Author: Krobea

The Supreme Court by a majority decision has dismissed a suit challenging Martin Amidu’s age as Special Prosecutor. Reasons for the the 5-2 decision, according to the Chief Justice, would be made available at the registry of the Court. The majority, who voted for the dismissal of the suit, are Chief Justice Anin Yeboah, Baffoe Bonnie, Marful-Sau, Nene Amegahsie and Prof Nii Ashie Kotey. This was against Sulley Gbadegbe and Agnes Dodze, who agreed with plaintiff Dominic Ayine that the age of Martin Amidu does not qualify him to handle the position of Special Prosecutor. Mr Ayine, a former Deputy…

Introduction Governments have had to hurriedly formulate laws and take measures to address some of the unprecedented challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. This write-up is meant to raise the issue of the fate of ordinarily resident Ghanaians who have become stranded abroad by Ghana’s border closure. Brief background:   Ghanaian citizens (ordinarily resident in Ghana for all purposes including tax) who were temporarily visiting other nations, were left stranded and without options once Ghana abruptly and without any prior warning closed Kotoka International Airport (KIA) to commercial flights. This measure together with a partial lockdown of two cities and…

Director of Operations at the Dalex Finance Joe Jackson has asked the Trades Union Congress (TUC) to have patience with the government in dealing with the effect of the coronavirus pandemic on the economy. He noted that the government cannot meet the demands of the TUC regarding a call to invest GH¢18 billion into the economy to save jobs following the effects of coronavirus pandemic. Mr Jackson said the pandemic has damaged government’s budget and other sources of funds, making it impossible to even raise half of the amount TUC is demanding. The TUC has asked the government to inject…

Brazil has recorded its highest daily rise in the number of deaths from the coronavirus, health officials say. It registered 881 new deaths on Tuesday, the health ministry said. The total death toll now stands at 12,400. It means Brazil, which is at the centre of the Latin American outbreak, is now the sixth worst affected country in terms of recorded deaths. And experts say the real figure may be far higher due to a lack of testing in the country. “Brazil is only testing people who end up in the hospital,” Domingo Alves from the University of Säo Paulo…

The UK economy shrank at the fastest pace since 2008 in the first three months of the year as coronavirus forced the country into lockdown. The Office for National Statistics said the economy contracted by 2% in the three months to March, following zero growth in the final quarter of 2019. The decline was driven by a record fall in March, and reflects just one full week of lockdown. Analysts expect a bigger economic slump in the current quarter. This is the first official growth estimate since the government introduced social distancing measures at the end of March. Ruth Gregory,…

Former Deputy Minister of Finance Kweku Ricketts-Hagan has called on the government and the Ministry of Finance to come clean in their dealings with the International Monitory Fund (IMF). The Member of Parliament for Cape Coast South in the Central Region said this government has not been truthful to the people of Ghana but rather hiding behind the fact that most people do not understand economic figures to mislead the nation. “Do not undermine the minds of people due to lack of understanding or misinterpretation of economic data by the average Ghanaian. It is time for the government to come…

A virologist, Dr Sebastian Eugene Arthur, has asked the government to consider using herbal medicine in treating coronavirus patients. The novel Covid-19 has no known medication across the globe. Scientists and researchers say it will take up to 12 months to develop a vaccine for the virus. But Dr Eugene Arthur told host Alfred Ocansey on 3FM’s morning show, Sunrise, Wednesday, May 13 that herbal medicines are noted for effectively boosting the immune system to tackle infections, hence the need to officially endorse herbal medication for the treatment of Covid-19. “We have to do something about our herbal medicine which…

Virologist Dr Sebastian Eugene Arthur has suggested to the government to place restrictions on movement of persons within the Obuasi township in the Ashanti Region. This follows the increasing numbers of coronavirus cases in that part of the country. Dr Arthur told Alfred Ocansey on the Sunrise morning show on 3FM Wednesday, May 13 that this will help in slowing down the rate of infection in the area. Obuasi recorded an alarming jump in Covid-19 cases with 272 new infections, the reason for the high numbers in the Ashanti Region, which has so far recorded 667 cases. The Ghana Health…

The Northern Regional Health Directorate is being chased by operators of a hotel, which is said to have served as an isolation centre, over a bill of GH¢219,000. This is an accumulation of debt incurred during the quarantine period of some foreign nationals consisting of Guineans and Burkinabe. Some medical staff of the Tamale Teaching Hospital were also quarantined at the facility in early April when the Region recorded its first 10 cases. Since the effect of the coronavirus pandemic has hit businesses, the hotel is chasing government for its money. Dr Eleeza John Bertson, the Northern Regional Health Director,…

An Accra High Court has sentenced former board chair of the National Communications Authority (NCA), Eugene Baffoe-Bonnie, to six years in prison with hard labour. Two others, former Director General of NCA William Mathew Tevie, and a former Deputy National Security Coordinator on the NCA Board, Alhaji Osman Mimina, were each given five years in prison with hard labour. Justice of the Court of Appeal Justice Eric Kyei Baffour, who sat in as addition High Court judge, found them guilty of causing financial loss to the state to the tune of $4 million. One other accused, George Derek Oppong, a…