Palm wine tappers in the Yilo Krobo district of the Eastern region have resorted to poisonous chemicals such as Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) to collect sap in the palm tree, Eastern Regional local Journalist Kojo Ansah’ investigations have uncovered.According to the tappers, the DDT help increase production unlike the traditional means of burning palm branches to aid with the […]
The Education Ministry has described as mischievous a publication suggesting that it has spent 40 million dollars on the procurement of dictionaries.The Daily Guide Newspaper which published the story also alleged that the government is spending 44 million dollars on the printing of atlases.But the Education Ministry in a statement urged the public to ignore
Drama unfolded at Adum in Kumasi the Ashanti regional capital after an angry mob attacked a man suspected to be a homosexual.The incident occurred around 6 pm on Tuesday, November 10th.The victim believed to be in his late twenties was allegedly in a green shirt and khaki shorts and had makeup on. “He came to
Food Sovereignty Ghana organized a Press conference today to announce their intention to appeal against the ruling by the Human Rights court, Accra dismissing their application for Interlocutory Injunction on the commercial release of Bt Cowpea and GM rice. Below is the statement: FSG Press Conference Statement, Tuesday, 11 November, 2015, at the International
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer Nana Akufo-Addo has denied widely circulated reports that he was in South Africa for an urgent medical attention.Although Akufo-Addo failed to reveal reasons for his travel to the Rainbow Nation, he said the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) misfired by saying he was suffering from ill-health.Nana Akufo-Addo described it
suspended Fifa president Sepp Blatter has been admitted to hospital after suffering a breakdown. Mr Blatter, 79, is expected to remain in hospital for several days.He has suffered what has been described as “a small breakdown” and is likely to be treated until next Tuesday. Mr Blatter’s spokesman said the Fifa chief told him: “My
A Specialist Paediatrician at Mother and Baby Unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Dr. Priscilla Wobil has revealed that three out of five expectant mothers deliver premature babies in the Ashanti region. ‘For KATH, 60% of our admissions of expectant mothers are pre- term implying that three out of five babies are born
A wreath laying ceremony has been held at the Veterans Association of Ghana (VAG) villages throughout the country in commemoration of retired soldiers who died in line of duty during the First World War Photo File: Veteran Ghanaian Retired Soldiers In Action The day is observed on 11 November every year
The Municipal Chief Executive of Ejura Sekyere Municipality in the Ashanti region, Alhaji Bawa Braimah has blamed increasing robbery attacks in the area to the presence of Fulani herdsmen. According to him, most armed robbers arrested in the municipality are always of Fulani extraction giving credence to the suspicion that they are the major architects
Seven Teachers of Osei Kwadwo District Assembly (D/A) Junior High School (JHS) at Atrama near Adjako Buoho of the Afigya Kwabre district in the Ashanti region have been hospitalised after residents of the area vented their spleen on them for whipping a female pupil. Teachers at the school were subjected to severe beatings by angry residents this afternoon and
