using special cameras installed at traffic intersections, highways and other vantage points throughout the country. This will make it possible for the police to capture and tender in evidence videos and pictures of road users who engage in road traffic contraventions across the country, to aid prosecution of such offenders. Some of the cameras are […]
The Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr George Akuffo Dampare on Sunday morning stormed Abesim, in the Bono Region, following the arrest of a 28-year-old man alleged to have murdered three boys. The police arrested Richard Appiah, an architect who is believed to have murdered about three children and kept some meat suspected to […]
The Anglican priest who kissed three female students of the St Monica’s College of Education in Mampong in the Ashanti Region has rendered an unqualified apology to the church, school, families of the students and others. Rev. Fr Baltharzzar Obeng Larbi, in a statement issued yesterday, said he was sincerely sorry for the incident and […]
Ghana has set a new cocoa production record with 1.033 million tonnes of beans for the 2020/2021 season. This comes six weeks before the 2020/2021 cocoa season gets to a close, which means that the figure can still go up before the harvest period ends. The previous record was 1.024 million tonnes which was recorded […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated that he has not shirked from fighting against corruption and will not retreat in ensuring that people manning state anti-graft agencies acted in the interest of Ghanaians. “I don’t think that any government has mobilised resources to give opportunity for the anti-corruption agencies of the state to function […]
The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has agreed to suspend its strike following an emergency meeting with the National Labour Commission (NLC) and Employment and Labour Relations Ministry. This is contained in a memorandum of agreement between government and the Teachers Association. In conjunction with the National Labour Commission, the Ministry of Employment and […]
Authorities of St. Monica’s College of Education in Asante Mampong have started providing counselling services to students who were kissed by the Chaplain of the school in a viral video. At least three female students were kissed on the lips by Rev Father Obeng Larbi in what school authorities have described as a ‘Peace Kiss’ […]
The President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday, August 17, 2021 cut the sod for the commencement of the construction of the Trede District Hospital in the Atwima Kwanwoma district of the Ashanti Region. The ceremony formed part of the Agenda 111 to construct 101 district hospitals in districts without district hospitals, two psychiatric hospitals […]
The Ghana Police Service has deployed its special Anti-Armed Robbery Squad (AARS) to the Eastern and Bono East regions to clamp down on the increasing activities of armed robbers in those regions. The AARS special force is to boost the capabilities of the two regional commands to ruthlessly fight robbery and other violent crime on […]
The hierarchy of the Anglican Church, Ghana has begun investigations into the circumstances leading to a priest of the church kissing a number of female students of the St. Monica’s College of Education within the Asante-Mampong Diocese of the Church. In a video circulating on social media, the priest is seen kissing three girls one […]
Government has pledged to fix the roads affected by floods in some parts of the Upper West Region. Over the weekend, torrential rainfall caused a flooding incident which destroyed roads and bridges with many farmlands submerged. Exploring the area to assess the extent of the damage, the Roads and Highways Minister, Kwasi Amoako-Attah pledged that […]
The Police Administration has created a new administrative region, the first since 1966, as part of efforts to ensure effective and efficient policing across the country. The new region, carved out of its existing Central Regional Command, has been named Central East Region. The Ag. Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, has […]
