The Electricity Company of Ghana has invested 21 million dollars in the supply of power distribution materials for Ashanti Region. The amount is part of a $70million loan agreement for the company to implement various projects to improve operational efficiency. The scope of the $21million project include the procurement of 600 distribution transformers, 15,000 poles … Read more
The Ghana Water Company is considering a shutdown of its operations at the Barekese and Owabi dams in the Ashanti region if pollution of the water bodies serving the plants is not halted. Managers say the cost of water treatment has become expensive as land reserves around the dams have been encroached on by sand … Read more
Poor quality of raw water at the Barekese Dam in the Ashanti Region has forced the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) to cut down on its water production, causing intermittent water supply to some homes in the region. Officials of the company attributed the current poor water quality level to the recent downpour in the … Read more
A fetish priestess has been arrested for allegedly operating a brothel at Barekese in the Atwima-Nwabiagya District of the Ashanti Region. Nana Ama Serwaah, popularly known as ‘Asuo Abena Komfo’, was arrested after a tip-off. The Ashanti Regional Commander, DCOP Ken Yeboah, told journalists in Kumasi that the priestess was using her 17-bedroom house for … Read more
fetish priestess Nana Ama Serwaa recruits young girls within and outside the region to engage in sex The Suame Divisoinal Police Command has arrested a fetish priestess Nana Ama Serwaa alias Asuobena Komfo at Barekese in the Atwima Nwabiagya North of the Ashanti region for recruiting young girls within and outside the region to her … Read more
The suspect is currently in the custody of the Suame police Asuobena Komfo renowned fetish priestess at Barekese in the Atwima Nwabiagya District of the Ashanti region is in the grips of the police for allegedly recruiting prostitutes commonly referred to as “Ashawo’ for various brothels within the Kumasi Metropolis. Born Nana Ama Serwaa, the … Read more
The Founder and National Chairman of the United Front Party (UFP), Nana Agyenim Boateng, aka Gyataba, is to file a motion for contempt of court against the Suame Divisional Police Command for failing to comply with a court order. This is after a Kumasi High Court, presided over by Justice Nicholas Mensah Cudjoe Abodakpi on … Read more
Water supply and sanitary conditions at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) has received a major boost following the intervention of Beverages giant Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited (GGBL). The company in collaboration with Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) Water for Africa Through Everyday Response (WATER) on Thursday, commissioned a mechanized bore hole it constructed for KATH. The … Read more
Customs officials in the Ashanti Region have impounded five trucks full of smuggled high duty vegetable products and electronic gadgets in Kumasi. The arrests reveal an attempt to evade almost one million Ghana Cedis in duties and taxes to the state. Customs officials say three transit-trucks loaded with trade key pure vegetable cooking oil (25 … Read more
Custom officials in the Ashanti region have impounded three articulated trucks loaded with cooking oil. The oil branded “Trade Key Pure Vegetable Cooking Oil” were supposed to be in transit to Cote D’Ivoire but were impounded at a warehouse at Barekese in the Ashanti region where the trucks diverted to offload the products. Ashanti regional … Read more
Drivers are devising means of beating the tracking system to evade tax according to ACP Ahiakpor Ashanti Regional Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has impounded three articulated truck loads of cooking oil branded “Trade Key Pure Vegetable Cooking Oil’. The goods that were supposed to be in transit to Cote D’Ivoire were … Read more
The Ashanti Regional Public Relations Officer of the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL), has said special arrangements for emergency services in the Kumasi metropolis have been made ahead of the closure of the Barekese dam tomorrow, Tuesday. This follows a release from GWCL which stated that, “the Barekese Headworks of the Ghana Water Company Ltd will … Read more
Ashanti Regional Police Commander, Ken Yeboah has been explaining reasons behind the seizure of vehicles belonging to founder and leader of United Freedom Party, Nana Agyenim Boateng. According to DCOP Ken Yeboah, the said vehicles were found abandoned in a bush which compelled the police to tow them away based on suspicion. The Regional Police … Read more
The 2016 presidential aspirant of the United Front Party (UFP), Nana Agyenim Boateng, has accused the New Patriotic Party government of picking on him following his endorsement of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and then-President John Mahama in last year’s elections. Mr Boateng has sued the Ghana Police Service and the Invincible Forces, a private … Read more
The Founder and National Chairman of the United Front Party (UFP), Nana Agyenim Boateng, has filed a suit at the Kumasi High Court against the Ghana Police Service and the Invisible Forces of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for illegal seizure of his vehicles. The Invincible Forces reportedly stormed the residence of Nana Boateng, fondly … Read more
Zongo chiefs in two Ashanti regional constituencies have declared their support for President Mahama ahead of the December 7 2016 presidential elections. The chiefs in the Atwima Nwabiagya South and North constituencies say they have been compelled by developments their respective areas to throw their support for President Mahama and the party’s parliamentary candidates. They … Read more
Outspoken Ghanaian economist, Professor Stephen Adei, has served notice he will embark on a “one man aluta” to compel the next government to, as a matter of urgency, halt the growing phenomenon of illegal mining, popularly referred to as galamsey. He has fixed January 7, 2017, the day Ghana’s next president and parliament will take … Read more
The ARB Apex bank has said it is engaging the Ministry of Finance to review the taxes on rural banks, following the hike in corporate taxes from 8 percent to 25 percent. Act 896, of the recently passed New Income Tax Act, 2015 upwardly reviewed the corporate taxes of rural banks. The elevation of taxes … Read more
Millions of Ghanaians could lose access to treated water due to the impending closure of three major water treatment dams due to the activities of illegal mining, according to the Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing The dams in question are the Barekese dam, the Kyebi Treatment plant and the Daboase water treatment plant. … Read more