Author: Krobea

President Nana Akufo-Addo’s nominee for the Upper Denkyira West District in the Central Region, Daniel Appianin, was Wednesday confirmed as Chief Executive by the Assembly. Mr Appianin, who is the Upper Denkyira West Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, secured an overwhelming endorsement by polling 23 out of 23 votes cast, representing 100 per cent, to be the DCE. The new DCE expressed gratitude to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) as well as the Chiefs of Denkyira Traditional Council and called for unity to build the District. Speaking to 3news.com’s Kwame Kakarba after his confirmation, Mr Appianin said “once the…

General Electric (GE) announced on Thursday that it will supply the power generation equipment for the Bridge Power plant project in Tema, Ghana. The equipment, which will be used in the first phase of the project, will collectively generate 200 MW of power. An additional 200 MW of power will be deployed in stage two of the project. The equipment scope includes GE’s TM2500 gas turbine generator sets and GE’s steam turbines in a combined cycle (CC) configuration. This will be the first time the TM2500 gas turbines will be used in a combined cycle configuration globally and marks a…

The National Organizer of opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kofi Adams, has discounted media reports that state transporter Metro Mass Transit Limited (MMTL) is on the heels of the NDC over buses the party rented whilst in government. The party is alleged to have failed to pay for the services the company rendered it. But Mr. Adams says (in Twi) “we don’t owe Metro Mass that amount of money and I think they [MMT] must even balance us because we have paid them the amount we owe”. Media reports on Thursday suggested MMT had issued a pro forma invoice to the NDC after it had lost the general elections on December 7, revealing the…

Concerned Citizens of Talensi is calling on the Minerals Commission and Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources to revoke the mining licenses of two small-scale mining companies in Gbane in the Talensi District of the Upper East Region. The two companies are said to supported by Shaanxi Mining Company, a Chinese mining company. According to the group, the Chinese mining company is hiding behind these two small-scale mining companies to carry out large scale mining, which the mining laws of Ghana prohibit. Talensi residents numbering about 300 with red bands expressed their displeasure in a press conference in Sheiga in…

The Minerals Commission Ladies (MICLA) says it is ready to bargain for a mutual agreement with the various women who are involved in illegal mining. On Friday, April 28, some of the country’s women groups involved in illegal mining staged a demonstration against government’s directive to take them away from their illegal mining pits. According to these women, galamsey is their source of livelihood and removing them from it will render them unemployed. Government, media and civil society have in the last month mounted a strong campaign against galamsey, underscoring its effects on the environment and human survival. Speaking exclusively…

The organizers of the largest TEDx event in Ghana announces a brand new thought-leadership event, ‘Africa Dialogues’. Africa Dialogues focuses on issues relevant to Africa’s achievement of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals 2030 and ECOWAS’ Agenda 2063. Themed ‘Dreams We Dare Not’, the 2017 inaugural Africa Dialogues event will feature talks on governance and human rights, education, youth unemployment, infrastructure, technology, public health, gender, income inequality, African economies, and urban development. The event will congregate policy makers, innovative business leaders, accomplished academics, civil society leaders and distinguished individuals from Africa, to dialogue on Africa’s future. Describing the aspirations of the…

There were no major changes in the Fifa ranking for May as there were few competitive matches played across the world. The Top 50 nations remained the same with only Slovakia dropping one place from a joint 23rd with the USA, in April, to 24th. Ghana remain the world’s 45th football nation and continue to be Africa’s eighth best football nation. Egypt remain the continent’s best with Senegal following in second. The continent’s champions, Cameroon, are 33rd in the world and third in Africa. Burkina Faso and Nigeria complete the continent’s Top 5. Brazil are the world’s best, evidenced in…

A team of ODADE3 (Presbyterian Old Boys Association) walloped its Mfantsipim counterparts (MOBA) in an 111/2-81/2 win for the PRESEC-Legon boys at the Tema Country Golf Club on May Day. The competition, which was hosted by MOBA, was a much anticipated one for the PRESEC boys as this was their inaugural inter-schools golf competition. The PRESEC boys were outstanding in their performance and it was quite surprising to see them wallop the MOBA team. The ODADE3 team displayed amazing skills as they were a delight to watch. Commenting on the outstanding performance of their team, Michael Darko of ODADE3 93/95…

A mortuary in Mississippi is being sued by the husband of a gay man for allegedly refusing to cremate him because of his sexuality. John “Jack” Zawadski, 82, and his nephew filed the lawsuit after being told that the funeral parlour did not “deal with their kind”. Their legal team argue the response of staff at the Picayune mortuary devastated Mr Zawadski and his family. But the co-owner of the funeral home has tearfully denied the allegations. “We just didn’t do that,” a weeping Henrietta Brewer told Mississippi Today. Mrs Brewer said that her mortuary had handled the funerals of…

Members of the Netherlands Alumni Association of Ghana (NAAG) over the weekend joined the Dutch community to stage the maiden King’s Day Health Walk in Ghana. The Walk, which was to conclude activities of Orange Week, was organized by NAAG in collaboration with the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Accra. Joining the Walk, which began from Ayi Mensah in the Greater Accra Region to Aburi in the Eastern Region via the Akwapim Ridge, was the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Ron Strikker. Mr Strikker expressed joy at the exercise, showering praise on the executive of NAAG for coming up…