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Fire officers who were detailed from Kasoa Fire Station to douse a burning Metro Mass Transit Bus en route to Cape Coast on Wednesday are likely to be sanctioned if found to have lacked a sense of urgency in line of duty. The Metro Mass bus with registration number GR 5182-15 from Accra caught fire after two of its tyres exploded and caught fire on the highway at Kasoa Adom City on Wednesday. Social media went viral with video of the ravaging fire in which some fire officers were seen standing by looking clueless as the national asset burned away.…

Ghanaian rapper and actor OJ Blaq has revealed that someone had to die at the emergency ward at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital before he was able to get a bed for admission. The rapper was reported to have suffered a double kidney failure in July last year and was admitted at the hospital. Speaking to Amanda Jissih on GHONE TV, OJ Blaq described his survival as a miracle from God. “It just happened when I realised I wasn’t feeling too well so I went to the hospital and was told my blood pressure was very high. “The doctor told…

The National Organiser of the National Democratic Congress, Kofi Adams has ridiculed government’s justification for appointing “abnormal” size ministers and deputies. President Nana Akufo-Addo has so far appointed 110 persons comprising 60 deputy ministers and 50 substantive ministers to serve in his government in the four-year tenure. A cross-section of Ghanaians have spoken against the size of the government, saying it is needless as they argued, it will put undue pressure on the stressed national purse. In defence, government officials as well as the president have maintained that the challenges confronting the nation demand the service of such number of…

A campaign for the education of children with disabilities has taken off with over 16 schools in Ghana expected to join the global crusade seeking to create awareness about disabled children’s inability to access education. The move is to draw attention of the global community on the right to education of children with disabilities who are not able or allowed to go to school. More than 25,000 primary school pupils in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America will participate in the annual international ‘We Ring The Bell’ campaign on March 22. “There are currently more than 30 per cent children…

Some youth from the Ejisu-Juaben Municipality are protesting what they claim are moves by the leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to get a stranger to be appointed as the Municipal Chief Executive. They claimed one Serwaa Derchie who is among the five nominees presented to the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, is not a native of Ejisu-Juaben and does not vote anywhere in the municipality. “We will fiercely resist any attempt to force one Madam Serwaa Derchie as our MCE because the woman is unknown to anybody in the municipality and made zero contribution to the election success…

The National Pensions Regulatory Authority has explained to the informal sector workers that pensions scheme is different from micro finance investment, some of which have been closed by regulators for various violations. Many workers in the informal sector in the Upper West Region have no or little knowledge about the operations of the third-tier Pension Scheme and how they can make their contributions for their future. It is against this background that the a team from the National Pensions Regulatory Authority has held an outreach programme in Wa to educate informal workers on that pension scheme which some of them…

Ghana’s power generation mix is expected to include 10 percent of renewable energy sources by 2020. At a SWITCH Africa green national networking forum in Accra, Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation minister, Professor Frimpong Boateng, pledged to introduce varied sources of renewable energy during his tenure. Though Ghana has committed to universal electricity access by 2020, the capacity to meet this goal depends on adequate and reliable power supply. The World Bank and the European Union (EU) have both embarked on several lending options over four decades to support Ghana’s power sector. The Wholesale Power Reliability Assessment report in 2010,…

Member of Parliament for Ashaiman, Ernest Henry Norgbey, has called for the reinstatement of the about 200 police recruits who have been dismissed across the country, arguing they are in their current circumstance, a threat to the nation. He said the dismissed recruits have learned details regarding intelligence of society and crime, hence knowledgeable in crime prevention, which he said they can use to cause crime within their society if not regulated. “These sacked recruits pose a great danger to societies in Ghana. This fact cannot be disputed. Let us not forget that security education is highly classified…They have knowledge…

More than 100 dealers and zonal managers of GOIL have attended the oil marketing company’s dealers conference for the Southern and Tema zones. The conference was used to update on significant activities of the company. Chief Executive and Managing Director, Mr. Patrick Akorli and the Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Alex Adzew addressed the participants The Head of Fuels Marketing of GOIL, Mr. Marcus Deo Dake in welcoming the partiipants charged dealers to improve on services at their various stations to ensure high customer satisfaction. He said GOIL will continue to make safety and environmental issues a priority and this will…

Octavia Cannon, a board-certified OBGYN, told Seventeen why women might be putting their health at risk with their underwear choices. Instead of giving women a long lecture, however, Cannon kept it brief by outlining these six simple rules for picking out underwear. 1. Avoid thongs Even though saucy lingerie can help turn up the heat in the bedroom, wearing a thong could be detrimental to your health. Cannon explained the stringed undies can cause bacteria, including E. Coli, to spread from the anus to the vagina. She revealed: “Think about where the string slides when you sit down in a thong.” If…