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Reverend Winfred Korku Domi from the Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Ghana told his congregation at the SSNIT Flats district in Ho that believers need to reject the devil's attempts to rob them of their joy. The pastor, who also works as an assistant headmaster at Mawuli Senior High School...

Dr Joseph Siaw Agyepong from Jospong Group told reporters that African countries need to stop treating garbage like a problem and start seeing it as a cash machine that could solve youth unemployment across the continent. The executive chairman said his company is pushing into markets all over...

Ghana's military shot down rumors about UN peacekeeping pay after social media went wild, claiming soldiers get $300 daily. Captain Veronica Adzo Arhin from the Armed Forces told reporters the real number is $46 per day per soldier, and the government hands $35 straight to troops while keeping...

MTN Ghana threw its yearly Christmas event at the Accra International Conference Centre, and people showed up for the worship vibes and free stuff. The telecom company got retired cop Effia Tenge, soccer coach Prosper Nartey Ogum, broadcaster Anita Ekua Akuffo, and the Nungua Mantse to do...

A guy got beaten to death in Lanja after people accused him of stealing chickens, and his family wants someone held accountable. The victim's uncle, Yakubu Mohammed, said his nephew went out one day and never came back. Turns out the 20-year-old tried selling some birds at Bakpaba market, got...

Most of the local party coordinators in Sissala East just threw their weight behind Bawumia for the NPP presidential nomination. The former VP got backing from 18 out of 21 electoral area coordinators, who apparently like how competent and humble he seems. The party's picking its candidate at...

Ghana's military boss, Lieutenant General William Agyapong, said the government plans to build 2,000 homes for troops across the country. The defense chief announced that 700 of these will go up around Accra at five different bases. He mentioned that if everything works out, another 8,000 units...

NPP elder Hackman Owusu-Agyemang said goodbye to Edward Kofi Omane Boamah and called the guy brilliant and super committed, even though they ended up on opposite sides of politics. The former defense minister died when a Ghana Air Force chopper went down back in August, and the crash killed...

The PTA at Bawku Senior High School dropped off a Nissan Navara pickup and 400 desks, but chairman Abugri Haruna warned kids that breaking stuff means paying out of pocket. The school board backed his stance that students caught wrecking property face consequences. Headmaster Bukari Abugbilla...

Palestine's foreign minister handed Ghanaian journalist Kwesi Pratt a medal for backing their cause during the Gaza conflict. Varsen Aghabekian showed up in Accra and gave the award on behalf of President Mahmoud Abbas, saying Pratt deserves recognition for pushing solidarity between the two...

The US Embassy in Trinidad just told H-1B and H-4 visa applicants that they need to flip all their social media to public mode for background checks. The announcement hits everyone trying to get specialty worker visas or tag along as dependents. State Department officials are expanding their...

Jamaica's health minister, Christopher Tufton, says leptospirosis cases and deaths are dropping after cleanup crews hit the streets. The government has already treated over 500 high-risk communities, and dengue plus flu numbers are sitting below normal levels for the season. Tufton told people...

Usain Bolt and Puma just dropped 5 million Jamaican dollars each on two high schools that got absolutely demolished by Hurricane Melissa. St Elizabeth Technical and William Knibb Memorial both took massive hits, with entire roofs ripped off exam prep buildings, dorms trashed, and walls knocked...

Jamaica's environment minister, Matthew Samuda, looks like a lock to run the UN Environment Assembly after getting backed by Caribbean and American countries. He's the only person up for the gig heading into the vote, and regional delegates seem pretty locked in on supporting him for the top...

Antigua and Barbuda's education minister, Daryll Matthew, just dropped news that the government will cover all CXC exam costs and send refunds to families who already shelled out cash. The country picks up around EC$1.25 million each year for these testing fees, and Matthew says schools will get...

Guyana's health minister, Dr. Frank Anthony, says the country plans to buy lenacapavir, a long-acting HIV prevention drug that works for six months. The medication currently costs around $25,000 in the US, but authorities want to wait until the patent expires in a year or two to get cheaper...

Jamaica National Group said 40 percent of cash from their ISupportJamaica Fund is getting funneled into early childhood centers hit by Hurricane Melissa, and JN Foundation Chairman Parris Lyew-Ayee told a regional education summit that fixing preschools counts as the most efficient way to boost...

Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley landed at number 99 on the Forbes World's 100 Most Powerful Women list for the third year running, and the ranking puts her next to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen plus European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde at the top spots...

Jamaica Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett told a Caribbean Tourism Organization fundraiser that mega-storms just became the new normal after Hurricane Melissa racked up losses somewhere between 28 and 32 percent of his country's GDP, with some estimates pushing past ten billion bucks in damage...

Janelle Hopkin from Spice Island Beach Resort received the Caribbean Media Exchange Leadership Award at a ceremony in Coral Gables, and she credited her late father, Sir Royston Hopkin, for building the luxury property into what it is today. The third-generation hotelier said her belief in...