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The Headteacher of the Ekumfi Egyakwaa Owuya D/A Basic School has suffered a snake bite while easing himself on the school farm near a bush in the Ekumfi District of the Central Region. Information gathered by Kasapa News Yaw Boagyan indicates that the Headteacher Mr. Luis Abban decided to attend …

Ranking Member on the Finance Committee, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson says the 21 percent increase in the producer price for cocoa which has been pegged at GH¢800 per bag is too small. “That is way too small,” Mr. Forson said in a Citi News interview. Before this increase, Ghana had last increased …

A 25-year-old, Daniel Mordzo, is in the grips of the Suhum Police Command for the alleged murder of another farmer at Amenase Aboabo in the Eastern Region. The suspect and the deceased, 35-year-old Kwaku Addo are said to have been engaged in a dispute over a boundary between their respective …

Head of Public Affairs at the Ghana Cocoa Board, Fiifi Boafo, says illegal mining activities in water bodies have compelled cocoa farmers to transport water from home to their various farms for use. This, he said, has led to a high cost of operations for cocoa farmers since they would …

The site designated for the construction of the La General Hospital has reportedly been turned into an okro farm.This came to light when Minority members of the Parliamentary Health Committee paid a working visit to the site to access the progress of work on Wednesday. For close to two years, …

The Kwahu Afram Plains North magistrate court presided by Her Worship Augustine Akusa-Am has remanded into Police custody the five suspects arrested over the largest cannabis farm in Obour Forest in Afram Plains North district of the Eastern Region. The suspects are Michael Anakpo, a teacher at Donkorkrom Agric Senior …

The largest cannabis farm ever has been discovered in Afram Plains in the Eastern Region. The 80-hectare cannabis farm was discovered in the Obuo Akroma Forest Reserve in the Afram Plains North District by the Forestry Commission on Saturday. Five people including an agric science teacher have been arrested by …

The Afram Plains North District office of the Forestry Commission of Ghana has arrested five suspects including a Senior High School teacher for farming cannabis in a forest reserve. Michael Anakpo, a teacher at Donkorkrom Agric Senior High School said to be the gang leader and his accomplices were arrested …

A 13-year-old girl was on Friday bitten to death by a snake on a cocoa settlement at Dadieso in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region. The large cobra, measuring about six feet, bit Juana Jupo Tandor in her sleep at around 0430 hours and she died later at the …

A man, believed to be in his 50s, has been found dead in a palm farm at Fumso in the Adansi Asokwa district of the Ashanti region. The deceased is said to have left home weeks ago but never returned. All attempts by family members to reach him also proved …