Author: Krobea

Members of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) and its allied bodies have resolved not to withdraw their services for at least the next two years. They are expected to sign the collective bargaining agreement on Tuesday, November 3 having reached a consensus with government and the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC). “Once that is done, it will be duly submitted to the [National Labour] Commission on Wednesday,” President of GRNMA Perpetual Ofori-Ampofo told TV3’s Daniel Opoku after final negotiations last Wednesday. The nurses embarked on strike in September after complaining of neglect of their working conditions…

Vice President Dr Mahamadu Bawumia has commissioned a training institute for staff of the Ghana Education Service (GES), at Saltpond in the Mfantseman Municipal of the Central Region. Conceived by the Kufuor administration, the institute stared to be constructed in 2011 but was abandoned in 2012 by the previous administration due to lack of funds. The project was resurrected in 2017 and taken up by the GETFund through the efforts of the late MP for Mfantseman, Ekow Kwansah Hayford. Speaking at the commissioning on Friday, October 30, Vice President Bawumia said the completion and commissioning of the facility, which has…

The chiefs and people of Kandin in the Tatale-Sanguli District of the Northern Region are appealing to the government to supply the Kandin Health Center with an anti-snake syrum. According to them, the non-availability of the vaccine is making the treatment of snake bites a big challenge leading to many of them dying from the situation. Kandin is a farming community with over 90 percent of the people being farmers. A majority of the farm produce that enters the Yendi, Tamale and Techiman markets come from this area. As farmers, one of their biggest challenges is snake bite. Most of…

US Democratic candidate Joe Biden is in Michigan and President Donald Trump is in Pennsylvania, states that could be key to winning the White House as the last weekend of campaigning hots up. Mr Biden, joined by ex-President Barack Obama, said the US was “done with the chaos” of the Trump administration. Mr Trump said there would be a “great red wave” of Republican victories. Mr Biden has a solid lead in the polls, but his advantage is narrower in swing states that could decide the election. More than 85 million people have voted early in the US elections, 55…

Ghana’s coronavirus cases have seen a sharp rise in the past days with the total cumulative cases nearing 48,000. This has also seen a spike in the active cases, which went as low as 301 in the early part of October, precisely October 10. Within just a couple of weeks, the figure has jumped to 535 from the latest update from the Ghana Health Service (GHS), on Thursday, October 29, in what many say could be as a possible second wave of the virus. Already, some countries in Europe are suffering a second wave of the pandemic after gains were…

Confederation of African Football (Caf) president Ahmad has been found to have breached various codes of ethics, BBC Sport Africa understands. On Wednesday, the Fifa vice-president from Madagascar announced his intention to go for a second term in office when Caf elections take place next March. This could now be in doubt after the investigatory chamber of football’s world governing body determined that he has breached various codes of conduct. The next step is for the adjudicatory chamber to hand out its sentencing, a source said, adding that this will possibly happen by the end of November. Any ban is…

A Development Economist, Dr. George Domfeh, has described as reckless the rate of borrowing by both the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and National Democratic Congress (NDC) administrations. According to him, the effects are felt after every elections. Dr Domfeh’s comments come on the back of the Finance Minister’s presentation of the transitional budget to Parliament on Wednesday. A Senior Research Fellow at the University of Ghana, Dr Domfeh said: “I always want to use the word reckless because they don’t care.  All they need to do is that let me go and take something to do something little and Ghanaians…

National Second Vice Chairman for New Patriotic Party (NPP) Frederick Fredua Anto is alleging Board Chairman for the National Sports Authority (NSA) and former Member of Parliament for Asante Akyem North Constituency Kwadwo Baah-Agyemang is campaigning for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). Mr Anto alleged the former MP for Asante Akyem North has broken camp with NPP and tied knot with NDC, a situation he describes as unfortunate and contrary to the principles of NPP and natural law. Speaking on Akoma FM’s morning show, GhanAkoma, on the subject of reuniting all embattled aspiring parliamentary candidates who intend to contest…

Ghana’s number one television station, TV3 Network, has announced the commencement of Season 2 of the iconic international game show, Family Feud, from Saturday, October 31, 2020 at 9:00pm. Family Feud is scheduled to air every Saturday at 9:00pm with Steve Harvey, the Emmy Award-winning entertainer, radio personality, motivational speaker, New York Times best-selling author, businessman and philanthropist as the host. The show has been a beloved part of people’s lives for generations where two families will compete to name the most popular responses to gathered survey questions in order to win cash and other prizes. Steve Harvey has been…

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Chairman for the Odododiodio Constituency of the Greater Accra Region has alluded that the constituency will never have peace if the current National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament, Edwin Nii Lantey Vanderpuye, continues as their Member of Parliament (MP). Raymond Tettey alleged that ever since Nii Lantey Vanderpuije was elected as the parliamentary candidate for the NDC in 2012, the constituency has never known peace and that was what triggered events over the weekend. Scores of people were wounded following a clash between supporters of the NPP and NDC at Jamestown in the Constituency…