The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) have bust a syndicate of 13 foreigners allegedly engaged in the manufacture of explosives in Tarkwa in the Western Region. Over 20,000 pieces of illegal explosives were seized from the suspects, made up of eight Chinese, three Togolese, an Ivorian and a Nigerian. The explosives, which were seized on the […]
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Community mining scheme kicks off in Tarkwa
The government has given the green light for the commencement of regulated, responsible and sustainable community mining, aimed at helping to get rid of illegal mining in the Tarkwa area of the Western Region. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo commissioned it on Monday morning at Tarkwa. The programme, which is being rolled out in all mining […]
2 arrested in Tarkwa bullion van robbery attack
The Western Regional Police Command has arrested two employees of Mon-Trans Limited to help in investigations into Monday morning’s bullion van robbery in Tarkwa in the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality. Two armed robbers amidst sporadic shooting, robbed a bullion van of more than GH¢107,000 in front of a supermarket in the centre of Tarkwa. The robbers […]
Side-chick baths boyfriend’s wife with acid
A 22-year-old side chick is in the grips of the Tarkwah Divisional Police for pouring acid on the wife of her boyfriend after a quarrel. According to reports reaching Ghpage.com, the one Dada Joe is married to a middle-aged woman called Mrs. Frimponmaa but he was also having affair with a young lady called Rita […]
Demos and threats will not bring you roads, be patient-Roads Minister to Tarkwa residents
Residents of Tarkwa in the Western region have been urged to exercise restraint as government works to get a contractor on site to fix their broken roads. Minister for Roads and Highways, Mr Kwasi Amoako-Atta said though the demonstration was a good reminder, it was not the panacea to get the roads fixed. The angry […]
Just in: two kidnapped Tarkwa girls found-Police CID confirms
The two girls who were reportedly kidnapped at Tarkwa in the Western have been found, according to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service. Augustina Ndaago, who is a first year Home Economics student at the Tarkwa Senior High School, was found today, Monday, January 28, 2019 in the morning at Kasoa […]
Menzgold brouhaha: As DKM did to NDC in Brong Ahafo, Menzgold will do to NPP in Western region-Tarkwa residents
Residents of Tarkwa in the Western Region are warning government to take immediate steps to ensure that the Menzgold issue does not get out of hand. They want government to do everything possible to protect the investments of those who have invested with the company in order to forestall any chaotic situation in the not […]
WR: ‘2020 we go show Nana’ demo hits Tarkwa over deplorable roads
Residents of Tarkwa in the Western Region are up in arms against government for failing to fulfill promises of providing them with good roads. Some youth from the area, joined by their chief burned car tyres and chanted war songs to register their displeasure when the Lands and Natural resources Minister including some officials went […]