Transport operators have suspended the proposed 20 per cent increment in public transport fares which was to take effect today, Friday, August 8.

Cocoa Processing Company Limited (CPC) has announced a widened net loss of US$10.23 million for the third quarter ending June 30, 2025, marking a deterioration from the US$9.57 million loss recorded during the same period last year. 

Pope Leo XIV has paid tribute to the deaths of two ministers, senior government officials, and military personnel who perished in a tragic helicopter crash in Ghana on Wednesday, August 6, 2025.

The Acting Chief Justice, Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, has urged the public to give their best in service to the country in memory of the sacrifices made by the eight individuals who lost their lives in a helicopter crash last Wednesday.

President John Dramani Mahama has rallied the country in its time of grief and agony, urging all to offer collective compassion to the bereaved families of last Wednesday’s tragic helicopter crash that killed eight dedicated citizens.

The family of Squadron Leader Peter Abaafeme Anala, the pilot of the helicopter that crashed on Wednesday, has lost three siblings within months.

Squadron Leader Peter Abaafeme Anala (GH/4281) was born on November 2, 1989, at Siniesi in the Upper East Region to the late Paul Oscar Anala and Madam Lucy Apung Anala. 

Samuel Aboagye, a former Parliamentary Candidate of the National Democratic Congress in Obuasi in the 2024 general election, was born on December 23, 1980.

A retired pilot of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), Wing Commander (WG CDR) Kwaku Kekrebesi, has said that it is premature to tell the exact cause of the tragic military helicopter crash that claimed the lives of eight distinguished Ghanaians, including two sitting ministers, last Wednesday

Flying Officer Manaen Twum Ampadu (GH/5426), was born on January 17, 1995, at Kwahu Adumoah, Eastern Region, to Mr Emmanuel Macdouglas Ampadu and Madam Ampadu Patience. 

More organisations have paid glowing tributes to the eight persons who perished in the helicopter crash last Wednesday at Adansi-Brofoyedu, near Akrofuom, in the Adansi Akrofuom District in the Ashanti Region.

The Ministries remained quiet yesterday as all scheduled programmes were cancelled following President John Dramani Mahama's declaration of a three-day national mourning.

The Vice-Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Samuel Sarpong, was born on November 10, 1957, at Ejisu in the Ashanti Region.

On Day 2 of the Greater Works Conference at Christ Temple East, Tse Addo, last Tuesday, August 5, when Conference Host Pastor Mensa Anamoa Otabil was handed the mic to introduce the next speaker, it was 20 minutes of what I choose to describe as a panegyric. 

Sergeant Ernest Mensah Addo (202154) was born on July 5, 1988, at Labadi in Accra to Mensah Ashiaquaye and Victoria Morkeh, both deceased. 

To say the last week of July 2025 was a disaster might be an understatement!

The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has issued a stern warning to its members against posting explicit content on social media while in uniform, following the circulation of a viral video showing a female soldier performing a striptease in military attire.

A thrilling tie-break between two former national champions, the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and the University of Cape Coast (UCC), in the semi-final of the seventh edition of the Graphic Business Tertiary Business Sense Challenge (TBSC) saw three-time Northern Zone champions KNUST edge out UCC 66.83 to 64.83 to book their place in the final tomorrow.

After the devastating helicopter crash that resulted in the tragic death of eight individuals, including two cabinet ministers, a major issue that came up for public discussion was the flight recorder system, popularly known as the black box.

Good evening, my countrymen and women. It is with a profoundly heavy heart that I address you tonight.

Last Wednesday, the country was struck by a national tragedy when a military helicopter carrying eight people, including two ministers of state, crashed in the Ashanti Region, killing all on board.

Samples of the bodies of victims of last Wednesday’s helicopter crash have been sent to South Africa for further forensic examination.

The Urgency of Recognising Impact Before Silence Falls

There is a quietly unsettling reality that rests beneath the surface of national pride and ceremonial grandeur: across Africa, and in many parts of the world, societies too often save their grandest tributes and deepest appreciation for those who can no longer speak, advocate, or ask to be heard.

The Western Regional Minister, Joseph Nelson, has commiserated with Naval Lieutenant Ewuradwoa Kumi-Kyereh, wife of Flying Officer Manean Twum Ampadu, one of the crew members who perished in the military helicopter crash in the Ashanti Region. 

A sorrowful atmosphere enveloped the Jubilee House yesterday as President John Dramani Mahama, Vice-President Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, and top government officials joined grieving families and the public in a solemn flower-laying ceremony to honour eight departed souls, including two government ministers, who tragically lost their lives in last Wednesday’s helicopter crash.