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Waste management giant Zoomlion Ghana Limited has partnered the Ghana Police Service to   disinfected the Winneba Police Command and Staff College. This forms part of efforts by the two entities to curtail the spread of the coronavirus on campus. The disinfection exercise saw various areas like the classroom blocks, bungalows of lecturers, Offices and external environment of the facility disinfected by the team from Zoomlion. Commandant of the Winneba Police Command and Staff College Superintendent Samuel Aseidu Okanta told journalists the exercise will help erase doubts in the minds of incoming trainees of potential the covis-19 outbreak. “…if they are…

Armed robbers numbering about four on Friday evening attacked a bullion van belonging to the Absa Bank at gunpoint at Mmaampehia near Techiman in the Bono East Region and stole over GH¢600,000 contained in the van. Reports say the robbers who were wielding guns attacked the van and its occupants at about 5.30 pm wounding the driver and a police officer on board in the process before fleeing with their booty. The report identified the driver of the van with registration number GT 3181 – W, as Frank Agyeman, the police officer as Lance Corporal Yussif Abubakar and an official…

As the world commemorates Mother’s Day today, I am pleased to join all well-wishers to wish mothers in Ghana and across the globe a Happy Mother’s Day. Today is indeed a day to celebrate motherhood and the invaluable contribution of mothers in maintaining the family and in making the world a better place for us to live in. Today is also a day for recognizing the inestimable support and love mothers have always given not only to their biological children but to the human race in general. Robert Browning was spot on when he posited that, “all love begins and…

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) says it is currently finalising its manifesto for the 2020 general elections in December. General Secretary of the party, Johnson Asiedu Nketia on Saturday said that the party managed to get the needed materials from their national stakeholder consultations before the outbreak of coronavirus which has brought vibrant political activity to a standstill in the country. Speaking on TV3 news analysis programme, The Key Points, he said the 2020 Manifesto Committee “has been working and is still working”. “We are about finalising the manifesto. You realise that we were engaged in speak out session that…

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has released identity cards for some 912 newly recruited teachers to enable them go through the new entrant biometric registration to be able to receive their salaries. Each of the 912 teachers who were part of those trained in 2018 and employed last year are to report to the GNAT Hall in Accra from Monday, May 11 to 15 to undergo the registration exercise. The registration will enable the Controller and Accountant General’s Department to capture their details onto the public payroll. It will be the last process for the teachers before they begin to…

A cluster of new coronavirus cases in South Korea has forced the closure of bars and clubs across its capital city, amid fears of a second wave of infections as the country cautiously emerges from lockdown. South Korea reported 34 new cases of Covid-19 on Sunday, the biggest daily rise in a month, bringing the total number of infections to 10,874. The country had acted swiftly to bring its initial outbreak under control, and was widely regarded as a success story because of its aggressive containment strategy. But on Saturday, just days after restrictions were relaxed, the mayor of Seoul…

As Ghana inches closer to recording 5,000 cases of the novel coronavirus, doctors in the country are urging President Nana Akufo-Addo not to lift the ban on social gatherings introduced as part of raft measures to stop the spread of the deadly virus. Despite the closure of schools, ban on religious activities and all forms public gathering as well as closure of borders, Ghana’s covid-19 cases, particularly community infections, continue to soar to the surprise of many. Just three days after the Ghana Health Service announced that covid-19 infections in the country peaked on April 25, almost thousands cases were…

General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress has asked the New Patriotic Party to be concerned about choosing a flagbearer for the December polls and stop fretting about when his party will name a running mate to partner John Mahama. With just about seven months to the 2020 elections, concerns have been raised about who is likely to partner the former president for his comeback bid, with some critics claiming the NDC does not have qualified individuals for the spot. Addressing the issue on TV3 news analysis programme “The Key Points on Saturday, Mr Asiedu Nketia said his party is…

Covid-19, the pandemic, has changed many things; too many things. But for C.K Akonnor it all feels very different. Sixty- one days into his career as national team coach, he watched on as football closed in different countries in the wake of the coronavirus. Akonnor’s first tasks were games against Sudan in Cape Coast on March 27 and a return leg in Khartoum four days later. He had penciled down names, called them out in a press conference and all looked set for what should have been a coronation at the Cape Coast Stadium until things had to stop. The…

Some suspected criminals in police cells in the Greater Region have tested positive for coronavirus, the Accra Regional Police Commander DCOP Fred Adu-Anim has revealed. He told journalists Saturday suspects in their cells who tested positive for the deadly virus have since been isolated. “We have tested some of the policemen and we are waiting for the results,” he said during a cleanup exercise at the Accra Regional Police Headquarters by Zoomlion which also saw the company disinfect the place. The Ghana Police Service on Wednesday partnered the waste management giants, Zoomlion Ghana Limited, to undertake a massive fumigation and…