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A mild gridlock is being experienced on the Accra-Tema Motorway this afternoon. An articulated truck carrying bags of flour is currently stuck on the road after an accident occurred on Tuesday. The long vehicle has parts of its cab badly mangled and hanging downwards from the dump body. Part of the stretch is covered with kilograms of flour with bystanders helping to sweep the product off the road to allow for free flow of traffic. It is unclear what caused the accident. Meanwhile, no casualties have been confirmed. Source link

The U.S. Department of Labor filed suit against a New York ophthalmologist and his practice in Amsterdam for allegedly firing an employee who raised concerns about the practice’s failure to implement state-mandated protocols to protect employees from COVID-19, and later filed complaints with state health officials. The department’s complaint alleges that, between March and December 2020, an employee expressed concerns to their supervisor about the lack of COVID-19 safety protocols, including mask wearing and social distancing, at Kwiat Eye and Laser Surgery PLLC, operated by Dr. David Kwiat. The department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration conducted a whistleblower investigation which found that…

Three children have been injured with many others rendered homeless after a rainstorm hit Kalba in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District of the Savannah Region. The injured, who are below ten (10) years of age, were rushed to the Kalba Health Centre and have been treated and discharged. In the early hours of Saturday, March 19, 2022, the rainstorm ripped off the roofs of the Out Patient Department (OPD) of the Health Center, a basic school and several houses. Some of the victims are currently putting up in a church structure while others have moved in with friends and relations. Meanwhile, at…

Ghanaian Striker, Jordan Ayew, has contracted the coronavirus disease, according to Joy Sports. Joy Sports’ George Addo Junior confirmed this in a tweet on Sunday, March 20. “He’s out of Crystal Palace vrs Everton this afternoon despite being named in the Squad,” he added. 🇬🇭Striker Jordan Ayew may miss the first leg World Cup play off against Nigeria on Friday after testing positive for Covid 19. He’s out of Crystal Palace vrs Everton this afternoon despite being named in the Squad. pic.twitter.com/DFCVLS2vkK — George Addo Jnr (@addojunr) March 20, 2022 According to reports, the Crystal Palace Forward is likely to…

The Wa Magistrate Court has remanded into police custody, Abdul Rahman Yunusah, a former team manager of the Wa All-Stars Football Club, who allegedly shot and killed a former lecturer of the Dr Hilla Limann Technical University and wounded four others. He is to reappear on March 25 after the court, presided over by Mr Maxwell Titriku, refused the plea by the suspect for bail. The 61-year-old businessman has been charged with two counts of murder and three counts of causing harm, contrary to sections 46 and 69 of the Criminal Offence Act 1960 (Act 29). ASP John Baidoo, prosecuting,…

The Savannah Regional Police have reported that two lives have been lost due to chieftaincy clashes at Jatong. Hawa Zacharia, 53, and Seidu Abdulai, 40, are said to have met their untimely death after being hit with stray bullets on Wednesday, March 15. Several others mostly women, who were injured have been admitted to the Tamale Teaching Hospital for treatment. About 46 houses are said to have been torched in addition to 70 bags of grains. The Jatong skin became a bone of contention between the current Jatongwura and the late Banvumwura. The Jatongwura was enskinned as Paramount Chief of…

The Safety and ‘New View’ Debate How Many Angels Can Dance on a Pinhead? Introduction Let me first acknowledge that I do not find any ranking of safety such as S1 or S2 helpful, so I try to avoid such language and will do my best to avoid it in this paper. Indeed, ranking language in safety is unhelpful in general and demonstrates one of the flaws in the evolving conglomerate of ideas that have emerged from what has been called the ‘new view’ (in safety). Similarly, I perceive no ‘new view’ from the works of Hollnagel, Dekker and others…

The Foreign Affairs Ministry says the government has successfully repatriated a total of 226 Ghanaians from Ukraine as of Friday, March 18. A statement issued by the Ministry said the evacuation process for these nationals was funded by the government, with support from its honorary consuls and the Mental Health Authority which offered psycho-social services to “our distressed compatriots.” These persons were rescued through neighbouring countries by land due to the shutdown of Ukraine’s airspace since the beginning of the unrest in the country. It forms part of government’s partnership with diplomatic missions and stakeholders to get all Ghanaian nationals…

No Ghanaian living in troubled Ukraine has died or suffered any serious injury, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration. A statement from the Ministry said most Ghanaians in Ukraine, including those under siege, have reportedly left to neighbouring countries. “So far, the Ministry has not been notified of any tragic loss of life or serious injuries to our compatriots,” the Ministry noted in a statement issued on Friday, March 18, 2022. The Ministry further added that it has so far been able to evacuate 226 Ghanaians back to Ghana. It added that the evacuees have been…

One person has been shot to death, while four others have been admitted to the Wa Municipal Hospital after sustaining injuries from gunshots. The incident happened on Thursday afternoon after some youth clashed with a 61-year-old man in Wa over a parcel of land. The unfortunate incident happened at about 1:00 pm when some Youth from Kabanye, a suburb of Wa clashed with the 61-year-old, identified as Inusah Abdul Rahman over a parcel of land along the Wa-Kumasi highway. Citi News sources say the youth had gone to stop some workers from developing the land when the 61-year-old supposed owner…