Author: Krobea

The President of Breast Care International has urged government to take off taxes on imported medical supplies offered for free distribution to disadvantaged health institutions and patients in the country. Dr Beatrice Wiafe-Addai says the huge taxes and high import duty discourages humanitarian aid organizations from sending medical equipment and consumables to the country. “Even though we donate the medical supplies we receive from our international partners to both private and government health institutions and poor but needy patients for free of charge to enhance quality healthcare delivery, we still have to pay huge amount of money at the port…

There were two major casualties at the end of the regional contest of the 2018 National Science and Maths Quiz for the Central Region. St Augustine’s College and Mfantsiman Girls’ Senior High School failed to book a place in the national contest. The regional contests are the qualification rounds for the quiz proper to be held mid-2018 at the University of Ghana. Already, contests have been held in the Western Region. Ahantaman Girls’ SHS, Nkroful Agric SHS, Bompeh SHTS, Nsein SHS, Sekondi College, Fijai SHS, Fiaseman SHS and St Mary’s Boys’ SHS are the schools that made it to the…

A South African self-styled prophet who sprayed his followers with the insecticide, Doom, has been found guilty of assault, local media report. Lethebo Rabalago – widely known as the Doom Pastor – was also found guilty of contravening the Agricultural Stock Remedies Act, a court ruling said. Rabalago claims the insect repellent he used in 2016 could heal cancer and HIV. A sentence is yet to be handed down after the verdict by Mookgopong Magistrates Court in Limpopo province. On Friday, magistrate Frans Mahodi told the court the state had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt that the five people…

Pupils and teachers of the Wassa Mampong D/A Primary School in the Mpohor District of the Western Region have vacated their classrooms for the past three weeks due to stench emanating from the excrement of bats, which have set up abode in the school for the past three years. Investigations by Media General reveal the bats invaded Classes 4, 5 and 6 and the head teacher’s office but little attention had been given to the situation over the past three years until some pupils and teachers started having metabolic reactions. The School’s management and the Parent-Teacher Association, therefore, compelled the…

The UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, Jayathma Wickramanayake, has debunked assertion by some Ghanaian youth that the only solution to Ghana’s huge unemployment problem is entrepreneurship. In her estimation, entrepreneurship is just one of the solutions to deal with the canker but posited that the onus lies on government to remedy the situation by creating the enabling environment for the private sector including SMEs to thrive in the country in order to help create jobs for youth. Ms Jayathma Wickramanayake was reacting to an assertion by some youth at an open dialogue session for the youth on issues pertaining to…

The Chairman of the Ghana Music Rights Organisation (GHAMRO), Rex Omar, has disclosed in an interview with Mikki Osei Berko on his ‘After Hours’ on TV3 that the Organisation has the power to ban media houses from playing their music. He revealed that GHAMRO has taken legal action against Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) over nonpayment of royalties. Rex Omar argued that GHAMRO is backed by the law to ban media houses from playing members’ music. “We signed an agreement with GIBA to collect the monies from their members and pay GHAMRO but then as time goes on, we realized it…

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un has invited South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in to Pyongyang. It would be the first summit in more than a decade between Korean leaders. Mr Moon said the Koreas should “make it happen” and encouraged the north to return to negotiations with the US. The handwritten invitation was delivered by Mr Kim’s influential sister, Kim Yo-jong, at a landmark meeting in the presidential palace in Seoul, before the Winter Olympics. Ms Kim and the north’s ceremonial head of state Kim Yong-nam made up the most senior delegation from the north to visit the south since the…

Sweden’s Charlotte Kalla won the women’s skiathlon to secure the first gold medal of Pyeongchang 2018. The 30-year-old beat defending champion Marit Bjoergen by 7.8 seconds but the Norwegian still became the most decorated female Winter Olympian of all time. Bjoergen’s silver means that the 37-year-old now has a total of 11 medals. Kalla won in a time of 40:44.9 to claim her third Olympic gold medal, while Finland’s Krista Parmakoski was third. Skiathlon is a mass start 15km cross country event in which competitors have to swap techniques midway through the race. There is a pit-stop halfway through the…

A speechwriter has become the second White House aide this week to resign amid allegations of domestic abuse. David Sorensen denies his former wife’s allegations he was violent and emotionally abusive. His departure comes just days after another Trump official, Rob Porter, quit over allegations of abuse from two ex-wives, something he denies. Questions have been raised over how long it took the White House to act on the accusations facing Mr Porter. What are the latest allegations? Mr Sorensen’s ex-wife Jessica Corbett told the Washington Post that he was physically abusive to her while they were married. She said…

The board chairman of National Sports Authority (NSA) has lashed out ongoing allegation that the Baba Yara sports stadium is preferred to be used for funeral and other social activities rather football activities. A few weeks ago, the Director of the Ashanti Regional Sports Authority, Joshua Mensah, disclosed that it has become necessary to hire the stadium out for funerals and other social activities to enable them raise funds to maintain the fast-deteriorating facility. “Let me be honest with you, no football match will be allowed at the Baba Yara Stadium henceforth,” he said, “because we don’t make enough money…