Author: Krobea

The National Media Commission (NMC) has taken exception to a directive issued by the Minister of Communications to the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) and Crystal TV for the two media institutions to reduce their channels on the National Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) network. After an emergency meeting in Accra following a petition from GBC and a letter written by the Minister of Information, the Commission, chaired by Yaw Boadu-Ayeboafo, says the issue borders on the freedom given the media under the 1992 Constitution. Therefore, the directive of Madam Ursula Owusu-Ekuful cannot be obliged. “The Commission wishes to state clearly that…

Ghana’s total coronavirus cases are inching to 30,000 following 683 new cases confirmed by the Disease Surveillance Department of the Ghana Health Service (GHS). The new infections have shot the cumulative cases to 29,672 from 28,989. Recoveries-cum-discharges have also increased, from 25,331 to 26,090, which portends a good omen for the fight against the virus, coupled with the remainder of deaths at 153. This has seen a further reduction in the number of active cases as well, from 3,505 to 3,429. Out of this number, 25 are in “severe” conditions and six are in “critical” conditions with three on ventilators.…

The Ghana Police Service says the recent pockets of violence that have been recorded in the ongoing voter registration have been caused by politicians. It observed the movement of politicians in groups to registration centres in the guise of familiarising themselves with the exercise or responding to calls by their representatives about illegal activities has been a major cause of these violence. These were contained in a statement issued on Wednesday, July 22 by Director of Public Affairs SP Sheila Kessie Abayie-Buckman. Find the statement below: Source: 3news.com|Ghana 

Playwright Latif Abubakar’s Globe Productions in partnership with the Ministry of Information and supported by AirtelTigo is set to stage another live virtual play to intensify education concerning Ghana’s Covid-19 campaign with a major focus on stigmatization. Dubbed Judas and Delilah Covid-19 edition, the play seeks to bring together top Ghanaian celebrities to join the campaign in fighting stigmatization towards person infected with the virus. The campaign, according to the award winning playwright. would also bring on board some respectable religious leaders including Most Reverend Charles Gabriel Palmer Buckle, the Archbishop of Cape Coast, and Sheikh Osmanu Nuhu Sharabutu (Dr),…

Barima Sidney has told entertainment pundit and writer Arnold Asamoah Baidoo to apologise for condemning him and some group of musicians who visited Obour after losing the Asante Akyem South NPP primaries. Okyeame Kwame shared a photo of him, Tic, Great Ampong and KiDI on his Instagram page after they paid a visit to Obour after his defeat. Commenting on this on an entertainment programme, Arnold described their visit as “a very useless venture”. On the programme, Arnold asked how many of those musicians came out to support Obour. He said: “It’s senseless they went to visit Obour and if…

At the 2017 International Association of Athletic Federations (IAAF) World Championships in London, the world’s fastest man, Usain Bolt, awfully placed third. This was the Jamaican athlete’s first major defeat at a major championship final in many years. When asked what he thought may have been the reason for this defeat, he cringed, “A bad start.” The beginning of a thing is very important because it becomes its foundation. Foundations are very critical because the success or failure of that thing depends on it. Every builder, for instance, takes the pain to invest so much in the right foundation because…

When Kay Morris told me she has written a love song to Jesus, I grimed but managed to put out a smile and muted, “can you compete for the love of billions who love Christ?” Another intriguing question raptured my mind and this time without mincing words I fought back the thought of sounding uncharitable. “You can’t write a song to an invincible personality like Christ”. This cannot even happen in a fairytale story. Kay Morris, sounding unapologetic and unashamed told me some folks write love songs to their spouse and significant others but she has chosen to write a…

Hospitals in Madagascar have warned they are overwhelmed after a spike in coronavirus cases in a country where the president has been promoting a herbal drink to treat the virus. A record 614 new cases have been confirmed in the last day, bringing the total to 8,162 and 69 deaths. Several African countries have ordered the tonic, called Covid-Organics. However, the World Health Organization (WHO) says there is no evidence the drink works against Covid-19. Hospitals in the capital, Antananarivo, have warned that they are starting to run out of beds. “We are now only accepting severe cases,” Andohotapenaka Hospital…

The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has condemned recent flashes of violence at some registration centres, asking security and law enforcement agencies to conduct “thorough” and “speedy” investigations and bring all the perpetrators to book. The Association precisely mentioned the deadly violence in Banda-Ahenkro in the Bono Region and the shooting at Kasoa in the Central Region as “unfortunate”. In a statement jointly signed by National President Anthony Forson Jnr and National Secretary Yaw Acheampong Boafo on Wednesday, the GBA demanded “strict maintenance of law and order at all registration centres in the current voters’ registration exercise to enable all eligible…

The Director General of the Ghana Education Service, Professor Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa, on Wednesday embarked on monitoring of the ongoing West Africa Senior Schools Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) in schools in the Eastern Region. The Director General, who was accompanied by Seth Nkatiah of the Office of the Senior Minister, observed that candidates and invigilators were in strict compliance with the Covid-19 protocols. Students were masked up as they busily went about their practical examination. The team visited Akim Aperade SHS, Akim Achiase SHS, Akim Swedru SHS, Attafuah SHTS, Akim Oda and St. Francis SHTS, Akim Oda, located in the Achiase, Birim…