Author: Krobea

The American author Mark Twain is often, possibly apocryphally, quoted as saying that quitting smoking was easy – he’d done it 100 times. The writer later died of lung cancer. As a society we accept the existence of addictions to substances, such as nicotine, alcohol and other drugs – and the harm they can cause. But when it comes to sex, some experts still disagree over whether addiction is real or a myth. Sex addiction is currently not a clinical diagnosis, which means we don’t have official figures on how many people have sought help for related concerns through the…

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has commissioned the newly constructed Tesano Divisional Police Headquarters of the Ghana Police Service, at a brief ceremony on Monday, 7th May, 2018.   The building, which was constructed by Dr. Osei Kwame ‘Despite’, will serve the peoples of Tesano and its environs. Delivering his remarks at the commissioning, President Akufo-Addo noted that the issue of law and order is particularly important at this time, when indiscipline, lawlessness and outbreaks of mob justice are threatening the rule of law, and, therefore, vital that the Executive should offer its full support to the…

Former Vice Chancellor of the University of Professional Studies, Accra Professor Joshua Alabi, who is aspiring to lead the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) for the 2020 elections, has revealed that there is no animosity between himself and ex-president John Mahama. He insists that he expects the former president to campaign for him after he wins his party’s flagbearership. “We are still friends,” Prof Alabi told TV3’s After Hours host Mikki Osei Berko. Asked when the two last spoke, he responded, “I don’t keep dates but we still talk. We are not enemies. When I win, he will all join…

The Inspector General of Police, David Asante-Apeatu, has rung the changes again within some regional and district commands of the Ghana Police Service. Major among the recent changes are the transfers of the Ashanti and Northern Regional commanders to the national headquarters. Commissioner of Police (COP) Isaac Ken Yeboah, who was in charge of the Ashanti Regional Command, has been transferred to the national headquarters as the Director General in charge Technical Services. DCOP Patrick Adusei Sarpong, who was at the helm in the Northern Regional Command, is heading to the national headquarters as Director General of Legal Affairs. The…

Vladimir Putin has been sworn in for a fourth term as Russian president and pledged to harness the country’s talents to “achieve breakthroughs”. Some 5,000 guests attended the lavish ceremony in an ornate Kremlin hall. He has been in power for 18 years, as president and prime minister, and opponents have likened his tenure to the reign of a tsar, or emperor. Russian TV showed Mr Putin, 65, leaving his Kremlin office and walking to the ceremony, down long corridors. He then took a short ride in a new, Russian-made limousine, called Cortege, in the Kremlin compound. Previously he and…

Wa All Stars coach Sarfo Castro has announced his resignation from the Ghana Premier League club. The former Okwahu United coach was appointed head coach of the Northern Blues last month. He replaced Alhaji Mumuni Sokpari. But after seven games in charge, the former Asante Kotoko assistant coach has relinquished his post. “It is personal,” he said in Twi on Onua FM on Monday. “There are no problems,” he pointed out. According to him, the bankroller of the team, Kwesi Nyantakyi, who is also the President of the Ghana Football Association, makes sure the team is provided every need. “I…

I met a young man last weekend― an ambitious young man. I had known him for a while and knew he should have been in third or final year in university by now. I probed into his academic life after we had engaged in a chat for a while. “Oh I quit school oo,” he let out loosely. “You what!?” I awed. “I had this great business plan and I think school was going to get in my way so I quit. After all, Mark Zuckerberg quit too and made it all the same!” he compared. “Mark quit but did…

Former President John Dramani Mahama says the time seems right for him to make his political future known to members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), in particular, and Ghanaians as a whole. He says he has gone round the country and has taken in a common message many well-meaning party members have put to him. “And sooner rather than later. I think very, very soon, I will make my political future very very clear,” the two-time leader of the NDC told party supporters at the Upper East Region edition of the Unity Walk on Saturday. The country’s biggest opposition…

The relationship between physicians and patients is a fiduciary relationship. Fiduciary relationship is a relationship based on trust. In such a relationship, there should be confidentiality between the two parties: the physician and the patient. Therefore, physician – patient relationship refers to the interaction between the patient and the health care professional in which interpersonal communication, compliance, satisfaction and trust are established. The physician – patient relationship is a central part of health care and practice of medicine. Having good communication skills is essential for physicians to establish good physician – patient relationship. This is in the sense that, good…

Polls have opened in Lebanon for the first parliamentary elections in almost a decade. The last elections in the country were in 2009, for what was supposed to be a four-year term. But parliament extended its term twice due to instability in neighbouring Syria, and to reform the country’s electoral laws. It changed the voting system, reduced the number of districts, and allowed expatriate voting for the first time. Hezbollah, the armed group considered a terrorist organisation by the United States and others, is seeking to increase its parliamentary representation. Voting for all 128 seats continues until 19:00 local time…