Over the years, government has been making efforts by coming up with different policies to curb the practice of illegal gold mining, otherwise known as galamsey in Ghana. The love and desire for more gold by illegal miners might eventually lead to the fulfillment of a water scarcity prediction by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This … Read more
Ghana may soon import drinking water from neighbouring countries if illegal mining also known ‘galamsey’ is not checked. According to the Director for Natural Resources at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Carl Fiati, if government does not curb illegal mining, Ghana may soon lose all of its water bodies. “We anticipated this problem long time … Read more
Illegal mining activities in the Brong Ahafo region have silted the Tano River causing it to dry up for the first time in 40 years. Despite the long period of drought in the region, the residents believe the increasing activities of galamsey operators significantly contributed to the siltation of the river which is the source … Read more
The activities of galamsey operators in the Pra River, which is the main water intake point for treatment by the Western Regional Office of the Ghana Water Company is affecting water supply to residents of Sekondi in the Sekondi Takoradi Metropolis. For over three weeks, residents of Sekondi have been grappling with how to get … Read more
The 1986 year group of the Wesley Girls High School in Cape Coast has handed over a GH¢180,000 solar-powered water project to the school. The project was part of a gesture to mark the group’s 30 years after leaving school. It is aimed at weaning the school off Ghana Water Company and cut its expenditure … Read more
REPORTS reaching Today indicate that Abesim, a town in Sunyani Municipal District in the Brong Ahafo Region, has been hit by acute water shortage, leaving inhabitants to resort to the use of services of water tankers for survival. According to our correspondent, the whole community and its environs have been experiencing the shortage since the beginning of this … Read more
Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has begun water rationing in the Sunyani Municipality in the Brong Ahafo Region due to inadequate water in the municipality. Assistant Manager at the Abesim Water Head Works, Yakubu Mumuni, in an interview with Today said: GWCL was not able to produce the needed quantity of water for the municipality, as a result of … Read more
The Brong Ahafo Regional capital, Sunyani and its environs, have been hit by acute water shortage for a month. The situation, according to residents, has made life unbearable and difficult compelling most of them to resort to the use of unsafe and unwholesome sources of water for their survival, coupled with its attendant health implications. … Read more
“Everybody in this world has something special to offer. It doesn’t matter who you are or where you are coming from, you can still do something to help humanity and that with God, all things are possible,” these were the words of the General Manager of Gold Coast, Mr. Boakye Mensah, when he shared his … Read more
Government has commenced work to digitally record all state properties and citizen’s data in a centralized national database. It said it will make provision for the two systems in the maiden budget to be presented before Parliament next month. At a meeting with key stakeholders including the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Hajia … Read more
An unidentified man believed to be in his late 50s has burnt death at New Edubiase in the Ashanti region on Monday afternoon. Wofa Yaw Surprise a local journalist in the area, told ultimatefmonline.com that the deceased was involved in an accident after his Toyota Rav4 vehicle with registration number AS 1200-09 skid off the … Read more
The finances of the Ghana water Company are currently suffering as a result of negligence on the part of some of the company’s managers who failed to take measures to prevent the deterioration of strategic equipment. Having superintended over the collapse of some of its stations, these senior figures persuaded the then NDC government to … Read more
The Management and the Parent-Teacher Association (P. T.A) of Mawuli Senior High School School at Ho in the Volta Region, are pleading with government to intervene in finding a lasting solution to the water challenges in the school. There is a severe water shortage in the school due to the indebtedness of the school to … Read more
Mawuli Senior High School in Ho, Volta Region, has been hit by acute water shortage due to a cut in supply from the Ghana Water Company Limited’s (GWCL’s) main distribution lines. For the past four weeks, students have had to struggle for water as the underground water reservoirs which store harvested rain water have been … Read more
The erratic supply of potable water at Mawuli School, a foremost second cycle institution in Ho in the Volta region, has reached an alarming stage, as students struggle in search of the basic commodity to run their daily chores. The situation, which has persisted in the past four weeks, according to sources, is making life … Read more
Students of Mawuli Senior High School at Ho in the Volta Region, have been complaining about inadequate supply of food, water and electricity, as the school struggles to meet payment demands from their service providers. According to the students, they have been living without adequate potable water for the past four weeks, and survive on contaminated … Read more
It has been reported that many people have collapsed at the Asantehemaa funeral grounds… The Ashanti Kingdom is currently abuzz with series of funeral activities ahead of the burial of the Queen Mother of the Kingdom, Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II who died in November, 2016 at the age of 111. The late Otumfuo’s mother will be … Read more
The Asantehemaa funeral is a four-day rites which starts with the laying in state of the body of the Queen Mother… The Asahanti Kingdom is currently abuzz with series of activities in preparation for the burial of the Queen Mother of the Kingdom, Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II who died in November, 2016 at the … Read more
The Asantehemaa funeral is a four-day rites which starts with the laying in state of the body of the Queen Mother… The Asahanti Kingdom is currently abuzz with series of activities in preparation for the burial of the Queen Mother of the Kingdom, Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II who died in November, 2016 at the … Read more
Rites to see the late Asantehemaa join her ancestors begin on Monday, January 16 at the Manhyia Palace, the seat of the Asante Kingdom. The four-day rites in Kumasi begin with the laying in state of the late Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II, whose death occurred on Monday, November 11. She will be laid … Read more