Mantrac Ghana Introduces Rent-To -Own Services For Contractors

Mantrac Ghana Limited has introduced a special rental service for contractors known as Rent-To-Own. The new service offers customers the opportunity to enjoy the benefits of using brand new equipment without committing to an outright purchase. RENT-TO-OWN offer gives contractors the option to buy the Machine after six months of renting. This applies to Brand … Read more

Ofori-Asante Likely To Be Appointed As CEO of Petroleum Commission

President Nana Akufo-Addo is yet to appoint someone to take over as Chief Executive Officer of Petroleum Commission, but insider sources have tipped Mr. Philip Ofori-Asante to be next in line. Mr. Philip Ofori-Asante is an accomplished Banker with over 15 years in senior managerial roles having attained leadership roles in both international and local … Read more

Medeama Star Samuel Adade Observes One-Week of Father’s Demise

Samuel Adade at his father’s one week ceremony Medeama have joined deputy captain Samuel Adade to observe the one-week passing of his late father. John Kwabena Ackonnor passed away on Tuesday after battling a short illness. He was 81. The one week observation took place at Mamponteng in the Ashanti region on Thursday. Hardworking Medeama … Read more

Aduana Stars’ Yusif Abubakar Shortlisted Again For Coach of the Month

Aduana Stars coach Yusif Abubakar has been nominated for the second successive time for the NASCO Coach of the Month for May. The astute tactician was shortlisted for last month but missed out on the award to WAFA’s Klavs Rasmussen. Abukakar led his side to summit of the table to end the month and regarded … Read more

Beware of Fake Car Dealers In Town – Police Warns Car Buyers/sellers

Ghana’s Police is asking the public to beware of a fake car syndicate in parts of the country, which has been duping unsuspecting people seeking vehicles to buy. The fraudsters are said to be operating in Accra, Tema, Kumasi, Obuasi, Tarkwa and Sekondi-Takoradi. According to the Police, they use online market websites and the cars … Read more

Police Nab Car Stealing Syndicate

A car stealing syndicate has been busted by the Tarkwa Police in the Western region Thursday. The vehicle, according to the Police, was rented from the Legon Run and Errand car rental in Accra, but ended up in Tarkwa. According to Starr News sources, the arrest was conducted upon a tip off that the suspects … Read more

BECE Candidate Killed In A Freak Accident

Naomi Hanson, a 16-year-old final year JHS student of Golden Age school Complex, has been killed in a car accident in Tarkwa. A Suzuki 4×4 vehicle allegedly rammed into the deceased and one Patricia Entsie, 17, while they stood at a junction around the Class Link Hotel in Tarkwa. The two friends, who were preparing … Read more

Woman Dies In ‘Galamsey’ Pit

A 35-year-old woman, Patricia Morrison, met her untimely death when a taxi she was driving veered off the road and landed in an abandoned ‘galamsey’ pit at Abease, near Cyanide in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality of the Western Region. DAILY GUIDE gathered that the incident happened on Monday evening when three persons, including the deceased, went … Read more

Professor Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa Appointed Acting GES Director

President Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed Professor Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa as the Acting Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES). A letter signed by the President and sighted by Citi News, indicates that the appointment is pending the advice of the governing council of the Service in consultation with the Public Service Commission. Prof. Opoku-Amankwa will be … Read more

GHc1.14 Bn Needed To Restore Galamsey Affected Lands In Western Region

It will cost Ghana at least GH¢1.4 billion to restore about fifty percent of lands affected by illegal mining activities in the Western region. This is the suggestion from some environmental analysts. The attention by policy makers have intensified recently following the alarming rate of the devastating impacts of illegal mining activities on the environment. … Read more

One Dead, 2 Others Hospitalized After Falling Into Galamsey Pit

One person has died while two others have been hospitalized after they fell into an abandoned galamsey pit at Kwabedu, a suburb of the Tarkwa Nsuaem municipality of the Western region. An eye witness told this website that the unfortunate incident happened yesterday about 9:00 pm when the three including the deceased, who is a … Read more

Sale of Galamsey Washing Machines ‘high’ Despite Efforts To End the Canker

Sellers of machines used mostly by illegal small scale miners to extract gold from the ore, appear unfazed by the ongoing campaign to clamp down on the activities of the miners, popularly known as galamsey. Already, some galamseyers have surrendered some of the heavy-duty equipment including excavators, to the government following the expiration of a … Read more

Medeama Drag Great Olympics To Ghana FA Over ‘illegal’ Tom Strand Appointment

Medeama have dragged Great Olympics to the Ghana FA regarding the wrongful appointment of Swedish coach Tom Marcus Strand, GHANAsoccernet.com can confirm. In what could turned out to a legal showdown between the two parties, Medeama are seeking substantial damages from the Wonder Club for its unprofessional conduct. Olympics have called the bluff of the … Read more

King of Assin Owirenkyi Appointed TB Ambassador

The National Tuberculosis Control Programme (NTP) has appointed Nana Ehunabobrim Prah Agyensaim VI, King and President of Assin Owirenkyi Traditional Council as the new Ambassador of Tuberculosis (TB). Known in private life as Wellington Nathaniel Eshun Jonah, Nana Prah Agyensaim VI is also and a member of the National and Central Regional House of Chiefs … Read more

Mixed Reactions Greet Lorry Fares

Following the  announcement by National Executive Council of the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) of TUC, of  15 % increase in transport fares, drivers in the capital city yesterday began charging the new fares as was directed. Although only few people were not aware of the new development, a large number of passengers said … Read more

Kotoko Fall At Tarkwa

Tarkwa-based Medeama Wednesday, put up a fighting spirit, coming from behind to beat Kumasi Asante Kotoko 2-1 in their Ghana Premier League (GPL) encounter at the Tarkwa T and A Park. The win did not only hand the Mauve and Yellows the crucial three points, but it also helped them to end the hold the … Read more

Give Us ‘1-Factory, 1-District’ Before You Stop Galamsey – Illegal Miners Tell Gov’t

Some illegal small scale miners at Bonsa in the Tarkwa Nsuaem municipality of the Western Region have asked the government to exercise caution in its attempt at clamping down on their activities. The upsurge of illegal small scale mining, popularly referred to as galamsey, has destroyed the country’s vast arable lands, farmlands and polluted water … Read more

Medeama Coach Adotey Happy With Tema Youth Stalemate

The Yellow and Mauve manager is happy with his charges after picking a point from their away game on Sunday. Medeama manager Evans Adotey has insisted that his charges were impressive despite failing to pick their first away victory of the Ghana Premier League campaign this season. The Tarkwa-based club shared the spoils 1-1 with … Read more