Author: Krobea

The Ghana Police Service (GPS) has adopted a new framework aimed at promoting relations between the Service and the media, enhancing safety of journalists and countering impunity for crimes against journalists in Ghana. The adoption of the Framework followed over a year-long series of multi-stakeholder engagements and consultations facilitated by the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) with funding support from UNESCO, OSIWA and IFEX. The process commenced with a forum on Police-Media relations in Ghana on July 11, 2018, which was addressed by the then Inspector General of Police, Mr. David Asante-Apeatu. The forum concluded with a key recommendation…

The Functional Executive Committee (FEC) of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has cleared four constituencies to elect their parliamentary candidates for the 2020 elections. The four constituencies are Assin South, Mfantsiman, Fanteakwa North and Ellembelle. The primaries will come off on Saturday, August 31. The opposition party held primaries in 157 constituencies last Saturday with nine sitting Members of Parliament losing their seats. After next Saturday’s exercise, 114 constituencies will be left to elect their 2020 parliamentary candidates. The primaries in those constituencies have been delayed as a result of complaints and petitions by candidates and some members. Other complaints…

The prime minister’s decision to suspend Parliament has prompted an angry backlash from MPs and opponents of a no-deal Brexit. It sparked protests across the country, a legal challenge and a petition with more than a million signatures. The government said the five-week suspension in September and October will still allow time to debate Brexit. Leader of the House Jacob Rees-Mogg said opponents of the PM were “phoney” and just wanted to stay in the EU. He told BBC Breakfast that Parliament would normally head into a recess for the party conferences in September anyway – adding there would still…

A popular and controversial Egyptian television talk show host has been suspended from appearing in the media for a year over remarks she made on-air about obesity among Egyptian women. Egypt’s media regulator said Reham Saeed breached professional standards by using words and phrases that were clearly offensive to women in Egypt. Ms Saeed’s programme on a private television channel, Al-Hayah TV, had already been suspended after saying overweight Egyptian women were‘‘burdens to their families and the state’’. Her remarks were in line with a recent anti-obesity drive by the Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, but they set off a…

The three suspects arrested in connection with the murder of two police officers on duty at the Buduburam Camp, near Kasoa, in the Central Region are expected to be taken to court on Friday, August 30, 2019. The Central Regional Police Public Affairs Director, DSP Irene Oppong, has therefore promised that they will follow the criminal justice system of Ghana without violating the rights of these suspects. Sergeant Michael Djamesi and Lance Corporal Mohammed Awal were conducting a motor check along the Kasoa to Buduburam stretch when they signaled an unregistered Toyota Camry to stop. The driver reportedly refused so…

The police have arrested three suspects in connection with the shooting near the Liberia refugees’ camp on Wednesday afternoon. The three suspects; Ibrahim Zakaria, Issac Amissah and Dominic Commey were arrested a few hours after the incident. They are currently assisting the police in further investigations. The shooting left one officer dead on the spot with another later dying at the Police Hospital in Accra. Police officer shot dead near Liberia camp The two officers; Chief Inspector Quansah and General Sergeant Michael Gyamasi were stationed at the Kasoa Motor Transport and Traffic Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service. “The…

A police officer has been shot dead by suspected armed robbers in an unregistered Toyota Camry near the Liberian refugees’ camp in Gomoa Buduburam in the Central Region, 3news.com can confirm. One other officer was severely injured but he is receiving treatment at the Police Hospital in Accra after getting emergency care at St Gregory Catholic Hospital in Kasoa. Eye witnesses told 3news.com that the officers were of the Motor Transport and Traffic Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service and were on that stretch inspecting unregistered vehicles. They were therefore unarmed. But after the driver of the Toyota Camry…

The Prime Minister of Mauritius, Pravind Jugnauth, paid a courtesy call on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Wednesday on the sidelines of the TICAD 7 conference. One matter of discussion had to do with the decolonisation of the island of Diego Garcia, which is currently home to a United States military base. The International Court of Justice, in February 2019, indicated that Britain must give up control of the island to Mauritius. The opinion, issued in The Hague by the court’s majority, said that the decolonisation of Mauritius “was not lawfully completed” when it attained independence because Britain carved…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says his government, over the course of the last two and a half years in office, has succeeded in restoring fiscal discipline in the management of the economy, resulting in the macroeconomic indices pointing in the right direction. According to President Akufo-Addo, the favourable macroeconomic situation prevailing in the country is a firm indication of his government’s commitment to the creation of a conducive business atmosphere needed for the private sector to flourish. Speaking at the plenary session of the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) on Wednesday, August 28, the President noted…

The Chief Justice, Her Ladyship Justice Sophia Akuffo, has commissioned a new District Magistrate Court in Wulensi in the Nanumba South District of the Northern Region. The edifice, which is the first of its kind in the district, was built with the District Development Facility of the assembly. Addressing a mammoth gathering of chiefs and people of Wulensi, Chie Justice Akuffo said her office is working on reforms to facilitate a fast justice delivery system. She hinted of a merger of the lower courts for cases to be heard in one facility. She explained that the merger will lessen the…