Author: Krobea

There seems to be no clear-cut understanding as to whether persons in the creative arts industry are part of a proposed stimulus package to be given by the government. While the Creative Arts Council is collating information from some creative industry persons to be submitted to the government, the Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister has disclosed that the package is for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). It emerged last week that the Creative Arts Council headed by Mark Okraku Mantey was collating information from creative persons who have been affected by Covid-19 to be submitted to the government for support.…

A Chinese national, working at quarry company Coastal Quarry located near Anto in the Shama District of the Western Region, has tested positive for Covid-19. The patient, who is one of six Chinese and 32 Ghanaians working at the quarry company, arrived in Ghana on Saturday, March 21 and was in self-isolation for the mandatory period of 14 days. A release from the Western Region Minister, Kwabena Okyere Darko Mensah, said though he showed no sign and symptoms of the virus, the medical team took his sample for testing on 8 April, 2020 to confirm his status. “Unfortunately, he tested…

Actress Lydia Forson is advocating a comprehensive local language approach in educating the public on coronavirus (Covid-19). This, she believes, is the surest way of curbing the high level of indiscipline and disregard for directives and measures put in place to halt the spread of the deadly pandemic. Lydia Forson’s call follows a video that surfaced online Sunday of some residents of Chorkor, a suburb of Accra, defying President Nana Akufo-Addo’s directive to stay at home. Currently, there is a ban on public gatherings. Some parts of the country –Accra, Tema, Kasoa and Kumasi – are currently under lockdown as…

Ghana’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Papa Owusu Ankomah has tested positive for coronavirus, 3news.com has gathered. He has, therefore, been sent to the intensive care unit (ICU) of one of the Royal Hospitals, where he is responding to treatment. Papa Owusu Ankomah was confirmed positive about three days ago, 3news.com gathers, and has been on a ventilator. A close family relation said his wife had earlier shown symptoms of the viral disease. She has, however, been quarantined. The UK’s Health Secretary Matt Hancock has been updating the country on the pandemic as Prime Minister Boris Johnson recovers from…

The Bureau of Public Safety (BPS) has expressed concerns if further steps are not taken “all the good efforts applied will come to nought and eventually our country will be consumed by this ravaging novel virus”. In a statement issued on Friday, the Director of Research and Advocacy of the Bureau, Etornam Korda, said Ghana must be ahead of coronavirus. She said the periodic updates from President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is inspiring but the latest update as regards the lockdown and the data on the spread of infections gives cause to worry. The Bureau has therefore asked government to…

Six Barcelona board members have resigned and told president Josep Maria Bartomeu they are unhappy at how the club is being managed. In a joint letter, the six expressed concern over the financial implications of the coronavirus crisis for the club. They also criticised the handling of a scandal in February when the club were forced to deny hiring a firm to attack its own players on social media. And they called for Barca to call new presidential elections. Emili Rousaud and Enrique Tombas – two of the club’s four vice-presidents – quit alongside four directors: Silvio Elias, Josep Pont,…

Gold Fields Ghana has committed more than $830,000 to fight the Covid-19 pandemic in its operating areas in the Western Region and other parts of Ghana. The Company, through the Ghana Chamber of Mines, has contributed $433,891 to support the efforts by the Ghana Government to reduce the spread of the coronavirus and assist the most vulnerable section of the country’s population. Alfred Baku, Executive Vice President and Head of West Africa Region, said: “This contribution represents our timely response to the call by the Government of Ghana to support in the fight against Covid-19, which has been spreading since…

Harlequin Oil and Gas, a leading, fully Ghanaian-owned Fabrication, Hydraulics and General Engineering Services Company has been adjudged Local Content Achievement Company of the Year 2020 by The Oil and Gas Year (TOGY), the most prestigious oil and gas journal with global footprints.  The award recognized the importance of the recent acquisition of the Harlequin Group by a group of local entrepreneurs in 2018. The acquisition made the Harlequin Group, an already prominent player in the upstream service sector, eligible for certification by the Petroleum Commission (PC) as a fully indigenous Ghanaian company in 2019. Mr. Kofi Oduro Mensah, Co-CEO…

Ghana’s coronavirus cases have risen from 313 to 378, the president has disclosed. In a nationwide broadcast on Thursday night, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said despite the rising records, Ghana has been modestly successful in containing the virus. The first two cases of Covid-19 were recorded on Thursday, March 12. As of the time the president addressed the nation, the number of confirmed cases stood at 313. But he said government’s 3Ts approach of testing, tracing and treatment is yielding good results. So far, 37,405 contacts of the index patients have been traced. Out of that number, 31,933 were…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the “poorest of the poor” Ghanaians will have their electricity bills for the next three months absorbed by government. This comes after he announced the absorption of water bills for April, May and June for all Ghanaians in his last address on Sunday, April 5 as part of efforts to mitigate the effect of the lockdown on citizens. “Government will fully absorb electricity bills for the poorest of the poor. ie for all lifeline consumers,” President Akufo-Addo announced on Thursday in his sixth nationwide broadcast.. “It is free electricity for persons who consume 0…