At least 11 of the 16 makeshift hospitals in the Chinese virus epicentre of Wuhan have been able to close, reported state media outlet Xinhua.
The makeshift hospitals – in stadiums, schools, and elsewhere – treated patients who suffered from mild symptoms.
It comes as the number of new coronavirus cases in China has steadily decreased – China reported its lowest number of cases so far on Monday.
Source: bbc.com
Although Disneyland in Shanghai will remain closed, parts of the wider resort are to re-open.
The company said “a limited number of shopping, dining, and recreational experiences” would open as “as the first step of a phased reopening”.
The complex has been closed since January.
Source: bbc.com
Yve Digital, distribution and online marketing company has held its third music and money conference at the Hilla Liman Hall, University of Ghana.
The conference aimed at sensitizing musicians on ways of making money through the digital online space like includes Facebook, Soundcloud, audiomack, among others.
Speaking to the media after the conference, Mr. Kwame Baah, Content Manager of Yve Digital, said his outfit looks to spread its tentacles across the country and teach musicians on the need to capitalize on the digital space.
“The music and money conference seeks to teach upcoming musicians and content creators the skills and tools needed to become successful in the online marketing space.
“We engaged them in topics which include branding, planning, execution and promotion techniques in the online space and hopefully it could impact significantly on their knowledge about the digital space,” he said.
The music and money Workshop which started in 2019 has seen some massive participation by lots of Ghanaian artistes.
Source:Â GNA
A late Mohammed Alhassan goal spared Hearts of Oak’s blushes in a 1-1 draw with Inter Allies in the Ghana Premier League on Sunday.
Alhassan, a preliminary squad member for Ghana for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) in Egypt, scored four minutes to full-time to draw the Phobians level after Samuel Armah put the hosts in the lead in the Matchweek 13 fixture at the Accra Sports Stadium.
The one point sees Hearts move up to ninth on the league table, two places and two points above Allies.
Elsewhere, Aduana Stars, one point below joint-leaders Medeama and Asante Kotoko coming into Sunday’s match, missed an opportunity to go above the top two as they could only settle for a point in a 0-0 stalemate with fifth-placed Ashanti Gold.
Kotoko earlier beat Karela United 1-0 on Friday while Medeama were held to 0-0 draw by King Faisal on Saturday.
At the Nana Fosu Gyeabour Park, eighth-spotted Bechem United and 14th-positioned Dreams FC similarly played out a 0-0 draw.
In the fourth and final match of Sunday, a Sule Musa 64th-minute effort earned Eleven Wonders a 1-0 stunning home triumph over Berekum Chelsea. Wonders sit 10th on the table as The Blues occupy fourth position.
Sunday’s fixtures concluded Matchweek 13’s round of games in the Premier League.
Source: Goal.com
Although Medikal announced during a performance at University of Ghana that he was marrying Fella Makafui on March 7, 2020, some people cast doubts because the two showbiz personalities have a track record of planting stories.
Prior to their wedding, they were accused of acting a ‘soured relationship’ script which saw Shatta Wale, whose relationship with Michy sunk, play the role of a mediator.
On the day of the wedding, the doubts heightened, the hashtag #MediFella2020 could not be in the top 5 trends! An incident at the wedding sent shivers through the spines of many, aroused pity and stoked conversation on social media – Fella Makafui has collapsed!
“The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much,” the Bible says; and so many at this point would intercede on her behalf for divine intervention only for the bride to ‘recover’, grab the microphone and shamelessly announce it was a prank. Put differently, ‘I fooled you all!’
“I’m an actress. I’ve been pranking him so I said ‘okay, lemme see if he’s gonna get scared today’,” she joyously said without apologising to those who trembled with fear. She rather asked the gathered to party.
This is the highest form of insanity whether it was a prank or not.
Assuming without admitting it was a prank, the bride’s quest to see how the groom would react should go to the extent of causing fear and panic among the guests, family members and the many Ghanaians who could not make it to the wedding? Such disrespect!
On such a day, an actress feels so comfortable to put to use her acting prowess because she thinks life is a joke. You wanted to see if the man who, after smooching you on stage on several occasions, decided to pay your bride price will be scared? You’re not convinced he loves you that much so you had to test the depth of his love for you? Crying wolf when there is no wolf? Utterly repugnant!
An assessment of the video which captured Fella Makafui giving a limping explanation to her collapse shows she is unwell. One could see Medikal holding her tight in a manner which communicates he is not convinced the bride is fully fit to stand all by herself.
In as much as Fella Makafui owes nobody explanations to her health, rumours are rife she collapsed as a result of ill-health. In fact, there are speculations she is pregnant and was dazed having been stressed on the day of her wedding. And in her attempt to deflate the speculations, she had to concoct a prank story.
Hopefully, the whole wedding isn’t a prank!
The day you will collapse for real no one will take you seriously #MediFella2020
— Ossy🇬🇠(@oswaldox8) March 7, 2020
Ghana Police should arrest Fella Makafui for “Collapse of Pretense ” offence #MediFella2020
— Prince Gida (@smkgida47) March 7, 2020
How TF does a person fake a collapse at her own wedding? Like Fella paaa what did she want to achieve with that? Sake of you no get despite ihn fleet of cars the only way you fit hype your already hyped engagement is a collapse🤔. Daavi no force #MediFella2020
— KWAME NKRUMAH🇬🇠(@Hillquestgh) March 7, 2020
Source:Â www.ghanaweb.com
Ghanaian attacker Isaac Atanga scored for FC Nordsjaelland who were held to a pulsating 2-2 draw at home by Brondby IF in the Danish top-flight on Sunday afternoon.
FC Nordsjaelland featured five Ghanaians on the day but it was Atanga who came to their rescue when they needed it most as they avoided defeat at their own backyard.
The 19-year-old scored in the 60th minute to rescue a point for The Wild Tigers with Brondby IF leading 2-1.
The goal is Atanga’s seventh of the season in 27 appearances.
Mohammed Kudus, Abdul Mumin, Ibrahim Sadiq and Clinton Antwi were the other Ghanaian who featured for Nordsjaelland.
The draw leaves fifth on the league table.
Source: GHANAsoccernet.com
Bernard Morrison’s terrific free-kick won the Dar Es Salaam Derby for Yanga SC who beat Simba 1-0 on Sunday.
The former AshantiGold player was hauled at the edge of the box by Kennedy Juma and he elected himself for the kick.
Morrison delivered a powerful shot into the roof in the 44th-minute beating goal Aisha Manula.
The win at the National Stadium takes Yanga back to the third position with 50 points one less than Azam but have two games in hand.
Source: GHANAsoccernet.com
The leader of the Ghana Union Movement (GUM), Reverend Christian Kwabena Andrews popularly known as Osofo Kyiriabosom, has over the weekend paid a courtesy call on the overlord of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, to officially inform him of his intention to contest the 2020 general election slated for 7 December.
The visit according to information was also to demand for his support for his victory in the elections.
Osofo Kyiriabosom noted that the Asantehene matters when it comes to the development of the country, hence, the need to seek for his spiritual support.
Addressing the media, Osofo Kyiriabosom, indicated that the only way a leader can succeed in governing or leading is when he shows respect to the elderly.
The founder and leader of the Life Assembly Worship Centre assured the Asentehene of his preparedness in ensuring a free and fair elections.
He indicated that Ghana is the only country we have as a people and, therefore, underscored the need for peace to prevail in the country.
For his part, the Asantehene thanked the leader of GUM for according him the respect and described Osofo Kyiriabosom as a unique personality who has over the years contributed towards the growth of Ghana’s economy.
Source: classfmonline.com
Source: backend.theindependentghana.com
Tarkwa Senior High School (TARSCO) in the Tarkwa Municipality in the Western Region continues to make giant strides in the educational sector in the area.
After qualifying for the national level of the National Science and Match quiz, Tarkwa SHS has chalked another feat.
This time around, it has won the Overall Best Senior High School in the Tarkwa Municipality for the year 2019.
Furthermore, the Best Student in the Municipality per the last West Africa Senior Secondary Certificate Examination Council (WASSCE) emerged from Tarkwa SHS.
The Best Female Student came from Tarkwa SHS as well.
The school, which has a vibrant alumni association, is poised to excel in all academic competitions to make it one of the best schools in the country.
The old student association of the school has promised to support the school in many ways to help students get the necessary exposure in terms of academic performance.
Some 54 judges have been trained on the new Company Act 29 (Act 992).
The two-day training was held in Accra.
The new Act replaced the repealed Companies Act, 1963 (Act 179).
The training programme was organized by the Judicial Training Institute in collaboration with the Bank of Ghana.
It was attended by High Court Judges drawn from various Divisions of the High Court in the 16 Regions of Ghana, 31 Court of Appeal Judges and 14 Supreme Court Judges.
They were taken through topics such as Introduction to and Background of Ghanaian Company Law, Provisions of the new Company Act 2019, (Act 992), Creation of the Office of the Registrar of Companies, Rotation of Auditors, and Qualification and duties of a Company Secretary.
The purpose of the training was to keep the judges abreast of the provisions of the new Act so that they can appreciate the reforms it has introduced.
It was also to enable them have the requisite knowledge in corporate governance.
In his address, the Chief Justice, His Lordship, Justice Anin Yeboah, identified continuous judicial education as one of the key strategic interventions of the Judicial Service to improve the quality of justice in the country and for the Service to deliver on its constitutional mandate.
He noted that the judiciary for the past decade has sought to improve the quality of justice delivery, and continuous judicial education should be seen as the way to help the Judiciary and the Judicial Service to succeed in executing their mandate under the Constitution.
The Chief Justice remarked, “Efforts at reforming the Judiciary will not achieve much without a well-coordinated training to build the capacity of Judges and Magistrates as well as the support staff.â€
He was of the view that the new Companies Act, having drawn on the experiences of more developed jurisdictions and international best practices, would make it easier for one to do business in Ghana. That makes it necessary for Judges to acquire the requisite knowledge to ensure speedy and effective adjudication of business and commercial disputes.
Our contribution as Judges is to be conversant with the provisions of the new Act, so that it will be enforced rightly and justlyâ€, he said.
The resource persons were; Retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Date-Bah and a Legal Practitioner, Mr. Felix Ntrakwah.
Source: dailyguidenetwork.com
The Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Hon. Dr. Keith Christopher Rowley, MP, has hailed the impact of access to free secondary education on his life.
Responding to a toast on Friday, 6th March, 2020, at the Manyhia Palace, after the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, held a dinner in his honour, Prime Minister Rowley revealed that he came from a family of 6 boys, he being the last of the boys.
“Five boys never went to High School. My sister and I went to High school because, Dr. Eric Williams (1st Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago), a name that you are familiar with, did what your President (Akufo-Addo) has just done, in 1962,†he said.
The Trinidadian Prime Minister continued, “He (Dr. Williams) brought Free Secondary Education to us, and that singular opportunity produced from this family, a Prime Minister, the first person in the family to go to High School, and my sister, the second person (to go to High School), she became an administrator in public service.â€
He, therefore, congratulated Ghana “for joining us in Trinidad and Tobago in contributing to this vision of what we can be, once the opportunities are thereâ€.
Free SHS
According to data from the Ghana Statistical Service, 60 years after independence, only 15 per cent of all Ghanaians aged 15 or older had reached secondary education or higher.
The statistics further indicated that 19.5 per cent of Ghanaians had never attended school. These statistics proved to be a barrier to achieving sustainable and inclusive development.
By implementing the Free SHS policy, access to a minimum of senior high school education for all school-going children has been improved in all parts of the country. Enrolment at the secondary level increased significantly by 43 per cent between 2016 and 2018.
At the end of the 2018/19 academic year, total beneficiaries for the first two cohorts was 794,899 students, with 1.2 million children currently benefitting from the policy. This is the highest ever number of students concurrently enrolled in the public secondary education system in Ghana.
To accommodate the increased enrolment, and ensure that no child is left behind, the Government temporarily introduced the double-track system.
In anticipation of increased enrolment, and the need to phase out the double-track system, Government commenced the construction of 962 structures in secondary schools across the country, comprising classroom blocks, dormitories and sanitary facilities.
Source: dailmailgh.com
Mr. John Peter Amewu, Minister for Energy and New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary Candidate for Hohoe Constituency has hinted of his plans to roll out a “one teacher, one laptop” project in the Constituency soon.
The initiative is to help teachers get themselves abreast of technology in the delivery of quality teaching and learning to enhance academic performance in the constituency.
Mr. Amewu said this when he presented a 2020 Presidential Diary, a Microsoft laptop and an undisclosed amount of money to Master Hotor Prosper, a student of Bishop Herman College and past student of the St. Francis Demonstration Junior High School (JHS) in Hohoe for being a recipient of the 2019 Presidential Award.
He said the presentation was to encourage other students to emulate the efforts of Master Hotor and excel in their examinations and congratulated efforts of teachers adding that “we are doing all this with the aim of projecting the Hohoe Municipality in the country for people to come and see what we are doing here.â€
Mr. Amewu said he organised free vacation classes for candidates who sat for the 2019 BECE in the Municipality to enable them to cover some topics they were not able to, during school hours and was happy to note that beneficiaries passed very well.
The Energy Minister told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that there were about 1900 teachers in the constituency, which the project was expected to cover and added that “we are trying to do the first 500 teachers by the end of April this yearâ€.
He said the project would enable the teachers to build their capacity to become well equipped to transfer the knowledge to school children in the Constituency.
The performance of schools in the Hohoe Municipality in the 2019 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) has witnessed tremendous improvement with 16 out of 77 schools recording a 100 per cent pass while no school recorded a zero per cent in all subjects.
Source:Â GNA
Popular Actress and media personality, Efia Odo has been roasted on her Twitter page by her fans after she spoke against the marriage of Fella Makafui and Medikal
Most of her fans were questioning her when she was also settling down. This comes after she spoke ill of the newly wedded couples Fella Makafui and Medikal.
According to Efia, no one should mount pressure on her to get married.
In a tweet she made, she stated that her friends are single and are happily masturbating hence sees no reason to get married.
See screenshots below….
Source:Â www.ghgossip
Former President John Dramani Mahama has urged the police to step up efforts to follow their leads and arrest the killers of Mawutor Adzahli, the late assembly member of the Sogakope district assembly.
Mr Mahama made the call when he led a delegation of senior officials of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), to visit the parents and family of the late Adzahli.
Mr Adzhli was shot dead in his home by unknown assailants on 1 March 2020.
Mr Mahama described the late assembly member Mawuto as a “young enterprising†man who “for many of the youth in Toklokpo and Sogakope, he was one of the dynamic and influential young business persons emanating from the area.â€
Mr Mahama noted that the circumstances surrounding the failure of the security agencies to respond to numerous calls from the deceased and his neighbours over the period the killers were trying to break down his door, has angered both the youth and the elderly in the community.
The NDC flagbearer has, therefore, called on the police to speed up investigation into murder.
Source:Â classfmonline.com
Celebrity power couple, Samuel Adu-Frimpong and his long time girlfriend, Fella Makafui tied the knot in an extravagant traditional wedding.
The event saw top Ghanaian celebrities in attendance. AMG CEO Criss Waddle was present as well as dancehall King Shatta Wale, who graced the occassion with his iconic fashion and bag full of money to spray on the new couple in town. The likes of Efia Schwar showed up in their numbers to make the wedding a success.See
The two stunts perfectionists are finally married and we hope they live happy ever after. Here are some golden moments captured at the event for your viewing pleasure.
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The Beautiful bride @fellamakafui captured by @team_nhyira #medifella2020
Italy is set to lock down at least 16 million people in the region of Lombardy and in 11 other provinces in the north and east of the country.
The mandatory quarantine will last until early April.
The dramatic escalation in the country’s efforts to contain the new deadly coronavirus will close gyms, pools, museums and ski resorts.
Italy is Europe’s worst hit-country and reported a steep rise in virus infections on Saturday.
The new measures, which also apply to financial centre Milan and tourist hotspot Venice, could take effect as early as Sunday and will last until 3 April.
The death toll in Italy has passed 230, with officials reporting more than 50 deaths in 24 hours. The number of confirmed cases jumped by more than 1,200 to 5,883 on Saturday.
The measures published in a draft government decree were obtained by Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera.
They are set to be signed in the coming hours, reports the BBC’s Mark Lowen.
The whole northern region of Lombardy, home to 10 million people and Italy’s financial centre Milan, will be closed off except to emergency access, and 11 provinces including Venice, Parma and Modena will be affected – a total of 16 million people.
Until now around 50,000 people in northern Italy had been affected by quarantine measures.
Night clubs, gyms, swimming pools, museums and ski resorts will be closed.
Restaurants and cafes can open but customers must sit at least a metre apart.
People will be told to stay home as much as possible, and those who break the quarantine could face three months in jail.
Sports competitions will close to the public, and the president of Italy’s football players’ union has called for all football to stop.
The World Health Organization has advised Italy to strongly focus on virus containment measures as infections spread in the country.
The plans echo China’s forced quarantine of millions of people which the WHO has praised for halting the spread of the virus.
Leading Italian politician Nicola Zingaretti said on Saturday he had tested positive for the virus.
“I am fine but I will have to stay home for the next few days,” the leader of Italy’s centre-left Democratic Party (PD) said in a Facebook post.
The country has said it will start recruiting retired doctors in an effort to combat the escalating outbreak.
Elsewhere, Iran has confirmed almost 6,000 infections and 145 deaths, and the number of cases worldwide has passed 100,000, officials say.
A second MP was reportedly among those to have died in Iran, where health officials fear the number of cases may actually be much higher.
Source: BBCÂ
Youth in Yapei in the Central Gonja District of the Savannah Region have given a three-day ultimatum to some seven newly posted staff of the Ghana Ambulance Service to return their new ambulance under the one constituency, one ambulance program, start work in the district or face their wrath.
The ultimatum, which is being led by the Assemblymember for Yapei Electoral Area, Iddi Kamel, starts from Saturday, March 7 to Monday, March 9, 2020.
In an interview with JoyNews’ Savannah Regional correspondent, Isaac Nongya at Yapei, the youth said the behaviour of the ambulance service staff was unacceptable.
They accused the staff of making unreasonable demands including asking for a seven-bedroom apartment and an office accommodation before reporting to the district with the ambulance to work.
They tell JoyNews, in spite of the difficulties, the community has managed to secure a three-unit bedroom self-contained quarters for three staff and a temporal office but the staff remain adamant to come and render service to the people.
“We are very disappointed in the ambulance service because we have made everything possible for them to resume work here but unfortunately since they reported they haven’t returned to post. we want to make this very clear to them that whatever we have done is enough. by Monday if we don’t see the ambulance here we are going to storm the district office,” Iddi Kamel, the Assemblyman for Yapei Electoral Area said.
Meanwhile, unconfirmed reports indicate the decision by the ambulance service staff is backed by the Savannah Regional Director of the Ghana Ambulance Services.
According to sources, the Director is concerned about the working conditions of his staff and has refused to allow them work within a community that has not provided all their basic needs.
But attempts by JoyNews to reach out to the Savannah Regional Director for the Ghana Ambulance Services for his comment have proved futile.
Source: myjoyonlineÂ
The health minister of Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos, has confirmed they have isolated three people suspected of being infected with the coronavirus.
The three are at a containment facility in Yaba area as a precaution against the possible spread of the virus. Samples have been collected and the results will be released later.
Nigeria confirmed its first coronavirus case on 27 February, which was also the first case in sub-Saharan Africa.
Prof Akin Abayomi, Lagos state commissioner for health, said one of the three is a Nigerian who returned into the city on Monday after spending seven days in France. He later developed a headache and respiratory symptoms.
The other cases involve travelers from England and China.
The country’s confirmed case is an Italian citizen who works in Nigeria and flew into Lagos from Milan on 25 February. He was reported to be stable with no serious symptoms.
Elsewhere on the continent, South Africa, Senegal, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco and Egypt have also confirmed cases of the disease.
Source:Â bbc.com
A funeral held in northern Spain about two weeks ago has been named as the biggest source of coronavirus in the country, local media have reported.
More than 60 people at the ceremony in the Basque capital of Vitoria-Gasteiz, and their close contacts have been infected, according to the National Centre for Microbiology (CNM).
Meanwhile, the first case of the virus has also been reported inside a Spanish prison.
Officials have decided to put parts of the prison in Aranjuez – about 12 miles (20km) south of Madrid – into lockdown after a staff member fell ill, according to Spanish news agency EFE.
In total, there have been 402 cases recorded in the country. Eight people have died.
Spanish authorities reported the country’s first case at the end of January, with the first death on 13 February.
Source:Â bbc.com
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of a French cardinal who failed to report an alleged paedophile priest, the Catholic Church in Lyon said Friday.
Archbishop of Lyon Philippe Barbarin is the most senior French priest to be caught up in a global paedophilia scandal that has seen clergy hauled before courts from Argentina to Australia.
Barbarin, 69, a staunch conservative who became archbishop of the French city in 2002, has long been accused by victims’ groups of turning a blind eye to decades of child abuse in his diocese that blighted many lives.
He was convicted last year of not reporting a priest for allegedly abused dozens of boy scouts in the 1980s and 1990s — but the conviction was overturned on appeal in January.
Appeals judges said Barbarin should have reported the priest but found that he could not be held criminally liable because the incidents happened too long ago.
Hours after the ruling, Barbarin announced he would offer his resignation to the pope, who had refused an initial request pending the outcome of the appeal. This time, the pope accepted his offer.
Bernard Preynat, the priest he was initially convicted of protecting, has been defrocked and is awaiting a ruling on March 16 in a sex-abuse trial.
Preynat confessed at trial in January to “caresses” he knew were forbidden and admitted he got sexual pleasure from acts with boy scouts at camps he supervised.
‘Seriously objectionable’
Barbarin was initially given a six-month suspended sentence last March after he failed to report Preynat despite being told of alleged abuse on two occasions — by the priest himself in 2010 and four years later by an alleged victim.
The cardinal said on Friday the last four years had been ones of “great, great suffering” for him, telling KTO Catholic TV channel: “I think there is a great deal of suffering that the victims bore first, and it is really for them that we must pray.
“These were terrible acts and it is important that a page be turned.”
Barbarin’s eventual trial came largely because a group of victims campaigned for an investigation.
The appeals judges said it was “seriously objectionable from a moral point of view” that Preynat had been allowed to remain in contact with children for five years after he confessed the abuse to Barbarin.
Source:Â AFP
Zambia’s President Edgar Lungu has said some church officials and traditional leaders are to blame for a recent spate of mob attacks that have left at least 50 people dead.
The lynchings have targeted people accused of involvement in a series of mysterious assaults with chemical spray that have harmed well over 1,000 Zambians since December and caused public panic.
The spray has left children and adults unconscious; there’s speculation the assailants seek to use the victims’ blood for witchcraft.
The attacks were initially confined to the mineral-rich Copperbelt province but have since spread to the capital Lusaka.
Hundreds have been arrested in connection with the vigilante revenge attacks.
Source:Â bbc.com
The Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. Keith Christopher Rowley, MP, has hailed the impact of access to free secondary education on his life.
Responding to a toast on Friday, 6th March, 2020, at the Manyhia Palace, after the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, held a dinner in his honour, Prime Minister Rowley revealed that he came from a family of six boys, he being the last of the boys.
“Five boys never went to High School. My sister and I went to High school because, Dr. Eric Williams (1st Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago), a name that you are familiar with, did what your President (Akufo-Addo) has just done, in 1962,†he said.
The Trinidadian Prime Minister continued, “He (Dr. Williams) brought Free Secondary Education to us, and that singular opportunity produced from this family, a Prime Minister, the first person in the family to go to High School, and my sister, the second person (to go to High School), she became an administrator in public service.â€
He, therefore, congratulated Ghana “for joining us in Trinidad and Tobago in contributing to this vision of what we can be, once the opportunities are thereâ€.
Free SHS
According to data from the Ghana Statistical Service, 60 years after independence, only 15 percent of all Ghanaians aged 15 or older had reached secondary education or higher.
The statistics further indicated that 19.5 percent of Ghanaians had never attended school. These statistics proved to be a barrier to achieving sustainable and inclusive development.
By implementing the Free SHS policy, access to a minimum of senior high school education for all school going children has been improved in all parts of the country. Enrolment at the secondary level increased significantly by 43 percent between 2016 and 2018.
At the end of the 2018/19 academic year, total beneficiaries for the first two cohorts was 794,899 students, with 1.2 million children currently benefitting from the policy. This is the highest ever number of students concurrently enrolled in the public secondary education system in Ghana.
To accommodate the increased enrolment, and ensure that no child is left behind, Government temporarily introduced the double track system.
In anticipation of increased enrolment, and the need to phase out the double track system, Government commenced the construction of 962 structures in secondary schools across the country, comprising classroom blocks, dormitories and sanitary facilities.
Source:Â ClassFMOnline.com
Former Brazilian footballer Ronaldinho and his brother were arrested in Paraguay on Friday for allegedly using fake passports to enter the country.
Prosecutors say they were given the false documents when they landed in the capital Asuncion on Wednesday.
The pair had been taken in for questioning and their hotel was searched by police.
They deny wrongdoing and say they thought the passports were a courtesy gesture.
In July 2019, the player reportedly had his Brazilian and Spanish passports confiscated over unpaid taxes and non-payment of fines for illegally building on a nature reserve in Brazil.
“I respect his sporting popularity but the law must also be respected. No matter who you are, the law still applies”, Mr Acevedo told local media earlier this week.
The 39-year-old had travelled to Paraguay to promote a book and a campaign for underprivileged children.
Ronaldinho was the 2004 and 2005 World Player of the Year and reached the prime of his career at Spanish giants Barcelona. He won the World Cup for Brazil in 2002 alongside fellow superstar forwards Ronaldo and Rivaldo.
Ronaldinho’s net worth is estimated at £80-100m and he is reported to charge around £150,000 for a single promoted Instagram post.
Source:Â bbc.com
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has been made an honorary old student of Opoku Ware Secondary School (OWASS).
Nana Akufo-Addo has thus become “Katakyie Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo”, with school number i2.
The honour was done the president on Saturday, 7th March 2020, when he attended the 68th Speech and Prize-Giving Day of the school.
Opening its doors to its first batch of 60 students in 1952, Opoku Ware School was established with the objective to create educational opportunities, with Catholic underpinnings, for young boys, to help them better their lives, and improve their prospects for the future.
The founders believed in the power of education to transform lives and lift people out of deprivation and underdevelopment.
Source:Â ClassFMOnline.com
About 70 people were trapped after a hotel being used as a coronavirus quarantine facility in the Chinese city of Quanzhou collapsed.
About 47 of the 70 had been pulled from the rubble of the five-storey Xinjia Hotel by Sunday, state media says.
Videos posted online show emergency workers combing through the building’s wreckage in the southern province of Fujian.
It is not clear what caused the collapse or if anyone has died.
It happened at about 19:30 local time (11:30 GMT).
Chinese state media says the hotel was being used as a quarantine facility monitoring people who had had close contact with coronavirus patients.
The hotel reportedly opened in 2018 and had 80 guest rooms.
One woman told the Beijing News website that relatives including her sister had been under quarantine there.
“I’m under quarantine too [at another hotel] and I’m very worried, I don’t know what to do. They were healthy, they took their temperatures every day, and the tests showed that everything was normal.”
As of Friday, Fujian province had 296 cases of coronavirus. Meanwhile 10,819 people have been placed under observation because they have been in close contact with someone infected.
The World Health Organization says more than 101,000 people worldwide have now contracted the virus.
More than 3,000 people have died – the majority in the Chinese province of Hubei where the outbreak originated.
Source:Â bbc.com
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says it is uncomfortable with the alarming manner in which some media outlets reported Thursday’s suspected case of Coronavirus (COVID-19) at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH).
Reports that doctors at the nation’s premier hospital were in a state of fear and panic, it said, only put the country in a bad state and undermined the national efforts at preventing an outbreak and preventing its spread.
Dr Franklin Asiedu- Bekoe, Head of Disease Surveillance Department at the GHS, told the Ghana News Agency in an interview, in Accra, on Friday that the Service would investigate to find out who was behind such sensational reports.
“The KBTH has so far recorded two incidents of suspected cases of COVID-19, both of which have come to the attention of the public in an alarming manner,” he noted.
“We need to engage them to be able to understand them because even in smaller hospitals when suspected cases are detected, it is handed without the knowledge of the public”.
So far, Ghana has tested 46 suspected cases and they have all proven negative.
The recent one involved a United States-based Ghanaian woman who arrived in the country, six days ago and had reported to the Maternity Block of the KBTH for a scheduled gynaecological medical procedure.
Commenting on the reported allegation that the emergency line dedicated to reporting cases of the virus was unresponsive, Dr Asiedu- Bekoe explained that was not the routine, therefore, it would be unprofessional for any doctor to call an emergency line to report a case.
“The protocol is to isolate a suspected case, take samples and present it for testing and not to run away,” he stated.
“When a doctor identifies a case of COVID-19 is his line of work, his role is to treat the patient and to a follow-up but not to run away”.
According to the World Health Organisation, (WHO), COVID-19 belongs to the family of Coronaviruses that cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases, such as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MARS).
Symptoms of Coronavirus include; fever, cough, and difficulty in breathing which could be fatal.
The disease is spread through coughing and sneezing; close personal unprotected risk by touching or contact with an infected person).
At present, various treatment options are being explored.
Treatment is mainly symptomatic, there is no vaccine and prevention is mainly by adherence to cough and sneezing etiquette and improved personal hygiene.
Source:Â GNA
Jurgen Klopp took aim at VAR – and admitted he regretted celebrating towards the linesman after a controversial opener in Liverpool’s 2-1 win over Bournemouth.
Liverpool fell behind to Callum Wilson’s ninth-minute opener at Anfield but were incensed the goal was allowed to stand even after a VAR review for what appeared a blatant push on Joe Gomez in the build-up.
The hosts would go on to recover before the break through goals from Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane, to put a week including back-to-back defeats behind them and move within three wins of the title, but Klopp’s frustration was plain to see as he celebrated towards the linesman in front of his dugout when Mane completed the hosts’ turnaround.
Admitting some regret at his enthusiastic reaction towards the officials, Klopp said: “I was in good spirits, let me say it like this.
“To be honest, that happened [the celebration]. I didn’t want it, do I want to do it now? No. But in that moment, I just don’t understand how it could be a goal.
“There’s situations, we talk about it, but we have to make the decision. It shows the problems in VAR still existing. It’s not VAR, the system, it’s a human being and the rules. It was a foul. The touch was enough to let Joe struggle, it’s a foul, nothing else.
“They score a goal, the ref lets it run, that’s why we have VAR so you can have another look. A couple of weeks ago VAR made really tough decisions on one matchday, two different games, Tottenham and City, right, wow. How is that possible that someone sits there and doesn’t see it?
“The question is how is it possible you have a look at it and don’t say, ‘ah yes, that’s a foul’. Mike Dean [fourth official] I’m sure sees it’s a foul but cannot intervene any more so he says let’s go to VAR, and it hides behind the phrase ‘not clear and obvious’. It makes no sense, a foul is a foul, no foul is no foul, but if it’s that clear, you look at it and say come on.
“No one felt confident after that, not the referee, no one. It was easy to sort with someone sitting in a room who says yes, come on, foul. I understand 100 per cent Bournemouth may see it differently, but it’s a clear foul.
“I was absolutely happy about the result, the three points and the performance because I knew it would be tricky for different reasons.
“I think the decisions of the ref around the goals made it even more tricky for us, obviously.
“We wanted to fight back before the game and after that we had to fight back. How we played after being 1-0 down was exceptional, to be honest.
“I don’t want to make it too big but in a moment when you have to fight back for the momentum and then you get a decision like that and a goal like this, there are other teams in the history of football which would then slip.
“The boys’ reaction today, I loved – I really loved.”
Source:Â skysports.com
Asante Kotoko have reportedly opened new contract negotiation talks with Sogne Yacouba and his representatives.
The striker made his first appearance in over a month as Kotoko beat Karela United 1-0 in Ghana Premier League on Friday. He had been frozen out due to contract issues.
The Club’s NCC Chairman Christopher Demenya revealed that they are willing to contribute to fund the player’s contract and are currently waiting for the club’s approval.
Maxwell Konadu stated a few weeks ago that the player will only come back to the squad when they resolve his contract issues, and his return on Friday suggests that the club are on the verge of agreeing on a contract extension with the player and his representatives.
Sogne Yacouba has so far registered three assists for Asante Kotoko this season, more than any player in the squad.
Source:Â GHANAsoccernet.com
Tiger Woods is to spend another week on the sidelines as he bids to overcome his back problem and will miss The Players Championship next week.
Woods has not played since finishing last – among players who made the cut – at the Genesis Invitational at Riviera in California three weeks ago, when he revealed he had back stiffness.
The 44-year-old subsequently swerved the WGC-Mexico Championship and also decided not to play in last week’s Honda Classic near his south Florida home.
It was thought Woods could return in this week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational – he has won the tournament at Bay Hill eight times – but he delayed his comeback last week and has now decided to sit out the PGA Tour’s flagship tournament at TPC Sawgrass.
“Back just not ready,” said Woods’ agent, Mark Steinberg, in a text to ESPN. “Not concerning long term, just not ready.”
Woods has undergone back surgery four times in recent years and this latest delay raises further concerns over his fitness ahead of his defence of the Masters title next month.
The former world No 1 announced last week he was going to follow last year’s “blueprint” as he prepares to play at Augusta National.
He did, however, play in The Players Championship – an event he has won twice – last year when he finished in a tie for 30th place.
The Valspar Championship from March 19-22 and the following week’s WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play are now options for Woods to make his return.
Source:Â skysports.com
Arsenal’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang says his reputation as a top striker does not depend on winning trophies.
Aubameyang, the Premier League’s joint-top goalscorer with 17 goals this term, will have just one year to run on his contract come the summer and is yet to win silverware since joining the club in January 2018.
Mikel Arteta spoke this week of his wish to keep the 30-year-old “under any circumstances”, but with Arsenal facing an uphill battle to make next season’s Champions League their captain’s future is uncertain.
Speaking to Soccer Saturday he said: “I’m a striker so I will defend my side – I don’t think you need trophies to be a top striker.
“Of course, it can help you but we’ve seen a lot of great players that didn’t win trophies but we respect them because of their quality.
“You don’t need to win trophies but if you win it, it’s better.”
The FA Cup represents this season’s last chance for Aubameyang to secure his first trophy in England, and he is yet to win a league title in his career despite previously spending more than four years at Borussia Dortmund in Germany.
Arsenal reached the Europa League final last year but saw their chances of going one better this season ended by Olympiakos in the round of 32, the Greek champions progressing on away goals.
Aubameyang shouldered some of the blame for that defeat, missing a gilt-edged chance in the last minute that would have sent his side through.
The uncharacteristic miss hit the player hard in the aftermath of the game. He said: “I had the chance again and I missed it. I was feeling like ‘okay, this is my fault’ and I think this is human. That’s why I was really devastated. But this is football and sometimes that happens. The next day, I was back in training again.
“I think [the feeling stayed] for one or two days. I was sleeping really late at night thinking about it but after that it was okay because I have my family that’s here and they give me some power and I try to be strong for them.
“I received a lot of love from my team-mates and from the fans. I received a lot of messages and at the end, I feel proud to be a football player for Arsenal and we keep going.”
With 11 games to go this season Champions League qualification is still a plausible target, and Arsenal are currently eight points behind fourth-placed Chelsea with a game in hand.
So, can the Gunners finish the season strongly and catch their London rivals?
“I think it’s possible, everything is possible,” Aubameyang said. “Last season, we were ten points down from the top four and we came back at the end and were really close, but I think we can do it.
“When you see the games we have and what the other teams have, I think everything is possible. We have to be focused on what we’re doing and I think the team is doing well. We have some thing to improve, but I’m sure that now we have more pressure because we only have the chance to be in the Champions League because of the Premier League.
“That’s the way and we have to be focused on that and try to reach our goal.”
Source:Â skysports.com
Ghana Premier League Legon Cities have registered interested acquiring the services of Asante Kotoko defender Empem Dacosta, according to Dailykotoko.com.
The club are considering submitting an official bid for the player when the second transfer window opens on March 16.
However, it is unclear whether Kotoko are willing to let go of the defender though they have two backup defenders in Wahab Adams and Abdul Ganiyu.
Asante Kotoko player Stephen Ayiku is currently on loan at Legon Cities and was involved in their 4-1 victory against WAFA on Friday, reports also suggest Legon Cities will consider making his move a permanent one if they fail to land Empem Dacosta.
Source:Â GHANAsoccernet.com
The government of Ghana is working together with the Jubilee field partners to ensure constant supply of LPG to avoid gas shortages following the launch of the Cylinder Re-circulation Model, Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam, a Deputy Energy Minister, has said.
This, he said will also ensure that the country experiences relative stability in the price of LPG.
He explained that the Cylinder Re-circulation Model is primarily aimed at reducing LPG-related accidents and will also create more jobs contrary to claims by players in the sector that they will lose their jobs.
Speaking at the launch of the policy Dr Amin Adam, said : “While we encourage you to adopt the cylinder re-circulation model of LPG, we are also working hard to ensure security of supply of LPG so that we do not have shortages of LPG at anytime or anywhere in the country.
“Accordingly, we are working with the Jubilee Field partners, the producers of oil from the Jubilee Field, to increase gas production and export from the Jubilee Field to enable us process more than 50 percent of our LPG requirements from domestic sources.
“This will ensure that we have relative stability in the price of LPG because the Jubilee gas is currently being produced from the free foundation gas volumeâ€.
To ensure that LPG is adequately available to all customers in the country, government by extract and the National Petroleum Authority, will ensure the decentralization of LPG bottling facilities between major market centers across the country, so apart from bringing the facilities closer to the market and consumers, this will further reduce the administrative cost of transporting LPG over longer distances and the impact it could have on the unified petroleum priceâ€.
The Chief Executive Officer of the (NPA) Hassan Tampuli, indicated that the NPA has put in place mechanisms to to deal with possible challenges that may arise from the implementation of the policy,
He also indicated that NPA and its stakeholders will continue risk assessment of all existing structures in other parts of the country before a national roll out of CRM.
“We believe that before we move forward to roll out the CRM across the country, we will continue to do risk assessment of all existing structures to ensure that customers in different parts where we have not started the pilot will continue to use their LPG in a safe and environmentally friendly mannerâ€.
Source:Â laudbusiness.com
Jose Mourinho said he “cannot keep giving Tanguy Ndombele opportunities” after hauling the midfielder off at half-time during Tottenham’s draw at Burnley.
Spurs’ £54m record signing was one of two changes at the interval along with Oliver Skipp as Spurs trailed 1-0, and Mourinho insisted Ndombele’s performance was not good enough.
Without mentioning Ndombele directly – although he later namechecked him to the written press – the head coach said his side were markedly better in the second half after his exit and the introduction of Giovani Lo Celso and Lucas Moura, as Dele Alli’s equaliser from the penalty spot five minutes into the second period earned a 1-1 draw at Turf Moor.
Mourinho told Sky Sports: “I was expecting players not tired to give more to the team, and I think somebody has to realise that this is the Premier League, and this is a new experience, and the first time he comes to Burnley, and I hope next season he can be fantastic because until now it is not enough.
“The quality of Lucas and Lo Celso made a difference. We had something in the first half we didn’t have in the second half, so in the second we improved a lot.
“Skipp is a kid and did a fantastic 120 minutes. I needed to protect (Harry) Winks and we managed to have Skipp fresh for Tuesday. He is a kid in evolution and I never want to criticise him in particular.
“I hope that he (Ndombele) uses every minute on the pitch, and every minute knowing what the Premier League, is to improve. There are many fantastic players that in first seasons in new countries, for different reasons, struggle. There are many examples.
“He’s a player with a great talent, and he has to know he has to do much better, and I cannot keep giving him opportunities to play because the team is more important than the players, and they must be on the pitch as a consequence of their work and performance.
“I was not expecting to be losing at half-time, and then bring Lucas and Lo Celso on with 30 or 35 minutes left to try to attack the game, but we conceded the goal and the problem was not the goal, but we did not have midfield players to get the ball and assume the responsibility of building from the back. Many times we had to go long because midfield players were hidden.
“In the second half, the midfield players were showing themselves all the time, and as a defender it’s much easier to pass, and build, and connect with the attacking players. The number of yellow cards they got was clear of how dangerous and good we were breaking the lines, and it was a very good second half between two teams in different circumstances.
“The attitude was fantastic, it’s very difficult to play here, especially when they are in such a positive moment, and of course I am not happy with the result but I’m happy with many things I saw in my players.”
Mourinho had already been questioned about Ndombele’s commitment in his pre-match press conference, after a video of the midfielder lethargically tracking Pedro Neto during that defeat by Wolves went viral on social media, and had defended him at the time.
Source:Â skysports.com
Jurgen Klopp said he will “never compare” himself to former Liverpool manager Bill Shankly after his side beat Bournemouth to take another major step towards a first league title in 30 years.
The victory was Liverpool’s 22nd successive Premier League win at Anfield, breaking the English top-flight record set by Shankly’s team in 1972.
“We didn’t think about that number before the game, but after we can,” said Klopp. “It’s nice, it’s special, but today is a very good example that we have to fight.”
The hosts fell behind in controversial circumstances, Callum Wilson slotting home Jefferson Lerma’s low cross after appearing to shove Joe Gomez in the build-up to the goal.
Liverpool soon hit their stride, however, and Mohamed Salah – making his 100th league appearance for the club – restored parity with a low finish after Sadio Mane dispossessed Jack Simpson deep inside the Cherries’ half.
Mane latched on to Virgil van Dijk’s perfectly weighted through-ball to complete the turnaround, but Liverpool needed a brilliant goal-line clearance from James Milner to prevent Ryan Fraser from hauling Bournemouth back on level terms in a nervy second half.
“We’re not geniuses, but we can really fight and that’s all we have to do until the end of the season,” said Klopp, who confirmed captain Jordan Henderson – missing with a hamstring injury – is likely to resume full training on Sunday before the Champions League last-16 second leg at home to Atletico Madrid.
“I think he will train tomorrow. If that looks good, I have to make a decision.”
The win means Liverpool could be champions by the time they play Everton in the league on 16 March – if Manchester City lose their next three games against Manchester United, Arsenal and Burnley.
Eddie Howe’s Bournemouth side remain in the relegation zone, level on points with Watford and West Ham but with a worse goal difference than their nearest rivals at the bottom.
Source:Â bbc.com
Several packs of salmonella infested gizzard impounded at the Tema Port following a tip-off from the Brazilian Embassy, have been destroyed.
A joint team comprising; the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority, Veterinary Services, GPHA Intelligence, Ports Health Services, National Security, Bureau of National Investigation and other stakeholders in the import and export chain, jointly destroyed the unwholesome meat product on Wednesday at the Kpone landfill Site.
In addition to the destruction of the infested gizzard, four other containers of unwholesome animal products were destroyed.
Dr Asiedu Baah, Director of Veterinary Services, said although they were able to bury the unwholesome gizzard with Salmonella, the destruction was impeded causing a delay to the earlier scheduled date.
He praised the collective efforts by the security agencies and their involvement in ensuring that the impounded container was not tempered with before the destruction.
He said due to the late Intel receive from Brazilian authorities, the importers successfully cleared the infested gizzards which subsequently ended up on the market.
Dr Stephen George Bonnah, Head, Regulatory Unit, Veterinary Services Directorate, called for a strengthened collaboration between stakeholder agencies on the Joint Inspection Management System platform to ensure that clearance of goods at the port were done in an appropriate and more efficient manner.
He further assuaged the fears of the general public, saying “the unwholesome animal products have been destroyed and going forward, veterinary and its alied services are going to effectively regulate all animal products that enter the country.”
Source:Â GNA
The Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) has said that it will demolish all structures of encroachers on its lands bordering its transmission lines, if moves are not made to evacuate the areas.
This is due to the associated safety risks it poses to the public and the need for regular maintenance works on the lines by the company.
Under the Transmission Line Protection Regulations, 1967 (LI 542) as amended by Regulation No. LI 1737 of 2004, it is an offence for persons or institutions to conduct any form of activity in relation to lands around the location of power transmission lines.
Activities including drilling, excavating, lorry parks, shops, garages, bars, real estate, operated in the area extending up to twenty (20) metres on each side from the centre line of the transmission towers are prohibited. These activities pose a danger to human life and property as a transmission line fault can result in casualties and damage to properties.
Outage to customers can also be prolonged due to restricted access to the Right-of-Ways.
The Chief Executive of GRIDCo, Jonathan Amoako-Baah, in a statement said: “We are very concerned with this trend across the country. Though we have chalked up some success by ejecting some encroachers, others have remained adamant. Over the years, we have carried out a lot of sensitisation programmes including print and electronic media publications, Information Services Department campaigns, and joint engagements with Municipal Assemblies.
“We are also ready to undertake demolition exercises, where necessary, as part of four mandate to ensure the right thing is done. We are committed to carrying out our mandate as a power transmitter, and will do whatever is necessary to prevent interferences.â€
He added: “Over the past years, GRIDCo has had issues with encroachers along with its transmission towers and lands. These persons carry out all forms of activities at the risk of their lives. GRIDCo is working with the relevant state institutions to remove properties and structures, and to curb all forms of human activitiesâ€.
Source:Â thebftonline.com
Fella Makafui, now Mrs. Precious Frimpong wife of rapper Samuel Adu Frimpong popularly known as Medikal, put her wedding ring on display on social media after her traditional wedding.
The couple, Mr and Mrs Frimpong had a successful traditional marriage yesterday, despite the supposed collapse prank by the bride.
After the beautiful ceremony, Mrs Precious Frimpong aka Fella Makafui put out a video of her expensive engagement ring on social media.
She posted the video on her Instagram page with a very simple caption, “Mrs Precious Frimpong ðŸ’â¤ï¸â€
Fellow celebrities and fans took the opportunity to congratulate her and show her love in the comment section of the post.
Watch video below;
Source:Â ghbase.com
Member of Parliament (MP) for Effutu constituency of the Central region, Alexander Afenyo-Markin on today, 7th March, 2020, led his constituents to plant Royal Palm trees on the streets of Winneba.
The tree planting exercise forms part of the recently launched Effutu Dream to reignite the energies in the youth to build themselves economically and also help the constituency to develop at a faster rate.
According to the MP, the aim of the exercise is to beautify the constituency with the view to enhancing its tourism potential as well as creating employment opportunities for the teeming youth in the communities across the Effutu Municipality.
The outspoken legislator launched the Effutu Dream some weeks ago bringing on board the energetic youth within the constituency to tap their rich talented potentials, and also offer opportunities to the teeming youth.
Source:Â nsemgh.com
The Savannah Regional Minister visited Tuluwe in the Central Gonja District the Savannah Region to mourn with indigenes over the sudden demise of the Paramount chief of the Tulwe Traditional area Yiram Tulwewura Mahama Bunyanso.
The Minister Hon. Salifu Adam Braimah rushed to Tuluwe immediately after the 63rd independent celebration and the maiden Regional March past hosted in the Savannah Regional capital (Damongo).
As custom demands, on arrival, the minister with his entourage called on the elders of Tulwe, and he was duly and officially informed of the demise of their Paramount chief. They also took the opportunity to inform the minister and his team that the body of Tulwe wura Bunyanso will be laid to rest today 7th March 2020, however, all traditional rites necessary to pave way for his burial have been observed.
Hon Salifu Adam Braimah thanked them for exhibiting high sense of maturity and holding on to tradition. He told them to get him notified once they finally resolve on when the final funeral rites will be held.
Chauwura Issah Yahaya, Hon. Mahama Mustapha (DCE Central Gonja), Dr. Sulemana Adams Achanso, Issahaku Mastana (Organizer Gonjaland Youth Association) were all in Tuluwe with the minister.
Source:Â nkilgifmonline.com
The District Chief Executive (DCE) for the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District in the Savannah Region, Hon Lawal Tamimu has hailed the Nana Addo led government for putting in place the right policy initiatives that have improved the economic fortunes for the country.
According to him, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government has reduced the burden of Ghanaians as a result of the introduction of some policy interventions including the free senior high school initiative.
The DCE in his 63rd Independence Anniversary speech revealed that the implementation of the Free Senior High School programme has provided a lot of teenagers access to Senior High School education.
He further added that the policy initiative has also helped parents save significant sums of monies to cater for other responsibilities other than taking care of school-related expenditures for their wards in day and boarding schools.
The DCE added that under the 1 village 1 Dam policy, ten dams have been completed and therefore appealed to the youth to take advantage of the policy to venture into dry season farming which will bring more income and help their lives and that of their families.
Mr Tamimu, added that over four thousand farmers in the District benefited from government-subsidized inputs which has boost the production of farmers in the District last year.
Madam Zato Margaret, the District Director of education also speaking at the ceremony indicated that the performance of BECE in the District has witnessed improvement from 51.95% in 2018 to 59% in 2019 which she attributes to the effective classes that teachers in the District normally organise for BECE candidates.
Madam Margaret mentioned high school drop out especially among the girl- children, early marriages,lack of furniture, lack of teachers and lateness of some teachers to school as some of the challenges facing the education unit in the District.
A representative of the Member of Parliament for the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba Constituency (Hon Chiwiitey Andrew), Mr Maalyong Thomas told the gathering that the MP is committed to solving the challenges in the constituency in all sectors.
He said in a quest to improve the standard of education in the area, the MP normally award the best two preformed students in the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).
Master Abubakari Afatuferu who completed Kulmasa R/C Junior High school topped the male category with aggregate 10 and is currently reading Science at Prempeh College received one thousand Ghana cedis and his alma matter (Kulmasa JHS) will benefit from a furnished computer laboratory.
In the female category Adams Rafiatu formally of Sawla Girls model with aggregate 12 and reading Science at Ola Girls also received one thousand Ghana cedis from the MP and her former school will get a well-stocked Information an Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) laboratory.
According to Mr Thomas, the MP award is to serve as an incentive to motivate students to take their academic works seriously.
Source:Â nkilgifmonline.com
The Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr Christopher Keith Rowley on Saturday said his visit to Ghana was to close the distance between the two nations.
He said many years ago, people from the Caribbean nation and those who are in Africa were separated by force but today at the end of “The Year of Returnâ€, which was hosted by Ghana, he and his people join in accepting the belief that “ we are all one peopleâ€.
He said the cultural antecedents presented to them are similar to those in their country and called for a close collaboration between Ghana and his country.
Dr Rowley made this remarks at a grand durbar organized in his honour when he paid a visit to the Okyenhene, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin, the Paramount Chief of the people of Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Area at in Kyebi in the Eastern Region.
He said his country would cooperate with Ghana in the area of education and indicated that universities in Trinidad and Tobago were poised to providing training to Ghanaian students who are preparing to enter the industrial field.
The Prime Minister said his country was prepared to acquire high yielding planting materials from Ghana to enable his country to also enjoy food security, especially in yam production.
The Okyenhene, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin said the real wealth of a nation is not only in its resources but more in what the country knew.
He commended Trinidad and Tobago for being one of the most educated countries in the world, with literacy level nearing a 100 per cent.
He said as science and technology were rapidly changing lives for better health, high productivity and ensuring prosperity, there was the need to make more investment in education.
Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin uses the opportunity to seek for academic collaboration between schools in Trinidad and Tobago and the University of Environment, Science and Agriculture at Bunso.
As part of the programme, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin enstool the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago as a traditional ruler with the stool name, Barimah Kwadwo Odomgya Afriyie.
Source:Â GNA
Mrs Fella Frimpong, wife of Ghanaian rapper Medikal has confessed that her collapse at her wedding was a stunt to test her husband.
According to the actress, the purpose was to find out the gravity of her husband’s care and love for her.
“I’m an actress, I mean I have been pranking him so I was like let me see if he was going to get scared today. I love you so much,” she said.
Fella collapsed whiles dancing with her husband in the full glare of family and friends gathered at the event ground.
According to Kofi Adoma, her collapse caused fury from members of her family who blamed her manager for causing that.
To her family members, the bride has been standing on her feet for long hours, a probable cause of her collapse. They stopped the DJ from playing any music and also halted every other activity at the events grounds.
However, according to critics on social media, her collapse could be as a result of her alleged pregnancy.
Below are some social media reactions:
#MediFella2020#Femikal2020#medifui2020
Fella Makafui is a great actress…. Fella for the Oscars 🤣 🤣 🤣
— SUNU DESMOND L . H. (@NAMETAGGH) March 7, 2020
I heard dis fell a woman dey lie it was a prank . She wanted to know whether Medikal will get scared or not? Fella make u no take as fool oo we all got scared Nkwasea ly sei. Mtchewww..☹ï¸â˜¹ï¸â˜¹ï¸ #MediFella2020
— KynggThug (@KynggThug) March 7, 2020
So fella said she is an actress and always use to prank medikal
So it turns out fella didnt collapse for real, it was all an act anaa meboa
Nkwasia lyy sei#MediFella2020— Nsawam Michael Scofield (@OkwasiaBiNti) March 7, 2020
After all this drama, if we hear say divorce ern, we’ll cane them touch your toe#MediFella2020
— Romeo Coffie (@romeo_coffie) March 7, 2020
Source:Â www.ghanaweb.com
Sad news coming in from East Legon is that Fella Makafui has collapsed whiles dancing with her husband Medikal.
The cause of the collapse is not known but she has been rushed into a car to seek medical attention.
According to journalist Kofi Adoma Nwawani, Fella who whispered into the ears of her husband was seen shortly going down.
Her husband and security gathered were swift to carry her into a car which drove at top speed from the event ground, GhanaWeb monitored.
According to Kofi Adoma, her collapse caused fury from members of her family who blamed her manager for causing that.
According to her family members, the bride has been standing on her feet for long hours, a probable cause of her collapse. They stopped the DJ from playing any music and also halted every other activity at the events grounds.
The good news is after about 15 minutes, the bride and groom are back to the continue the celebration of their union, GhanaWeb can confirm.
Source:Â www.ghanaweb.com
Hundreds of Sogakofe residents in the South Tongu District of the Volta Region, gathered Saturday night to hold a vigil in memory of slain Assemblyman, Marcus Mawutor Adzahli.
Mr. Adzahli was murdered in cold blood early Sunday at his residence by unknown gunmen who also wounded his daughter and wife.
The residents, mostly, youth, gathered at the Y-Junction and dressed in black and red with candle lights and marched through the streets demanding justice for the late Adzahli.
Mr Adzahli was elected Assemblyman for Sogakofe South Electoral Area in December 2019.
A protest by residents turned bloody when stray bullets hit three people, Monday.
Preliminary investigations by the police in the region, have led to the retrieval of some seven BB cartridges, including six used ones, at the crime scene.
The South Tongu District Assembly has placed a GH¢10,000 bounty on the killers.
Similarly, former President Jerry John Rawlings has also announced a GH¢25,000 reward for anyone with useful information leading to the arrest of the perpetrators.
The South Tongu District Assembly has placed a GH¢10,000 bounty on the killers. Similarly, former President Jerry John Rawlings has also announced a GH¢25,000 reward for anyone with useful information leadin to the arrest of the perpetrators.
The Volta Caucus of the opposition National Democratic Congress in Parliament has also pledged a financial reward to the tune of GH¢30,000 for information leading to arrest of the killers.
Source: myjoyonlineÂ
Three persons have died in a road crash at Atwemamena near Akim Asafo on the Accra-Kumasi Highway.
The incident happened on Saturday, March 7, 2020, when 40-year-old Mutala Mohamed, the driver of a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter bus, with registration number, GS 5869 19, which had passengers on board and was heading towards Kumasi tried to overtake a King Long bus ahead of him.
On reaching a section of the road at Atwemamena near Akim Asafo in the Eastern Region, he tried to overtake the King Long bus, while ascending a hill without observing traffic ahead.
The King Long bus with registration number GM 4906-13 also had passengers on board and was heading towards the Kumasi direction. The bus according to the police was being driven by Aminu Gariba, 35.
The police in a statement said the Sprinter bus nearly crashed with an unidentified vehicle from the opposite direction and in an attempt to prevent a head-on collision “veered into the nearside and crashed into the King [Long] bus.â€
“Both vehicles landed in a nearby bush at the nearside when facing Kumasi direction. Passengers onboard the Sprinter bus sustained various degrees of injury and were rushed to Kibi, Suhum Government hospitals and Hawa Memorial Hospital at Osiem for treatment,†the statement added.
The police said three persons two males and one female died on the spot.
The bodies have been deposited at the Suhum Government [morgue] for preservation, identification and autopsy.
10 of the victims who sustained injuries were rushed to the Kibi Hospital and two were sent to the Osiem Hospital, according to the police.
“Personnel from Suhum MTTD, the National Highway and Suhum District patrol teams were at the scene to control traffic. Police called in the Ghana National fire Service Ghana National Ambulance service and National Road Safety Management recovery truck to the scene to assist. Accident vehicles were towed from the scene for free-flow of traffic,†the statement added.
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Veteran highlife musician Kojo Antwi has described music as medicine, saying listeners to be wary of the kind of music they support, listen and give attention to.
The “Medofo Pa†hitmaker was speaking at a roundtable on the topic “Sustaining a distinctive Ghanaian Musical Identity in a Globalised Musical Mix†at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) when he made this statement.
He said music was medicine with a significant effect on the well-being of the people and advised the public not to fall for any type of music but go in for the music that comforts the soul, GNA reports.
Kojo cautioned: “The kind of music we download, the kind of music we play, the support and attention given to them help in sustaining that kind of music and they have effects on us. Music is medicine so be careful what you give attention to.â€
With over three decades of music experience, he also expressed worry about the caliber and quality of music being produced in recent times saying, “most of our songs today have been reduced to singing about self and body.â€
He said urgent and pragmatic steps were needed to change the narrative but advised Ghanaian and African musicians to compose songs that would impact their communities positively.
“For me, my focus on creating a piece of music does not an award but to impact my community. That is very important,†he stressed.
He implored all stakeholders to work towards preserving and sustaining the rich Ghanaian musical rhythms.
According to the “Music Manâ€, though the music was dynamic and changes over time, the basic principles and the rhythmic patterns of rich Ghanaian music must not be distorted just in the name of change.
Antwi further called for the re-introduction of music education into the educational curriculum at the basic schools to teach the young generation the indigenous Ghanaian music and folklore.
Source:Â pulse.com.gh
Former President John Dramani Mahama, flag-bearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has on Saturday, March 7, 2020, paid a visit to the family of the assemblyman, Mawutor Adzahli who was gruesomely murdered in his house at Sogakope.
Ofosu Ampofo, national chairman of NDC, Member of Parliament for South Tongu constituency, Hon. Wisdom Mensah Woyome and few party executives were all in attendance to mourn with the Adzahli family as well as express their condolences.
Mahama’s visit to Sogakope came just a day after former president Jerry John Rawlings was in the town to observe the 63rd Independence anniversary as a way of mourning with the chiefs and people of the town on the loss of their beloved son.
A cash amount of GHS 2,000 has also been donated to the family by John Mahama.
According to a source close to the bereaved family, the money is to be used to buy items such as potable water to receive visitors, mourners and sympathizers who will be visiting the family.
Background
Marcus Mawutor Adzahli was shot dead in his room on Sunday, March 1, 2020, at around 1:00 midnight by unknown assailants after they managed to break down his well-fortified door with cement blocks.
The assailants said to be about eight (8), reportedly stormed the home of Adzahli wielding guns amidst sporadic shooting.
The body of the deceased has since been deposited at the Sogakope District Hospital Morgue.
Adzahli aka Mac-Greenline was elected assemblyman in the December 17, 2019, local assembly elections.
He is known in Sogakope for his mobile money business, with many outlets across the Sogakope Township.
Source:Â Peter Atsu Ahianyo
Ghanaian dancehall sensation, Shatta Wale has won the hearts of many during the wedding of Medikal and Fella Makafui.
Medikal and Fella had a successful wedding on Saturday, March 7, 2020, in Accra.
After Medikal sealed his for love for Fella by putting the ring on the actress’ finger the two proceed to the dance floor.
YEN.com.gh has sighted a video of Shatta Wale proving that he is indeed rich when Medikal and Fella hit the dance floor.
In the video, Shatta Wale stepped up his game as he was accompanied by Captan who was holding a bag full of money.
The controversial singer was then seen spraying GHC 5 notes on Medikal and Fella while the two showed off their dance moves.
Meanwhile, the traditional wedding ceremony between Medika and Fella Makafui saw many prominent people in attendance including Shatta Wale whose arrive stole the show although he arrived in the middle of the sermon.
It appears as though the popular dancehall artiste Shatta Wale causes a massive stir not only on social media but anywhere he goes.
His arrival during the sermon was so resounding that the preacher himself had to pause and acknowledge Shatta’s presence.
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Source:Â yen.com.gh