Snake bites and care
Snake bites are said to be responsible for a considerable percentage of blindness, paralysis and leg amputation among Ghanaians especially rural dwellers. It has also been established that many victims of Snake bite suffer from some of these permanent conditions as a result of the absence of emergency medical care mainly due to the lack […]
Ghana Card registration in Ashanti Region ends today
The Ghana Card registration exercise officially ends today in the Ashanti Region. The National Identification Authority, NIA, says selected Registration Centres across the region will continue to register applicants till Saturday, January 18. The measure is to help cater for the adverse effects of the challenges encountered at some of the Registration Centres during the […]
Dompoase accident: 25 bodies identified by families
Twenty-five bodies of the 34 who perished in the gory accident at Dompoase near Komenda Junction in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrim (KEEA) district have been identified by their families. Twenty-seven of the 54 who sustained various degrees of injuries have also been treated and discharged while the remaining 27 are in stable condition responding to treatment at […]
PAC charges DCEs to release MPs’ Common Fund on time
Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament has charged various Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) to up their games when it comes to releasing of MPs’ Common Fund for developmental projects. According to him, MPs Common Fund is just a fraction of about 5% of the total budgetary allocations to the […]
Parliament commences 4th session on January 28
Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Ocquaye has set 28th January, 2020 to be date to commence the fourth session of Seventh Parliament of The Republic. A statement issued and signed by the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei Owusu on behalf of The Speaker said, “Tuesday, 28th January, 2020 to be the time […]
VIDEO: Ya Na calls visits President Akufo-Addo
The Yaa-Na, Mahama Abukari II has paid a courtesy call on President Akufo-Addo at the Jubilee House in Accra on Thursday January 16, 2020. https://www.facebook.com/gbcghana/videos/1090402611292003/
Fire cases in 2019 reduced by 121 in Upper East Region
An appeal has been made to stakeholders including the Municipal and District Assemblies, the National Petroleum Authority and the Environmental Protection Agency to desist from zoning high risk places for people to set up filling stations. The appeal was made by the Upper East Regional Fire Officer of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), Mr […]
Accra West ecg retrieves over gh¢1million in Xmas operation
The Accra West Region of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) retrieved GH¢1,041,000.00 from 20 customers who illegally connected power to their premises and used it for free during the Yuletide. The money was retrieved in a special two-week operation organised between December 23, 2019 and January 6, 2020. The operation dubbed “Christmas Revenue Operation,” […]
Radio station closed down over illegal electricity connection
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in the Volta Region has closed down a radio station at Dambai in the Krachi East District of the Oti Region over an illegal electricity connection. The operation conducted on January 8, 2020 revealed that the station, Kanor FM, had illegally connected power from a nearby electricity pole. The […]
Asante Kotoko accepts sanctions of GFA; pleads for closed door games to be reduced
Asante Kotoko General Manager, George Amoako has disclosed that the team will plead with the Disciplinary Committee of the Ghana Football Association to reduce the number of home games to be played behind closed doors following the ban placed on the team. Asante Kotoko will have to play behind closed doors in their next five […]
