Author: Krobea

One of the candidates writing this year’s ongoing Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), Richard Mensah, has died at Apremdo in the Western Region.  He died on Wednesday, September 16 after writing the Monday and Tuesday papers. According to his grandmother, who was speaking in an interview on the Omanbapa morning show on Connect FM with Nhyiraba Paa Kwesi Simpson, he started complaining of headache last Saturday and was taken to the hospital for treatment. He, therefore, managed to participate in the exams only for him to pass on at the Jemima Hospital at Kwesimintsim on Wednesday. The deceased was a…

The Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and industry has inaugurated the Koforidua Chamber of Commerce and Industry. National President Nana Dr. Appiagyei Dankawoso noted the need to set up the Eastern Region branch to support business activities in the region. ”It will therefore not be appropriate to deny the business community in the Eastern Region of the numerous business support services that the Chamber provides.” He added that it was imperative the business community in Koforidua and the entire Eastern Region collaborate with the Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry to ensure that businesses operate efficiently and profitable. “The…

The Vice Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has assured traders in Prestea Market in the Western Region of enhanced economic benefits of their trading activities. She said this while interacting with them in the market. John Mahama’s running mate noted that challenges facing traders in the area would be addressed by the next NDC administration. “We are coming to serve you better,” she told the traders at the market on Tuesday. She gave the assurance that traders would be offered soft loans to enhance their businesses, adding that the informal sector remains extremely…

The chiefs of Asankragwa in the Amenfi West District of the Western Region have declared their support for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), praying for the return of the party to government to continue its good works. According to the chiefs, considering the track record of the NDC in the implementation of projects in the area, the return of the party would be largely beneficial to the district. They said they are confident that NDC’s return would ensure the completion of the many projects it initiated but were abandoned by the present administration. The chiefs declared their support on Tuesday…

Globally about 1 in 3 women experience violence in their lifetime (WHO; world report on violence and health, 2002).   Violence against women and children, in particular, continues to be frighteningly common and consequentially accepted as “normal” within too many societies. The Former Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Nana Oye Lithur at the 57th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women stated, even in schools, 14 and 52 % of girls are victims of sexual abuse and gender-based violence respectively. Measures taken by Government to prevent and respond to Sexual and Gender-Based Violence include the…

The Union of Professional Nurses and Midwives, Ghana (UPNMG) is appealing to government to extend the incentives enjoyed by health workers who fronted the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. The incentives, involving tax exemptions and 50 per cent of basic salaries as allowances, were pledged in March by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as motivation to all frontline health workers. The package was extended to September. In expressing gratitude to government for the incentives, the nurses and midwives say their help will definitely be needed in the coming days. “Considering that political parties are at the peak of their political…

Over 1,000 members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the New Edubiase Constituency in the Ashanti Region have thrown their support behind the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidate, George Oduro. The card-bearing NDC members, however, say they will vote for their flagbearer, John Mahama, in the December 7 presidential polls. Their decision, they say, comes at the back of persistent neglect of the views and inputs of constituency executives by the party’s national and regional leadership. According to the aggrieved party members, the NDC Parliamentary Candidate was forced on them, alleging Adams Abdul Salam does not…

Over 750 residents from nine communities in the North Gonja District of the Savannah Region have been displaced as a result of the spillage of the Bagre Dam. Some of the victims have been moved to the Wasipe Senior High School while others are seeking shelter with family members. Since the spillage of the Bagre Dam in August this year, several communities along the White and Black Volta have recorded cases of flooding. The situation has affected both human and economic activities. So far, 10 deaths have been recorded in the North East and Upper East regions with several properties…

The government has been chastised for failing to continue projects initiated by its predecessor, resulting in development deficit in the Ashanti Region. According to a former Municipal Chief Executive for Obuasi, Akwasi Ofori Agyemang, the slow pace of growth in the region can be attributed to the inaction of the ruling party New Patriotic Party (NPP). He observed hospital projects at Fomena, Kumawu and Bekwai have delayed because the NPP decided to abrogate the projects. “The NPP after clinching power in 2016 halted the Fomena Hospital project and that of Kumawu for obvious reasons. If the projects had continued by…