Danger on Mampong Scarp
Motorists and travelers plying the Scarp located between Jamasi and Ninting in the Ashanti region popularly known as the Mampong Scarp, are faced with danger as portions of the scarp has been experiencing mass movement or mass wasting. Mass movement is the occasional falling of rocks or topsoil of the hill onto the base of […]
Fire destroys large acreage of farms at Abuontem
Large acreage of farms at Abuontem, [G1] in the Mampong Municipality of the Ashanti region has been completely destroyed by wildfire leading to the destruction of food crops either already harvested or at maturity stages. Part of the affected lands is an 50 acre maize farm and a farmhouse belonging to a 39-year old Dispensary […]
Ghana Army commended for role in Dagbon peace process
A former Deputy Commandant of the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), Brigadier General Kwame Opppong-Otchere (Rtd), has commended the Ghana Army for their “brilliant” role played in the peace process at Dagbon in the Northern region. He said the Army had conducted itself professionally over the years to ensuring peace in many conflict […]
Komenda Sugar factory to be revived
The Hi Limit Group, developers of government’s One-Village-One-Dam programme has signed a purchase agreement to revive the defunct Komenda sugar factory in the Central region of Ghana. Under the agreement, The Hi Limit Group will produce 375,000 metric tonnes of sugar cane annually to feed the sugar factory. The agreement signed under the auspices of […]
Court discharges Dr. Obengfo
Dr. Dominic Kwame Obeng-Andoh, Proprietor of Obengfo Hospital at Weija who was dragged to an Accra Circuit Court for operating a health facility without licence and practicing medicine without lawful authority has been discharged. The court presided over by Mrs. Priscilla Dapaah Mireku discharged him on the basis of “want of prosecution.” In her ruling […]
Vea/Gowrie water treatment plant, Vea Dam to receive major rehabilitation-Cecilia Dapaah
The Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Dapaah, has hinted that the Vea/Gowrie water treatment plant and the vea dam in the Bongo District of the Upper East Region will soon be rehabilitated. She said government was looking at various options to secure funding support to have the project comprehensively rehabilitated to serve both […]
Find ways to resolve internal wranglings-Prof. Twumasi urges
Director General of the National Sports Authority (NSA), Professor Peter Twumasi, has urged sporting federations to find ways of resolving their internal wranglings, other than resorting to the law courts. Sports federations under the NSA, has over the years been affected by series of law suits and counter suits, a situation that has affected the […]
NSA takes delivery of 2 Toyota Hiace pick-ups
The Director General of the National Sports Authority (NSA), Professor Peter Twumasi, has called on corporate bodies to support them with logistics to enable them to deliver on their ts core mandate effectively. This, he said will go a long way in helping the authority mandated to manage, maintain and develop sports men and women […]
JDM begins tour of Volta region
Former President John Dramani Mahama has embarked on a flagbearership campaign tour of the Volta Region. The weeklong tour will take Mr. Mahama to all constituencies in the region to meet with delegates of the National Democratic Congress, (NDC). The former president, who is seeking the mandate of delegates to lead the NDC to victory […]
NDC will reward hard and loyalty of members- John Mahama
Former President John Dramani Mahama has assured delegates of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) that the party will pay attention to hard work and loyalty when it wins the 2020 general elections. Addressing NDC delegates in Dzolokpuita in the Ho West constituency on Monday to kick-start his weeklong flagbearership campaign tour of the Volta Region, […]
Women in Northern Ghana making waves through VSLAs
In Ghana, women constitute over 50 percent of the total population. They are however, marginalized in the sharing of political power, wealth, land among others. In the Northern half of the country, the situation is a lot worse as women are unable to meet daily financial obligations due to male dominance otherwise known as patriarchy […]
NDC rejects petitioners request
The opposition National Democratic Congress, (NDC) has rejected accusations of a bloated voters register for the party’s Presidential Primaries to be held in Febuary. Six (6) out of seven (7) vrying for the presidential slot of the party, Alban Bagbin, Nurudeen Ali, Sylvester Mensah, Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, Goosie Tanoh and Joshua Alabi have petitioned the party […]
Pressure Group (SJM) urges gov't to take a relook into mining laws
A Pressure Group, called The Social Justice Movement, (SJM), says government must come again on mining laws to help prevent further loss of lives in the country. The deaths of small scale miners on the 23rd January 2019 in Gbane of the Talensi District, puts to shame the claim by government that they have implemented […]
