Author: Krobea

It felt personal. As I watched the breath ebb out of George Floyd under the deliberate weight of the knee of the uniformed white police officer on his neck, I felt the asphyxia myself. That human being struggling for breath on the street of Minneapolis could have been me, could have been my son, could have been any of my many cousins, my nephews, my nieces, my schoolmates, or their children, could have been any of my many friends or their children who live in the United States of America. My mind went to the many people I know, Ghanaians…

The Koforidua Diocesan Priests Association of the Roman Catholic Church-Ghana has donated medical supplies and PPEs to 15 Catholic health facilities operating under the Christian Health Association of Ghana (CHAG). The items are to support the health care systems and personnel in dire need of these supplies in the fight against Covid-19. Three out of the 15 facilities are managing Covid-19 cases already. The Items include surgical masks, gloves, N-95 masks, hand hygiene items, among others. President of the Association Very Rev. Fr. Joseph A.A. Asumadu, who led the priests to give out the donation to the facilities, explained that…

The Gambia has demanded a “credible” investigation after the son of a diplomat was shot dead by US police. Thirty-nine-year-old Momodou Lamin Sisay was shot after a car chase in Georgia on Friday morning, according to the preliminary investigation by Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI). He was pronounced dead on the scene. The police said he had produced a gun. The shooting comes amid widespread protests after a US police officer killed George Floyd last week. What happened to Sisay? Georgia investigators said that at approximately 03:49 in the morning, a police officer in Snellville, Georgia attempted to stop his…

The Eastern Regional Health Director, Dr. Alberta Twum-Nyarko, has officially declared all 70 staff of the Afcons Camp B who were working on the Tema-Mpakadan Railway fully recovered from Covid-19. Work on the railway is expected to re-start soon. Work on the project by Afcons came to a halt when Eastern Region’s first case count of the virus began from Camp B residential site. For 10 weeks, 70 of their workers had to be managed on site by health personnel. They have been officially declared fully fit from Covid-19 after a visit to the site by the Eastern Regional Covid-19…

About 120 members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Bugya Pala community in the Walewale Constituency in the North East Region have defected to the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP). In a statement, the Deputy Regional Secretary of the NPP in the North East Region, Ibrahim Yamusah said the move was as a result of the good developmental projects that the New Patriotic Party was executing in the constituency. It all started when Chief Paabobadana had a dream to move his family from the NDC to the NPP. Below is the full statement: MASS DEFECTION HITS NDC…

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has equated locally manufactured face masks to internationally accepted N-95 masks for use by health workers. In a write-up, the FDA said a head-to-head comparison of the locally manufactured masks using the American Society for Testing of Materials (ASTM) methods proved that they are equivalent to the N-95 masks. Find the write-up below: LOCALLY MADE MEDICAL FACE MASKS ( Equivalent to N-95 Face Mask) Specification: In accordance with Public Available Specifications (GS PAS 4:2020) and FDA requirements for registration of locally made Face Masks. Description: Three layered Face mask ie. a two layer fabric…

Director General of the National Sports Authority (NSA) Professor Peter Twumasi has revealed that contact sport football could not resume as football fans anticipated because of how expensive it is. Football in Ghana will remain suspended until at least 31st July, 2020, as government announced further lifting of restrictions enforced to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Speaking on Onua TV’s sports show Agoro Fie on Monday, June 1, the Director General said the protocols and the cost laid before the government’s COVID-19 task force were expensive. “When we met the Ghana COVID-19 task force team, the protocols and its…

Acting Director of Public Affairs for the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) Sylvia Annor says the divergent opinions held by political parties at the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) level is not new. Madam Sylvia Annor says different stances have been taken by political parties but the EC always comes in as an arbiter. She was speaking on Monday, June 1 on Onua TV’s 100 Degrees hosted by Bright Kwasi Asempa. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has been on collision course with the EC over the neglect of existing voter ID cards as one of the basic required documents for the compilation…

The Minister of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Kofi Dzamesi, has issued further directives pursuant to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s announcement that religious services can restart from Friday, June 5. Addressing journalists in Accra on Monday, June 1 as hinted by the president in his address on Sunday, Mr Dzamesi said though churches and mosques are to reopen, strict safety measures to curb the spread of Covid-19 apply. Key among the protocols for churches is that there must not be crowd-dancing and waving of handkerchiefs during services. Singing in groups is also discouraged with pre-recorded songs or solos rather recommended.…

The discussion on how to project gospel music in Ghana to the international world has been on a lot of media platform and the latest to comment on the issue is international evangelist Dr Lawrence Tetteh. Dr Tetteh has admonished Ghanaian gospel musicians to at least belong to a church. The debate, which was spark by award winning radio/TV broadcast journalist and host of Onua 95.1 FM’s entertainment talk show Anigye Mmre Christian Agyei Frimpong, has gained attention on almost all entertainment talk shows in the country. Commenting on the way forward to project Ghana gospel music, Dr Tetteh advised…