8 Ghanaian traders confirmed dead in fatal accident in Burkina Faso
Eight Ghanaian traders died on the spot after a truck with registration number GT268-18 on which they were travelling was involved in an accident in Burkina Faso on New Year’s Day at about 4pm. The truck, which was transporting tomatoes to Accra, burst a front tyre near the southern Burkinabe city of Po. According to […]
Okada riders top Korle-Bu accident cases during Christmas season
Records at the Accident, Emergency and Orthopaedic Department of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital show that commercial motor (Okada) riders top the number of road traffic accident cases during the Christmas and New Year celebrations. On December 22 and 23, 2019 the Korle-Bu Hospital admitted 30 road traffic accident cases, out of which 20 were Okada […]
Accra records low turnout to work after Christmas holidays
Workers of public institutions who were given break during the Christmas festivities were expected to officially resume today. However, a visit by Radio Ghana to the Ministries in Accra revealed that only a few workers were at post. The place was unusually quiet, signaling the holiday period for some civil servants would extend further. The […]
Christians urged to look into the New Year with hope and optimism
There was competition for seats at the various churches within the Cape Coast Metropolis and its environs as regular and occasional churchgoers trooped in for watch night services to usher in the New Year. Mostly clad in white, the congregants amidst prayers and music, sang, danced and waved white handkerchiefs until the birth of the New Year, […]
Bishop urges politicians to unite the country
The Bishop of the Koforidua Diocese of the Anglican Church, right Reverend Felix Odei Annancy, has called on politicians to avoid pronouncement and activities that could divide the country. He said things that unite the country are more than those that divide the citizens of the country and urged them to focus on issues that […]
France protests: Longest strike in decades stuck in deadlock
France’s transport strike against pension reform has entered its 29th day, making it the longest rail workers’ strike since May 1968. Industrial action against President Emmanuel Macron’s planned pension reform has hit train services hardest. The government says the changes are necessary to make the system fairer and more sustainable, but unions say workers will […]
Latest photos of the devastating Australian bush-fires
Deadly bushfires are ravaging the Australian landscape, so far destroying 1,200 homes across New South Wales and Victoria. This week the fires have razed at least 381 homes in New South Wales and 43 in Victoria, with at least 17 people missing. The leader of NSW has declared a week-long state of emergency, starting this […]
NDC Parliamentary Candidate for La Dadekopon fetes children and disabled
National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for La Dadekotopon Constituency for Election 2020, Ms. Rita Odoley Sowah, has held a party for children and the disabled in the Constituency with a call on all to be alert to the needs of children and the vulnerable. The aspiring MP, a former Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for […]
Tamale Teaching Hospital CEO asked to step aside
The Governing Board of the Tamale Teaching Hospital has asked the interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr.David Kolbila to step aside for investigations into an allegation of a procurement breach leveled against him. Dr.Kolbila has acted as CEO since the former CEO, Dr. Akambong was sacked two years ago and was scheduled for an interview […]
Jakarta floods: ‘Not ordinary rain’, say officials
At least 21 people have died in flooding in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, after the city had its most intense rainfall for at least 24 years. The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) measured 377mm (14.8 inches) of rainfall in a day at an airport in East Jakarta. That’s the most rain in a single […]
