Browsing all posts in General.
Over 300 people rendered homeless in Dixcove
About 300 people in Dixcove in the Ahanta West District of Western Region have been rendered homeless after a rainstorm hit the town on last Friday. According to the Assembly member for Lowre Dixcove, Mr. Isaac Simons Bassaw, those rendered homeless are currently lodging with relatives and friends. He said the Dixcove Government Hospital, [...]
Government to compensate farmers affected by gas project
Government has approved payment of compensations to farmers to be affected by the Domunli Gas Project in the Jomoro District of the Western Region. It was to ease tension between affected farmers and workers at the project site. Mr Sylvester N. Dattieh, Jomoro District Chief Executive said this at Takinpa near Half Assini on Monday, [...]
GH¢20,000 market shed commissioned at Azulenloanu
A GH¢20,000 market shed has been commissioned at Azulenloanu in the Ellembelle district. The project, which commenced 16 years ago, has finally seen completed with the help of the sitting Member of Parliament (MP) for the area. Commissioning the project, Deputy Energy Minister Mr. Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah, said his ambition to lead the people [...]
BNI ‘pursues’ Nkrumah’s son
Dr. Onsy Nathan Nkrumah, the 55 year old man who claims to be the son of Ghana`s first President, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah appears to be in some sort of trouble as his application for a Ghanaian passport has attracted the eagle eyes of the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) which apparently wants Onsy`s claim [...]
Esiama gets GH¢32,000 water closet toilet facility
A GH¢32,000 water closet toilet facility has been inaugurated at Ahunlu, a suburb of Esiama in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region. The facility was constructed by the Member of Parliament (MP) for the area, Mr Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah and the District Assembly. Mr Buah said the facility forms part of measures to [...]
Benso Oil Palm makes GH¢9.59m profit in 2011
The Benso Oil Palm Plantation Limited (BOPP), raked a profit of GH¢9.59 million last year as against GH¢2.67 million in 2010. As a result, the company declared a total dividend of GH¢2.4 million out of a total profit of GH¢9.59million to be paid to its share holders. The profit, which represents an approximate increase of [...]
Satellites to play Starlets in May 9th anniversary
The male national U-20 and U-17 teams will play in a friendly on Wednesday to commemorate the 11th anniversary of the May 9th stadium disaster that struck Ghana football. A Ghana Football Association statement says, the match between the Black Satellites and Black Starlets will kick off at 3:00pm at the Accra Sports Stadium. Every [...]
PPP will fix Ghana’s economy
The Flag bearer of the Progressive People’s Party, Dr. Papa Kwesi Ndoum has appealed to the people of the Brong Ahafo Region to vote for a party which will spend the tax payer’s money wisely. According to Dr. Nduom, the PPP is one party which will not waste the nation’s resources paying huge judgment debts. [...]
Court orders police to reinstate five Cops
The Fast Track High Court has given the Ghana Police Service and two others 14 days to reinstate five policemen who were dismissed in March 2011 for alleged misconduct. It also ordered the Police Service, its Central Disciplinary Board and the Attorney-General to reinstate the five policemen in their various offices and positions with full [...]
Miss World 2011 storms Ghana on May 19
The world’s ‘most beautiful’ woman Ivian Sarcos, 22, winner of the 2011 edition of the most prestigious beauty pageant on earth, Miss World, is set to visit Ghana from the 19th to the 23rd of May. Accompanying Sarcos, who hails from the Southern American country of Venezuela, is a full entourage of the Miss World [...]
