Author: Krobea

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…

Academic work for final year pupils of St James Preparatory School at Maame Krobo in the Afram Plains South District of the Eastern Region has gone down despite resumption from the long break due to the coronavirus pandemic. This, according to school authorities, was as a result of the fact that the children had no means of learning while on the forced break. Headmaster Emmanuel Yeboah, who made the revelation to Onua TV in an interview, explained that most of the parents took their children to farms during the period. Mr Yeboah admitted to Onua TV’s news anchor Afia Tagor…

The Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) as part of steps to include Senior High School students in the ongoing voter registration exercise has planned to capture 2,442 students in four Senior High Schools in the Walewale Constituency. The schools are Walewale Technical Senior High School, Walewale Vocational Technical Senior High School, Nasia Senior High School and Wulugu Senior High School. The exercise started on Friday, July 10 and ended Saturday. In an interview, Municipal EC Director Rauf A. Adam indicated that the EC was set for the exercise in all four Senior High Schools. According to him, students captured included final…

Seven senior high schools in the Western Region have recorded cases of coronavirus, the Regional Health Director has confirmed. Speaking on News 360 on TV3 on Saturday, Dr Jacob Mahama said the reports were picked by the respective district health directorates. He said the various students in question showed symptoms of the disease and their samples were immediately taken after quarantine. The samples were brought to Accra for tests, he told host Issa Monnie, and “we had the results yesterday.” While some tested negative, a few others tested positive, Dr Mahama said. All the students who had their samples returning positive…

Ghana international Sulley Ali Muntari has asked FIFA to put in more effort in fighting racism in football as they did in inventing VAR. Across the world, protests have been launched against racism after a video of the killing of a black man, George Floyd, went viral. Players and clubs in various leagues have also staged subtle on-field protests. The midfielder added his voice to the ongoing campaign by stressing that VAR was invented to correct the existing wrongs in football. “For instance, they have invented VAR, which helps to take alternative views on decisions. “So why don’t you put…