Author: Krobea

Health officials in South Korea believe the country is going through a second wave of coronavirus, despite recording relatively low numbers. The country had been a success story in dealing with Covid-19, but now expects the pandemic to continue for months. Head of the Korea Centers for Disease Control (KCDC), Jung Eun-kyeong, said the first wave lasted up until April. Yet since May, clusters of new cases have grown, including outbreaks at nightclubs in the capital, Seoul. Between those periods, daily confirmed cases had fallen from nearly a thousand to zero infections recorded for three days in a row. Officials…

National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Sammy Gyamfi has lashed out at the New Patriotic Party (NPP) over the manner in which its primaries were conducted on Saturday. He said the entire exercise was conducted in “an environment where those who could afford the biggest pecuniary or monetary inducements carried the day”. Speaking at the weekly press briefing of his party in Accra, Sammy Gyamfi said the primaries by the ruling party were characterized by “obscene violence and unprecedented levels of vote-buying and showboating”. The NPP on Saturday elected parliamentary candidates for the December 7 elections in…

Political Science Lecturer at the University of Ghana Dr Alidu Seidu has noted that delegates of political parties, and indeed voters in general, are becoming critical following the defeat of some incumbent Members of Parliament in the just-ended parliamentary primaries of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). During the Saturday polls, 10 incumbent NPP MPs in the Ashanti Region lost. They include the MP for Bantama and government’s spokesperson on Finance, Daniel Okyem Aboagye, MP for Offinso South and Chairman of Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee in Parliament Ben Abdallah Banda, MP for Manhyia North and Chairman of Government Assurance…

Desensitisation, in this regard, is the phenomenon where the same people in our Ghanaian society that were very much concerned about the impact and threat of the novel coronavirus on our health and livelihood at large, have developed a much weaker emotional response to current COVID-19 issues. This is definitely partly due to the fact that, when we receive continual messages about the dangers of the COVID-19 over a long period of time, this inadvertently contributes to our desensitisation. I fell victim to this yesterday… to the desensitisation thingie, not coronavirus. This is an opinion piece. I remember Foster telling…

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Tema East Constituency has warned that the losses by some incumbent MPs in the just-ended primaries of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) would be a heavy blow to the government and Parliament. Daniel Nii Kwartei Titus-Glover said the 40 MPs who lost in the primaries would affect these two institutions in the sense that while Parliament needs experienced members to function effectively, government would need numbers to push its agenda and so hopes all the ‘new’ candidates win the December 7 elections. Speaking in an interview on Onua TV’s Maakye on Monday, the Tema…

Pollster Ben Ephson has denied reports that he predicted defeat for the Member of Parliament for Adentan Constituency, Yaw Buaben Asamoa, in the just-ended parliamentary primaries of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). During the polls on Saturday, June 20, out of the 744 valid votes cast in that constituency, Mr Buaben Asamoa polled 423 as against his closest contender’s, 217. Speaking to the media after his victory, the Communications Director of the NPP said: “I feel happy, exuberant…whenever Ben [Ephson] predicts a loss for me I win”. “So I want him to keep predicting that I’ll lose because that way…

The National Board for Small Scale Industries, managers of the Government stimulus package, has announced a six-day extension of the deadline for applications from June 20 to June 26, 2020. The decision, taken in consultation with the Coronavirus Alleviation Programme (CAP) Business Support Steering Committee, was to give trade and business associations more time for members with specific challenges who are yet to submit applications to do so. At a media briefing in Accra on Friday, Mrs Kosi Yankey-Aryeh, the Executive Director of NBSSI, said the grace period would present an opportunity to rectify complaints and errors of applicants with…

Real Madrid went to the top of La Liga thanks to a hard-fought victory at Real Sociedad. Zinedine Zidane’s side are level on points with Barca, who drew 0-0 with Sevilla on Friday, but go top because of their superior head-to-head record. Sergio Ramos’ penalty after the lively Vinicius Jr was fouled gave the visitors the lead. Karim Benzema doubled their advantage before Mikel Merino’s strike set up a tense finale. There was controversy when substitute Adnan Januzaj thought he had made it 1-1 with a strike from outside the area but it was ruled out for a Merino offside.…

A Senior Lecturer and Political Analyst at the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Dr. Jonathan Asante Otchere, has described the downfall of many New Patriotic Party (NPP) Members of Parliament (MPs) in the just ended primaries as a sign of defeat for the party in the forthcoming general elections. He has labeled the development from the primaries as a product of lack of performance on the part of the party at the national level, a situation that would hugely affect the party’s chances in retaining power. Dr. Asante Otchere, speaking to Onua FM in an interview over the weekend, underscored…

Nigerian doctors have ended a nationwide strike that was called to protest against low pay and inadequate protective equipment. The National Association of Resident Doctors (Nard), which represents some 40% of Nigeria’s doctors, said it called off the strike to give the government time to act on its demands. The week-long strike ends on Monday morning, according to a statement quoted by local media. It had not affected medics treating coronavirus patients. The association said some hospitals had since been supplied with protective gear and the government had promised to provide more. It said the government had also promised to…