Monthly Archives: May 2020

Coronaivrus: WHO gives directives to Ghana, other countries on holding elections

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has laid down some guidelines to be adopted by countries who want to hold elections despite the Coronavirus pandemic. The novel Coronavirus outbreak has brought many events to a standstill, while others have been postponed. Countries who are scheduled to hold their general elections this year have also been left pondering whether to go ahead or otherwise. Citizens of ...

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NDC boycotted IPAC meeting where EC’s proposed amendments to C.I. 91 were discussed, approved – John Boadu

The General Secretary of the NPP, John Boadu has disclosed that the opposition NDC boycotted the last meeting of the Interparty Advisory Committee (IPAC) held on March 25, 2020, at the EC conference room, citing the Covid situation in the country as their excuse. According to him, it was at this very meeting of the political parties’ platform with the ...

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EC exposes NDC

The Electoral Commission (EC) has in a no holds-barred statement punctured numerous holes in the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) press conference last week which sought to throw spanners in the works of the commission. By the time the commission had exhausted the bullet point treatment of the NDC’s whining accusations, it had succeeded in describing the opposition statement as ...

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Refusal to criticize Akufo-Addo led to my suspension – Allotey Jacobs speaks

Suspended former Central Regional Chairman of the oppositionNational Democratic Congress (NDC), Bernard Allotey Jacobs says the beginning of his hatred in his party started when he refused to criticize President Akufo-Addo’s free Senior High School policy. According to him, he hit hard at the Akufo-Addo government when the free Senior High School policy was implemented as it has always been ...

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Ghana must strictly enforce its laws against money laundering – Investment lawyer

An International Trade and Investment Lawyer, Francis Korankye-Sakyi, has said that Ghana has an adequate legal regime on money laundering but the main problem facing it is the satisfactory implementation of the laws. He intimated for example that apart from Act 930 and the supervisory mandate of the Bank of Ghana over the activities of financial and banking institutions, Ghana ...

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Details of dead coronavirus patients released

Details of the 28 persons who have so far lost their lives in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic have finally been released. The list which is included in the latest update on the Ghana Health Service site, provides the underlying health condition responsible for the death of the 28. Though the list doesn’t mention the names of the victims, ...

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Adongo has become used to the NDC way of lying – Danquah Institute Boss fires

The Executive Director of the Danquah Institute, Richard Ahiagbah has described the Member of Parliament(MP) for Bolgatanga CentralIsaac Adongo as always being in a haste to impress his paymasters, saying “Adongo is accustomed to the ‘NDC way’ of doing things” of lying. “It is inappropriate for Hon. Adongo to make false allegations against the government on double budgeting and inflating ...

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‘Sulley Muntari has neglected Owerriman FC and Konongo community’ – Nana Batafo

Owerriman FC owner Nana Batafo Acheampong Nti has accused their former player Sulley Muntari of neglecting the club and the Konongo Municipality. Nana Nti, who is also the Chief of Konongo, wants the ex-Ghana international to invest and support development initiatives in the community which helped harness his potential. Muntari played for the Division Two side en route to Osei ...

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Wethouder is gedrag Amsterdammers zat: te veel afval op straat

Amsterdam heeft ruim één miljoen euro extra kosten gemaakt om de enorme troep op straat op te ruimen. Sinds de coronacrisis is uitgebroken, zetten veel Amsterdammers hun vuilnis en grofvuil naast de afvalbakken. Michiel Couzy 13-05-20, 10:59 Laatste update: 12:02 Veel afval naast de bakken op de Amstelkade, een maand geleden. © Pien van Engen “Ik begin het zat te ...

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