8 MISSING AFTER THEIR FISHING BOAT SINKS IN ELMINA

Eight members of a fishing crew are reported missing after their boat sunk within the Elmina-Cape Coast waters at dawn on Tuesday.

The eight were part of a twenty-member team travelling from Sekondi to Tema for maintenance of the fishing boat when violent waves tossed the vessel around and sunk it.

All twenty were knocked off the boat by the violent waves, but twelve were rescued subsequently.

The Ghana Navy has dispatched fast rescue boats to search for the missing eight fishermen.

Narrating the incident to Joy News, the Secretary of the Sekondi Branch of the Ghana Inshore Fisheries Association, Mr. Emmanuel Nii Botwey, said the twelve who survived were just lucky.

He says most of the boats at the Bosomtwe Sam Fishing harbor, at Sekondi, where the sunken ship took off, are not sea-worthy.

According to Nii Botwey, a few months earlier a boat almost sunk a few hours after it was put to water due to a leakage.

He said lack of a space at the Sekondi Harbour for ships to dock for maintenance work is a major problem.

Sekondi is a major fishing enclave in Ghana.

Source : MyJoyonline.com

PSYCHIATRIC NURSES DEMONSTRATES FOR LACK OF LOGISTICS

      

Psychiatric nurses in Accra have threatened to embark on a demonstration about what they call a lack of logistics to effectively perform their duties, especially, the shortage of psychotropic drugs. The Hospital is responsible for the treatment welfare, training and rehabilitation of mentally ill. The nurses are saying that, they are exposed to dangers associated with treating aggressively mentally deranged patients without the requisite medicines. The nurses are demonstrating because of lack of logistics to operate and have promised to lay down their tools by the end of the week if immediate solutions facing the hospital are not addressed.
 

DRIVER RUNS AWAY WITH EMPLOYER'S MONEY

                                                  source: citifmonline.com

                                              

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A 25-year old man, Lawrence Bekoe who works with Indian gold buying Company has been declared wanted by the Prestea District Police Command for allegedly stealing GH 600, 000 belonging to his employer. 

Lawrence, a driver of the company bolted with the money whiles travelling with his boss and leaving his superior behind. The Prestea District Police Commander, Deputy Superintendant of Police, (DSP) Mr. Timothy Dassah, told the Daily Graphic in a telephone interview that the incident to the Police on Saturday, May 24, 2014.           

                                                                

He said Rajat told the Police that the incident happened at about 8:30 am on May 24, 2014.

According to Rajat, the company located has its head office is located in Tarkwa and two offices at Bogoso and Dunkwa.                                                                                                       

 Rajat reported that, he travelled with Bekoe to the Bogoso office from the head office with some money to purchase some gold. 

On reaching, Bogoso, Rajat moved out of the car to get one of the officers at the Bogoso  office to assist them carry the money but when he returned to the car, the driver sped off, attempts were made  to stop him but to no avail.   

                                                                            

 Rajat then reported the case to the Police. A thorough search was made of which the car was found abandoned on outskirts of Bogoso and the money was nowhere to be found.

Mr. Dassah said, the Police has mounted an intensive search for the driver and urged the public to assist with any information which can lead to the arrest of the suspect.

By: Kwamina Tandoh 

Choice FM                                                                                                                                         Accra

BROWN BERRY SHOW YOUTH WALK AGAINST DRUG ABUSE

                                                         YOUTH WALK SEASON IV

My name is Kwamina Tandoh and I work with Choice FM and the project coordinator for the brown berry show.                                                                                                                                            First of all I will say we have organized several walks which has been a success. Our first walk was in 2011 to create AIDS awareness, we collaborated with the Ghana AIDS Commission and it was a success. 2012 was for peace because of the elections. We had EC officials on board to join us for the walk. 2013 was for road safety and this year’s theme is Drug Abuse.

WHY DRUG ABUSE?

We have heard times without number about people preaching about drug abuse but this time around, we are putting words into action to step forward to fight this evil. Come 28^th June, People are going to step out of their homes to spread awareness against Drug Abuse.

THE SHOW

This is an educational walk organized by Brown Berry in collaboration with the Narcotics Control Board to fight the evil of Drug Addiction which is spreading its reach to people at an increasing pace. 25th June is the free drug day and Nacorb has joined has with Brown Berry to stand strong against this issue.                                                                                                         

The public is invited to take part in this walk. The starting point is Accra Mall and the destination point is Choice FM Forecourt. The walk ends with so many entertaining activities that promises fun for folks of all ages. There will be honors for:                                                                              

 1.Youngest and oldest person to participate.                                                                                       

 2. Best Jama Squad.                                                                                                                      

 3. Most repped hood.                                                                                                                                

4. Most repped school.                                                                                                                          

 5. Most vibrant click.                                                                                                                           

 And also there will be a rap battle, performances by both underground artist and Artist, photo shoot, fashion show, video games, jams, eating competition.                           
The dress code will be white, light green, or blue top.

IMPORTANCE OF THE WALK
This walk will play a leading role in bringing local schools, parents and youth together with law enforcement to fight against drug abuse.

 INVITED SCHOOLS

We have invited several schools including Accra girls, Achimota, St.Mary’s, Accra Academy, GIJ, UPS, Central University, AbroMedia and AU CC.                                                                         
Sign up as a volunteer to win a Samsung galaxy S5 as the most deserving volunteer.   

Lets walk for purpose. Lets rock the purpose. Lets be the purpose.

Call these numbers for inquires.  
                                                       0544120493.                                                                                                                                0280000067