Author: Krobea

Chief Executive Officer of the Dalex Finance Ken Thompson has noted that the stimulus package provided to support businesses by the government in this period of the coronavirus pandemic will enable these businesses to operate until better times re-emerge in the future. He explained on the Sunrise morning show hosted by Alfred Ocansey on 3FM 92.7 Wednesday, June 10 that the package will also enable businesses to pay taxes, which will in the end fetch government some form of revenue for development. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo launched a GH¢1 billion Coronavirus Alleviation Programme (CAP) Business Support Scheme to help…

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Ellembelle Constituency in the Western Region, Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah, envisions expanding to six his Food Bank project to strategic parts of the constituency to support needy families facing hunger challenges. Already, he has set up the Central Food Bank at the district capital, operations beginning in April, 2020. The Covid-19 pandemic has brought to the fore, forcefully, the inequalities in various communities. During the partial lockdown imposed due to the pandemic, many families were at their wits’ end so much so that some benevolent individuals distributed handouts to enable them meet their daily…

Political Science Lecturer at the Methodist University-Ghana Dr. Osei Bonsu is convinced voter apathy would affect the chances of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the December 7 polls. According to him, the situation will be fueled by disparities within the party. Dr Osei Bonsu also mentioned the disqualification of some parliamentary aspirants from the party’s upcoming primaries as another reason. He has, therefore, admonished the party’s leadership to mend their fences after the primaries. Dr. Osei Bonsu stated these while speaking to Nana Yaw Opare on the Yensempa morning show on Onua FM. He noted that the situation…

When US Democrats in Congress proposed legislation to reform the police following weeks of protests over the death of African American George Floyd at the hands of a white officer, commenters on social media only wanted to talk about one thing: what they were wearing. Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and other Democratic lawmakers were draped in scarves made from a cloth of colourful geometric Ghanaian designs called kente. It turned out to be quite a controversial sartorial choice. Why were they wearing it? The kente scarves were given out to the congressmen and women by…

Brazil has restored a website that lists the full data on Covid-19 in the country, just hours after it was ordered to do so by the Supreme Court. The health ministry stopped releasing cumulative totals for deaths and cases on Saturday, provoking uproar. On Tuesday a Supreme Court judge ordered the government to release the figures amid accusations of censorship. Brazil has the world’s second-highest number of cases – and has now more daily deaths than any other nation. Earlier, President Jair Bolsonaro said the change in policy was a result of actions being taken to improve Covid-19 reporting. The…

The National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), the Ga Mantse, King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, the Accra Metropolitan Assembly and other stakeholders would be touring parts of the Greater Accra Region where floods caused havoc on Tuesday. The aim of the visit is to have first-hand information on the damages caused as a result of the floods. Floods destroyed property worth millions of Ghana Cedis while one person reportedly lost his life in the Korle Klottey Municipality. The Kwame Nkrumah Circle was the hardest hit. Scenes from Kwame Nkrumah Circle The Greater Accra Regional NADMO Director, Archibold Cobbina, who revealed this…

A senior member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Kobina Arthur Kennedy, has descended heavily on the party for the manner in which some candidates for the upcoming parliamentary primaries were selected. According to him the process has been “undemocratic” and leaves much to be desired. The US-based politician, a one-time presidential aspirant of the party, made this known on TV3’s Hot Issues on Tuesday, June 9. He said from the way the processes leading to the primaries have been conducted, the NPP has exposed itself as an undemocratic party. “No democratic organization should discourage potential opponents of people…

A former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Professor Ivan Addae Mensah, has warned that government will need to revisit the implementation of the Free Senior High School Programme. He explained that although the government is likely to lose political points if it decides to have a second look at the programme because opposition will make political capital out of it, there is the need to revisit the programme to make those who can afford to pay. Otherwise, he told Alfred Ocansey on  Sunrise on 3FM 92.7, the country will pay an economic price in future. The Free SHS is…

The total number of coronavirus cases confirmed in Ghana so far is 10,201. This is according to the latest figures released by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) on its website, on Tuesday, June 9. From the release, 3,755 patients have gained full recovery from the disease while 48 could not survive it. This leaves the country with 6,398 cases under management at a number of treatment centres mounted across the nation. From the breakdown, 10 persons are now in “critical” conditions with four of these patients on ventilators. Fourteen are also said to have “severe” conditions. These numbers are from…

In a bid to promote youth football and make it paramount on all fronts, Kumasi-based Asante Kotoko have been slapped with a one-year ban by life patron Otumfoɔ Osei Tutu II. The directive, which was read to the newly inaugurated board at a ceremony in Kumasi by Manhyia’s Chief of Staff, Kofi Badu, stressed the need for appropriate systems to harness the growth of youth football through the rank and file of the club. The new move, Kofi Badu says, is to steer the club towards being self-sufficient and financially stable. “Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has directed that Asante Kotoko should…