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BEREKUM OMANHEMAA TO INSTITUTE NON-FORMAL EDUCATION FOR BEREKUM WOMEN The Omanhemaa of Berekum Traditional Area in the Brong Ahafo Region, Nana Akosua Ameyaahene (III) who was officially and traditionally enstooled not less than over two months ago, has directed her attention to education to secure a brighter future for the women in Berekum. She has decided to institute a non-formal education for the women in Berekum who couldn't had a formal education. Speaking to Alrich24newsgh.com said, because education is in her heart and it's her priority, she will release her house to start this Initiative to educate the women to acquire some skills and knowledge. In her response to how this dream will be achieve said, she has requested for teachers from the Berekum Municipal Education Directorate to handle the classes for her at her house for the mean time. She said every great idea start from a small point of ideas which she has tasked the women in Berekum to embrace this Initia...

BEREKUM-JAMDEDE ST. JOHN'S CATHOLIC PARISH CELEBRATE'S 10TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS The Bishop of Sunyani Dioceses, Most Rev. Mathew Kwasi Gyamfi has advised Christians to keep up with the good works of supporting the society with all that they have to see the society developing. Most. Rev Gyamfi made this statement when he joined the congregation of Berekum-Jamdede St. John's Catholic Parish in the Berekum Municipality of the Brong Ahafo Region to commemorates with them to celebrate their maiden 10 year anniversary of the parish. The parish which comprises of 12 different Catholic Church's from 12 towns with its members over 20,000 came together to celebrate this anniversary. Most Rev. Bishop Kwasi Gyamfi said after 10 years, the Church has grow and called on them to keep on with their good works and attitude. He said, what the members of the St. John's Catholic Parish has portrayed clearly shows that they have matured and  understood the work of Chris...

BEREKUM AREA APOSTLE ADVICES YOUTH TO REFRAIN FROM TAKING WEE AND TRAMADOL The Area Apostle for the Church of Pentecost in the Berekum Area of the Brong Ahafo Region, Apostle Anthony Kingsley Miah in his 64th anniversary birthday celebrations has advised the youth in the country to desist themselves from taking in wee and tramadol but should be self discipline. Apostle Miah who was born into fetish family repented at his early stage in life. He accepted Jesus Christ as his personal saviour at the age of 18 years, which he was massively involving himself with every church activity. Apostle A.K.Miah who loved football and was a player refused the challenge to take the football career but decided to enter into the kingdom business of Jesus Christ as man of God. Apostle Miah in his celebration speech said, he has headed many Church of Pentecost Area, both in Ghana and outside. He started from Kumasi New Tafo popularly known as Krofrom, from there to Prestea Nkwanta, Shama, and ...

NPP GOVERNMENT MUST STOP USING MY NAME FOR THEIR NON - PERFORMANCE - FORMER PRESIDENT JOHN MAHAMA The former president John Dramani Mahama in his five day tour to the Brong Ahafo Region has to today Saturday, 20th October, 2018 meet the Berekum East Constituency delegates which he called on them to vote for him come December NDC National Delegates Conference to Elect the party's flag bearer for 2020 general elections. The former president in his speech to the  Berekum West Constituency delegates at Jinijini said, NPP led government has covered themselves with John Mahama's name for their non-performance which he called on NPP government to stop calling him in everything that they can't do. He said his name is what NPP is using to cover themselves over their failed promises made Ghanaians. He said NPP government talked a lot for Ghanaians to believed in them but they are not living up to the expectation of the people of Ghana and shifting blames on John Mahama's na...

CURFEW HAS BEEN IMPOSED ON TWIN TOWNS OF JAPEKROM AND DROBO IN THE JAMAN SOUTH DISTRICT OF B/A The Minister of Interior has granted a request by the Brong Ahafo Regional Security Council for a curfew on the twin towns of Japekrom and Drobo in the Jaman South District of the Brong Ahafo Region following a violence that claimed three lives on Wednesday evening. It is feared that the death toll could be increased due to the escalating nature of the situation, there have been rumours that several residents have been attacked and killed by the youth of Japekrom. An ambulance belonging to the St. Mary’s Hospital in Drobo has also been burnt and destroyed by Japekrom youth. Youth from the two towns clashed on Wednesday evening at Drobo when the residents of Japekrom were returning from Mpuasu,their spiritual town where they had gone to perform some rituals as part of the celebration of their annual Munufie festival. According to the information I have gathered,  residents...

PRESIDENT NANA  AKUFO ADDO GRADUATES 100,000 NABCO BENEFICIARIES His Excellency President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo has today graduated 100,000 Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) trainees to begin their work which he has called on them to be punctual and productive to their working activities. President Nana Akufo Addo advised the newly trained 100, 000 National Builders Corps (NABCO) to be serious in this new job they have been ushered in which is to reduce unemployment rate in the country. According to the first gentleman of the land, his government has invested Ghc3 billion on NABCO program to offer an employable opportunity to the graduates and the youth in the country. NABCO which is an NPP government initiative to create jobs has worked out to reduce unemployment situation in the country which m has offered job to 100,000 graduates in Ghana. According to the President, the initiative has received a lot of criticisms, especially  from National Demo...

BEREKUM MCE ASSURED TOTAL ROADS CONSTRUCTION FOR GOLDEN CITY The MCE of Berekum Municipal Assembly in the Brong Ahafo Region, Hon. Kofi Adjei has assured the people of Berekum Municipality that they are going to witnessed a great transformation in the Berekum city in terms of roads infrastructure which he said Berekum has benefited from Ghana-Syno Hydro project initiated by the Nana Akufo Addo led administration which is to commence in 2019. He said Berekum inner city roads will have 8 kilometer roads construction by next year right from January, which to the people of Berekum this is a good news to them because, is a lot that they are expecting from the NPP government particularly on development of Berekum roads. Hon. Kofi Adjei made this statement in an exclusive interview with me which he said immediately the rain season is over, grading and patching of some roads with potholes which was going on will continue till the SinoHydro project begins in next year. He said the SinoHy...

BEREKUM KYEREYAWKROM SCHOOL CHILDREN AFFECTED BY FLOODING As part of Berekumman Citizens Association usual commitment of fulfilling their social responsibilities to the people of Berekum Municipal in the Brong Ahafo Region today has rescued the school children of Kyereyawkrom a  farming community in the Berekum Municipality who has been heavily affected and was locked up by the overflow of a river which does not have a bridge but only a wooden foot bridge  the community members has relied on collapsed. It took the timely intervention of the Berekum Citizens Association team who was on their way to supply free Exercise Books sponsored by the association to the school children in the area. The only wooden foot bridge which has collapsed made it difficult for the children to cross to the other side of the river at the school hours which they were cut off by the floods. The assembly member of the Biadan East Electoral Hon. Apau Wonder who joined the team explained tha...

WENCHI YOUTH FOR DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION PETITIONS MCE OVER DEATH TRAP BRIDGE IN WENCHI. The Wenchi Youth For Development Association a youth group fighting for the progress and development for the people of Wenchi in the Brong Ahafo Region has petitioned the Municipal Chief Executive of Wenchi Municipality Hon. Dr. Kwakye Afriyie and the Wenchi Traditional Council over the current condition of the death trap bridge on the (GORFO) river. In recent times many pot holes have been detected on the said stretch of road around the Methodist University School of Nursing area a situation which has aroused public concern on the condition of the underground bridge on the (gorfo) river which is gradually collapsing. In the petition letter which the Wenchi Youth For Development Association sent to the Municipal Assembly, they described the patching of that stretch of road has been done on several occasions but to no avail. As one of the major stakeholders of the Wenchi Municipality they ...

BEREKUM GIRLS CELEBRATE'S WORLD INTERNATIONAL GIRLS DAY The world is today 11th October, 2018 celebrating World International Girls Day, which the Girl Child Coordinator in the Berekum Municipality of the Brong Ahafo Region, Madam Augusta Amponsa has advised the girls in Berekum to abstain themselves from teenage pregnancy which is the only stumble block to their education. She said in the past months some of the girls have indulged themselves in teenage pregnancy and according to her teenage pregnancy has been in ascendance in the Municipality, and called on parents to monitor and assist their girl child in terms of financial difficulties which will not led them into peer pressure which the results will be teenage pregnancy. She urged the girls especially those in schools to marry their books to achieve the higher height in life. She said as a Coordinator together with her two facilitators which are Madam Anita Konama and Madam Deborah Antwiwaa Benneh,  Berekum Education Di...

BEREKUMMAN CITIZENS ASSOCIATION CELEBRATES  ITS 1ST ANNIVERSARY! In the Akan adage that goes, if one misses the Traditional Chief horns in a public gathering such a person misses from the gathering is an indisputable idea that has brought the people of Berekum together both home and abroad to form one common association dubbed Berekumman Citizens Association. The Association, formed a year ago,  by a group of Berekum indigens at home and abroad has become a formidable association in Berekum and it is the mouthpiece of Berekum people. Berekumman Citizens Association, just in one year period , has chalked a lot of noteworthy progress and development in Berekum. The Association which was formed to promote and support the Berekum Traditional area to bring transformation in Educational sector, Sanitation, Health, Water, Roads, Security, Promotion of Peace and Unity among the Berekum people. The Association's founder Evangelist Paul Osei Agyemang popular known as Agyap...

BEREKUM WEST DCE TOURS ONGOING DISTRICT'S PROJECT SITES. The DCE for Berekum West District in the Brong Ahafo Region Hon. Isaac Osei as part of his efforts to fulfill his promises made to the chiefs and people of Berekum West and also to help solve water and sanitation problem has taken a time from his office duties to tour an ongoing projects of borehole water mechanization project for two communities within the district which are Ayimom and Koraso. Hon. Isaac Osei at Ayimom met the contractor, community members and the assembly man to monitor and evaluate the ongoing mechanized borehole water project for the town. The borehole project which is over 70%  completion will have an electricity powered motor and a stand by poly tank on top of structure that has been build for it. The same construction is also under way at Koraso in the Berekum West District will cost the assembly an amount of over Ghc10,000.00. On the part of deplorable roads in the district the DCE has acqui...

GHANAIANS AND AFRICANS ARE STILL IN COLONIZATION - APOSTLE GYASI RICHARD The Leader and Founder of Pentecostal Word Chapel International in Berekum Municipal of the Brong Ahafo Region Apostle GYASI Richard has declared that the people of Ghana and for that matter Africans are still under colonization because our mind have been captured by the Western countries. According to the man of God all our resources have been controlled by the Western world taking all our gold, timber, cashew, diamond, bauxite and oil by determining the prices of these our natural resources. Are we not colonized he questioned and advised that it's time for us to rethink as a nation. Apostle Gyasi Richard suggested is about time Ghana decide to look for one common language to be adopted for the whole country. He said though God has given us all the resources to be rich as a country yet we are still depending on the Western world which he thinks is about time we put a stop to it. He said Ghanaian la...

ASHANTI REGIONAL NPP SECRETARY DENIES ALLEGATIONS OF  DELTA FORCE PARTY MEETING DISRUPTIONS The Ashanti Regional New Patriotic Party NPP secretary Mr Samuel Pane has rubbish the allegations that Delta Force a pro- party vigilante group  disrupted party meetings at the Tafo Pankrono Constituency, chasing out the Member of Parliament Hon. Dr Akoto Osei who also doubles as the Minister for Evaluation and Monitoring yesterday at the Constituency. Mr Samuel Pane explained that the incident that happened yesterday was just a misunderstanding between two polling station officers and not the Delta force. He said the youth who are alleging without jobs have been employed under youth in afforestation, NBCO and the national youth employment program. He advised the youth not to take power into their hands to do any other thing contrary to the laws of the land and said they should all channels their grievances to the party offices to solve issues. He called on the NPP youth in the ...

BEREKUM TRADITIONAL COUNCIL  OUTDOORED NEW QUEEN MOTHER. The chiefs and people of Berekum Traditional Area in the Brong Ahafo Region has witnessed a massive well organized celebrations of an outdoor event which has over 45 years ago has not been seen in Berekum Traditional Area, the outdooring ceremony of the newly  enstooled Queen mother, Nana Kosua Ameyaahene III as the Omanhemaa of Berekum Traditional Area is what the Berekum people has described it as a time for a new beginning for the Golden City. The program which was well attended by the people of Berekum saw all the chiefs, Queen mother's Association's President of Ghana, Nana Abenaa Boatenmaa, political leaders, the clergymen, Inman's, and heads of institutions in the Berekum city were all in attendance. The newly enstooled Queen mother Nana Kosua Ameyaahene III succeeded Nana Akua Ameyaahene II the former Queen mother of Berekum who passed away last year and a final funeral rites was held for her some two m...