Tag Archives: #A/R

A/R: Manhyia SDA Church locked up over Corruption& Prayers

Members of the Manhyia branch of the SDA Church prayer group have accused the head pastor of the church, Pastor Kwame Annor Boahen of denouncing the SDA faith. The pastor has closed the church down over allegations that the elders of the prayer ministry have been involved in corrupt practices. …

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A/R: 33-year-old man shot dead at Sewuah

Adamu Jantu, a 33 year-old-man and an electrician by profession has allegedly been shot dead by his friend popularly known as Lucky Young at Sewuah in the Bosomtwe district of the Ashanti region. The gruesome activity according to the family of the deceased took place on a plot of land …

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A/R:A MAN DROWNS IN ODA RIVER FOR CHASING A GRASS CUTTER

  A 40-year-old man Kwaku Addai alias Atta Kuma met his untimely death at Chiransa near Senfi in the Bekwai Municipal of Ashanti when he went hunting with his friends and got drowned in river Oda. According to the unit committee chairman Mr Amponsah Benjamin, The three hunters Kwaku Addai …

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Timber traders in Akwatia-line at war with a private developer over attempted demolitions.

It was a tug of war between aggrieved wood merchants at Akwatia-line and police personnel hired by a private developer who want to use the land for a project at Asokore Mampong Municipality. According to the traders, the private developer barricaded their premises without any notice from him or the …

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A/R:The assembly put forward strategies to prevent the activities of foreign commercial sex workers from spreading.-Afigya Kwabre South DCE

The District Chief Executive of Afigya Kwabre South Hon. Christian Adu- Poku has lamented the rate at which ladies at Buoho a suburb of Afigya Kwabre South indulge in prostitution is so unbearable. According to him, the invasion of Nigerian sex workers in the community had a bad influence on …

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A/R:Krobea Asante Tech Institute students were charged GHC 430 for damages sustained during school rioting

Students of the Krobea Asante Technical Institute have been surcharged the cost of damages caused during a violent protest earlier this year. Management of the school says a bill of GHC430 has been imposed on continuing and final-year students for repairs of destroyed school property, as recommended by a five-member …

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A/R:Following a woman’s death after childbirth at the Orma hospital, the family requests a state probe.

Family members and friends of 33-year-old Euginia Boaduwaa Adu protested and accused the CEO and a doctor of Orma Hospital in the Tafo Pankrono municipality of the Ashanti Region. The family has demanded justice for the death of their daughter who died at the Orma Hospital urging the government and …

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A/R: Ashanti regional minister snubs aggrieved school feeding Caterers

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 …

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A/R: FOMENA HOSPITAL READY FOR USE, CONTRACTOR REVEALS

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 …

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A/R:ASHANTI REGION RECORDS 182 MATERNAL DEATHS IN 2022

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 …

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