Tag Archives: KUMASI

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture has upscaled its pilot ‘PFJ Market’ to the Ashanti Region, with Day One of the Kumasi event fraught with some challenges. Correspondent Nicholas Osei-Wusu reports that the main farm produce to serve patrons, plantains, were brought to Kumasi after 6 p.m. instead of the …

Hundreds of mourners have thronged Asokore – Mampon Durba grounds for the funeral and burial service for the late legendary Journalist, Stephen Yeboah Afari Ketekyew, known publicly as Mmrantehene or Man 88, who died on Saturday, September 17, 2022, at the age of 70. The burial and final funeral rites …

Some residents in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region have kicked against the directions by the leadership of some religious leaders to declare fasting and prayers aimed at reviving ailing Ghana’s economy.   According to them, ’’prayers and feastings alone won’t solve our economic hardship but what Ghana needs is strong …

Some heavily-built thugs of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), clashed with some personnel of the Ghana Police Service to disrupt the Ashanti Regional Delegates Conference on Sunday, November 13. According to media reportage sighted by GhanaWeb, these persons believed to be members of the opposition NDC wanted to enter the …

Government earlier this year announced a 30 percent salary cut for its appointees to mitigate economic hardship in the country. Subsequently, President Akufo-Addo in an address on Sunday, October 30, 2022, while updating Ghanaians on the state of the economy said the 30 percent slash in salaries will still continue. …

Coffin makers in the Kumasi metropolis have revealed that they will increase the prices of their products from next week. According to them, the prices of the raw material they use have tripled hence there’s nothing more they can do except for increasing their prices in order not to run …

Traders in the Central Business District of Kumasi, capital of the Ashanti Region, say they will only reduce prices of goods if the local currency appreciates against other international currencies. According to them, though they are willing to sell their products at a relatively cheap price, high exchange rate has …

Management of top-rated transportation service across all the 16 regions of Ghana, VIP JEOUN Transport, have announced new fares for their routes effective today 24th October, 2022. The new fare which comes in the wake of increase in fuel price with a litre of diesel selling at more than Ghs70 …

Persons who consume Coconut in the Ashanti Region should brace themselves for price hikes to correspond with the increment in the recent fuel prices in the country. Coconut Sellers in Ashanti Regional Capital of Kumasi have hinted of an upward adjustment in order to stay in business indicating how unhappy …

Two persons have been reported to have died in an accident on the Obuasi, Kumasi highway. According to an eyewitness, the accident occurred at Dominase where a sprinter bus with registration number GE 2434-16 and a truck with registration number GT758-12 were involved in the nasty accident.   The eyewitness …