Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA), popularly called stroke, was last year identified as the major cause of death at the Eastern Regional Hospital, Koforidua. It was followed by hypertension, premature birth, pneumonia, heart failure, kidney disease, chronic liver cirrhosis, liver disease, septicalmiaseptsis birth and asphyxia. The Medical Director of the hospital, Dr Arko Akoto-Ampaw, said the delay […]
Former President John Dramani Mahama is scheduled to embark on a two-day ‘Building Ghana’ tour of the Eastern Region, starting on January 30, 2024. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer’s itinerary aims at connecting with the people of the region. The tour will commence with a meeting with the party’s Regional Executive Committee and stakeholders […]
Four of the initial seven fishermen, who went missing following the canoe disaster at Ada last Thursday, have been found at the various communities along the coast of Ada and the neighbouring Volta Region. Three of them are alive. The four were found yesterday morning and the search and rescue teams are racing against time […]
The Forestry Commission (FC) has burnt some mining equipment seized from illegal miners operating within forest reserves in the Ashanti Region. The equipment include 12 excavators, 12 heavy duty pumping machines and make-shift wooden housing structures. The mining equipment were seized at the Bunusu portion of the Oda River Forest Reserve and the Koboro-Odaho portions […]
Four persons have been confirmed dead, with 10 others missing, as a result of torrential rainfall which flooded many areas in five municipalities and districts in the Eastern Region a couple of weeks ago. The deaths occurred in the New Juaben South and New Juaben North municipalities and also in the Akyemansa and the Denkyembour […]
Eastern Region became the eighth region to benefit from the on-going integrated recycling and compost plants being constructed across the country by Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL) and its partners, Komptech, in partnership with government. With the exception of Greater Accra and Ashanti Regions whose plants have been inaugurated, work was currently on-going on solid waste […]
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has cut the sod for the commencement of construction of the Nsukwao Basin Drainage Project, in Koforidua, in the Eastern Region, under the Ghana Secondary Cities Support Programme (GSCSP). It will be recalled that the Ghana Secondary Cities Support Programme was launched on 7th May 2019, […]
Two traditional priests are in the custody of the police for allegedly killing a biochemist consultant and siphoning what is suspected to be his blood into a gallon. The deceased Edward Quartey-Papafio, 64, had left his house on January 15, 2020, at about 3:30 am after receiving a phone call. According to the Director-General of […]
At least three headless bodies have been exhumed in a bush at a village called Sakyikrom, near Adeiso in the Eastern Region. A police team that carried out the operation hauled the person they suspected to have killed the two men and a woman to the scene to point the very spots where the bodies […]
A sub chief at Akim Tweapease has received severe beating from the youth of the town over allegations that he is into illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey in local parlance. NtintanHene, Kwadwo Gyapong has been accused of colluding and aiding illegal mining activities by some Chinese Nationals in the area. Kumasi based Nhyira Fm […]
Ghana’s leading telecommunications company, MTN over the weekend held a customer soirée for its customers and stakeholders in the Eastern Region. The event which took place on Saturday July 6 2019 was to gel and bond with customers of the company in the region and to reward them for their continuous support and patronage. Chief […]
A 43-year-old man has been shot dead in a hunting expedition gone bad at Jumapo, in the New Juaben North Municipality of the Eastern Region. The deceased identified as Yaw Foster is popularly known as Efo-Anyway, reportedly went to hunt in the company of three others but was mistakenly gunned down in their attempt to […]
