A 31-year-old man is in the grips of the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Nungua Police for attempting to defile a 15-year-old student. The suspect, Simpson Mensah is said to have arranged with the boy, who is a student at the engineering Burma Camp in Accra, to have an annal sex … Read more
ASEAN on Friday held talks on launching a joint bid for the World Cup in 2034 during a visit by FIFA chief Gianni Infantino to Yangon, the head of Myanmar’s football federation said. Football officials from the 10-member Southeast Asian bloc are keen to capitalise on Infantino’s decision to expand the tournament to 48 teams … Read more
Shouts reverberate under the concrete overpass as barefoot players jostle for the ball, a sad echo of Myanmar’s long-lost footballing glory days which authorities are now hoping to revive. Once an Asian powerhouse, Myanmar’s football fortunes suffered a precipitous decline under the former military junta whose 50-year reign ravaged the economy and sporting infrastructure. Myanmar, … Read more
Myanmar’s army has halted “clearance operations” in northern Rakhine, a senior official said Wednesday, ending a four-month crackdown by security forces the UN has warned may amount to crimes against humanity. Hundreds from the Muslim minority are thought to have died and almost 70,000 have fled to Bangladesh since the military launched a campaign to … Read more
Thi Thi Nwe waited three days until the girl was left unguarded in her hospital bed to approach her, the first step in a months-long process highlighting the challenges of protecting child servants. The NGO worker first saw the teenager, whose back and torso were covered with livid burns, in December but there was always … Read more
A female suspect has been arrested in Malaysia in connection with the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s half-brother. Local police said that the woman was arrested at the airport in the capital Kuala Lumpur where Kim Jong-nam was targeted in an apparent poisoning on Monday. She was in possession of a Vietnamese travel … Read more
World Health Organisation (WHO) has said about 50 million people worldwide have epilepsy, making it one of the most common neurological diseases globally. According to WHO, epilepsy is a chronic non-communicable disorder of the brain that affects people worldwide. In a report, the WHO stated that nearly 80% of the people with epilepsy live in … Read more
Khin Khin Tun’s back is a patchwork of burns, searing memories she says from when her former employer poured two flasks of boiling water over her flesh — one for each orange she was accused of stealing. The 14-year-old and her sister spent years working as domestic helpers in the city of Mawlamyine, southern Myanmar, … Read more
A Malaysian ship carrying aid for thousands of Rohingya Muslims who have fled a bloody army crackdown in Myanmar docked in Bangladesh’s Chittagong port Tuesday days after it met nationalist protesters in Yangon. Senior Bangladeshi officials and Malaysian diplomats gathered at the port as Nautical Aliya docked in the southern city, from where its aid … Read more
Myanmar authorities have sentenced a Rohingya man to death for leading raids on police border posts that sparked a deadly military crackdown in the north of Rakhine state, police said on Monday. Hundreds from the Muslim minority are thought to have died and tens of thousands have fled to Bangladesh since the army launched “clearance … Read more
Japanese brewer Kirin said Monday it would sell its Brazilian unit to Dutch beer giant Heineken for $706 million, citing a “stagnant and competitive” market. The company said it will transfer all shares of Brasil Kirin Holdings to Heineken subsidiary Bavaria SA for 2.2 billion reals. “Considering various risks associated with (the) Brazilian economy and … Read more
I bring you warm Buharamattan greetings from Amalaman where we are on auto-pilot, if you were to believe what the papa deceive pikin people are saying. Well, to be fair, they are not the only ones saying that. The Rock of Aso neighbours are also saying same. Oga Kpatakpata has been visiting herbalists in the … Read more
Stephen Constantine, the coach of the Indian national team, is in ebullient mood, considering the Blue Tigers climbed to a record 129th in the Federation International de Football Association (FIFA) year ending rankings table of 2016. However, the British-Cypriot coach is taking nothing for granted and wants to ensure the best pool of players are … Read more
A phone call between US President Donald Trump and Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull has called into question a refugee resettlement deal. The Washington Post reported Mr Trump called the conversation “the worst by far” of his calls with world leaders that day, and cut it short. Mr Trump later tweeted that he would “study this … Read more
A leading lawyer and adviser to Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) party has been shot dead at Yangon airport in Myanmar. Ko Ni was shot in the head on Sunday after arriving from an international trip. A taxi driver was also shot. A suspect has been detained but there are no … Read more
Listen or download (or embed) this audio podcast: https://archive.org/details/jeromepons (CNS): As fertility rates decline and life expectancy increases, the number of senior citizens is growing globally. Among the 7.3 billion people worldwide in 2015, an estimated 617.1 million, were aged 65 years or more. The Asia Pacific region is ageing rapidly and South-East Asia’s elderly … Read more
Pope Francis has forced the head of an ancient Catholic order to resign in an unusually public rebuke of conservative leadership within the Catholic Church. The Pope was dragged into a dispute about condom distribution last year, when a top official of the Knights of Malta was fired over links between the order and charities … Read more
Do you know that in war, when there is miscommunication and misunderstanding you can end up attacking your own forces and your allies? Why would anyone attack or kill the people he needs the most? Only miscommunication and misunderstanding lead to such unfortunate situations! The devil is hoping that you will have misunderstandings and break … Read more
Maj Gen Sampson Adeti, Chief of Staff, General Headquarters, of the Ghana Armed Forces at Burma Camp, has been indicted for allegedly appropriating a Nissan Hard-body double-cabin vehicle donated to the Southern Command of the Ghana Army by the Bank of Ghana. Following the publication of the story by DAILY GUIDE, a summary investigation into … Read more
The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) is the state institution charged with the onerous task of defending the territorial integrity of the Republic of Ghana. In pursuit of the foregone, even at the peril of the lives of officers, men and women in the regimented formations this institution should be shielded from the negative politicization of … Read more