Author: Krobea

The Atwima Nwabiagya Municipal Assembly in the Ashanti Region is exposing farmers to opportunities in oil palm production under the Planting for Export and Rural Development (PERD) programme. Addressing a town hall meeting at Nkawie, Municipal Chief Executive Michael Awuku Amoah said 421 farmers have so far registered to access seedlings to cultivate the cash crop. Almost one-third of the registered farmers are women. “This project is aimed at creating employment among the youth and also diversifying the country’s agriculture,” said Mr Awuku Amoah. “We have over the years over-depended on cocoa as our export earning produce but we have…

Facebook and Twitter are being questioned by US senators, to find out how they will prevent meddling in upcoming elections. Facebook is being represented by its chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg, while Twitter sent chief executive Jack Dorsey. As anticipated, Google did not show up. Opening the hearing, Democratic senator Mark Warner said he was “deeply disappointed” that Google “chose not to send its own top corporate leadership”. The senate committee is focusing on what the technology giants are doing to prevent future election meddling. The hearing follows claims that Russia and other foreign actors spread misinformation and propaganda ahead…

National Youth Organizer hopeful and former Municipal Chief Executive of Akuapem North, George Opare Addo, has successfully filed his nomination in a bid to lead the youth wing of opposition party National Democratic Congress (NDC). The two-time MCE submitted his forms earlier Tuesday at the party’s headquarters in Adabraka. Speaking to the media after the filing of his nomination, Mr Opare Addo – popularly known as Pablo – was upbeat about his chances of being elected National Youth Organizer of the NDC. “I am very optimistic that the delegates of our party will endorse my bid massively come October 20th.…

Former Bank of England governor Mervyn King, now Lord King, has blasted Brexit preparations as “incompetent”. The Brexit-supporting ex-governor said it “beggared belief” that the world’s sixth-biggest economy should be talking of stockpiling food and medicines. This left the government without a credible bargaining position. “A government that cannot take action to prevent some of these catastrophic outcomes illustrates a whole lack of preparation,” he said. “It doesn’t tell us anything about whether the policy of staying in the EU is good or bad, it tells us everything about the incompetence of the preparation for it.” Lord King said the…

A South Carolina woman has been charged with murder after allegedly poisoning her husband by putting eyedrops into his water for several days. Lana Clayton, 52, was arrested weeks after her husband, Stephen Clayton, 64, was found dead at home. She was detained when a toxicology test discovered a chemical called tetrahydrozoline in his body. The substance is found in over-the-counter eyedrops and nasal sprays that are available without a prescription. On Friday, York County police also charged her with unlawful malicious tampering of food between the dates of 19 and 21 July, when the alleged murder occurred. In a…

Tiger Woods says his return to the United States Ryder Cup team after a six-year gap is “beyond special”. Woods, 42, has been named as one of three wildcard picks for the US team to face Europe later this month, alongside Phil Mickelson and Bryson DeChambeau. The 14-time major champion is on the playing side for the first time since 2012, having recovered from back surgery and shown a return to form. Mickelson, 48, plays in a record 12th event after making his debut in 1995. US captain Jim Furyk will make his fourth and final wildcard pick for the…

Very little progress has been made in reducing levels of inactivity worldwide, experts have warned. A WHO report estimates that more than a quarter of people worldwide – 1.4 billion – are not doing enough physical exercise, a figure that has barely improved since 2001. Inactivity raises the risk of a raft of health problems, such as heart disease, type-2 diabetes and some cancers. High-income countries, including the UK, were among the least active. And women were found to be more sedentary throughout the world, with the exception of two regions of Asia. ‘Major concern’ Researchers from the World Health…

Japan has been hit by its strongest typhoon in 25 years, causing at least six deaths and 160 injuries. Typhoon Jebi made landfall in western areas, bringing heavy rain and reports of winds up to 172km/h (107mph). In Osaka Bay it swept a tanker into a bridge and in Kyoto parts of a railway station roof came down. Officials ordered more than a million people in affected areas to evacuate their homes amid warnings of high waves, flooding and mudslides. It has already left tens of thousands without power and authorities have urged people to move to safety. https://twitter.com/CRAZY904Kaz/status/1036849539230064640 The…

Former mayor of Accra and current Member of Parliament for Ablekuma South Constituency Alfred Okoe Vanderpuije as well as Professor Azumah Nelson and ‘Nii Kwade Okropon I’ received awards of excellence from the ‘Africa Rules the Rest of the World Movement(ARRM)’ for their contribution to development in various spheres of life. The initiative is aimed at recognizing, acknowledging and projecting well-meaning Ghanaians who through excellence  have proven themselves to be outstanding amongst their colleagues in contributing to development on the African continent. The three, who were recognized, received the award at the launch of the movement’s ‘United States of Africa’…

Member of Parliament for Ablekuma South Constituency Alfred Okoe Vanderpuije has congratulated all newly elected executives of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) nationwide for their sense of responsibility, loyalty and courage to first serve the great party and mother Ghana as a whole. He made the statement in Accra at the University of Ghana on Saturday, September 1 after the voting process came to an end without any hitch. The former Mayor of Accra said the peaceful nature of the electoral process, which is aimed at giving patriotic members of the party the opportunity to serve, has proven to…