Author: Krobea

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed an interlocutory injunction seeking to stop the construction works being carried out in relation to the National Cathedral at Ridge in Accra. The Supreme Court unanimously held that Article 2 (2) of the 1992 Constitution makes provision for adequate remedy in case the action of the defendant failed or is declared unconstitutional. “In order not to prejudice the substantive matter, we will refrain from touching on the legal issues, the application for injunction is however dismissed,” the SC ruled. Jonathan Holm a businessman had gone to the SC on the basis that government has…

The Christian Council of Ghana (CCG) is to report to the police a journalist who authored a publication alleging that the Council has received an amount of GH¢145 million from the government to carry out election-related activities towards the December polls. The Council says it wants the journalist to provide “further and better particulars” of the allegation to the police because it has not received any money from the state. The Council on Tuesday denied receiving any such money from the government or any other state institution to carry out election-related activities. “No such amount had been credited to the…

Low-skilled workers would not get visas under post-Brexit immigration plans unveiled by the government. It is urging employers to “move away” from relying on “cheap labour” from Europe and invest in retaining staff and developing automation technology. The Home Office said EU and non-EU citizens coming to the UK would be treated equally after UK-EU free movement ends on 31 December. Labour said the “hostile environment” will make it hard to attract workers. But Home Secretary Priti Patel said the new system would mean “the brightest and the best will be able to come to the United Kingdom”. The government,…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated emphatically that the peace and stability of the nation which is being enjoyed by the Ghanaian people will be maintained in the aftermath of the 7th December general elections. President Akufo-Addo was speaking at the 20th anniversary celebration of the founding of the Tertiary Students Confederation (TESCON), on Tuesday, February 18, in Ho, in the Volta Region, in response to assertions made by the former President John Mahama to the effect that there will strife, conflict and chaos in the aftermath of the December 7 elections. Addressing a packed Ho Technical University auditorium,…

The Head of the Virology Department of Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Professor William Kwabena Ampofo, says seven out of the 21 cases tested for coronavirus showed symptoms as outlined by the Ghana Health Service despite all proving negative. He, therefore, called for vigilance and heightened effort as the disease is closer than probably thought. For him, Ghana is safe for now but measures have to be put in place to fight the disease in case of an outbreak. He admitted that the symptoms of the coronavirus disease are hard to tell and therefore makes the viral disease hard…

Ghana’s foremost aerospace medicine specialist Dr Issaka Yakubu Akparibo has cautioned the government not to make the mistake of using emergency centres mounted to prevent Ebola in 2014 as centres for the new coronavirus disease. Dr Akparibo says the modes of transmission of the two diseases are “totally different” and so the mechanism in preventing them should also be different. He made this suggestion on Tuesday, February 18 while making a presentation at a public forum on coronavirus organized by Media General in collaboration with Vodafone Ghana. The forum sought answers to Ghana’s preparedness in case of a possible outbreak.…

Did you know Depression is a silent killer that can weaken your immune system and invite diseases like cancer into your body? Did you also know that the worst form of it is Post-Partum Depression? Well, picture this! After months of baking your bun in the oven, you are so excited that you finally get to meet your baby. Baby is here and oh what a beauty! All the oohs and ahhs about how cute your baby is send chills down your spine, and you begin to treasure every moment spent with your baby. You fall in love all over…

The Baba Yara Sports Stadium has been declared by the government as the next venue to host the 63rd National Independence celebration in Kumasi. According to the Acting Regional Director of the National Sports Authority, the stadium has been closed down since Monday for renovation and preparation toward the upcoming celebration. In a public notice dated 17th February, 2020, Edmond Appiah said that the decision is “to enable the Youth and Sports Ministry and the National Sports Authority have ample uninterrupted time to fi critical places of the stadium before the celebration of Ghana’s 63rd independence Anniversary Celebration”. “The total…

The Queen’s nephew the Earl of Snowdon and his wife the Countess of Snowdon have “amicably agreed” to divorce, a spokesman for the couple has said. The earl, David Armstrong-Jones, is the son of the late Princess Margaret and photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones. He has been married to wife Serena for 26 years. They have two children. The announcement comes less than a week after the Queen’s grandson Peter Phillips and his wife Autumn also revealed they are to split. In a statement on Monday, a spokesman for the Snowdons said: “The Earl and Countess of Snowdon have amicably agreed that…

Health officials in China have published the first details of more than 70,000 cases of Covid-19, in the biggest study since the outbreak began. Data from the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CCDC) found that more than 80% of the cases have been mild, with the sick and elderly most at risk. The research also points to the high risk for medical staff. It comes as a hospital director in Wuhan died from the virus on Tuesday. Liu Zhiming, 51, was the director of the Wuchang Hospital in Wuhan – one of the leading hospitals in the virus…