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Fire has gutted over ten shops and eight vehicles at Suame Magazine in the Ashanti Region, casing damage to properties worth thousands of cedis. So far, the extent of the damage has been blamed on the late intervention by the Ghana Fire Service as a mechanic who only gave his name as Korsah revealed the harm could have been subdued should there have been a timely intervention. “Because we don’t have a fire service station at the Magazine, it was difficult reaching them. Though we finally succeeded in calling them, it took them about an hour to come here. So when they came around 1am, all the eight cars and ten shops had been destroyed,” he stated. In the meantime, the Ghana Fire Service is yet to come out with the actual cause of the outbreak as eyewitnesses claim the fire might have erupted due to an electrical fault.

we the members of concern Youth in politics of Juaben constituency would want to appeal to his excellency the president of the Republic of Ghana John Dramani Mahama to as a matter of urgency rescind his decision of making Yamoah Ponkor the mce of Ejisu Juaben mun assembly for the second time. It is worthy of notice that Yamoah's leadership was characterised by arrogance and corruption of unspeakable magnitude. This man's deliberate disregard for the law has resulted in the Assembly paying huge sums of money meant for development as compensation for his victims. This is a man who has the track record of bullying his own technocrats, police commanders, pastors, education directors, heads of institutions, presiding member and even some chiefs of the municipality. Corruption : a few cases of corruption under his first term. Procurement of bulldozer, pay loader, generator set, sale of assembly pick up,(registration number withheld) sale of Ghana commercial bank building for over...

Two persons have been abducted and murdered at Bunkpurugu in a raging chieftaincy dispute in Bunkpurugu in the Bunkpurugu - Yunyoo district of the northern region Graphic images pls. Viewer discretion is advised

The Deputy Agriculture Secretary of the United States of America (U.S.A), Mrs. Krysta Harden has assured of the U.S’ readiness to support poultry production in Ghana to improve quality feed. Mrs. Harden who believes that Ghana should have a robust poultry industry, assured that they will provide farmers with tools that will increase their production.   ‘Ghana should have a robust industry; we are going to solve issues relating to production and the entire value chain. We are going to make sure that the producers have some tools they need to work with,’ she promised. The U.S Deputy Agriculture Secretary indicated that her outfit will ensure that farmers’ produce do not rot in the farms but get to the markets. ‘We want to help them by giving them technical assistance and we will try to get their produce to the market and ensure that consumers get what they want and need,’ she assured. Mrs. Harden who paid a working visit to Akate Farm project peanut an...

Construction of Kejetia bus terminal has suffered a setback as workers working on the project site embark on a sit down strike due to remunerations and failure to formalize their engagement.  The president John Mahama few weeks ago cut a sod for the construction, which is been executed by a Brazilian construction firm known as Brazil contracta to formally begin construction works According to the workers, some of them receive as low as 370 Ghana cedis as salary and most of them have had the probation of six months continuously without been formalized.  Speaking to Ultimate News, an artisan who would will not disclosed his identify for fear of been victimized said all attempts to get these issues resolved has proven futile. Meanwhile the consultant for the project Emmanuel Danso has told ultimate news; they will engage the labour ministry and the workers to resolve the problem. He however denied some the claims made by the workers.

Five persons have been arrested after residents of Atrama near Adjako Buoho attacked teachers of Osei Kwadwo Junior High School.  School activities is said to have come to a halt in the community after three teachers were hospitalized and four others suffered minor injuries when some residents of Atrama at Afigya Kwabre District in Ashanti Region attacked them for spanking a female student Assemblyman for the area, Duncan Nkrumah Poku who confirmed the arrest to Ultimate Fm’s Joseph Oppong Brenya said it took the intervention of the regional police commander for the arrest to be made.  He said teachers have abandoned the classroom since the attack which happened last Wednesday. Meanwhile the Afigya Kwabre District director of education Stella Ofori Atta told Ultimate news; the teachers may reconsider their decision since some of the perpetrators of the attack have been arrested.