Author: Krobea

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has expressed worry that the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) is acting without recourse to the political parties as regards the printing of ballots for the December 7 elections. According to the party, the Assembly Press, one of the firms contracted to print the ballots, is printing additional ones at a different location. Already, the NDC has raised concerns with the firm for being selected to print the ballots. “Just last night, the NDC found out that the Assembly Press is printing additional ballot papers in another location on its premises on the blind side of…

A combined police search team from Suhum and Accra is on a mission to find a policeman who got missing on Friday. The missing police man was said to have visited his land at Asuboi in the Ayensuano District of the Eastern Region but failed to return home on Friday, October 30, raising suspicions. The police vehicle he drove to the place was found at land site. Deputy Police Public Relations Officer (PRO) Sergeant Francis Gumado confirmed the incident to 3news.com. He said policemen and community police personnel assisted by six personnel from Ghana National Fire Service and four local…

The 2020 Northern Region’s representative of the biggest reality show in the country, Ghana’s Most Beautiful, Tracy Zuweira Abdul-Wahab, known by stage name ZUZU, has been appointed by the Northern Development Authority (NDA) as a Peace Ambassador to lead a peace campaign in the region ahead of elections 2020. At a short ceremony to announce her appointment, Chief Executive Officer of the Authority Dr. Sulemana Anamzoya entreated the beauty queen to use the experience she gained from the beauty pageant to rally the youth for peace. Zuzu represented the Northern Region in this year’s Ghana’s Most Beautiful pageant. She showcased…

Members of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) and its allied bodies have resolved not to withdraw their services for at least the next two years. They are expected to sign the collective bargaining agreement on Tuesday, November 3 having reached a consensus with government and the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC). “Once that is done, it will be duly submitted to the [National Labour] Commission on Wednesday,” President of GRNMA Perpetual Ofori-Ampofo told TV3’s Daniel Opoku after final negotiations last Wednesday. The nurses embarked on strike in September after complaining of neglect of their working conditions…

Vice President Dr Mahamadu Bawumia has commissioned a training institute for staff of the Ghana Education Service (GES), at Saltpond in the Mfantseman Municipal of the Central Region. Conceived by the Kufuor administration, the institute stared to be constructed in 2011 but was abandoned in 2012 by the previous administration due to lack of funds. The project was resurrected in 2017 and taken up by the GETFund through the efforts of the late MP for Mfantseman, Ekow Kwansah Hayford. Speaking at the commissioning on Friday, October 30, Vice President Bawumia said the completion and commissioning of the facility, which has…

The chiefs and people of Kandin in the Tatale-Sanguli District of the Northern Region are appealing to the government to supply the Kandin Health Center with an anti-snake syrum. According to them, the non-availability of the vaccine is making the treatment of snake bites a big challenge leading to many of them dying from the situation. Kandin is a farming community with over 90 percent of the people being farmers. A majority of the farm produce that enters the Yendi, Tamale and Techiman markets come from this area. As farmers, one of their biggest challenges is snake bite. Most of…

US Democratic candidate Joe Biden is in Michigan and President Donald Trump is in Pennsylvania, states that could be key to winning the White House as the last weekend of campaigning hots up. Mr Biden, joined by ex-President Barack Obama, said the US was “done with the chaos” of the Trump administration. Mr Trump said there would be a “great red wave” of Republican victories. Mr Biden has a solid lead in the polls, but his advantage is narrower in swing states that could decide the election. More than 85 million people have voted early in the US elections, 55…

Ghana’s coronavirus cases have seen a sharp rise in the past days with the total cumulative cases nearing 48,000. This has also seen a spike in the active cases, which went as low as 301 in the early part of October, precisely October 10. Within just a couple of weeks, the figure has jumped to 535 from the latest update from the Ghana Health Service (GHS), on Thursday, October 29, in what many say could be as a possible second wave of the virus. Already, some countries in Europe are suffering a second wave of the pandemic after gains were…

Confederation of African Football (Caf) president Ahmad has been found to have breached various codes of ethics, BBC Sport Africa understands. On Wednesday, the Fifa vice-president from Madagascar announced his intention to go for a second term in office when Caf elections take place next March. This could now be in doubt after the investigatory chamber of football’s world governing body determined that he has breached various codes of conduct. The next step is for the adjudicatory chamber to hand out its sentencing, a source said, adding that this will possibly happen by the end of November. Any ban is…

A Development Economist, Dr. George Domfeh, has described as reckless the rate of borrowing by both the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and National Democratic Congress (NDC) administrations. According to him, the effects are felt after every elections. Dr Domfeh’s comments come on the back of the Finance Minister’s presentation of the transitional budget to Parliament on Wednesday. A Senior Research Fellow at the University of Ghana, Dr Domfeh said: “I always want to use the word reckless because they don’t care.  All they need to do is that let me go and take something to do something little and Ghanaians…