The torrential downpour witnessed in Kumasi and other parts of the Ashanti Region, last Thursday, June 24, 2021, resulted in massive flooding of some areas of the city displacing many residents. The development, a perennial occurrence, has so far also led to the deaths of a total of six people including an infant, according to … The post Fact
The Bosomtwe District Police Command has arrested one suspect in connection with the murder of an Uber driver at Feyiase in the Ashanti Region on Sunday, July 04. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Eric Bekoe, the District Police Commander, in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA), said the suspect was arrested on Monday … The post Police arrests
The Weija District Court has heard that the causes of death of a German lady and her 13-year-old daughter, allegedly murdered by a Burkinabe national, Boigouna Aloys, included suspected homicide. The Police investigator who gave an update on the case before the court, said some of the immediate cause of the deaths were asphyxiation, strangulation … The post Kokrobite
The first contingent of Team Ghana for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games have arrived safely in Inawashiro, Japan ahead of the Olympic Games which commences on July 23. Team Ghana flew from Accra to Amsterdam, then to Narita in Tokyo, before taking a bus to Inawashiro where they would be having their final camping and … The post First batch of Team Ghana arrives
Oil prices hardly moved at the start of the week, as a cautious market eyes stalling talks between the major oil-producing nations on future production policy. A barrel (159 litres) of North Sea Brent cost $76.18 on Monday morning, about the same as on Friday. The price for a barrel of the US variety West … The post Oil prices stagnate as OPEC+ plans to
For the first time, the organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has listed a head of government from the European Union in its regular list of “enemies of press freedom”: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. “Since Viktor Orban and his Fidesz party came to power in 2010, they have brought Hungary’s media landscape under their control … The post Reporters
The cleaning up of the Agbogbloshie Onion Sellers’ Market by the Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council is progressing smoothly and peacefully. The exercise is part of the Coordinating Council’s “Let’s make Accra work” campaign to improve sanitation in the city. The Ghana News Agency (GNA), on Monday, observed huge progress in the exercise, with debris … The post Cleaning
Human and vehicular congestion on Monday impeded the efforts of fire fighters to control the fire outbreak, which destroyed about 50 shops at the Hong Kong Market, near the GCB Bank, at Makola. Fabrics, cosmetics, jewellery, toys and other wares valued at thousands of Ghana cedis have been lost in the inferno. Dozens of firemen … The post Makola Fire: Congested
The Mim Cashew and Agricultural Production Limited in the Ahafo Region has shut down with more than 1,000 employees laid off. Mrs Jemima Akusika Hansen, the Director of Human Resource and Administration, said the free-zone enterprise, was shut down in November 2020 due to the high cost of production, processing and lack of raw materials to … The post Mim
A Jasikan Circuit Court presided over by Mr Alfred Korbina Asiedu has sentenced Hammond Teye Ametepe,36, to eight years imprisonment for human trafficking. He was arraigned with four other suspects on charges of prohibition of human Trafficking, Human Trafficking and the use of a Trafficked person. Ametepe pleaded guilty to the charges and was convicted … The post Court
The three-member Ministerial Committee commissioned to conduct a public enquiry into the shooting incident at Ejura in the Ashanti Region will start sitting on Tuesday, July 6, at the Prempeh Assembly Hall in Kumasi. The committee, which is chaired by Justice George Kingsley Koomsom will receive evidence from witnesses at its sitting, which commences at … The post Ministerial
The Ghana government is to take up all related expenses on the surgery to separate the conjoined twins at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital in Accra, Chief of Staff, Madam Akosua Frema Osei-Opare, announced Monday. The Siamese twins, born to Samuel Addo and 15-year-old Rebecca Bansah, were joined at the head when they were delivered … The post Ghana
PassionAir, a domestic airline, at the weekend operated a demonstration flight to Ho with connection to Kumasi. The demonstration flight was to ascertain the technical performance of the aircraft operation into Ho airport. A statement issued in Accra by the Airline said it was also to collect the necessary data for its planned operations on … The post PassionAir runs
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