Author: Krobea

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…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has extended by one more week the lockdown imposed on Greater Accra and Greater Kumasi. This was by an Executive Instrument (EI) on Thursday and it takes effect from 1:00am Monday, April 13 “subject to review”. President Akufo-Addo made this known in his sixth nationwide broadcast on coronavirus as he periodically keeps Ghanaians up to speed on government’s measures in these “abnormal” times. He had announced a lockdown of Accra, Tema, Kasoa and Kumasi on Friday, March 27 in an effort to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus disease. He said government’s measures and,…

The Union of Professional Nurses and Midwives, Ghana (UPNMG) has expressed disagreement with the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) over the latter’s proposals to the president as regards who frontline health workers are. At a meeting at the Presidency on Wednesday, leadership of the Association had defined frontline nurses involved in the fight against Covid-19 to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and subsequently proposed that those who are not working at treatment centres will receive 35 per cent of their basic salaries as allowance. In a statement issued on Thursday, UPNMG said GRNM’s proposal is “unacceptable and contradicts…

Botswana’s 57 MPs will be put in mandatory quarantine for 14 days after a parliamentary nurse tested positive for Covid-19, the respiratory illness caused by coronavirus. The order to quarantine the lawmakers was made by Director of Health Services Malaki Tshipayagae, according to a tweet from the government. https://twitter.com/BWGovernment/status/1248180995834163200?s=20 The country on Thursday confirmed seven new coronavirus cases, including a health worker who was on duty during parliament’s session on Wednesday. President Mokgweetsi Masisi also attended the session in which lawmakers debated on extending the state of emergency to to six months. The president recently concluded his 14 days in…

Europe’s Christians are facing an extraordinary Easter under lockdown, with traditionally large congregations replaced by livestreamed services. On Friday the Vatican will livestream Pope Francis’s celebration of the Passion in St Peter’s Basilica and prayer of the Stations of the Cross. Portugal has not been hit as badly as Spain and Italy by coronavirus, but has now ordered people to stay at home, with police roadblocks to cut travel. Poland has also imposed strict curbs. The Pope’s Palm Sunday mass took place behind closed doors at St. Peter’s on 5 April, with just a few people attending. Poland, where Easter…