Five Killed As Drought Ends
Five people have been killed by a storm in Cape Town that South African media dubbed “the mother of all storms”. Schools and universities have had to shut, roofs were blown off and shelters have...
Tag: Disaster_Accident
Blast At Indian Firecracker Factory Kills 12
An explosion at a fireworks factory in central India on Wednesday killed 12 workers and injured 10 others, some with serious burns, an official said. Dozens of employees managed to escape unhurt but...
Kintampo Waterfalls To Reopen On Sept. 1
The Minister of Tourism, Catherine Afeku, has said the Kintampo Waterfalls will be reopened to the public on September 1, 2017. According to Madam Afeku, officials of the Ghana Tourism Authority...
Military Plane Carrying 116 People Vanishes Over Burma
A Burmese military plane carrying 116 people went missing on Wednesday after taking off from an airport in the capital Yangon. The aircraft, which was heading for the southern city of Myeik, lost...
‘Myanmar Military Plane Carrying 116 Missing’
A Myanmar military plane carrying 116 people went missing on Wednesday between the southern city of Myeik and Yangon, according to the office of the army chief and an airport source. "Communication...
Collapsed Building Kills 2 At Spintex
Two people have been confirmed dead and another person injured when an uncompleted storey building they were working on collapsed on them Monday afternoon near the Okpoi Gonno taxi rank at Spintex...
S.Korean Linked To Ferry Disaster Extradited, Arrested
The daughter of the South Korean tycoon blamed for the 2014 Sewol ferry disaster arrived in Seoul Wednesday to face questioning over her own role in the affair, after being extradited from France....
Ablakwa Slams Afeku Over Invisible Forces’ Role In Kintampo Falls Disaster
The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Abakwa, believes the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, was being vague on the matter of the possible culpability of pro-New...
Culls, Poultry Transport Ban As S. Korea Fights Bird Flu Outbreak
South Korea has imposed a temporary nationwide ban on poultry transportation as it struggles to contain a fresh outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N6 virus, which has led to the slaughter of some...
FDA To Commence Food Safety Enforcement Exercise
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) would commence a food safety enforcement exercise and food vendors who do not comply with the laws and standards of food safety will be imprisoned or fined. Ms....
Guards of Okyenhene Assault A Driver
Some guards of Okyenhene Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panyin have assaulted a driver for linking the level of destruction caused by galamsey activities in Kibi to the traditional overlord. One of the...
ECG Office Shut Down Indefinitely
The Somanya office of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), has been shut down indefinitely. Deputy General Secretary of the Public Utility Workers’ Union (PUWU), Richard Nyarbah who disclosed...
Poor Safety, Supervision Contributed To Kintampo Falls Disaster – Afeku
The Safety Audit team assessing the Kintampo Kintampo Waterfalls after the accident that claimed 18 lives in March 2017, has concluded that a poor supervision and a dereliction of public safety...
Poor Safety, Supervision Contributed To Kintampo Falls Disaster
The Safety Audit team assessing the Kintampo Kintampo Waterfalls after the accident that claimed 18 lives in March 2017, has concluded that a poor supervision and a dereliction of public safety...
Kintampo Waterfalls Rainstorm Disaster: No One Is Responsible
Ghana’s Minister for Tourism, Creative Arts and Culture,Hon. Catherine Afeku has disclosed that a report on the Kintampo disaster that took the life of twenty revelers who were mostly students was...
NADMO To Demolish Several Houses On Waterways In Kumasi
The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has served notice to demolish all houses sited on waterways within the Kumasi metro. It comes on the back of Sunday’s two-hour downpour that...
Herbert Mensah Supports Nima Flood Victims
Businessman, philanthropist and President of the Ghana Rugby Football Union, Mr. Herbert Mensah, on Sunday empathized with some families in the Nima enclave of Accra, who were affected by...
Invisible Forces Didn’t Seize Kintampo Waterfalls – Afeku
The Minister of Tourism, Catherine Afeku, has denied the seizure of the Kintampo Waterfalls by the Pro-New Patriotic Party (NPP) vigilante group, Invisible Forces, in the moments leading to the...
Invisible Forces Didn’t Seize Kintampo Waterfalls
The Minister of Tourism, Catherine Afeku, has denied the seizure of the Kintampo Waterfalls by the Pro-New Patriotic Party (NPP) Invisible forces in the moments leading to the tragedy that claimed...
Ashaiman Klagon Underpass Erodes After Few Hours of Rain
Several cars that ply the Ashaiman Adjei Kojo-Klagon underpass ,were on Tuesday morning stranded and held up in traffic for several hours as a result of Monday night’s downpour for a few hours....