Aside from inflation [general increase in prices], investors look out for some other factors in the local economy before pumping their monies into it. A serial entrepreneur, Shakemore Timburwa, in an exclusive interview with GhanaWeb noted that the striking thing most investors consider is the safety of their investments in the country. Investors, he also said, want their monies in safe political and economic environments. If I feel safe, even if the inflation is high and I can do my project, It's okay." Key highlights of what investors look out for;Safety of investmentsInflationEconomic and political environments

A Ghanaian woman has been murdered in a shooting incident at the Methodist Dallas Medical Center. The victim; a Ghanaian employee of the hospital and one other colleague were killed by the shooter who was subsequently confronted by a Methodist Health System police officer. A source close to the family of the Ghanaian woman told Ghanaweb that the victim identified as Jacqueline Ama Pokuaa, is daughter of one Colonel David Ansah Boakye (Rtd) who resides in Ghana. Methodist Health System police, Dallas police, and Dallas Fire-Rescue responded to the shooting inside the hospital at the time of the incident at 11 am. The suspect was reportedly on parole for aggravated robbery and was wearing an active ankle monitor at the time of the shooting, police further said.

"The president received boos due to the appalling condition of the area's roads," according to a Twitter user going by the name @PrinceHenry_PHK. This is the second region President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has been booed after a similar incident happened in Kumasi, the region considered the 'political world bank' of the ruling NPP. Akufo-Addo booed in KumasiAt the Central Business District of Kumasi, President Nana Akufo-Addo’s convoy received uncharacteristic hoots, boos and jeers on October 17. The booing happened when he started his speech by saying: "The whole world is in Ghana today." What started initially as people showing their disapproval of his presence on the stage, turned into loud clapping and chanting of the words: "away, away...," the president, however, stayed the course and delivered his full speech.

General News of Saturday, 22 October 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comA Senior lecturer at the University of Ghana, Professor Ransford Gyampo, has charged Ghanaians to sue President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for causing financial loss to the state. According to Bloomberg, makes the total loss of the cedi in 2022 almost 52%, the highest recorded in 22 years. The free fall of the cedi now places the currency at the 148 position of worst-performing currencies in the world. Meanwhile, Ghana has run to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for financial assistance. The IMF programme is aimed at restoring macroeconomic stability and safeguarding debt sustainability among many others.

Bosby Nii Ayi Mankattah is vying for the deputy treasurer position of the NDC in the Odododiodio constituency and he is confident that this is the right step towards achieving all of the above. My father is the late Samuel Nii Ayikwei Mankattah, former MP for this constituency who won the election and spent only six months on the seat. The aspirant was speaking ahead of the start of the constituency elections of the NDC in the area on Saturday, October 22, 2022. In all, there are 36 candidates vying for the various executive positions at the Odododiodio constituency, with approximately 2,400 delegates expected to cast their votes. Earlier, a statement by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) said that the party had put elections in some fifteen constituencies in the country on hold.

General News of Saturday, 22 October 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comOn Wednesday, October 20, 2022, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Liz Truss announced her resignation from the role. Liz Truss stepped down as Prime Minister of the UK after just 45 days, setting a record as the shortest-lived PM of the UK. Two Ghanaian prophets, Badu Kobi of the Glorious Wave Chapel International and Prophet Amoako Attah of the Parliament Chapel International prophesied the resignation of Liz Truss four days before she made it public that she was stepping down. Prophet Badu Kobi said, “Liz Truss will be the shortest serving Prime Minister. Liz Truss will be the shortest in the history of Great Britain”.

Latest election survey by Global InfoAnalytics has predicted former President John Dramani Mahama as the preferred candidate to win the 2024 general elections. "The poll shows further that among voters who are likely to vote in the 2024 elections, JDM leads DMB 62% to 33%, representing a 29% lead. In the race between JDM and AKK, JDM leads AKK 60% to 36%, representing a 24% lead. "JDM lead DMB 69% to 28% and leads AKK by 29% to 69%. In the North East, JDM leads DMB by 53% to 45% and AKK by 52% to 48%."

General News of Friday, 21 October 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comAsantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has rejected the nomination of the former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana National Petroleum Company (GNPC), Dr. Kofi Kodua Sarpong as the Paramount Chief of Offinso. Sarpong’s nomination is because his nomination did not follow due process. He reiterated that he has cancelled the entire nomination process and instructed the elders of Offinso to start it afresh. The Kingmakers of the Offinso Traditional Council in the Ashanti traditional area unanimously nominated Dr K.K. The kingmakers of the traditional area on Friday, May 6, 2022, at a ceremony in Offinso, through Akyeamehene Nana Kwaku Wiafe, presented Dr. Sarpong as the New Paramount Chief for the Offinso Traditional Council.

General News of Friday, 21 October 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comCaptain Smart, host of Onua FM/TV morning show has weighed into the depreciation of the cedi demanding the whereabouts of the Vice President, Mahamudu Bawumia. The journalist who prides himself as being a member of the governing New Patriotic Party said it was disturbing the rate at which the cedi was depreciating but equally worrying was the silence of Bawumia. “The dollar is almost hitting 14 cedis, where is our Bawumia? What is his real importance to the extent that the dollar has hit 14 cedis?” he quizzed. Time with Captain Smart: I’m NPP, but I always tell it like it is.

“How can one Captain Smart be given a presidential escort?” he asked while recounting his ordeal on TV. “The presidency is involved in galamsey,” Captain Smart reiterated the point that eventually led to his arrest. Kufuor or even Nana Addo, who I saved his life in 2006; like he would have died like a chicken, ask him. My responsibility is to make sure that you live, because I believed in him from 2005…,” Captain Smart noted. According to the report, after his initial arrest, Captain Smart "was later found at the Interrogation Unit of the Bureau.

Prophet Kofi Oduro, General Overseer, Alabaster International Ministry, cannot comprehend why Ken Ofori-Atta, the Finance Minister who has failed miserably will still be keeping his job. According to him, if Ghana was his private company, he would have fired the under-fire minister and hired a different person who will deliver results. "Wrong is wrong. When you are wrong, I need to look into your eyes and tell you that you are wrong. We cannot sit here when $1.00 is equal to GHC12.00," Prophet Kofi Oduro said.

The Western Regional Minister, Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah, has explained why he responded to a social media post by GHOne TV about a regional minister fainting after a driver stole his GH¢17 million even though his name was not mentioned in the post. The post by GHOne TV reported that a regional minister collapsed after his driver bolted away with the stated amount, said to be proceeds from illegal mining (galamsey). "A Regional Minister collapses as his driver bolts with 17 million cedis galamsey proceeds. Driver is reported to be in Ivory Coast at the moment," parts of the post by GHOne read. Responding to this post, Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah denied any link to the report.

Politics of Thursday, 20 October 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comA parliamentary hopeful for the Adentan seat on the NPP ticket, Kwasi Obeng-Fosu, has urged the party’s members to desist from spending all their energies destroying each other during the party internal primaries and elections. In an interview with GhanaWeb, Mr. Obeng-Fosu, who is also known as ‘Baba Tauffic’, decried some of the things going on at constituency level in parts of the country. “We will end up giving missiles to our opponents out there through our dirty internal politicking for them to use against us during the general elections.”, Baba Tauffic cautioned. The parliamentary hopeful, a professional teacher, qualified public relations practitioner and a communications development expert. He resides in the Adentan constituency, where he once held the position of Constituency Youth Organiser for the NPP.

General News of Thursday, 20 October 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is leading the trends on social media platform; Twitter, following the resignation of UK’s Prime Minister, Liz Truss. Liz Truss resigned as Prime Minister of the UK some 45 days after she took office. Following the announcement of Liz Truss' resignation, Ghanaians have taken to Twitter to question why president Akufo-Addo has failed to resign despite the worsening economic crisis and corruption. A twitter user, Vincent Aperko, said Liz Truss has resigned but Addo D is still president of Ghana after failing to #FixTheCountry. I still wonder how and why disappointed NNP members still defend Nana Addo outside.”Another User, Kuffour will be soo disappointed in Addo D's government .

Some irate youth of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Pru East Constituency of the Bono East Region have locked up the party office in Yeji. The youth angered by the disqualification of two constituency executive aspirants in their numbers stormed the party office on Wednesday, October 19, 2022, and braced the doors. They want the party hierarchy to rescind its decision to disqualify Emmanuel Kwaku Boam and Benjamin Dagardu, both constituency executive hopefuls from the upcoming constituency elections. He warned that the party risks losing the parliamentary seat for the first time unless the party reverses its decision. “We have locked the party office because we are aggrieved by the disqualification of Emmanuel Kwaku Boam who has been disqualified from contesting in the constituency elections.