Tag Archives: TEMA

VIDEO: Residents of Tema Community 1 site 12 and 21 angry at former MP

Residents of Tema Community 1 site 12 have cried out to their former MP, Titus Glover, for abandoning the road linking site 12 and site 21. Speaking to some residents, they disclosed that the former MP began work on the road and came back for the machines after residents complained …

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Prices of commodities swings at markets in Tema

The price swing of commodities in some markets in the Tema enclave at the beginning of July has been attributed to the onset of the rainy season and other variables including the nature of roads in the hinterlands. A GNA survey conducted in some Tema markets at the weekend revealed …

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Tema Oil Refinery MD, deputy fired

The Managing Director (MD) of Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), Francis Boateng, has been sacked from his post, together with his deputy, Ato Morrison. The duo, who had been at the helm of the troubled state-owned refinery since May 2020, were reportedly served with their dismissal letters last Friday June 11, …

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1 dead, 6 others injured in Tema Motorway accident

  One person has been confirmed dead in the early Friday morning accident which occurred at the Ashaiman Underpass section of the Accra-Tema motorway. Six other persons sustained various degrees of injuries in the accident involving two commercial mini buses and a petroleum product haulage truck. According to the Motorway …

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Four vehicles involved in an accident at Tema

Four vehicles on Monday crashed into each other near Tema Super Paper, Community Eight Bus Stop, causing a heavy traffic jam. The vehicles: Trailer Truck with registration number GB6298-20; Taxi Cab with registration number GT4717-12; Van with the number GC9164-12 and Hyundai Car with the number AS 1080-20 were those …

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Traders invade streets near Tema market

Traders have left designated sheds, invaded the streets near markets in the Tema Metropolis impeding vehicular and pedestrian movement, Metropolitan Assembly authorities called for sanity. Mr Charles Kobina Amos, the Coordinator of Tema markets in an interview with the Ghana News Agency at Tema on Wednesday noted that the assembly …

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Fire renders many homeless at Tema

Several residents have been rendered homeless following a wild fire which swept through Abonkor, a suburb of Tema Newtown in the Greater Accra Region, Saturday dawn. About 40 wooden structures were completely burnt, with their occupants unable to salvage any of their valuables in the area commonly called Waterland. Aside …

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40 years old commercial driver allegedly commits suicide at Gbetsile

A 40-year-old commercial driver identified as Ernest Kwabena Afrani has allegedly committed suicide in the early hours of Thursday, January 7, 2021, at Gbetsile in the Kpone-Katamanso municipality. Confirming the incident to the Ghana News Agency, Mr. Rahim Yahaya, Assembly Member for the Gbetsile electoral area, revealed that, the deceased …

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Customs impounds oil vessel at Tema Port

The Tema Command of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority is holding an oil supply vessel, MV Famous 1, at the Tema Port. This follows the discovery of gasoline products which the owners allegedly declared as sludge. Officials suspected that the gasoline products were being smuggled under the guise …

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Tema: Three arrested at Monte Carlo Pub for lacing drinks with weed

The Tema Police Regional CID on Saturday, 28th November 2020, arrested three persons at the Monte Carlo Pub for lacing alcoholic drinks with cannabis. Jessica Mensah, 30, bar operator, Joe Osei Evan’s, 14, errand boy, and Charity Yeboah, 30, were busted for selling bottles of drinks suspected to be laced …

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