Author: Krobea

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has said a Spanish tax fraud case relating to his time in charge of Real Madrid is closed. He emerged after a brief hearing at a court in the Spanish capital Madrid to say he had paid a fee to settle accusations. He had been accused of owing nearly €3.3m (£2.9m, $3.8m) in undeclared image rights revenue. The hearing came two days before a Manchester United game against Chelsea. The Spanish authorities began the image rights case against Mr Mourinho in June. “I left Spain in 2013 with the information and the conviction that my…

The innovative, energetic and vibrant cultural scenes of Israel came alive in Accra from Thursday, October 26 to Tuesday, October 31 at the Kempinski Hotel, Gold Coast City. To crown the Cultural Week celebration, the Embassy in collaboration with Gorjiors International organized a fabulous Fashion Show to raise funds in support of Fistula surgeries for women in Ghana. Among the fashion designers whose collections graced the run-way was Israel’s Betty Eldad, who showcased her original bet-ka collections. Supported by Vlisco, Ghana’s Royal Dennis also showcased beautiful collections of ladies’ wear and suave men’s suit. The highlight of the Gorjiors International…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has admitted that the government’s flagship educational programme, the Free Senior High School Policy, had some challenges at implementation. He listed logistics, infrastructure, laboratories, classrooms and dormitories as some of the facilities that constituted the difficulties in the takeoff of the programme. “But everything new when it starts has problem,” he noted. “But if you don’t start, you can’t progress.” He, therefore, asked for the support of all Ghanaians to make the programme successful. President Akufo-Addo made this known while speaking to some chiefs from Bawku in the Upper East Region. The chiefs led by…

President of Groupe Ideal Dr. Nii Kotei Dzani has been named ‘The Business Peace Personality’ at the Ghana Peace Awards. Groupe Ideal also won the Corporate Organization for Peace at the same event. The Ghana Peace Awards is a private initiative aimed at giving recognition to individuals and entities who amongst others have or are advocating peace. It is to honor, celebrate, recognize, appreciate and inspire individuals and institutions who have contributed their quota to maintain peace in the country. In the run-up to 2016 elections, Dr.Nii Kotei Dzani was part of group of high profile Ghanaians who pledged their…

Spain’s state prosecutor has requested a European arrest warrant for ousted Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont and four others over their role in a disputed independence referendum. All five failed to show up at Spain’s high court on accusations of rebellion, sedition and misuse of public funds. Mr Puigdemont’s lawyer said the climate was “not good” for him to appear. Nine other sacked members of Catalonia’s regional government did turn up for questioning at the court. Prosecutors in Madrid asked for eight of them to be jailed over their role following their testimony. Spain has been gripped by a constitutional crisis…

The Queen of Denmark, Her Majesty Magrethe II, has acknowledged that although parts of her country’s past with Ghana was “not pretty” in terms of the slave trade, Denmark will build a good foundation  to promote mutual relationship between the two countries. In an interview at the Fredensborg Palace in Denmark, Queen Magrethe II said she is looking forward to her visit to Ghana in November. She is expected to lead a delegation of 39 Danish companies to Ghana on Thursday, November 23 for a two-day official state visit. The visit is to promote trade and investment ties between the…

Government is readying to implement recommendations of experts put together to see to how the Komenda Sugar Factory could be revived. The Factory was commissioned by former President John Dramani Mahama in May, 2016 though it is one of the factories established by first president Kwame Nkrumah. It was later shut down for a mandatory maintenance operation a few months after the commissioning by Mr Mahama. Though it produced its first 100 bags barely a month after the commissioning, the factory has not been fully operational since its shutdown. In Parliament on Thursday, Minister of Trades and Industry Alan Kyerematen…

National boxing legend and former WBC featherweight  and WBC super featherweight champion, Azumah Nelson, has held discussions with the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA)–the aviation industry regulator–about establishing an airline. www.aviationghana.com sources say, the discussions took place months ago and the boxing ‘professor’ and his business associates are now expected to submit some mandatory documents to the Authority for processing towards the granting of the necessary permits to enable him run an airline. The 59-year old legend is widely considered the greatest African boxer of all time, having held the WBC featherweight title once and the WBC super featherweight title twice. His interest in running an airline follows…

Claims made by the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) Joseph Boahen Aidoo that former president John Mahama financed the building of a guest house in his home town of Bole are false, his office has said. At a press conference on Wednesday, Mr Aidoo said Mr Mahama – while president – influenced the award of a contract to construct the Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana (CRIG) Research Station Guest House at Bole in the Northern Region. This, the former Western Region Minister said, was “to enable him enjoy comfortable holidays during visits to his constituency”. But…

Ghana’s High Commissioner to South Africa George Ayisi Boateng has apologised for his recent comments, which have sparked public anger. Ayisi Boateng in a meeting with some members of the Tertiary Students Confederacy (TESCON), the student wing of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) over the weekend in Kumasi, said his priority is to see to the welfare of his party’s members before any other Ghanaians’. “This government is doing its best to create job opportunities and me for instance, I told my people over there [that], it is because of NPP that I’m here, so the NPP man is my…