Author: Krobea

The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) has revealed that the presidential ballot papers for the next month’s elections have been printed for all but one of the 16 regions. Jean Mensa told Members of Parliament on Saturday, November 7 that except for the Eastern Region, ballots for the presidential elections have been printed. She indicated, however, that the notices of poll for both the presidential and parliamentary elections have been printed. “In terms of the presidential ballots, the printing has been completed for all regions with the exception of the Eastern Region. “And with the parliamentary [ballots], the…

Fifty-one persons, who challenged the Electoral Commission’s decision to expunge their names from the 2020 voter register in court due to various alleged irregularities, have had their names restored onto the register. Chairperson of the Commission Jean Mensa told Parliament on Saturday, November 7 that the 51 were part of a multiples and exceptions’ list with over 32,000 applicants. Madam Jean Mensa clarified that the 32,621 do not represent unique individuals who have found their names onto the register but rather the number of times a multiple registration or a breach occurred. The EC Chair was in Parliament at the…

Hearts of Oak have confirmed that three players from their squad have tested positive for Covid-19. The players are part of the squad for the upcoming Ghana Premier League season. The club went through a mandatory Covid-19 test as part of plans laid down by the Ghana Football Association (GFA) before the commencement of the new league season. The club confirmed in a tweet and said the affected players have been referred to the appropriate quarters for isolation and treatment. https://twitter.com/HeartsOfOakGH/status/1325050390019190788?s=20 Hearts of Oak will play against Aduana Stars at Dormaa Ahenkro on Saturday, November 14 in their season opener.…

The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Oquaye, has announced that Andrew Amoako Asiamah has vacated his seat as Member of Parliament for the Fomena Constituency following his decision to go independent in the December 7 elections. Prof. Oquaye ruled that the conduct of the MP breaches his party’s constitution and that of the country, precisely Article 97(1g), thereby rendering him unfit to represent the people on the ticket of a party he is campaigning against. This stems from a petition presented to the Speaker by the New Patriotic Party (NPP), who indicated that after filing his nomination as an independent…

There is no need for a crop authority. Ghana just needs an agriculture regulatory authority and put all other government quangos underneath and get the Ministry of Food and Agriculture to concentrate on policy formulation and policy implementation like the Ministry of Energy is doing now, Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Agribusiness Anthony Morrison has said on the Farmer’s Day edition of 3FM’s Community Connect. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo had earlier in September inaugurated the Tree Crops Development Authority with a focus to develop seven tree crops, namely mango, cashew, shea, rubber, cocoa, palm and coffee…

A cocoa farmer from Adaase, a farming community in the Obuasi Municipality, has been adjudged the Municipal Best Farmer at the 36th National Farmers’ Day celebration held at New Dokyiwaa in the Obuasi Municipality. For his prize, Emmanuel Kumah took home a tricycle, 32-inch LED Television, Knapsack spraying machine, cutlasses and a piece of cloth, all sponsored by AngloGold Ashanti Ghana. The second prize went to Justice Abban of Kunka New Town. He also took home a Deep Freezer, Knapsack spraying machine, cutlasses, a GTP cloth and Wellington boot. The third position went to a 43-year-old woman, Patricia Nuamah, from…

Joe Biden has again said he is confident of victory as he inches closer to beating Donald Trump after Tuesday’s US presidential election. The Democratic challenger now has 253 of the 270 Electoral College votes needed to clinch the White House under the state-by-state US voting system. Mr Biden leads vote counts in the battlegrounds of Georgia, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Arizona. A Biden win would see Mr Trump leave office in January after four years. As counting enters its fifth day, it is still unclear when the contest will end. Officials are tallying up record numbers of postal votes due…

The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) has named Ghana’s Number 1 television station TV3 as the Tourism Oriented Media in Television. The award was conferred on TV3 at the 13th National Tourism Awards held at the National Theatre on Friday, November 6. It was received on behalf of TV3 by the General Manager for Media General Television, Francis Doku. The awards ceremony was themed: ‘Growing Tourism Beyond The Return, COVID-19’. TV3 beat competition from Citi TV and Adom TV to win the award. The latest honour comes exactly a week after the parent company of your favourite television station, Media General,…

The dream of every graduate is to get a white collar job after university but when such dreams do not materialize, what happens? When Claudia Ama Buatsin (@amabuatsin) got fed up with job hunting, she eventually learnt how to bake and is now running one of thriving businesses in Accra, Cookies and Crumbs (@cookiesandcrumbs on Facebook).  Claudia is the third of four siblings and was born and bred in Tema. Though not born with a silver spoon in her mouth, her parents did their best to give her the best opportunities life could afford. She attended Wesley Girls High School…

Ashanti Region Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wonntumi, has asked Ghana Premier League giants Asante Kotoko to submit a bid for Manchester United’s Paul Pogba. Paul Pogba has two years left on his contract but multiple reports suggest that the English Premier League side have lowered their asking price for the World Cup winner to £53 million and Chairman Wonntumi is ready to bring him to Asante Kotoko. Speaking on Wontumi TV on Friday morning, the businessman heaped praises on Asante Kotoko’s new Chief Executive Officer, Nana Yaw Amponsah, and urged…