General News of Saturday, 15 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comThe Gender Ministry has hinted on plans to close down some children's homes in the country. Comfort Asare, this is to sanitize the system because of the numerous children's homes established in the country. Though the purpose of children's home is to provide temporary care for children until their families are found for claiming, she is concerned about the rate at which numerous children's homes are springing up in recent times. She noted that the Ministry will not give registration to new persons establishing children's homes to house street children. So those of us who are interested in establishing children's homes, we are saying that we will not give registration to any new homes that are springing up and the old ones too, we want to cut the number down.

General News of Saturday, 15 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comLeading Member of the opposition National Democratic Congress, Sylvester Mensah has described the burning seized excavators in the renewed fight against ‘galamsey’ by the government as a lazy and reckless mindset. Sly Mensah said, “A future NDC Government would not burn seized galamsey excavators — clearly, it is a lazy and reckless mindset. Indeed, it can only be valid when we say “two good heads are better than one,” a posted on his Facebook page read further. The government in its instruction to soldiers undertaking the exercise asked that all mining activities taking place on river bodies and 100 metres around be stopped with equipment used destroyed. The directive which is being carried out by the soldiers to the latter has seen opinions across the country divided with footage from the field showing seized excavators being set ablaze.

The High Commissioner has been on a campaign to support the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ+) community. Speaking on Starr Chat on Wednesday, May 12, Sam George went ballistic on the diplomat and verbally abused him. “If the laws of Ghana do not allow homosexuality, those same laws don't allow an MP to beat up a diplomat. Sam George, this is terrible. Apologise to them and the Australian High Commissioner,” his post read.

General News of Saturday, 15 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comBased on the principle that the “job must always be done”, a Ghanaian-United States Special Forces member well known as Killer Kay, has stated that he does enjoy his job which sometimes includes killing. “I kill people for a living, I enjoy killing people for a living. I enjoy doing my job for a living, let me phrase it that way,” he said. He further stated that he does not believe in “juju” and therefore challenged anyone with such powers to attempt catching his bullet. Let me shoot you please, catch my bullet.” rewrite the quote again, not clearWatch his full interview below:

General News of Saturday, 15 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comFormer Central Regional Minister Kwamena Duncan and veteran journalist Abdul Malik Kweku Baako have offered dissenting views on the decommissioning and demobilization of equipment seized by personnel of the ‘Operation Halt' at illegal mining sites. Kweku Baako noted that the state was exhibiting weakness by embarking on an illegal and ‘mindless’ move of burning the excavators. But Kwamena Duncan disagreed. “What are excavators doing on water bodies, what are they doing in the forest. Let us not on the part again so let's burn them,” Kwamena Duncan stressed.

General News of Saturday, 15 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comGodsbrain Blessed Captain Smart, the suspended host of Angel FM’s morning show, has bemoaned the situation where Ghanaian presidents seek medical care outside the country. Captain Smart told KSM on the KSM show that, the reason most Ghanaian leaders renege in their responsibility of improving healthcare delivery in the country is that they do not experience the poor service the common Ghanaian enjoys. Captain Smart during the interview revealed the destination for some Ghanaian leaders when they want to seek medical care. Captain Smart reckons this is the case because the leaders do not trust the healthcare system. He noted that most citizens fall prey to the actions of the politicians because the politicians themselves are ‘blind’.

General News of Saturday, 15 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comHost of Good Morning Ghana on Metro TV, Dr Randy Abbey is advocating for a change in Ghana’s Public Holiday’s Act which will allow holiday’s that fall between Tuesdays and Thursdays to be pushed forward to either Fridays or Mondays. Speaking on Friday, May 14, 2021, edition of the show, Dr Randy Abbey argued that such a change will help manage the level of disruption to work that comes with holidays that falls between Tuesdays and Thursdays. “When a holiday falls on Tuesday, we will go to work on Tuesday, we go for the holiday and then we go back to work on Wednesday. But it appears to be a bit disruptive and it becomes a problem because in other jurisdictions yes, the day is observed but the holiday is pushed to the weekend. So, you have a bit of a long weekend where you have these shops doing their promotions and all that,” he said.

He said, some Ghanaian entrepreneurs blindly prioritize their beliefs over their business which affect productivity. Kennedy Agyapong explained that he is not against people practising their faith but want them to be mindful of their jobs as well. “My belief is that any man who doesn’t believe in the existence of God is a fool. I believe in God but I manage my things because that is what gladdens God”. He also advised Ghanaian entrepreneurs to change their attitude and desist from always trying to fleece their partners.

On the public debt, Sam Jonah said, “Ladies and Gentlemen, the inevitable conclusion from all of this is that the sustainability of our current sources of revenue is under threat. Sam Jonah noted the media "appears to me that the culture of silence has returned. This time not enforced by legal and military power but through convenience, parochialism, hypocrisy and lack of conviction. Where are our Adu Boahens and PV ANSAHs?”But speaking on Peace FM’s Kokrokoo Programme on, Baako dissented to some of the claims made by Sam Jonah. We’ve had serious challenges with expressions of free speech in this country but we are long gone past the days of culture of silence.”

General News of Friday, 14 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comCorrespondence from Ashanti regionResidents of the Bekwai township, a suburb of the Ashanti region are crying bitterly over water shortage, hence their call on the government for immediate intervention. Speaking to Ghanaweb's Nana Peprah, a of Concerned Citizens of Amansie who base in Bekwai made a humble appeal to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo-Addo to intervene in their recent water shortage crisis which causing them a lot. According to the concern group, about 20 years ago the then government and the Bekwai community started a water project, which was then handed over to a private company named VICCO VENTURES to manage the water system. He believes the private company's services was good but not 100 percent so the government through Community Water and Sanitation ended the contract of Vicco Ventures and then handed over the water management to the Community Water and Sanitation to manage. He revealed that he as an assembly member has taken several steps to curb the situation since he's also affected.

Politics of Friday, 14 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comThe Member of Parliament for Effiduase Asokore Constituency, Dr Nana Ayew Afriyie, has said that Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia is more than qualified to lead the New Patriotic Party into the 2024 elections. Ghana will have a Muslim as the president with a Christian who will support as a vice president. Dr Mahamud Bawumia will be president". I am saying this in all humility, Bawumia will lead the NPP", he explained. While some are in favour of Dr. Bawumia, others also feel Alan Kyerematen is best suited to be their presidential candidate.

Presenting the items to leaders of the Zongo community for onward distribution to the households, Ralph Poku Adusei indicated that he deems it a great privilege to be of service to the Muslim community in Bekwai. “I am committed to partnering with the Zongo community in Bekwai to ensure that we work together to develop the standard of living in our Zongo community and in Bekwai as a whole. Please accept this little token as you end your fast and hopefully, with God’s blessings, many more will follow” Ralph Poku Adusei said. As part of the donation, Ralph Poku Adusei held separate meetings with the eleven (11) Imams and four (4) chiefs in the Bekwai district. After the engagements, Poku Adusei joined the Muslim Imams and the rest of the Muslim community at the community Mosque to offer prayers.

He argued that Ghana is a secular State and must remain so. When you visit the 1992 constitution, is Ghana not a secular State? Is that how you run a secular State? Is that how you run a secular State? Does a secular State use her money to build a cathedral?

Lamenting about this growing issue, the Department of Social Welfare Director at the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Dr. Comfort Asare, has sent a word of caution to beggars on the streets. Comfort Asare stated that these beggars see the practice as a lucrative business, forgetting the embarrassment they subject others who refuse to give them alms to. "We call on families to stop children from living on the streets...These children even get angry if you don't give them alms. You are disgracing Ghana," Dr Comfort Asare said.

According to Mr Monney, he granted an interview in Kumasi to Joy FM without having full details of what had happened, hence he faulted the journalist for ethical breach. CondemnationHe further condemned the act of the National Security operatives for invading the premise of the media entity. “I roundly condemned the ‘massive’ invasion of Citi FM premises by security operatives to scale up the degree of intimidation against the entire staff and management. I again said that the response by these security operatives was totally out of proportion to the so-called offence by Caleb. He said he had to deny his ethnicity to avoid several slaps and beatings from the National Security operatives.