Author: Krobea

Some concerned youth of Tarkwa are up in arms against Goldfields Ghana Limited’s Tarkwa mines in the Western Region over attempts to dismiss over 2,000 workers. According to the aggrieved youth, the development could bring untold hardships on workers of the Goldfields Ghana Limited and, by extension, on the people of Tarkwa and its environs, thereby damaging the reputation of Tarkwa as one of the oldest gold mining sites in Ghana. They made this know at a press conference on Thursday. The regent of Tarkwa Bankyim, Nana Kwesi Itu II, in a statement, said they are against contract mining, which…

A political analyst and Senior Lecturer at the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), Dr Ahmed Jinapor, has described as “not appropriate” the timing of the official launch of the candidacy of Ekwow Spio-Garbrah ahead of National Democratic Congress’s presidential primary. Despite commending the former Trades and Industry Minister for the bold step and seeming defiance of a party directive not to start campaigning, Dr Jinapor said his timing was wrong. “I would have wished that he would have waited a bit,” he told 3FM’s Kwakye Afreh Nuamah on Midday News on Thursday. Dr Spio-Garbrah on Wednesday launched what he called…

Assembly members of Upper Denkyira West District in the Central Region have confirmed Agyemang Asiedu as the new Chief Executive. Members gave the new district chief executive (DCE) a resounding 20 out of 22 valid votes cast on Thursday to get a replacement for Daniel Appianin. Mr Appianin was suspended for comments he made after the lynching of Major Maxwell Adams Mahama at Denkyira Obuasi in May, 2017. He is said to have denied knowledge of the presence of an anti-galamsey military task force led by then Captain Mahama. He was suspended by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Add, who launched…

[PHOTO OF ACID VICTIM] Kodwo Allegay, a 29 year old driver and a father of three is currently receiving treatment at the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital @onua951fm @3Newsgh pic.twitter.com/LBwE7ZnOe6 — connect 97.1fm (@Connect971fm) January 4, 2018 A taxi driver whose name has been given as Kodwo Allegay is battling for his life at the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital in the Western Region, where he was rushed to on Thursday morning following an attack by some unknown assailants. The assailants are said to have poured a substance suspected to be acid on him. The incident happened at Agona Nkwanta in the…

Winter storms are sweeping across western Europe, causing three deaths and widespread disruption. Tens of thousands of people have been affected by power cuts, and air travel has been disrupted. Two people drowned on Spain’s northern Basque coast after being swept away by a huge wave and a skier was killed by a falling tree in the French Alps, For the first time, the Dutch authorities shut all five of its major sea barriers. Two later reopened. Gusts of more than 110km/h (68mph) were recorded at Amsterdam airport where hundreds of flights were cancelled. Winds of up to 147km/h were…

Employees join companies but leave managers. A Gallup poll of more 1 million employed U.S. workers concluded that the No. 1 reason people quit their jobs is a bad boss or immediate supervisor. 75% of workers who voluntarily left their jobs did so because of their bosses and not the position itself. In spite of how good a job may be, people will quit if the reporting relationship is not healthy. “People leave managers not companies…in the end, turnover is mostly a manager issue.” Here are the four types of bad bosses that make employees want to quit companies: 1)…

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…