Author: Krobea

Artiste Manager Mel Kwasi Davis, who doubles as the boss of Event Republic, has stated emphatically that hip-life artiste Guru cannot be classified as an A-List artiste in Ghana. Explaining who an A-List artiste is, Mel Kwasi Davis said an “A-List artiste must be an artiste who has a track record and he/she must be relevant in the current dispensation. “There is another level of A-List artiste who has a track record but he may not be ‘hot’ in this dispensation [but] because of his/her track record, he can be rated among the hottest artiste. “When I’m talking about track…

International ratings agency Fitch has revised the outlook on Ghana’s long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) from negative to stable. Fitch has also affirmed the issue ratings on Ghana’s senior unsecured foreign and local currency bonds at ‘B’, as well as the ‘BB-‘ rating on Ghana’s $1 billion partially guaranteed notes. According to the ratings agency, the stable outlook has come about as a result of the progress Ghana is making in stabilizing its economy after its recent crisis period with an expected revival in GDP growth, declining inflation, a more stable currency and increasing foreign exchange…

Angry soldiers have blocked off access to Bouaké, the second largest city in the Ivory Coast, as a revolt over a pay dispute continues. One of the uprising’s leaders said the soldiers were “ready to fight” if attacked. Sergeant Seydou Koné said they did not want to negotiate with anyone, according to Reuters news agency. The unrest began after a spokesman for the soldiers announced on Thursday that they had dropped their pay demands. In January, they forced the government into paying them about $8,000 (£6,200) each in bonuses to end a rebellion. They were due to receive a further…

After what seemed like an unending battle with the youth wing of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Savelugu Constituency after her nomination, Hajia Ayishetu Seidu finally gets the nod to lead constituents of the Savelugu/Nanton municipality in the Northern Region. The accountant at the Yendi Municipal Hospital becomes the first woman since 1992 to be nominated and confirmed as the Municipal Chief Executive in Savelugu. She joins her colleague Madam Mariam of the Sagnerigu District as two out of four women nominated and confirmed in the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo-led administration. Hajia Ayishetu garnered 50 out of the…

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has withdrawn its suit against Engineers & Planners owned by Ibrahim Mahama, a brother of Former President John Dramani Mahama. Counsel of the nation’s pension-management body made the announcement in court on Saturday, May 13. SSNIT had dragged E&P to the Accra District Court over the non-payment of workers’ social security. It had told the Court on Saturday, April 29 that E&P was in arrears in excess of GH¢660,000. Though E&P failed to make an appearance in court on the first day of hearing, its lawyers on Saturday, May 13 pleaded not…

The wife of Former Vice President Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, Matilda Amissah-Arthur, as part of helping the less privileged in society donated assorted fruits and food stuff, medical  equipment and  some orthopaedic materials to the staff and children of the Nsawam Orthopaedic Training Centre in the Eastern Region. A friend to the Orthopaedic Training Centre, Mrs Amissah-Arthur was welcomed to the Center by the Sister-in-Charge, Elizabeth Newman. Mrs. Amissah-Arthur commended the hospital and staff for the good job they have been doing and encouraged them to do more to ensure quality healthcare that Ghana needs. Sister Elizabeth Newman (SSND) is the…

Most health insurance service providers have introduced a system of co-payment in the face of non-payment of arrears by government, the Executive Director of the Health Insurance Service Providers Association of Ghana (HISPAG) has said. He explained co-payment to mean payment for some essential services rendered by service providers. The new payment system started last month. “We have been able to educate patients who visit health centers, informing them that the situation [with the NHIS] is terribly terrible,” Frank Richard Toblu said on TV3’s Midday Live on Saturday, May 13. “So they are beginning to understand the situation.” He said…

Pope Francis was greeted by crowds of hundreds of thousands as he made saints of two shepherd children at the Fatima shrine complex in Portugal. “We declare the blissful Francisco Marto and Jacinta Marto saints,” the pontiff said to loud applause. It is 100 years since the two – and a third child – reported seeing the Virgin Mary while tending sheep. The third is also on the way to sainthood. Portugal boosted security and re-imposed border controls temporarily. Roman Catholic pilgrims converged on the Fatima Sanctuary from countries as far away as China, Venezuela and East Timor. Earlier on…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is in the Volta Region for a two-day visit. It is unclear what the visit is officially about though it most certainly is to thank the Region for the electoral victory in 2016. The president on Saturday, May 13 will be at the Mafi Kumasi Senior High School. He will start his Sunday with a church service at the Global Evangelical Church at Ho Fiave before addressing a min-rally at Kpoanyigba Park in Ho Bankoe later that day. A schedule sighted by 3news.com and signed by Joseph Homenya, the New Patriotic Party’s Regional Secretary, called…

Former Member of Parliament for Nanton Constituency in the Northern Region Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed has called on all and sundry to be interested in the allegations leveled against the Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection by Daniel Bugri Naabu. In an internal party brawl, the Northern Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Naabu, had called the National Women’s Oganiser, Otiko Afisa Djaba, who is also the Gender Minister, a lesbian. This the former National Democratic Congress (NDC) MP says should not be swept under the carpet. “Another statement that was made that Bugri Naabu didn’t just…