Author: Krobea

The Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) has assured the public that it will make up for the time lost at registration centres where the exercise delayed on Sunday. Most centres across the country, at the start of Phase 3 of the exercise, witnessed delays as a result of the breakdown of the biometric voter registration (BVR) machines. The EC has explained that the challenge was due to bad network. In a statement issued by the Acting Director of Public Affairs, Sylvia Annoh, the EC said all centres that suffered delays will see an extension. “Details of the extension for the affected…

All the students in the same dormitory with the Archbishop Porter Girls’ SHS case confirmed Covid-19 positive will be tested on Monday, July 13. They have since been quarantined, according to the Headmistress of the School. The school recorded a case of Covid-19 on Friday after seven samples of girls who were suspected to have contracted the disease were tested. In a note to all parents, the headmistress, Mrs Charlotte Asiedu Musah, stated that the confirmed student has been taken into isolation. “Her parents have been informed. But she is doing very well,” Archbishop Porter Girls’ SHS is among seven…

Eight vehicles were involved in an accident between Darkuman Junction and Dansoman Junction on the Odorkor-Kaneshie stretch of the Accra-Kasoa Highway. There was only one casualty who had a fracture at the knee. But all the eight vehicles were affected. The vehicles are DAF, Daewoo Matiz, Toyota Yaris and Toyota Haice. The rest were Kia Rio, Nissan Sentra, Toyota Rav 4 and a Kia Morning taxi cap. The accident occurred when the driver of the DAF failed break and as such rammed into the Daewoo Matiz, which also ran into the remaining vehicles. The driver of the DAF truck in…

Veteran Ghanaian coach J.E Sarpong has been gifted a car from former athletes of Accra Academy. A team of 20 old boys of Accra Academy came together to purchase a Toyota Echo car for their former trainer, who did a lot for them back at high school. The former Asante Kotoko and Ebusua Dwarfs gaffer was a Physical Education (PE) Teacher  as well as Sports Master at the school where he nurtured so many athletes and players who made great strides in the country. Having done all this, he has been honoured by some former students of the school. Notable…

US President Donald Trump has worn a mask in public for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. The president was visiting the Walter Reed military hospital outside Washington, where he met wounded soldiers and health care workers. “I’ve never been against masks but I do believe they have a time and a place,” he said as he left the White House. He has previously said that he would not wear a mask and mocked Democratic rival Joe Biden for doing so. But on Saturday he said: “I think when you’re in a hospital, especially in that…

The Co-Chair of the Citizens Movement Against Corruption (CMaC), Edem Senanu, has appealed to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to make sure he listens to civil society groups by recalling the Auditor-General from leave. The president had directed Daniel Yaw Domelevo to take his accumulated leave in what has degenerated into a tussle between the Presidency and the Auditor General. Speaking on The Key Points on TV3/3FM on Saturday, July 11, Edem Senanu said the issue tends to have taken a personal turn despite it being “ultimately an issue of independence of the Auditor-General and his unit”. He indicated that…

Winner of Mentor Reloaded Mohammed Lukman, best known as ‘Optional King’, has been presented with documents to his two-bedroom house as his prize package. An elated Optional King described the moment as dream come true, charging upcoming talents to keep chasing their dreams. Runners-up Chichiz, Micah and Yaw Blᴧck also received their prizes. First runner-up and the Pride of Takoradi, Chichiz, received a cheque for GH¢6,000. The second runner-up, Micah, received GH¢5,000. The third runner-up, Yaw Blᴧck also received a cheque for GH¢5000. In addition to their prizes, there is a plan to offer airtime on all Media General platforms to push…

His best friend was an Ewe. My paternal uncle, like myself, was a Fante but he had come to love this friend of his like his blood brother. To him, he was that friend he never had. He spoke so highly of him. We knew him as Uncle Edem. He had stuck closer to our uncle more than even his brothers; from their secondary school days right through to university. All was well with our uncle and his inseparable friend until the unthinkable happened— Uncle Edem bolted with the profit of a business dealing. We knew they shared a lot…

Founding President of IMANI-Africa Franklin Cudjoe says it is wrong for anybody to think that final year senior high school students will vote for one particular party in the December 7 elections. He said the notion that these students are ‘Akufo-Addo’ graduates could be misleading. Speaking on The Key Points on TV3/3FM on Saturday, July 11, Mr Cudjoe said the decision to have taken the voter registration to senior high schools was not pragmatic on the part of the election-management body of the country. Barely 10 days into the new voter registration, the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) decided to set…

Coronavirus infections in Ghana have now hit a total of 24,248 cases. This is according to the latest update by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) released on Sunday, July 12. This was obtained after 414 new cases of the disease were confirmed across the country. Out of this, a total of 19,831 have recovered and been discharged with 135 succumbing to the disease. This leaves the country with a total of 4,282 under management as active cases. Out of this number, 22 are in “severe” conditions and six are in “critical” conditions. Five are surviving on ventilators. Regional breakdown According…