Author: Krobea

Former President of the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) Dr Tony Oteng-Gyasi has lauded government’s flagship industrialization policy, One-District One-Factory Programme. The economist-cum-lawyer maintains that the concept “makes a lot of sense”. Speaking on TV3’s Time With The Captains on Monday, September 30, the Chief Executive Officer of Tropical Cable and Conductor Limited said he is for any government that makes industrialization a part and parcel of policy making. He said he had started a similar concept way before the government launched the programme in 2017. For him, he said policies like that offer employment to many young people. “If…

There is freedom of speech and there is freedom of the press or press freedom but which pre-dates the other or which is pre-existent to the other and how different is one from the other?  Before we answer this question, it is imperative to indicate that freedom of the press is a form of freedom of the media hence we will use press freedom and freedom of the media interchangeably in this piece. Now, let us attempt an answer to the question above. Freedom of speech cannot be said to be the same as press freedom or freedom of the…

A 35-year-old Takoradi based taxi driver was nearly lynched after he was hired by four persons to go and rescue one of the kidnapped Takoradi girls – later confirmed dead by DNA – in a mission that turned futile. Together with the mother of the driver, Comfort Awoyie, who is the wife of the driver, walked in to the studios of Connect FM on Monday morning to narrate the incident to the station’s OMANBAPA morning show host, Nhyiraba Paa Kwesi Simpson According to the driver’s wife, one Hon Seidu Adam, an Assembly member from Effiakuma, and three other persons claimed…

The new comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) introduced as part of the current curriculum for basic education is already stirring controversy. Click here for a document on the guidelines of the CSE in Ghana Source: 3news.com

The climax of the joy of having an elder brother when growing up was when you both could share almost everything you had. Though we were three (3) years apart, we could exchange our clothes and no one could notice. What I had, he could wear. What he had, I usually wore. One Christmas, our parents bought each of us a different pair of shoes. Obviously, mine was more beautiful; they were trendy and matched my Christmas clothes. Anytime I wore those shoes, I was the cynosure of all eyes. Everyone couldn’t help but to admire my feet. What a…

A 3-0 win for Tunisia’s Etoile Sportive du Sahel at the Stade Mustapha Ben Jammet in Monastir on Sunday bundled Ghana’s Asante Kotoko out of the CAF Champions League. The Ghanaians had won the first leg 2-0 at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium a fortnight ago and therefore exited by 2-3 loss on aggregate. The Tunisian giants made their intentions of overturning the first leg deficit clear as their pressure paid off with a penalty – albeit controversial – in the 25th minute. Ben Ouanes converted the penalty to reduce the deficit. Though Asante Kotoko held on into the break,…

Christian Coleman shrugged off the controversy of his build-up to the World Championships to win the 100m final in 9.76 seconds. The pre-event favourite, who avoided a ban for three missed doping tests, finished well clear of defending champion and fellow American Justin Gatlin, who clocked 9.89 in Doha. Canada’s Andre de Grasse took bronze in 9.90. Britain’s European champion Zharnel Hughes was sixth in 10.03. Although he will receive generous plaudits for his display here, USA track great Michael Johnson said prior to the competition the three missed tests “completely disqualifies” his compatriot from being the face of the…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has paid tribute to former France President Jacques Chirac, who died on Thursday, September 26. Jacques Chirac died aged 86 years after a long illness. In a statement issued on Saturday, September 28, President Akufo-Addo expressed condolences to French President Emmanuel Macron and, by extension, to the people of France. “Our sympathies go also to his wife, children and family,” the Ghana leader said. He observed the astuteness of Jacques Chirac in international politics especially as regards his disposition as a friend of Africa and Ghana, in particular. “Bilateral relations between Ghana and France were…

Minister of State in charge of Tertiary Education Professor Kwesi Yankah has won the New Patriotic Party (NPP) primary in the Agona East Constituency. He polled 267 votes out of the total votes cast to win. Professor Yankah beat competition from Prince Yaw Essah, who polled 127 votes, and Dr. Ken Abrokwa, who got 175 votes. The Tertiary Education Minister, who is also an author, is seeking to enter Parliament for the first time on the NPP’s ticket. The Agona East seat is currently occupied by NDC MP, Queenstar Maame Pokuah Sawyerr. Source: 3news.com|Ghana

Cristiano Ronaldo returned from injury with a goal as Serie A champions Juventus maintained their unbeaten start to the season by beating SPAL. Ronaldo had missed the win over Brescia with an adductor problem, but powered home a header in the second half. Juve took the lead through Miralem Pjanic’s stunning curling strike on the stroke of half-time. SPAL keeper Etrit Berisha made stunning saves to keep out close-range headers from Aaron Ramsey and Sami Khedira. Meanwhile, legendary goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, 41, played his 903rd career game, a record for an Italian player, surpassing former AC Milan defender Paolo Maldini.…