The Police through sustained intelligence-led operation over a nine week period have arrested four armed robbery suspects in who were involved in a robbery attack that led to the death of two people at Asaman Tamfoe in the Eastern Region on 27-05-2022. The robbers, numbering seven, attacked a gold buying company in the town, Shot and killed the security man on duty and robbed the company of an unspecified amount of money. While attempting to escape, they also shot one other person who later died.

Social media (Twitter) went haywire yesterday, following the banner story of The Chronicle captioned “Beware! The Sachet Water you consume May Contain Shit.” Ghanaians expressed mixed reactions over the health alert raised by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS). Whilst others were utterly surprised over the development, others claimed to have been in the known. Others also described the headline by The Chronicle as ‘wild’. Francis Kokutse, one of the respected senior journalists

The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources (MLNR) has inaugurated a 9-member National Planning committee to spearhead the Green Ghana Project. The committee is made up of representatives from the Ministry of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development; Ministry of Roads & Highways; The Forestry Commission; The Ghana Highway Authority; The Department of Urban Roads; The Department of Parks and Gardens; Zoomlion Ghana Limited and Mullen Lowe. The overarching objective of this Project

The Ministry for Gender, Children and Social Protection may soon have a substantive Minister and a Deputy, barring any parliamentary block. According to a statement by the Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin, yesterday, President Akufo-Addo nominated Adwoa Safo’s deputy, Lariba Zuweira Abudu, as the substantive Minister, and Francisca Oteng Mensah as the Deputy. The Eugene Arhin press release yesterday added that, “The President is hopeful that Parliament will expedite

A Pastor and his wife have been arraigned before court for allegedly swindling about 875 persons in the sum of GH¢23,773,950. Pastor Kelvin Elson Godson, also known as Kelvin Kwasi Kobiri, is the Founder and General Overseer of the Zoe Outreach Embassy Church, and his wife, Sabina Elson Godson, were put before the court yesterday. The two were charged with 40 counts of conspiracy to defraud and defrauding by false pretences, and one count of money laundering, but have pleaded not guilty to all the

The entire Kroboland in the Eastern Region has been plunged into total darkness by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), following the accusation that some residents have tampered with the company’s system. The ECG, which recently, with the aid of the military installed prepaid meters on buildings, cut off power supply at about 10:30pm on Wednesday, June 27, 2022. Although the decision has received several condemnation from a section of the public, as it is the second time since December 2021

The Emmanuel Addo Fan Club has paid the full cost of the hospital bills for Doris Yonyeh, a 14-year-old student of Krobo Junior High School Form Two student in the Afigya Kwabre South District of the Ashanti Region. She suffered a brain tumor and received treatment at the Konfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi, but was detained for one-and-a-half months after being discharged, till Mr. Emmanuel Addo, Founder and President of the Fan Club, got wind of the plight of the little girl. Mr. Simon

The Presidential Adviser on Health, Dr. Anthony Nsiah Asare, has said the fulfillment of campaign promises such as Free Senior High School (SHS), 1 District 1 Factory (1D1F), Planting for Food and Jobs, construction of good roads, and massive improvements in healthcare delivery should merit, at least, another mandate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP). He said even though the current economic crisis facing the government was a function and effects of the COVID -19 pandemic, the NPP government was

In a book titled “Patchwork Leviathan: Pockets of Bureaucratic Effectiveness in Developing States,” the Author, Professor Erin Metz McDonnell, outlined three levels of lessons that could be learnt or incorporated into managing effective civil/public institutions’ bureaucracies and outcomes. Prof McDonnell identified these lessons – small group culture, ‘slack’ and small wins, and management style – through research conducted in Ghana. The book was launched on the Ghana Centre

The Ashanti Regional branch of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has re-arrested an imposter who once paraded himself as a staff of the company and thus extorted monies from unsuspecting customers for the same offence. Christian Asare was arrested on June 11, 2022 for parading himself as staff of the company and extorted monies from customers in a bid to help them solve their electricity or meters problems. Mr. Gideon Kwame Otto, acting Manager, Ashanti South Business Unit of the company, explained

Despite the threat from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) that it would have nothing to do with the commissioning of the renovated Asomdwee Park, which is housing  the mortal remains of the late President John Evans Atta Mills, some of the party gurus, who revered the ‘Asomdweehene’, defied the orders and attended the ceremony. Not only did Messrs Enoch Teye Mensah, four term Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, Baba Kamara, former adviser on National Security, the ‘bad boy’ Samuel

The Director General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr. Patrick Kumah Aboagye, has disclosed that even though there was a decline in Covid-19 cases in the country, the Greater Accra Region was still accounting for a high proportion reported nationally, while international arrivals were very low. Speaking at a news conference organised by the Ministry of Information yesterday, Dr. Patrick K. Aboagye affirmed that the Western North, North East, Savannah and Upper West regions had no active cases.

Dr. Prince Hamid Armah, Vice Chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Education, has argued strongly against the tangent whereby some individuals are quick to pick cost over the value that education brings to the citizens and national development. According to him, education investment was not consumption, but social capital that produced skilled labour such as teachers, medical officers, lawyers and many others for the job market. Dr. Armah, who also is a lawmaker for the people of Kwesimintim

The Central Regional Coordinating Council (CRCC), in collaboration with the Ministry of Trade and Industry’s ‘Trade, Tourism and Investment fair’ in the Central Region officially starts today. Dubbed, “Central Expo 2022”, the much anticipated event is under the theme; “Promoting Trade, Tourism And Investments In The Central Region – Challenges, Prospects And Solutions” The expo, which will witness exhibitors from all the twenty two districts in the region, as well as others

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has cut the sod for work to begin on the construction of the first Inland Marine Port in the northern parts of Ghana, and an accompanying Industrial Park at Debre, in the Savannah Region.  The multi-modal transport corridor, known as the Trans-Volta Logistics Corridor, is being undertaken by LMI Holdings and involves the development of a system to transport containers and bulk cargo from the Port of Tema to Burkina Faso and other landlocked countries via

Michael Yaw Asamoah, a man in his 30s and father of a toddler, has narrated the physical and emotional ordeal he went through after being diagnosed with brain tumor. He said the tumor affected his vision, productivity, confidence and balance. Michael said his difficulty was with how the news was broken to him at a Ghanaian health facility, which was more traumatising than the cancer itself. Per the information handed to him, the tumor was located somewhere in his brain, which cannot be operated

The Minister for Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has challenged the Governing Council of the Chartered Institute of Bankers, Ghana (CIBG) to strive to ensure that the country’s banking sector becomes globally competitive in its pursuit of higher banking services in the country. “You need to put in place prudent strategies and measures to make you competitive not just in Africa but the other parts of the world by adopting global best practices”, he said. Dr Adutwum announced this

 The Ashaiman Member of Parliament (MP), Ernest Norgbey, has inspected a three-bedroom residence he is putting up for the Municipal Education Director. Funding for the project is about 98 per cent complete. The project is adjacent the Community 22 Polyclinic at Ashaiman Newtown and is funded from the MP’s Common Fund, with counterpart funding from his share of the GetFund. In the company of the MP to inspect the building were Saeed Bisharat Ahmed, the Ashaiman Municipal Works Engineer, a few

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Effiduase/Asokore Constituency, Dr. Nana Ayew Afriyie, has condemned the hostile attitude of voters in the Ashanti Region towards their Members of Parliament. He criticised the development which is emanating from the seeming apathy of the government to adequately provide infrastructural development in the region. People in the Ashanti Region are accusing the government, and for that matter Members of Parliament, for their apathy in championing the interests of the

The management of Gold Fields Ghana Limited (Tarkwa mine) says it is able to recover 97% of gold from low grade ore processed through its plant, and that for every 1 tonne of ore mined, an equivalent of 5.5 tonnes of waste was stripped and this was impacting negatively on cost. “As I mentioned, that our mine has low grade and high strip ratio deposits, and that for every 1 tonne of ore mined, we have to strip an equivalent of 5.5 tonnes of waste.” Management also explained that the capacity