Harivansh Narayan Singh, the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, which is the Upper House of Indian’s Parliament, led his team to the meeting with Ghana. International parliamentary work he said is one area that India will want partnership with Ghana, hence his request for Ghana to support India’s bid for the chairmanship of the CPA. Mr Osei-Owusu traced the strong relations between Ghana and India to the pre-independence era, when President Nkrumah and President Nehru, both former presidents of Ghana and India respectively had a close collaboration. Mr Osei-Owusu pledged that Ghana’s Parliament will discuss Indian’s interest in the CPA chairmanship and determine how the two countries can continue to collaborate within the CPA. The Ghanaian parliamentary delegation, which has since returned home, had earlier met with delegations from Zimbabwe and Hungary.

Others are Mr Mohammed Abdul-Karim, Madam Cecilia Sheitu Nyadia, Mr Gbati Jacob Najombe, Mrs Dentaa Amoateng MBE and Madam Comfort Yamoah as members. Dr Awal noted that the vision of the ministry was to make the tourism industry the number one contributor to the country’s Gross Domestic Product within the next two years. But, Dr Awal said this could be achieved if the board initiates measures to drive investments into the creative arts and culture sub-sectors. Dr Awal charged the board to work as a team to achieve the aim of the ministry. He said the tourism sector had the potential of influencing the development of the other sectors of the economy and pledged his outfit’s commitment to work assiduously to promote the sector.

Business News of Wednesday, 15 September 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• The RGD will end its validation exercise of dormant companies in September 2021• This is after the Department earlier notified companies to file their returns• Dormant companies in default risk being delisted from the Companies RegisterThe Registrar-General’s Department (RGD), has announced it will by the end of September 2021 complete the validation of companies in line with the directive for dormant companies to file their returns. This comes after the Department had earlier notified dormant companies to file their returns or risk being delisted from the Companies Register. “These dormant Companies were Public/Private Companies Limited by Shares, Public/Private Companies Limited by Guarantee (Associations, Fun Clubs, Churches etc. The RGD further said companies which are due for a strike-off and still in default of filing their returns after the end of September 2021, would be published in the national newspapers and the Department’s website. The Department however advised Companies still in default to take necessary steps in order to ensure they are in good standing.

Isaac Owusu Bempah was admitted to the Police Hospital Outpatient Unit and was examined by a Doctor all without handcuff. Owusu Bempah bailed out the Dansoman police station was refused by the police based on “orders from high above” in the police service. Owusu Bempah. Several police officers deployed to Rev Isaac Owusu Bempah did confirm that the Acting IGP is the one giving the orders on the Rev. Owusu Bempah case.

In an earlier report, Janet Nabla said she will not be cowed into silence after she was suspended by the party. “Those small, small boys that he has, I have boys from Walewale who are well-built, macho. Reacting to this through their statement, the PNC said that these are threats that the police should not overlook. “It is indeed true that Ms. Janet Nabla is from Walewale and was our Party General Secretary until her suspension by the Party on August 28th, 2021 for various acts of misconduct and insubordination. “Attached below is an online headline link publication and necessary documents to assist you retrieve the threatful and potentially treasonable comments made by Ms. Janet Nabla to assist your investigation,” the statement said.

This is because official kits sent by PUMA for the Black Stars and the other national football teams have been locked up at the airport for over a month now. Usually, the GFA would write to the Sports Ministry who then write to the Finance Ministry to give it a waiver since the kits are meant for the national teams. While that usual process has been done, our checks say the Finance Ministry has yet to respond to the request of the Sports Ministry. PUMA first entered into a sponsorship deal with the Ghana Football Association in 2005 and have remained proud of the African side since the agreement was signed in Accra. The German kit manufacturers are the official supplier of equipment to all the senior national side of the Ghana Football Association but some of the kits are used for all the other teams including the women’s national sides.

Sports News of Wednesday, 15 September 2021Source: ghanasoccernet.comGhanaian forward Malik Abubakari climbed off the bench to play the final 30 minutes of the match between Malmo and Juventus in the UEFA Champions League Group H opener. A first-half rampage by the Old Ladies condemned the hosts to a 3-0 defeat in front of their fans at the Eleda Stadion. Juventus opened the scoring after 23 minutes through wing-back Alex Sandro, before two quickfire goals right at the stroke of halftime put the game beyond Malmo. Malik Abubakari replaced Veljko Birmacevic in the 59th minute as the Swedish giants held their fourth and created chances but could not just get a consolation. He has scored two goals in seven Swedish Allsvenskan games.

General News of Wednesday, 15 September 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• WASSCE 2021 is underway• WAEC has tip offs that some schools plan to cheat• The Council is closely monitoring these schoolsThe West African Examination Council says it is closely monitoring a number of schools in the ongoing West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations (WASSCE). The schools, scattered across the country, are on the Council’s radar because they were identified as being schools with the likelihood of cheating. Additionally, the following schools in respect of which tip offs were received on intents to cheat are being closely monitored for evidence to validate the claims,” he said. The accused schools he listed includes Ejisu Senior High Technical School, Anlo-Afiadenyigba Senior High School, Tepa Senior High School, Yeji Senior High Technical School and King David College, Somanya. The others are Christ the King Senior High School, Obuasi; Modern Senior High School, Kpong; Modern Senior High School, Kintampo; Oyoko Methodist Senior High School; and Klo Agogo Senior High School.

Authorities said even though only one classroom is visibly affected, the rest of the building leaks whenever it rains. The cost of renovation of the entire building according to the school authorities has been estimated to be about Gh¢ 21,300.00. Mr. Sylvester Kpiebaya, the PTA chairman of the school indicated that the situation is affecting academic activities in the school. He, therefore, called on them to see it as an urgent and important need of the school and come to their aid. “We will be very grateful if anybody can come and make the school great for us, we would be very grateful."

General News of Wednesday, 15 September 2021Source: starrfm.com.ghGhana’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has revealed that ECOWAS tried on several occasions to stop Guinea’s deposed President Alpha Conde from usurping that country’s constitution to seek a third term. Addressing journalists at a Press Conference on Wednesday, Ayorkor Botchwey said claims that ECOWAS stood aloof and failed to prevent Mr Conde from going ahead to change the constitution are inaccurate. The 15-nation Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has condemned the coup that overthrew President Alpha Conde, the third coup in West and Central Africa since April. The bloc suspended Guinea from the decision-making bodies of the organization last week and sent a mission to meet the coup leaders. Ayorkor Botchway, who chairs the ECOWAS council of ministers, told a news conference in Accra that the mission would report back to ECOWAS leaders on Thursday.

Barbara Coleman who was a wife to Mr. Blackwell, was a daughter of one of Ghana’s minister then. A report by the Chronicle newspaper on the issue that occurred in 2004, highlights how John Dramani Mahama, who was then MP for Bole and Hawa Yakubu of Bawku Central, backed Grace Coleman and made appeals to the government not to extradite Grace Coleman for prosecution in the US. It also shares some details on how her mother, Grace Coleman, suffered pain before her death. Grace Coleman losing her job as Deputy Minister of Finance in the [New] Patriotic Party (NPP) regime under President J. These events are what eventually caused the death of her mother, Grace Coleman in 2009.

General News of Wednesday, 15 September 2021Source: GNAA traditional ruler has urged the government to continue with the afforestation programme to help restore the country’s degraded forest to save the lives of the present and future generations. The tree planting exercise was organized by Ashan Tree, an NGO in afforestation, in collaboration with the Atwima Traditional Council, under the River Run Indigenous Tree Planting Project (RRITP). Nana Agyei Brempong, said this new tree planting exercise was in honour of ‘Ashanti Warriors and Breathe’ a group of people in the city of Murnau, who are championing tree planting around the world. This he said would help protect the climate, increase the amount of water flow in the rivers, protect aquatic lives and improve biodiversity. It would also help improve water quality by purifying them, adding that trees were very essential for the survival of humans.

Entertainment of Tuesday, 14 September 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• A Ghanaian Vlogger has revealed that huge sums of money can be made on social media• According to Wode Maya, a YouTuber can earn over a 100,000 dollars monthly• He has called on the public to use social media wiselyOne can cash out on social media platforms if they only know how to use it to their advantage, this is according to Vlogger, Wode Maya. Known to be one of Ghana's YouTubers with huge subscribers, Wode Maya's videos continue to attract millions of views on the video-sharing platform. In his recent interview on GhanaWeb TV’s Talkertainment with Elsie Lamar, Wode Maya revealed that one can make over 100,000 dollars monthly just by creating content on YouTube. "I always tell people to use social media wisely, very wisely because it is a place where you can make very good income. My project is Africa to the world more like being a real estate developer but not in Ghana," he added.

Business News of Wednesday, 15 September 2021Source: GNAThe Importers and Exporters Association of Ghana on Tuesday welcomed a decision by CMA CGM Group, an international container transportation, and shipping company, to suspend the increment of freight charges effective September 9, 2021, to February 1, 2022. Mr Awingobit said: “the Association which has been fighting shipping lines over the astronomical increment in freight charges at the detriment of our members, see this directive as a sigh of relief”. The Association commended the CMA CGM Group for taking the bold step after acknowledging the massive investment they had already made in terms of increasing capacity to meet the demand of their customers. This, the Association, believes would go a long way to bring some relief to importers who had been affected by the unexplained increment in the past. “We urge all members (Importers) to cash in on the latest development which began this month, and patronize the services of the various shipping lines under CMA CGM,” it said.

The programme, organized by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in partnership with the Danish Trade Union Development Agency, targeted workers in the informal sector economy in the Ashanti Region. It was intended to promote adherence to the COVID-19 safety protocols, especially at the workplace, to enhance the protection and safety of the people. Consequently, he lauded the leadership of the TUC for putting together the programme for those in the informal sector economy, who constituted the bulk of the country’s workforce. Mr. Eric Amoadu-Boateng, Head, Organizing Department, TUC, said a healthy economy was dependent on healthy people. Therefore, workers in the informal sector economy had an obligation to follow strictly all the COVID-19 safety protocols for their wellbeing to enhance productivity.