May 3, 2025
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Police Officer, Wife, Baby Burnt To Death

Sergeant Asante Baafi Owusu, a 36-year-old Police Officer with the Anti-Robbery Squad of the Ashanti Regional Police, his wife, Millicent Abena Achaa, and their four-month-old child, Samuel Baafi Nyamedo, have been burnt to death in a fire outbreak. The tragic incident occurred at Apromasea, a suburb of Kumasi in the Ejisu Municipality in the Ashanti […]Continue Reading
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PMMC Begins Bulk Purchase Of Gold

The Precious Minerals Marketing Company (PMMC) has commenced processes to secure adequate quantities of gold in support of government’s “Gold 4 Oil” initiative. According to the national assayer, management has begun setting up offices in selected mining regions, first of which has already been established in Kumasi, in the Ashanti Region, to buy “all gold […]Continue Reading
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Water, Electricity Tariffs Increased Again

Despite a fairly stable cedi, the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has announced increments in utility tariffs beginning February 1, 2023, in spite of rising economic hardships faced by the citizenry. The state-owned regulator, in a statement, said the end-user tariff for electricity has been increased by 29.96 percent, while that of water has also […]Continue Reading
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NLA Goes After Illegal Lotto Operators

The National Lottery Authority (NLA) has warned that it will revoke the licences of private lotto operators who have not yet regularized their operations for the 2023 licensing year. In a statement released by the NLA, with a list of private lotto operators in good standing, the authority cautions that private lottery operators who still […]Continue Reading
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The Minerals Commission has commenced the implementation of the fifth edition of the new procurement list, which now has 50 items for the provision of goods and services. This replaces the fourth edition of the procurement list, which was published by the commission early last year. According to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the […]Continue Reading
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Anti-Galamsey Taskforce Abandons Duty In Nzema East, As Pollution of Ankobra River Continues

Some residents of Gwira Ampansie,Dominasie and adjoining communities in the Nzema East Municipality in the Western Region are accusing the anti-galamsey taskforce, operating in the area, of shirking its responsibility, resulting in the current pollution of the Ankobra River with impunity. According to them, the failure by the anti-illegal mining taskforce to ward off Continue Reading
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Ex-Black Stars Striker Caged Over $40K Fraud

Former Ghana international, Prince Tagoe, has been remanded in police custody until January 4, 2023, for defrauding Black Stars assistant coach, George Boateng, of $40,000 by an Accra Circuit Court on Wednesday, per a report by Accra-based radio station Starr FM. The former Hearts of Oak player pleaded not guilty to the charge of defrauding […]Continue Reading
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PURC To Adjust Tariffs Again On January 1

Just less than four months after increasing tariffs for utility companies, the Public Utility Regulatory Commission (PURC) is set to make a quarterly tariff adjustment announcement again, expected to happen this week. The review measure, The Anchor understands, will take effect on the New Year Day, January 1, 2023. The adjustment, according to the PURC, […]Continue Reading

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