Royal Caribbean executives both gave props to Jamaican workers and said they're sticking with scheduled port calls to help the recovery push forward, while...
The New Democratic Party absolutely demolished the Unity Labour Party by grabbing 14 out of 15 seats in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Dr. Godwin Friday just got sworn in as the new prime minister after ending Ralph Gonsalves' 25-year run. The outgoing leader only managed to keep his seat while his son and other major cabinet members got wrecked at the polls, and Friday said he wants everyone working together to rebuild the country after campaigning wrapped up.
Political nerds pointed out voter sentiment shifted hard against the ULP after years of declining support, and the NDP played it smart by dodging controversial topics during the race. Regional leaders from Jamaica and Trinidad sent their congratulations to the 66-year-old...
