Eastern regional police PRO, DSP Eben Tetteh in a statement said on Thursday, November, 8 at about 5am, a night patrol team led by Chief inspector Stephen Asare on board a police vehicle no. GP 3585 drove to the station an Opel Astra Taxi cab with registration number and reported that during their duty tour they spotted the said vehicle at Kofigya village, a suburb of Suhum heading towards Suhum.
The statement said when the driver was signaled to stop, he failed but rather increased his speed, explaining that the vehicle was traced to MTN office at Suhum township where it was abandoned.
The statement said a search conducted in the vehicle revealed five wrapped sacks of plant substance suspected to be Indian Hemp and additional vehicle number plate with registration number GR 286 – Y.
The vehicle and its content, according to the statement, have since been retained at the station as strenuous efforts are being made to get the perpetrators arrested.
Eastern regional police PRO, DSP Eben Tetteh in a statement said on Thursday, November, 8 at about 5am, a night patrol team led by Chief inspector Stephen Asare on board a police vehicle no. GP 3585 drove to the station an Opel Astra Taxi cab with registration number and reported that during their duty tour they spotted the said vehicle at Kofigya village, a suburb of Suhum heading towards Suhum.
The statement said when the driver was signaled to stop, he failed but rather increased his speed, explaining that the vehicle was traced to MTN office at Suhum township where it was abandoned.
The statement said a search conducted in the vehicle revealed five wrapped sacks of plant substance suspected to be Indian Hemp and additional vehicle number plate with registration number GR 286 – Y.
The vehicle and its content, according to the statement, have since been retained at the station as strenuous efforts are being made to get the perpetrators arrested.
The 25 year old lasted the entire duration and created an assist as Saul Niguez and Antoin Griezman earned the Spanish side all three points.
Following his impressive performance against the Germans, the Ghanaian who has struggled to break into the starting eleven of Atletico this campaign indicated he wants to be a starter at the club.
“I feel good, wanting to play more games, happy and when I have to play to try to help the team,” he said after the game on Tuesday” It was a good match, “he added.
“When the team works as a team , everything goes well and today it has been like that “.
The versatile player also spoke of the injuries that has affected the Atletico team recently, with the likes of Jose Jimenez and Thomas Lemar picking up knocks in the La Liga.
“That happens on any team, sometimes you have casualties and sometimes you have a lot of players that the coach does not know how to choose,” he said.
The 25 year old lasted the entire duration and created an assist as Saul Niguez and Antoin Griezman earned the Spanish side all three points.
Following his impressive performance against the Germans, the Ghanaian who has struggled to break into the starting eleven of Atletico this campaign indicated he wants to be a starter at the club.
“I feel good, wanting to play more games, happy and when I have to play to try to help the team,” he said after the game on Tuesday” It was a good match, “he added.
“When the team works as a team , everything goes well and today it has been like that “.
The versatile player also spoke of the injuries that has affected the Atletico team recently, with the likes of Jose Jimenez and Thomas Lemar picking up knocks in the La Liga.
“That happens on any team, sometimes you have casualties and sometimes you have a lot of players that the coach does not know how to choose,” he said.
Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery, says the Ghana Police administration has dispatched a three-member team of investigators to South Sudan to investigate alleged sexual exploitation and abuse involving 46 police officers on a United Nations mission in South Sudan.
The said officers were allegedly involved in sexual misconduct and have been withdrawn to Juba.
Responding to a question on the floor of parliament, the Minister said officials who will be implicated in the alleged misconduct will be dealt with according to law.
He added that the officers in question have been since been interdicted.
Ambrose Dery told the house that urgent steps were being taken by his ministry and the Attorney-General to amend the Ghana Police Service Regulations 2012 (C176) to include sexual exploitation and abuse which are not explicitly captured under the current regulations.
He added that in line with the UN zero adherence policy on sexual exploitation and abuse, the detachment of the 46 personnel was repatriated on administrative grounds to Ghana on 30th May 2018.
Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery, says the Ghana Police administration has dispatched a three-member team of investigators to South Sudan to investigate alleged sexual exploitation and abuse involving 46 police officers on a United Nations mission in South Sudan.
The said officers were allegedly involved in sexual misconduct and have been withdrawn to Juba.
Responding to a question on the floor of parliament, the Minister said officials who will be implicated in the alleged misconduct will be dealt with according to law.
He added that the officers in question have been since been interdicted.
Ambrose Dery told the house that urgent steps were being taken by his ministry and the Attorney-General to amend the Ghana Police Service Regulations 2012 (C176) to include sexual exploitation and abuse which are not explicitly captured under the current regulations.
He added that in line with the UN zero adherence policy on sexual exploitation and abuse, the detachment of the 46 personnel was repatriated on administrative grounds to Ghana on 30th May 2018.
Over a hundred Ghanaian students in Italy have been stripped of their scholarship and many more face possible denial over massive visa fraud discovered by the Italian Embassy in Ghana.
Every year, the Italian Embassy in Ghana validates the documents of Ghanaian students on scholarship in Italy to enable them keep their scholarships.
The documents students submit for the scholarship are mainly an affidavit from the Supreme Court and proof of family composition and income, based on tax clearance certificate from Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA)Â but only the latter needs validation.
But this year some Ghanaian students in Italy took to Facebook page of the Italian Embassy in Ghana, lambasting the Embassy for causing their scholarships to be cancelled and or delayed.
According to the students, they submitted their documents for validation months ago but the October 31, 2018 deadline has passed and yet the Embassy has still not validated their documents.
As a result, some students have been thrown out of their university dormitories during winter, and denied food, while others have actually been asked to refund up to €4,000 because it has been discovered that they did not qualify for scholarship.
The students said the Italian Scholarship Secretariat has extended the deadline to November 30, but the Embassy is still showing no sign of validating their documents.
Fake documents
But Adom News investigations at the Italian Embassy revealed that for scores of the students, the validation may either never come or would be delayed beyond the deadline because the Embassy has discovered massive fraud in their visa and scholarship acquisition.
Documents available to Adom News indicate that there is a network of fraudsters in Ghana and Italy who collect between €1,000 and €3,850 from students and fake documents for them to collect visas.
Per the documents, €1,000 is for basic package, €2,300 for unique package and €3,850 for what they call complete package.
The Italian-based Ghanaian ringleader, who was named only as George, was heard on an audio recording, obtained from the Italian Embassy, advising his clients on how to state their family income to deceive Embassy officials into giving them both visas and scholarships.
He said “if you state a high income you may get the visa but lose the chance of getting a scholarship because it means your parents have money to pay the fees; and if you state low income you will not get the visa because it means you have no means to take care of yourself while in Italy, so take the middle line.”
Another member of the ring was heard on another tape admonishing applicants to wait for a certain Saddat in Kumasi to give them the fake signature that looked most authentic because everyone he signed for, got the visa.
Meanwhile, Adom News investigations also revealed the Italian Embassy has loads of WhatsApp chats between the ringleader, George and several of his victims; and letters from GRA showing that at least 15 out of a set of 22 tax clearance documents verified came out as fake.
There was even an email from a victim to the Embassy narrating how, when and where various exorbitant amounts of money were extorted from him for fake documents but the visa never came so he felt the need to go to then Embassy himself for help.
Italian Embassy
Italian Ambassador to Ghana, Giovanni Favilli told Adom News they had noticed an “unnatural increase” in student visa applications from about 200 in 2013 to a whopping 1,500 in 2018 alone, but it was the confession of that one victim that opened their eyes to the operations of the network of fraudsters who have taken advantage of the Embassy’s leniency to defraud families and enrich themselves.
He said, at some point in their investigations, the Embassy had to fire one of their own workers because they suspected complicity.
Giovanni Favilli said there are over 1,000 Ghanaians students in Italy and lots of them enjoy scholarships and are treated just like Italian students.
“Italy is happy to welcome Ghanaian students and treat them same as Italian students but we will not countenance fraudsters taking advantage of our hospitality to defraud the system,” he said.
Ambassador Giovanni Favilli
The Ambassador noted that even this year, many of the applications have been denied because investigations showed that most of the documents submitted were either fake or not up to the requirement.
He cautioned that the Embassy does not work with middlemen, except the company hired to receive applications on behalf of the Embassy, and the application processing fee is only €50 and nothing more.
“If anyone takes your money and promises you a visa, remember that we will verify every minute detail of documents submitted for visas and if fraud is determined you may become an accomplice of the criminal behind the fraud,” he warned.
Meanwhile, the students whose documents have been found to be fake, have been reported to the judicial service in Italy and some of them have already been kicked out of their dormitories and have been asked to refund scholarship money already spent on them.
Over a hundred Ghanaian students in Italy have been stripped of their scholarship and many more face possible denial over massive visa fraud discovered by the Italian Embassy in Ghana.
Every year, the Italian Embassy in Ghana validates the documents of Ghanaian students on scholarship in Italy to enable them keep their scholarships.
The documents students submit for the scholarship are mainly an affidavit from the Supreme Court and proof of family composition and income, based on tax clearance certificate from Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA)Â but only the latter needs validation.
But this year some Ghanaian students in Italy took to Facebook page of the Italian Embassy in Ghana, lambasting the Embassy for causing their scholarships to be cancelled and or delayed.
According to the students, they submitted their documents for validation months ago but the October 31, 2018 deadline has passed and yet the Embassy has still not validated their documents.
As a result, some students have been thrown out of their university dormitories during winter, and denied food, while others have actually been asked to refund up to €4,000 because it has been discovered that they did not qualify for scholarship.
The students said the Italian Scholarship Secretariat has extended the deadline to November 30, but the Embassy is still showing no sign of validating their documents.
Fake documents
But Adom News investigations at the Italian Embassy revealed that for scores of the students, the validation may either never come or would be delayed beyond the deadline because the Embassy has discovered massive fraud in their visa and scholarship acquisition.
Documents available to Adom News indicate that there is a network of fraudsters in Ghana and Italy who collect between €1,000 and €3,850 from students and fake documents for them to collect visas.
Per the documents, €1,000 is for basic package, €2,300 for unique package and €3,850 for what they call complete package.
The Italian-based Ghanaian ringleader, who was named only as George, was heard on an audio recording, obtained from the Italian Embassy, advising his clients on how to state their family income to deceive Embassy officials into giving them both visas and scholarships.
He said “if you state a high income you may get the visa but lose the chance of getting a scholarship because it means your parents have money to pay the fees; and if you state low income you will not get the visa because it means you have no means to take care of yourself while in Italy, so take the middle line.”
Another member of the ring was heard on another tape admonishing applicants to wait for a certain Saddat in Kumasi to give them the fake signature that looked most authentic because everyone he signed for, got the visa.
Meanwhile, Adom News investigations also revealed the Italian Embassy has loads of WhatsApp chats between the ringleader, George and several of his victims; and letters from GRA showing that at least 15 out of a set of 22 tax clearance documents verified came out as fake.
There was even an email from a victim to the Embassy narrating how, when and where various exorbitant amounts of money were extorted from him for fake documents but the visa never came so he felt the need to go to then Embassy himself for help.
Italian Embassy
Italian Ambassador to Ghana, Giovanni Favilli told Adom News they had noticed an “unnatural increase” in student visa applications from about 200 in 2013 to a whopping 1,500 in 2018 alone, but it was the confession of that one victim that opened their eyes to the operations of the network of fraudsters who have taken advantage of the Embassy’s leniency to defraud families and enrich themselves.
He said, at some point in their investigations, the Embassy had to fire one of their own workers because they suspected complicity.
Giovanni Favilli said there are over 1,000 Ghanaians students in Italy and lots of them enjoy scholarships and are treated just like Italian students.
“Italy is happy to welcome Ghanaian students and treat them same as Italian students but we will not countenance fraudsters taking advantage of our hospitality to defraud the system,” he said.
Ambassador Giovanni Favilli
The Ambassador noted that even this year, many of the applications have been denied because investigations showed that most of the documents submitted were either fake or not up to the requirement.
He cautioned that the Embassy does not work with middlemen, except the company hired to receive applications on behalf of the Embassy, and the application processing fee is only €50 and nothing more.
“If anyone takes your money and promises you a visa, remember that we will verify every minute detail of documents submitted for visas and if fraud is determined you may become an accomplice of the criminal behind the fraud,” he warned.
Meanwhile, the students whose documents have been found to be fake, have been reported to the judicial service in Italy and some of them have already been kicked out of their dormitories and have been asked to refund scholarship money already spent on them.
Police in the US are responding to reports of a shooting at a bar in Thousand Oaks, California.
At least six people, including one officer, were injured in the shooting the Borderline Bar and Grill at about 23:20 local time on Wednesday. It is not yet clear if anyone died.
Police say they are still working to get the situation under control.
Police in the US are responding to reports of a shooting at a bar in Thousand Oaks, California.
At least six people, including one officer, were injured in the shooting the Borderline Bar and Grill at about 23:20 local time on Wednesday. It is not yet clear if anyone died.
Police say they are still working to get the situation under control.
Some nine Ghanaians have been arrested in Brampton, UK after police officers conducted a search in their apartment.
The Police seized a loaded .9mm calibre Glock 17 handgun, an unloaded .9mm calibre Glock 17 handgun, a loaded .9mm calibre Jericho 941S handgun, and quantities of crack cocaine and fentanyl.
Some nine Ghanaians have been arrested in Brampton, UK after police officers conducted a search in their apartment.
The Police seized a loaded .9mm calibre Glock 17 handgun, an unloaded .9mm calibre Glock 17 handgun, a loaded .9mm calibre Jericho 941S handgun, and quantities of crack cocaine and fentanyl.
Gunshots were fired by the Northern Regional Police Command to disperse some youth who stormed the police station in an attempt to forcibly free a suspect.
Information gathered by DAILY GUIDE indicates that the behaviour of the youth at the police station forced the police to fire gunshots.
Reports have it that the issue is about land litigation at Vittin, a suburb of Tamale in the Northern Region.
The Northern Regional Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Yusuf Mohammed Tanko told DAILY GUIDE that they received a complaint from a group that they had a land issue with some residents in the Vittin area and the particular land had some bags of cement on the land but 100 bags of the said cement and blocks were destroyed by unknown persons.
According to the Police PRO, the suspect was identified and arrested by the police and sent to the police station.
He indicated that some youth came to the police station to ask for the release of the suspect but the police told them there were laid-down processes.
Gunshots were fired by the Northern Regional Police Command to disperse some youth who stormed the police station in an attempt to forcibly free a suspect.
Information gathered by DAILY GUIDE indicates that the behaviour of the youth at the police station forced the police to fire gunshots.
Reports have it that the issue is about land litigation at Vittin, a suburb of Tamale in the Northern Region.
The Northern Regional Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Yusuf Mohammed Tanko told DAILY GUIDE that they received a complaint from a group that they had a land issue with some residents in the Vittin area and the particular land had some bags of cement on the land but 100 bags of the said cement and blocks were destroyed by unknown persons.
According to the Police PRO, the suspect was identified and arrested by the police and sent to the police station.
He indicated that some youth came to the police station to ask for the release of the suspect but the police told them there were laid-down processes.
The National Identification Authority (NIA) has announced persons requiring a replacement of their national identification card, popularly known as the Ghana Card, will be charged 20 cedis.
“Replacement is GHC20 but the card itself is freeâ€, the Director of Public Affairs at the NIA, Francis Palmdeti, said on Yen Sempa on Onua FM Wednesday.
According to the Authority persons who misplace or damage their cards will be required to report to any nearby office of the NIA, pay the stipulated fee, demand for a receipt and have the card replaced.
Meanwhile, Mr. Palmdeti said a total of 3,807 Ghanaians have been registered by the Authority within the Adentan municipality in the last two days of the ongoing mass registration exercise in the area. They have each been issued with ID cards.
The current mass registration exercise started on Monday, November 5, 2018.
Already, some 80,000 cards have been issued so far. Those who have received their cards are mostly workers of state institutions, including the President and his vice.
The registration team will be in the Adentan municipality in the next three weeks before moving to other areas in the Greater Accra Region.
The exercise is expected to last for two months in the Ashanti Region and one month in the other eight regions.
The National Identification Authority (NIA) has announced persons requiring a replacement of their national identification card, popularly known as the Ghana Card, will be charged 20 cedis.
“Replacement is GHC20 but the card itself is freeâ€, the Director of Public Affairs at the NIA, Francis Palmdeti, said on Yen Sempa on Onua FM Wednesday.
According to the Authority persons who misplace or damage their cards will be required to report to any nearby office of the NIA, pay the stipulated fee, demand for a receipt and have the card replaced.
Meanwhile, Mr. Palmdeti said a total of 3,807 Ghanaians have been registered by the Authority within the Adentan municipality in the last two days of the ongoing mass registration exercise in the area. They have each been issued with ID cards.
The current mass registration exercise started on Monday, November 5, 2018.
Already, some 80,000 cards have been issued so far. Those who have received their cards are mostly workers of state institutions, including the President and his vice.
The registration team will be in the Adentan municipality in the next three weeks before moving to other areas in the Greater Accra Region.
The exercise is expected to last for two months in the Ashanti Region and one month in the other eight regions.
The National Secretariat of the 1-District 1-Factory has been robbed Wednesday dawn, MyNewsGh.com has learnt.
This was confirmed by the Public Relations Officer of the Program, Abraham Gyasi.
According to him, the robbery occurred around 1 am this dawn. Police have since taken over the facility while investigations commence into the incident.
So far, some of the items stolen recorded include laptops, printers, desktop computers, scanners among others.
One District One Factory Programme was instituted by His Excellency, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo-Addo to address the challenge of slow economic growth at the district level through a massive nationwide industrialization drive, which will equip and empower communities to utilize their local resources in manufacturing products that are in high demand both locally and internationally.
This, he said will allow the country to reap the rewards of industrialization.
The programme is expected to facilitate the creation of between 7,000 to 15,000 jobs per district and between 1.5 million and 3.2 million nationwide by end of 2021.
The National Secretariat of the 1-District 1-Factory has been robbed Wednesday dawn, MyNewsGh.com has learnt.
This was confirmed by the Public Relations Officer of the Program, Abraham Gyasi.
According to him, the robbery occurred around 1 am this dawn. Police have since taken over the facility while investigations commence into the incident.
So far, some of the items stolen recorded include laptops, printers, desktop computers, scanners among others.
One District One Factory Programme was instituted by His Excellency, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo-Addo to address the challenge of slow economic growth at the district level through a massive nationwide industrialization drive, which will equip and empower communities to utilize their local resources in manufacturing products that are in high demand both locally and internationally.
This, he said will allow the country to reap the rewards of industrialization.
The programme is expected to facilitate the creation of between 7,000 to 15,000 jobs per district and between 1.5 million and 3.2 million nationwide by end of 2021.
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) seized cartons of bottled drinks and water from selected retail outlets in Accra which have failed to fix the tax stamp on their products.
The Chief Revenue Officer of the GRA, Kwabena Apau Awua Anto further warned retailers of bottled products to either shun purchasing products without the tax stamp or risk having the items seized.
“We want all retailers to ensure that the manufacturers have the stamp on the products before they allow it in their shops. We will continue to visit retail shops and ensure that the tax stamp in compiled with†a Chief Revenue Officer, Kwabena Apau Awua Anto told the media during a raid of some retail shops.
Meanwhile, checks at a distribution depot of the Accra Breweries Ltd showed the tax stamp was being distributed directly to them at a fee by some unscrupulous persons.
Background
The Excise Tax Stamp Act, 2013 (ACT 873) was passed by Parliament in December 2013 with the aim of helping the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) enforce the affixing of Excise Tax Stamp on specific excisable goods before they are delivered ex-factory, cleared from any port or presented for sale at any commercial level in Ghana.
The ACT subsequently received presidential assent in January 2014.
The Excise Tax Stamp Act is definitely not an introduction of a new tax. It rather requires that Excise Tax Stamps with traceable and security-enhanced features on specified excisable commodities in order to serve as preliminary evidence of the payment of the required duties and taxes and to provide an audit trail for tracing importers and manufacturers of counterfeited goods.
Excisable Products expected to be affixed with the stamps include Cigarette and other Tobacco products, alcoholic beverages, non-alcoholic and carbonated beverages, bottled water, textiles and other goods determined by the Minister of Finance.
The enforcement of the Act started at the ports on January 1, 2018, and the points of sale on March 1, 2018, with a special task force commencing the first phase of an enforcement exercise in Accra, Kumasi and Takoradi.
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) seized cartons of bottled drinks and water from selected retail outlets in Accra which have failed to fix the tax stamp on their products.
The Chief Revenue Officer of the GRA, Kwabena Apau Awua Anto further warned retailers of bottled products to either shun purchasing products without the tax stamp or risk having the items seized.
“We want all retailers to ensure that the manufacturers have the stamp on the products before they allow it in their shops. We will continue to visit retail shops and ensure that the tax stamp in compiled with†a Chief Revenue Officer, Kwabena Apau Awua Anto told the media during a raid of some retail shops.
Meanwhile, checks at a distribution depot of the Accra Breweries Ltd showed the tax stamp was being distributed directly to them at a fee by some unscrupulous persons.
Background
The Excise Tax Stamp Act, 2013 (ACT 873) was passed by Parliament in December 2013 with the aim of helping the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) enforce the affixing of Excise Tax Stamp on specific excisable goods before they are delivered ex-factory, cleared from any port or presented for sale at any commercial level in Ghana.
The ACT subsequently received presidential assent in January 2014.
The Excise Tax Stamp Act is definitely not an introduction of a new tax. It rather requires that Excise Tax Stamps with traceable and security-enhanced features on specified excisable commodities in order to serve as preliminary evidence of the payment of the required duties and taxes and to provide an audit trail for tracing importers and manufacturers of counterfeited goods.
Excisable Products expected to be affixed with the stamps include Cigarette and other Tobacco products, alcoholic beverages, non-alcoholic and carbonated beverages, bottled water, textiles and other goods determined by the Minister of Finance.
The enforcement of the Act started at the ports on January 1, 2018, and the points of sale on March 1, 2018, with a special task force commencing the first phase of an enforcement exercise in Accra, Kumasi and Takoradi.
The Ghana Police Service has advised members of the public to beware of people who enter bank premises, markets, shops or business areas wearing hoods or helmets.
It said the new trend of robbery was that the robbers in order to avoid being captured on the closed-circuit televisions (CCTVs) had adopted a method of hiding their identities that way.
The Director-General of the Police Public Affairs Directorate, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Mr David Senanu Eklu, who disclosed this in an interview with the Daily Graphic in Accra yesterday, said the robbers used motorbikes to trail their victims from banks or shopping centres then attack them when they got the chance.
Motorbikes
He said the robbers moved around with two or three motorbikes in a row and whenever they struck they quickly passed the booty on to a different motorbike in order to escape arrest.
The robbers, he said, usually operated on Fridays and weekends when commercial activities were at their peak and people had gone to make purchases for the week.
ACP Eklu said the robbers currently operated at a number of communities in Tema, especially Community Six and some parts of Accra.
He said two of such robbers were arrested at a bank premises in Tema where the victim had gone to withdraw money and they had followed him from his office to the bank.
Surveillance
According to ACP Eklu, the police had mounted intensive surveillance at flash points where the robbers usually attacked their victims.
“We want to emphasise that banks, businesses, pharmacy shops, forex bureaux, provision shops among others, should have strict access control mechanisms to their premisses.
For example, people who enter their premises with helmets or sweaters with hoods should become potential suspects,†he stated.
He indicated that security guards should also be vigilant to ensure that people with hoods or helmets were not allowed into their premises.
He advised members of the public to be security concious whenever they went out to transact business in order not to fall victim of the activities of the robbers.
ACP Eklu said if rigorous measures were adopted it would help check the menace.
The Ghana Police Service has advised members of the public to beware of people who enter bank premises, markets, shops or business areas wearing hoods or helmets.
It said the new trend of robbery was that the robbers in order to avoid being captured on the closed-circuit televisions (CCTVs) had adopted a method of hiding their identities that way.
The Director-General of the Police Public Affairs Directorate, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Mr David Senanu Eklu, who disclosed this in an interview with the Daily Graphic in Accra yesterday, said the robbers used motorbikes to trail their victims from banks or shopping centres then attack them when they got the chance.
Motorbikes
He said the robbers moved around with two or three motorbikes in a row and whenever they struck they quickly passed the booty on to a different motorbike in order to escape arrest.
The robbers, he said, usually operated on Fridays and weekends when commercial activities were at their peak and people had gone to make purchases for the week.
ACP Eklu said the robbers currently operated at a number of communities in Tema, especially Community Six and some parts of Accra.
He said two of such robbers were arrested at a bank premises in Tema where the victim had gone to withdraw money and they had followed him from his office to the bank.
Surveillance
According to ACP Eklu, the police had mounted intensive surveillance at flash points where the robbers usually attacked their victims.
“We want to emphasise that banks, businesses, pharmacy shops, forex bureaux, provision shops among others, should have strict access control mechanisms to their premisses.
For example, people who enter their premises with helmets or sweaters with hoods should become potential suspects,†he stated.
He indicated that security guards should also be vigilant to ensure that people with hoods or helmets were not allowed into their premises.
He advised members of the public to be security concious whenever they went out to transact business in order not to fall victim of the activities of the robbers.
ACP Eklu said if rigorous measures were adopted it would help check the menace.
The Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako Atta, has said work on the Madina-Adenta highway will commence as soon as possible.
Speaking Wednesday on the Super Morning Show, Kwasi Amoako Atta stated that government is taking steps to ensure that contractors come back to complete the footbridges.
On the Super Morning Show on November 5, the Director of Bridges at the Ghana Highways Authority, Yaqub Koray, revealed that the footbridges on parts of the Madina-Adenta highway will be fixed by end of 2019.
The Minister for Roads and Highways, however, said he cannot confirm when the bridges will be completed.
Mr. Amoako Atta stated that he is not privy to information on recent issues and promised to make a public statement after cabinet completes deals that need to be done.
The Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako Atta, has said work on the Madina-Adenta highway will commence as soon as possible.
Speaking Wednesday on the Super Morning Show, Kwasi Amoako Atta stated that government is taking steps to ensure that contractors come back to complete the footbridges.
On the Super Morning Show on November 5, the Director of Bridges at the Ghana Highways Authority, Yaqub Koray, revealed that the footbridges on parts of the Madina-Adenta highway will be fixed by end of 2019.
The Minister for Roads and Highways, however, said he cannot confirm when the bridges will be completed.
Mr. Amoako Atta stated that he is not privy to information on recent issues and promised to make a public statement after cabinet completes deals that need to be done.
Democrats on Tuesday captured the House of Representatives and are set to exert a major institutional check on President Donald Trump, while breaking the Republican monopoly on power and ushering in a younger, more female and more racially diverse political generation.
But the GOP solidified their Senate majority after an acerbic midterm election that enshrined America’s deep divides and shaped a highly contentious battleground for the stirring 2020 presidential race.
The opposite trends in the House and the Senate underscored a political and cultural gulf among diverse and affluent liberals living in big cities and their suburbs and themostly, white, working class and rural conservative bloc of voters for whom Trump remains an iconic figure.
In his first reaction to a mixed night, Trump chose to celebrate Republican successes even though the loss of the House meant his record of busting political convention could not defy the traditional first-term midterm curse faced by many of his predecessors.
“Tremendous success tonight. Thank you to all!” he tweeted.
But the new Democratic House will pose a perilous problem for the President, who must now brace for the novel experience of oversight from Capitol Hill with Democratic committee chairs promising constraints on his power that the GOP never attempted.
Nancy Pelosi, the former House speaker who is in position to lead again, pledged that the new majority would work to rein in the White House as well as to improve health care, lower the cost of drugs and protect millions of Americans with pre-existing conditions.
“Today is more than about Democrats and Republicans. It is about restoring the Constitution’s checks and balances to the Trump administration,” Pelosi said.
Democrats could win more than 30 seats in the House, above the net gain of 23 seats that they needed to take control for the first time in eight years. But they lost significant ground in the Senate, losing incumbents in Missouri and Indiana and North Dakota, where Trump is still wildly popular. With several races too close to call, the GOP advantage was expected to grow.
And liberal hearts were broken in several closely fought marquee races, including Andrew Gillum’s failure to become Florida’s first African-American governor and rising star Beto O’Rourke’s failed bid to unseat Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. O’Rourke’s narrow defeat, however, proved his ability to compete even in conservative territory and he will get buzz as a potential 2020 presidential candidate.
Democrats dare to dream again
Two years after the trauma of Trump’s shock defeat of Hillary Clinton, Democrats could dare to dream again.
They won the House, which will change hands for the third time in 12 volatile years, by performing strongly in suburban areas where Trump’s flaming rhetoric is toxic. They also attracted a higher proportion of younger voters than at the last midterm elections four years ago and will change the face of Washington.
“We have the beginning of a new Democratic Party, younger, browner, cooler, more women, more veterans, can win in Michigan, can win in Pennsylvania, can win in Ohio,” said Van Jones, a CNN political commentator.
“It may not be a blue wave, it’s a rainbow wave,” he said.
One potential pitfall for Democrats will be to hold Trump to account without being seen as overreaching. After all, some presidents, including Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, had tough midterm elections but leveraged attacks by Capitol Hill foes to help them win re-election. Trump, who loves nothing more than to identify new enemies, will be a formidable opponent.
Within minutes of their victory being confirmed, other Democrats were already threatening to go after Trump and to probe his business interests, including his tax returns.
Democratic Rep. Jerrold Nadler, who is slated to steer the House Judiciary Committee, warned that the election was about accountability for Trump.
“He’s going to learn that he’s not above the law,” Nadler told CNN.
The race they ran
The contradictory message sent by voters on Tuesday night recalls Clinton’s win in the popular vote but defeat in the Electoral College and underlines the split down the middle of American politics.
Republicans performed strongly in the deep red states where Trump mounted a frenetic final campaign blitz and proved that despite his low approval rating he remains a potent political force among conservatives.
In nearly every state with a key contested Senate or governor’s race, the President had a positive approval rating over 50%, according to CNN’s preliminary exit poll data.
Keeping hold of the Senate is especially important for Trump, since it will allow him and Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell to press on with one of his major legacy-building initiatives, restocking the federal judiciary with conservatives.
Tuesday’s Senate victory marks another triumph for the canny Kentuckian, follow his piloting of Trump’s two nominees onto the Supreme Court to construct what could be a generational conservative majority.
Still, Trump will also have to answer for a scorched-earth campaign on immigration in the final days that might have helped tip the House to Democrats, even if he can argue that his magnetism helped push other candidates, such as Rep. Ron DeSantis, who won the Florida gubernatorial race, across the finish line.
Other Trump favorites include Marsha Blackburn, who will capture the Tennessee Senate race, and Mike Braun, who defeated the incumbent Democratic Sen. Joe Donnelly in Indiana. Trump also helped topple another foe, Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill in Missouri.
The loss of the House spells the end of a political era for Republicans who rode into town on a Tea Party wave whipped up by fury over Obamacare and huge government spending in the wake of the Great Recession.
The Republican majority will leave town with Obamacare still the law of the land and with a deficit going through the roof on the back of GOP tax cuts.
In theory, the new Democratic majority would have the capacity to initiate impeachment proceedings against Trump, should there be sufficient grounds uncovered in Robert Mueller’s special counsel investigation. Though the Republican gains in the Senate make it even less likely that there would be a two-thirds majority needed to convict a president and evict him from office.
But if they take a cautious approach, Democrats could face a backlash from their own base voters who have been electrified in opposition to Trump. In exit polls, 77% of self-identified Democrats supported impeachment.
What is next for Trump?
Much will depend on how Trump reacts to what is undeniable a rebuke from voters two years into a presidency that has unfolded in institutional chaos, torn at racial and cultural divides and often trampled on truth and facts.
Given his history and personality, it seems unlikely the President will reflect on the cultural warfare that he waged in the dying days of the campaign and change his approach. Indeed, he may conclude that exactly that kind of approach was behind a better-than-expected GOP performance in Senate races.
But critics will argue that his incessant concern with bolstering the support of his most vehement supporters and angry tirades risks deepening the damage suffered among college-educated female voters especially, in a way that could severely compromise his hopes of winning re-election in two years.
The President watched the results after having dinner with his family in the residence of the White House.
He was joined by Republican megadonor Sheldon Adelson, Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman and the President’s ex-campaign aides, David Bossie and Corey Lewandowski, a source familiar with the guest list said.
Two other sources close to the White House said that Trump is already blaming retiring House Speaker Paul Ryan for the loss of the House.
“He is really angry at Ryan,” one source said, on “everything.”
Drew Hammill, an aide to Pelosi, tweeted Tuesday evening that the President called Pelosi at 11:45 p.m. ET “to extend his congratulations on winning a Democratic House Majority.”
Democrats on Tuesday captured the House of Representatives and are set to exert a major institutional check on President Donald Trump, while breaking the Republican monopoly on power and ushering in a younger, more female and more racially diverse political generation.
But the GOP solidified their Senate majority after an acerbic midterm election that enshrined America’s deep divides and shaped a highly contentious battleground for the stirring 2020 presidential race.
The opposite trends in the House and the Senate underscored a political and cultural gulf among diverse and affluent liberals living in big cities and their suburbs and themostly, white, working class and rural conservative bloc of voters for whom Trump remains an iconic figure.
In his first reaction to a mixed night, Trump chose to celebrate Republican successes even though the loss of the House meant his record of busting political convention could not defy the traditional first-term midterm curse faced by many of his predecessors.
“Tremendous success tonight. Thank you to all!” he tweeted.
But the new Democratic House will pose a perilous problem for the President, who must now brace for the novel experience of oversight from Capitol Hill with Democratic committee chairs promising constraints on his power that the GOP never attempted.
Nancy Pelosi, the former House speaker who is in position to lead again, pledged that the new majority would work to rein in the White House as well as to improve health care, lower the cost of drugs and protect millions of Americans with pre-existing conditions.
“Today is more than about Democrats and Republicans. It is about restoring the Constitution’s checks and balances to the Trump administration,” Pelosi said.
Democrats could win more than 30 seats in the House, above the net gain of 23 seats that they needed to take control for the first time in eight years. But they lost significant ground in the Senate, losing incumbents in Missouri and Indiana and North Dakota, where Trump is still wildly popular. With several races too close to call, the GOP advantage was expected to grow.
And liberal hearts were broken in several closely fought marquee races, including Andrew Gillum’s failure to become Florida’s first African-American governor and rising star Beto O’Rourke’s failed bid to unseat Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. O’Rourke’s narrow defeat, however, proved his ability to compete even in conservative territory and he will get buzz as a potential 2020 presidential candidate.
Democrats dare to dream again
Two years after the trauma of Trump’s shock defeat of Hillary Clinton, Democrats could dare to dream again.
They won the House, which will change hands for the third time in 12 volatile years, by performing strongly in suburban areas where Trump’s flaming rhetoric is toxic. They also attracted a higher proportion of younger voters than at the last midterm elections four years ago and will change the face of Washington.
“We have the beginning of a new Democratic Party, younger, browner, cooler, more women, more veterans, can win in Michigan, can win in Pennsylvania, can win in Ohio,” said Van Jones, a CNN political commentator.
“It may not be a blue wave, it’s a rainbow wave,” he said.
One potential pitfall for Democrats will be to hold Trump to account without being seen as overreaching. After all, some presidents, including Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, had tough midterm elections but leveraged attacks by Capitol Hill foes to help them win re-election. Trump, who loves nothing more than to identify new enemies, will be a formidable opponent.
Within minutes of their victory being confirmed, other Democrats were already threatening to go after Trump and to probe his business interests, including his tax returns.
Democratic Rep. Jerrold Nadler, who is slated to steer the House Judiciary Committee, warned that the election was about accountability for Trump.
“He’s going to learn that he’s not above the law,” Nadler told CNN.
The race they ran
The contradictory message sent by voters on Tuesday night recalls Clinton’s win in the popular vote but defeat in the Electoral College and underlines the split down the middle of American politics.
Republicans performed strongly in the deep red states where Trump mounted a frenetic final campaign blitz and proved that despite his low approval rating he remains a potent political force among conservatives.
In nearly every state with a key contested Senate or governor’s race, the President had a positive approval rating over 50%, according to CNN’s preliminary exit poll data.
Keeping hold of the Senate is especially important for Trump, since it will allow him and Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell to press on with one of his major legacy-building initiatives, restocking the federal judiciary with conservatives.
Tuesday’s Senate victory marks another triumph for the canny Kentuckian, follow his piloting of Trump’s two nominees onto the Supreme Court to construct what could be a generational conservative majority.
Still, Trump will also have to answer for a scorched-earth campaign on immigration in the final days that might have helped tip the House to Democrats, even if he can argue that his magnetism helped push other candidates, such as Rep. Ron DeSantis, who won the Florida gubernatorial race, across the finish line.
Other Trump favorites include Marsha Blackburn, who will capture the Tennessee Senate race, and Mike Braun, who defeated the incumbent Democratic Sen. Joe Donnelly in Indiana. Trump also helped topple another foe, Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill in Missouri.
The loss of the House spells the end of a political era for Republicans who rode into town on a Tea Party wave whipped up by fury over Obamacare and huge government spending in the wake of the Great Recession.
The Republican majority will leave town with Obamacare still the law of the land and with a deficit going through the roof on the back of GOP tax cuts.
In theory, the new Democratic majority would have the capacity to initiate impeachment proceedings against Trump, should there be sufficient grounds uncovered in Robert Mueller’s special counsel investigation. Though the Republican gains in the Senate make it even less likely that there would be a two-thirds majority needed to convict a president and evict him from office.
But if they take a cautious approach, Democrats could face a backlash from their own base voters who have been electrified in opposition to Trump. In exit polls, 77% of self-identified Democrats supported impeachment.
What is next for Trump?
Much will depend on how Trump reacts to what is undeniable a rebuke from voters two years into a presidency that has unfolded in institutional chaos, torn at racial and cultural divides and often trampled on truth and facts.
Given his history and personality, it seems unlikely the President will reflect on the cultural warfare that he waged in the dying days of the campaign and change his approach. Indeed, he may conclude that exactly that kind of approach was behind a better-than-expected GOP performance in Senate races.
But critics will argue that his incessant concern with bolstering the support of his most vehement supporters and angry tirades risks deepening the damage suffered among college-educated female voters especially, in a way that could severely compromise his hopes of winning re-election in two years.
The President watched the results after having dinner with his family in the residence of the White House.
He was joined by Republican megadonor Sheldon Adelson, Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman and the President’s ex-campaign aides, David Bossie and Corey Lewandowski, a source familiar with the guest list said.
Two other sources close to the White House said that Trump is already blaming retiring House Speaker Paul Ryan for the loss of the House.
“He is really angry at Ryan,” one source said, on “everything.”
Drew Hammill, an aide to Pelosi, tweeted Tuesday evening that the President called Pelosi at 11:45 p.m. ET “to extend his congratulations on winning a Democratic House Majority.”
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, left Ghana yesterday (Tuesday) for South Africa to participate in the Africa Investment Forum which is being held in Johannesburg.
He is going at the invitation of the African Development Bank.
A statement issued by the Director of Communications at the Presidency, Mr Eugene Arhin, said the Forum will enable invited Heads of State and governments to engage with the investor community and explore potential investments and financing.
It said President Akufo-Addo would participate, as a panellist, in “Championing Investments: Presidential Investment Chatsâ€, and also at the launch of the EU-AU High-level platform on Sustainable Energy Investments in Africa.
It said on Ghana-specific engagements, the President would meet investors interested in the development, financing and construction of projects such as the Takoradi Refinery Company, which was intended to refine some 60,000 barrels of crude oil per day; and the Accra Skytrain Project, which was aimed to develop an elevated light rail mass transit project for Accra.
The statement said the President was accompanied by the Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta; Minister for Railways Development, Hon. Joe Ghartey, MP; Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre, Mr. Yofi Grant, and officials from the Presidency and Foreign Ministry.
It added that the President Akufo-Addo would return to Ghana on Friday, November 9, 2018, and in his absence, the Vice President, Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, shall, in accordance with Article 60(8) of the Constitution, act in his stead.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, left Ghana yesterday (Tuesday) for South Africa to participate in the Africa Investment Forum which is being held in Johannesburg.
He is going at the invitation of the African Development Bank.
A statement issued by the Director of Communications at the Presidency, Mr Eugene Arhin, said the Forum will enable invited Heads of State and governments to engage with the investor community and explore potential investments and financing.
It said President Akufo-Addo would participate, as a panellist, in “Championing Investments: Presidential Investment Chatsâ€, and also at the launch of the EU-AU High-level platform on Sustainable Energy Investments in Africa.
It said on Ghana-specific engagements, the President would meet investors interested in the development, financing and construction of projects such as the Takoradi Refinery Company, which was intended to refine some 60,000 barrels of crude oil per day; and the Accra Skytrain Project, which was aimed to develop an elevated light rail mass transit project for Accra.
The statement said the President was accompanied by the Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta; Minister for Railways Development, Hon. Joe Ghartey, MP; Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre, Mr. Yofi Grant, and officials from the Presidency and Foreign Ministry.
It added that the President Akufo-Addo would return to Ghana on Friday, November 9, 2018, and in his absence, the Vice President, Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, shall, in accordance with Article 60(8) of the Constitution, act in his stead.
The Centre for Socioeconomic Studies (CSS) has called on the National Identification Authority (NIA) to desist from using the non-provision of a digital address code as a basis of refusing eligible Ghanaians for the Ghana Card.
Describing the move as discriminatory, the Centre said the Authority is indirectly excluding the poor from being registered and issued with the card.
A statement signed and issued by a fellow at CSS, Nene Asare explained “as it stands now, a person cannot obtain a digital address code without access to a smartphone and reliable internet service; both of which costs a lot of money, and out of reach for a majority of Ghanaians.â€
NIA began its mass registration and issuance of the national identification cards also known as Ghana Card on Monday, November 5 at Adentan in Accra.
According to CSS, an investigation carried by their team reveals that some individuals were refused from registering due to their inability to provide a digital address code.
However, they have argued that “the refusal is illegal to the extent that the provision of a digital address code is not an eligibility criterion under the National Identity Register Act, 2008 (Act 750) as amended by the National Identity Register (Amendment) Act, 2017 (Act 950).â€
The Centre further called on NIA to return to all the areas where they had initially refused registration to duly qualified Ghanaians and compensate the affected persons.
“We also wish to call on all public service providers who have the intention to or have actually been refusing public services to persons who do not have the Ghana Card to abandon such intentions or desist from this unlawful practice.
In the meantime, we have instructed our lawyers to investigate the legality of the entire digital address code project,†the statement read.
The Centre for Socioeconomic Studies (CSS) has called on the National Identification Authority (NIA) to desist from using the non-provision of a digital address code as a basis of refusing eligible Ghanaians for the Ghana Card.
Describing the move as discriminatory, the Centre said the Authority is indirectly excluding the poor from being registered and issued with the card.
A statement signed and issued by a fellow at CSS, Nene Asare explained “as it stands now, a person cannot obtain a digital address code without access to a smartphone and reliable internet service; both of which costs a lot of money, and out of reach for a majority of Ghanaians.â€
NIA began its mass registration and issuance of the national identification cards also known as Ghana Card on Monday, November 5 at Adentan in Accra.
According to CSS, an investigation carried by their team reveals that some individuals were refused from registering due to their inability to provide a digital address code.
However, they have argued that “the refusal is illegal to the extent that the provision of a digital address code is not an eligibility criterion under the National Identity Register Act, 2008 (Act 750) as amended by the National Identity Register (Amendment) Act, 2017 (Act 950).â€
The Centre further called on NIA to return to all the areas where they had initially refused registration to duly qualified Ghanaians and compensate the affected persons.
“We also wish to call on all public service providers who have the intention to or have actually been refusing public services to persons who do not have the Ghana Card to abandon such intentions or desist from this unlawful practice.
In the meantime, we have instructed our lawyers to investigate the legality of the entire digital address code project,†the statement read.
Solar Ayew, uncle of Jordan Ayew and Andre Ayew has revealed that the family want the pair to win something precious for the country.
The pair has been impressive for the national team and will be hoping to end the country’s 36 trophy-less run in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon.
With Kwesi Appiah yet to announce his squad for the return encounter against Ethiopia in the AFCON qualifiers this month, reports say the pair have made a return to the national team after one-year of absence.
However, Solar Ayew has welcomed the news but has revealed that the family is not satisfied despite Andre Ayew leading the Black Satellites to win the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt claiming they want the pair to win a trophy for Ghana.
“The boys coming back in to the Black Stars is a welcoming news for the family and our supporters but that’s not important to us at the moment but achieving for the country is the aim now,” Solar Ayew told Oyerepa FM.
“We want the boys to win a trophy for the nation. Andre did it at the U-20 level but it’s not enough.
“The family always want the name of the country on a high note.
“Our concern now as a family is to help the players play well for the nation to win a trophy for the country.
Solar Ayew, uncle of Jordan Ayew and Andre Ayew has revealed that the family want the pair to win something precious for the country.
The pair has been impressive for the national team and will be hoping to end the country’s 36 trophy-less run in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon.
With Kwesi Appiah yet to announce his squad for the return encounter against Ethiopia in the AFCON qualifiers this month, reports say the pair have made a return to the national team after one-year of absence.
However, Solar Ayew has welcomed the news but has revealed that the family is not satisfied despite Andre Ayew leading the Black Satellites to win the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt claiming they want the pair to win a trophy for Ghana.
“The boys coming back in to the Black Stars is a welcoming news for the family and our supporters but that’s not important to us at the moment but achieving for the country is the aim now,” Solar Ayew told Oyerepa FM.
“We want the boys to win a trophy for the nation. Andre did it at the U-20 level but it’s not enough.
“The family always want the name of the country on a high note.
“Our concern now as a family is to help the players play well for the nation to win a trophy for the country.
A Man Diesel haulage truck with registration number GN 3365-16 loaded with manganese last Thursday killed a six year-old pupil of Grace Memorial School at Bonsaso on the Tarkwa-Takoradi Highway leading to mayhem on that section of the road.
The Divisional Motor Transport and Traffic Directorate (MTTD) Commander of Tarkwa, Superintendent of Police Madam Victoria Yamoah, who confirmed the incident to the Ghana News Agency, said the accident occurred at about 1600 hours last Thursday.
She said the deceased; Theodora Ama Eshun attended school at Dompim and lived at Bonsaso, both suburbs of Tarkwa.
The MTTD Commander explained that on November 1, 2018, Theodora together with four of her colleagues after close of school boarded a vehicle from Dompim to Bonsaso. When they alighted at Bonsaso and attempted to cross the road to the other side where their homes were, the deceased was left behind and the rear mid left double tyres of the Man Diesel haulage truck run over her.
The truck, which was then driven by Emmanuel Asare, 52, drag her 30 meters away from the pedestrian crossing killing her instantly with parts of her organs scattered on the road.
Superintendent Yamoah said residents of Bonsaso became upset blocked the road and burnt used tyres to register their displeasure. She said the demonstration lasted for several hours causing heavy vehicular traffic.
According to Superintendent Yamoah, several attempts to contact the demonstrators through their leaders at Bonsaso Number one (1) and Two (2) proved futile.
The MTTD commander said police officers were dispatched to the scene to calm the residents down but that did not yield any result.
Three officers from the SWAT Unit of the Police Force in Sekondi, later arrived to support the police officers at Bonsaso and the team pleaded with the demonstrators to clear the road but they refused, she added.
Superintendent Yamoah further stated that troops from Operation Calm Life were called in to help but before their arrival another police reinforcement team led by the Tarkwa District Police Commander, Superintendent of Police Thomas Osei Ababio had convinced the rioting mob to put off the burning tyres and cleared the debris from the road.
She noted that the mutilated body of Theodora has been deposited at the Apinto Government Hospital Morgue, while the suspect driver was in police custody.
The accident vehicle, she said had also been impounded at the Bonsaso Police Station pending testing.
A Man Diesel haulage truck with registration number GN 3365-16 loaded with manganese last Thursday killed a six year-old pupil of Grace Memorial School at Bonsaso on the Tarkwa-Takoradi Highway leading to mayhem on that section of the road.
The Divisional Motor Transport and Traffic Directorate (MTTD) Commander of Tarkwa, Superintendent of Police Madam Victoria Yamoah, who confirmed the incident to the Ghana News Agency, said the accident occurred at about 1600 hours last Thursday.
She said the deceased; Theodora Ama Eshun attended school at Dompim and lived at Bonsaso, both suburbs of Tarkwa.
The MTTD Commander explained that on November 1, 2018, Theodora together with four of her colleagues after close of school boarded a vehicle from Dompim to Bonsaso. When they alighted at Bonsaso and attempted to cross the road to the other side where their homes were, the deceased was left behind and the rear mid left double tyres of the Man Diesel haulage truck run over her.
The truck, which was then driven by Emmanuel Asare, 52, drag her 30 meters away from the pedestrian crossing killing her instantly with parts of her organs scattered on the road.
Superintendent Yamoah said residents of Bonsaso became upset blocked the road and burnt used tyres to register their displeasure. She said the demonstration lasted for several hours causing heavy vehicular traffic.
According to Superintendent Yamoah, several attempts to contact the demonstrators through their leaders at Bonsaso Number one (1) and Two (2) proved futile.
The MTTD commander said police officers were dispatched to the scene to calm the residents down but that did not yield any result.
Three officers from the SWAT Unit of the Police Force in Sekondi, later arrived to support the police officers at Bonsaso and the team pleaded with the demonstrators to clear the road but they refused, she added.
Superintendent Yamoah further stated that troops from Operation Calm Life were called in to help but before their arrival another police reinforcement team led by the Tarkwa District Police Commander, Superintendent of Police Thomas Osei Ababio had convinced the rioting mob to put off the burning tyres and cleared the debris from the road.
She noted that the mutilated body of Theodora has been deposited at the Apinto Government Hospital Morgue, while the suspect driver was in police custody.
The accident vehicle, she said had also been impounded at the Bonsaso Police Station pending testing.
Head of Communication at the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA); James Lartey in anticipation of the festive period has called on importers to desist from bringing into the country unwholesome goods and products which will harm the citizenry.
Mr. Lartey also urged consumers to be alert during the festive period checking dates of products they buy lest unscrupulous persons sell rice, oil, frozen chicken and others which have already expired or have days to expire.
“Importers must know that items they import must have 2/3 of shelf life intact as they arrive in the country from country of origin. Retailers and wholesalers must also take the necessary measures set aside or inform consumers about products which have 3 weeks to 1 month to expire so consumers can make the choice to buy or decline,†Mr. Lartey stressed.
He further warned consumers to avoid products which show date tampering adding since the FDA does not allow products with no English labelling into the country when consumers come across such products with French, Arabic labelling without English inscription attached, they ought to know the product had been smuggled into the country and not safe for use.
Buying and consuming expired or near expired products have major health implications as well as economic dimensions. Falling ill and having to spend money on recovery has cost implications as productive hours are lost too. The more reason why everyone must be alert heading to Christmas and the New Year.
Head of Communication at the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA); James Lartey in anticipation of the festive period has called on importers to desist from bringing into the country unwholesome goods and products which will harm the citizenry.
Mr. Lartey also urged consumers to be alert during the festive period checking dates of products they buy lest unscrupulous persons sell rice, oil, frozen chicken and others which have already expired or have days to expire.
“Importers must know that items they import must have 2/3 of shelf life intact as they arrive in the country from country of origin. Retailers and wholesalers must also take the necessary measures set aside or inform consumers about products which have 3 weeks to 1 month to expire so consumers can make the choice to buy or decline,†Mr. Lartey stressed.
He further warned consumers to avoid products which show date tampering adding since the FDA does not allow products with no English labelling into the country when consumers come across such products with French, Arabic labelling without English inscription attached, they ought to know the product had been smuggled into the country and not safe for use.
Buying and consuming expired or near expired products have major health implications as well as economic dimensions. Falling ill and having to spend money on recovery has cost implications as productive hours are lost too. The more reason why everyone must be alert heading to Christmas and the New Year.
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Kumbungu, today (Tusday) rode a bicycle to Parliament House to register his protest against the unbearable living conditions in the country.
Wearing a pair of trousers, a reflector on top of a shirt, a helmet and a pair of trainers, the legislator rode on a 17 kilometre road from his residence in Accra to Parliament. (Location of residence reserved for security reason).
Mr Mubarak told the Daily Graphic that he decided to ride the bike to highlight the sufferings that many Ghanaians were going through.
He mentioned increasing cost of fuel which had increased the costs of goods and services and laying of workers as some of the sufferings that people were experiencing.
He said the people did not have a voice, and as an elected official, he felt duty bound to raise awareness about the suffering of the masses.
Mr Mubarak said he would ride the bike back home, and indicated that he would ride more often to Parliament from now onwards.
He said aside the message that the riding of a bicycle put across, it had health benefits.
Mr Mubarak said some of his colleagues had indicated that they would also follow the example to also ride bicycles to Parliament.
He urged other politicians to also join the campaign of riding bicycles to Parliament, and asked the government to be listen to the cries of the people.
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Kumbungu, today (Tusday) rode a bicycle to Parliament House to register his protest against the unbearable living conditions in the country.
Wearing a pair of trousers, a reflector on top of a shirt, a helmet and a pair of trainers, the legislator rode on a 17 kilometre road from his residence in Accra to Parliament. (Location of residence reserved for security reason).
Mr Mubarak told the Daily Graphic that he decided to ride the bike to highlight the sufferings that many Ghanaians were going through.
He mentioned increasing cost of fuel which had increased the costs of goods and services and laying of workers as some of the sufferings that people were experiencing.
He said the people did not have a voice, and as an elected official, he felt duty bound to raise awareness about the suffering of the masses.
Mr Mubarak said he would ride the bike back home, and indicated that he would ride more often to Parliament from now onwards.
He said aside the message that the riding of a bicycle put across, it had health benefits.
Mr Mubarak said some of his colleagues had indicated that they would also follow the example to also ride bicycles to Parliament.
He urged other politicians to also join the campaign of riding bicycles to Parliament, and asked the government to be listen to the cries of the people.
German spy chief Hans-Georg Maassen, who was controversially removed and placed in another role in September, has been fired from his new job.
Mr Maassen has been “placed in early retirement” over a speech he gave criticising government parties.
He lost his top job as director of the domestic intelligence service when he cast doubt over the existence of far-right violence in the city of Chemnitz.
He has now been fired from his new role in the Interior Ministry.
Interior Minister Horst Seehofer told reporters: “I have asked the President to place the head of the domestic security service in early retirement.”
Mr Maasen’s latest dismissal follows a departure speech given to other intelligence officials as he prepared to leave the Federal Office for Constitutional Protection (BfV) which is similar to the British MI5.
While not officially published, one leaked copy showed he was extremely critical of the junior coalition party the Social Democrats (SPD), claiming that it harboured “left wing forces”.
Mr Seehofer, who had previously stood by the former intelligence chief, told reporters that speech made a trusting relationship “impossible”.
“I consider it unacceptable to speak of ‘radical left’ elements in parts of the SPD and describing security and migration policy as naive and left… also crosses a line in my view,” he said.
Mr Maassen’s first dismissal caused a great deal of controversy, as his move to the interior ministry was effectively a promotion. The political row which erupted over that decision temporarily threatened the stability of the governing coalition.
German spy chief Hans-Georg Maassen, who was controversially removed and placed in another role in September, has been fired from his new job.
Mr Maassen has been “placed in early retirement” over a speech he gave criticising government parties.
He lost his top job as director of the domestic intelligence service when he cast doubt over the existence of far-right violence in the city of Chemnitz.
He has now been fired from his new role in the Interior Ministry.
Interior Minister Horst Seehofer told reporters: “I have asked the President to place the head of the domestic security service in early retirement.”
Mr Maasen’s latest dismissal follows a departure speech given to other intelligence officials as he prepared to leave the Federal Office for Constitutional Protection (BfV) which is similar to the British MI5.
While not officially published, one leaked copy showed he was extremely critical of the junior coalition party the Social Democrats (SPD), claiming that it harboured “left wing forces”.
Mr Seehofer, who had previously stood by the former intelligence chief, told reporters that speech made a trusting relationship “impossible”.
“I consider it unacceptable to speak of ‘radical left’ elements in parts of the SPD and describing security and migration policy as naive and left… also crosses a line in my view,” he said.
Mr Maassen’s first dismissal caused a great deal of controversy, as his move to the interior ministry was effectively a promotion. The political row which erupted over that decision temporarily threatened the stability of the governing coalition.
Former captain of Accra Hearts of Oak, Amankwah Mireku, has added his voice to the call for more matured players to be recruited by the management of the club.
According to Mireku, the club [Hearts of Oak] is not a grooming grounds for young players.
Speaking on the Ultimate Sports Show, he praised Fatawu Mohammed for pointing out the major problem facing the club in recent times, saying he believes he spoke like a good leader.
Fatawu Mohammed had called on management through a media interview to recruit mature players after the team lost 2-1 in a friendly at Swerdu last Sunday.
“Fatawu Mohammed spoke very well like the leader that he is and he said it all. Hearts of Oak lack matured players who can play wellâ€, Amankwa Mireku said in praise of Fatawu.
The former Pure Joy player explained that Hearts of Oak was not a ground for grooming young players because fans are not patient enough to go through the process.
He was however quick to add that some young players are equally matured and have the mental toughness for a big club like Hearts of Oak but they need not be the majority.
Former captain of Accra Hearts of Oak, Amankwah Mireku, has added his voice to the call for more matured players to be recruited by the management of the club.
According to Mireku, the club [Hearts of Oak] is not a grooming grounds for young players.
Speaking on the Ultimate Sports Show, he praised Fatawu Mohammed for pointing out the major problem facing the club in recent times, saying he believes he spoke like a good leader.
Fatawu Mohammed had called on management through a media interview to recruit mature players after the team lost 2-1 in a friendly at Swerdu last Sunday.
“Fatawu Mohammed spoke very well like the leader that he is and he said it all. Hearts of Oak lack matured players who can play wellâ€, Amankwa Mireku said in praise of Fatawu.
The former Pure Joy player explained that Hearts of Oak was not a ground for grooming young players because fans are not patient enough to go through the process.
He was however quick to add that some young players are equally matured and have the mental toughness for a big club like Hearts of Oak but they need not be the majority.
Checks by saltfmonline indicate that, no work has been done at the new office complex given to the special prosecutor.
Government in mid October provided a bigger office space for the office of the Special Prosecutor after several complains by the special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu that since assuming office in February 2018, he has been unable to effectively deliver due to lack of resources which includes a large office space.
The new office block allocated to him is a property of the Parliament of Ghana and adjacent the International Press Centre on the Gamel Abdul Nasser Avenue at Ridge.
One would think after three weeks of allocating the office, renovation works would have started but that is not the case.
According to a resident who spoke on the basis of anonymity, three weeks ago, a contractor visited the building late in the night with gravels and sand but failed to return after digging pits intended for the foundation of the office walls.
The resident who is also a staff of Parliament of Ghana also indicated the contractor did not hold any letter which permitted him to work on the property and that they had not received any official communique from parliament that the said structure has been allocated to someone.
Checks by saltfmonline indicate that, no work has been done at the new office complex given to the special prosecutor.
Government in mid October provided a bigger office space for the office of the Special Prosecutor after several complains by the special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu that since assuming office in February 2018, he has been unable to effectively deliver due to lack of resources which includes a large office space.
The new office block allocated to him is a property of the Parliament of Ghana and adjacent the International Press Centre on the Gamel Abdul Nasser Avenue at Ridge.
One would think after three weeks of allocating the office, renovation works would have started but that is not the case.
According to a resident who spoke on the basis of anonymity, three weeks ago, a contractor visited the building late in the night with gravels and sand but failed to return after digging pits intended for the foundation of the office walls.
The resident who is also a staff of Parliament of Ghana also indicated the contractor did not hold any letter which permitted him to work on the property and that they had not received any official communique from parliament that the said structure has been allocated to someone.
And, yes, obviously I am super excited about it. I waited two years for today — when we can see what the country thinks about President Donald Trump, the Republican majorities in Congress, the Democratic minority and the general state of the country.
No election answers every question. And every election poses new questions we weren’t even thinking about 24 hours earlier. But national elections are a pinch point in our long-running national experiment with democracy. They allow us to stop, look and think — about where we were, where we’re going and why, why, why people act and vote like they do. (Like I said, elections don’t answer all of those questions.)
Below, eight questions I hope this election answers.
1. How hard will women turn against Trump? In 2016, Trump won 41% of women. In the latest CNN poll, his approval rating is just 31% among women; and women choose a generic Democratic candidate for Congress over a generic Republican one by a massive 62%-35% margin.
2. Can Trump’s all-base-all-the-time strategy work? Trump is closing the campaign on immigration with a dash of racial animus thrown in. That formula worked to turn his base out in 2016, but will it do the trick again?
3. Can Democrats win a working House majority? Most Democratic strategists would be perfectly happy to pick up just the 23 seats they need to retake the majority they lost in 2010. But such a slim majority would make the House totally ungovernable; to truly control the House, Democrats would need gains upward of 35-40 seats.
4. Do Republicans cling to the Senate? Two years ago, if I told any Republican Senate strategists that they would gain two Senate seats on November 6, 2018, most would call that a bad night. But expectations have been so lowered now that if Republicans actually add to their 51-49 current edge, Trump — and Senate GOP leaders — will seize on it as a MAJOR victory.
5. Did either side win the turnout war? Remember that in 2014, just 36.4% of people eligible to vote actually voted. That number was only marginally better in 2006 and 2010. We haven’t had a midterm election in almost two decades where more than 4(ish) in 10 eligible voters actually voted; is this the year that breaks that bad trend?
6. Did Trump make a positive difference anywhere? A very smart Republican operative told me in the spring that polling showed that Trump attacking a candidate could do real damage, but Trump endorsing a candidate had much less influence in building that candidate up. Trump’s visits in the final days on behalf of Mike Braun in Indiana, Josh Hawley in Missouri, Matt Rosendale in Montana and Rick Scott in Florida will put that theory to the test.
7. Is this the health care election? The immigration election? The economy election?Democrats want it to be the first. Trump wants it to be the second. Congressional Republicans want it to be the third. Are any of them right?
8. What will Donald Trump do next? Midterm elections are usually tough for the president’s party. There’s every indication this one will be that. Most re-position to reflect the lessons they learned (Clinton in 1995, Obama in 2011) and to get themselves right in the eyes of voters before their own re-election. But Trump isn’t someone who admits he was ever wrong. How will he handle a loss?
And, yes, obviously I am super excited about it. I waited two years for today — when we can see what the country thinks about President Donald Trump, the Republican majorities in Congress, the Democratic minority and the general state of the country.
No election answers every question. And every election poses new questions we weren’t even thinking about 24 hours earlier. But national elections are a pinch point in our long-running national experiment with democracy. They allow us to stop, look and think — about where we were, where we’re going and why, why, why people act and vote like they do. (Like I said, elections don’t answer all of those questions.)
Below, eight questions I hope this election answers.
1. How hard will women turn against Trump? In 2016, Trump won 41% of women. In the latest CNN poll, his approval rating is just 31% among women; and women choose a generic Democratic candidate for Congress over a generic Republican one by a massive 62%-35% margin.
2. Can Trump’s all-base-all-the-time strategy work? Trump is closing the campaign on immigration with a dash of racial animus thrown in. That formula worked to turn his base out in 2016, but will it do the trick again?
3. Can Democrats win a working House majority? Most Democratic strategists would be perfectly happy to pick up just the 23 seats they need to retake the majority they lost in 2010. But such a slim majority would make the House totally ungovernable; to truly control the House, Democrats would need gains upward of 35-40 seats.
4. Do Republicans cling to the Senate? Two years ago, if I told any Republican Senate strategists that they would gain two Senate seats on November 6, 2018, most would call that a bad night. But expectations have been so lowered now that if Republicans actually add to their 51-49 current edge, Trump — and Senate GOP leaders — will seize on it as a MAJOR victory.
5. Did either side win the turnout war? Remember that in 2014, just 36.4% of people eligible to vote actually voted. That number was only marginally better in 2006 and 2010. We haven’t had a midterm election in almost two decades where more than 4(ish) in 10 eligible voters actually voted; is this the year that breaks that bad trend?
6. Did Trump make a positive difference anywhere? A very smart Republican operative told me in the spring that polling showed that Trump attacking a candidate could do real damage, but Trump endorsing a candidate had much less influence in building that candidate up. Trump’s visits in the final days on behalf of Mike Braun in Indiana, Josh Hawley in Missouri, Matt Rosendale in Montana and Rick Scott in Florida will put that theory to the test.
7. Is this the health care election? The immigration election? The economy election?Democrats want it to be the first. Trump wants it to be the second. Congressional Republicans want it to be the third. Are any of them right?
8. What will Donald Trump do next? Midterm elections are usually tough for the president’s party. There’s every indication this one will be that. Most re-position to reflect the lessons they learned (Clinton in 1995, Obama in 2011) and to get themselves right in the eyes of voters before their own re-election. But Trump isn’t someone who admits he was ever wrong. How will he handle a loss?
