Author: Krobea

Veteran actress Beatrice Chinery, popularly called ‘Miliky MiCool’, has died. The actress, according to reports, passed away on Wednesday morning at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. The actress, brother Robert Chinery told Peacefmonline, has not been well for some months now but was rushed to the hospital Wednesday morning. She, however, died upon arrival at the hospital. Miliky MiCool, according to reports, died of high blood pressure and other health complications. Beatrice Chinery started acting on stage in 1993 and she shot into fame through popular television series ‘Kejetia’ in the 2000s. She is also known for featuring in popular…

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has said the country is preparing a 40,000-bed field hospital at Namboole Stadium in the capital, Kampala, for coronavirus patients. The president said the Ministry of Health was initially planning for 9,000-bed facility but he had instructed that the capacity be increased. Uganda has so far recorded 657 cases of Covid-19, the respiratory illness caused by coronavirus. Mr Museveni said the country had managed to prevent coronavirus-related deaths but warned that as the numbers increased there could be deaths. President Museveni criticised some people for not following regulations to social distance by attending burials and weddings.…

The Takoradi Divisional Police Command has arrested Islamic Scholar Abubakar Mustapha, popularly known as Mallam Bawa, who allegedly cut off the finger of an 18-year-old boy accused of stealing a wall clock and other items from an Islamic school. Mallam Bawa was brought in by some Muslim clerics and family members after efforts by the police to trace him proved futile. They arrived at the police station around 11:00am on Wednesday, a few minutes after the police had returned from his house to try to effect his arrest. The brother of the victim had earlier led the police to the…

A memorial organised by Ghana last Friday to remember the late George Floyd got a special mention during his funeral in the US. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Ghana received a standing ovation for the event,which received widespread condemnation locally. Following the death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old African American, on May 25, 2020, there have been protests in several states and cities in the US. Floyd died in Minneapolis, Minnesota after Derek Chauvin, a white police officer, pressed his knee to Floyd’s neck for almost nine minutes while Floyd was handcuffed face down in the street; two other…

Former President John Dramani Mahama has sent a strong indication yet that no one should assume that his party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), will accept the results of the December 7 elections if they found the process to have been partial. For him, all citizens of Ghana are entitled to vote and the question of citizenship is unambiguous. “As leader of the NDC, I wish to serve notice that we shall do all our parts to ensure that our country remains peaceful and that the electoral process proceeds smoothly but let nobody assume that we will accept the results…

Chief Executive Officer of the Dalex Finance Ken Thompson has noted that the stimulus package provided to support businesses by the government in this period of the coronavirus pandemic will enable these businesses to operate until better times re-emerge in the future. He explained on the Sunrise morning show hosted by Alfred Ocansey on 3FM 92.7 Wednesday, June 10 that the package will also enable businesses to pay taxes, which will in the end fetch government some form of revenue for development. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo launched a GH¢1 billion Coronavirus Alleviation Programme (CAP) Business Support Scheme to help…

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Ellembelle Constituency in the Western Region, Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah, envisions expanding to six his Food Bank project to strategic parts of the constituency to support needy families facing hunger challenges. Already, he has set up the Central Food Bank at the district capital, operations beginning in April, 2020. The Covid-19 pandemic has brought to the fore, forcefully, the inequalities in various communities. During the partial lockdown imposed due to the pandemic, many families were at their wits’ end so much so that some benevolent individuals distributed handouts to enable them meet their daily…

Political Science Lecturer at the Methodist University-Ghana Dr. Osei Bonsu is convinced voter apathy would affect the chances of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the December 7 polls. According to him, the situation will be fueled by disparities within the party. Dr Osei Bonsu also mentioned the disqualification of some parliamentary aspirants from the party’s upcoming primaries as another reason. He has, therefore, admonished the party’s leadership to mend their fences after the primaries. Dr. Osei Bonsu stated these while speaking to Nana Yaw Opare on the Yensempa morning show on Onua FM. He noted that the situation…

When US Democrats in Congress proposed legislation to reform the police following weeks of protests over the death of African American George Floyd at the hands of a white officer, commenters on social media only wanted to talk about one thing: what they were wearing. Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and other Democratic lawmakers were draped in scarves made from a cloth of colourful geometric Ghanaian designs called kente. It turned out to be quite a controversial sartorial choice. Why were they wearing it? The kente scarves were given out to the congressmen and women by…

Brazil has restored a website that lists the full data on Covid-19 in the country, just hours after it was ordered to do so by the Supreme Court. The health ministry stopped releasing cumulative totals for deaths and cases on Saturday, provoking uproar. On Tuesday a Supreme Court judge ordered the government to release the figures amid accusations of censorship. Brazil has the world’s second-highest number of cases – and has now more daily deaths than any other nation. Earlier, President Jair Bolsonaro said the change in policy was a result of actions being taken to improve Covid-19 reporting. The…