Atibie resident to benefit from free medical screening
Regional News of Thursday, 22 July 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• A free medical screening for the people of Atibie is to take place• The residents of Atibie and its environs, number over 5000, are expected to benefit from this• The team will deal with general health screening, pediatrics, dental, urological, obstetrics, and health educationResidents of Atibie in the Eastern region are to benefit from a five-day medical mission. To be undertaken by the Ghana Medical Relief (GMR), the exercise will cover free medical activities ranging from general health screening, pediatrics, dental, urological, obstetrics, and health education to more than 5,000 people in Atibie and its surrounding communities. This will begin on Monday, August 2, 2021, through Friday, August 6, 2021, following the team's first mission in 2018 at Asiakwa, a town in the East Akim District of the Eastern Region of Ghana. The registered non-profit organization based in the United States of America and Ghana has been embarking on free medical missions to Ghana every summer. The GMR is entreating all residents in Atibie and its environs to take advantage of the event to seek free medical care.
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July 22, 2021 11:37 UTC
Regional Report: No furniture forces Buni AME Zion pupils to sit on the floor
Many of the pupils from Kindergarten to Primary three have no alternative as they have to either sit or lie on the floor during instructional hours as there are no furniture for them to sit on. A few of the pupils whose parents can afford are compelled to carry their own furniture to school every day or they risk sitting on the floor. The situation is greatly affecting academic work in the school and needs immediate attention from the appropriate authorities. “It is sad that pupils in this school are made to go through something like this in this modern era. There are no chairs so most of the pupils have to sit on the floor to write.
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July 22, 2021 11:14 UTC
Women deserve recognition and opportunities too - Entrepreneur
General News of Thursday, 22 July 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comBusiness magnate, Lord Ibrahim Sani, has called on Ghanaians, especially business moguls to empower women to be at the top. In his view, Ghana can only develop if women are empowered and given equal opportunities to work. In an interaction with the media, he said, "Women deserve recognition and opportunities too and there must be deliberate actions to address the under the empowerment of women in our society if we truly want to develop because women are very resourceful and given equal opportunities, would improve our lot." The successful entrepreneur was adjudged the CEO of the Year at the Spotlight Creative Arts and Business Awards 2021. "What we have ahead is good for the country and especially the youth without jobs," he stated.
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July 22, 2021 11:03 UTC
Ghanaian PhD student arrested by Interpol for alleged fraud
General News of Thursday, 22 July 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• Maxwell Nelson Acquah has been arrested by Interpol• He was withdrawn from his PhD studies following allegations of fraud• He was forced to resign from his student leadership positionMaxwell Nelson Acquah, a Ghanaian student leader at Stirling University in the UK, has been arrested by Interpol for serial investment and other alleged fraud deals running into thousands of pounds sterling and cedis. According to Mynewsgh report sighted by GhanaWeb, some colleagues of Maxwell Nelson Acquah who made attempts to get him arrested after he had lured them to invest with him prove futile. “In the case of one victim, after Nelson Acquah evaded arrest and refused to answer several calls and messages, the victim lodged a police complaint. “The ‘personal reasons’ was the exposed investment scams and the report made to the University which eventually cost him his PhD studentship. As the first black student leader President of the University, Maxwell Nelson Acquah was elected in a surprise election result; he beat Charlene Schikler, Ryan Peteranna, and Georgia Laverick in the presidential race.
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July 22, 2021 10:52 UTC
Accra named in Time Magazine’s top 100 'World’s Greatest Places' list
General News of Thursday, 22 July 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• Accra has featured on Time Magazine as one of the world's greatest destinations• It was one of a few other African countries that made the top 100• Accra was described as a hub for creativity among other thingsGhana’s capital city – Accra featured among Time Magazine’s third annual list of the World’s Greatest Places. The list was compiled as a tribute to countries whose people and businesses, amid extraordinary circumstances (COVID-19), found ways to adapt, build and innovate. Among 100 places, Accra was named and described as a hub for creativity and culture. “A new architecture school, the African Futures Institute (AFI) debuts at the end of July, with a focus on cultivating regional talent. The list shines light on ingenuity, creativity, revitalization and re-openings in destinations across the world.
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July 22, 2021 10:52 UTC
People & Places: Meet the man who has trained most of Ghana’s best actors, actresses
Prof. Martin Okyere Owusu is his name and he is a renowned playwright, a lecturer at the University of Ghana’s Department of Theatre Arts, an actor and a film director. Through his grooming, personalities like Clemento Suarez and Foster Romanus shot up to stardom with their comic acts. He speaks about his journey into acting, literature and directing and how he groomed these persons to become who they are. Testimonials of his works from some of these personalities will also feature as we sit with Prof. Martin Okyere Owusu to have a conversation in this edition of People & Places on GhanaWeb TV. Watch the full video below:
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July 22, 2021 10:41 UTC
Akufo-Addo appoints Kennedy Agyapong as Board Chair of Ghana Gas
Business News of Thursday, 22 July 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comPresident Akufo-Addo has appointed lawmaker and Assin Central Member of Parliament, Kennedy Agyapong as board chairman of the Ghana Gas Company Limited. You are by this appointment expected to provide direction and leadership in the day-to-day running of the nation’s premiere mid-stream gas business company,” the energy minister said. “I am aware that in times past one of the major challenges Ghana Gas has faced is Volta River Authority’s indebtedness to it; payments for the gas supplied them in their operations were quite irregular. He continued, “As sector Minister, one of my priorities is to rid the sector of avoidable debts especially, ones I call intra-energy sector debts. The Ghana National Gas Company was first established in July 2011 as a limited liability company with the core mandate geared towards building, owning and operating natural gas infrastructure required for gathering, processing, transportation and marketing.
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July 22, 2021 08:59 UTC
All you need to know about Kissi Agyebeng, Ghana's Special Prosecutor nominee
General News of Thursday, 22 July 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comA lecturer at the University of Ghana School of Law, Kissi Agyabeng, will today July 22, 2021 be vetted by Parliament's Appointment Committee as the next Special Prosecutor. Mr Agyebeng, if approved, will become Ghana’s second Special Prosecutor replacing Martin Amidu. Profile of Kissi AgyebengAccording to the University of Ghana Law School, Kissi Agyebeng has been a lecturer at the institution since October 2006, teaching and researching into Criminal Law, International Humanitarian Law, International Law, Corporate Law, and Legal Research and Writing. He was awarded the Bentsi-Enchill prize for best graduating student of the University of Ghana School of Law in 2001. Mr Agyabeng proceeded to the Ghana School of Law and was called to the Ghana Bar in October 2003, earning the E.N.
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July 22, 2021 08:15 UTC
Make yourself and Ghana proud – Vanderpuye, Accra Mayor charge John Laryea ahead of bout
Sports News of Thursday, 22 July 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comAhead of his bout against Namibian opponent, Nathaniel Sebastianus on July 30, 2021, Ghanaian featherweight boxer John Laryea has been visiting some influential persons to seek their blessings and wise counsel. Addressing the delegation, Nii Lante Vanderpuye commended Laryea for his commitment to his craft but cautioned that there is a long road to becoming a boxing great for Ghana. To reach that level, Nii Lante Vanderpuye advised John Laryea known popularly as 'expensive boxer' to be willing to sacrifice his time and everything to the sport. On Monday , July 19, 2021; John Laryea and his team also paid courtesy call on the the Major of Accra, Mohammed Nii Adjei Sowah. John Laryea described the visits as ‘morale booster’ for the upcoming fight.
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July 22, 2021 07:18 UTC
Putting Akufo-Addo’s travel details in public wrong – Security analyst cautions
He however referred the MP to the Ministry of National Security as the appropriate quarters to provide answers on how much the President’s use of a private jet during the travel cost the country. He clarified his position saying, “I will go further to say that even when the Minister of National Security has to give any information, it should not be done in the public. The MP in a latest social media post has announced that he has filed another urgent question to demand answers from the Minister for National Security following the response by the Finance Minister. I have therefore immediately filed an urgent question under Order 64 of Parliament’s Standing Orders for the National Security Minister to appear before the House with a response. "The palpably dishonest efforts to be evasive, elusive and engage in elaborate coverups under the latest guise of national security considerations would not be allowed to succeed.
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July 22, 2021 06:45 UTC
Kennedy Agyapong ‘reports’ Kweku Baako to Chief of Staff
He believes that the plot had the backing of veteran journalist Kweku Baako Jnr who is Anas' boss. Agyapong is convinced that Kweku Baako gave Anas approval for the said investigations as he has been behind most activities undertaken by the journalist. The NPP members entertaining Kweku Baako will see how he is using Anas to destroy the party,” he added. They think Kweku Baako supports us but he is not. I will show Kweku Baako that he is corrupt.
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July 22, 2021 06:33 UTC
Akufo-Addo’s father, JB Danquah were terrorists – Blakk Rasta
He recounted that Edward Akufo-Addo and JB Danquah with support from Ivory Coast and other foreign powers tried on twelve separate occasions to assassinate Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first president. JB Danquah and all those guys were terrorists. So if your fathers and grandparents were all terrorists, bombing and destabilizing this country, why do you complain about terrorists? They were mentored by your grandfathers, JB Danquah and the rest of them,” he said on the Wednesday, July 21 edition of his show on Accra-based Zylofon FM. Blakk Rasta was speaking to a recent report in which Information Minister, Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah disclosed that terrorists are now recruiting in Ghana.
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July 22, 2021 06:33 UTC
Net2 TV host ‘exposes’ Captain Smart’s ‘fake, fraudulent’ academic past
General News of Thursday, 22 July 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• Captain Smart's 'fake, fraudulent' academic history was the subject of a TV program• Accra-based Net2 TV reported that Captain Smart was expelled from a varsity where he was pursuing a degree program• This is the latest installment in Smart's public spat with Net2 TV owner, Kennedy AgyapongKweku Annan, host of The Seat Show on Net2 TV on Wednesday, July 21; published a document that supposedly exposed the fraudulent academic history of Onua TV host, Captain Smart (Real name Godsbrain Smart Blessed Yirenkyi). Annan and Net2 owner Kennedy Agyapong slammed Captain Smart while discussing issues on ‘The Seat’ program which aired on Wednesday, July 21, 2021, which was monitored by GhanaWeb. He had earlier charged that the Ghana Police Service must get involved in the issue and pick up Captain Smart for the illegalities that he engaged in. The back and forth between Captain Smart and Net2 TV owner, Kennedy Agyapong, has been raging for the past few months. The last Captain Smart responded to the allegation, he asked Ken Agyapong to come to his house for his money.
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July 22, 2021 06:28 UTC
I had no equity in US$5m hotel JJ arbitrarily demolished in 1999 – Sam Jonah
General News of Thursday, 22 July 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comSir Sam Jonah, has spoken about the infamous $5 million hotel that was demolished by former President Jerry John Rawlings in 1999. On the subject of the demolished hotel, he said it belonged to a good friend of his but that at the time of the demolition he had zero equity in the investment. When the hotel was demolished in 1999, barely a year before Rawlings left office, the official reason was that it was built on a watercourse. In 2009, under the John Evans Atta Mills government, Alhaji Yusif went to court and obtained a judgment debt of over six million cedis for the loss. But Alhaji Yusif in a TV interview had said he had forgiven the former president for the episode.
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July 22, 2021 06:22 UTC
IMF projects Ghana's debt to hit 83% of GDP end of year
Business News of Thursday, 22 July 2021Source: thebftonline.comThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected the country’s public debt to hit 83.5 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by end of the year, thereby throwing the economy into the dreaded list of debt-distressed countries. This technically means that for every GH¢1 worth of economic activity produced in the country in 2020, 78.9 pesewas was classified as debt. “While there are encouraging signs of an economic recovery, they noted that it remains uneven across sectors. The IMF further emphasised that government’s digitisation drive and structural transformation are key to recovering the economy. “Structural transformation and digitalisation agenda are critical to support the recovery.
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July 22, 2021 03:45 UTC