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Mahogany bitters deaths: Bar owner charged with murder

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  • AGBESI KWESI 6 years ago

    It seems river deities in mining areas are cursing soldiers for protecting Chinese Galamseyers.

  • Kweku trouble 6 years ago

    Bush boy.

  • fafa 6 years ago

    WHY DO GHANAIANS LOVE DRINKING BITTER DRINKS LIKE THAT? ARE WE CRAZY OR WHAT?

  • ROGUE LAWYER 6 years ago

    The police must do proper investigations as why only the couple died after taking the drink, the reason others survive but others could not , could be attributed to whatever they have already consumed before taking the bitte ...
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  • same 6 years ago

    it may be the mahogany tree had been sprayed with these chemicals used for bush clearing unknowingly.

  • Yaw Adu-Asare 6 years ago

    Don't give mahogany bitters a bad name. Instead, find the chemical composition of the drink that killed the victims.

  • JK 6 years ago

    This woman who works for Food and Drugs Authority merely states that the drink has not been approved and registered, instead of giving other facts related to the safety or otherwise of the drink.

    If the drink is poison ...
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  • Sid usa 6 years ago

    This mahogany bitters has been around for longtime the problem is the seller might have deceived or might have added a different materials.people always want to try something new without testing it's effect Ghanaians even tak ...
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  • rich 6 years ago

    i agree with u, many ghanaians like miss differents alcohol together without knowing it chemical composition.

  • BB Brown 6 years ago

    Mahogany bitters is derived from the back of the Mahogany tree , however the mahogany is a twin tree as one is edible the other is poisonous. They looked alike , very similar in everything except the fruit that comes with it ...
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  • rich 6 years ago

    here the message is not clear, now we know what they eat but do we know what the bitters itself was containing and and how they took. do we have some medical proves about the case since this not the first time people are taki ...
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  • rich 6 years ago

    ghanaians are not enjoying the work of regulatory officer with the Foods and Drugs Authority.if they know that the bitters was not aprove by the law why do they allow it till soneone lots his life before she is comming out wi ...
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  • kofi 6 years ago

    F NOT APPROVED, WAS IT POISONOUS? THE PUBLIC WANTS TO KNOW WHAT KUMMED THEM.
    DO YOU CHECK ALL AKPETESHIE DRINKS B4 THEY ARE SOLD......WE NEED THE TOXICITY OF THAT CONTAINER OR BOTTLE.

  • Abongo Boy 6 years ago

    Any post-morterm examination results. Or people trust their local medicines that has not been tried and tested. They may be good but storage and preservation are still based on medieval method. Sad to lose lives in such a str ...
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