Author: Krobea

Vladimir Putin has waded into the growing row surrounding US President Donald Trump and his links to Russia. US media say Mr Trump passed on classified information to Russian officials last week, but Mr Putin says this is not the case. He said he would release a record of the meeting to the US Congress if they requested it. The news comes amid reports Mr Trump tried to influence an investigation into his team’s dealings with Russia. US media have quoted a memo by former FBI director James Comey that reportedly says Mr Trump asked him to drop an inquiry…

The Minority in Parliament wants the discharged members of the Delta Force vigilante group re-arrested immediately. According to Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu, the discharge of the eight members, who stormed court in April to set some other colleagues free, is an affront to the judiciary. Mr Iddrisu expressed these sentiments on Wednesday, May 17 when he addressed journalists on the issue. The eight were discharged by Justice Patricia Amponsah after the Attorney General failed to present evidence of the court siege of April 6, 2017. READ: Delta Force 8 freed for lack of evidence WATCH: Delta Force’s ‘freedom’ action in…

The Aviation Minister, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, has revealed that her ministry will go back to the drawing board and assess the scope of work on Phase One of the expansion work on the Tamale International Airport and compare if there was value for money in the GH¢ 130 million project under the erstwhile John Mahama administration. The sector minister also revealed that it is only after the assessment that cabinet can see what is needed to be approved in the budget for the start of Phase Two, which will see international flights patronizing the 3.4-kilometer runway. Madam Cecilia Abena Dapaah…

Minister of Education Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh has reiterated that all graduates of 2017 junior high school who get computer placement into public senior high schools (SHSs) will benefit from the free education policy to start in September. “This has been our consistent position,” Dr Opoku Prempeh stressed in a press release on Wednesday, May 17. The release was a rejoinder to a news item on some online portals, citing him as saying the policy will be for only brilliant students. Find the press release below: PRESS STATEMENT For Immediate Release REJOINDER: STARRFMONLINE.COM NEWS ITEM ON FREE SHS POLICY. My…

Minister of Health Kwaku Agyemang-Manu has discounted reports that he terminated the appointment of the Medical Director of the Ridge Hospital without recourse to due process. According to him, he only reassigned Dr Thomas Anaba to the University of Development Studies (UDS), where he he has been lecturing prior to his appointment on February 1, 2016. Dr Anaba has expressed disagreement with the termination of his appointment, heaping blame solely on the head of the Health Minister. ““I hold the minister responsible,” Dr Anaba declared on 3FM’s Sunrise on Tuesday, May 16. READ: Tension at Ridge Hospital as Medical Director…

Comfort Asante has gotten the nod to become the Chief Executive of the New Juaben Municipal Assembly after second round of voting. The 65-year-old was failed to get the two-thirds majority on Monday, May 15 at the first voting. She managed 62.8 per cent after poling 49 out of 78 votes. After a tense Wednesday morning of elections, Mrs Asante polled 77 YES votes, representing 98.71 per cent and 1 NO vote, representing 1.29 per cent. The University of Cape Coast lecturer in her acceptance speech said she was ready to work within the Assembly’s framework of structures to serve…

A Deputy Finance Minister, Kwaku Kwarteng, has charged the new board of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to be focused on revenue mobilization. The nine-member board was inaugurated by the Deputy Finance Minister. The board chaired by Harry Owusu also has GRA’s Commissioner-General Kofi Nti and a Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Millison Narh, as members. The board among other things is tasked with the duties of developing strategic and relevant means of mobilizing revenue for the country. Speaking at the inauguration, Deputy Finance Minister Kwaku Kwarteng says the board should be determined to carry out its duties…

The eight accused members of pro-New Patriotic Party (NPP) vigilante group Delta Force have been discharged by the Kumasi Circuit Court Two due to lack of evidence. Judge Patricia Amponsah freed the accused persons, following the Attorney General’s claim that it has no evidence to prosecute. In the last hearing on April 18, prosecutor ACP Okyere Darko upon the advised of the Attorney General prayed the Court for adjournment to enable the AG study the docket. That application was granted by Justice Amponsah, who set May 17 for hearing. The accused persons were standing trial over their alleged involvement in…

A Sharia court in Indonesia’s Aceh province has sentenced two men to be caned in public for having gay sex. The men were found guilty of violating strict Islamic laws in conservative Aceh and will receive 85 lashes each. The pair, aged 20 and 23, were found in bed together by vigilantes in March. They have not been identified. This is Indonesia’s first conviction for homosexuality, which is not illegal in the rest of the country. Aceh is the only province where Sharia is in force. The sentence is expected to be carried out next week. While the judges did…

Residents of seven communities in the Akosombo township have demonstrated against high tariffs in electricity bills. They suggest new metres introduced by the Volta River Authority (VRA) three years ago are the cause of the rise in bills. The residents are demanding management of VRA to give them a flat rate and withdraw their metres or face their wrath. Hundreds of them clad in red thronged VRA’s Technical Services Department on Tuesday morning to express their frustration after an hour-long mass procession from their various communities. The communities include Akosombo Combine, Kokonor, Tortibo, Poponi, Atimpoku, Mangoase and Torska. Some residents…