Hospitals in the Ashanti region are calling for a review of the capitation system of payment under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). The region began the payment system in 2012 when NHIS card holders were asked to choose a primary health care provider for an upfront payment of predetermined amount of claims. But the […]
The annual springboard road show is set to come off on Saturday in the Ashanti Regional capital Kumasi with a power packed leadership hunt. The 2017 edition has already gone to Wa in the Upper West region, Bolgatanga in the Upper East region and the Northern regional capital Tamale. Speaking to Ivan Heathcote Fumador, the
A former Ashanti Regional Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Joseph Yamin has described controversy around some missing vehicles at the presidency as a deliberate ploy by the Nana Akufo- Addo administration to divert attention from the current hardships in the country. He was commenting on the claims by the director of communications at
In the light of discussions involving an Elder of The Church of Pentecost (COP) on sex and condom usage among teenagers and the youth, we wish to offer the following comments: Sexuality has been abused over the years by man due to the fall. God in His own wisdom has restricted sex to married couples.
Pastor and Controversial Counselor, George Lutterodt says his ready to meet Nana Aba Anamoah, journalist and television host and her colleague Jocelyn Dumas in court should both decide to sue him over alleged defamatory comments he recently made about them. The maverick counselor is reported to have stated categorically that the two cannot marry indicating
Eight more people have been found dead in the renewed chieftaincy clashes in Bimbilla, capital of the Nanumba North district of the Northern region of Ghana. The Northern regional police spokesperson ASP Ebenezer Tetteh said the death toll now stands at 10. “I can confirm that the death toll has increased from two to 10.
17 individuals have been rounded up by the police and military forces in Bimbilla after a renewed chieftaincy violence that killed two and injured eight others, including children. The suspects are believed to be members of the same family who engaged in a fierce gun battle after the regent, whose legitimacy they challenge despite a
A search party has continued its second day search for a gorilla at Agyabiko, a farming community close the Ghanaian Ivory Coast border near Sampa in the Jaman North District of the Brong Ahafo Region after it reportedly seized 2-year old girl from her mother. A resident of the area, who confirmed the incident said
The leadership and members of the the National house of Chiefs have pledged their support to the President and his government after they paid a courtesy call on the President today at the flag staff house. The Chiefs lead by the President of the National House of Chiefs, Togbe Afede, expressed their unwavering support and
The coach of Ghana’s senior national football team has resigned. 60-year-old Avram Grant tendered his resignation at a meeting on Tuesday, 7 February at the Ghana Football Association just as a post-mortem was about being done on the Black Stars’ poor performance at the just-ended AFCON in Gabon. Ahead of the AFCON, Grant had dropped
