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The ten accused Togolese have been discharge by the Berekum Circuit Court who were remanded for an unlawful entery in to the country. The Berekum circuit court has been closed down for disinfections, since one of the accused persons have been tested positive of Covid19.   The National Security, the Police in Berekum in collaboration with the Bono Regional Minister has called for the case to be withdrawn from court so that the patient can be treated and contact tracing be done.  The presiding Judge, His Honour Osei Kofi Amoako has therefore discharged the 10 accused expatriates because of one person contracting the novel Corona virus. According to information gathered by Alrich25newsgh.com,National Security is deliberating therefore to expel these 10 foreign nationals of Togo back to their country. It will be recalled that, Berekum Circuit Court was where these Togolese nationals were tried on for the first time on 29th April, 2020. Since one of the accused test

      59 YEARS MAN FOUND DEAD IN A RIVER AT BIADAN. A 59 years old unidentified man has been found dead in a river at Biadan a suberb of Berekum East Municipality of the Bono Region. The body which has decompose was retrieved from the river by the Ghana Police service in Berekum. The man was identified as Atta C.K but the cause of his untimely death is yet to known. The Assembly Member for Biadan East - Hon. Amo Apau Wonder said the man is suspected to have been in the river for some days now as his body is deteriorating. Members of the community could not understand how the body got into the river. Nana Kyeame Okra - one of the sub chiefs in the town performed a customary rite to purify the land from such an unforeseen incident having occurred. The rituals were done after retrieving the body. The police therefore gave permit to the family of the deceased for burial while investigation is launched into the cause of the death of the man. Story by Opamago Paparichy,

IS BEREKUM SAFE WHEN IT COMES TO SECURITY? The ever admired Police Commander by the people of Techiman in the Bono East Region is now confused and frustrated about his work on how he wants to deal with crime in Berekum. DSP Andrews Kofi Okonengye, was recently posted to Berekum East Municipality as District Police Commander. He is taking a bow due to how his work has been frustrated by some leaders and authority in the town. The vision of the commander has hit the rocks in just 2 months. The man who was embraced by the media personnel in Techiman and the people for his up to task to tackle crime in the area is now confused about how he can overcome crime, the sole reason he was posted to Berekum to combat against it. Investigations gathered  by Alrich24newsgh.com is that, the municipal commander is now tight lip to comment on any issues of crime in Berekum all because of influences by some leaders in Berekum. The man is now calling for transfer from Berekum as his motive to

BEREKUM MUSEC SETTLES MPATASIE CHIEFTAINCY DISPUTES The Berekum EastvMunicipal Security Committee headed by the Municipal Chief Executive, Hon. Kofi Adjei has today Tuesday 5th May, 2020 met with the Chief of Mpatasie, Nana Kyere Kumah II and Queen mother, Nana Akua Kyeraa to resolve a discord that enswed  between the two traditional leaders in the town.  Representatives for the Queen mother were interrogated by the security committee on charges leveled against the chief but their explanations could not reach consideration of the committee. The Queen mother was then charged for disturbing the peace in the area and unlawfully destooling the chief of his rule over the past 23 years. They were advised to end all forms of dispute that will cost them their peace. Nana Nyarko Akoma Amardo II, Queen mother of Kutre No. 2 was tasked to make sure unity and tranquility prevail among the two leaders in Mpatasie of which she agreed to see them smoke the paece pipe to enhance deve

BEREKUM EAST CPP CHAIRMAN FIRES MMDCEs The Chairman of the Convention Peoples Party (CPP) in Berekum East Constituency of the Bono Region, Hon. Osam Pinakor has cautioned the neglect of MMDCEs have towards the traders in the various markets in the country. According to him, the traders ate those who contributes towards the generation of Internally Generated Funds (IGF) of the various assemblie but they have turned their back to their activities these abnormal times. "These traders have not been provided with logistics to fight covid-19; no sanitizers, no nose marks, no Veronica buckets, etc have been provided to them to fight the spread of the virus thoroughly. He challenged traders to stop or put on hault in paying taxes to the assemblies if these basic logistics are not provided. "Traders in Berekum especially should avoid paying their daily income tax" he added because to him non of such materials have been given out to the traders. A one time Best Farmer in B

        COVID-19 IS UNDER CONTROL IN GHANA - BEREKUM EAST MP The MP of Berekum East Constituency of the Bono Region who also doubles as the Chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Health, Dr. Kwabena Twum - Nuamah has said the fight against Covid-19 is under control in Ghana. He explained that the government and health personnel are working seriously to contain and control the spread of the virus. Introduction of the enhanced testing is ongoing and one of the measures Ghana has taken to lower the spread and to contain it. Ghana is one of the leading countries in the testing in Africa. Dr. Nuamah added that, the government has resourced MMDAs financially to fight Covid-19. Parliament has also approved 100 million dollars as supplementary to manage the fight against Corona virus across the nation. Dr. Nuamah urged the general public to follow all the preventive protocols to avoid the spread of the virus especially public gathering. Everyone should observe social di

                          Financial Institutions Chase Creditors amidst Covid-19. Some financial institutions in Berekum are after a number of traders in groups of 6 or 10 that accessed loans from them. The traders have defaulted and are being chased in spite of the pandemic. The traders invested the monies into their businesses which have yielded no results due to the covid-19 pandemic. According to them, some agreed on weekly installment whiles other on monthly payment terms. They cried that, businesses have been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic yet, the financial institutions are chasing them for their monies. One of the victims who spoke to Alrich24newsgh.com said the spread of Corona virus has been the major cause for not fulfilling their part of the agreement. She continued that the financial institutions are being inhumane by not reviewing the agreements. President Akuffo-Addo in one of the nation's update on covid-19 announced soft loans for small and medi

                                BEREKUM EAST MP VISITS ISOLATION CENTRE. The MP for Berekum East Constituency in the Bono Region, Hon. Kwabena Twum - Nuamah who also double as the Chairman of the  Parliamentary Select Committee on Health has today 20th April, 2020 visited Holy Family Hospital to monitor the progress of work at the isolation Center sited at the hospital. The government in the fight against Corona virus selected the hospital fever unit as an isolation Center to combat the virus in the Bono Region. Hon. Dr. Kwabena Twum-Nuamah was welcomed by the hospital administrator, Rev. Sister Reena V. John and her management to assess situation at the hospital. The administrator emphasized on some of the challenges currently faced them as an isolation Center. She said though they have presented their budget to the MP, they need enough Personal Protective Equipments (PPEs) to fight the disease. Adding that ventilators, overalls, boots, shields, nose marks and others ar

BEREKUM EAST MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY REOPENS TWO MARKETS. The Berekum East Municipal Assembly has today reopened two of the three markets that were closed down yesterday. The closure was to ensure social distancing observation to take effects in the market. Speaking to Alrich24newsgh.com this morning Hon. Kofi Adjei - the Municipal Chief Executive said, the directives to close down the markets was in line with measures put in place to allow traders observe social distancing in the various markets in Berekum. Berekum central market, Yiadom Boakye market (Rawlings park) and Thursday Market were all not opened yesterday. Two of the markets; central market and Thursday market were allowed to resume operation after stringent protocols were agreed by the traders. The Yiadom Boakye market remains closed after the traders did not show up at a meeting with the Covid-19 response team. The traditional weekly Thursday Market was fully in operation today being Thursday for patronage by the

BEREKUM NATIONAL AMBULANCE SERVICE RECEIVE EXTRA AMBULANCE TO FIGHT COVID-19. The Ghana National Ambulance Service in Berekum Municipal of the Bono Region has received an extra ambulance to support the fight against Corona virus. Berekum East and West received two of the ambulances distributed by the government of it's one constituency one ambulance initiative. An extra ambulance has since been dedicated to fight corona virus within Berekum East, Berekum West, Dormaa Central, Dormaa East, Dormaa West, Jaman South, Jaman North and Tain constituencies. The new ambulance was necessitated by the fact that Berekum Holy Family Hospital has been selected as one of the treatment centres in the region. Speaking to Alrich24newsgh.com, the Municipal Ambulance Service Officer, Mr. Adu Boateng Marfo explained that, his department is ever ready to support the fight against the virus in the municipality. He said "a rapid response team has been formed in the municipality and is he

              LANDLORD DONATES MECHANIZED WATER TO COMMUNITY The CEO of Abaa Printing Press and ESKOM Educational Centre in the Berekum Municipality of the Bono Region, Mr. Asiedu Arthur a.k.a. Abaa has donated a mechanized bore hole water to the people of Brenyekwa, Zaabo Zongo and those around Presec and it's environs. According to Mr. Abaa, everyone is doing their best to support the fight against covid-19. "I have seen people donating Veronica buckets, sanitizers, soaps, tissues, etc. I have also decided to offer free portable water to this community. Water is indeed life and we have seen it saving lives in these trying times. It has helped reduce the spread of the virus hence my decision to donate water to the people". He continued that "the community will fetch the water free of charge which in a way restrict movement of people as advised by Ghana Health Service". Mr. Abaa admonished Ghanaians to support the fight against the virus as it is ca