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A 60-year-old popular fisherman, Kwame Panin has been stabbed to death by a thief at Gomoa Apam in the Gomoa West District of the Central Region. The incident happened on Tuesday, February 28, 2023, around 1:30 PM. Information gathered by Kasapa News, Yaw Boagyan revealed that the deceased sent her …

A 56-year-old Fisherman has committed suicide at Saltpond-Ankaful in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region. The incident happened on the evening of Sunday, April, 24,2022. The deceased, Uncle Boboola had locked himself in his room and upon several calls, he failed to respond so the door was broken only …

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a 53-year-old fisherman to 15 years imprisonment for defiling a 10-year-old girl at La. Samuel Odoi Yemofio, charged with defilement, pleaded not guilty. At the end of the trial presided over by Mrs Christina Cann, Yemofio was found guilty. The case as narrated by …

Ghana, like many other countries, has failed to tackle the issue of plastic waste. The challenge has led to tons of plastic materials ending up in the sea and other water bodies. The effect of plastic waste is gradually affecting fisherfolk who say there are more plastic than fishes in …

Yao Senya, a 27-year-old fisherman, has been arrested by the Anloga Police for allegedly stabbing one Dumega Heletsi Akpakudzo, 71, to death at Atito, a suburb of Anloga. He was arrested on September 15, this year, and is currently in police custody assisting with investigation. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), …

A 27-year old fisherman, Yao Senya has been picked up by police in Anloga for stabbing a 71-year old man to death at Atito in the Anloga District of the Volta region. On Wednesday, 15 September 2021 a police report was received at the Alakple police station to the effect …

• Elmina fishermen will continue to observe the closed season • This is because they refused to heed the minister’s directive on illegal fishing • The minister explained it has become necessary for her ministry to keep the fisherfolks in check As a form of punishment for the fishermen to …

A 59-year fisherman, on Thursday, February 18, met his untimely death after suddenly collapsing into the fishing vessel he was working on in Winneba marine waters during a fishing expedition. Chief Superintendent Samuel Asiedu Okanta, Winneba Divisional Police Commander, told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that the incident happened around …

A group of fisher folks from the Western Region has asked former President John Mahama to clarify some corruption allegations including the Airbus Bribery scandal leveled against him. Speaking on behalf of the fishermen who paid a courtesy call on Mr Mahama at his office on Wednesday, the Lower Axim Chief fisherman, …