Peter Boamah stated that, unlike President John Dramani Mahama's administration where journalists and other Ghanaians could express their opinions freely, journalists and other opinion leaders are now being gagged for speaking against Akufo-Addo's government. Speaking exclusively to GhanaWeb's Perez Erzoah Kwaw in reaction to the arrest and the alleged torture of Caleb Kudah, Peter Boamah stated that the government's brutality has moved from the NDC members to journalists. "Ghanaians are living in a state of fear. Journalists, Pastors, Imam, everyone is living in a state of fear. Yesterday it was NDC, today it's their own party members," he told GhanaWeb.

The company’s search party was able to find two out of the three miners who got trapped when the mine caved in. According to reports, miners who were working underground were earlier alerted to evacuate when a part of the mine caved in, however, three miners of the United Mining Alliance were identified to have gone missing when workers assembled following the call. The search parties were able to rescue two of the workers. Currently, one of the workers who is believed to have been buried under the rumble is yet to be found two days after the incident. Various mining sites in the country have recovered cases of mine traps resulting in injuries and some instances death of miners.

In the past week, personnel from the National Security have arrested and allegedly brutalized a journalist by name Caleb Kudah. Otokunor told GhanaWeb that “President Akufo-Addo must be held responsible for the embarrassment and brutalities these vigilante groups are causing. "They forcibly removed the Ashanti Regional Coordinator of the National Security. We have made the point that President Akufo-Addo has been complicit. In fact he has been the lifeline for these vigilante groups operating in the country."

Sports News of Wednesday, 19 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• Daniel Amartey was booked for his altercation with the Chelsea players as an unused substitute• Chelsea is one step closer to Champions League football after matchday 37• Thomas Tuchel did not discuss the Amartey incident with his players before the matchChelsea manager, Thomas Tuchel, has said that his team did not use the video of Daniel Amartey throwing their pennant on the floor as motivation for the 2-1 win over Leicester. Chelsea beats Leicester City 2-1 in front of their fans at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday, May 18, 2021, after losing the English FA Cup to the Foxes over the weekend. The Ghanaian, though was an unused substitute in their 2-1 loss on Tuesday, was booked for stepping on the pitch during the altercations between the Leicester and the Chelsea players. But Tuchel has stated that he didn't discuss Daniel Amartey and the pennant issue before the game. “I did not talk about it; I know there was that incident, but I did not talk about it before the match or in any meetings,” said Tuchel.

Health News of Wednesday, 19 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• Ghana will deploy drones for vaccine deployment• Second phase of vaccination started on May 19, 2021• Government aims to inoculate 20 million GhanaiansGhana will be deploying drones to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to parts of the country that are hard-to-reach, the BBC has reported. The second rollout is taking place in three regions - Greater Accra, Ashanti and Central regions. It is not the first time that drones have been deployed in the COVID-19 fight. Last year, drones were employed to deploy Coronavirus test kits across parts of the country. But this is the first time the drones are being deployed.

Business News of Wednesday, 19 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comOn the commodities market today May 19, 2021, the price of Crude Oil is sixty-four dollars, thirty-nine cents ($64.39) as compared to yesterday’s trading of sixty-six dollars, fifty-three cents ($66.53). Gold is trading at one thousand, eight hundred and fifty-seven dollars and twenty-six cents ($1,857.26) as compared to yesterday’s trading of one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six dollars, fifty-one cents ($1,866.14). Cocoa is trading at two thousand, four hundred and eight-nine dollars ($2,489.00) as compared to yesterday’s trading of two thousand, five hundred and twenty-one dollars ($2,521.00). Meanwhile, Cotton is also trading at eighty-three dollars, eight-nine cents ($83.84) as compared to yesterday’s trading of eighty-three dollars, seventy-two cents ($83.72). And Coffee is trading at one hundred and fifty-one dollars, ninety-five cents ($151.95) as compared to yesterday’s trading of one hundred and forty-seven dollars, fifteen cents ($147.15).

People who could not obtain their cards during the rollout can go to any regional and district offices of NIA to get their cards for free. He said, "15.5 million people have the card already so those 15.5 people can go and register their SIM cards when the process begins. All Ghanaians age 15 and above who did not get their Ghana Cards can go to the NIA offices nationwide and get registered. If you want a premium service, you can go to the NIA headquarters and register at a premium of GH¢250," he added. Meanwhile, the deadline for the re-registration of SIM cards ends on December 31, 2021.

Speaking in an interview with GhanaWeb at the launch of the book “Love Locked Down” which was authored by the musician and his wife, Mrs Amiisah-Arthur noted that Okyeame Kwame and Annica's love story proves that not all celebrity marriages are destined to fail. “When we hear about celebrities, we assume that they are full of trouble, they are fake and we stereotype celebrities. So, for us to get a love story from a celebrity who are just ordinary people who are living their lives and trying to make their love work, it is very good. She advised that although troubles may come in marriages, the “important thing is how to work through the problems.”“There are no two marriages that are the same, every marriage is different. Every marriage should know that there would be problems but the important thing is how to work through the problems,” she advised.

According to them, the power outages greatly impacted the business which cost them some thousands of cedis. “The Dumsor was very bad, it really affected us. It really affected us,” they said. Meanwhile, the Electricity Company of Ghana rolled out a timetable for a load shedding exercise which started on May 10, 2021, and it is expected to end to today May 17, 2021. This power outages schedule was carried out to be able to fix some cables on the national grid to ensure a sustainable power supply for the country.

According to them, the government needs to reconsider its decision and engage stakeholders on the appropriate methods to employ to rather decrease the fuel prices at the fuel pumps. Speaking to GhanaWeb’s Amos Ekow Coffie, they noted that, the current price of the fuel is high and it is crippling their operations, hence passengers are not even willing to pay the fare. He added that as a result, increasing it will add more burden to their woes. “The increment will help us because we will make some money but also it will bring lots of confusion among, we the drivers and the passengers so the government should rather consider reducing the fuel prices,” they noted. The Vice-Chairman of the 37 Ghana Private Road Transport Union, (G.P.R.T.U) Yaw Amoako, stated that the fares are already expensive so increasing it again is not the best decision.

Sports News of Wednesday, 19 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comAlhaji Karim Grusah, the owner of King Faisal has lashed out at his players for their underwhelming performance throughout the 2020/2021 league campaign. King Faisal are just three points above Inter Allies who have just twenty-three points and lie bottom of the league. Speaking in an interview with Gye Nyam FM, Alhaji Grusah admitted that the performance of his team has not been good enough. Goldfieds (Ashanti Gold) beat you 5-0 and manage a draw, it means the players are not serious,” he said. “Alhaji Grusah will hope that his players will turn their form around when they face Elmina Sharks over the weekend.

Madam Ohene in an article titled: “A many splendored tale” expressed disquiet with certain aspects of Caleb Kudah’s account of how he was manhandled while in custody. In his narrations, Caleb Kudah made a tribal allegation, disclosing that at a point he had to hide his identity as an Ewe to stop the operatives from further assault. “Either Caleb was terribly confused and/or traumatised by his experience at the offices of National Security 24 hours earlier or he had been carried away from reality by the tale he was spinning." “When I watched the Caleb Kudah interview on Citi TV, a number of things did not sit well with me. “How come that it took more than 24 hours after Caleb was released from the custody of National Security for his bosses .... to hear that he had been beaten and manhandled?

She announced that the re-registration of SIM cards will commence on June 30 till December 2021. “We will register SIM cards and SIM enabled devices from next month. And when the exercise ends in December this year, all unregistered sims will be blocked. "We must clamp down on cyber criminals hiding behind the anonymity of digital systems to commit anti-social acts and this exercise is a key part of that campaign,” Ursula Owusu-Ekuful said. “Our inability to do that in the past is largely being as a result of the lack a secure identity document to verify the identity of those who would register those SIMs.”

Abraham Amaliba, according to MyJoyOnline alleged that the judge had shown partiality in the case and cannot be trusted to be an independent and objective umpire. He is reported to have expressed his desire to have the judge recuse himself from the case. He stated: “that based on this conviction, I have intimated to the Assin North MP of my inability to continue as his counsel and I hereby wish to withdraw myself from the mater as counsel for the Assin North legislator. I don't understand lawyer for the applicationHe protested that Amaiba could have just substituted himself and allow a new lawyer to continue. The case has meanwhile been adjourned to June 1 with Amaliba expected to move the motion for his withdrawal from the case.

She has been instructed to hand over documents and government property in her custody to the Chief Director of the Gender Ministry. “You will be paid one month’s salary in lieu of notice as stipulated in your contract agreement,” the letter said. “We appreciate your support towards the execution of the mandate of the Ghana School Feeding Programme during the period,” it added. Though no reason was given for the termination of the contract, Asaase quotes a source at the Gender Ministry who levels a number of allegations against Gertrude Quashigah. “There are a lot of issues bedeviling the programme under her watch including non payment of caterers, poor working relationship with directors of the programme and her deputy, taking unilateral decisions without consulting the minister,” the source added.