At least 191 homes in Shama, Western Region, were affected in Sunday’s deadly tidal waves which affected many parts of Ghana’s coast. Out of the 191, a total of 12 homes were completely submerged, Metropolitan Chief Executive of Shama Joseph Amoah confirmed to Joy News, Monday. He said two communities, including Aboadze were worst affected … Read more
The Student Representative Council of the University of Cape Coast is asking students who have been rusticated by the University to defy the disciplinary action. Speaking to Joy News in Cape Coast, the SRC president, Tony Henry Arthur says, the students cannot heed to the directive of the University when they have not been officially … Read more
One more person has suffered severe cutlass wounds in what is believed to be a retaliatory attack after last Friday’s skirmishes at the University of Cape Coast. The victim, was said to have been accosted by unidentified students who inflicted severe cutlass wounds on him. The latest attack follows violence between students of the Oguaa … Read more
Several communities across the country are faced with acute water shortage, a situation officials blame on destructive human activities. Residents in the Northern, Central, Western and Brong Ahafo Regions are left with no option but of trekking miles to access water from rivers that are fast drying up. Officials of the Ghana Water Company Limited … Read more
Three people have sustained gunshot wounds in Ekumfi-Esuehyia in the Central Region after supporters of incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for the area and the MP-elect clash Sunday. Police are yet to establish what may have sparked the violence but some residents say it was sparked by the refusal of Electoral Commission (EC) officials to … Read more
The second round of Special Voting ended with frustration and anger as members of security agencies, journalists and some polling officers could still not cast their ballot. The names of thousands of these eligible voters could not find their names in the voters register despite assurances by the Electoral Commission. About 34,000 individuals were expected … Read more
Some women in the Assin Central Constituency of the Central Region say they have suspended childbirth until President John Mahama leaves office. According to the women, the economy has taken a nose-dive under the Mahama-led administration, thereby, depriving them and their husbands, jobs. When Nana Addo comes we will give birth…because we cannot take care … Read more
A 25-year-old self-styled native doctor has been arrested by Police in the Central Region for allegedly kidnapping and raping a pregnant teenager. Chris Bonny was arrested upon a complaint by the family of the victim that she was missing. Joy News’ Richard Kojo Nyarko reported that the 16- year-old victim upon agreement with her boyfriend … Read more
Some angry residents of communities surrounding the University of Cape Coast (UCC) in the Central Region have blocked main entrances from the University to the communities. This happened during a demonstration staged on Wednesday to register what the residents call a neglect by the University. They complained of bad roads, lack of scholarships opportunities for … Read more
There was a tussle between Member of Parliament for Assin North Kennedy Agyepong and the District Chief Executive of the area over who has the power to commission a newly built market complex at Assin Fosu in the Central Region. The MP who built the market with his share of the Common Fund decorated the … Read more
Efforts to control the cholera outbreak seem to proving futile as the disease keep spreading to other parts of the country. There are increasing cases in the Brong Ahafo and Central regions. Joy FM’s correspondent in the Central region, Richard Kojo Nyarko reported that 12 people have died and 500 cases reported in the latest … Read more
A Cape Coast High Court has sentenced a fisherman to death by hanging for setting ablaze five children, resulting in the death of one child. The fisherman, Kwabena Amakye, a native of Moree in the Central Region of Ghana was also sentenced to a three-year prison term for the burns sustained by the other four … Read more