General News of Tuesday, 25 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• CDD-Ghana says Lieutenant Colonel Frank Agyeman new role is shrouded with mystery• According Dr Asante his reassignment is not appropriate action any institution should take• Lieutenant Colonel Frank Agyeman has been appointed as the Commanding Officer of the 64 Infantry RegimentThe Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) is shocked that Lieutenant Colonel Frank Agyeman has been appointed as the Commanding Officer of the 64 Infantry Regiment by the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF). According to Dr Kojo Asante, Director of Advocacy and Policy Engagement, CDD-Ghana, Lt. Col. Agyeman’s appointment is shrouded with mystery. He told Joy FM that the reassignment of the officer after the National Security statement indicating his dismissal was not the appropriate action any institution should take. “The secondment of Lieutenant Colonel Frank Agyeman at the Ministry has been reversed. The officer is to report to the Chief of Defence Staff for further investigation and appropriate action,” National Security’s letter communicated.

It is there important for the employer to take interest in building team spirit among the workers• The group added Medical Laboratory Professionals are capable of leading their tradeThe Medical Laboratory Professional Workers’ Union (MELPWU) has served a warning that the Union will not in any way “condone such an unfair labour practice”. According to the group, work within the health sector is teamwork where no man cannot do it all alone. "Medical Laboratory Professionals are capable of leading their trade. The group in a press statement indicated that health professionals are regulated by the Health Professions Regulatory Bodies Act, 2013 (ACT 857). Medical Laboratory Professionals are capable of leading their trade,” the release stated.

He said instead of GAF punishing the officer for his misconduct within the National Security Council, they rather decided to reward his actions. Col. Frank Agyeman at the time of his secondment to the Ministry of National Security, he was and remains a serving military officer and so he is subjected to the discipline of the military, specifically the Armed Forces regulation. That explains why the Ministry for National Security couldn’t have dealt with him by way of imposing sanctions. The press release that announced the decision of the National Security Ministry also directed that Lieutenant Colonel Frank Agyeman and the other officers are probed further for the necessary actions to be taken. Caleb Kudah was arrested for filming some abandoned cars at the Ministry of National Security, a supposed restricted security zone.

The US-based Ghanaian has been under pressure to render an apology to the Asantehene after he made remarks about him that have been deemed insulting. In his latest video sighted by GhanaWeb, Jonas stated that “whatever you do, no amount of lies will defeat truth, always, the truth will defeat lies. If you are a chief and your water bodies are destroyed by galamsey activity then you are a fool. What do you want me to tell you if you have decided to let galamsey activities destroy the waterbodies?” he quizzed. Otumfuo's Nkwantakesehene, Nana Boakye Yaw Ababio, has entreated social commentator, Twene Jonas, to as a matter of urgency fly back to Ghana to render an apology to the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, over some comments he made against the monarch.

“The mother, in her narration, said on Tuesday, May 18, 2021, at about 9:20 am, one Maame Nyarkoa inflicted wounds on her daughter’s face with a mosquito coil stand,” DSP Effia Tenge told GNA. The Police said the victim’s mother informed them that the suspect had accused her of going out with her boyfriend hence the attack on the daughter. DSP Tenge said the Police visited the Aneeja Hospital at Tantra Hills after the complaint, where Priscilla was admitted. Personnel from the police service found her with a plastered face responding to treatment and took her statement. The police said the suspect is currently at large adding that efforts are underway to get her for questioning.

According to the commission, the property has not been sold and the occupants should be free to carry out their daily activities. “The commission wishes to inform the general public and, particularly, people doing business in the market that the timber market has not been sold to anybody. It was also not true that those occupying the place and doing business in timber have been served with notices to vacate the place,” the commission stated. “I wish to emphasize that anybody or organization which does not acquire state land through the lands commission will never be granted any title because this is an illegality that should not be condoned,” he stated. The press conference was in reaction to claims by the Minority Leader and Member of Parliament for Tamale South, Haruna Iddrisu, that the timber market land in Tamale had been sold by the Lands Commission and those occupying the land had been served notice to vacate during an interaction with some of his constituents last Saturday.

Sports News of Monday, 24 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• Imoro Ibrahim says Kotoko's best wasn't enough to beat WAFA•The defender has targeted a win against Aduana Stars on matchday 27•Asante Kotoko has lost their first spot on the league table to their rivals Accra Hearts of OakAsante Kotoko defender, Imoro Ibrahim, has reacted to their matchday 26 1-1 draw against West African Football Academy (WAFA) on Saturday, May 22, 2021. The Porcupines Warriors failed to move to the top spot on the league table following the WAFA draw which marked their second successive draw in the past two weeks. But according to Imoro, they badly wanted to beat WAFA but their best wasn't enough for them to pick the three points in Obuasi. “We needed these points very much but we did our best, we worked hard for it but we couldn’t get it. So we are looking forward to our next game.”“We were eager to score, we wanted the three points very much and it’s not because of Hearts of Oak but we needed the points but we couldn’t get it,” Ibrahim Imoro said after the game.

General News of Monday, 24 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• A lecturer at GIJ, Paulina Kuranchie has criticized government’s approach to #FixTheCountry• She says government shouldn't have allowed political communicators to shut down concerns raised by individuals• The online protest dubbed #FixTheCountry topped social media trends for weeksA Communications Consultant, Paulina Kuranchie, has described the government's approach to the ongoing #FixTheCountry campaign as “wrong and offensive”. “The best thing the government should have done was to show evidence of what they were doing and what they intend to do from the onset to tackle the rage head-on. They shouldn’t have allowed party communicators to overtake them,” said Paulina Kuranchie at a virtual forum held by GIJ on May 20, 2021. The hashtag, FixTheCountry campaign which has witnessed Ghanaians demanding better governance from the Akufo-Addo-led government has trended on social media platforms for weeks. The online protest has attracted series of prominent Ghanaians who have added their voices to the ongoing demands.

General News of Monday, 24 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• Ghana is racing for a non-permanent seat on UN Security Council• Non-permanent members hold their place on the Council for a two-year term• Ghana is the only country from West African country in the contestGhana's bid for a non-permanent seat at the United Nations Security Council is still on course as the United Nations prepare to vote next month. With Ghana in the running for a UN Security Council seat, it has appointed new military chief Seth Amoama to steer Accra's bid for Security Council seat. The diplomatic competition between countries for Africa's seat on the UN Security Council is expected to occur on June 11, 2021, at the UN headquarters. Niger and Kenya are the two African countries on the non-permanent seat. The United Nations has been present in Ghana since the early 1960s and works in partnership with the Government and people of Ghana for sustainable economic and social development, peace, and human rights.

The Motor Vessel (MV) Atlantic Princess was said to have been abducted 70 nautical miles south of Tema in the early hours of last Thursday, May 20, 2021. It is common knowledge by seafarers that pirates operate under the guise of a mother ship, which carries smaller high speeding crafts that are deployed to attack targets by surprise. However, the MV Atlantic Princess crew failed to post the lookout for personnel when they were heading to sea. Reports say the armed gang got access to the vessel, sorted the expatriate crew from the Ghanaian counterparts, took the former in their skiffs and at top speed, chartered course eastwards on the open sea. Meanwhile, the armed gangsters disconnected all the communication systems onboard the orphaned vessel.

Leticia Kyere Pinaman, a student of the Miracle JHS at Baakoniaba, a suburb of Sunyani was on Monday May 17, 2020 found dead, hanging in the dining hall. The family have since the incident expressed dismay and averred that she was murdered contrary to the school's account that she committed suicide. Father of the deceased, Williams Kyere in an interaction with the Ghana News Agency monitored by GhanaWeb stressed that the one-week memorial was unnecessary as they were patiently waiting on the Police autopsy to ascertain the death of their daughter. The GNA at the time of filing this report observed some relatives and friends of the deceased arriving at the family home of Leticia Kyere to mourn with the bereaved family. Meanwhile, the Ghana Police Service is continuing investigations into the incident.

“One of the things I can’t deal with is to be left hanging and not get closure. It is only cowards who walk out of a relationship without being bold enough to tell their partners that they are no longer interested. “I say it without reservation, any man that has ghosted a woman, any man that has walked out of a relationship without telling the woman he’s no longer interested is a coward. A very big coward,” she told the host of Moans and Cuddles, Paulina Dedaa Opoku. She further added: “The very same way you approached the woman and expressed your interest to her, approach the woman and tell her that you are no longer interested.

He attributed the increase in murder cases to the belief that perpetrators of such crimes go unpunished. He said: “People will be encouraged to commit crime because they are able to cover up. I was listening to the Interior Minister’s statistics, the crimes that have happened in the past few months or so. Mr Dery revealed that Ghana recorded 144 murder cases in the first quarter of 2021 compared to 123 in the first quarter of 2020. He however assured the public that investigations into all murder cases including that of Investigative journalist Ahmed Suale and MP for Abuakwa North Joseph Boakye Danquah are still ongoing.

According to him, the press statement issued by Mr Eugene Arhin, the Director of Communication at the Presidency on Friday, 21 May 2021, which indicated that the European Commission has selected Ghana as a possible manufacturing hub for COVID-19 vaccines in Africa, is not true since the country has not been selected yet. "Ghana selected as possible manufacturing hub" is not the same as "Ghana selected as a manufacturing hub,” he saidIn a tweet, Mr Braimah urged government communicators to state the facts right so as to reduce expectations while praying that the possibility becomes a reality. "Ghana selected as Possible manufacturing hub" is NOT the same as " Ghana selected as a manufacturing hub." Give the facts as they are to reduce expectations,” the tweet said. "Ghana selected as Possible manufacturing hub" is NOT the same as " Ghana selected as manufacturing hub."

Entertainment of Monday, 24 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• Kwesi Arthur's parents don't like some aspects of his brand• He likes to be himself and no one else• He is keeping his hair no matter whatGhanaian rapper and afrobeat musician Kwesi Arthur has revealed that his parents dislike some facets of his music brand. “My dad didn’t like my hair and even to date, he doesn’t but this is me. It doesn’t hurt anybody for me to have my hair and I like it so I’m keeping it”, he said. He said this on the 'Dryve of Your LYfe' show on Y107.9FM with host Kojo Manuel, monitored by GhanaWeb. Nonetheless, he is yet to stop taking his shirt off on stage.