Author: Krobea

Ghana has won three gold medals in the just ended SAGE World Cup competition in South Africa, placing them second only to Israel, who went away with four. The competition, which saw young teenagers from across the globe compete with their entrepreneurial and innovative ideas to find out which one is most viable and which one addresses the world’s most challenging needs with respect to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs), had about 32 countries participating. Countries that participated included the USA, Ireland, South Africa, Ghana, Nigeria, Iran, Chile, Japan, Canada, Israel, China, Russia and others. Countries who won…

Italian President Sergio Mattarella is due to preside over a state funeral for 18 of the victims of Tuesday’s bridge collapse in Genoa. Mr Mattarella and Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte will lead mourners at the ceremony at a hall in the city. So far 38 people are confirmed to have died in the disaster and five are still unaccounted for. Some families are reportedly staying away from Saturday’s ceremony because of anger at the government. The collapse of a section of the Morandi motorway bridge and the deaths of those crossing in vehicles have led to a fierce debate in…

A leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Obiri Boahen, says it is unconstitutional for a traditional council to order someone to stay away from an area. “Legally, it is unconstitutional for a traditional council to tell somebody that he is unwanted in that area.” He added that the issue about Freddie Blay should be handled carefully. “Honestly speaking, legally it is unconstitutional. However, I think that this issue that has come out [and] we should all be tactful when we [are] commenting on it,” he said on Friday on Sunrise morning show on 3FM. In his view,…

Past and present students of the Unity and University halls of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have marched on the streets of Kumasi to protest a recent decision by authorities to allow females to be admitted as residents of the two all-male halls. The decision has sparked the students’ outrage with some resorting to the law courts for arbitration. READ: Parents warned against sending their female wards to Conti & Katanga On Friday, the demonstrating students – a combination of Katanga (University Hall) and Conti (Unity Hall) Power – carried coffins of the Vice Chancellor, Professor Kwasi…

President Trump’s plans for a Veterans Day military parade through the streets of Washington DC have been delayed until at least 2019. Mr Trump was impressed by France’s Bastille Day parade on a visit in 2017 and said the US could “top it”. But figures released on Thursday suggested the event could cost about $90 million (£71m) – more than three times the original estimate. Critics had also made comparisons to parades in countries led by autocrats. The parade was originally conceived to mark the centenary of the end of World War One, on 11 November. A Pentagon spokesperson, Colonel…

The Chairman of the Ghana Education Service (GES) Board, Michael Nsowah, says the skills students acquire from the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) does not support the modern development agenda of this country and due to this, plans are ongoing to make secondary school compulsory for everyone. He mentioned that infrastructure for the double intake system has not been completed since education is competing for a part of the country’s budget with all the other sectors. “The road map for the free compulsory secondary education is removing cost barriers that prevent people from accepting secondary school education.” He was speaking…

A National Vice Chairperson for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Anita Desoso, has denied claims that former President Jerry John Rawlings referred to her as a crook. The reference was made by the NDC founder after she begged him on behalf of the executives of the NDC at a June 4 anniversary celebration at Madina, in Accra. According to Anita Desoso, she considers the former president as her father but does not accept the reference he made. “I am not a crook,” she protested. “On the stage at Madina, he did not say that but when he went home after…

A National Vice Chair of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Anita Desoso, said she felt “so happy” former president Jerry John Rawlings talked about her at the June 4 celebration earlier this year. At the 39th anniversary of the uprising celebrated at the Madina Social Welfare School Park, Ms Desoso knelt before the founder and begged for forgiveness on behalf of the national executives of the party. Mr Rawlings, who is the founder of the NDC, failed to campaign for the party in the 2016 elections, a situation which is said to have contributed to the first-round loss to the…

Government has announced a road map for the lifting of the ban slapped on small-scale mining across the country. Announcing this at a meeting with journalists in Accra on Thursday, the Chairman of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining, Professor Kwabena Frimpong Boateng, who is also Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, admitted that the latest decision will be met with mixed reactions by the Ghanaian populace. “We can imagine that this decision to lift the ban will elicit varied responses from Ghanaians,” he surmised. “There will be many who will say that the water bodies are still polluted…

Thirteen rappers made it to the eviction stage of the maiden edition of Connect FM’s Street Rap Battle but the number has been pruned down to 10 for the grand finale on Saturday, September 1. The thirteen proved ‘dopest’ out of over 70 participants from five zones in the Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis. It all began at Effiakuma on Saturday, June 23 and, week-in-week-out made stops at Kwesiminstim, Sekondi, and Takoradi for the first round. Judges Skinny MC and Vybes selected the Top Three from each community and one more from Takoradi for his excellent performance for the eviction stage. The heat…