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On 9th March 2023, the Axim Divisional Police patrol team reported an attack on the team by a gang that seized the magazine of a Service rifle together with some mobile phones belonging to the Police officers. An intelligence operation was immediately launched after the report to get the suspects …

Scores of caterers on the school feeding programme in the Ashanti region were left in a state of shock, when the Ashanti regional minister, Simon Osei Mensah snubbed them, on Monday. The aggrieved traders had gone to the regional coordinating council to present a petition to the regional minister over …

The Western Regional Directorate of the Ghana Health Service presented the Award to the miner for his philanthropic work towards quality health delivery in the Prestea Huni Valley Municipality of the Western region on March 28, 2023, at its Annual Performance Review in Takoradi. The award was presented to Nana …

Construction work on the 120-bed facility new Fomena Government Hospital in Adansi North District in the Ashanti Region has been delayed due to a lack of funds. The facility initiated by the erstwhile National Democratic Congress (NDC) government in 2014 was meant to augment existing health facilities in the district …

To prevent road crashes in the upcoming Easter, the Ghana Road Transport Union [GPRTU]and other road transport unions as well as officials from the National Road Safety Authority say they will embark on pre-departure checks of their members or drivers. The move according to them is to help reduce crashes …

The Regional Health Directorate has described the trend as worrying as it tries to reduce the figures going forward. In 2021, 161 died while giving birth but the figure shot up to 182 in 2022. According to the Ashanti Regional Health Directorate, eclampsia, postpartum haemorrhage and late referrals to health …

Fuel prices to fall between 2% and 9% from April 1 Fuel prices will fall between 2% and 9% for the third consecutive time from April 1, 2023, with Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) expected to witness its biggest decline in recent times. According to the Institute for Energy Security, LPG …

A five-member committee of inquiry has been inaugurated by the Deputy minister-designate of Local Government Osei Bonsu Amoah in Kumasi. The Committee Chair by Professor The Ophiuchus Adjei-Kumi from KNUST’s Department of Construction Technology and management. The Committee has three weeks to investigate the cause of the Kejetia Market and …

The Police, through an intelligence operation on 27th March 2023, arrested three suspects for possession of firearms without lawful authority and acts of vigilantism at Japa near Wassa Akropong in the Western Region. The three suspects, Godfred Appiah alias Nana Kobina Gyan, Isaac Amoako alias Nana Owusu and Theophilus Yeboah …

Ghana COCOBOD has rolled out the first phase of the COCOA Farmers PENSION Scheme. The first phase would be implemented in Ashanti and Western South Regions. President Akufo-Addo launched the Cocoa Farmers Pension Scheme in October 2021. It was the hope of Cocoa farmers to see the Scheme rolled out …