Author: Krobea

Westline Entertainment, organizers of the annual music awards in Western Region, are all set for the third edition slated for Saturday, May 11 at the Best Western Plus Atlantic Hotel in Takoradi. Dubbed Rigworld Training Centre (RTC) Western Music Awards, this year’s awards ceremony would begin with a red carpet event. There will be three new categories – Urban Gospel Song of the Year, Afropop Song of the year and Brassband of the Year – to add to the 23 for this year’s event. According to Westline Entertainment, these new categories will help other genres in the industry to be…

The central bank has issued a warning to companies, institutions and individuals engaged in businesses in foreign exchange. According to a statement from the Bank of Ghana, the sole legal tender in Ghana is the Ghana Cedi and Ghana pesewa. The statement reminded all and sundry about the Foreign Exchange Act, 2006 (Act 723), which prohibits the pricing, advertising and receipt or payment for goods and services in foreign currency in Ghana. “Such violations are punishable by summary conviction, a fine up to seven hundred penalty units or a prison term of not more than eighteen months, or both.” Source:…

Suspect Helen Huang has yet to report to the Criminal Investigative Department (CID) of the Northern Regional Police Command of the Ghana Police Service after her police enquiry bail on Tuesday. She was granted the bail after her arrest following suspected illegal logging of rosewood. The Northern Regional Crime Officer, Superintendent Otuo Acheampong, revealed that the suspect is yet to report as at 9:47am Thursday May 9. “She says she’s still getting her papers,” he said. “She just said she’s sure she will come today. She wouldn’t tell me when to expect her even when I tried to ask what…

Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) Yofi Grant has expressed optimism his firm will achieve its target of $10 billion of investment within the next two years. In an interview with Natalie Fort during the World Meets in Ghana Investors Forum marked as part of Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II 20th anniversary in Kumasi, Mr Grant noted that GIPC is looking at an array of projects which are expected to help it draw nearer to its target “As at end of 2018, the GIPC registered about $3.4 billion of FDI, in 2017 it registered $4.9 billion of FDI,…

Votes are being counted in South Africa’s general election, with President Cyril Ramaphosa hoping to prevent a slide in support for the governing African National Congress. With results declared in some 30% of districts, the ANC has won about 55% of the ballot, well ahead of the opposition Democratic Alliance on 26%. The governing party took 62% at the last election in 2014. Anger over the economy and corruption may have eroded its appeal. Turnout was about 65% in the twin parliamentary and provincial elections – a drop compared to the 73% registered five years ago. Full results are due…

I came across a video and an audio in circulation on social media with a message to tell people that a malaria vaccine that was going to be rolled out in Ghana wasn’t good and should be rejected. It was interesting to know the reaction they incited amongst people with quite a number immediately buying into the message in spite of its obvious lack of any truthful facts. I watched the video and also listened to the audio critically. I don’t know if these two people had done any research about what they were saying but they didn’t appear to…

Police in the Northern Region have arrested a Chinese national, Helena Huang for attempting to transport two 24-footer trucks loaded with four containers of rosewood from Tamale. The trucks, according to the Northern Regional Police Crime Officer, Otuo Acheampong, were intercepted at the Vitting Barrier Tuesday, May 7 by officers on duty. He further indicated that the suspect Helen Huang, 43, had no logging, salvaging nor lumber certificate when she was arrested. The trucks were impounded and transported to the regional headquarters of the Ghana Police Service. The suspect has been “granted a police enquiry bail and asked to report…

The Volta Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has assured it is on high alert over the threat by the Homeland Study Group Foundation (HSGF) to carry out its action of restoring Western Togoland as an independent state from Ghana. Leaders of the group were arrested last Sunday after meeting to make the declaration on Thursday, May 9, 2019. The Chairman of the REGSEC, Dr Archibald Yao Letsa, said a combined team of police and military officers has been stationed at the strategic points in towns and cities to ensure such action does not occur. The Volta Regional Minister gave the assurance…

“Chief, is that normal?” I asked my cameraman named Richmond Tano. He sat by me. “I was about asking you, too,” responded Tano. “Ajala! [comic exclamation] And there are no stop points in the air, too,” I said jokingly. We shared seats 11C and 11D respectively. I was just by the window. Whereas I had enjoyed peeping through the window admiring nature― God’s handiwork― I had my intestines pacing up and down like a drunkard trying to find his way up a hill. I was gripped with fear when the flight attendant, who I later learnt she was called Matilda,…

‘Uber Driver’ hitmaker Wendy Shay has said the most remarkable thing her mother ever did for her was giving birth to her. According to her, her mother was very young when she gave birth to her. “My mother gave birth to me at age 17,” she revealed as she share her love for her mother ahead of Mothers’ Day on Sunday. Speaking to Onua FM’s Drive Time host Papa Kofi, the songstress, born Wendy Addo, disclosed the striking resemblance between her and her mother. “I remember my mother whenever I look at myself in the mirror because we look very…