Author: Krobea

On March 7, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Sustainable Fisheries Management Project (SFMP) in collaboration with the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development and Ghana’s Fisheries Commission hosted an awards ceremony at Nungua beach to honour fishing communities and associations for their exemplary work to protect Ghana’s marine ecosystems and fish stocks. The Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, Elizabeth Afoley Quaye, and USAID/Ghana Private Sector Team Lead Richard Chen attended and delivered remarks. A total of 18 fishing communities, associations and individuals residing along Ghana’s coastline were rewarded and honoured for adopting responsible fishing practices. The…

Nigeria has closed its main airport in the capital, Abuja, for six weeks to allow badly needed repairs to be carried out. It comes after airlines threatened to stop flying there because of safety concerns over the state of the runway. From now, those wishing to travel to Abuja are being encouraged to instead fly to the northern city of Kaduna, 190km (120 miles) away. But all but one international airline has refused to fly there. Ethiopian Airlines is currently the only company offering international flights to Kaduna, which has been hit recently by a spate of kidnappings. The government…

The world is increasingly changing with regards to the kind of jobs people undertake on a daily. While many are forced to engage in menial jobs to make ends meet, others also are confronted with boredom that comes with routine work.  In all such cases, the accompanying stress places extreme demands on the individual. Psychological, emotional and physical stresses drain the life out of a person. There is hardly an area in our lives devoid of stress; from family worries to work situations that leave us anxious. Many are stressed out with money concerns and trying to stay afloat in…

The BEIGE Group (TBG), a financial services provider, has ventured into the provision of health insurance services following the acquisition of Empire Mutual Health Insurance (EMH), a licensed health insurance firm in Ghana. The transaction had been ongoing for some time to ensure compliance with regulatory due diligence procedures and involves a one-year business transformation plan including an injection of new capital into EMH. Empire Mutual Health is an Insurance company that offers quality and comprehensive health insurance policies for corporate bodies and individuals. Empire Mutual Health started its business operations in 2012 until it was acquired by The BEIGE…

Thousands of documents said to detail the CIA’s hacking tools were published by Wikileaks on Tuesday. They included allegations that the CIA had developed ways to listen in on smartphone and smart TV microphones. The CIA has been criticised by civil rights groups who say the agency “stockpiled” security flaws in devices to use them for its work, but left the population at risk by doing so. “Our digital security has been compromised because the CIA has been stockpiling vulnerabilities rather than working with companies to patch them,” said Nathan White, from the civil liberties group Access Now. Should we…

Justin Bieber in concert A man who posed as Justin Bieber online has been charged with more than 900 child sex-related crimes in Australia. The man, 42, masqueraded as the Canadian singer to gain explicit images from children, Queensland Police said. He was charged with 931 crimes, including three of rape, involving 157 alleged victims across the globe. Detective Inspector Jon Rouse called the allegations “frankly horrendous” and warned young fans of the singer and parents to be vigilant. “The fact that so many children could believe that they were communicating with this particular celebrity highlights the need for a…

The trial of Samsung’s de facto head Lee Jae-Yong on a string of corruption charges including bribery and embezzlement has begun in South Korea. Mr Lee was not present at the preliminary hearing, but his lawyer denied all charges on his behalf. The case is linked to a massive scandal that led to the impeachment of South Korea’s President Park Geun-hye. Four other Samsung executives who are also facing trial have also denied wrongdoing. The trial is expected to go on for several months. The case against Lee Mr Lee, also known as Jay Y Lee, is currently vice-chairman of…

Short men are in greater danger of losing their hair early, because both are in their genes. Men who feel they have lost the genetic lottery by being short may be unhappy to hear the same genes could cause their hair to fall out. But the testosterone which can cause boys to stop growing early, by closing the plates at the end of their bones during their teenage years, is also thought to cause baldness. The largest genetic study of male pattern baldness has confirmed four locations in men’s genes which cause them to be both vertically and follically challenged.  Genes…

A 17-year-old boy seen raping a girl, 13, in Talensi in the Upper East Region in a video that has gone viral has been arrested. His 20-year-old accomplice, who is said to have filmed the act, is being searched by the police. According to the Upper East Regional Director of the Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police Service, David Kofi Gyabaa, the incident happened two months ago at Gbani, a mining community in the Talensi District of the Upper East Region. He said the two boys – one 17 years and the other about 20 years – raped the…

An endangered classroom block is negatively affecting enrolment at the Chirifo-Yilli Junior High School in the Tolong District of the Northern Region. Pupils and teachers fear the block could collapse as a result of severe cracks developed by the structure over the years. Established in 1967, the Chirifo-Yilli Junior High School is among the oldest schools in the Northern Region. The then highly populated school used to serve the entire region before the establishment of other schools in parts of the region. Enrollment has shuffled between 200 and 300 pupils in the last seven years but has dropped further with…