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
Government urged to expedite action on resolving UTAG, SSAG-UG strike action
General News of Tuesday, 3 August 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comThe Graduate Students’ Association of Ghana (GRASAG) has called on government to expedite action on the ongoing strike action by the University Teachers' Association of Ghana (UTAG) and Senior Staff Association-Universities. We deem this as unacceptable, and condemnable in no uncertain terms,” the statement read in part. “This call is a necessity since students are on the major receiving end of the consequences of the strike action. It will have negative effects on the research works, presentations, quizzes, examinations, etc. Meanwhile, the National Labour Commission (NLC) has directed both UTAG and the Senior Staff Association of Universities of Ghana, to call off their strike action and appear before the Commission on Thursday, August 5, 2021.
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August 03, 2021 13:18 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
UTAG strike: University students advised to learn on their own
General News of Tuesday, 3 August 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• UTAG has embarked on a national strike• All university teachers have withdrawn their services starting August 2• GIJ SRC Prez has called on students to read their books despite the strike actionThe University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) on Monday, August 2, 2021, embarked on a nationwide strike when has witnessed lectures withdrawing from their services in all campuses. Affected students have been charged to make use of the period by revising their notes and also studying ahead of their pending examination for the semesters. Students should take the opportunity to either revise what they’ve been taught already and read on it. Students should not relent and say it’s a free moment, we are students and just have to learn," he said. Also, President of the University of Ghana (UG) chapter of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), Dr. Samuel Nkumban, has revealed that the University will not hold an end of semester examination for students during their strike.
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August 03, 2021 13:07 UTC
Borrowing to create jobs is not wrong - Dr Stephen Amoah
Business News of Tuesday, 3 August 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• Dr Stephen Amoah says borrowing funds to create 1 million jobs in the country is not wrong• He has, however, been faced with stiff disapproval from the former Deputy Minister of Information• The two argued over the finance minister declaration on the creation of 1 million jobs without a loanA member of the Finance Committee in Parliament, Dr Stephen Amoah has said that he finds no faults with a government’s decision to borrow funds to concentrate on creating jobs. He believes the jobs so created by such initiatives will in the long run create revenue for the government to settle the debt through taxation. So, we shouldn’t create jobs?” he argued during a panel discussion on PM express. He further explained that borrowing to create jobs in the country “is rather good for a long-term goal, create the jobs today, the jobs could expand the industries, you generate revenue to stabilize the economy. You will not create jobs?
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August 03, 2021 13:07 UTC
$5m bribery claim: GLC was unfair to me – CJ’s accuser runs to court
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August 03, 2021 13:07 UTC
I will run anytime I see my father – Daughter of man who killed his wife
Crime & Punishment of Tuesday, 3 August 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• A 48-year-old father killed his wife in his daughter's presence• The daughter had told the father not to pull the trigger• The daughter is now scared to see his father after witnessing the eventA daughter who witnessed her father kill the mother in her presence says she take to her heels away from the shadows of her father anytime she sees him. Bashiru Kophy Nyaniba shot and killed 39-year-old Vida in the early hours of Monday, August 2, 2021, around 1 am. Prior to the shooting, the couple had had an argument at dawn in which their 13-year-old daughter, Comfort, stepped in to restore calm but the accused did not heed his daughter’s plea and went ahead to kill the wife. According to Comfort, her mother was the only person who cared for her and 3 other siblings as the father never provided for them. “It’s only my mother who takes care of us, my father would never give us money,” she said.
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August 03, 2021 12:45 UTC
Flashback: Sammi Awuku has a bright future and must work at it – Kufuor
Politics of Tuesday, 3 August 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comFormer President John Agyekum Kufuor seemed to have predicted the success story of Sammi Awuku long before Ghanaians even thought of it. Former President Kufuor said amongst other things that Mr Awuku had a bright future and he expected something ‘very high’ from him in his political career. Fast forward to the second term of the Akufo-Addo administration, the former National Youth Organiser who rose to become the National Organiser of the ruling party has been appointed as the new Director-General of the National Lottery Authority. Awuku, he noted, has a bright future and expects something ‘very high’ from him in his political career. “Let me tell you that you have a bright future and must work to realize this future.
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August 03, 2021 12:22 UTC
Abrogate Frontiers contract, hand over testing to Noguchi – Edudzi Tameklo to govt
According to him, the infamous Frontiers Health Services contract, has fetched the businessman enough returns on his investment and that it was time to hand the contract to Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, NMIMR. GhanaWeb monitored comments he made on the Tuesday, August 3, 2021 edition of Metro TV’s Good Morning Ghana programme. “I am worried about this whole testing regime and I have made it clear on this very platform. I still believe that it is not late to abrogate that contract and allow Noguchi to do it. He also pointed out that with Noguchi owned by the government, all profits will go to the government coffers.
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August 03, 2021 12:22 UTC
Even my mom complains I don’t pick her calls - Sarkodie tackles Edem’s ‘snub’ allegations
He said it has gotten to the point where even his mother complains bitterly about such conduct which she finds annoying. One can recall that Edem lamented how Sarkodie ignored his calls and failed to show up for the video shoot which cost him a huge amount of money. But sharing his side of the story, Sarkodie said he was surprised when Edem took the issue at heart adding that everyone on his contact list has had to deal with his inability to pick phone calls. Even my mom has the same problem with it so I don’t see why it should be taken personally. “I don’t pick calls all the time unless I have an appointment with that person then I’ll have to keep up.
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August 03, 2021 12:22 UTC
GhanaWeb is Ghana Music Awards UK media partner
Entertainment of Tuesday, 3 August 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comGhana’s most-read online news website, GhanaWeb, is partnering with the 5th Ghana Music Awards UK to provide extensive coverage of activities outlined for the prestigious people's choice awards scheme. The collaboration has been possible following an agreement between the management of GhanaWeb and organisers of Ghana Music Awards UK. The scheme, put together by Alordia Promotions and West Coast UK, seeks to “champion and expand the development of the Ghanaian music industry both home and abroad, into an international market for global recognition of Ghanaian creative works”, organisers say. GhanaWeb has evolved over the years to include video content and social media components to its news feed as well as a mobile app for smooth web navigation. As a media partner, GhanaWeb will not only promote the event but keep its loyal readers updated.
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August 03, 2021 12:11 UTC
People&Places: The 98-yr-old studio with rare photos of Nkrumah, Akufo-Addo's family, others
A room full of wonderful memories captured in black and white photographs that tell stories. Established in 1922, this photo studio, established by Ghanaian-born J.K. Bruce Vanderpuije was brought to life. Having been inspired by happenings around, Bruce Vanderpuije, then 23 years old, decided to acquire a camera and chase his passion. Nkrumah in his hay days at Achimota, the independence day, current President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s family including his mother and uncle; JB. Watch as Wonder Ami Hagan and her wonderful guests take you down memory lane, in this edition of People & Places on GhanaWeb TV.
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August 03, 2021 12:07 UTC