Matthew Gordon and Peter Wood Jailed
A haulage boss and a mechanic have been jailed following a 2015 tipper truck crash that killed four people in Bath. Matthew Gordon and Peter Wood were sentenced at Bristol Crown Court to seven and...
Tag: Disaster_Accident
MP Seeks To Force Beer Firms To Insure Drinkers
The Alcoholic Drinks Control Act (Amendment) Bill sponsored by Imenti Central MP Gideon Mwiti seeks to have beer manufacturers put between five and 10 per cent of the revenue they generate in...
Kennedy Agyapong
Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has denied rumours that he has been poisoned to death. The Legislator speaking on Accra-based Oman FM said he is still alive and...
Large Oil Spill Cleaned Up In Russia’s Vladivostok
A large oil spill of about 200 square meters has been successfully cleaned up here, the Marine Emergency Rescue Service of the Russian Federal Agency of Maritime and River Transport said Friday. It...
Chile’s Worst Wildfire Destroys Town
More international help has been arriving in Chile to help the country fight the worst wildfire in the country’s modern history. Russia has sent a super-tanker aircraft capable of carrying tons of...
Explosion At TOR
A furnace at the Crude Distillation Unit (CDU) of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) exploded yesterday, forcing the management of the refinery to shut down the CDU. Officials were prompted to carry out an...
Chile’s Worst Wildfire Destroys Town
More international help has been arriving in Chile to help the country fight the worst wildfire in the country’s modern history. Russia has sent a super-tanker aircraft capable of carrying tons of...
Chile’s Worst Wildfire Destroys Town As Help Arrives
In Santa Olga, 1,000 homes in the town were razed to the ground More international help has been arriving in Chile to help the country fight the worst wildfire in the country's modern history. Russia...
UK Court Blocks Nigeria Spill Claims Against Shell
London (AFP) - A British court on Thursday blocked pollution claims against Anglo-Dutch energy giant Shell by more than 40,000 Niger Delta residents demanding action over decades of oil spills in the...
Niger Delta Villagers Lose UK Court Bid To Sue Shell Over Pollution
A British court has blocked Nigerian villagers' attempt to sue oil giant Shell for allegedly polluting their fishing waters and farmland. The two communities in the Niger Delta - the Ogale and Bille...
Curious Agogo Residents Turn Scene of Explosion Into Tourist Site
Residents of Agogo continue to troop to a local welding shop, four days after tyre burst left two people dead and two others seriously injured. The incident has left the community in shock as people...
Ghana To Ban Production, Import of Mercury Products By 2020
Ghana, together with other countries, will, by 2020, ban the production, exportation and importation of some mercury-containing products. The products include dry cell batteries, switches and relays,...
Audit Service Vehicle Kills Pregnant Woman; Two Children
A pregnant woman and her two children died on the spot when a vehicle belonging to the Audit Service run into them Tuesday evening. According to reports, the driver in an attempt to swerve sheep...
Over 200 People Rendered Homeless After Blaze In Two Slums
Fire has gutted two slums at Suame Magazine Fire has gutted two slums at Suame Magazine in Kumasi in the Ashanti region leaving 200 people, mostly women and children homeless. There was no loss of...
Malaysia Migrant Boat Death Toll Rises To 12, Some 25 Missing
Malaysian authorities have recoverd two more bodies after the capsizing of an Indoneisan boat overlo Two more bodies washed ashore in Malaysia Tuesday after the sinking of a boat overloaded with...
Two Killed In Tyre Explosion At Hwidiem, A/R
Two persons died on the spot when a tyre they were fixing exploded at Hwidiem in the Asante Akyem North District of Ashanti Region. Two others, who sustained various degrees of injury, are currently...
Two Killed In Tyre Explosion At Hwidiem, A/R
Two persons died on the spot when a tyre they were fixing exploded at Hwidiem in the Asante Akyem North District of Ashanti Region. Two others, who sustained various degrees of injury, are currently...
Danger Looms As Engineers Refuse Access To New Ferry
There could be another disaster on the Volta Lake as hundreds of passengers use a dilapidated ferry at Dambai to transport goods, and travel to other places. Engineers who worked on a ferry for...
Tornado Deaths Over Weekend Exceed 2016 Toll
The Southeast picked up the pieces on Monday after deadly tornadoes tore through the region, killing more people in one weekend than in all of last year, and officials called out for the federal...
37 Military Hospital To Hold Mass Burial For 48 Dead Bodies
Among the 48 unidentified corpses to be buried by the 37 Military Hospital are 16 casualties of the June 3 fire and flood disaster. The 37 Military Hospital has issued out a 21-day ultimatum starting...