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The Western Region Office of the Electricity Company of Ghana is currently installing 61 new transformers across the region. This is to cement the integrity of its networks and thereby guarantee uninterrupted power supply. Currently, the company’s technical team have finished injecting new transformers at Sefwi Wiawso and Sefwi Bekwai. According to the Western Region Public Relations Officer of the Electricity Company of Ghana Philip Osei Bonsu “plans are also underway to extend power to new communities”. Even though the project is capital intensive, he said ECG will see to its logical conclusion to ensure uninterrupted power supply. Mr. Osei Bonsu disclosed that, “ aside the installation of transformers the ECG is embarking on  16 major projects that is currently on going to improve the situation of power supply in the region… these are very capital intensive but we need to do it to give our customers quality service”. He revealed majority of reported cases of cut ...

Social commentator and Lecturer at the University of Ghana Business School Dr. Kobby Mensah, is describing the apology from Mr. George Ayisi – Boateng, Ghana’s High Commissioner to South Africa as a farce. Speaking Thursday November 2, 2017 on Skyy power FM’s Jolly Breakfast Show Dr. Mensah opined Mr. Ayisi has shown that he lacks the ability to represent the country in South Africa. “For me the apology is laughable, how long has it has taken him to write an apology letter to Ghanaians, almost four days, and l believe that the president will be disappointed in him because immediately he made those unfortunate remarks 24 hours would have been enough for him to render an apology but he went on defending himself all over the place, that tells you the consciousness of this gentleman and that he is not fit to lead Ghana in South Africa” Mr. George Ayisi, Ghana’s High Commissioner to South Africa has incurred the anger of Ghanaians after he described members of the governing New P...

Mrs Yvonne Sterlin Nduom in collaboration with Groupe Nduom has constructed an ultra modern dormitory for her Alma mater, Archbishop Porters Girls school in Takoradi in the Western Region. The dormitory block christened : Yvonne Sterlin Nduom is named after the benefactor  an old girl of the school who initiated and financed the project. The project forms part of Groupe Nduom's initiative of giving back to the society and the edge to improve quality  education  in the country. The new dormitory which was constructed by the York properties the construction arm of Groupe Nduom will accommodate over 200 students and has two bedroom flat as accommodation for house mistresses. Presenting the keys of the dormitory to the Headmistress of the School, Mrs. Mary Brako, Mrs.  Nduom stated that her passion for girl child education motivated her to build for the school. " Education is very dear to my husband and l so we have set up an education  fund whi...

Ghana Rubber Estate limited ( GREL) will soon construct a second  rubber processing factory at Apimanim in the Ahanta West of  the Western region to increase  its production and export of processed  rubber. The project is estimated to cost 25 million euros and will see it completed in 2020. The new factory forms part of GREL’s initiative to increase rubber production and processing to meet the raising demand of rubber on the global market. Per  GREL’s record, in 2016 the consumption of natural rubber stood at 9.4 million tons and it Is projected to shot up to 11.9 million tons in 2020 and 14.4 million tons by 2035, making it  necessary for GREL to expand its capacity to enable it process and export more latex to rake in foreign exchange for the country. In an interview with the Project Engineer, Mr Selassie Zoiku, he disclosed that the first phase of the project  will be completed by the end of October 2017 and by March 2018 the 2nd phase...

The Chief Executive Officer of Public Procurement Authority , Agyemang Boateng Adjei has disclosed that his outfit is poised in curbing the wastage of the nation’s revenue through  contract that government undertake  under  sole sourcing. Mr Agyemang Boateng Adjei disclosed that his outfit has currently established a due diligent unit tasked to scrutinize all applications made to the Authority for sole sourcing to ensure that contractor who bid for sole sourcing meet the criteria as specified by law. “ The Due Diligence Unit is tasked to investigate ant application for sole sourcing, it will investigate contractor to find if the contractor has SNITT, VAT clearance, a Certificate from Ministry of Works and Housing, because on most occasions contractors who bid for sole sourcing do not meet these requirement” he says Over the years the public purse have been milk dry by contracts executed under sole sourcing, the recent one is the over bloated 130 million which th...

Managing Director of the Ghana Rubber Estates Limited (GREL), Lionel Barre is calling on government to as matter of urgency halt  private individuals from buying rubbers from farmers and exporting them in their raw state. According to him this is causing government of Ghana to loose millions of foreign  exchange hence "government should immediately introduced policy to stop this nefarious activity and make it criminal ". He made this revelation during the Second edition of media encounter which was yield at its Head Quarters in Takoradi  to educate journalists of it activities. Ghana Rubber Estate Limited, a public-private initiative which deals in the production and  exports nearly 100% of its natural rubber produce abroad, raking in millions of foreign exchange. Mode of Operation Government of Ghana secures loans from Agriculture Development Bank and  National Investment Bank for farmers to invest in their rubber plantation. And by memorandum of ...

        A Kumasi circuit court has slapped a 5 years jail sentence on an electric welder for stealing four mobile phones at Santasi a suburb of Kumasi when his victims  were fast asleep. The convict: Dennis Adu Adjei,32 was convicted on his own plea of guilty simpliciter to his charge of unlawful entry, causing unlawful damage and stealing, and was convicted accordingly. Denis Adu Adjei, in an open court confessed to committing the crime and pleaded the trail judge to temper justice with mercy and be lenient in sentencing him. The trail judge Her Honor Mary M.E Nsenkyire in sentencing the accused  took into consideration the fact that he is a first time offender, but the trail judge highlighted vehemently that the such evil deed are rampant with Kumasi metropolis and sentenced him to 5 years imprison. However prosecution hold the fact that, on 14th February 2017, Police on a snap check point at Opoku Ware S.H.S Santasi, spotted the accused walkin...

Two men who conspired with a pistol to steal a lady who was asleep in her room of a her sumsong mobile phone have been sentence to total 14 years imprisonment. This was after the court presided over by Her Honor Mary M.E Nsenkyire found Emmanuel Akalu,20, mechanic and Precious Kuufar, 22, who is unemployed guilty on four count of conspiracy, unlawful entry,stealing and unlawful possesion of fire arm. Before convicting the accused, the accused went on their kneels in the dock asking her to temper justice with mercy.The learnard trail judge factored in their plea for mitigation and the fact that they are first offenders and they are young. Prosecution's case was that on 5/11/16, Emmanuel Akalu spied and unlawfully entered the room of one Rabiatu Halidu, who was asleep at that time and stole her sumsong phone. The complaints of the case upon seeing Emmanuel Akalu  raised alarm and had him arrested, a search conducted him led to the retrieval of a sumsong phone and a locally manu...

COURT REMAND NOTORIOUS ASH-TOWN ARMED ROBBER A Kumasi circuit court has ordered Richard Owusu alias Thousand into prison custody for robbery at a knife point at Ash-Town a suburb of Kumasi. Richard Owusu, who is only 22 and noted for many nefarious robbery activities within the vicinity of Ash-Town. This caused the wrath of the trail judge Mary M.E Nsenkyiire has this is not the first time the accused person has been arraigned before her, she stated. The trail judge remanded Richard Owusu after he pleaded not guilty to his charge of conspiracy, robbery and causing harm. The fact of the case as indicated by Chief Inspector Felix Akowuah is that, on 4th December 2016, accused person with four other persons who are now at large met and agreed on embarking on robbery expedition. Richard Owusu with his gang armed with cutlasses and knives proceeded to a drinking spot at Ash-Town owed by one Patrick Kwabena Kyere and robbed him of his Nokia tablet phone valued GH 350.00 an...

Five men, including two police men  were on Tuesday  remanded by a Kumasi circuit court into prison custody for allegedly robbing some chines business men at gun point at Tabosere a village near Manso Nkwanta. The accused- D/L/CPL. Kafui Kumah, 25, a police man   G/L/CPL. Daniel Omari, 31, a police man, Prince Akotula aged 38 years, trader, Aboagye Kwarteing, 22 years, trader, Kwadwo Charles, 31 years ,a driver, were said to have conspired and robbed two Chinese business men; Shown Gping and Hai Heng of their three mobile phones, quantity of gold concentrates sand and cash sum of GH 4,000.00. The court  presided over by Mary M.E Nsenkyire remanded the Five accused person after they pleaded not guilty to the charge of conspiracy and robbery and would reappear on 2nd February 2017. Prosecuting, Chief Inspector Amoako told the court that, on 15/01/17 at about 7:30 am, the accused persons and two others who are at large on board Nissan Amera Taxi cab went to the c...