Tag: Ashanti
COVID-19: Otumfuo takes his turn as GHS begins mass vaccination in Ashanti
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu, has taken the first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine to pave way for mass vaccination against COVID-19 in the...
GRIDCO takes measures to improve power supply in Ashanti
The Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCO) is installing a 66MVA transformer at its Anwomaso Sub-station to boost power supply in Kumasi and its surrounding...
Counting of votes underway across 5, 089 polling centres in Ashanti
Counting of votes in the presidential and parliamentary elections has started in all 5,089 polling centres across the 47 constituencies in the Ashanti Region.
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Voting gets off to smooth start in polling centres across Ashanti
Voting to decide who gets the mandate of Ghanaians to govern the West African country in the next four years, got off to a...
Scrap dealer supports over 9,000 NDC agents in Ashanti
Mr. Yakubu Tony Aidoo, a Kumasi based scrap dealer, has donated assorted drinks, bottled water, and biscuits to 9,939 polling agents of the National...
Special voting underway peacefully in Ashanti
Voting in the ongoing special voting exercise ahead of the December 07 general elections, has been generally smooth and peaceful in the Ashanti Region.
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Wiawso Paramount chief supports Forestry Commission with drones
The Paramount chief of Sefwi-Wiawso Traditional Area, Katakyie Kwasi Bumankah II, has presented two Mavic mini-drones to the Forestry Commission to help protect the...
Covid-19: MTN Ghana supports fight in some traditional areas in Ashanti
Mobile Telecommunications Network, (MTN) Ghana, has donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to two traditional authorities in the Ashanti Region to support the fight against...
Over 440,000 expected to be vaccinated against Yellow Fever in Ashanti
The Ashanti Regional Health Directorate is targeting to vaccinate 440,981 residents in five districts against Yellow Fever as it prepares to roll out the...
Regional events on AfCFTA – National Export Development Strategy begin Tuesday in Ashanti
The first of the regional conferences on the implementation of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement and the National Export Development Strategy...
President to inspect, inaugurate infrastructural projects in Ashanti
The President, Nana Addo-Dankwa Akufo-Addo, would on Wednesday, November 4, begin a four-day working visit to the Ashanti Region to inspect and inaugurate some...
US Embassy supports Finance and Economics Clinic for Journalists
The Public Affairs Section of the US Embassy is supporting the next edition of the Finance and Economics Clinic for Journalists (FEC-J).
The...
2020 BECE ends peacefully in Ashanti
The 2020 Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE) has ended at all centres in the Ashanti region.
The examinations, which commenced on Monday, September 14, 2020,...
Over 1.1 million children to be immunized in Ashanti
The Ashanti Regional Health Directorate is targeting to immunize 1,184,860 children below five years against Polio as it joins seven other regions for a...
Asantehene petitioned over destruction of Pramso farmlands
Some citizens of Pramso in the Bosomtwe District of the Ashanti, have petitioned the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, over the destruction of their...
Accra or Ashanti – Who Wins 2020 TV3 Ghana Strongest Reality Show Competition?
Ashanti region representative, Prosper Dakora and Godfred Akobila have been highly listed as favourites to win this year’s 2020 TV3 Ghana’s Strongest Reality Show...
NIA begins mop-up exercise in Ashanti
The National Identification Authority (NIA) has begun a mob-up exercise in the Ashanti Region to enable qualified Ghanaians who were not able to register...
Network petitions Health Directorate on shortage of ARVs in Ashanti
The National Network of Positive Persons have expressed worry over the shortage of Antiretroviral (ARV) drugs, which are meant to suppress Human Immunodeficiency Virus...
UNFPA supports marginalised young people
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has presented packs of hygiene kits and emergency food supplies to Hope for the Future Generations (HFFG), a...
COVID-19: Confirmed cases in Ashanti now 2,957 with no new death
The Ashanti Region has not recorded any COVID-19 related death for almost one week despite an increase in confirmed cases within the period.
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COVID-19: Ghana’s death toll rises to 85
Ghana has confirmed 15 new COVID-19 deaths, increasing the country's death toll to 85.
The latest update as provided by the country's health management body,...
Ghana confirms 72 more COVID-19 recoveries
Ghana has confirmed 72 more recoveries of COVID-19 patients, bringing the country's total recoveries to 2,070, the Ghana Health Service has announced.
The country's total...
COVID-19: 30 health workers test positive in Ashanti
Thirty health workers in the Ashanti Region have so far tested positive for COVID-19 in their line of duty, Dr. Emmanuel Tinkorang, the Regional...
Covid-19: Appoint true men of God to pray for our sins – Painter urges...
Most Ghanaians have heeded the call by the government to support the fight to halt the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country.
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Ghana’s COVID-19 cases soar to 636
Ghana's COVID-19 cases climb to 636 with 70 new cases confirmed on Tuesday, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) said.
Among all the...
Polio immunization of more than 200,000 children in Ashanti begins
The Ashanti Regional Health Directorate has started the immunization of more than 200,000 children below the age of...
NIA to commence Ghana Card registration in Ashanti
All is now set for the National Identification Authority (NIA), to commence the registration and issuing of Ghana Cards to people in the Ashanti...
Twelve minors perish in flash floods within two months in Ashanti
A total of 12 children lost their lives when they were swept away by flash floods, following recent continuous rains at different locations in...
National Cyber Security Center takes Cyber Education to Schools
The National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) of the Ministry of Communications (MoC) has embarked on a regional sensitization programme to create awareness about the...
All three unopposed candidates in Ashanti confirmed winners
All the three unopposed candidates in the three orphan constituencies of the New Patriotic Party in the Ashanti Region have been declared winners through...