Compiled by Richard Attenkah A sanitation and waste management expert has disclosed that three major factors account for the poor sanitation and waste management the country is experiencing in recent times. Mr. Edward Mba, head of the Waste Management Department of the Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA), in an exclusive interview with the Tema File, said [...]
By Bernice Bessey Traders formerly doing business near the Novotel Hotel in Accra, who were under one umbrella body known as the Novotel Traders Association, and were relocated to the Odawna Market, have lost their unity and become six splinter groups. According to the Mr. Turkson Nii Armah, Secretary to the Novotel Traders Association, Odwana, [...]
By Bernice Bessey Mental illness is less regarded in the country, with mental health centres not being given the much-needed attention by the government and general public, as compared to other medical institutions. The National Service Secretariat (NSS), in this regard, has noted the need to support mental institutions in the country by donating 100 [...]
The Ashaiman Municipal Assembly (ASHMA) has elected a Presiding Member (PM) in the person of Daniel K. E. Ekumah, during its First Ordinary Meeting held at the Assembly Hall on Tuesday. The Presiding Member was the only nominee, therefore, a vote of yes or no was carried out. There were 22 assembly members present, [...]
By Richard Attenkah The Tema Metropolitan Chief Executive, Robert Kempes Ofosuware, has lamented over the rate at which fire outbreaks are ravaging properties in the Metropolis, describing it as quite alarming. He said: “The number of fire outbreaks recorded for the year 2012 was quite alarming. A total of 36 fire outbreaks and 25 accidents [...]
Compiled by Richard Attenkah A combined team of about 500 police personnel, made up of 400 from Accra and 100 from the Tema Regional Police Command, has arrested 10 suspected criminals during a swoop in certain suburbs of Tema. The combined police team also impounded about 55 motorbikes during the exercise, which took place in [...]
Compiled by Richard Attenkah About 100 experts in the maritime industry, drawn from about 20 countries in West and Central Africa, who are members of the Port Management of West and Central Africa (PMAWCA), have held a technical meeting in Tema to advance the cause of the industry on the continent. The conference is [...]
A lecturer at the Sociology Department of the University of Ghana is calling for the review of the law on “Troxovi”, a practice where young girls are used as objects of reparation in shrines. Dr. Kodzovi Akpabli-Honu, who graduated from the University of Ghana last Saturday, March 9, this year, with a Doctorate Degree [...]
During the early hours of Tuesday, a fire ravaged the offices and classrooms of NIIT, a computer training school in the “Abena Ateaa” Towers on the Ring Road close to the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra. The tower houses several other businesses, and the computer training school which occupies the 3rd floor, was saved [...]
Stories by Bernice Bessey Pedestrians avoiding zebra and traffic crossings and climbing over the road medians as a shortcut has become a common practice at places like the Kwame Nkrumah Circle, Kaneshie and other main roads in the metropolis. The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), in a bid to stop the practice, put up wire fencing [...]