It appears residents of Denkyira-Boase in the Upper Debkyira West District of the Central Region are suffering for the repercussions of killing a serving soldier in the area claiming he was an armed robber. Barely a week after the incident,chief of Denkyira, Krontihene Odiamono Twum Barimah II has revealed they were starving following the dastardly … Read more
Chief of the Denkyira, Krontihene Odiamono Twum Barimah II has revealed that the few residents of troubled Denkyira-Boase are currently starving because there is no food for them to eat. According to him, the fleeing of most residents to neighbouring communities for fear of being arrested in connection with the gruesome murder of Captain Maxwell … Read more
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has employed Ghanaians to render his government the needed support to turn the fortunes of the country around. He reiterated that government is committed to revamping the National Health Insurance Scheme such that every Ghanaian will have access to quality health care for free. Speaking at the Fiave Global Evangelical … Read more
Too early, too many Salamatu expresses her wish to have limited or spaced the number of children she had had “I work but the income I make is not enough to take care of my family,” says 20-year-old Salamatu Abubakar. Although not married, Salamatu is a mother of three children. At age 17, she was … Read more
The wife of Former Vice President Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, Matilda Amissah-Arthur, as part of helping the less privileged in society donated assorted fruits and food stuff, medical equipment and some orthopaedic materials to the staff and children of the Nsawam Orthopaedic Training Centre in the Eastern Region. A friend to the Orthopaedic Training Centre, Mrs … Read more
Pastors in the country have been urged to allow the use of their pulpits as a platform to combat illegal mining. There has been months of sustained crusade against illegal mining known as galamsey in the country under the auspices of the Lands and Natural Resources Ministry. The Christian Council of Ghana (CCG) and the … Read more
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has reiterated his government’s commitment to establishing the Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP) – which will serve as a vehicle to allocate $1 million to each constituency for infrastructural development. According to him, the Fund will be administered by three (3) development authorities, namely, the Coastal Belt Development Authority, the … Read more
The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG), has urged all Galamsey operators across the country to stop destroying the environment and take up farming as a profitable business. According to the PFAG, which lauded Citi FM and government’s campaign against galamsey, said galamsey threatened food security and health. Speaking at the 2017 inauguration of the fertilizer … Read more
The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG), has inaugurated fertilizer security watchdog committees in all border towns across the country to help curb the menace of smuggling the commodity across neighboring countries. The fertilizer watchdog committees will monitor the movement of subsidized fertilizers across neighboring countries and report such perpetrators to the security agencies for … Read more
The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG), has inaugurated fertilizer security watchdog committees in all border towns across the country to help curb the menace of smuggling the commodity across neighboring countries. The fertilizer watchdog committees will monitor the movement of subsidized fertilizers across neighboring countries and report such perpetrators to the security agencies for … Read more
Some Smallholder farmers in the Bongo District of the Upper East Region are exploiting indigenous farming technologies to preserve their food stuff for storage and treat their livestock of diseases and pest. This came to light at the launch of a new Food Security Project, dubbed “Promoting Local Innovation for Food and Nutrition Security (Proli-FaNS)” … Read more
The Water Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is calling for a ban on what it calls “primitive recycling of e-wastes” due to the hazardous chemicals it produces. During an in-house review seminar by the institute on Wednesday, one of its Researchers, Dr Kwadwo Ansong Asante, revealed that carcinogenic compounds … Read more
Following a two-hour downpour in the Sekondi Takoradi Metropolis of the Western Region today [Tuesday], a school pupil yet to be identified, has been confirmed dead. Four other adults have also become unconscious, after they were electrocuted by electrical cables which fell to the ground during the rain. Narrating the incident to journalists, an eyewitnesses said, … Read more
Traders at the Kasoa old market have extended their businesses close to the streets, especially around the newly constructed interchange, competing for space with pedestrians. Some of the items displayed for sale under the overpass and along the street include food stuff, suitcases, second-hand clothing, foot wears, detergents, bags, among others. The traders have, over … Read more
Dear compatriots! This is not a prophecy. I write this message to all of you at home and in Diaspora, wishing you good health and high spirit for this great country, Nigeria. I wish you all the best in 2017 and beyond. This massage may not be new. Assuredly, you may have received a message … Read more
Prices of foodstuff are on the rise during the Xmas period With the onset of the festive period comes hikes in the prices of food stuff especially the essential Christmas goodies. A visit to most markets across the Greater Accra Region show that majority of Christmas dinner essentials and other food stuff including poultry, rice, … Read more
With the onset of the festive period comes hikes in the prices of food stuff especially the essential Christmas goodies. A visit to most markets across the Greater Accra Region show that majority of Christmas dinner essentials and other food stuff including poultry, rice, oil, confectionary among others increased to about 30 percent a few … Read more
The 2016 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has assured the people of the Western Region that his government, God-willing from January 2017, will develop the region into an oil services hub with a first class port facility, to serve the needs of West Africa. This, he explained, will be … Read more
The 2016 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has assured the people of the Western Region that his government, God-willing from January 2017, will develop the region into an oil services hub with a first-class port facility, to serve the needs of West Africa. This, he explained, will be done … Read more
About 500 persons have been affected by cholera since its outbreak in the Central Region a month ago, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed. According to the service, no death has been recorded. The Ghana Health Service has however attributed the surge in Cholera cases in the region to improper handling of meats and … Read more