Author: Krobea

Former President John Dramani Mahama has arrived in Liberia for Tuesday’s presidential run-off between Vice President Joseph Boakai and former football star George Oppon Weah. Ghana’s former leader is leading the Observer Mission Group of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). He was at the first round of polls held on 10 October. On Monday, he held a briefing session with the 25-man group. “The briefing included a presentation by the ECOWAS Technical Support Team that was deployed to assist the Liberian National Election Commission evaluate their voter register and technical capacity.” The Technical Support Team was headed…

The fountain at the Rattray Park in the Ashanti Region capital city of Kumasi is back to function after months following the missing of its USB drive. The fountain, which forms splashes in a form of a dancing figure, was part of the siting of the controversial $4.4 million Park under former Kumasi mayor Kojo Bonsu. The fountain is now being operated manually by an IT worker of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA). He has since changed the computer language of the fountain from Chinese to English. KMA’s Public Relations Officer Godwin Okumah Nyame told Media Gneral’s Antwi Boasiako, who…

Ghana’s insurance industry continues to record low penetration with less than two percent contribution to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). But the Insurance Awareness Coordinators Group (IACG) is poised to help improve the current figure to about five percent by 2025. “The industry’s less than 2 percent contribution to the country’s gross domestic product is worrying even though insurance enhances people’s net worth. It is important to remedy lapses in the insurance industry in order to boost public confidence,” says Wilson Quartey Tei, Chairman of the Group. Speaking at the maiden insurance agents’ capacity building workshop in Kumasi, Mr…

A Chinese amphibious aircraft, the largest in production, has made a successful one-hour maiden flight. The plane, roughly the size of a Boeing 737 but with four turboprop engines, took off from Zhuhai airport in the southern province of Guangdong. The plane can carry 50 people and can stay airborne for 12 hours. It has firefighting and marine rescue duties but also military applications, which could be put to use in the disputed South China Sea region. The AG600, codenamed Kunlong, can reach the southernmost edge of China’s territorial claims in the area. State media Xinhua described the plane as…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has made a call to Ghanaians to “do our best to help feed those who are hungry and offer comfort to those who are in need”. “Let us take the time to gather, love, listen, and learn from each other.” The call was made by President Akufo-Addo to all Ghanaians in his Christmas message. The president believes the measures he has put in place will lead the country to “greater employment …and will yield higher income”. President Akufo-Addo took the opportunity to thank all Ghanaians for the opportunity to serve. He promised to remain committed to devoting…

Hearts of Oak were on Sunday crowned winners of the 60th independence anniversary trophy after a goalless draw with arch-rivals Asante Kotoko. The Phobians had won the first leg 3-1, on May Day. That match, played at the Accra Sports Stadium, saw Kwame Kizito, Thomas Abbey and Patrick Razak scoring for Hearts with Awal Mohammed scoring for the Porcupine Warriors. Kotoko’s frustrations at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium was worsened by the injury of key man Saddick Adams, who suffered concussion. He was rushed to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, where he is responding to treatment. He is “in a…

Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales has ordered to move the country’s embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. In a Facebook post, Mr Morales said the decision was taken after he had spoken with Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu. Last week, Guatemala was one of only nine nations to vote against a UN resolution urging America to reverse its recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Donald Trump threatened to cut aid to nations that voted against the US. The US is an important aid donor to Guatemala, an impoverished Central American country. On Sunday, Mr Morales said he had instructed the Guatemalan…

The Ghana Association of Public Health Technical Officers (GAPHTO) is calling for the establishment of a Centre for Disease Control for early detection and response to disease epidemic in the country. This comes in the wake of the outbreak of diseases in some senior high schools. The Director General of Public Health at the Ghana Health Service, Dr Nsiah Asare, had earlier proposed the establishment of a Ghana health centre as a way of early detection of epidemic outbreak. In a statement issued on Friday, GAPHTO explains that the Centre when established with the necessary resources will place the country…

A police officer whose name has been given only as Shaibu has allegedly shot a final year student of Ghana Secondary Technical School (GSTS) to death at Nyankrom near Shama in the Western Region. The incident happened on Friday night. According to reports, the student was together with four friends and were said to be on their way to a street jam. But Shaibu mistook them for thieves. He fired shots at them. Lawrence Baidoo could not survive the shots and his body has been deposited at the Effia Nkwanta Hospital in the Region. Two of the students, who were…