Author: Krobea

US Ambassador to Ghana Stephanie S. Sullivan led an event on Wednesday in Kpone to mark the new partnership between the Ghanaian company Strategic Security Systems International, and its subsidiary Strategic Power Solutions, with the U.S. Company AEG International. Their initial objective will be to provide solar energy to six dioceses of the Ghana Catholic Church. The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) is providing grant support for AEG International to work with Strategic Power Solutions to conduct a detailed feasibility study for the project. The energy for the project will be generated from solar panels assembled in Ghana and…

Boeing has issued changes to controversial control systems linked to two fatal crashes of its 737 Max planes in the last five months. But it’s still not certain when the planes, that were grounded worldwide this month, will be allowed to fly. Investigators have not yet determined the cause of the accidents. As part of the upgrade, Boeing will install as a standard a warning system, which was previously an optional safety feature. Neither of the planes, operated by Lion Air in Indonesia and Ethiopian Airlines, that were involved in the fatal crashes, carried the alert systems, designed to warn…

A Bangladeshi woman has given birth to twins almost one month after delivering a premature baby boy, her doctor told the BBC. Arifa Sultana, 20, gave birth to a baby in late February, but 26 days later was rushed again to another hospital after feeling pain in her stomach. Doctors found she was still pregnant with twins in a second uterus, and performed an emergency Caesarean. Her twins were found to be healthy and were discharged with no complications. ‘We were shocked’ Ms Sultana, who is from a rural village, delivered her first baby at the Khulna Medical College Hospital…

Two men have been charged with a series of offences including rape after a group of British schoolgirls was attacked at gunpoint in Ghana. A number of armed men entered accommodation where the pupils and their teachers were staying during a school trip to the west African country in December. Police said a Ghanaian security guard was shot and the female victims were “subjected to serious sexual assaults”. Some of their possessions were stolen. Police in the UK said Ishmael Akyene, 34, a Ghanaian national, had been charged by Ghanaian police with 14 counts of robbery, one count of rape,…

UNIDO’s Director-General LI Yong will visit Ghana from Thursday, March 28 to Saturday, March 30, 2019.  Mr Yong is scheduled to meet with high level officials from government agencies including Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI), Ministry of Trade and Industry (MOTI), Ministry of Finance (MOF), Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration (MFARI) to discuss matters related to the close collaboration between of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and Ghana. He will also take the opportunity to visit selected industrial companies benefitting from UNIDO’s support in Ghana. One of the highlights of Mr Yong’s visit…

A Takoradi Circuit Court has remanded into police custody a seamstress, Rose Mawusi Fiaku, and a mason, Lawson Lartey, for stealing a one-year-old  baby. They are to reappear on Friday, April 5, 2019. At the first appearance in court, Rose pleaded guilty whilst Lawson pleaded not guilty. Rose’s sentence was, however, deferred to enable a pregnancy test to be performed on her whilst Lawson was remanded for his own safety. The two suspects were brought to the court premises by fully armed police personnel. Rose Mawusi Fiaku, 42, looked sad and regretful unlike her partner, Lawson Lartey, who looked angry.…

Some students and alumni of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) have embarked on a peaceful march in the Central Region to demand the reinstatement of some sacked lecturers. Their march on Wednesday is also aimed at calling for the head of the Vice Chancellor, Rev. Prof Anthony Afful-Broni. This action comes in the wake of happenings in the school, leading to its shutdown. UEW shut down indefinitely over violent protest Some of the placards held by the protestors read: ‘Bring Back Our Lecturers’, ‘President Akufo-Addo Act Now’, ‘Afful-Broni Y’abre wo’ and ‘VC Must Go’. It was amidst brass band…

The Weija Circuit Court in the Ga South Municipality which remanded a commercial driver and his conductor for assaulting a police officer has rescinded its earlier decision to hear the case on Monday, April 1, 2019 and brought it earlier to Friday, March 29 due to the deterioration in health of the two. The Court will hear the case on Friday to enable counsel for the two apply for bail for them to seek medical treatment. The health status of the driver, Francis Buabeng, and his mate, Albert Ansah, started deteriorating when they were allegedly subjected to serious beating while…

Aayalolo bus needs about GH¢500, 000 to come back to life – Deputy Transport Minister Government needs close to GHS500,000 to revamp the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in Accra, a deputy minister has noted. Apart from this, Aayalolo, as the system is popularly known, will need 40,000 litres of fuel to begin operations, the Deputy Minister of Transport revealed. Daniel Nii Kwartei Titus-Glover made the revelations in an interview with Onua FM’s Yen Sempa hosted by Bright Kwasi Asempa on Wednesday. He explained that “there is huge challenge and we need to designate lanes because all over the world, such buses have…

The National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, says the Akufo-Addo-led government has made corruption so attractive that it has become a venture for its appointees. He adds that the government has failed in its fight against corruption and it cannot pin its hope in the passage of the Right to Information (RTI) Bill to fight the canker. Speaking on TV3’s New Day on Wednesday, Sammy Gyamfi said corruption cases like the visa racketeering that rocked Ghana’s 2018 Commonwealth Games participation justify the wide perception that the current government is steeped in graft. He was speaking…