Author: Krobea

The Okyeman Caucus within the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has dissociated itself from comments made by Kwame Zu, the Ashanti Region Secretary, during the march by the Coalition for National Sovereignty last week. Kwame Zu’s comments had incensed the Okyeman Traditional Council, whose members joined a demonstration in Kyebi to call not only him but other NDC officials to order. The Council members demanded that the NDC offer ritual pacification over the comments by the party’s regional executive or risk being banned. But a statement issued by the Okyeman Caucus and signed by Coordinator Victor Smith on Wednesday, September 25…

Parliament is expected to debate on the visa waiver agreement between Ghana and Jamaica. Both nations entered the agreement in June 2019. That was when President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo visited the Caribbean nation. Foreign Minister Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey revealed the impending Parliamentary debate on the agreement when she met with her Jamaican counterpart, Kamina Johnson Smith, at the UN headquarters in New York. The meeting between the two ministers took place on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, USA. Madam Ayorkor Botchwey seized the opportunity to congratulate Jamaica for being elected to chair the United…

Planned Caesarean delivery can be the safest option for women who have had a Caesarean in the past, according to new research in PLoS Medicine. Attempting a vaginal birth was linked with a small but increased chance of complications for mother and baby compared with repeat Caesareans. The findings come from more than 74,000 births in Scotland. Experts say mums-to-be should be offered a choice of how to deliver – vaginal or Caesarean – when possible. A recent investigation by the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire programme suggests this is not always happening, with many women requesting a Caesarean being denied one.…

Round One of the polio vaccination exercise began in five regions on Wednesday, September 25 and scheduled to end on Saturday, September 28. The vaccination exercise targets all children Under 5. The Zero Round began from 11 September and ended on 14 September. At a stakeholders meeting to update the media on measures put in place by the Ghana Health Service and its partners on how it’s addressing the reported cases of polio in the country, Greater Accra Regional Director of Health Services, Dr Charity Sarpong, indicated the service has intensified surveillance. “In order to prevent further transmission, a comprehensive…

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Government of Ghana and Government of Switzerland through the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), on Tuesday launched the Global Quality and Standards Programme (GQSP) to improve standards and quality of exports. The GQSP is a new innovative global programme developed by UNIDO and funded by SECO that addresses country-specific quality and standards compliance capacity challenges in partner countries to facilitate market access for SMEs in selected value chains. As part of the launch, a short ceremony was held to outdoor COCOBOD Quality Control Company Limited accredited laboratory and cocoa inspection activities supported…

The Overlord of Dagbon, Yaa-Naa Abukari Mahama, has pledged support for the Investment Week Promotion of the Ghana Free Zones Authority (GFZA). He expressed his readiness to personally work with the GFZA and assured the team of his full support. He made the promise when the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GFZA, Michael Okyere Baafi, led a delegation to pay a courtesy call on him at the Gbewaa Palace in Tamale. The Northern Region capital – Tamale – is the host of this year’s Investment Week Promotion. GFZA is of the firm belief that it was necessary to take the…

IAAF President Sebastian Coe was elected for a second term at the 52nd IAAF Congress in Doha on Wednesday, September 25 while Ximena Restrepo, Sergey Bubka, Geoffrey Gardner and Nawaf Bin Mohammed Al Saud were elected Vice Presidents. All 203 voting members of Congress voted for Coe; there were no abstained votes. Restrepo, the 1992 Olympic 400m bronze medallist from Colombia, will become the first woman to serve as an IAAF Vice President. As part of the widespread reforms adopted by the IAAF Congress at the end of 2016, the IAAF added minimum gender targets into its constitution to establish…

Ghana-South Africa wine trade was boosted over the weekend as some South African wine companies introduced their class of wines to the Ghanaian market. WESGRO, the official Tourism, Trade & Investment promotion agency for Cape Town and the Western Cape in South Africa assembled some of SA’s best wine brands in separate wine pairing and exhibition programmes aimed at enhancing wine trade between Ghana and South Africa. Ghana’s hospitality industry interfaced with the South African wine industry as seven South African wine companies – Libby’s Pride Wines Cc, M’hudi Family Trust, Aslina Wines, Siwela Wines (Pty) Ltd, Ses’Fikile wines (Pty)…

Barcelona’s Lionel Messi won the best men’s player at the Best Fifa Football Awards in Milan as Juventus’ Cristiano Ronaldo and Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk missed out on the top prize. It is the sixth time Messi has been voted the world’s best, after wins in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2015. The 32-year-old Argentine helped Barcelona win La Liga and reach the semi-finals of the Champions League. Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp was named men’s coach of the year. Klopp was nominated for the award along with two other Premier League bosses – Manchester City’s Pep Guardiola and Tottenham’s Mauricio…

The Rotary Club of Accra Osu Oxford Street has officially handed over a renovated four-classroom block and furniture to the Manhia Primary School and JHS in Accra. The handing over of the project last Friday at a cost of GH¢100,000 was  according to the President of the club, Della Kwaku Porbley,  “to enhance the learning environment” and in line with the club’s ideas of undertaking impactful projects within its area of operation. In addition to the renovated classroom block complete with new writing boards, the Rotary Club of Accra Osu Oxford Street also refurbished the toilet facilities at the school and…