The Health Facilities Regulatory Agency (HeFRA) has intensified its nationwide enforcement exercise, closing down several unlicensed health facilities in the Ashanti Region. Among the affected facilities are ANKHOR Diagnostics and RASHBILL Eyecare, both located within the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital premises. The closures have left some patients stranded as officials …

Minister for Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has stated that the government has made significant progress in resolving the issue of unpaid salaries and allowances affecting health workers across the country. Addressing the media in Accra on Monday, October 13, Mr Akandoh revealed that the Ministry of Health has secured financial …

Police in the Ashanti Region have arrested two men in connection with the brutal robbery and killing of 20-year-old Kofi Mensah at Tweapease-Aboo. The suspects — Solomon Opoku and Collins Aboagye — were captured in separate intelligence-led operations following the incident, which was reported to the Bediem District Police Command …

As a huge rainfall moves westward from Nigeria and Benin toward Ghana, the Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet) has issued a High-Impact Weather Warning for today, Sunday, October 12, 2025. The storm is expected to unleash intense thunderstorms, heavy rainfall, and strong winds across several regions, with a high risk of …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has distributed more than 6.6 million sanitary pads to schoolgirls across all 16 regions of the country as part of efforts to promote menstrual hygiene and ensure that no girl misses school during her period. The initiative, announced in a statement on Saturday, October 11, …

Personnel from the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) are currently leading a rescue operation to save a worker trapped under a collapsed building at Kasoa New Market in the Central Region. According to eyewitness accounts, the building, which was an old residential structure, collapsed earlier on Saturday, October 11. Reports …

The Health Facilities Regulatory Agency (HeFRA) has closed down 23 unlicensed and non-compliant health facilities across the country as part of a nationwide enforcement exercise aimed at ensuring quality and safe healthcare delivery. The operation, which began on Monday, October 6, 2025, targets facilities operating without valid licenses, those with …

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Atwima Mponua, Hon. Seth Osei-Akoto has received high praise following the successful launch of his maiden teachers, Non-Teaching staff, and best BECE graduates Awards. The colourful ceremony, held in Nyinahin, was hailed as a game-changer in local educational development and was further enhanced by …

The Ghana Fire Service has shed light on the challenges that cause delays in their response times to emergency situations. In an interview with Adwenpa-Hene Kofi Mensah on Pent Radio, DOII Peter Addai, the Ashanti Regional Public Relations Officer of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), stated that, in accordance …

Flagbearer aspirants of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have balloted for their positions on the ballot paper ahead of the party’s much-anticipated presidential primary scheduled for January 31, 2026. The exercise, which took place at the party’s headquarters in Accra on Friday, October 10, 2025, saw former Assin Central MP, …