Author: Krobea

On Thursday, 16th January, 2020, former President John Dramani Mahama spoke at the launch of the fundraising effort for his 2020 campaign to take back the presidency that he lost in 2016. In a report on the occasion, Starrfmonline quoted the leader of the National Democratic Congress as saying “We will bring back the automatic promotion of teachers. And cancel the teacher licensure exams. They say that we introduced the licensure exams; to be clear we never sought to use exams as a means of licensing teachers” (https://tinyurl.com/up3cv8y). This is not the first time we have heard comments along this…

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in the Western Region recovered GH¢2.5 million from illegal power connections from businesses and residents in 2019. “In 2019, the revenue protection unit recovered a total of GH¢2,626,886. Out of this amount, the businesses and persons caught engaging in illegal mining have paid to ECG GH¢2,518,766. This is more than 90 per cent of the total recoveries we made. However, efforts are underway for the rest to be paid,” John Quayson-Dadzie, regional Revenue Protection Manager of ECG told 3news.com. The amount was recovered from illegal power connection activities such as unauthorized service connections, meter…

In 2015, I took a bold decision that changed the course of my life greatly— I quit my career as a Biology teacher of St. Roses SHS, Akwatia. Well, I never set out to be a teacher (neither did I ever dream of being a writer) but by dint of fate, I found myself teaching these young, brilliant girls how to pass their exams. It was a whole new level of adventure and fun between 2011 and 2015. I woke up one morning and decided to chase my inherent passion— writing. I didn’t know whether or not it was going…

One of the best economic empowerment and job intervention programs introduced by the government to tackle graduate unemployment is the Nation Builders Corps (NABCO). As it stands, the NABCO initiative remains the best tool for economic empowerment presenting a ready-market skill for job acquisition by unemployed graduates. It is in this vein that Dr. Anyars Ibrahim, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is calling for a more enhanced and well strengthened NABCO brand to boost the chances of trainee beneficiaries who exit their terms of training. Dr. Ibrahim Anyars has further admonished NABCO trainees to eschew all tendencies that will bring the…

Mario Balotelli was sent off seven minutes after coming on as a substitute in Brescia’s draw with Cagliari in Serie A. The striker was shown a second yellow card for dissent nine minutes from time, moments after being booked for a high challenge on Fabio Pisacane. Balotelli will now miss Friday’s game against former club AC Milan through suspension. The 29-year-old has scored five goals since joining Brescia in August. Balotelli has now received 13 red cards in his career, and is only the second player in Europe’s top five leagues to have been dismissed in each of the past…

Liverpool continued their charge for a first league title in 30 years by beating rivals Manchester United. Virgil van Dijk opened the scoring at Anfield when he headed in Trent Alexander-Arnold’s early corner. A Roberto Firmino strike was ruled out by VAR for a foul on David de Gea, who also made a couple of superb saves to prevent the Reds scoring more. The hosts withstood some late pressure before Mohamed Salah made the win safe when he raced through to score. The win means Liverpool have 64 points from 22 games and they are 16 points clear of second-place…

A founder member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Kwame Amoako Tuffour, has referred the protests by the opposition parties against the new voters’ register as evidence that “they are dying”. To him, if the parties led by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) are confident enough, they would not protest the decision by the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) to have a new voters’ register. “If you are not confident enough, everything that comes your way is a problem,” he told Stephen Anti, host of Hot Issues on TV3, on Saturday, January 18. He said without recourse to the decision…

Medeama SC’s unbeaten run came to an end at Ghana’s version of Theatre of Dreams in Dawu, where Dreams FC pipped them by a lone goal. The game was a Week 5 fixture and the Tarkwa-based side wanted to match Berekum Chelsea, which is the only side yet to taste defeat and even concede in the 2019/20 Ghana Premier League. Issah Ibrahim’s strike under 10 minutes of play was the goal that separated the two sides at Dawu. In Dansoman, Hearts of Oak managed to come from 0-1 down at the Carl Reindorf Park to beat Liberty Professionals 2-1. It…

Ghanaian boxer Ayittey Powers is making a passionate appeal to his wife to return his son to him. According to the boxer, he returned from a trip in December, 2019 only to find his home empty without any sight of his wife and son and all efforts to reach her has proven futile. Speaking to 3news.com, the clearly disturbed Powers, born Michael Okine, stated that he had gone on a working trip outside Accra with the hope and excitement of seeing his wife and son but only came to meet the unexpected surprise. “I came back that day just within…

The Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) has dismissed reports that the award of a contract to Persol Systems Limited to construct a data centre for the commission was as a result of links with the Chairperson, Jean Mensa. According to the reports, the data management company is owned by the husband of the EC Chair. “This is an outrageous lie since the said company has no links whatsoever to the Chairperson and her husband,” the EC said in a statement on Sunday. Signed by Acting Director of Public Affairs Sylvia Annoh, the statement asked the public to disregard “this fabrication and…