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intercity stc, workers here decided to abondone work over delays in payment of a contigency fund. drapped in red cloth, they chanted songs. snd up according to the workers their salaries had not been increased over ten years. to register their displeasure they burned tires and tooted the horns of the few remaining buses at the yard. at the entrance angry workers also blocked buses from leaving or entering. Snd up Sot........local chairman of the union, victor nyakutey Sot a nervous management team will not   Snd up at the waiting area frustrated passengers slept off, while others shared their frustrations. sot sot at a point not even the presence of security personnel could   prevent them. By twelve noon, tempers had cooled a bit But buses were still unable to enter or leave the terminal as workers threatened to enbark on a sit down strike until government intervened.   the defunct stc company has been in limbo t

after a month long rest, the god's are ready to jubilate in grand style. the ban on noise making is over, as osu will come alive during this year's homowo celebrations. president of the osu traditional council, nii okwei kinka dowuona, is calling on all clan heads to hold a unifying front during the occasion. daniel lartey's report wait for cue osu, has been one of the few privileged towns to couch a name for itself. starting from a variety of businesses, osu auguably, has the most popular street in the city, the oxford street. the osu castle, located on the marine drive way,  has been the seat of government for a number of years. adding to the number is the asomdwee park, which serves as a presidential mausoleum for the nation. the people here are mostly ga's. and the mother tougue is ga. snd up noted for its hospitality and the regard for traditions and customs, osu has become an international brand. one most important thing that has identified the ga state over t

                                           POLICE HOSPITAL MORTUARY The state of the Regional Police headquarters Hospital mortuary at Danquah circle is very pathetic. I was very terrified to notice the number of unidentified bodies packed in a single fridge like mutilated human dung for mass burial. The fridge with the length of about 10 feet and 80 inches in width, which was to initially take a number of 30 bodies now contains over 200 bodies with70 bodies estimated to be added every week. What is more shocking perhaps is the fact that the whole city  operates from this single fridge in keeping unknown bodies. Blood flowing thick dark like pus oozing from a gigantic sore on the floors of the mortuary due to the low performance of the overloaded fridge. The stench, oh yes the stench, in and around the mortuary is very disgusting. We point accusing fingers at the police to convey bodies which lie on our roads as a result of fatal injuries. But have we thought for

VT IN potable water continues to be a major challenge to residents of manchie and korleman, communities in the ga west municipal area. despite the provision of three mechanized boreholes, residents have resorted to stream water  as water flowing  from the boreholes are coloured and salty. daniel lartey's  report Wait for cue V/O trebra flows through manchie, a village about 23 kilometres away from accra. residence have to walk a long distance to fetch water from it. though they claim it is clean they admit it might be dangerous for drinking. snd up water from the trebrah stream is used their domestic needs.   they claim trebrah is the last resort since water from the boreholes are unclean and salty. sot this is one of the functioning boreholes but the quality is doubted by residents. snd  up this borehole has been dysfunctional for six years and residents lament, several efforts to get the authorities to repair

VT IN It  is certainly not a life for everyone, but obuaba asamani, a fisherman has to commit to the life he has chosen to earn a living from the sea. daniel lartey interacted with him and has this story.  wait for cue V/O the ways on the sea are not new to him. Inheriting the profession from his father, obuaba, has continued the family business for over 19 years. he lives in anyaman, a fishing village on the coast of sege, in the ada west municipality. 33 year old obuaba  is a father to eleven children and a wife, and fishing is all he has ever done to cater for his family. his strength lies in the numerous neighbours who chant songs to row back his canoe to shore. snd up after nine hours of hard work, his catch leaves him with an emotional anguish. but he is not alone in this, families who await him to sort out the fish also express disappointment. he provides employment for the women in the village who return with empty pans w

VT proliferation of illegal sand winners have begun to punctuate the rural landscape of maame dede junction in the upper west akim district of the eastern region. daniel lartey has been asking the various stakeholders why they keep engaging in an activity that endangers their environment. wait for cue V/O with unemployment rife, many in west akim have resorted to a new way to make a living. land owners give out their lands to sand winners to make enough money to feed their families. the sand is sold to the construction industry.             moro amidu and yaw gyabaah,  truck drivers, can prove the connection between acquisition of license from the district assembly and the mines department. sot…… the practice however leaves behind safety and environmental pitfalls. aside the deep craters that collect rain water which turn into breeding grounds for mosquitoes, there is the severe impact on vegetative cover of the area which has become dep