Author: Krobea

From May 8 – 17, 2019, the Ghana Education Service and the American people, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Learning Project, distributed over 400,000 reading and teaching materials to 7,273 public primary schools in 100 districts in Ghana.  Through this project, USAID partners with the Ministry of Education and its agencies to improve primary school students’ reading and to foster a culture of reading in primary schools. USAID has supported the production and distribution of over 2.6 million early grade reading materials since 2017. The materials reinforce student and teacher skills and enrich the public primary…

The Foundation of Orthopedic and Complex Spine (FOCOS) on Saturday, May 18, 2019, celebrated its Third Annual Fundraising Dinner held at the Kempinski Gold Coast Hotel. Themed ‘Let’s make a difference together’, the event so far is the Foundation’s most successful fundraising event in Ghana and brought together over 300 guests from all over the world. The third annual event went off with a “big bang”, as organizers achieved their goal of raising GH¢1 million at the event. Founder and President of FOCOS Prof.  Oheneba Boachie-Adjei in his message recounted the difference FOCOS has made in the lives of over…

On Thursday, May 23, 2019, the Holy Father, Pope Francis, in the Sala Clementina of the Vatican Apostolic Palace, received new Ambassadors to the Holy See from Thailand, Norway, New Zealand, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Luxembourg, Mozambique and Ethiopia on the occasion of the presentation of their credentials. The Holy Father respectfully asked the ambassadors to convey to their respective heads of state his sentiments of esteem, and to assure them of his prayers for them and for the people that they serve. “Taking this opportunity, at the start of your new mission, to acknowledge the variety of positive…

Preamble Since 2013, the UN set 23rd May to be observed as the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula (IDEOF). This promotes global actions to prevent and end obstetric fistula. A condition that affects only women and girls in underdeveloped regions of the world. Each year, the global effort is galvanized around a theme. This year, “fistula is a human rights violation, end it now” is the theme chosen. What is Obstetric Fistula (OF)? Obstetric fistula is an abnormal hole between the birth canal and the bladder (in front). Or between the birth canal and the rectum (behind). Or both.…

The Ministry of Communications has called on teachers, parents and the general public to encourage girls to take interest in the study of science subjects and consider careers in ICT even as Ghana gets ready to mark the National Girls in ICT DAY on Monday, May 27, 2019 as a member state of the International Telecommunication Union. A statement issued by the Public Relations Unit of the Ministry states that the celebration which is under the theme, ‘Expanding Horizon and Changing Attitudes’ is part of fulfilling its mandate to promote access to ICT among girls and teachers in Ghana. The…

The Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts has set up a committee to mediate between feuding dancehall artistes Shatta Wale and Stonebwoy, the Chief Executive Officer of Charterhouse Ghana has disclosed. Speaking on TV3’s Midday Live on Thursday, Theresa Ayoade said the mediation committee will have a wide spectrum of stakeholders including representatives from her firm, the two artistes, the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA) and the board of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA). A scuffle between the award-winning musicians on Sunday dawn nearly marred the 20th edition of the awards. After Stonebwoy was named as Reggae/Dancehall Artiste…

The Black Stars technical team has been beefed up with seven individuals ahead of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt. Ghana will begin preparations for the tournament from Saturday, June 1 in Dubai. Already, 29 players have been invited for the training tour in United Arab Emirates. Asamoah Gyan named in Kwesi Appiah’s provisional squad A statement released on the portal of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) named experienced coaches Sellas Tetteh, David Duncan and Mas-Ud Didi Dramani as scouts to monitor Ghana’s opponents. All three coaches have been national team coaches in the past. Sellas Tetteh made…

Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu has filed his first known suit at an Accra high court. In the writ dated March 22, 2019, the Special Prosecutor is suing Member of Parliament for Bawku Central Constituency Mahama Ayariga for abuse of office. The former minister of state is accused of tax evasion in the clearance of three Toyota V8 vehicles. He is also sued for illegal transfer of foreign exchange from Ghana to Dubai without having the required license to undertake such transaction. Joined to the suit is one Kendrick Marfo, a car rental dealer, for purchasing the “fraudulent” vehicles from Mr…

Government has provided a total of 21 mechanised water supply systems to the Ghana Prisons Service to alleviate the challenges faced by the Service in the provision of water for drinking and for the maintenance of personal and environmental hygiene in the prisons all over the country. The water supply systems will serve the inmates and correction officers of 21 prisons across the country as part of government’s ‘Water for All’ programme. The beneficiary facilities are the Forifori Camp Prison, Ankaful Camp Prison, Ankaful Maximum Prison, Ekuasi Local Camp Prison, Hiawa Camp Prison, Ahinsan Camp Prison, Ejura Camp Prison, Kumasi…

Black Stars striker Asamoah Gyan has been named in the 29-man provisional squad released by coach Kwesi Appiah on Wednesday, a few hours after he rescinded a decision to retire permanently from the team. Appiah’s squad is expected to be whittled down to 23 for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations to be staged in Egypt next month. There was controversy on Monday, May 20 after hitherto captain of the Black Stars Gyan announced his retirement from the team, following his claim that the captaincy would be handed to another player for the tournament. Asamoah Gyan retires over Black Stars…