From Joe Okyere, Twifo Praso
The Twifo-Praso Police has mounted a search for Ama Teiku who lied to the husband that their two-year-old son was dead. Unknown to John Seidu, Ama had left the child in the bush for almost a week until a farmer chanced upon him.
The 35-year-old farmer, Mr Alfred Owusu, found the child from the tragic scene at the “Topp Plantation,” a suburb of Twifo-Praso in the Twifo Hemang Lower Denkyira District of the Central Region.
According to the police, the farmer said he was going to his farm that morning, November 1, 2010, when he heard the voice of a baby shouting mama, mama so he was initially scared but later gathered courage and went closer to the direction of the sound.
Mr Owusu stated that upon reaching the scene, he saw the child tied up with a string on both arms and legs lying in the bush helplessly.
According to the district police commander, DSP Cosmos Damoa, the child had been in the bush for close to a week which had made him malnourished and dehydrated due to his denial of food and water. The child had also developed sore at the back and around the head.
DSP Damoah said the father of the child was currently in police custody to help in investigations.
The police commander said Seidu told the police that his wife told him on phone that the child had died.
“I could not go there to see things for myself because I had not performed the marriage rites, which had brought some problems between Ama and I”, Seidu explained.
“We are entreating the mother of the child to report herself to the police and assist us in investigations,” DSP Damoah stated.
Meanwhile, Mrs Sarah Ampomah, the Nurses Manager at the Twifo-Praso Government Hospital, has assured that the child, now in the care of the hospital, is responding to treatment.
Thursday, November 25, 2010
INTRODUCE MORE LOCAL FOODS ON MENU (MIRROR, PAGE 39, NOV 20, 2010)
From Joe Okyere, Winneba
THE Head of Department of the Home Economics Education of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), Dr. Phyllis Forster, has called on the hospitality and tourism industry to introduce local dishes into their menus for variety.
Dr. Forster said local dishes which were nutritious can compete with foreign dishes but had unfortunately been left out of the menus of hotels in the country.
She said her Department was prepared to show-case dishes and beverages that could be derived from local food commodities to the hotels and hospitality industry and urged them to take advantage of its efforts to promote food varieties.
At the annual Food Exhibition and Assessment of New Recipes of the Unit of Home Economics, Dr. Forster said the exhibition was the result of eight weeks experiments for the course of food product development, preservation and storage.
The exhibition show-cased recipes and beverages from the regions.
She said most local foodstuffs could be developed into nutritious dishes and beverages, the hospitality industry had relied on what she described as “the same old dishes”.
She said the Unit was prepared to share its experience with the hospitality and tourism industry to provide variety from local commodities to enrich their services.
Dr. Forster said the dishes and beverages could also help reduce the cost of the school feeding programme.
The Head of the Food and Nutrition Unit, Ms. Comfort Katumi Madah, urged students in second cycle institutions to take advantage of the exhibition to learn and try out their own recipes for their practical examinations.
The Head of the Faculty of Science, Dr, Mawudem Amedeker, commended the unit for its innovation and urged it to endeavour to revive local dishes and beverages which were facing extinction.
THE Head of Department of the Home Economics Education of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), Dr. Phyllis Forster, has called on the hospitality and tourism industry to introduce local dishes into their menus for variety.
Dr. Forster said local dishes which were nutritious can compete with foreign dishes but had unfortunately been left out of the menus of hotels in the country.
She said her Department was prepared to show-case dishes and beverages that could be derived from local food commodities to the hotels and hospitality industry and urged them to take advantage of its efforts to promote food varieties.
At the annual Food Exhibition and Assessment of New Recipes of the Unit of Home Economics, Dr. Forster said the exhibition was the result of eight weeks experiments for the course of food product development, preservation and storage.
The exhibition show-cased recipes and beverages from the regions.
She said most local foodstuffs could be developed into nutritious dishes and beverages, the hospitality industry had relied on what she described as “the same old dishes”.
She said the Unit was prepared to share its experience with the hospitality and tourism industry to provide variety from local commodities to enrich their services.
Dr. Forster said the dishes and beverages could also help reduce the cost of the school feeding programme.
The Head of the Food and Nutrition Unit, Ms. Comfort Katumi Madah, urged students in second cycle institutions to take advantage of the exhibition to learn and try out their own recipes for their practical examinations.
The Head of the Faculty of Science, Dr, Mawudem Amedeker, commended the unit for its innovation and urged it to endeavour to revive local dishes and beverages which were facing extinction.
Saturday, November 20, 2010
CHIEF INSPECTOR DONATES TO SALTPOND POLICE STATION (PAGE 22, NOV 13, 2010)
CHIEF Inspector Patrick Yeboah of the Saltpond Police Command who returned from peace-keeping duties in Darfur, Sudan, has presented a counter to the Saltpond police as his widow’s mite towards equipping the police to be efficient in their work.
Making the presentation at Saltpond, Chief Inspector Yeboah said what served as a counter at the police station was an improvised one made up of two tables which had been nailed together, and that was hampering effective work at the station.
Saltpond served as the first capital of the then Gold Coast and the police station is believed to be one of the oldest in the country.
Chief Inspector Yeboah called on other police personnel who had the capacity to assist their colleagues to do so to enhance efficiency in the service.
He further called for public support and co-operation to enable the police to combat crime effectively.
The Saltpond District Police Commander, Chief Superintendent Emmanuel Donkor, commended Chief Inspector Yeboah for the gesture.
He stressed that the police would not relent in its efforts to combat crime.
Making the presentation at Saltpond, Chief Inspector Yeboah said what served as a counter at the police station was an improvised one made up of two tables which had been nailed together, and that was hampering effective work at the station.
Saltpond served as the first capital of the then Gold Coast and the police station is believed to be one of the oldest in the country.
Chief Inspector Yeboah called on other police personnel who had the capacity to assist their colleagues to do so to enhance efficiency in the service.
He further called for public support and co-operation to enable the police to combat crime effectively.
The Saltpond District Police Commander, Chief Superintendent Emmanuel Donkor, commended Chief Inspector Yeboah for the gesture.
He stressed that the police would not relent in its efforts to combat crime.
4.3 MILLION TO BE IMMUNISED (PAGE 22, NOV 13, 2010)
ABOUT 4.3 million children between the ages of nine months and 50 months are expected to be immunised under the Measles Supplementary Immunisation Activity (SIA) this year.
Within the same period, the beneficiaries will also be given a dose of vitamin A to protect their eyes.
The figure represents 17 per cent of the total national population.
The Central Regional Deputy Director of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) in charge of Public Health, Dr John Eleeza, made this known when he briefed journalists on the SIA mass immunisation campaign in Cape Coast.
Dr Eleeza said in 2000, the World Health Organisation, Africa Region, set a goal of 90 per cent reduction of measles deaths by 2009 compared to 2000.
Dr Eleeza said the decision was one of the targets of the millennium development goals.
He said the country had not recorded a single death of measles for the past eight years.
Dr Eleeza said measles is among the highest morbidity and mortality cases in the world and accounts for five per cent of the deaths of children under five years in Africa and 50 per cent of all vaccine preventable disease deaths.
He said the country was expected to reduce child mortality by two-thirds between 1990 and 2015.
According to him, the programme was aimed at ensuring routine immunisation, providing a second opportunity, effective surveillance system and improving case management.
Within the same period, the beneficiaries will also be given a dose of vitamin A to protect their eyes.
The figure represents 17 per cent of the total national population.
The Central Regional Deputy Director of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) in charge of Public Health, Dr John Eleeza, made this known when he briefed journalists on the SIA mass immunisation campaign in Cape Coast.
Dr Eleeza said in 2000, the World Health Organisation, Africa Region, set a goal of 90 per cent reduction of measles deaths by 2009 compared to 2000.
Dr Eleeza said the decision was one of the targets of the millennium development goals.
He said the country had not recorded a single death of measles for the past eight years.
Dr Eleeza said measles is among the highest morbidity and mortality cases in the world and accounts for five per cent of the deaths of children under five years in Africa and 50 per cent of all vaccine preventable disease deaths.
He said the country was expected to reduce child mortality by two-thirds between 1990 and 2015.
According to him, the programme was aimed at ensuring routine immunisation, providing a second opportunity, effective surveillance system and improving case management.
HELP IDENTIFY DEAD MALE ADULT (PAGE 22, NOV 13, 2010)
THE Saltpond Police Command has appealed to the general public to help in identifying a male adult who died in an accident between Antaadze and Essakyir Junction on the Accra-Cape Coast highway.
According to Chief Inspector Emmanuel Kwawu, the victim, about 35 years of age, was said to have boarded the Nissan Urvan bus with registration number CR 556 X at Kasoa.
He said the accident occurred at 7.30 p.m. on September 20, this year when the Urvan collided with a man diesel vehicle with registration number GR 7079 N loaded with copra from Ayinasi in the Western Region which was bound for Nigeria.
He said with the exception of the unidentified victim, the three others, including the urvan bus driver had been identified.
Chief Inspector Kwawu said the victim was wearing a pair of blue jeans and an ash T-shirt with the inscription “port wire goss” in front and “brewer” at the back.
He, therefore, appealed to the public to contact the Saltpond Police Command for identification and collection of the body.
According to Chief Inspector Emmanuel Kwawu, the victim, about 35 years of age, was said to have boarded the Nissan Urvan bus with registration number CR 556 X at Kasoa.
He said the accident occurred at 7.30 p.m. on September 20, this year when the Urvan collided with a man diesel vehicle with registration number GR 7079 N loaded with copra from Ayinasi in the Western Region which was bound for Nigeria.
He said with the exception of the unidentified victim, the three others, including the urvan bus driver had been identified.
Chief Inspector Kwawu said the victim was wearing a pair of blue jeans and an ash T-shirt with the inscription “port wire goss” in front and “brewer” at the back.
He, therefore, appealed to the public to contact the Saltpond Police Command for identification and collection of the body.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
ASSEMBLY SPONSORS 32 STUDENTS (PAGE 43, NOV 15, 2010)
THE Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) Municipal Assembly has paid fees totalling GH¢5,342.70 for 32 brilliant, needy students.
The beneficiaries included nine form one students and 23 continuing students who are under the assembly’s support programme.
New entrants to the various institutions are yet to be considered.
These were contained in the executive committee report delivered by the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Reverend Veronica Essuman Nelson at the second ordinary meeting of the fourth session of the assembly.
Rev. Essuman Nelson, said the gesture formed part of measures to improve education in the municipality.
She said a number of educational facilities such as classrooms were being put in place whilst a list of deprived schools were to be considered.
Already, nine schools are benefiting from the programme.
Rev. Essuman Nelson called on parents, opinion leaders and other stakeholders to complement efforts of the government to make education accessible to children of school age.
On the Mutual Health Insurance Scheme, the MCE said, 93,931 clients had been registered with renewals at 13,775, whilst valid ID cards stood at 24,065.
She said for the assembly to improve its revenue base, it was implementing recommendations from the finance and administrative, and the revenue mobilisation subcommittees.
Rev. Essuman Nelson said the moves were aimed at sustaining the administrative machinery of the assembly and its development goals and advised the assembly members to ensure that they succeeded.
The beneficiaries included nine form one students and 23 continuing students who are under the assembly’s support programme.
New entrants to the various institutions are yet to be considered.
These were contained in the executive committee report delivered by the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Reverend Veronica Essuman Nelson at the second ordinary meeting of the fourth session of the assembly.
Rev. Essuman Nelson, said the gesture formed part of measures to improve education in the municipality.
She said a number of educational facilities such as classrooms were being put in place whilst a list of deprived schools were to be considered.
Already, nine schools are benefiting from the programme.
Rev. Essuman Nelson called on parents, opinion leaders and other stakeholders to complement efforts of the government to make education accessible to children of school age.
On the Mutual Health Insurance Scheme, the MCE said, 93,931 clients had been registered with renewals at 13,775, whilst valid ID cards stood at 24,065.
She said for the assembly to improve its revenue base, it was implementing recommendations from the finance and administrative, and the revenue mobilisation subcommittees.
Rev. Essuman Nelson said the moves were aimed at sustaining the administrative machinery of the assembly and its development goals and advised the assembly members to ensure that they succeeded.
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