Author: Krobea

Ghana’s coronavirus case count has risen from 15,013 cases on Wednesday to 15,472 on Thursday, June 25. The new total cumulative cases were confirmed by the Director General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, at the bi-weekly Covid-19 update on Thursday. Dr Kuma-Aboagye indicated that there are no new deaths, keeping the figure still at 95. He also said the number of recoveries had risen to 11,433 while the active cases are 3,947. Out of the 3,947, 22 were confirmed by Dr Kuma-Aboagye to be in “severe” conditions while six were said to be in “critical” conditions.…

Government through the Minister of Trade and Industry has issued fresh guidelines in a bid to stop the fast spread of coronavirus at work places. According to available data, amplified by the Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, on Thursday, June 25, new cases being recorded are “predominantly coming from work places”. As a result, Trades Minister Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen took to the podium at the bi-weekly press update of the Ministry of Information to outline new measures to be put in place at various work places including factories in order to stem the spread of the virus. Mr Kyerematen…

Russia has begun voting on constitutional reforms that could allow President Vladimir Putin to serve another two terms in office. The official vote is scheduled for 1 July, but authorities said they were opening polling stations a week early to stop overcrowding amid the pandemic. Opposition activist Alexei Navalny has said the changes will allow Mr Putin to be “president for life”. Mr Putin, however, has said they will ensure Russia’s stability. Although the president has not publicly said he would run again in 2024 when his current term ends, he has said it is vital he has the option.…

A Senior Seismologist has advised Ghanaians to brace up for more earth tremors this year, and even that could lead to earthquakes. Nicholas Opoku, who is with the Geological Survey Authority, said Ghana’s capital city Accra, in particular, is an earthquake-prone area and therefore could suffer the natural occurrence any time. Mr Opoku gave this hint on TV3’s New Day in an interview on Thursday, June 25. This comes in the wake of multiple earth tremors recorded in many parts of Accra Wednesday night. Occurring three successive times in a spate of 10 minutes, the earth tremors got many out…

Ghanaian forward Prince Tagoe believes his former club Hearts of Oak must go back to the drawing board on how to properly recruit talents. The former Phobian striker said players with talent are not given the push they need to succeed; instead, opportunity is given to players whose managers are financially sound. He made this known in an interview with TV3’s Juliet Bawuah. “They should consider dealing with real talents instead of thinking that if a player’s manager is financially okay, they should help push him,” he said. “The scouting team needs to really up their game because a good…

A large part of Ghana’s capital city, Accra, and other surrounding areas experienced earth tremors late Wednesday. The slight movements of the earth occurred between 10:40pm and 10:50pm. The magnitude of the tremors has not been officially measured but most residents who felt the incident said it happened three times in a spate of 10 minutes. Aside the central business area of the nation’s capital, other areas such as Adenta, North Legon, Avenor, Kwabenya, Gbawe, Adabraka, among others also experienced the tremors. Others in Kasoa, Swedru and Cape Coast in the Central Region also felt it. Significantly, earthquakes were recorded…

Popular Ghanaian actor Henry Harding, also known as Papa Nii Papafio, has noted that successive governments have failed to grow the creative arts industry. He told Alfred Ocansey on 3FM’s morning show, Sunrise, Wednesday, June 24 that the sector has been bedeviled with several challenges including the lack of financial support from the state and also the lack of state-of-the art facilities to enable them carry out their work. He indicated that just as attention is given to other sectors of the economy such as agriculture and education, the creative industry should also be prioritized because the sector in his…

Member of Parliament for Kwadaso Constituency Dr Samiu Kwadwo Nuamah has lost his bid to represent the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the December 7 parliamentary elections. Dr Nuamah lost to Dr Kingsley Nyarko after polling 158 votes as against the latter’s 172. A third candidate, Vincent Frimpong Manu, polled 48 in the primary, which was rescheduled from Saturday, June 20 to Wednesday, June 24. The reschedule was as a result of complaints by some delegates about the omission of their names from the album. But NPP’s General Secretary John Boadu on Tuesday, June 23 wrote to the Ashanti Region…

Some members of the clergy have expressed worry at the wanton abandonment of the health protocols in preventing the spread of Covid-19 during the weekend’s parliamentary primaries of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). The pastors claim members of the party were allowed to be together several hours, in most cases, to vote while churches have been restricted to an hour of service. The founder and General Overseer of Perez Chapel, Bishop Charles Agyinasare, expressed wonder how Ghanaians can go and vote in the primaries but “when it comes to church it is like at the gate of the church we…

The Takoradi Technical University (TTU) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Sekondi-Takoradi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (STCCI) to develop and promote joint research and help build the capacities of the students for the job market. The initiative would also assist members of the STCCI with the requisite strategies to develop their respective businesses. The Vice Chancellor of TTU, Rev Prof John Frank Eshun, indicated that the advancement in technology required that the academia and industry collaborated and supported each other. He explained that the MoU would enable the two institutions offer consultancy services to each other…