Author: Krobea

The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has decided to shut down the Accra Desalination Plant in a bid to “resolve the challenges”. According to the Company, the shutdown took effect January 1, 2018. “Management has as a result made alternative arrangements to serve the supply area from the Accra and Tema Booster Stations,” a statement issued by Head of Public Relations Stanley Martey said. The Plant, until the decision to shut down, served Teshie, Nungua and surrounding areas including Sakumono, Lashibi, Baatsona and GREDA and Regimanuel estates. It was commissioned in April, 2015 by former president John Dramani Mahama as…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will “definitely” be at the 26th edition of the Caf Awards to be held in Accra on Thursday. Interacting with officials of the Confederation of African Football (Caf) led by President Dr Ahmad Ahmad at the Flagstaff House, President Akufo-Addo said the hosting of the awards again by Accra is “a unique opportunity for us here in Ghana”. “I think that that honour requires the presence of the president [of Ghana],” he told his guests. The Caf officials were at the presidency to officially invite President Akufo-Addo to the event and also tell him about…

A Parish Priest of the Christ the King Church, in Accra, Rev. Father Andrew Campbell, has congratulated the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on some of the policy decisions he has taken since assuming office on 7th January, 2018, and urged him not to be disillusioned by his critics. Congratulating President Akufo-Addo on the implementation of the Free Senior High School Policy, Rev. Father Andrew Campbell indicated that “as people involved in providing support to several needy children to get education, we are well placed to assess the impact of such a transformative policy on most families…

Vice Chairman of the Ghana Private Road Transport Unit (GPRTU) Robert Sarbah has served notice that transport fares would be hiked this year. He says the main determinant has been the increase in prices of spare parts. “We do not increase lorry fares in isolation,” he observed. “We do so in collaboration with the other transport operators like PROTEA before we even go to the Ministry of Transport for confirmation or otherwise.” He said those steps are being taken. Mr Sarbah disclosed these on 3FM on Wednesday. ‘Bone and flesh’ Though there has been widespread perception that spare parts prices…

The Israeli government has issued a notice for thousands of African migrants to leave the country or face imprisonment. The migrants will be given up to $3,500 (£2,600) for leaving within the next 90 days. They will be given the option of going to their home country or third countries. If they do not leave, the Israeli authorities have threatened that they will start jailing them from April. The UN refugee agency said the controversial plan violated international and Israeli laws. The Israeli government says their return will be humane and “voluntary”. The order exempts children, elderly people, and victims…

As part of winning the 2017 Ghana’s Most Beautiful reality show, Zeinab is set to travel to Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. The Northern Region representative will travel with 1st runner-up, Baaba, who represented the Central Region during the fun-packed contest. The queens get to visit the Dubai museum, the Desert Safari, among other places. The trip promises to be fun, exciting and educative. They are set to leave Ghana on Thursday, January 4 and return on Tuesday, January 9. The two had beat competition from beautiful ladies representing eight other regions of Ghana to emerge first and second. They…

General Secretary of the largest opposition party, the National Democratic Congress, Johnson Asiedu Nketia says he is happy the president has listened to his concerns and eventually assented to the Office of the Special Prosecutor’s Law. The Law, which was promulgated by Parliament in November, 2017, was assented by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday, January 2, together with four other bills. Prior to its passing, there were talks that the opposition, especially members of the previous government, feared being exposed of corrupt acts they might have engaged in. READ: PPP tags Office of Special Prosecutor ‘a trick’ But…

US President Donald Trump has boasted that his nuclear button is “much bigger” and “more powerful” than North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s. Mr Trump’s tweet is the latest contribution to the increasingly personalised feud between the nuclear-armed leaders. Mr Kim threatened earlier this week that his nuclear launch button was “always on my table”. Unsurprisingly, Mr Trump’s unorthodox words sent social media into a frenzy. It ended a quickfire day of tweeting by Mr Trump that included taking credit for a lack of plane crashes, announcing awards for “corrupt media”, and threatening to pull aid from Palestinians who do not…

The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) says there will be nothing new with the coming into force of the Office of the Special Prosecutor’s Act, which was given presidential assent on Tuesday. According to the National Secretary of the party, Murtala Mohammed, the partiality of the Attorney General in doing the bidding of incumbent governments will be the same with the Special Prosecutor. Mr Mohammed said the Office can only work in the supreme interest of justice if the Attorney General’s Department is separated from the Ministry of Justice. The PPP National Secretary expressed these on 3FM’s Midday News on Tuesday.…

The early completion of most developmental projects qualified the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) to access the Universal Development Goal (UDG) supplementary fund in 2017. Chief Executive of the Assembly Osei Assibey Antwi says the grant of $445,787 was invested in schools and other infrastructural development projects. The supplementary UDG funds were invested in the furnishing of one community library and procurement of 2,300 dual desks, 1,200 sets of student tables and chairs and 130 sets of teacher tables and chairs, among others. The criteria for the qualification to access the fund included the early completion of projects, quality of work…