Author: Krobea

The UEFA Champions League draw took place Friday at the UEFA Headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland and it served classic matches to look forward to, as usual, in the quarter-finals. Chelsea could face Barcelona or Napoli should they pull a surprise comeback against Bayern Munich and Cristiano Ronaldo could come up against his former club Real Madrid should Juventus defeat Lyon, a game football lovers have all been hoping for. The last 16 games will be played on Friday, August 7-8. From the results, Chelsea trail Bayern Munich 0-3 from the first leg at Stamford Bridge, Napoli were held 1-1 at…

The National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI) and its partners have supported over 100 enterprises and individuals in the Prestea-Huni Valley Municipality and Wassa East District of the Western Region. A statement issued in Accra by the Board said the funding support for women and youth entrepreneurs was relevant and timely particularly within the COVID-19 era, where Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) were negatively affected. It said the funding provided was for individuals to expand existing businesses or start new ones. “The women and youth entrepreneurs are WAGES Project Beneficiaries who are engaged in agro-processing, manufacturing, services and…

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has asked political party agents assigned to senior high schools where the new voter registration is going to take place to conduct themselves according to law. The Service warned that the schools cannot be used as a place for partisan politicking. These were contained in a statement issued on Friday, July 10 as the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) sets up registration centres in all senior high schools. The EC at an emergency meeting of the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) decided to send registration officials to senior high schools to register students who have turned 18…

The Chairman of the Ghana Education Council (GES), Michael Nsowah, has revealed that the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Senior High School is currently facing challenges with infrastructure. He told Alfred Ocansey on the Sunrise morning show on 3FM that the school may not be able to admit new students due to the challenges with the infrastructure. “I am aware that the school has a lot of challenges with infrastructure,” he observed. “In fact, if something is not done, the school may not be able to admit first year students because the whole infrastructure is taken up.…

South Africa has recorded its highest-ever single-day increase in Covid-19 cases. The health ministry said there were 13,674 infections in the past 24 hours from the highest number of tests done in a single day in the country. Nearly half of the new Covid-19 cases in South Africa, 6,531, were recorded in the economic hub Gauteng, which has become the epicentre of the virus. So far 3,720 people have died and that number is expected to rise as the country heads towards the infection peak in the next few months. While the disease is beginning to spread quickly here –…

The World Health Organization (WHO) in Africa joined immunization experts in urging the international community and countries in Africa to take concrete actions to ensure equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines, as researchers around the world race to find effective protection against the virus. “It is clear that as the international community comes together to develop safe and effective vaccines and therapeutics for COVID-19, equity must be a central focus of these efforts,” said Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa. “Too often, African countries end up at the back of the queue for new technologies, including vaccines. These life-saving…

The Confederation of African Football, CAF, has announced new dates for the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup qualifiers.  The final qualifiers were to be played in May but were cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Ghana’s U-17 women’s side, the Black Maidens, were scheduled to face Nigeria’s U-17 side in the final round of the qualifiers before Covid-19 hit the continent. The Maidens thrashed Liberia 10-0 on aggregate whilst Nigeria beat Guinea’s U-17 side 11-2 on aggregate to make it to the final round. Since the U-17 Women’s World Cup is scheduled to be held from February 17 to March…

The office of former president Jerry John Rawlings has been closed, with immediate effect. “The closure is due to the unfortunate spread of the Covid-19 virus,” a statement issued by the Communications Director of the Office of JJ Rawlings, Kobina Andoh Amoakwa, said. “The decision which is aimed at protecting staff and potential visitors will be reviewed after two weeks.” This comes in the wake of increasing pressure on many state institutions to close down. Already, institutions including the Ministry of Finance have shut down due to some staff testing positive for Covid-19. Some public officers have also proceeded on…

Renowned Political Scientist at the University of Ghana Professor Ransford Gyampo, who is also an indigene of Saltpond and President of the Saltpond Forum, has donated Personal Protection Equipment (PPEs) to the Accident and Emergency Ward of the Saltpond Government Hospital at a brief ceremony on Thursday, July 9. The items include packs of face masks and several cartons of hand sanitizers. In 2017, Prof Gyampo, it will be recalled, adopted the Accident and Emergency Ward of the Saltpond Government Hospital and has since taken keen interest in the effective functioning of the Ward. He has donated several hospital equipment…

Tributes have been paid to Liberian MP and former supermodel Munah Pelham-Youngblood, who has died at the age of 36. She was one of only 10 women in the West African nation’s 103-seat parliament. A member of President George Weah’s Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) party, she died in Ghana after a protracted illness. President Weah described her as a pillar of the CDC and a great stateswoman. Her active leadership had “contributed enormously to nurturing the country’s democracy”, his statement continued. “She was also a strong advocate for women leadership and empowerment,” he said. When she was elected in…