Author: Krobea

Karpowership Ghana Company Limited has donated food items to the Osu Children’s Home ahead of the Christmas celebrations. The donation, which is part of the company’s corporate social responsibility, has become an annual tradition. According to the Corporate Communications Specialist, Sandra Amarquaye, the donation is part of the company’s commitment to give back to society. “At Karpowership, we believe in investing in countries we operate in. While we ensure providing uninterrupted and reliable electricity to the national grid, we are also committed to giving back to society by addressing its needs,” she stated. Presenting the items on behalf of the…

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor said political opponents of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) exaggerated the ‘All Die Be Die’ comment by Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in 2011 to make the then flagbearer look bad in the eyes of electorates. Mr Kufuor said: “It was not threatening”. The comment attracted criticism from all quarters with many saying it was a war-drumming pronouncement. Then candidate Akufo-Addo was addressing some supporters of the NPP in Koforidua in the run-up to the 2012 elections when he made the comment. “They have intentions to intimidate us in 2012 because they believe that we are…

A baby has been born from an embryo frozen for nearly 25 years – possibly the longest gap between conception and birth since IVF began. The embryo was donated by a family in the US and has become the first child for a woman who would herself have been only one when the baby was conceived. The donated embryo that would become Emma Wren Gibson, a healthy baby girl, was thawed in March and transferred to mum Tina Gibson’s uterus. Emma was born in November. “Do you realise I’m only 25? This embryo and I could have been best friends,”…

The Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) says it has apprehended five companies with the help the police for forging registration documents. In a statement issued on Wednesday, GIPC said the companies breached the GIPC Act 2013 (Act 865). Two of the companies falsified documents of the Registrar General and forged certificates of GIPC. “One is currently being prosecuted by the GIPC in court while the second company is being investigated by the police.” Three of the companies forged foreign equity confirmation letters of the Bank of Ghana. According to the statement, the three companies said a staff member of GIPC…

A Political Science Lecturer at the University of Ghana, Dr Bossman Asare, wants the president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to call his appointees who show signs of intolerance to order. This comes in the wake of a melee between a Deputy Trades and Industry Minister, Carlos Ahenkorah, and North Tongu Member of Parliament Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa outside Parliament on Tuesday. Mr Ahenkorah, who is also MP for Tema West Constituency, has been heavily criticized over his attack on Mr Okudzeto Ablakwa. Mr. Ahenkorah was very unhappy over accusations that the Trade Ministry charged expatriates between $25, 000 and $100, 000…

US President Donald Trump has threatened to cut off financial aid to countries that back a United Nations resolution opposing the recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Earlier this month, Mr Trump took that step amid international criticism. “They take hundreds of millions of dollars and even billions of dollars, and then they vote against us,” he told reporters at the White House. “Let them vote against us. We’ll save a lot. We don’t care.” His comments come ahead of a UN General Assembly vote on a resolution opposing any recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The draft resolution does…

The president of the Confederation of African Football (Caf), Ahmad Ahmad, has reiterated his warning to Cameroon about their hosting of the Africa Cup of Nations. In response to a question about Cameroon holding on to the hosting of the tournament in its new expanded 24-team format in 2019 Ahmad wasted few words. “If the host country is unable to organise it, we will find a country that will organise it,” he said. “The authorities in the country, up to the head of state, have always confirmed to us that they will be ready.” Before Caf approved changes to the…

Media General Group made a great showing at this year’s Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) Awards as staff bagged a total of five awards including the Best TV Reporting at a ceremony held on Wednesday. Portia Gabor, who won the News Reporting category for TV, was also named the Most Promising Journalist of the Year. Peter Quao Adattor was named the Best Journalist in the health category while Kwabena Adu-Gyamfi was specially awarded for his efforts in contributing through journalism in the fight against illegal small-scale mining, popularly known as galamsey. TV3’s NewDay was also honoured as the best morning show…

Ghana’s peace may be threatened by the influx of private security companies, a UN expert group on mercenaries has warned, calling on authorities to introduce tougher measures to regulate the industry. It said the situation has been exacerbated by the spread of vigilante groups and armed individuals. “We have seen many times how countries like Ghana, with rich natural resources and porous borders, can fall prey to mercenarism and mercenary-related activities when the security situation is undermined by violence – often at the hands of armed groups,” Patricia Arias, a member of the group, said. The expert group carried out…

A Rocha scientists are calling on government to help protect the habitat of one of the world’s most endangered species discovered in the Atiwa Forest in the Eastern Region. The rare terrestrial monkey in the Atiwa Forest of the Eastern Region was said to have been discovered by the A Rocha scientists through the use of infrared camera trap. The primate is said to have lived in only a handful of sites in western Ghana, eastern Cote d’Ivoire and southern Burkina Faso but now endangered. Speaking with TV3, Daryl Bosu, the National Programs Director of A Rocha Ghana, said that…