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GCB Extends Working Hours

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The management of GCB has extended its working hours from their normal schedule to facilitate easy and efficient services for its cherished customers.  This directive takes effect from Monday 4th January, 2021 from the normal work hours of 9:00am to 4:00pm to 8:30am to 4pm. 

Thieves Burgle Captain Smart's Tantra Hill Residence

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Broadcast Journalist with Angel Broadcasting Network (ABN) and morning show of Accra-based Angel Fm Captain Godsbrain Smart had his Trantra Hill House in Accra raided by thieves on Sunday dawn. According to the Mile 7 District Police who confirmed the incident to MyNewsGh.com, the journalist had all exterior driving mirrors of his three (3) Toyota four-wheel-drives stolen. They also made away with the wind shield guards of all the vehicles including 2 Toyota Land Cruisers with registration numbers GE 7113 – 17 and GS 1-16 and one Land Cruiser Prado with registration number GR 9111- 16 parked in his compound. The victim upon the arrival of the police investigators, showed them the exact place where the exterior mirrors and the wind shield guards were on each car and the police on inspection detected all six driving mirrors of all three vehicles were all stolen. A hand written note was fixed on the Prado vehicle with registration GR 9111 – 16 read “Captain Smart keep supporting NPP. T

KWAKU BANY WINS TV3 MENTOR 2020

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Kwaku Bany was crowned winner of the TV3 Mentor 2020 edition after sixteen weeks of hustle and tussle. He beat other competitors like Ayeyi, Semenhyia and Netty who made the final.  Hyndu was evicted while Lyte suffered another fate of eviction on the grand finale after the first round of performing their own composed songs. Ayeyi emerged as the first runner up with cash prize of GHC 8,000 and Semenhyia who was evicted and revoted back into the contest whisked the second runner-up with GHC 5,000. Netty who was third runner-up also received GHC 5,000. Kwaku Bany who emerged as the winner of the contest took home a car, a two-bedroom apartment, an amount of GHC 10,000 and  a recording deal, GHC 50,000 worth of airtime to promote his career as a rapper across all Media General Platforms and a 2 mastered songs recording deal.  Congratulations to Kwaku Baby. You have worked for it. Keep soaring higher! 

How December 25 Became Christmas.

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  Although most Christians celebrate December 25th as the birthday of Jesus Christ, few in the first two Christian centuries claimed any knowledge of the exact day or year in which he was born. The oldest existing record of a Christmas celebration is found in a Roman almanac that tells of a Christ’s Nativity festival led by the Church of Rome in 336 A.D. The precise reason why Christmas came to be celebrated on December 25 remains obscure, but most researchers believe that Christmas originated as a Christian substitute for pagan celebrations of the winter solstice. To early Christians (and to many Christians today), the most important holiday on the Christian calendar was Easter, which commemorates the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. However, as Christianity began to take hold in the Roman world, in the early fourth century, church leaders had to contend with a popular Roman pagan holiday commemorating the “birthday of the unconquered sun” (natalis solis invicti)–the Roman name