Author: Krobea

Government has met independent power producers (IPPs) as well as gas producers to come out with a sustainable strategy to ensure a viable energy sector. According to a statement issued by the Ministry of Finance on Monday, the current energy structure poses serious financial risks to the economy. The meeting had representatives of the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Energy in attendance. At the said meeting, it was agreed that an initial three-month consultation process begins in earnest. “The consultation will provide a forum for stakeholders to contribute to government’s energy strategy,” the statement signed Chief Director of the…

Police in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District of the Savannah Region have arrested eight armed men who attacked and burnt houses in Taletuma, a farming community in the district. The arrest was confirmed by the Sawla District Police Commander, ASP Degraft Armah Adjei. According to him, he received a call at 10:30pm Sunday that some armed men have attacked the community and immediately he organized his men. ASP Degraft added that when they got to the community, the armed men were there and some houses set ablaze. “So we quickly arrested the suspects made up of  two chiefs and six heavily built…

Conservative radio show host and former lawmaker Joe Walsh has become the second man to challenge President Donald Trump for the Republican Party’s 2020 White House nomination. “The country is sick of this guy’s tantrum [sic] – he’s a child,” Mr Walsh, 57, told ABC’s This Week, in what is seen as a long-shot challenge. President Trump made no immediate public comment on the news. Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld announced his challenge in April. Both men now face an uphill battle to take over a Republican Party that has been refashioned in Mr Trump’s image. No sitting president in…

Dear John Dumelo, Let me begin by congratulating you for winning the NDC parliamentary primaries in the Ayawaso West Wuogon (AWW) constituency to become the party’s Parliamentary Candidate in the constituency for election 2020. I also wish to welcome you to the enterprise of partisan politics, your newly found love. I only do hope that you haven’t totally abandoned the Creative Art industry and that, you would use your new ‘office’ to champion the interest and welfare of your former colleagues, actors and actresses in particular. As a brother and friend, kindly indulge me to share with you this piece…

“33And Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are but a youth, and he has been a man of war from his youth. 34But David said to Saul, “Your servant used to keep sheep for his father; and when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb from the flock, 35I went after him and smote him and delivered it out of his mouth; and if he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him and killed him. 36Your servant has…

Kenya has exported its first batch of oil as President Uhuru Kenyatta flagged off the crude shipment from the port of Mombasa on Monday morning. It is being described as a historic day and an important step on the way to the full exploration and development of oil in the East African nation. This is an experimental phase to test the country’s crude oil before full production and exportation begins in around 2024. The country is expected to earn $84m (£69m) over the next two years. UK-based Chinese company ChemChina UK Ltd won the bid to buy the first batch…

The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) has secured a 24–acre land for the construction of its operational head office in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis of the Western Region. The land is between the campus of the Ghana Secondary Technical School (GSTS) and the Western Region head office of the suspended Power Distribution Services (PDS) in Takoradi. A team of officials from GNPC, the Western Region Coordinating Council, Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA) and other relevant stakeholders have already inspected the land. The relocation of the operational head office of GNPC to the Western Region was among the many campaign promises of the…

Ghana forward Jordan Ayew believes there is “more where that came from” after his performance at Old Trafford that saw his Crystal Palace win there for the first time since 1991. The goal was his first this season – equalling his tally from last season – and he has used 19 games fewer to get his first goal this season. “We are happy; I think we put in a good performance. And now we just need to enjoy the moment because it is not easy to come and win at Old Trafford,” Ayew told Palace TV as reported by his…

Five persons have died in an accident that occurred at Okanta on the Suhum-Adoagyir highway. The accident occurred Sunday evening. The Nsawam Division Police Commander, Superintendent Mariam Osei Adu Owusu, confirmed the death toll of the accident to 3news.com on Monday. She said police preliminary findings suggest overspeeding and wrongful over-taking caused the avoidable accident. Four different vehicles were involved. An overspeeding saloon vehicle wrongfully overtook others running into three other vehicles after a head-on collision with one. All five deceased are Muslims returning from a programme in Koforidua. The deceased were trapped in the vehicle for hours as it…

Leader of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) John Dramani Mahama has called on all party members to come together to reclaim victory in next year’s elections. This comes after the party elected most of its parliamentary candidates on Saturday. Primaries were held in 157 constituencies with the rest scheduled to be held before the year ends. Mr Mahama, who is set to lead the party for a record third time in its history, stated on Sunday, a day after the polls, that the exercise has demonstrated the maturity of the NDC. No wonder, he added, he has a strong belief…