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  A four (4) year old boy has allegedly been beaten to death by his stepmother at Santa Maria in Accra. According to reports, the deceased, Belington Hatchful, also deaf and dumb, died on Saturday August 20, 2022. Grandmother of the boy, Stella Hatchful, confirmed this sad news to the media today indicated that, the 19-year-old stepmother, whose name was only given as Sandra, allegedly subjected the boy to torture. According to her, her grandson suffered internal bleeding and fractured skull due to the severe beatings. I’m heartbroken,” she bemoaned. Ms. Hatchful said but for the landlord who witnessed one of such beatings, the accused would have killed the boy at home. She added that, the landlord saw Stella hitting the boy’s head on the floor, stopped her and reported the matter to the police. Ms. Hatchful said Sandra is currently in custody at the Sowutuom police station pending investigations. …MS. HATCFUL…. Some of the tenants living with the deceased and the suspe

  Have confidence; I’m determined to fix economy despite downgrade – Nana Addo President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is confident Ghana’s economy will bounce back despite the recent downgrade by international rating agency, Standard & Poor’s (S&P). S&P last week downgraded Ghana’s foreign and local credit ratings from B-B’ to CCC+C with a negative economic outlook. According to S&P, the downgrade was due to intensifying financing and external pressures on the economy. But, Nana Akufo-Addo says, although he admits times are difficult, the economic situation of the country will turn around shortly. The President was speaking on a local radio station in Tamale. According to him, “Yes, the difficulties are there, and I want to minimize the difficulties that are affecting the lives of ordinary people in a very negative way. What I am saying to the people of Ghana is that, they should continue to have confidence”. The Finance Ministry has, already, expressed d