Author: Krobea

Frontline health workers leading the fight against the coronavirus pandemic will receive 50 per cent of their basic salaries as top-up on their emoluments for four months. They will also be exempt from paying taxes on their salaries for the next three months. These are part of measures put in place by government to make them comfortable in the discharge of their duties as the country fights the outbreak of coronavirus. The measures were made known by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Sunday night in a nationwide broadcast. President Akufo-Addo assured the workers that high priority has been placed…

Government will absorb the water bills of all Ghanaians for April, May and June, the President has announced. “Government will absorb the water bills for all Ghanaians for the next three months. That is April, May and June. “All water tankers, publicly and privately-owned, are also going to be mobilised to ensure the supply of water to all vulnerable communities.” President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says this is part of measures to mitigate the effects of the deadly coronavirus on Ghanaians as strict measures are taken to stop its spread. He made this known in a nationwide broadcast on television…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says a decision on whether the current lockdown in Greater Accra and Greater Kumasi will be extended or not will be determined in the coming week. He said so far he is satisfied with the outcome of the directive but announced that Ghana will enter a critical phase soon as results on about 15,384 tests are awaited. He made this known in a nationwide broadcast on television Sunday night. The 14-day lockdown was imposed by the President as per the recently passed Imposition of Restrictions Law, 2020 (Act 1012) to ensure that most Ghanaians stay…

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been admitted to hospital for tests, 10 days after testing positive for coronavirus, Downing Street has said. He was taken to a London hospital on Sunday evening with “persistent symptoms” – including a temperature. It is said to be a “precautionary step” taken on the advice of his doctor. The prime minister remains in charge of the government, but the foreign secretary is expected to chair a coronavirus meeting on Monday morning. Mr Johnson is expected to stay overnight and is having what have been described as “routine tests”, according to BBC Political Editor Laura…

The Country Representative of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr Neema Kimambo, has lauded African leaders for ensuring lockdowns and border closures early enough. According to her, failure of such a move undid the Western world as most the nations in the Old Continent are recording high cases of the the deadly coronavirus disease. Dr Kimambo was speaking on TV3’s The Key Points on Saturday. She said the case counts of Covid-19 in Africa are relatively small as a result of the quick identification of the viral effects and the containment measures adopted by various heads of state and government.…

Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jnr, known in Ghanaian showbiz as Shatta Wale, has made a passionate call on telecommunication companies to reduce the cost of data and calls in this time that the country is trying to fight Covid-19. Speaking in an interview with Christian Agyei Frimpong on Onua 95.1 FM, the dancehall artiste said, “It’s time to show love, market women have increased the cost of foodstuffs, this is the time people should understand we need each other to move on”. “Telecommunication companies in Ghana with higher tariffs must reduce their tariffs, because all the monies that will come…

Kobe Bryant will be posthumously inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. The five-time NBA champion died, aged 41, in a helicopter crash in January alongside his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others. Los Angeles Lakers great Bryant retired in 2016; he was the NBA Most Valuable Player in 2008, was Finals MVP twice and earned 18 All-Star selections. He was in the United States team that won Olympic gold in 2008 and 2012. NBA commissioner Adam Silver said Bryant’s death was “unspeakable” and the league was keen to “honour” him. “Kobe Bryant is synonymous with NBA All-Star…

The first case of coronavirus has been confirmed in South Sudan. Officials say the patient is a 29-year-old woman working for the United Nations who recently arrived in the country from the Netherlands. Experts have warned that the consequences could be dire if the virus spreads rapidly in South Sudan, which has extremely limited health facilities. More than a million people are still displaced from their homes following a six-year civil war that killed around 400,000 people. Last month ministers were finally appointed to a unity government after the former rebel leader Riek Machar and President Salva Kiir signed a…

Nine new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in Ghana, bringing the total number recorded in the country since Thursday, March 12 to 214. Out of the newly confirmed cases, three were recorded in the Ashanti Region while six were recorded in the Greater Accra Region. Among these nine cases, two have no travel history. The Ghana Health Service (GHS) stated on its website that one in the Greater Accra Region, a 37-year-old woman, has not also had contact with a confirmed case apart from not having ever travelled. “One is a repeat test of travellers under quarantine who was…

The Minority caucus in Parliament has expressed disappointment in the suspension of Parliament, a decision it claims was taken single-handedly by Speaker Mike Oquaye without recourse to its members as required by law. Leader of the caucus Haruna Iddrisu said what the Right Honourable Speaker has done is the “gravest ever threat to parliamentary democracy in Ghana and an assault on the Minority in Parliament”. Speaker Oquaye suspended sitting on Saturday, April 4 when the House was due to rise. He indicated that the decision was taken in collaboration with leaders of both caucuses as a result of the threat…