October 2021 - Wontumi Online

31 Oct

WhatsApp Will Stop Working On These Devices From Tomorrow, Check If Your Phone Will Remain Eligible

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WhatsApp Will Stop Working On These Devices From Tomorrow, Check If Your Phone Will Remain Eligible WhatsApp will start removing support for some Android, iOS and KaiOS devices running on old OS versions from tomorrow, November 1st, 2021. WhatsApp constantly updates its application on each operating system to enhance the security and feature list as well. The minimum hardware requirements keep increasing to run the new features. Older smartphones will stop being eligible to run the Meta-owned, messaging application. The application will completely stop working on some devices. To continue using the application, the user won't have any…

31 Oct

President Akufo-Addo Attends COP 26 Summit In Glasgow

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The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, left Ghana on Sunday, 31 st October 2021, to lead Ghana’s delegation to the World Leaders' Summit of the United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference (COP 26), being held from 31st October to 3rd November, 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland. The COP26 Summit, which will be one of the largest gatherings of world leaders, will bring parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. President will deliver a statement on Ghana’s position on Climate Change, as well as measures put in place to combat the threat it poses. He will also deliver three…

31 Oct

Suspected Gay Violently Assaulted @ Nkawie – Pro-LGBTQ+ Group Alleges

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Suspected Gay Violently Assaulted @ Nkawie - Pro-LGBTQ+ Group Alleges A young man has been assaulted by a mob at Nkawie on suspicion that he was gay. This website gathered that the perpetrators did not only videotape their abuse to the victim but also released the gruesome raw videos online. The attack took place at Nkawie in the Ashanti region. Wontumionline.com further discovered that the attackers did not only physically abuse the victim but verbally assaulted him. They allegedly slapped and kicked him before inflicting cane lashes on him. One of them allegedly heated iron and attempted to attack the…

31 Oct

G20: World Leaders Agree To Historic Corporate Tax Deal

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G20: World Leaders Agree To Historic Corporate Tax Deal Leaders of the world’s 20 major economies have approved a global agreement that will see the profits of large businesses taxed at least 15%. It follows concern that multinational companies are re-routing their profits through low tax jurisdictions. The pact was agreed by all the leaders attending the G20 summit in Rome. Climate change and Covid are also on the agenda of the summit, which is bringing most leaders together face to face since the start of the pandemic. The G20 group – made up of 19 countries and the…

31 Oct

Breast Milk Cannot Cure Eye Conditions – Ophthalmic Nurse Warns

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Breast Milk Cannot Cure Eye Conditions - Ophthalmic Nurse Warns Ama Henrietta Serchie, an Ophthalmic Nurse at the Hohoe Municipal Hospital, has called on the public to desist from putting drops of breast milk on their eyes as a treatment when they have eye conditions. “Breast milk is not meant for the eye. It is meant for babies and it can transfer infections from the mother to the one putting it on the eye. Anything can happen.” Mrs Serchie in an interview with the media GNA) during a free eye screening and surgical operations organised by Lifetime Wells Vision…

31 Oct

You’ve Brought Change – Chief Imam Hails IGP Dampare

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You’ve Brought Change – Chief Imam Hails IGP Dampare The National Chief Imam of Ghana Osmanu Nuhu Sharubutu has hailed Inspector General of Police Dr George Akuffo Dampare for bringing change and orderliness to public affairs. The Chief made these remarks through his spokesperson Armiyawo Shaibu who was speaking in an interview with Accra-based TV on Saturday. According to him, it is now apparent that law and order is working evidenced from even Okada riders obeying traffic rules. “I have seen policemen at traffic lights compelling motorbikes to stop at red lights contrary to the previous practice where we see even…

31 Oct

Four-Member Committee Established To Investigate Attack On Suame Police Station

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Four-Member Committee Established To Investigate Attack On Suame Police Station The Ghana Police Service and Ghana Armed Forces have set up a four-member committee to investigate the alleged attack on Suame Police Station by some military personnel. In a joint press release dated October 30, the security agencies stated that the outcome of the committee’s investigation is expected to aid the Police Administration and the Military High Command to determine the next line of action. The committee is made up of; ACP Benjamin Osei Addai and ASP Ernest Kwofie of the Ghana Police Service, as well as Colonel…

30 Oct

GHS Issues Alert Over Suspected Yellow Fever After 8 Deaths

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GHS Issues Alert Over Suspected Yellow Fever After 8 Deaths The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has issued an alert over a usual disease it believes to be yellow fever in the Savannah Region. The disease is said to have killed eight persons already. A statement from the GHS said the deceased persons are nomads in the West and North Gonja districts who have not received a yellow fever vaccine. “The Ghana Health Service has received interim laboratory results of an unusual disease from the Savannah Region of the country, that has led to the death of eight (8) people.…

30 Oct

Lands Commission Presents Geographical Map Of Six New Regions To Lands Ministry

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Lands Commission Presents Geographical Map Of Six New Regions To Lands Ministry The Lands Commission of Ghana has presented the geographical map of the six newly-created regions to the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources. The presentation was made by the Executive Secretary of the Lands Commission, Mr. James Dadson at a brief ceremony on Friday, October 29, 2021. Mr. James Dadson in his presentation eulogized staff of the commission whose efforts and sacrifices led to the birth of the maps. He disclosed that in the process of crafting the map, an accident occurred and some staff sustained…

30 Oct

Jospong Group Steals Show At Ghana Business Awards

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Jospong Group Steals Show At Ghana Business Awards The Jospong Group of Companies (JGC), once again, received the spotlight as it won four (4) out of thirteen (13) categories it was nominated at the 4th edition of the Ghana Business Awards (GBA) held at Kimpinski Hotel in Accra. The JGC emerged as the Group of Companies of the Year, while its Executive Chairman, Dr Joseph Siaw Agyepong, received the Entrepreneur of the Year award. Two of its subsidiaries—Sewerage Systems Ghana Limited (SSGL) and Dredge Masters Limited (DML)—were awarded the Sanitation Company of the Year and Community Impact of the Year…