A 21-year-old unemployed guy is heading to trial later this month after allegedly shanking a firefighter with a screwdriver because water from the hose got him wet while crews were putting out a house fire at Adjiriganor. Sampson Azumah supposedly had the tool hidden in his waist bag, stabbed the fire officer in the arm, and then bounced before getting arrested a few days later.
The firefighter was wrapping up equipment after dealing with the blaze when Azumah went off about getting splashed and attacked him. Bystanders were already throwing rocks at the crew during the whole thing.
Azumah pleaded not guilty to causing harm, and the court told someone to explain the witness statements to him since he does not have a lawyer. Fire...
Two people died after a minibus driver tried passing another car on the Accra-Kumasi Highway and slammed head-on into a Honda Pilot coming the other way. The Toyota Hiace lost control during the sketchy overtaking move near Anyinam, and the crash left both rides completely wrecked with passengers stuck inside. The Honda driver and a woman riding with him got pulled out with serious injuries, but were already gone by the time they reached the hospital.
Thirteen other people got hurt and were already at the medical center before fire crews even showed up because bystanders hauled them there first. The rescue squad from Anyinam arrived about 15 minutes after getting the call, freed whoever was still trapped, and cleared wreckage off the...
Ghana's president flew into Qatar to speak at the Doha Forum, where he will kick off a session about education during crises and then hop on a panel discussing how to grow African economies without leaving people behind. John Dramani Mahama landed on a government jet loaned by the Qataris and plans to meet with the emir to talk about strengthening ties between the two countries.
The forum pulls in global leaders every year to hash out solutions for international problems through diplomacy and dialogue. Mahama is scheduled to head back home after wrapping up his appearances at the event.
Ghana's tourism booking platform is actually getting real traffic from international travelers paying for stuff through the site, but the government agency supposed to market it just announced plans to build a completely separate app that does the exact same thing. The digital marketplace created by the Ghana Tourism Development Company has tourists from Portugal and the US buying tour tickets online, with over 90 percent of spots for an Accra night tour getting snagged through the platform.
The Ghana Tourism Authority CEO dropped news about launching a Visit Ghana app at some investment summit in the Volta Region, even though their subsidiary has already built a working system that processes payments from people using cards issued...
A traditional chief in Sunyani told a teachers' conference that parents need to stop dumping all the responsibility on schools since kids spend way more time at home than in classrooms. Odeefour Ogyeamansan Boahen Korkor II was speaking at the National Association of Graduate Teachers gathering, where he basically said moms and dads are the first trainers, and educators can't magically undo 16 hours of bad parenting in an 8-hour school day.
The chief also pushed for better safety protections for teachers, while complimenting NAGRAT for choosing talks over strikes when dealing with workplace issues. He wants the Ghana Education Service to handle teacher misconduct cases faster and more consistently.
The regional minister and deputy...
A traditional leader in Ghana gave props to the government's Big Push road program while agreeing to run the country's annual farmer awards thing happening in Ho. Togbe Afede XIV said better roads would help rural growers get their crops to market faster and cut down on wasted produce.
The guy pointed out that Ghana has way more people farming than other places, but still can't feed itself without imports, which makes zero sense when countries with tiny farming populations manage just fine. He wants more cash thrown at irrigation systems, storage spots, and tech upgrades to actually fix the agriculture sector instead of just talking about it.
The farmers' day event is bringing together everyone from growers to policy nerds to...
Jamaica's tourism minister told a crowd in Florida that the island should be good to go for visitors by mid-December after Hurricane Melissa wrecked the western side back in October. Edmund Bartlett was hanging out with tourism officials and diaspora groups in Broward County, saying hotel workers basically left their destroyed homes to help clean up resorts because they needed the work to survive.
The Category 5 storm hit hard, but Bartlett said most of the tourism zone stayed operational since only about a third of the island got seriously messed up. Major chains like Sandals and RIU are already opening back up, and airports bounced back fast.
The US slapped a Level 3 travel warning on the country after the disaster, but officials...
The guy who ran St. Lucia's opposition party just quit after getting absolutely wrecked in the election for the second time in a row. Allen Chastanet was the only United Workers Party candidate who managed to keep his seat while the ruling Labour Party grabbed 14 out of 17 spots in parliament.
Chastanet had been leading the UWP since 2013 and even served as prime minister for a few years, but his party only won two seats last cycle and barely did better this round. The party held an emergency meeting after the loss, and the chairman told everyone that Chastanet had sent in his resignation letter.
The official paperwork gets reviewed by the national executive later this month, and Chastanet hasn't said anything publicly about bouncing yet.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange is paying respects to Alvaro Alonso Casserly, a business heavyweight who died after spending decades shaping corporate boards and community groups across the island. The guy sat on the JSE board for over a decade and basically never left the Jamaica Central Securities Depository, where he helped build out their product lineup while racking up volunteer gigs with disability advocacy groups and Rotary clubs.
Casserly got national recognition with an Order of Distinction for his public service work, and the stock exchange called him a giant whose fingerprints are all over finance, media, healthcare, and charitable causes. The JSE leadership sent condolences to his family, highlighting the lasting impact he made...
