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Watchman foils attempt to steal 3-year-old girl
Two dreadlocked men were chased away at Kaneshie on Sunday at about 2:00 am when they sneaked into a mosquito net to steal a three-year-old child.
The child is said to have been sleeping on one of the verandahs of a house near the Kaneshie Market Complex with her mother and other hawkers who also occupy the place in the night.
An eye witness account has it that the little girl upon seeing these two “nocturnal rastamen” stealthily approaching the mosquito net under which they were sleeping, decided to cry but the mother and those around were fast asleep and did not know what was going on.
The source said that when the two persons grabbed the little girl and were taking her away , an old man believed to be a watchman appeared on the scene and questioned the two suspicious characters at the top of his voice to know where they were going with the child at that ungodly hour.
According to the source, the voice of the watchman then woke the people around from sleep to see what was, indeed, happening.
For fear of arrest and possible lynching, the two persons were said to have left the little girl and managed to escape on a motorbike which was parked not far from the area of crime when they were chased by a mob.
All attempt to reach the mother of ‘victim’ at the time of filing this report did not materialise because they have relocated to an unknown location within the national capital, Accra without reporting the matter at the Kaneshie Police Station.
By Castro Zangina-Tong
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Education Minister announces approval of RISE
The Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu has announced the approval of the project Revitalising Institutions for Scales Enhancement (RISE) by the Italian government with a grant of 5million Euro to support Technical Vocational Education Training(TVET).
He was optimistic that investment in technical and vocational education was the surest way to reduce youth unemployment.
He charged the Director General for Ghana TVET, Eng. Dr Eric Kofi Adzroe to work with the policy planning directorate of the ministry to rebrand TVET sectors to position them as entrepreneurs.
“We to help produce entrepreneurs who can create their own jobs and not rely on government”, the minister emphasised.
Mr.Iddrisu stated that the TVET training centre will be one of the beneficiaries of the grant which will be implemented by the Ministry through the Commission for TVET (CTVET).
The chairperson, Mr Sebastian Fred Deh, commended the minster for his hard work and assured him that the council will provide a strategic direction to deliver on its mandate.
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Trial of Charles Bissue to Commence on July 2
The High Court has set July 2, 2025 for the commencement of the trial in the case of Republic v. Charles Bissue.
At a Case Management Conference, the prosecution informed the court that it had filed all disclosures on 28 May 2025.
Two witness statements have also been submitted, one with five exhibits and another with 12 exhibits.
In addition, the prosecution disclosed 63 other documents. Lawyers for the accused requested the original copies of these documents, confirming they had already been provided.
The court outlined a schedule for the prosecution’s witnesses to appear on July 2, 3, 8, 9, 15, 22, and 23.
The case was accordingly adjourned to July 2, for the trial to begin.
