Ashanti Today

  Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye-Dir. Gen. of Gh.Health Serv. The Director General of the  Ghana Health Service, Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, has disclosed that, 41 percent of the 30 million Ghanaians are living with psychological distress with about 16 thousand suffering from severe mental illness with some on the streets.  According him, one out of every 10 citizens presently has some form of metal disorder saying that, mental health alone costs the national economy about seven percent of the Gross Domestic Product, GDP. Dr. Kuma-Aboagye made this known at a Conference organized by the Christian Service University College. The Ghana Health Service's Director General, described mental health as a major cause of disability. Incidentally, it remains one of the neglected health burdens in the country.  Dr. Kuma-Aboagye was delivering the Key Note Address at the opening of a two-day National Conference that has brought together experts in Ghana’s health ecosystem to identify spe...

  The Asokwa Circuit Court near Kumasi in the shanti region has granted bail to the Suame Constituency NDC Youth Organizer, Razak Koampa Avoliya with two sureties to justify. He is to appear before the court again on the 9th of next month, March 2023 when the trial is expected to start. He is facing a single charge of ‘Offensive Conduct conducive to breach the peace’ contrary to Section 207 of the Criminal and Other Offences law, Act 29 of 1960 as Amended. At his second appearance in court today, Tuesday February 14, 2023, the Presiding judge of the court, Mr. Fred Obikyere, directed the prosecution team led by the Head of Legal and Prosecution of the Ashanti Central Regional Police Command, ACoP Kofi Blagodzi, to serve Razak’s Legal Team with all the documents and materials it will be relying on for the prosecution before the next adjourned date in line with the law on fair trial. At today’s hearing, the prosecution formally proffered the charge to the accused person for w...

The Bible Society of Ghana is to translate the Holy Bible into both Sign Language and Braille to serve the spiritual needs of persons with hearing and sight impairment. Additionally, the Society is translating the Bible into more local dialects including Efutu Senyase, Okere and Bono languages to encourage access and reading of the sacred book.  The Chairman of the Ashanti Regional Oversight Committee of the Bible Society of Ghana, Apostle Dr. Isaac Osei Boakye Yiadom, made this known to GBCNews in Kumasi at the launch of this year’s edition of the Bible Week celebration. “The projects that we’re undertaking is the sign language Bible. We’re undertaking a bible that will help people who are dumb and deaf so that they can also read the bible through the sign language. We also do Braille Bible and also, we want to do Bible for people from Ewutu Senya area, from Okere area, Bono and then Larteh”, he emphasized. Apostle Dr. Boakye Yiadom disclosed that, in addition to the existing nine...

  Mr. Prince Gyamfi-Deputy Country Director, I.C.I.  interacting with the journalists at the workshop For the avoidance of doubt, cocoa farmers could engage their children in cocoa production activities without breaching any law on child labour. What is important is for such children to do activities relative to their ages under the supervision of a responsible adult without compromising on the safety, health, formal education and physical development of the child. Also, no work done for a parent can be described as forced labour. The media have therefore been urged to educate members of the public so as to reduce the level of misconception about child labour in cocoa production in Ghana. The Deputy Country Director of the International Cocoa Initiative, a multinational organization concerned with the cocoa production value chain, Mr. Prince Gyamfi, gave the advice in Kumasi in the Ashanti region, during training workshop for selected journalists from some parts of the count...

Four persons, including a man identified as a Pastor of the Seventh Day Adventist Church, SDA, have been killed in a road accident that occurred at Achina in Ejisu Municipality of the Ashanti region.  This was after a tipper truck rammed into the private Mercedes Benz salon vehicle being driven by the Pastor. According to eye witnesses' account, two other persons also sustained injuries in the accident which happened at about 12 midday today, yesterday Tuesday January 31, 2023, have been sent to the Hospital for medical attention. According to the eye witness, three of the four deceased persons passed away on the spot of the accident with the remaining one died while receiving treatment at the hospital.  The SDA Pastor who was driving the car with registration number GW- 7329-X with the four deceased to Achina collided with the Tipper truck with registration number GR-9570-22 .  The Pastor reportedly picked two members of his church who were returning from the hospital to...

A woman and her two daughters have been burnt to death in the Ashanti region. The incident occurred early today when the house in which they were sleeping caught fire. According to neighbors and eye witnesses, the fire broke out at the family house around 3am today, Wednesday February 1, 2023. The three-bedroom house is located at Nso Nyame Y3, a suburb of Abuakwa in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality in the Ashanti region.   Eye witness account has it that it took neighbors hours to fight the inferno before they were later joined by the Ghana National Fire Service. But, the efforts were not enough to save a 28-year old mother of two, Abigail Manu, and her children from succumbing to the fire. The two deceased daughters are Nora Yeboah, nine years and Philippa Yeboah, six years. Two other occupants of the house at the time of the fire outbreak were however able to escape.  A photograph of the burnt house . The house and all of its contents have been completely...