Author: Krobea

The Kwahu Traditional Authority has thrown its weight behind the establishment of a paragliding training school. They are however calling for its siting in any of the Kwahu towns. The chief of Abetifi and Adontenhene of the Kwahu Traditional Area, Nana Akyemfo Asiedu Agyemang III, was responding to the tourism ministry’s proposal at the launch of this year’s paragliding festival. “We have even met with the ministry on this same project and we are ready to support the project especially since the paragliding festival takes place here,” he said in an interview. “Once government is ready, we will put up…

Property owners in Kwahu in the Eastern Region have had to convert their homes into guest houses to accommodate bulging patrons of the annual Easter festivities. All hotels are fully occupied with some rooms booked as far back as last year. Some hotels have taken advantage of the situation to charge more than twice their rates with some guests having to compulsorily book for five days. This was one of my discoveries at Kwahu as the news crew went in search for accommodation. Even before we could embark on the search, some residents whom we enquired from made it clear…

Testimony released by the Brazilian Supreme Court alleges that builders and politicians illegally profited from the construction of stadiums used in the 2014 football World Cup. The plea bargain testimony was given by executives working for Odebrecht – the continent’s biggest construction firm. They claim there were irregularities in the bidding process for six stadiums including the Maracana in Rio. The latest corruption probe apparently involved almost all political parties. In the case of the Maracana, the cost of renovation was to have been 700 million reais ($225 million) but eventually went over one billion reais. At least five executives…

An agreement has been reached between government and American pilots to have locals trained to handle the annual paragliding festival in Kwahu-Atibie in the Eastern Region of Ghana. “It is not political talk,” Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts Catherine Afeku said on Friday, April 14, when she launched this year’s paragliding festival. According to her, discussions of roping the locals in on the festival came up during government’s interactions with the expatriate pilots. The Evalue-Gwira Member of Parliament said the two Americans said all that they need is a football-size pitch of land to serve as a landing…

Fast-rising Ghanaian gospel singer, Ed, has released a new single which is taking Easter reflections to new dimensions. Dubbed ‘He Cares For Me’ and released with a great video, the single is rekindling the true spirit of Easter – the forgiveness of sin through the blood of Jesus Christ shed on the cross at Calvary. The single was only released on April 1, but many followers are already emphasising how it has generated deep personal introspection and caused many to reflect on God’s grace and mercy despite our human failures. Commenting via Ed’s Facebook page, a follower writes: “My heart…

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Commercial Service of the US Embassy in Accra to organize two business expositions ahead of this year’s international friendlies against Mexico and the USA. The business exposition, which is being organized in partnership with RGG Sports LLC of Tampa, will see a business conference and two exhibition fairs held in the two cities for the friendlies. The Black Stars will play Mexico in Texas on 28 May before taking in the United States on 1 July in Connecticut. The  is to use the two football matches to…

An eight-year old boy in Ohio safely drove his little sister to McDonald’s after learning to drive from YouTube, local news report. Ohio’s Morning Journal said police received calls from residents about a child driving through town. Staff at the restaurant thought they were the victims of a prank when the underage pair stopped at the drive-through window, the paper added. The boy obeyed all traffic lights and laws, witnesses said. “He didn’t hit a single thing on the way there. It was unreal,” police officer Jacob Koehler, from the village of East Palestine, said. The child told police he…

Northern Region Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Daniel Bugri Naabu has made defiant calls at the recent suggestion by the Inspector General of Police to have settlers of Agbogbloshie relocated. David Asante-Appeatu on Wednesday after visiting and inspecting the area following deadly clashes involving Dagombas and Kokombas suggested that the settlers should be relocated. This suggestion was greeted with stern resistance from the feuding groups. READ: Kokombas on collision course with IGP over relocation from Agbogbloshie On Thursday, April 13 when he visited the area, the NPP regional chairman rubbished the IGP’s suggestion. “But where will we relocate…

It all started with providing private security for opposition politicians, then it assumed a moral cassock of beating political opponents in the name of ‘protecting the ballot’ and when the NPP lost elections in 2008 and 2012, the scope of ‘vigilantism’ was extended to beating of journalists who went to cover post-election mood of party faithfuls both at the party’s headquarters and the Nima residence of its opposition leader, Nana Akufo Addo. The actions of these groups are violent and criminal. These are unregistered private security groups who are gradually ripping our already fragile democracy apart. The first time I…

A youth activist in the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Israel Venunye, said comments of ex-President John Mahama accepting responsibility for the party’s poor showing in the 2016 elections “was not satisfying and does not show any sense of remorse”. Former President Mahama in accepting full responsibility for the embarrassing defeat said: “Of course as the general who led us into battle, I take ultimate responsibility for our losing the election and so if it will satisfy those people, blame me for the loss”. However, reacting to aspects of the comments, Mr Vununye said there is lack of candour in the…