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Two street preachers caused a scene at the Kumasi Central Market after engaging in a fist fight – These self-acclaimed men of God were fighting over offetory – Click here for the latest stories in Ghana Preaching the good and holy word of God turned out in a violent way at the Kumasi Central Market in the Ashanti Region when two street preachers clashed over offertory. The actual cause of the fist-fight is just not known but reports from the scene claim that the self-acclaimed men of God, Evangelist Samuel Kwame Boateng and Evangelist Kwame Poku have been engaged in heated verbal exchanges over who is getting the most of offertories. But developments turned worse when the preachers turned the market scene to a boxing arena in the afternoon and engaged in blows, ripping each other’s clothes in the process. Meanwhile, the police department is said to have rushed to the scene to ensure sanity as trade activities returned to normalcy. Credit: Yen Gh The post Two (2) Street preach...

A passenger bus collided with a van carrying pilgrims to Christmas Mass at a church in the northern Philippines on Monday, leaving 20 people dead and more than two dozen injured, police said. Police Chief Superintendent Romulo Sapitula said all those killed in the pre-dawn collision in La Union province’s Agoo town were in the van, known as jeepneys. Another 10 van passengers, along with the driver and 17 other occupants of the bus, were injured. The van’s engine was ripped off due to the impact of the crash . The van passengers were bound for Our Lady of Manaoag, a Roman Catholic church in northern Pangasinan province that has long been popular among pilgrims and Catholics praying for the sick and impoverished, police said. Rickety passenger buses and jeepneys, lack of safety signs, poor law enforcements and reckless driving have been blamed for many road tragedies in the Philippines. The post 20 People Has Been Reported Dead From Road Accident. appeared fir...

A while back I was reading one of those articles about funny things kids say and one of the kids was asked the question, “How can a stranger tell if two people are married?” and he answered, “You might have to guess, based on whether they’re yelling at the same kids.” Yes. That about sums it up. Because as much as we walk down that long center aisle wearing a gorgeous white gown, our own version of Wedding Day Barbie, with stars in our eyes, the reality soon sinks in that sometimes marriage is hard.  And those glossy 8 x 10 photos from the wedding day that sit framed on our bookshelves are the only thing that remain of all our dreams of being the best married couple ever.  You know?  That couple that sits holding hands across the table at a restaurant while they throw their heads back in laughter? Sometimes I hate that couple. secret #1 DIG DEEPER How can you keep your marriage going strong? Here are 10 simple ways to improve your marriage. This is a phenomenon kn...

Road crashes in the Upper East Region has, from January to November this year, reduced by 84 as compared to that of last year during the same period. The Region recorded 305 road crashes with 171 persons injured and 51 deaths as against last year which recorded 389 crashes, 260 injured persons and 90 deaths. Speaking in an interview with the Ghana News in Bolgatanga, Mr Denis Yeribu, the Upper East Regional Planning Officer of the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC), said nine persons out of 24 pedestrians who were knocked down by vehicles died. He said about 55 per cent of the vehicles involved in the road crashes were motorbikes and 45 persons out of the 51 deaths recorded this year were men. He said if that trend continued in the region, most families would be left without breadwinners and poverty and delinquency could set in especially in the rural communities. “It is a worrying growing trend in the region, where a high number of young people above 18 years and mostly men ar...