Author: Krobea

A 31-year-old man, who was on a flight from Los Angeles to Dubai when he assaulted an air hostess and behaved erratically, faced multiple charges at the Dubai Court of First Instance on Sunday. The Dubai public prosecution accused the Jordanian passenger – who works as a purchase PRO – of sexually harassing the Ghanaian hostess and physically assaulting her by twisting her arm on April 13. He also treated her with contempt by telling her that he did not want to look at her face or at any of the crew members. The man also verbally abused and threatened…

The Family Physician and Director for Medical Services at FOCOS Orthopaedic Hospital, Dr. Gerhard Ofori-Amankwah, gave a talk on ‘Your Spine, Your Health and Back Pain’ among professionals at this year’s Bar, Bench and Faculty Conference held last week at the Labadi Beach Hotel, Accra. Addressing the gathering of lawyers and judges of various divisions, Dr. Ofori-Amankwah first made the point that pain is “an unpleasant sensory or emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage or described in terms of such damage”. He emphasised that back pain is usually the pain extending from the nape of the neck…

A lot is expected from Team Ghana in the 2019 All Africa Games scheduled to take place in Morocco. But as has been with previous scripts, there is a lot of doubt beneath that hope. Ofori Asare, the coach of the national boxing team, the Black Bombers, has bemoaned the lack of attention for his team. He says any form of support including official visits will go a long way to boost the morale of the boxers. “The trend has been like that for long, supporting football is something that we don’t know whether we can change it,” he said.…

The State of Israel has upgraded its ten years old neonatal units at the Kumasi South and Suntreso hospitals in the Ashanti Region to enhance infant delivery and reduce mortality. In a special inauguration of the upgraded units, the doctors of the facilities who have been trained by Israeli specialties revealed that, every year, each unit saves the lives of about 700 babies. As part of the upgrading of the units, a medical team from the Soroka Medical Centre also took the medical professionals at the hospitals through a four-week intensive training to enhance their skills in the management of…

The Takoradi Port is gearing itself up to increase the annual container handling of 50,000 to 20,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in the next 24 months. This follows the successful casting of the first block for the commencement of work on a one million TEU ultra-modern multi-purpose container terminal at the port. The one million TEU ultra-modern multi-purpose container terminal is a joint venture between wholly Ghanaian owned company IBISTEK and the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) under a concession agreement. The contractor, Jan DE Nul, has begun the casting of blocks for a 600-meter quay wall with a…

Energy expert Kojo Opoku says the blame for the failure of due diligence to be done over the concession agreement between government and Power Distribution Services (PDS) Ghana Limited must be laid at the doorstep of the Minister of Finance and not any other. He says it took a Qatari company to alert government of the fraudulent documents tendered in by PDS to win the bid. No due diligence was done, he stressed on 3FM’s Hot Edition on Wednesday. Government in a statement on Tuesday suspended the whole agreement after it said further due diligence was conducted. Fundamental and material…

Ghana Medical Relief a non-profit organisation, made up of medical practitioners and volunteers from the US and Ghana, has embarked on a health outreach exercise in Anomabo in the Central Region. For four days, the team offered paediatric, urology, general medicare, dental, gynecology and obstetrics services to 3,000 people in Anomabo free of charge. Dr Samuel Kwapong Owusu,  a physician and President of Ghana Medical Relief told journalists the number of fibroid cases and the sizes  recorded through the screening of women during the exercise was of great concern. He urged the community members, especially the women, to endeavour to have regular…

The Vetting Committee of the National Democratic congress (NDC) has approved 60 parliamentary aspirants to contest in the forthcoming primaries of the Party in the Volta Region. Paul Mensah Voegborlo and William Mawuli Ahado, aspirants for Keta and North Tongu Constituencies respectively, were disqualified by the Committee chaired by Mr Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, National Chairman of the Party. The Committee also placed the approval of Madam Rebecca Agbogah, an aspirant for Adaklu Constituency on hold. Mr Ampofo told the media at the end of the exercise that Madam Agbogah’s approval was put on hold following the receipt of some information,…

Organisers have unveiled the logo for the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games. The blue and yellow “B” emblem is meant to link the venues of the sporting events to be held as part of the games. The colour palette “represents Birmingham as the youngest city in Europe”, designers said. Locations referenced in the design are Stourbridge, Cannock, Sutton Coldfield, Walsall, Wolverhampton, West Bromwich, Birmingham, Solihull, Royal Leamington Spa and Coventry. The logo is “bold and dynamic just like the region itself”, said Josie Stevens, chief marketing officer for Birmingham 2022, as organisers held a special event in Birmingham’s Centenary Square to…

Given its unflinching effort to inspire sustainable economic development through innovation, charisma and leadership, the Nkosuo Initiative has been nominated to receive an award for its credibility, demonstrated business excellence and potential capacity to create an impact on the African economy. The initiative was nominated by the Executive and Board of the Young African Chief Executive Directors Network (YACEDX). An event will take place at the Bank of Ghana Auditorium, University of Ghana, on Monday, August 19, 2019 for the awards ceremony. The Nkosuo Initiative (2019-2024) is a Local Economic Development (LED) Project, to strengthen, increase and diversify the income…