The Ashanti Region has recorded about 213 cases of fire outbreaks within January 2016 alone displacing more than 150, 000 residents. The Ashanti Regional Commander of the Ghana National Fire Service Semekor Kwaku Fiadzo who disclosed this during an exercise to sensitize residents on latest measures adopted to curb more fire outbreaks in the region, […]
The Italian Prime Minister has called on Ghana to help in the fight against terrorism which he describes as a global threat. Addressing Ghana’s Parliament Tuesday as part of a two-day visit to the West African nation, Matteo Renzi said every country in the world must be concerned about the fight against terrorism and urged
In its quest to promote health delivery, Ideal Finance has disclosed plans of renovating one of the maternity blocks at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in the Ashanti Region. To help decongest the maternity wards, the Ideal finance donated GHC20,000.00 to settle medical bills of patients who cannot afford their bills. Naval Captain Rtd Kojo Butah,
Nigeria has asked the World Bank and African Development Bank for $3.5bn in emergency loans to fill a growing gap in its budget in the latest sign of the economic damage being wrought on oil-rich nations by tumbling crude prices. The request from the eight-month-old government of President Muhammadu Buhari is intended to help fund
The African Union has abandoned its plan to send 5,000 peacekeepers to stop ongoing violence in Burundi.It rather plans to encourage political dialogue between Burundi’s opposing sides. Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza had fiercely opposed the AU plan’s to send peacekeepers. AU Peace and Security Council chief Smail Chergui said: “We want dialogue with the government,
The National Inspectorate Board formed by the Ministry of Education (MoE) Ghana to visit schools unannounced to check lazy and absentee teachers and also identify challenges for redress have been alarmed at the number of bedbug infestations in some schools in the Greater Accra and Western Region. In December last year, The Chronicle reported that
The latest meeting aimed at uniting the two factions in the age-long ethnic conflict in Dagbon ended inconclusively at the Manhyia Palace on Saturday, January 30. This was due to the absence of the Abudu gate, who sent a messenger to the Asantehene-led committee. The message from the Abudu representative, Alahji Adam, was not made
Ivor Kobina Greenstreet was elected presidential candidate of the Convention Peoples’ Party (CPP) after the party’s national delegates’ congress on Saturday, January 30, 2016 at the International Trade Fair Centre. Mr Greenstreet won the CPP presidential race with 1,288 votes, representing 64.2% of valid votes cast, beating closest contender Samia Yaba Nkrumah – the daughter
Commuters will start paying 15% more for fares starting Monday February 1. Acting General Secretary of the Ghana Road Transport Coordinating Council (GRTCC), Andrews Kwesi Kwakye, announced the revised fares on Sunday, January 31 at the PROTOA head office in Accra. According to stakeholders in the industry, the new fares are as a result of
A 22-year-old, Baabue Adebaweni and a 4-year-old boy, Salam Atimbila sustained various degrees of injuries from the fire outbreaks at “Check Point,” a Santasi suburb in Kumasi last weekend. Narrating his plight, Baabue who is also called Akwesi within the vicinity, said he woke up from his sleep around 11 pm on Friday evening when
