Category: News

A young boy has been killed by unknown assailants in Fetteh Kakraba in the Central Region. The six-year-old was dumped behind Fetteh Kakraba Sapoto in the Gomoa East District. This brings to a total of five, the number of people killed in an unexplained manner in the area within a month. A few days ago, a 58-year-old...

A 16-year-old girl who was involved in elopement after her final BECE paper has been rescued by Norsaac in Kayoro in the Upper East Region. Blessing (not her real name) was rescued and since been reunited with her family. On Friday, October, 22, the innocent girl had written her final paper in the Basic Education Certificate...

The Member of Parliament for the Ablekuma North Constituency, Hon Sheila Bartels has encouraged young girls in the Darkuman community to take their education seriously. She also stressed on the importance of vocational training as a substitute for traditional formal education, while emphasizing the merits of the TVET initiative and how the Zongo girl child...

Sekondi-Takoradi Zonal Association of Sachet Water Producers have agreed to sell a bag at GH¢8 instead of the announced GH¢10. The Association says the measure is to ensure that there is no buyer apathy but that their customers are able to continue to purchase in high volumes. The decision was arrived at after a crunch...

Ghanaians will begin paying more for sachet and bottled water from today, Monday, October 31, 2022. This follows a recommendation from the National Association of Sachet and Packaged Water Producers for prices of sachet water to go up by 60 pesewas. It also suggested that 500ml bottled water be retailed at GH¢2.50, 750ml bottled water...

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has lashed out at President Akufo-Addo for taking away his military protection. He said government led by Mr Akufo-Addo engaged in hypocrisy and double standards in the withdrawal of his military detail. “When I was second deputy Speaker, the Office of the same President approved his staff sergeant to...

Former president John Dramani Mahama has stressed that there is a need for all and sundry to protect the current constitutional dispensation despite mounting economic challenges. Addressing a public lecture themed, ‘Building the Ghana We Want,’ on October 27, 2022, in Accra, Mahama admonished especially the Armed Forces and other security services against unconstitutional takeovers.“… let me...

The President of Breast Care International (BCI), Dr. Beatrice Wiafe-Addai, has criticised the behavior of some men who now seduce and suck the breasts of young women under the pretense that it will prevent breast cancer. “No one can suck breast cancer from a woman’s breast,” she asserted, adding that “it’s unfortunate, to say the...

The Volta River Authority (VRA) has served notice of a possible spillage of the Akosombo and Kpong dams in the coming days. In a statement released by the company, there is a consistent high rise in the dams, which would require a spillage in order to maintain their integrity. “We have observed a consistent high...

The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has disclosed that the Union will increase transport fares by 19% effective October 29. According to Godfred Abulbire, General Secretary of the Union, the increment is due to the recent hikes in fuel prices coupled with the galloping inflation and the current depreciation of the Cedi. Speaking in...