Author: Krobea

Twenty-eight people were burnt beyond recognition from an accident involving a Yutong bus and a Mercedes Sprinter on the Kintampo highway of the Bono East Region. The Yutong bus was from Bawku to Kumasi while the Mercedes Sprinter was from Kumasi to the northern part of the country. Six of the victims who survived the accident have been rushed to the Kintampo Government Hospital for medical care. The accident occurred in a head-on collision at around 3:30am Monday on the Kintampo to Gulumpe stretch of the road. The Kintampo Divisional Police Crime Officer, DSP Prosper Gbagbo, who revealed this to…

The Western Region Office of the Microfinance and Small Loans Center (MASLOC) has disbursed loans to some 625 petty traders in Takoradi. Each person received GH¢1,000 to help them continue with their trading activities. “Government cannot employ all Ghanaians. So, one of the many initiatives it has initiated aimed at bringing financial independence to the masses is to give soft loans to especially petty traders. So, these monies we are giving to these women is to support them in their trading activities,” Western Region Director of MASLOC McDaniels Nyame said. At a ceremony to hand over the cheques to the…

Western Region recorded a total of 23,000 disaster cases in 2019. Regional Director Abdul Ganiyu revealed his outfit was able to offer relief items to only 10,000 of the victims. “The remaining victims, we could not support because there were no items to give,” he said. “It is unfortunate but we could only help 10,000 of the victims. That is why it is important that people become conscious of their actions and do well to protect themselves and property from disaster. Of course, sometimes the disaster is natural but largely what we have is man-made. So, we all have to…

 Cameroon is the latest African nation to confirm a case of the deadly coronavirus disease. In a statement on Friday, the Central African country’s health ministry said the case involved a French citizen, 58, who arrived in the capital Yaounde on Monday, February 24. He has been immediately quarantined. “All measures have been taken by the government to contain potential risks of the virus spreading,” the statement said. Cameroon becomes the fourth sub-Saharan African country to confirm the deadly viral disease. Already, Nigeria, Senegal and South Africa have recorded cases. Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco have also recorded cases. The disease,…

Former presidents John Dramani Mahama and Jerry John Rawlings were conspicuously missing at the celebration event to mark 63 years of Ghana’s independence from British rule. The event was taken to the Ashanti Region capital of Kumasi for the first time in the anals of the nation. In attendance was His Royal Mejesty, Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the King of the Ashanti Kingdom. https://twitter.com/ManhyiaPalace/status/1235856121027416064?s=20 Trinidad & Tobago Prime Minister Dr Keith Christopher Rowley was the Guest of Honour. But the event did not have most of the members of the opposition in attendance. Most of the Minority Members of…

South Africa has detected its first case of the coronavirus, a 38-year-old man who visited Italy with his wife. This brings to 27 the number of coronavirus cases reported in Africa. Algeria is worst-affected, with 17 cases, followed by Senegal with four. The South African couple, who have two children, were part of a group of 10 who returned from Italy on 1 March, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said. The man and the doctor who checked him were both in self-isolation, he added. A tracer team had been sent to the eastern province of KwaZulu-Natal to identify people who might…

Do you remember a childhood game that you once played? What if you were to play this game with your partner? Well, your favourite highlife musician Brenya in his latest would-be hit single dubbed Pampana, set to be released on Saturday, March 7, 2020, brings back better the memory of childhood. Such a memory, this time, is fused with love. The song produced by Senyocue has a lover beckoning to his partner to come play with him. And, she is assured of an unflinching love. Even before the song is released together with its video, on Saturday, you may want…

The new single window port clearing system UNIPASS has not taken off at the Port of Takoradi in the Western Region. This is despite a directive from the Senior Minister to clearing agents to start using the single window clearing system from March 1. “As we sit now, UNIPASS has not been rolled out officially to be used in clearing goods here at the Port of Takoradi,” Western Region Vice Chairman of the Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders (GIFF) Derrick Prince Abogyan told 3news.com. “From what we have seen it seems Customs themselves are not ready to roll it out…

Passenger service on the Takoradi to Tarkwa rail lines in the Western Region may be delayed for possibly six weeks. This is to enable engineers add new variations to accommodate the construction of the new standard gauge line from Kojokrom to Manso as part of the rehabilitation of the Western Rail Line. The passenger service on the Takoradi to Kojokrom line has been shut down for two weeks to enable engineers Amandi Ghana construct culverts, through which the new standard gauge line runs parallel to the old narrow gauge. In all, Amandi Ghana is building eight culverts from Kilometer 16…

Former Brazil forward Ronaldinho is being held by police in Paraguay for allegedly using a fake passport to enter the country, authorities say. Police searched a hotel in the capital, Asuncion, on Wednesday, where the star had been staying with his brother. Paraguay’s interior minister told ESPN Brazil that the pair had not been arrested but are under investigation. Minister Euclides Acevedo also said they deny wrongdoing and are co-operating with the authorities. In July 2019, the player reportedly had his Brazilian and Spanish passports confiscated over unpaid taxes. “Ronaldinho will be heard at eight in the morning on Thursday…