Minister Urged To Fight Galamsey
Omanhene of Sunyani Tradtional Area in the Brong Ahafo Region, Nana Bosoma Asor Nkrawiri II, has urged the new Brong Ahafo Regional Minister, Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh, to fight illegal mining (galamsey)...
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Yendi Township Faces Water Crisis As River Dakar Dries Up
The Yendi Township in the Nothern Region could be in in the thick of a water crisis by the end of March if their water situation doesn’t change. Currently, residents are resorting to dams,...
Water Shortage Spreads Across Communities In Four Regions
Several communities across the country are faced with acute water shortage, a situation officials blame on destructive human activities. Residents in the Northern, Central, Western and Brong Ahafo...
Work On Pokuase Interchange To Begin September
Work on an interchange at Pokuase in the Ga West Municipality in the Greater Accra Region is scheduled to begin by September this year. The project, estimated to cost $94.8 million, is being financed...
Water Shortage Hits Sunyani
REPORTS reaching Today indicate that Abesim, a town in Sunyani Municipal District in the Brong Ahafo Region, has been hit by acute water shortage, leaving inhabitants to resort to the use of...
Gov’t Provides GHc55m For Book, Research Allowance
A provision of GH¢55 million has been made in the 2017 budget for the payment of book and research allowances of lecturers of public universities, the Minister of Education, Dr Matthew...
Govt Provides GHc55m For Book, Research Allowance
A provision of GH¢55 million has been made in the 2017 budget for the payment of book and research allowances of lecturers of public universities, the Minister of Education, Dr Matthew...
GWCL Begins Water Rationing In B/A
Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has begun water rationing in the Sunyani Municipality in the Brong Ahafo Region due to inadequate water in the municipality. Assistant Manager at the Abesim Water...
Acute Water Shortage Hits Sunyani and Its Environs
The Brong Ahafo Regional capital, Sunyani and its environs, have been hit by acute water shortage for a month. The situation, according to residents, has made life unbearable and difficult compelling...
Fast As Lightning! [Article]
The Presidential (Transition) Act, 2012 (Act 845) provides in section 14(1) as follows: ‘On the assumption of office of the person elected as President a person holding any of the offices specified...
Latest: Dangers posed by the littering of plastic bags and surface mining (galamsey) I had wanted to wait until you had been sworn in before addressing this letter to you. But the “Ayarigasation”...
GNFS Ashanti Targets 60% Reduction In Fire Outbreaks For 2017
The Ashanti Regional Command of the Ghana National Fire Service is targeting a 60 percent reduction in fire incidents by the close of 2017. Though the region recorded one hundred and one (101) fire...
GWCL Bleeds Over Mismanagement; Pays $2m Monthly For 25 Years On Desalination
The finances of the Ghana water Company are currently suffering as a result of negligence on the part of some of the company’s managers who failed to take measures to prevent the deterioration of...
CONIWAS Lauds Creation of Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources
The Coalition of Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Water and Sanitation (CONIWAS), has commended government for creating a Ministry dedicated to sanitation and water resources. “This is a...
Mawuli School Faces Acute Water Shortage
Mawuli Senior High School in Ho, Volta Region, has been hit by acute water shortage due to a cut in supply from the Ghana Water Company Limited’s (GWCL’s) main distribution lines. For the past...
Weija Dam Affected By Activities of Encroachers
The Weija Dam, which supplies potable water to about 80 per cent of Accra, is facing massive encroachment that has extended to the entire stretch of the dam. Currently, the dam, which was constructed...
Movement Ban Relaxed For Utility Service Providers
The Manhyia Palace has excluded providers of essential services from its ban on movement of persons within Asanteman as part of the funeral arrangements for the late Asantehemaa Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa...
Kyebi Water Treatment Plant Opens; Operates Occasionally
Citi Business News has gathered that the Kyebi water treatment plant which was shut down last year due to the effect of activities of galamsey operators, has started operating intermittently. The...
Empty Hydrants Due To Trade Fair’s Indebtedness
Following the revelation that there was no water in the hydrants around the scene of the Labadi gas explosion, particularly the Trade International Trade Fair Centre, Ghana Water Company Limited has...
No Water In Hydrants At Labadi Explosion Site
The Ghana Fire Service has revealed there was no water running through the fire hydrants around the site of the Labadi gas explosion on Thursday evening. Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show, the...