{"id":465366,"date":"2018-02-18T13:30:35","date_gmt":"2018-02-18T13:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/18\/ebony-general-news-2018-02-18\/"},"modified":"2018-02-18T13:30:35","modified_gmt":"2018-02-18T13:30:35","slug":"ebony-general-news-2018-02-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/18\/ebony-general-news-2018-02-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Ebony | General News 2018-02-18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Sunday, 18 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-18<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1518960635_424_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Ebony&#8217;s one- week<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been a week since the passing of Dancehall act Priscilla Opoku Kwarteng, best known as Ebony Reigns, a death which shook the country and got many in shock.<\/p>\n<p>Family of the music prodigy is holding a one week memorial service in her honour, a week and two days after the unfortunate incident. <\/p>\n<p>What usually would have been held exactly a week after the incident was postponed and that day, Friday February 16 observed as her 21st birthday.<\/p>\n<p>Tributes have poured from all corners from top politicians to musicians and the likes. <\/p>\n<p>While many have extolled the deceased for her feat in the music industry in this short period, she has equally recieved a backlash from many over her &#8216;style&#8217; when she was alive.<\/p>\n<p>Ebony died on 8th February along with two others when the Jeep vehicle they were travelling on collided with a VIP bus at Mankraso in the Brong Ahafo Region.<\/p>\n<p>She was signed to Ruff Town Records and Midas Touch Inc.<\/p>\n<p>We bring you live updates of happenings and the mood around as Ghanaians mourn the loss of one of its &#8216;great&#8217; assets in the music industry:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EbonyReignsForever?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EbonyReignsForever<\/a>: Ebony, why did you have to leave us? Oh Ebony<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Yaw Frimpong (@jyfrimpong) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jyfrimpong\/status\/965213769440907264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 18, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<!-- uploaded by: 48 updated by: 48 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Sunday, 18 February 2018 Source: &#8212; 2018-02-18 Ebony&#8217;s one- week It&#8217;s been a week since the passing of Dancehall act Priscilla Opoku Kwarteng, best known as Ebony Reigns, a death which shook the country and got many in shock. 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