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The Apiate explosion which occurred on January 20, 2022, took the lives of 13 Ghanaians including a fifteen-month-old Ella Baidoo, with 59 people sustaining injuries. The state, through the Apiate Disaster Relief Committee, will be having a mass burial for 6 of these victims on Friday, March 11, 2022. The …

The Appiatse Disaster Relief Committee has set March 11 for the mass burial of persons who lost their lives in the Bogoso-Appiate explosion in the Prestea-Huni-Valley Municipality of the Western Region. The explosion occurred on January 20, 2022, after a truck carrying explosives owned by Maxam Limited got involved in …

The burial rites of Hajia Mariama Bawumia, mother of Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia is currently underway. She died on Monday, September 13, 2021, in Accra. Scores of dignitaries from the political divides are trooping into the family house of Dr. Bawumia at Kperiga, Walewale to pay their last respects …

The body of Ishmael Mensah who was allegedly murdered by some teenagers in Kasoa has been released to his family for burial. The body was released after Police completed post-mortem on it. The family has been unhappy with the delay in releasing the body since it contravenes their Islamic values. …

Burial service for the 13 victims who drowned at Apam Beach last Sunday has been slated for Tuesday, March 16 at St. Luke Catholic Hospital at Apam. The service is to be followed by the mass burial of the victims. This was announced in a statement issued at Apam and …

The Gomoa West Security Council in the Central Region has in consultation with families of the 13 teenagers who drowned in the sea at Apam on Sunday has set Thursday, March 11, 2021, for the mass burial of the deceased. The decision was taken at an emergency meeting held yesterday. …

Workers at the Environmental Health Unit in Cape Coast in the Central Region have threatened to boycott the burials of persons who have succumbed to COVID-19 if incentive packages for frontline workers in the COVID-19 pandemic fight are not extended to them as promised. President Akufo-Addo announced tax exemptions for …

President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo-Addo has announced that a state burial will be held for the late Jerry John Rawling. He noted that his government will work hand in hand with the late president’s family on the arrangements for the funeral. In a press statement sighted by …

Director of Greater Accra Metro Public Health Department, Florence Kuukyi has disclosed that a member of the COVID-19 burial team and his wife have tested positive for the virus. The public health director who spoke to 3FM on Tuesday, September 22, said the member and his spouse are self-isolating after contracting the …