‘Expedite Action On Chieftaincy Cases’
Western Regional Commander of the Ghana Police Service, DCOP Kwasi Mensah Duku has bemoaned that chieftaincy disputes continue to be sources of worry in the region, particularly chieftaincy...
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NADMO Renovates Schools, Police Bungalows Destroyed By Downpour
The National Disaster Management Organisation has started renovating some school buildings destroyed by last week’s torrential rain within the Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis that resulted in the death...
Farmers Cut Down Cocoa Trees For Rubber
INVESTIGATIONS conducted by Today have it that Ghana will soon lose its position as the second largest Cocoa producing country in the world as many cocoa farmers in the Western Region are cutting...
Police Commander Wants Chieftaincy Cases Expedited
The Western Regional Police Commander, DCOP Kwasi Manu Duku, has called on the judiciary and the Western Regional House of Chiefs to expedite chieftaincy cases before them in a bid to ensure peace in...
Prestea Calls For Probe Into Shutdown of Sankofa Gold Limited
CHIEFS and youth in Preatea, a gold mining town in the Preatea Huni-Valley District of the Western Region have called for investigations into the complete shutdown of the Prestea Sankofa Gold Limited...
Another Suicide At Half Assin
A taxi driver believed to be in his mid 30s and only identified as Aye has committed suicide at Half Assini in Jomoro district of the Western Region. Philomena Yirankyi a resident of the area...
Taxi Driver, 30, Commits Suicide At Half Assini
Man commits suicide at Half Assini in Jomoro district of the Western Region A taxi driver believed to be in his mid 30s and only identified as Aye has committed suicide at Half Assini in Jomoro...
I Won’t Use ‘crude Tactics’ To Deal With Hawkers – Accra MCE
The newly appointed Metropolitan Chief Executive for the Accra Metropolitan Assembly, Mohammed Adjei Sowah, has indicated that when approved, his tenure as the AMA boss will not see his outfit resort...
I Won’t Use ‘crude Tactics’ To Deal With Hawkers
The newly appointed Metropolitan Chief Executive for the Accra Metropolitan Assembly, Mohammed Adjei Sowah, has indicated that when approved, his tenure as the AMA boss will not see his outfit resort...
Two Electrocuted As Heavy Rains Flood Sekondi-Takoradi
Two persons including a pupil were electrocuted on Tuesday evening after a 30-minute downpour in the Western Region twin city of Sekondi-Takoradi. 3news.com’s Williams Benjamin Peters reports that...
1 Dead In Takoradi, Others Injured In Electrocution After Rains
Following a two-hour downpour in the Sekondi Takoradi Metropolis of the Western Region today , a school pupil yet to be identified, has been confirmed dead. Four other adults have also become...
Minister Seeks Chiefs’ Support For New Region
The Western Regional Minister, Dr Kweku Afriyie, has dispelled rumours going round in some parts of the region that the division of the Western Region into two would disintegrate the ethnic groups in...
2017 Skating Festival To Kick Start On Independence Day
The 2017 edition of Ghana’s biggest skating festival, Skatefest, is set to commence on Independence day. The sports, which has for several years been classified as a “lesser known sports” in...
Prez Akufo-Addo Names Deputy Regional Ministers
President Nana Akufo-Addo has presented a list of persons he has nominated for deputy Regional Ministers to Parliament for approval. Persons who made it to the first list of deputy ministerial...
‘Galamsey Is Wicked!’
PRESIDENT and Chairman of Groupe Nduom (GN), Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, has described activities of illegal mining as ‘wicked’ and has therefore kicked against its legalisation. Dr. Nduom’s...
Ghana Gas CEO Gets Support Amid Objection To His Appointment
Paramount chief of Western Nzema Traditional Area, Awulae Annor Adjaye III, has thrown his weight behind the acting Chief Executive of Ghana Gas Company Limited whose appointment triggered protest...
‘I’ll Set-Up Apprenticeship Fund’
MEMBER of Parliament (MP) for Tarkwa-Nsuaem constituency in the Western Region and a member of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Mines and Energy, Hon. George Mireku Duker, has hinted that he...
Galamsey: To Legalise Or Not To Legalise?
ONE issue that continues to confront us as a country is the practice of illegal mining, which is popularly referred to as galamsey. It is basically a practice where, especially the youth of gold...
Chief Who Opposed Ghana Gas CEO Concedes Defeat
Awulae Agyevi Kwame II, Paramount Chief of Nsein, who was the lead advocate against Ben Asante as Chief Executive Officer of Ghana National Gas Company, has conceded defeat and pledged to work with...
Legalise Galamsey
Member of Parliament (MP) for Tarkwa-Nsuaem constituency in the Western Region, Hon. George Mireku Duker, has called on state actors and other stakeholders to legalise activities of illegal mining,...