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A volcano has erupted in New Zealand, leaving five dead and several unaccounted for, police have said. Tourists were seen walking inside the rim of the White Island crater just moments before the eruption. Police said 23 people had been rescued, but warned conditions were hampering rescue efforts. The New Zealand military is now helping police. White Island, also known as Whakaari, is one of the country’s most active volcanoes. Despite that, the privately-owned island is a tourist destination with frequent day tours and scenic flights available. What happened at the volcano? The eruption of White Island began around 14:11…

News of American rapper Cardi B’s alleged refusal to show up for a meet-and-greet session with some Ghanaian celebrities and media personalities on Sunday caused a stir on social media The rapper who is in Ghana for a concert arrived in the country Sunday afternoon ahead of the show that night and was reportedly supposed to have a meet-and-greet session with the stars and the media. Becca, Salma Mumin, Lydia Forson, Sandra Ankobiah, Akuapem Polo and a host of other celebrities and media personalities were at the Kempinski Hotel to see the rapper, but had to wait for hours, making…

The police have picked up five persons in connection with disturbances during the ‘outdooring’ of a Paramount Queenmother, Nana Araba Otua II, in Mankessim in the Central Region last Saturday. According to the Mankessim Divisional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Owoahene Acheampong, the five, whose names have been withheld, were assisting in investigations. Bloody What was supposed to be the ‘outdooring’ of a queenmother turned bloody when two persons, including an officer of the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) and a civilian, were shot dead by unknown assailants during the procession, with Nana Otua riding in a palanquin.…

Deaf but not Hearing-Impaired. The deaf community has passed the word ‘deaf’ as an appropriate disability lexicon and preferred ‘hearing-impaired’, which is rather widely used in everyday communication as a proper term. But in a September 23, 2019 Ghanaian Times publication, the Ghana Association of the Deaf qualified ‘deaf’ as the right expression. Hearing-impaired is offensive, derogatory and not acceptable anymore! It shall be an offense to tell a person with the condition they are hearing-impaired. According to Section 37 of the Persons With Disability Act, 2006 (Act 715) of Ghana, it is an offense to call a person with…

Source: 3news.com | Ghana

The Urban Blend Show on 3FM 92.7 in partnership with Wesoamo Child Cancer foundation and Readbook Lib. Ghana has supported the paediatric oncology unit of the Okomfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi with a learning and play area. The initiative which is at its second phase was conceived by the Wesoamo Child Cancer foundation and it is aimed at creating an enabling learning and play area for the children on admission at the oncology unit. The library and play area will also offer the children on admission the opportunity to catch up with studies while they take long breaks from…

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has challenged the opposition NDC to a show of records in office to enable Ghanaians judge who has met their aspirations the most. Vice President Bawumia is convinced that when pushed to a debate of facts and achievements, the NDC would have no leg to stand on and would resort to their usual refuge of obfuscation and goal-shifting. Addressing thousands of youth at the end of a Health Walk to climax activities marking the NPP Youth Wing Conference in Tamale on Saturday, 7th December, 2019, Vice President enumerated over 80 key denominators of national…

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, left Ghana on Sunday, 8th December, 2019, to attend the 9th Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP Group), being held in Nairobi, Kenya. The Summit, which is being held on the theme “A Transformed ACP: Committed to Multilateralism”, will see President Akufo-Addo deliver the opening remarks on behalf of the Africa Group, and later participate in the general debate of Heads of State and Governments. He is accompanied by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchway, MP, the…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo–Addo has performed a ceremony to officially commission the first gas for the 470 megawatts Karpowership at the Sekondi Naval Base in the Western Region. “This marks the beginning of the installation of secured set of power to drive the country’s industrialization agenda”, Nana Akufo-Addo said when he turned on the valve for receipt of first gas. The 470 megawatts Karadeniz Karpowership was originally operating in Tema using Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) and was costing the country some nine million dollars every month. However, the government took a decision to relocate the Karpowership to Sekondi to…

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has reacted angrily to what he perceived to be “falsehood” being spread by a member of the then infantry unit that staged the 1979 coup. “What a shame! A real shame indeed. Kindly give your children and some of the good people you’ve known some decent space; be a little truthful and let them live their lives without this shame,” Mr. Rawlings opened the tirade on one Major Rida. Mr. Rawlings who was the Chairman of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council, opened up a little, giving out a gist of how June 4 revolution and…