Coronavirus isolation: Why specifically M-Plaza? – NDC lawyer asks
Speaking on the August 3, 2021 edition of Metro TV’s Good Morning Ghana program, Edudzi stressed that more questions remained unanswered about the specific choice of M-Plaza as an isolation center. “The choice of M-Plaza, when was that done, what were the processes leading to the choice of M-Plaza, we should know. That cannot be a question of National Security wrapped in the throes somewhere in Siberia. “Why M-Plaza and not any other hotel? According to her, health personnel she spoke to confirmed that it was “possible to test within 24 hours and still test positive for the virus, so I am here to say I am sorry.”
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August 03, 2021 21:11 UTC
UTAG Strike: GIJ lecturers cancel classes, join UTAG strike
General News of Tuesday, 3 August 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comA letter sighted by GhanaWeb indicates that the Ghana Institute of Journalism has suspended lectures until further notice. This is in light of the strike by members of the University Teachers Association of Ghana. The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has directed members to withdraw all teaching and related services. The memorandum issued also asked that Heads of the various departments of the school inform other part-time lecturers. Meanwhile, the National Labour Commission has directed UTAG to call off its strike and appear before the Commission on Thursday, August 5, 2021.
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August 03, 2021 19:30 UTC
GNPC demands urgent parliamentary approval of $1.65b for oil exploration
According to citinewsroom.com, the Minister for Energy, Matthew Opoku Prempeh, made this known through a memorandum he submitted to parliament for consideration and approval. The report added that the GNPC, through its GNPC Explorco, is able to participate in the sector’s upstream petroleum. Details of the memoranda said that the company seeks approval to purchase a 70% stake in the South Deep Water Tano (SDWT) operated by AGM Petroleum Ghana Limited. Also, the company seeks to purchase a 37% stake in the Deep Water Tano/Cape Three Points (DWT/CTP) operated by Aker Energy Ghana Limited, allowing it to form a joint operating company with the two entities. In the meantime, Cabinet has already granted approval for this deal to go through.
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August 03, 2021 19:07 UTC
Tamyra Mensah-Stock becomes 1st black woman to win Olympic gold in Wrestling
Sports News of Tuesday, 3 August 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• Tamyra Mensah-Stock won gold medal in Wrestling• She defeated Nigeria’s Blessing Oborududu in the final• Mensah-Stock lost her Ghanaian father in 2020American athlete of Ghanaian descent, Tamyra Mensah-Stock became the first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal in Wrestling at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday. Tamyra Mensah-Stock won gold in the women’s freestyle 68kg wrestling final after defeating Nigeria’s Blessing Oborududu 4-1. Blessing Oborududu bagged the silver medal as Ukraine's Alla Cherkasova and Kyrgyzstan's Meerim Zhumanazarova claimed bronze medals. In my wildest dreams, I knew I could do it," Mensah-Stock said on winning an Olympic gold medal. The athlete of Ghanaian descent who lost her father last year said, her father “would have been the loudest one here.
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August 03, 2021 18:56 UTC
Akufo-Addo congratulates Samuel Takyi ‘for hoisting high the flag of Ghana’ at Olympics
Sports News of Tuesday, 3 August 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comPresident of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has congratulated boxer, Samuel Takyi ‘for hoisting high the flag of Ghana’ after winning a bronze medal at the ongoing Tokyo Olympic Games. Although Ghana still has a chance of winning another medal at the Olympics, Takyi is the only athlete out of the 14-member contingent to have won a medal at the games. Celebrating the efforts of the young Olympic medallist, President Akufo-Addo showered praises on Takyi for ending Ghana’s 29-year drought at the Olympics. “Big congratulations to Samuel Takyi from all of us at home, for hoisting high the flag of Ghana at the Tokyo Olympics, and for winning a bronze medal, Ghana’s first Olympic medal in 29 years. Takyi ‘The Ring Warrior’ is the 3rd boxer after Eddie Blay and Prince Amartey to have won bronze in individual sports.
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August 03, 2021 18:56 UTC
#FixTheCountry demo on a holiday will help us a lot - Police
General News of Tuesday, 3 August 2021Source: rainbowradioonline.comThe Greater Accra Regional Police Command has revealed that the date on which the #FixTheCountry demonstration has been slated, would be extremely helpful. Public Relations Officer for the Command, DSP Efia Tenge, said the demonstration would be easier to manage because the day - Wednesday, August 4, 2021, is a holiday. She explained that the Regional Police Command was fully prepared to provide security. She advised all persons who want to participate to adhere to the safety protocols because they [Police] would stop people without masks from participating. She stressed that the Police is prepared and would guarantee the safety of the demonstrators.
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August 03, 2021 17:37 UTC
We’re waiting for the outcome of Appeals Court case to plan Assin North by-election - EC
General News of Tuesday, 3 August 2021Source: rainbowradioonline.comThe Electoral Commission (EC) says it is waiting for the ruling from the Cape Coast Appeals Court in the Central Region on the annulment of the 2020 Assin North Constituency Elections. The National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) ‘MP’ James Gyakye Quayson, is appealing against the High Court ruling which nullified his election as the Member of Parliament for the area. Mr. Quayson, in his appeal, insisted that the Cape Coast High Court erred in its ruling, hence his action. The Cape Coast High Court last Wednesday ruled that Mr. Quayson, at the time of filing his documents to contest the election in Assin North, still held allegiance to another country other than Ghana. Mr. Sekyi said the EC received the petition from the Appeals Court on Monday to halt any attempts to embark on by-election; therefore, it is waiting on the decision from the Appeals Court to take a decision.
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August 03, 2021 17:26 UTC
400 foreign trained Ghanaian doctors stranded as local exam results delay
“There are 400 Ghanaians who have gone out there to be trained as doctors, they have come here. Our rules suggest that you have to write an exam, they will be given the results in two weeks. “For those who are successful, they will start working in the government system and so we are able to make use of these doctors. “And this issue has been out there in the public domain and there is a bureaucracy in charge of health issues in this country, we don’t deserve to be told why we cannot make use of 400 medical doctors?” he quizzed. Under Ghana’s laws, when doctors trained abroad wish to practice back home, they are expected to take an exam by the Council before they are drafted into the public health system for some time even before being allowed to join the private sector.
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August 03, 2021 16:30 UTC
Akuapem Poloo curses 3 female celebrities who rejoiced while she was in jail
Entertainment of Tuesday, 3 August 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• Akuapem Poloo has cursed some Ghanaian celebrities for seeking her downfall while she was in jail• According to her, these celebrities tried to stop her release from prison• She said these celebrities although rich, envied her small achievementsRosemond Brown popularly known as ‘Akuapem Poloo’ has rained curses at some Ghanaian female celebrities who according to her, rejoiced when she was jailed. Akuapem Poloo who appeared irritated in a video that has gone viral on social media said she does not understand why these celebrities who live lavish lifestyles will envy her little success. One can recall that Akuapem Poloo served two weeks in jail after the Accra circuit court sentenced her to 90 days imprisonment for indecent exposure sometime in April 2021. While some celebrities took to social media to commiserate with the actress and solicited funds to take care of her son, others remained tight-lipped about the issue. But in a new development, Akuapem Poloo has revealed that some three Ghanaian celebrities did all they could to prevent her release from jail at that time.
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August 03, 2021 16:07 UTC
Techiman South case: EC slapped with GH¢4,000 fine for breaching court processes
During that sitting, the Wenchi High Court granted a motion of the petitioner to amend the title of writ but after the EC failed to grant the application, the fine of GH¢4,000 was slapped on the body. The court has since adjourned the hearing of proceedings to Friday, October 14, 2021. He said that even without the blessing of the High Court, the Court of Appeal could have gone ahead to stay its proceedings ahead of any appeal that is filed before it by the EC, stating that the court acted within its jurisdiction. He added that while they proceeded to hear the writ, the EC could go-ahead to appeal its case at the Court of Appeal. The NDC's Christopher Baasongti filed a writ at the Wenchi High Court to challenge the declaration of the election of the MP for Techiman South, Martin Adjei-Mensah Korsah in the December 2020 general election.
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August 03, 2021 16:07 UTC
Govt pays out $4,200 each as per diem for Ghana’s 14 athletes at Tokyo Olympics
Sports News of Tuesday, 3 August 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comThe government of Ghana has paid out $4,200 each for all the 14 athletes who represented the country at this year’s Tokyo Olympic Games. National Sports Authority (NSA) boss Professor Peter Twumasi confirmed that all fourteen (14) athletes sent to the Tokyo Olympic Games have received their per diem at the ongoing global sports festival. Each athlete received $100 as a daily allowance for participating in the Olympic Games and camping at Inawashiro City of Japan. Samuel Takyi is currently the only Ghanaian athlete out of a total of 14 who has earned a medal thus far. Ghana's last chance for gold will be in the men's 4x100 relay on Thursday, August 5, 2021.
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August 03, 2021 15:45 UTC
Coronavirus: It’s about availability of vaccines not govt’s inability to pay for it – John Kumah
General News of Tuesday, 3 August 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• Ghana began its vaccine rollout in March this year• President Akufo-Addo was the first recipient of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine• The Dep. It was the beginning of vaccine rollout in Ghana as he publicly received a shot of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. Ghana has from March administered some 1.271 million doses of coronavirus vaccine to its populace. He explained that there has been a global shortage.“Every country as we speak today has been struggling to acquire these vaccines so it is not the question of government’s inability to pay for the vaccines. He added that: “We strongly believe, as arranged in this mid-year budget review that from this month onwards, government would be in a position to acquire at least 17 million vaccines to vaccinate the population.
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August 03, 2021 15:22 UTC
14-year-old boy impregnates 16-year-old friend
Both accounts given by the two teenagers and their families have proven to be sharply contradictory. However, when asked if their sexual encounters ended with that she responded in the negative. “I was dead asleep in a supine position when it happened, I had just finished bathing. I did not even realise the time he entered the room and when he took my clothes off. Several weeks after my period stopped coming that was when we became alarmed…”The 14-year-old also told a different story when he took his turn.
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August 03, 2021 14:15 UTC
Bird Flu outbreak: 12 regions on red alert
According to him, these regions add up to the earlier announced Greater Accra, Central, and Volta regions which have already recorded cases in the past month. Noting that the Ashanti region is the latest to record cases, he said the regions on red alert now are northern regions, the three Bono regions, the Western, Western North, Eastern, and Oti Regions. Speaking to Citi News he said; “The outbreak began from three regions, then to four regions. So now, all the regions are on alert. The Emergency Response Team is dealing with the regions and continuing with the education and awareness creation.
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August 03, 2021 13:18 UTC