GHANA TROTRO KONKONSA DIGITAL

JOY NEWS NET2 TV 18TH MAY, 2020

WORKERS AT TEMA TESTED

Kumasi Murder: Eleven suspects arrested - The Pulse on JoyNews (19-5-20) Manso Dadease Robbery - Joy News Prime (19-5-20)

Akuapem kingmakers install new chief amidst heavy security Chief Installation - Joy News Prime (1-5-20)

Okyenhene’s directive on burial: Bereaved families move bodies from morgue Date: May 06 , 2020 , 09:27 BY: Pacome Emmanuel Damalie Category:  General News Library photo Bereaved families within the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Area have begun moving the bodies of their deceased relatives from the Kyebi Government Hospital morgue in response to a directive by the Okyenhene, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin. On Monday, April 20, 2020, the Okyenhene gave a month’s ultimatum to families of deceased persons to take the bodies from morgues in the Akyem Abuakwa State for burial, in the face of congestion concerns due to the restriction on funerals. The Daily Graphic gathered that bodies removed from the Kyebi Government  Hospital morgue were either sent for private burial or to private morgues outside Akyem Abuakwa. Impact In an interview last Monday, the Medical Superintendent of the Kyebi Government Hospital, Dr Richard Nii Darku Dodoo, said families were adher

Police grab wife who planned with boyfriend to kill husband in Kumasi Date: May 06 , 2020 , 09:54 BY: Graphic.com.gh Category:  General News 4.8k Shares   Share   Tweet   Share Police in the Ashanti Region has arrested a 27-year-old woman and her boyfriend for conspiring to kill her husband. The suspects, Mavis Brepor, alias Maadwoa, and Patrick Asare, alias Coach, 50, are said to have engaged the services of a contract killer to have her husband, David Gator, 52, killed. According to Classfmoline, the suspects, in their attempt to contact the contract killer, mistakenly called the Manhyia Divisional Police Commander, ACP Kwaku Buah. ACP Buah then feigned interest in the contract when Patrick Asare committed to pay GH₵100,000 to have Mr Gator killed. ACP Buah said together with undercover investigators and detectives, lured the suspect to come to Kumasi after they posed as contract killers from Sefwi. GET CORONAVIRUS UPDATES HERE

Court fines Akropong Kingmakers GH₵48,000 for flouting social gathering directive Date: May 06 , 2020 , 15:02 BY: George Folley Category:  General News 360 Shares   Share   Tweet   Share The four persons who were arrested during the installation of the new Okuapehene in Akropong last Friday have been fined by the Akropong Circuit Court, presided over by Mrs Arrit Nsemboh. The four, sentenced on their pleas of ‘guilty’ to the offence of flouting the directives on restrictions on all social and public gatherings, have been fined a total of GH¢48,576. They will each serve a jail term of four years if they default in paying the fines. The  convicted persons — Odehye Kofi Asiedu Adu-Mfum, 57; Nana Semanshia Ohene Asah Krofah II, 43; Ohenenana Bennet Smith Opoku, 55, and Nana Odi Asempa Krobea Asante, 76 — were charged for failing to comply with the restrictions imposed on all public gatherings, contrary to Paragraph 1(A)VII of E.I. 64 and Section

STC, Metro Mass Transit suffer losses due to COVID-19 protocols Date: May 06 , 2020 , 09:41 BY: Timothy Ngnenbe Category:  General News 88 Shares   Share   Tweet   Share The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has put Inter-City STC and Metro Mass Transit Limited (MMT) into dire financial straits, compelling them to turn to the government for support. The two state-owned transport companies have, averagely, lost 60 per cent of their monthly revenue and are struggling to pay the salaries of their staff, who number about 4,000. They are also grappling with huge operational costs, including fuel, which is a consequence of the physical distancing requirement protocol that has compelled them to operate at half capacity. This came to light when the Daily Graphic visited the companies in Accra yesterday to ascertain the impact of COVID-19 on their operations. STC GET CORONAVIRUS UPDATES HERE The Managing Director of Inter-City STC,