Author: Krobea

A dog in northern Thailand has rescued a newborn baby after it was buried alive, allegedly by its teenage mother. The baby boy is said to have been abandoned by his mother, 15, to hide her pregnancy from her parents. Ping Pong the dog was barking and digging in a field in Ban Nong Kham village. Its owner says he then noticed a baby’s leg sticking out of the earth. Locals rushed the baby to hospital where doctors cleaned him up and declared he was healthy. Ping Pong’s owner, Usa Nisaikha, says it lost the use of one of its…

The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) on Friday paid a working visit to the family of the late teacher George Bosompem Somuah, who was beaten to death by some youth said to be old students of Asiakwa Salvation Army JSS, he was a headmaster. The Union commiserated with the bereaved family and offered their condolences. NUGS commended the family of the deceased teacher for their cooperation with law enforcement agencies and their fortitude in the trying times. NUGS further met with the acting headmaster and some staff of Salvation Army JHS to express their condolences and also appealed to…

A non-governmental organization, DKT International, has held a day’s workshop to promote safe use of medicine in the Bono Region. The workshop held in the capital, Sunyani, brought together academia, doctors, nurses, and personnel from the Ghana Health Service. The workshop was aimed at minimizing errors in drug prescriptions and wrong usage. It is believed that some medical practitioners in Ghana misinform patients on the dosage of drug or the kind of medication to be taken for a particular ailment, resulting in further health complications. It is against the backdrop that the workshop, which forms part of DKT International’s corporate…

For both professional gossipers [journalists] and those who consume their gossips, the past week has been overly packed with hot headline news. Talk of the Western Togoland Separatists, the National Democratic Congress’ National Chairman Ofosu Ampofo’s tango with the Police CID, Helena Huang gone missing, the National Communications Authority’s ‘fight’ with both Radio Gold and Radio XYZ and the teacher of Salvation Army Basic School, in the Eastern Region, allegedly murdered by six young men among others. Personally, I have had people sending me messages on WhatsApp or relaying such to me in person to comment/write on one issue or…

As a measure for health workers to access a mother’s previous health record to trace and treat their new born children with untoward medical conditions at or after birth, the Ministry of Health and Ghana Health Services have introduced a combined maternal and child health record book. This two-in-one health record book is given to pregnant women at the antenatal clinic and same is required to present during postnatal clinics for continuity of treatment of any ailment the mother reported at pregnancy that might have biologically transferred to the baby. It is against this backdrop that the Sekondi/Takoradi Metro Health…

Theresa May has promised to set a timetable for the election of her successor after the next Brexit vote in the first week of June. The agreement follows a meeting between the prime minister and senior Tory MPs who are demanding a date for her departure from Downing Street. If she loses the vote on her Brexit plan, already rejected three times, sources told the BBC she would resign. Meanwhile, Boris Johnson has said he will run for leader once Mrs May goes. The prime minister survived a confidence vote by Conservative MPs at the end of last year and…

Government has accused the erstwhile National Democratic Congress (NDC) government of issuing the permit for the importation of a total of 1,575 short guns and pop actions into the country recently. A document made available showed that a former Deputy Minister of Interior, James Agalga, signed the permit for Yadco Ghana Limited to import the items, two days to the handing over of power to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government. A statement issued on Wednesday, May 15 by the Communications Director of the NDC, Kakra Essamuah, had chastised the incumbent government, calling for the immediate ban on arms importation.…

The Second Meeting of the Third Session of the current Parliament is scheduled to begin on Tuesday, May 28. A notice issued by the Speaker, Reverend Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye, said the commencement is in pursuance of Standing Order 37. The Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic had to be recalled from recess to sit on some emergency bills. Speaker recalls Parliament for ‘very important business’ They reconvened on Monday, April 29 and rose on Friday, May 3. They are to meet at 10:00am in the House for the commencement of the Second Meeting. Source: 3news.com|Ghana

As part of activities to strengthen relations between Israel and Ghana, the Embassy of Israel dedicated 10 days full of different activities to celebrate Israel at 71 and six decades of Israel-Ghana relations this May. The peak of this 10-day celebration was Thursday, May 9, when the Embassy hosted a huge classical music concert titled ‘Strings of Harmony; Celebrating 6 decades of Israel-Ghana Relations’ at the National Theatre. This was the result of the collaborative work of Israeli Maestro and Conductor, Nir Brand, with the National Symphony Orchestra, the Pan African Youth Orchestra and the Seasonal Opera House. Maestro Brand…

Residents of Adiembra in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis have been left astonished after the Sekondi Chief Fisherman, Nana Kofi Essoun, tied and dragged a suspected thief behind his Tundra car through the community. Not even the pleas from by-standers could calm the bewildered Chief Fisherman, who according to residents was hell bent on punishing the suspected thief. For more than 30 minutes, the Chief Fisherman popularly called PANYA was said to have dragged the suspected thief back and forth through the community. Narrating his ordeal with difficulty on his sick bed at the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital, the suspected thief, Akwasi…