Author: Krobea

The Apostolic Nuncio to Ghana, Most Reverend Jean-Marie Speich, has called on priests in the Keta-Akatsi Diocese to clear their minds and thoughts from all that is ungodly and move forward with their newly appointed bishop, Most Rev. Gabriel Kumordji SVD. He urged them to strive to become excellent priests of the Diocese and with Bishop Kumordji SVD, build a ministry of unity, a ministry of reconciliation, and a ministry of holiness and testify the love of God for humanity. “Many Christians or Catholics, many Laity or Priests are following ‘idols’. It maybe money, sex, clerical power, voodoo or elevating…

North Korea has attempted to launch a missile on its east coast which is believed to have failed, South Korea’s military says. It comes a day after the state warned the US that it was “ready to hit back with nuclear attacks” amid mounting tension in the region. On Saturday, a military parade was held in Pyongyang as a show of force. North Korea has already conducted five nuclear tests and a series of missile launches. “North Korea attempted to test an unidentified type of missile from [its eastern port of] Sinpo,” the ministry said, adding that the suspected launch…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says government’s long term strategy to fight the galamsey menace will soon be released. Speaking at the coronation of Kwahu Obomenghene Nana Effa Opinamang III, President Akufo-Addo said his government will do its best to maintain a peaceful relationship with the Chinese government but will make sure the laws are enforced in order to put a halt on the galamsey menace. The galamsey menace was one of the many issues Nana Effa Opinamang III pleaded with the president to solve. In Twi he said “galamsey is destroying our lands and water bodies. You made a promise…

Deputy Majority Leader Sarah Adwoa Safo has threatened “to institute a court action against anyone caught impersonating me”. The threat by the Minister of State in charge of Procurement comes in the wake of a recent news article attributed to her “Facebook page”. She is quoted as challenging President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on her the said page to buy cars made by her father, Apostle Kwadwo Sarfo Kantanka. But in a disclaimer released on Saturday, April 15, the Dome-Kwabenya Member of Parliament said “I have never authored those words on the said Facebook page which the writer claims to…

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…