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At least four persons have been injured in spontaneous clashes between the security detail of Okyenhene Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin and a feuding Chieftaincy faction at Akyem Kwabeng in the Eastern region. The protesters mainly from the feuding faction of Akanwenem Royal Family lined up at the roadside of Akyem …

FROM MUNTALLA INUSAH, AKIM ODA | muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com.gh AN ACCRA-BASED Zongo Youth Association has supported the management of Umar Bun Abdul (UBA) Aziz Islamic Institute, a basic school at Akim Oda in the Eastern Region, to construct a boarding facility. Their gesture forms part of the association’s efforts geared towards encouraging …

The acting Inspector General of Police, James Oppong Boanuh, has confirmed that results of DNA tests conducted on some human parts exhumed in a house in Takoradi are that of the four missing girls. A special police operation led to the discovery and exhumation of the bodies of the four …

The businessman on police wanted list in connection with the murder of Otumfuo’s Asamponhene, Oheneba Kwadwo Aforduor, has been arrested in Burkina Faso, sources have revealed to Starrfm.com.gh. Alhaji Mohammed Sadat was reportedly picked up by Interpol at the border between Ghana and its northern neighbour and he is expected …

THE CHAIRMAN of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation who is also the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Manso-Adubia in the Ashanti Region, Yaw Addo Frimpong has called on political leaders and all stakeholders to support the Jospong Group of Companies for …

NATURE AND Development Foundation (NDF) and Tropenbos Ghana (TBG), with funding from the European Union (EU), are implementing a project aimed at strengthening the capacity of non-state actors (NSAs) to improve FLEGT and REDD+ processes in West Africa” (known as the NSA project) to monitor , advocate and engage with …

BY PATRICE SYLVESTER SELORMEY, EHI  | pselormey 2015 @gmail.com. THE CHIEFS and people of Ehi and its surrounding villages in the Volta Region would climax this year’ Galiza festival with a grand durbar at Ehi on September 28. The Ehi Nutome “Galiza” is an agricultural/development festival instituted by the Dufia …

BY MUNTALLA INUSAH | muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com.gh THE MINISTER of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development (MoFAD), Mrs Elizabeth Afoley Quaye, has made a personal donation of GH¢10, 000 to support a sachet water production project being embarked on by the inmates of the James Camp Prisons. “I’m making to you a personal donation …

The Ashanti Region chapter of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has charged its members in the region not to return to the classrooms. NAGRAT insists until its tabled demands are duly addressed by authorities, the much condemned strike will continue unabated. A statement signed by its Chairman Francis …

BY ROSEMOND BOATENG ADDAI | Rosemond.adjetey@yahoo.com THE GHANA Non-Communicable Diseases Alliance (GhNCDA has stated that Ghana cannot hope to end its growing non-communicable disease (NCD) epidemic while people struggle to meet the costs of diagnosis, treatment and care. According to the group, nearly half of Ghana’s annual death rate is …