Author: Krobea

A Deputy Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kwaku Boahen, says the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic does not warrant building of new hospitals. He said the situation at hand only needs stringent measures to halt further spread of the virus and not beginning to build new hospitals. Kwaku Boahen expressed these while contributing to a discussion on Onua TV’s Maakye on Tuesday, May 12. He explained that the health chapter of 2016 manifesto of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) indicated that all district hospitals will be renovated but this has not been done since the party regained…

Government has given the clearest indication yet that it will make sure that “safe, free and fair elections” are held in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. The Minister of Information noted that if countries like South Korea and Mali had held elections in this period, Ghana should also invest “our best energies, our innovations [and] our creativity” in ensuring that elections are held. Addressing journalists in Accra at the Ministry of Information’s bi-weekly briefing on Covid-19 on Tuesday, May 12, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah reiterated that government is not considering extending its mandate with the pandemic as an excuse. This…

The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) in collaboration with all the transport unions in the Ashanti Region have begun distribution of specialized vehicle stickers to various commercial vehicles to avert congestion in the Region. The move is to ensure that commercial vehicles operate within a confined jurisdiction in order to curb further spread of coronavirus (Covid-19). Onua TV’s Nana Konadu Yiadom reported from some lorry stations in Kumasi on Tuesday that the drivers, led by their executives, were adhering to the social distancing directives that were much talked about by President Nana Akufo-Addo in his last address. The Ashanti Regional Vice…

A total of 427 new infections of coronavirus has shot Ghana’s case count up to 5,127. This comes exactly two months after the country recorded its first two index cases of the deadly viral disease. Both were imported cases. Speaking to journalists at the Ministry of Information’s media briefing, the Director General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) announced on Tuesday, May 12 that cases in Ashanti Region – via community spread – have risen quite sharply. Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye said the Region’s figures rose from 355 – from the last count on Sunday, May 10 – to 622 infections.…

Moses passed on his baton to Joshua just as Elijah passed his on to Elisha. Mentorship passes on a baton from one generation to another. When people are mentored, their journey to the top is made easier because they are likely to skip all the errors of their mentors. They are likely not to repeat the mistakes of those who held their hands because such mentors forewarn them about where some choices may likely end them. It is absolutely great to have the privilege of being mentored by someone you hold in high esteem. However, there are ‘dos and don’ts’…

C.K Akonnor is settling well into his role as Ghana boss despite the early challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic. Akonnor was preparing for his first two games in charge of the side in two Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers when the virus stopped all sporting events in its tracks. And not knowing when the team will play, the fate of the next Afcon is proving a source of frustration for him but he says that has not stopped him from working. “I am still working,” he told TV3. “I’ve been keeping track of players, in constant communication with them…

La Liga is planning a return to action that would include league matches everyday from June 12, it’s president Javier Tebas has said. Several clubs including Barcelona and Real Madrid are back in training in Spain, one of the countries worst hit by coronavirus but Tebas is confident plans put in place would see them deal with the risk posed by the virus. Five players from the top two divisions have already tested positive for coronavirus but Tebas is planning ahead with a restart. “I’d like it [the restart date] to be 12 June,” Tebas told Movistar. “But we have…

Western Region’s biggest referral center, Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital, has received another major boost in its drive to acquire ventilators to ensure it is adequately equipped to handle emergency cases particularly as Covid-19 cases soar in the region. The medical facility has for years been without any working ventilator, leaving management racing to get some in stock with the advent of the Covid-19 virus. The hospital has since March this year been making appeals to corporate organizations and philanthropists to support them acquire the vital medical gadget. An industrial haulage company based in Takoradi, Monpe Heavy Haulage Company Limited, has…

Over 81 permanent workers of the Ridge Royal Hotel in Cape Coast in the Central Region besieged the premises, demanding the payment of their April salaries. The workers chanted war songs as part of a protest to register their anger against management. The Ridge Royal Hotel has been operating since 2019 after being established via a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) with the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) as majority shareholders. It operated with about 90 permanent workers. But it temporarily shut down as the effect of the coronavirus pandemic hit hard. A memorandum of understanding sighted by 3news.com and…

There was another walkout by the Minority on Monday, May 11 after the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament spiked a question by North Tongu Member of Parliament, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, from during the vetting of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s Supreme Court judge nominee Justice Clemence Jackson Honyenuga. Mr Okudzeto Ablakwa had sought to find out what informed comments made by the judge and later reported in the Daily Graphic, purporting support for the Akufo-Addo-led government for another term. Despite clarifying that he was speaking then on behalf of paramount chiefs of the Volta Regional House of Chiefs, the National…