Seven persons died instantly in an accident that occurred at Asitey in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region on Saturday, June 15. The seven were parishioners of Santa Barbara Catholic Church in Akosombo. They were returning from a funeral at Akim Oda. Police reports say the drivers of the Daewoo vehicle with registration number GV 2497-14 belonging …
CEO of the Kings and Queens Medical University College and Teaching Hospital, Dr Jerryson Ameworgbe Gidisu is appealing to the government to subsidize taxes on the importation of medical equipment into the country to reduce the cost of medical care in Ghana. Dr Gidisu made the call when he commissioned the phase one of a $13m, 360 bed capacity Teaching …
A Former National Organiser of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kofi Adams says there was a leadership failure on multiple levels during the unrest in Lower Manya Krobo Municipality over the payment of electricity bills. The unrest which resulted in protests and riots led to the death of a teenage boy as residents protested a disconnection exercise by the …
The youth group accused of fueling the clashes between residents and staff of the Power Distribution Services (PDS) in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region, has criticized the Eastern Regional Minister for accusing them unfairly. The Regional Minister, Eric Kwakye Daffuor blamed the group for the recurrent clashes and called for their arrest. However, the group, …
The Eastern Regional Minister, Eric Kwakye Darfuor has incurred the wrath of aggrieved power consumers at Lower Manya Krobo following his comment that electricity cannot be consumed for free and that residents who cannot afford should go off the national grid. The residents including the Member of Parliament for Lower Manya Krobo, Ebenezer Okletey Terlabi have urged the Eastern Regional …
Residents of Manya kpongunor in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality have clashed with the Police and officials of Power distribution Company over a mass disconnection exercise by the latter. The residents, mostly youth, blocked the main Kpong -Odumase stretch to prevent the officials of from entering the town and homes for the electricity disconnection exercise. In the ensuing melee, the …
