Author: Krobea

The Executive Secretary of the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) has called on National Security to – as a matter of urgency – ensure that the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) stays true to its core mandate. According to Duncan Amoah, BOST has in recent times been focused on “completely tangential developments derailing it from achieving the core mandates and objectives as envisioned by the Act setting up this facility”. Mr Amoah noted in a statement issued on Wednesday, September 18 that BOST was set up about 20 years ago to ensure that there is adequate storage…

It is an undeniable fact that the prime purpose of a nuclear regulatory body is to ensure that all licensees operate their facilities and practices in a safe and secured manner at all times.  This implies that every country that uses radiation and nuclear technologies for socio-economic development needs a nuclear regulatory body to ensure that within their counties, activities relating to the peaceful applications of nuclear and related technologies are carried out in a safe and secured manner in accordance with international safety and security principles and with respect of the environment and property. The Look of an Effective…

Mid-week football nights are back. Emotions are on the rise. Bets will be lost. Upsets will be embedded in history and trolls will haunt you for a day or two and most importantly all eyes will be on players coming from different countries. It is the UEFA Champions League. This season, Ghana is being represented by five outstanding players. Thomas Partey The 26-year-old needs no introduction. Thomas Partey’s performances week-in week-out in the La Liga have many clubs coming after him. His long range shots that mostly turn into goals will leave many mouth-watering in the Champions League this…

Members of the Ghana Rugby national women’s Sevens team, the Ghana Eagles, reached out to Ghana’s national football team, the Black Queens, to show solidarity with them in their quest to qualify for the 2020 Olympics in Japan. Both Ghana’s national women’s teams of the two largest team sports in the world, football and rugby, will be chasing the Olympics dream during September and October of 2019. The Ghana Rugby Women’s Sevens Eagles will take on eleven of Africa’s top women’s teams on 12 and 13 October 2019 in Tunisia for a chance to qualify. The national women’s football team,…

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has commended Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II for his address at the UN High Level Forum on Culture of Peace last Friday and said he made Ghana proud. Mr Rawlings, however, chastised persons who have put political spin on the Asante king’s address. A former Chief of Staff to Mr Mahama, Julius Debrah, issued a statement on Sunday, contesting aspects of the pronouncements of the Asantehene, who said but for his persuasion of Mr Mahama to concede defeat, the country would have been plunged into electoral violence. “As former Chief of Staff to President Mahama,…

More police officers have been deployed to the Black Star Square, where a help centre has been set up to assist parents and guardians whose wards have challenges with their school selection and placement. On Monday, September 16, the number swelled at the Greater Accra Region’s centre as parents and guardians sought solutions to their challenges. Most of these parents and their wards had to be in the sun for too long, leaving some so frustrated. A mother collapsed and her daughter expressed frustration, saying she will not continue her education any longer if government does not solve the situation.…

As a little boy, I never dared to learn how to ride a bicycle. I had heard a lot about how almost everyone got injured somewhat while learning how to balance themselves on a bike. The thought of getting hurt sent shivers down my spine. I enjoyed sitting behind friends who were skilled at riding the two-wheeled vehicle but I never made any effort to ride alone. Thanks to one thing― fear. Each day I saw friends ride down our street, I felt deep within that I could do better. I felt riding a bicycle wasn’t beyond me but my…

Thousands of parents and junior high school (JHS) graduates have thronged the help centre of the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) at the Black Star Square over the 2019 senior high schools selection. Most of the parents are dissatisfied with the schools in which their wards have been placed while a few are yet to self-place their kids in the System. “My ward had a day school at Asante Akyem Dwaso,” a single mum resident in Accra told TV3’s Wendy Laryea. “I can’t let her go to Asante Akyem Dwaso because I am based here in Accra and…

The winners of the 2019 edition of the National Science & Maths Quiz (NSMQ), St. Augustine’s College last month enjoyed a trip to remember when they embarked on a 10-day all-expenses-paid educational tour to Nairobi and Dubai. This was part of their grand prize for winning the prestigious high school competition. The team that embarked on the tour comprised the three contestants of St. Augustine’s College: Joseph Maino Afful, Anthony Papa Eliason and Jimmy Stephen Newton; their coach, Isaac Adomako; the Quiz Mistress, Dr. Elsie Effah Kaufmann; Mr. Stephen Yankey and Ms. Philomena Ewuakye, staff of Primetime, producers of the…

A member of the communications team of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Godwin Edudzi Tamakloe, says Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II’s role in governance in Ghana cannot be underestimated. The private legal practitioner, however, insists that the King of Ashanti’s revelation that he had to persuade former President John Mahama in 2016 to concede defeat is not entirely factual. Addressing the UN High Level Forum on Culture of Peace last Friday, Asantehene Osei Tutu II underscored the efforts by traditional authority to liaise with political leadership in ensuring peace in the country. “I’m proud that in a quiet and informal…