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[] | 2016-08-30T20:52:13 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Hiplife duo, 'Akatakyie', have described rappers Sarkodie and Okyeame Kwame as amateurs when it comes to rap music. Speaking to Giovanni and Anita Erskine on | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fmusic%2F38575%2Fsarkodie-is-a-small-boy-in-rap-akatakyie.html.json | en | null | Sarkodie is a small boy in rap -Akatakyie | null | null | www.modernghana.com | Hiplife duo, 'Akatakyie', have described rappers Sarkodie and Okyeame Kwame as amateurs when it comes to rap music.
Speaking to Giovanni and Anita Erskine on the ‘Veterans Thursday’ segment on the Starr Drive, Akatakyire said: “We are the best rappers in Ghana from 2000 till now, we are just giving them the opportunity to operate, and we are coming back for the crown, our rap is timely, consistent and always on point…we have a lot in store for our fans.They should continue to give us their support”.
The duo came out with their maiden album ‘Odo esisi me’ in 1999 which won them the Best Hiplife song award in the maiden edition of the Ghana Music Awards organized in 2000.
They have had hits like ‘Ghana mmaa’, ‘Agoo’, ‘Odo esikyire’, ‘Sinsima’, ‘Esi’, ‘Meyare’, ‘Masan aba’, ‘Oman baapa’, ‘Odo ye musu anaa’, and ‘Sie sie obaa no’ featuring Okyeame Kwame.
Source: Starrfmonline.com | http://www.modernghana.com/music/38575/sarkodie-is-a-small-boy-in-rap-akatakyie.html | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/120dc5c5c8aa4685675cb5a08038912a147445250c3311c013e4707d752836bd.json | |
[] | 2016-08-31T08:52:57 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | I have just returned from the Northern Region where I visited several villages. The situation in the region is very desperate. One can see naked poverty boldl | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fnews%2F716160%2Fdivided-by-politics-but-united-by-poverty.html.json | en | null | Divided By Politics But United By Poverty | null | null | www.modernghana.com | I have just returned from the Northern Region where I visited several villages. The situation in the region is very desperate. One can see naked poverty boldly written on the faces of the people over there. People can't make ends meet and the only option left for the youth is to migrate down south where they hope to, at least get three square meals a day. It looks as if the government of Mr. John Dramani Mahama is committing crime against humanity.
What I observed when I visited the region was that the people there have seen the light. The young men and women who migrated down south to work returned home to tell their people how their region has been neglected. They listened to radio commentaries about SADA, GYEEDA, Asongtaaba and others which was used as a conduit to siphon monies for the NDC campaign efforts in 2012. One young man I spoke to told me that but for the sickness of his old mother, he would never come down to his village because in Accra where he works as a wheelbarrow pusher, his standard of living is far better than his counterparts who are trying to irk a living through subsistent farming.
If you travel to Tamale, the regional capital and think you have been to the Northern Region, I am sorry you have deceived yourself. At Tamale, you may see very fine buildings and huge hotels as well as well stocked stores and flashy cars. It is when you travel to the hinterland that you will really experience what I am talking about. If you buy something and pull out GH¢20 it will take the seller more than two hours to get change for you. And if you dash somebody GH¢5 it looks as if you have dashed him the universe. People are broke and there is no source of income.
Agriculture, which used to be the main occupation of the folks have virtually collapsed. And to add insult to injury, strong men and women who should have taken over from their aging parents as far as farming is concerned, have migrated to the south in search of menial jobs. I used to think teenage pregnancy is only prevalent in the southern part of this country. I was totally wrong. When I visited the Northern Region, the situation there had nothing good to write home about. I saw many hungry looking small girls with their children strapped at their backs. Unschooled urchins roam the villages aimlessly while others herd cattle. I saw old men and women resting under trees wondering where the next meal will come from because the young men had all traveled to find something to better their sorry situation.
In the run-up to the 2012 General election when Mr. Mahama went to campaign in the Northern Region and told them to vote for him because he is a northerner, I thought when he came to power he will turn his attention to the Northern Region because as a Northerner he knows the situation there more than anyone else. And having been a parliamentarian for twelve years, Vice President for three years and of cause president for nearly four years, nobody can tell me that Mr. Mahama is ignorant about what is prevailing in the Northern Region of Ghana. Ministers from the Northern Region continue to construct their private mansions with architectural wonder in the big cities in the southern part of Ghana and the capital town of the Northern Region but fail to assuage the suffering of their people in the rural areas in the Northern Region. They only go there when election is around the corner, give them soap, secondhand clothes, salt, cutlasses etc and ask them to vote for them. Poor folks, poverty has made them blind and they continue to fall prey to the trick. It is not their fault anyway, because the illiteracy rate is very high over there. The NDC politicians are good at using communist inferior tactics to hoodwink the people in the Northern Region. The plan is very simple. Impoverish the masses and wait until election is around the corner before you send them a few items. You then promise to give them more when you get power again.
The sages say when rain falls, it won't fall in one man's house. So it came to pass that when poverty, hardship and unbearable high tariffs did hit hard on the poor folks of the Northern Region, they had no option but to hit the streets even when their own kinsman, the president went to their region to campaign for votes. Nobody can convince me that the huge crowd at the demonstration were all NPP supporters alone. At least I saw Suleimana Imoro, one of the demonstrators who was holding a placard with the inscription, “Mahama has disgraced Northerners”. Suleimana, a dye in the wool supporter of the NDC had an encounter with me at the Aboabo market when I went to buy some items there during one of my visits to the capital city. When I engaged him in a conversation and realized that he was a supporter of the NDC, I wanted to know why he was still supporting the party since the party has failed Ghanaians, including himself. He told me if even the heavens rain fire, he would never abandon the NDC. I was therefore surprised to see him holding a placard and demonstrating against his own government.
So my dear readers, you now understand the caption above? The same people who are divided by politics are now united by poverty. There are no different markets where supporters of the NDC patronize and a different market patronized by supporters of the NPP. And neither do the supporters of the NDC use different meters from those used by supporters of the NPP. We are all stewing in the same frying pan. If this demonstration had been organized by people from the Ashanti Region, the NDC propagandists will have labeled the demonstrators as NPP supporters. This was organized by people from the president's own region where he has huge support base. It speaks volumes of things to come.
NANA ADDO A DANGEROUS MAN?
The Akans say if you are fed up with a fight you forget that you have teeth in your mouth which you could use to defend yourself. They also say if you are better off than your neighbor he or she hates you. Speaking at Bimbilla where he went to campaign, the President stooped so low to the extent that he referred to Nana Akufo-Addo as a dangerous man and so they should not vote for him. Eh! Has it come to this? Does the president know the track record of the man he referred to as dangerous? Mr. President, stand up for me to tell you a few things about Nana Akufo Addo which proves that he is not a dangerous man, has never been a dangerous man and will never be a dangerous man. In 1978 when the late General I.K Acheampong, the then Head of State of Ghana sort to continue his rule through a non-party, tripartite arrangement involving the military, police and handpicked civilians, Nana Addo and a few men stood to be counted.
Instead of choosing the path of violence Nana Addo, General A.A Afrifa, Mr. Gbedemah and a few others formed the Peoples Movement for Freedom and Justice to campaign against Acheampong proposed referendum. In fact, Nana Akufo Addo, a young and enterprising lawyer was the General Secretary of the PMFJ. The group risked their lives and traveled across the length and breadth of Ghana, campaigning for Ghanaians to vote NO to UNIGOV. At their peril, they confronted the military rulers without arms and Ghanaians followed them because they knew they were fighting a good cause. Even though General Acheampong openly rigged the referendum, it did not take long before a palace coup removed him from office. Where was Mr. Mahama when Nana Addo did put his nose on the grindstone to safe Ghana from a continuous military rule?
Immediately the Kufour administration took over the reins of power and Nana Addo was made the Attorney General and Minister of justice, the first thing he did was to repeal the Criminal Libel Law which was used by Rawlings and his PNDC cohorts to send people to jail. Remember when then candidate Kufour said in the run-up to the 2000 elections that he will make sure the CLL is removed from our status book, the then Attorney General and Minister of Justice Mr. Obed Asamoah said the law will be removed over his dead body. And you call Nana Addo a dangerous man, Mr. Mahama? Check your Thesaurus and see the meaning of a dangerous man, Mr. Desperado!
Look at the attitude of a 'dangerous man' and compare him to the man who used his power to release convicted criminals who threatened the lives of justices of the Supreme Court of Ghana, including the Chief Justice. There was an Election Petition at the Supreme Court and after the sittings, the SC gave a ruling by a split decision of 5:4 that the President, John Dramani Mahama was rightfully elected as the president of Ghana. After the ruling, which did not go down well with the NPP supporters, Nana Addo the loser of that petition hurriedly called a press conference and told the world that even though he did not agree with the decision, he had accepted the ruling for the sake of peace. When the teeming supporters of the NPP decided to gather at the Obra Square to protest, Nana Addo admonished them to stop. And you call such a person a dangerous man?
The truth is that President Mahama has come to realize that there is no way he can rig the election since the NPP supporters are now vigilant and wide awake. That is why he is junketing the length and breadth of the country, insulting, casting insinuations and aspersions. If the president knows he has done well and Ghanaians will retain him, why worry his head and kicking like a bull? Coming events cast their shadows, so said the sages.
Eric Bawah | http://www.modernghana.com/news/716160/divided-by-politics-but-united-by-poverty.html | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/f0c2cadaa0790af6df2228ba8e48ef7c49f02d9d278c1c0e133d1326e59188e6.json | |
[] | 2016-08-28T18:51:05 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | Ghana rsquo;s former Ambassador to Benin has expressed great worry about recent developments at the St. Anthony rsquo;s Hospital at Dzodze in the Ketu North Dis | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fnews%2F715426%2Fformer-diplomat-worried-about-tension-at-st-anthonys-hospi.html.json | en | null | Former diplomat worried about tension at St. Anthony's Hospital | null | null | www.modernghana.com | Ghana’s former Ambassador to Benin has expressed great worry about recent developments at the St. Anthony’s Hospital at Dzodze in the Ketu North District of the Volta Region.
Modestus Ahiable also described as very unfortunate issues affecting the health institutions within the Keta-Akatsi Catholic Health Service in the Volta Region.
The Hospital is one of the major health facilities in the Region under the Christian Health Association of Ghana (CHAG) with a daily attendance of over 250 patients.
The past four weeks have witnessed some tension not only at the hospital but also across the entire Diocese over a number of allegations leveled against the Administrator of the hospital, Christian Akoto-Brown.
He also doubles as the Director in-charge of the Diocesan Health Services of the Keta-Akatsi Catholic Diocese was accused by staff and other stakeholders of the hospital.
A number of allegations have been made against him including abuse of authority, misuse of resources, nepotism and disrespect for all categories of staff of the hospital and the Diocese.
Some staff members who spoke to Joy News’ Ivy Setordjie last month accused the administrator of lording himself over both patients and staff for more than 15 years. They also made other allegations.
They claimed he has placed his personal telephone number and e-mail address on the Hospital’s official letterhead to the detriment of the facility.
Also, he is said to be operating a personal foreign bank account in which he redirects all donor funds meant for the hospital and Diocese into.
Related: Tension brews at St Anthony Hospital at Dzodze
In an interview, Mr Modestus Ahiable observed that the dual role being played by the administrator for all these years have complicated matters.
According to him, the situation is bad, adding "most of the past medical doctors who worked under Mr Akoto-Brown had to leave because they did not understand how things could go on like that."
Mr Ahiable stressed the need for the appointing authorities to create an office for the Diocesan Director at Akatsi where such an office is supposed to be operating from.
"By so doing, the room would have been created for any appointed committee to investigate the allegations and the extent to which his actions have damaged the institution financially or administratively," he said.
Mr Ahiable, however, cautioned that this should be done in a meaningful way so as not to endanger the lives of the people.
He did not mince words when he has stated that the Hospital's cannot escape blame for current crisis the facility finds itself adding "the board members are supposed to protect the integrity of the hospital by being neutral have failed in their responsibilities."
Meanwhile, the Catholic Bishop of the Ho Diocese and Acting Bishop of the Keta-Akatsi Diocese in the Volta Region, Rt. Rev. Emmanuel Kofi Fianu has paid a one-day working visit to the Hospital.
The fact-finding visit was to enable the Bishop and his delegation to acquaint themselves with happenings at the Hospital and the Diocese over the past few weeks.
Bishop Fianu who met the Management of the Hospital including the Administrator at a close door meeting has called for calm as efforts are being made by the church to amicably resolve the issues. He promised to set up a committee to investigate the issue
The man at the centre of the controversy Christian Akoto Brown has declined to comment.
Story by Ghana | Myjoyonline.com | Abubakar Ibrahim | Email: [email protected] | http://www.modernghana.com/news/715426/former-diplomat-worried-about-tension-at-st-anthonys-hospi.html | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/ddd6bce30ed172c5fa003d5844c1c778547951bee7f0004128bb40f92a433fa4.json | |
[] | 2016-08-29T06:51:13 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | The acting chairman of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Freddy Blay, on Sunday urged Christians at the Muzama Disco Christo Church to at least continue | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fnews%2F715479%2Fpray-for-mahama-till-he-exits-in-december-freddie-blay-to.html.json | en | null | Pray for Mahama till he exits in December Freddie Blay to Christians | null | null | www.modernghana.com | The acting chairman of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Freddy Blay, on Sunday urged Christians at the Muzama Disco Christo Church to at least continue praying for President John Mahama till after the elections, by which time he would have been defeated and kicked out of office.
According for him, praying for the president would help him steer the affairs of the country with wisdom.
“Let us pray for the incumbent president that God would give him wisdom to rule this country till we say good bye to him on 7th December,” he noted
He entreated Christians to also pray for the country's judges to master confidence as they go about their work without fear or favour.
He also urged them to pray for the Electoral Commission in order for them to act appropriately to ensure a free and fair election.
He said praying for the Electoral Commission, judges and the president's exit would help Ghana to be peaceful prosperous when Nana Akufo -Addo takes office in 2017.
“I know the Musama church is a benevolent church since my childhood days. I want you to continue helping Ghanaians from this hunger and crisis that we are facing as a nation as we prepare to go to the polls in December. Pray that the election would be peaceful. Pray for the EC and the judges to work without fear or favour. We need peace before, during and after the elections” he noted.
He was addressing a congregation of the Muzama Disco Christo Church on their peace festival celebration at Gomoa Eshiem in the Central Region.
The NPP's Parliamentary Candidate for the Gomoa West constituency, lawyer Kojo Kom Abban on his part, said a Nana Akufo-Addo administration would need the support of Christians to make Ghana better.
“We in the NPP believe in prayers and are ready to work church leaders when voted to lead this country. Nana Akuffo Addo would lead Ghana to the promise land when we all pray for his victory in 2016,” he stated.
The head pastor of the Muzama Disco Christo church, MocknajeEba Jehu-Appiah Akaboha IV, in his sermon, prayed for a peaceful election and wished the party the best of luck in the elections.
In attendance were the NPP's National Campaign Chairman Peter Mark Manu, supported by Central Regional executives of the party.
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By: Akwesi Koranteng/citifmonline.com/Ghana | http://www.modernghana.com/news/715479/pray-for-mahama-till-he-exits-in-december-freddie-blay-to.html | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/630da707943fa655b59c1e6fac5f508f2ee544439a22f534c279e221bb15c204.json | |
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] | 2016-08-29T18:51:59 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | The Minister of Youth and Sports, Hon. Nii Lantey Vanderpuye, on behalf of His Excellency, President John Dramani Mahama and Government of Ghana has sent a c | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fsports%2F715729%2Fyouth-sports-minister-congratulates-dogboe-for-annexing-wb.html.json | en | null | Youth & Sports Minister Congratulates Dogboe For Annexing WBC Youth Title | null | null | www.modernghana.com | The Minister of Youth and Sports, Hon. Nii Lantey Vanderpuye, on behalf of His Excellency, President John Dramani Mahama and Government of Ghana has sent a congratulatory message to Isaac Dogboe the “Royal Storm” for unanimously winning the WBC World Youth Championship title in Accra.
In a letter signed by the PRO of the Ministry of Youth & Sports, Oto Plahar, the Hon. Minister said the undefeated Isaac Dogboe’s victory over the tough fighting Filipino champion, Neil John Tabanao is a huge testament that Ghana still boasts of potential world beaters that can annex titles, given the required support from stakeholders and dedication and commitment from the boxers.
With the level of brilliance exhibited by the boxing prodigy, H.E the President has no doubt that, the newly crowned WBC World Youth Champion can go on and aim a shot at the world title and subsequently pick up from where its boxing legends left off.
The Minister reiterated government’s commitment to recapture the glory days of the pugilist sport. The completion of the state-of -the-art sports complex situated near the Korle Lagoon would further enhance the fortunes of not only the boxing sport but other equally important ‘lesser known sports’ in the country.
The Hon. Minister urged the trainer and Team Dogboe not to relent in their efforts in their bid to secure the world title. | http://www.modernghana.com/sports/715729/youth-sports-minister-congratulates-dogboe-for-annexing-wb.html | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/b30f1abb1e4546025706b64238fc2eaeed86b35a977f5df2e1aadb6ef58ae745.json | |
[] | 2016-08-28T02:50:45 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | Ace investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas was on Saturday crowned the overall best journalist of the year 2015 at the 21st Ghana Journalist Awards (GJA). | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fnews%2F715334%2Fanas-adjudged-bestjournalist-of-the-year.html.json | en | null | Anas adjudged bestjournalist of the year | null | null | www.modernghana.com | Ace investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas was on Saturday crowned the overall best journalist of the year 2015 at the 21st Ghana Journalist Awards (GJA).
For his prize he took home a brand new Hyundai SUV.
Anas' award was due to his recent exposé on corruption in the judiciary. He captured 34 judges on video allegedly taking bribes to compromise justice.
So far, 26 of the judges have been sacked after being found guilty of the charges proffered against them.
The 21st GJA awards was on the theme: “Media for Undisputed and Peaceful 2016 Election: The Support of Civil Society.”
In all, over 20 awards were given to journalists in various categories.
The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei, who was the guest speaker at the ceremony held at the Banquet Hall of the State House admonished journalists to be circumspect in their reportage this election year.
She used the opportunity to condemned the use of intemperate language in the media and urged them to double check their facts before publishing their stories.
“Do not base your reportage on mere speculations,” she added.
Charlotte Osei also called for collaborative effort from stakeholders, civil society and the media for a peaceful election.
She was however confident that the commission will organize another successful election in the history of Ghana on December 7, 2016.
Below is the full list of award winners at the GJA Awards:
Overall best journalist:
Anas Aremeyaw Anas
Best journalist in sports [radio]:
Benedict Owusu [Joy news] – Juju in football
Best journalist in sports [print]:
John Vigah [Graphic] – Accra sports stadium: A death trap
Photojournalism:
Samuel Tei Adenoh [Ghanaian Times] – Crossing the deadly Madina-Adentan road
Human rights:
Gabriel Obodai Togbor Ashong [Metro TV] – Neglected souls
Health:
A.B. Kafui [GNA] – Poison in a calabash
Education [print]:
Emmanuel Baah [Daily Graphic] – Acquiring knowledge the perilous way
Crime and court:
Beatrice Adu [Joy FM] – Corrosive love
Telecommunication:
Samuel Ablodepay [Daily Graphic] – Technology to define future banking
News reporting print:
Grace Sogbey [The Revelation newspaper] – No preaching
Sustainable development goals:
Joseph Opoku Gakpo [Multimedia] – Jungle poor
Teachers [print]:
Kofi Yeboah [The Revelation newspaper]
Rural reporting:
Kafui Kanyi [GNA] – My baby my farm
Environment:
Seth Kwame Boateng [Multimedia] – Candidate for death
Best Investigative report:
John Vegah [Ghanaian Times] – Hazardous waste
SME:
Famous Kwesi Atitsobi [Multimedia] – Juice from the baobab
Oil and Gas:
Dotse Konbla Aklobotu [Graphic Business] – Why Ghana must invest in oil business
Agriculture:
Gabriel Ahiabor [Daily Graphic] – Fish for livelihood
Financial reporter:
Elvis Darko [The Finder] – Government cripples bank
Best print layout
The Finder newspaper
News reporting electronic:
Seth Kwame Boateng [Multimedia] -Talented arts in prison
Teachers for television:
Seth Kwame Boateng [Multimedia] – Locked and forgotten
Arts entertainment and tourism
Famous Atitsobi [Multimedia] – Mole Ghana's wide life for tourism
Best reporter in science:
Rebecca Quaye [Daily Graphic] – Clinical trials not rocket science
Sanitation and hygiene:
Rebecca Awuah – GBC 24
GJA Komla Dumor Most Promising Journalist:
Maxwell Akalaare Adombila
Honorary awards:
Good morning Ghana
Viasat1
Ghana Armed forces
Ideal Finance
Bright Blewu – GJA General Secretary
EIB network
Global Media Alliance
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By: Godwin A. Allotey/citifmonline.com/Ghana
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[] | 2016-08-27T12:50:24 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | The Transport Ministry is set to meet with shipping companies over the charging of Terminal handling fees at the ports on goods imported into the country. Th | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fnews%2F715242%2Ftransport-ministry-meets-shippers-over-thc-again.html.json | en | null | Transport ministry meets shippers over THC again | null | null | www.modernghana.com | The Transport Ministry is set to meet with shipping companies over the charging of Terminal handling fees at the ports on goods imported into the country.
The meeting which will be at the behest of the Transport Minister Fiifi Kwetey, follows the submission of a report on the THC by the Ghana Maritime Authority.
“I have received a report from the Ghana Maritime Authority on the THC and it is being studied. I'll soon reconvene a meeting with the stakeholders in order to bring a final resolution to the impasse in a way that will be acceptable to all parties that are involved,” Mr. Kwetey stated.
Importers and freight forwarders have complained about the continuous implementation of the charges despite a directive from the sector minister for the shipping companies to suspend the act.
According to the businesses, the continuous imposition costs shippers about 78 million dollars annually.
Even though the Transport Ministry has sanctioned that the charges be suspended, importers and freight forwarders tell Citi Business News the shipping lines have defied the order.
“I was told point blank that the shipping lines are not doing any refund and my receipts are still with me as I am talking to you. As at now they are not making any refund. The only thing they [shipping lines] are doing is that they are not charging for those whose ships on board are above 19th July,” a freight forwarder, Kofi Sarkodie told Citi Business News.
Meanwhile Transport Minister Fiifi Kwetey believes the discussions will lead to an amicable solution to the impasse.
“The directive from the Ministry of Transport is still in force pending a resolution of the impasse,” he added.
Ghana Shippers Authority inaugurates news facility
Transport Minister, Fiifi Kwetey made the remarks at the inauguration of the Ghana Shippers' House for the Ghana Shipper's Authority.
The newly inaugurated structure will accommodate the Authority's head office, a maritime arbitration centre, as well as a ship brokerage hall which is expected to facilitate the creation of a freight market in West and Central Africa.
Speaking at the ceremony, the CEO of the Ghana Shippers Authority, Dr. Kofi Mbeah was hopeful the facility will facilitate the Authority's readiness and preparedness to assist all shipping lines and agencies in their line of duty.
“This facility will help us serve shipper better as there will be a dedicated hall for receiving and addressing shipper complaints and providing them with information that matter to their businesses,” he stated.
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By: Pius Amihere Eduku/citibusinessnews.com/Ghana | http://www.modernghana.com/news/715242/transport-ministry-meets-shippers-over-thc-again.html | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/0c6e1427614ab110e4e7700370c6e3e99d16b78a19c21583153999b0f612bb54.json | |
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] | 2016-08-30T22:52:12 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | The biggest sporting event in Ghana, the Millennium Marathon 2016 comes off this Saturday from the Black Star Square in Accra and back to the same point. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fsports%2F715929%2Fmillennium-marathon-2016-the-official-route.html.json | en | null | Millennium Marathon 2016: The Official Route | null | null | www.modernghana.com | The biggest sporting event in Ghana, the Millennium Marathon 2016 comes off this Saturday from the Black Star Square in Accra and back to the same point.
Ambassador Ashim Morton, brain behind the project revealed to the media the new official map and route that the runners will use for the 21k which has two cars at stake for both male and female Ghanaian winners with an impressive time.
He urged runners to report early before 6am when the whistle for runners to get ready will be blown and the great marathon Legend Haile Gabreselassie shoots the gun for takeoff.
“From Black Star Square to High Street to WATO Road to Kwame Nkrumah Avenue to Independence Avenue Road to37 Military Hospital Road to Elwak Stadium to Burma Camp Road to Trade Fair Road to Labadi Road to Black Star Square” said amb. Morton.
He assured of adequate security and pleaded with motorists to abide by instructions from the MTTU who will block the routes named in the map.
The six H2O water stops for the Millennium Marathon are Cocobod, Children’s Park, Burma Camp, Jokers and Osu Castle Junction.
The 21k Race is expected to be run by over 20,000 people, while the 5k Fun Race also called the Ambassadorial Run has some attractive prizes for corporate winners and students. There are special commemorative medals for the 3,000 participants.
WATS Ltd who provided the brand new two Peugeot cars, National Investment Bank (NIB), Quieroz Galvao, Ethiopia Airlines, Total Ghana, Inesfly, Krif Ghana, Puma, Daily Graphic and The Royal Bank are the sponsors for the Millennium Marathon.
Other sponsors are Goil, Papaye, Africa World Airline, Elite Sports, British Airways, Arton Drugs, Melcom, EIB Group, Broll Ghana and Movenpick Hotel.
The Accra Sports Stadium will host some of the international athletes from Colombia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, USA, Japan, Burkina Faso, Togo, Mexico, India and South Africa on Wednesday, August 31, 2016, where some experts will lecture on hints in running and winning.
The Millennium Marathon Organization has introduced a progressive tag line “Africa on the Run” which presents an agenda to give attention to a continental drive to support the United Nations “Sustainable Development Goals” SDG's in addition to the social issues facing Africa.
The theme for this year’s marathon “A RACE FOR HEALTH AND PEACE” highlights SDG’S Goals 3(Good health and Well being) and (Peace Justice and Strong Institutions). Through our regional marathon campaign, we are advocating and creating a platform to discuss and focus on the importance of these goals. | http://www.modernghana.com/sports/715929/millennium-marathon-2016-the-official-route.html | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/ffa21a47c8263e5a2533edb76553be8e1e037fda34be510e7c6f35a431e8ba4b.json | |
[] | 2016-08-29T18:51:43 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | Ghanaian striker Samuel Owusu has penned a two-year contract with newly promoted Egyptian Premier League side FC Tanta. The 25-year-old moved on a fre | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fsports%2F715734%2Fghanaian-striker-samuel-owusu-joins-egyptian-side-fc-tanta.html.json | en | null | Ghanaian striker Samuel Owusu joins Egyptian side FC Tanta | null | null | www.modernghana.com | Ghanaian striker Samuel Owusu has penned a two-year contract with newly promoted Egyptian Premier League side FC Tanta.
The 25-year-old moved on a free transfer and will be set to play for his fifth Egyptian club.
Owusu moved to the north African country in 2011 and played two seasons for Ghazl El Mehalla.
He later joined FC Smouha and last season was in the books of El Shorta.
For more Ghana football news visit www.ghanasoccernet.com | http://www.modernghana.com/sports/715734/ghanaian-striker-samuel-owusu-joins-egyptian-side-fc-tanta.html | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/609afbc4455f2d3662449262f6182f2302c1e2470f2255be85e5da540a7f8664.json | |
[] | 2016-08-31T08:53:04 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | The outgoing Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG), Rt Rev Professor Emmanuel Martey, has advised the Electoral Commission | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fnews%2F716162%2Fpresby-moderator-warns-ec.html.json | en | null | Presby Moderator Warns EC | null | null | www.modernghana.com | The outgoing Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG), Rt Rev Professor Emmanuel Martey, has advised the Electoral Commission (EC) to “tread cautiously on all matters relating to this year's general election.”
Whiles acknowledging the efforts of government, the EC, political parties and Ghanaians in general to advance the cause of democracy through transparent, free and fair elections in the December 7 elections, he still thinks the EC must do well to clear any doubts about its activities.
“As the 2016 elections draw closer, it may be helpful to remember how close the nation came to disaster after the 2012 elections and to recognize that peace has to be engineered on all fronts. We must note that since elections are fundamental building blocks of democracy, free and fair elections are central to the legitimacy of democratic governance. We therefore wish to advise the EC to perform to the satisfaction of all stakeholders,” he cautioned.
He underscored, “We cannot ignore the numerous hiccups that cast doubtful clouds over the EC’s performance during the past several months in relation to the production of a credible voters' register. We only hope that the Commission would live up to its responsibility as a transparent, accountable and credible institution.”
Partisan Politics
The outspoken Moderator also expressed concern about the unsavoury partisan nature of political discourse in the country, underscored by intemperate and abusive language, tinged with character assassination. He advised, “We should not forget that we have a common destiny and need to be wary of what we say to and about one another.
“We appeal to all political parties to refrain from the culture of insults, and avoid contemptuous and provocative pronouncements that tend to breed bitterness and resentment. As the nation approaches this year’s elections, the General Assembly appeals to all Ghanaians to allow peace, tolerance and understanding to prevail in all our discussions and actions.”
The reason, he said, is because “it is conceivable that the period preceding these elections would see a lot of tension.”
The man of God said, “If citizens see themselves as people with a common destiny, but with diverse reasoning, tolerance will prevail.”
Media
Considering the fact that the media can affect the society negatively or positively, he advised the various media houses to be circumspect in the manner they handle public discourse.
“General Assembly notes with concern that some sections of the media have overtime, promoted insults and ethnic sentiments. This is not what the populace desires or craves for. Hence, if media reportage highlights differences that bring disaffection and ridicule, the society would be the worse for it, since negative news affects people's optimism and well-being,” he emphasised.
He thus, appealed to media owners and leaders who are expected to be gate-keepers to live up to expectation and act well to eliminate negative, insensitive and biased reportage that do not promote the positive development of society, whiles asking the umbrella associations and commissions to act promptly to protect the interest of the general public.
By Charles Takyi-Boadu | http://www.modernghana.com/news/716162/presby-moderator-warns-ec.html | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/1d808585dd28bb63e934c597bf0327be329d1d91a8e8d10d2f35a287b3b211ea.json | |
[] | 2016-08-29T18:51:54 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | Voltic (GH) Limited (Voltic), has given the male holding cells at the Nsawam District Police Headquarters a facelift at a cost of GHC 45, 000. The total refurbi | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fnews%2F715730%2Fvoltic-refurbishes-nsawam-police-station-male-cells.html.json | en | null | Voltic refurbishes Nsawam Police station male cells | null | null | www.modernghana.com | Voltic (GH) Limited (Voltic), has given the male holding cells at the Nsawam District Police Headquarters a facelift at a cost of GHC 45, 000. The total refurbishment included tiling and installation of water closet, showers and a water storage tank.
The Plant Manager of Voltic, Eugene Djan- Sampson at the handing over ceremony which also coincided with the annual WASSA of the district police command, said the decision to refurbish the male cells was borne out of the company’s respect for the dignity of every human being, including even those that have been incarcerated for offences but are yet to be taken through the full judicial process.
“When we received the appeal from the district command for assistance, we took a critical look at the poor living conditions in the cell and we decided to embark on this project. This is not to say we encourage wrong doing, not at all. We believe the police also deserve to have the best of facilities to ensure the safety and security of Ghanaians”, Mr Djan- Sampson stressed.
Mr Djan- Sampson stated, “As a passionate and engaging brand, we value our consumers and we endeavour to do our best for local communities through our Sustainable Development Initiatives. These initiatives underpin our ambition to create a thriving world for our business and also for the communities in which we trade. The focus is on the positive transformation and uplifting of communities by supporting basic education, health and social development”.
He noted that at Voltic, social investment is not an add-on to business activities, but at the heart of how it engages with the communities where its customers, employees, investors and suppliers live.
The Nsawam District Police Commander, DSP Michael Zah Dandy was full of gratitude to Voltic for the immense support, noting that the facelift given to the police cells will go a long way to create great relief for inmates.
“This gesture is commendable and we urge other companies in this area to come to support us. We have a lot of needs and any help will be welcome”, DSP Dandy stressed.
Story by Ghana|Myjoyonline.com | http://www.modernghana.com/news/715730/voltic-refurbishes-nsawam-police-station-male-cells.html | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/2deefad6991deabea0ff4ce3818c0b0c9bf05aa146fe6d2927686c712c3dd2bf.json | |
[
"Inusah Mohammed"
] | 2016-08-29T14:51:23 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | I am not the first Nima boy to be in this land of the tallest statue. I will certainly not be the last. Every year, a lot of our folks from around the world | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fnews%2F715646%2Fthe-nima-boy-in-the-land-of-the-tallest-statue.html.json | en | null | The Nima Boy In The Land Of The Tallest Statue | null | null | www.modernghana.com | I am not the first Nima boy to be in this land of the tallest statue. I will certainly not be the last. Every year, a lot of our folks from around the world come to this land to ‘worship’ in the mosque of one of the foremost Islamic scholars of West Africa, Sheikh Ibrahim Nyass. A significant percentage of these yearly numbers, come from Nima.
In 2014, the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation organized a programme that brought together the most vibrant of all the Supporters Union in Ghana. The programme was designed to find out which of the unions had tremendous efficacy in its support for the National teams of Ghana. Most of the unions that participated were formed and based in Nima. At the end of the caboodle, Great Africa Supporters Union (GASU) won. It is a Nima-based group. The point I am trying to drive home is that through the travels of these unions to support the National teams in their engagements, a lot of Nima guys also have been and will be to this land.
However, I am not here for religious purposes. I am not here to support any of our National teams either. I am here on a different mission altogether. I am here to empower myself to help champion the noblest cause on earth; to serve humanity. One of the facilitators here described this as “the most important job on earth.” Together with other youth from diverse parts of the world, I am here for a youth empowering training on community development. As a community-activist with Rayuwa Foundation, I am here on the land of the great West African scholar, Sheikh Amadou Bamba, who is said to have dazzled and left colonialists in awe when he walked and prayed on water. I therefore want to put on paper for posterity to glean from, my interactions with this wonderful land with an all-uniting motto, Un people, Un But, Une Foi.( One People, One Goal, One Faith).
After all, “when things are written, they have a lifetime of their own” as stated by Benjamin Disraeli.
When I was in the primary school, I was so much enthused about quizzes and debate competitions. I always ended up representing my class, section or division in such contests. I knew the name of this country with its corresponding capital city since then. In Junior High School, my appetite for history was profoundly whet by Mr. Denis Nchor, a then Social Studies tutor (now with a Policy Think Tank at Czech Republic) who really took us through the various tribes in Africa and their countries of origin. We studied the empire systems before it was taken off the syllabus the year we left Junior High School. And so I came across the Wolof, Fula, Soninke, Mandinka and other ethnic groups that hail from this land.
In the 2002 Japan/Korea World cup, one of the teams together with Turkey that caused a major upset in the mundial was the team with the nickname Lions of Teranga from this land. Led by their ferocious talismanic leader, El Hadji Diouf, they unleashed the wrath of so many years of being in the soccer wilderness by beating World and European Champions France in the tournament’s opening game. A feat they repeated on almost all opponents they met. They were eventually stopped by the Turkish National Team. My favorite player though was Khaliou Fadigah. We all joined in the celebrations as we solidarized with that powerful team to take on the world in their first ever appearance at that stage.
Another interesting interaction with this wonderful land is through the pages of literature. I studied Science in the Senior High School. The woman who took me through English language, Miss Sandra Arhinful really whipped up my interest in literature. An unusual phenomenon for a Science student. After Senior High School, I began to consume books like air. I began to buy books with a sensation many will describe as lunacy. My friend Hanif Cisse usually provided me with Prentice Hall literature books.
In one of the numerous Prentice Hall literature books he gave me, I came across the Negritude Movement and its foremost proponent, Leopold Sedar Senghor. Senghor eventually became the first President of Senegal. He was erudite, a poet, a philosopher and he personally drafted the Senegalese National Anthem “Pincez tous vos koras.”
On the website of Africana Age, Negritude is described as “a cultural movement launched in the 1930s by French-speaking black graduate students from France’s colonies in Africa and the Carribean territories. These black intellectuals converged around issues of race identity and black internationalist initiatives to combat French imperialism. They found solidarity in their common ideal of affirming pride in their shared black identity and African Heritage, and reclaiming African determination, self-reliance, and self-respect.”
I really fell in love with the organization though on paper because of the fact that it was a literary organization that sought to imbue in the black man a sense of consciousness that is really needed in a continent where poverty and issues germane to it has robbed people of their consciousness.
However, the first President of Ghana had an issue with the Negritude. Nkrumah regarded it as dishonest, backward-looking and racialist. In a speech delivered at the opening of the Institute of African Studies, Legon, and 25th October 1963. He stated: “When I speak of the African genius, I mean something different from Negritude, something not apologetic, but dynamic. Negritude consists in a mere literary affectation and style which piles word upon word and image upon image with occasional reference to Africa and things African. I do not mean a vague brotherhood based on a criterion of colour, or on the idea that Africans have no reasoning but only to sensitivity. By African genius, I mean something positive, our socialist conception of society, the efficiency and validity of our traditional statecraft, our highly developed code of morals, our hospitality and our purposeful energy.” But hey, those are the days of straight-jacketed and stiff-necked ideological leanings. That cannot hold strongly in this day of ours when the cats and mice meet to discuss issues of mutual benefit.
All these interactions with this land was felt through the mind and not really physical.
Well, my physical interaction with this country which produced Youssou N’dour started on Wenesday, 24th August, 2016. After missing my flight on Saturday,20th August, I finally landed at dawn of 24th to commence my physical interaction with the country.
Today, together with others, I am in “Our canoe”. If you care to know, Senegal is named after the Senegal River. One popular theory is that it stems from the Wolof phrase sunu gaal, which means “our canoe.”
I will be here till the 2nd of September, 2016. I am here on the ticket of Rayuwa Foundation (an organization based in Accra that improves the lives of communities through psychosocial activities.) We are here at Tostan Training Center, an organization that is significantly championing the cause of Human- Rights in Senegal and beyond. My journey from Accra to Dakar and my stay here is facilitated by The Carter Center of the United States of America.
I am still embroiled in intensive training on Human Rights and how its translation into community development here. As I write now, I am preparing to go to the village of Keur Simbara. As to how that place is, I don’t know until I behold its sight to appreciate it. Will feed you when I return.
Till then, remember that the Nima boy was here some.
Inusah Mohammed
NB: The writer is Youth-Activist and a Student of knowledge. | http://www.modernghana.com/news/715646/the-nima-boy-in-the-land-of-the-tallest-statue.html | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/056199842c77c9230d6c6abde16e0a3ff3a08a0e32dc52c61d32c17f6b9b5342.json | |
[] | 2016-08-30T18:52:22 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | United Nations (United States) (AFP) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday spoke by phone with Gabon's presidential candidates and urged them to ask the | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fnews%2F420113%2Fun-chief-urges-restraint-in-calls-to-gabon-candidates.html.json | en | null | UN chief urges restraint in calls to Gabon candidates | null | null | www.modernghana.com | A supporter stands on a roof as he holds the Gabonese national flag in the headquarter of the opposition leader Jean Ping in Libreville on August 30, 2016. By Marco Longari (AFP)
United Nations (United States) (AFP) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday spoke by phone with Gabon's presidential candidates and urged them to ask their supporters to show restraint while waiting for the election results.
Ban spoke to incumbent Ali Bongo and challenger Jean Ping, both of whom have already claimed victory and accused each other of cheating following the vote on Saturday.
The UN chief "expressed concern about the issuance of premature declarations on the outcome of the election ahead of the official announcement of the results" later on Tuesday, said Ban's spokesman in a statement.
Ban called on Bongo and Ping "to impress upon their supporters the need to show restraint while waiting for the announcement," he added.
There are fears that the tensions may erupt into a repeat of the violence seen after the disputed 2009 election.
Bongo has ruled Gabon since 2009, following in the footsteps of his late father Omar Bongo who held power for 41 years.
Ban urged Bongo and Ping to resolve any elections dispute through legal means.
The election took place in a climate of social unrest driven in large part by the economic impact of the slump in the price of oil, which has long dominated Gabon's economy. | http://www.modernghana.com/news/420113/un-chief-urges-restraint-in-calls-to-gabon-candidates.html | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/de8cb9c8d8a63bf9743f585ce321a98c2c65cf892cd8d01effbec2278606b00b.json | |
[
"Maame Owusuaa"
] | 2016-08-29T14:51:55 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | The National Reconstructive Plastic Surgery and Burns Centre (NRPSBC) at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) has received GH cent;1 million from the Nation | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fnews%2F715630%2Fnpa-supports-korle-bu-burns-centre-with-gh1-million.html.json | en | null | NPA Supports Korle-Bu Burns Centre With GH¢1 Million | null | null | www.modernghana.com | The National Reconstructive Plastic Surgery and Burns Centre (NRPSBC) at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) has received GH¢1 million from the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) for the refurbishment of its facilities.
The amount will, among other things, be used to improve Information and Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure, enhance sanitation facilities and also procure essential equipment to enhance health care delivery.
The work, which also includes electrical wiring, replacement of ceilings and installation of air conditioners, is expected to be completed in three months.
A high-powered delegation from the NPA, led by its Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mr Moses Asaga, attended a wall breaking ceremony on the premises of the centre yesterday, to mark the begining of the works.
The management of the KBTH and the NRPSBC, led by the CEO, Dr Gilbert Buckle, also attended the ceremony.
When completed, the centre will become the leading ultra modern hub of the treatment of burns and reconstructive plastic surgery in West Africa.
Background
During the June 3, 2015 flood and fire disasters in Accra, that claimed about 159 lives, many people who sustained burns were taken to the NRPSBC where some died due to lack of access to the intensive care unit (ICU) because facilities were overstretched.
The situation exposed the inadequate nature of facilities at the centre and generated public concern.
The government, corporate and other benevolent organisations have since committed resources to improve facilities at the centre
Partnership
At yesterday’s ceremony, Dr Buckle called for partnership between public institutions as a prudent means to boost their infrastructure.
"It is about time public institutions began to think about partnerships because that is the best means by which state institutions which generate more revenue can support others which provide social services,” he said.
He said it was important for public institutions to adhere to best practices and the culture of maintenance, so as to ensure quality in their operations.
NPA’s assurance
For his part, Mr Moses Asaga said the burns unit occupied a central point in the scheme of things of the NPA, since most burns cases at the centre resulted from petroleum products.
He said the NPA would, therefore, continue to give the necessary support to the centre to ensure that the facilities met the required standard.
Mr Asaga urged the management of the centre to continue to explore innovative ways to raise funds to support their operations.
Safety call
The Director of the NRPSBC, Dr Opoku Ware Amponsah, said even though the centre had the right calibre of human resource to dispense health care to the public, the lack of modern equipment and the right infrastructure was a major setback.
“We look forward to a future where patients who come to this centre will be treated in comfort and in the best of conditions,” he added.
He urged the public to take safety precautions at home and at workplaces to reduce the number of burns cases | http://www.modernghana.com/news/715630/npa-supports-korle-bu-burns-centre-with-gh1-million.html | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/86439e0da07adbe65b2b9e3fcabb17d8dd6cac7c145b50413cd0d3bcefa201b1.json | |
[] | 2016-08-30T14:52:13 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Medeama are set to announce its decision on embattled coach Prince Owusu in the coming hours, with management locked up in a marathon meeting to de | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fsports%2F715936%2Fmedeama-to-make-prince-owusu-decision-in-hours-as-club-dec.html.json | en | null | Medeama to make Prince Owusu decision 'in hours' as club decide embattled trainer's fate | null | null | www.modernghana.com | Medeama are set to announce its decision on embattled coach Prince Owusu in the coming hours, with management locked up in a marathon meeting to decide his fate, GHANAsoccernet.com understands.
Owusu has come under mounting pressure from the fans following the side's exit from the CAF Confederation Cup.
The former Tema Youth trainer was prevented from training his squad last Friday, to escalate the volatile situation between himself and the aggrieved supporters.
The club is expected to issue a statement in the coming hours after Tuesday's top management meeting regarding the future of the popular talent spotter, GHANAsoccernet.com understands.
The former Khartoum SC assistant coach has left Tarkwa amid claims of fearing for his life.
He has told close associates he will not return to the club even though he has not officially informed his employers, GHANAsoccernet.com sleuth hounding can reveal.
The technical acumen of Owusu has come under tight scrutiny since he replaced Swedish Tom Strand few months ago.
The aggrieved supporters have solely blamed him for their painful exit from Africa's inter-club competition, where the team missed out on qualification to the semi-final on head-to-head rule.
For more Ghana football news visit www.ghanasoccernet.com | http://www.modernghana.com/sports/715936/medeama-to-make-prince-owusu-decision-in-hours-as-club-dec.html | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/f214e820a9c2dfa6fd055a4b127b4af0d1a3b8096d1ed2cb9170646fcb3c27ed.json | |
[
"Haris Rashid"
] | 2016-08-27T18:50:26 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | Hats off for a zeal, Jashan Saini speak its deal, world before eyes unveil, Even inspirations start to kneel. Dear Jashan, Meeting you w | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fnews%2F715251%2Fa-letter-to-my-girl-friend.html.json | en | null | A Letter to My Girl Friend | null | null | www.modernghana.com | Hats off for a zeal,
Jashan Saini speak its deal,
world before eyes unveil,
Even inspirations start to kneel.
Dear Jashan,
Meeting you was fate, becoming your friend was choice but falling in love with you was beyond my control.When I said you I love you, it was a game changer because I don't hand over these three magic words to passing fancy. I love you soo much. I don't think I could have went on much longer with out you. I dreamed about you. I talked about you and I will always love you even if it isn't in my favor. You were everything to me and you were a big part of what kept me motivated. See, I still think you don't even know how much you "effected" my life. "Effected" puts it too lightly because you came like a tornado and ripped through each and every thing leaving only destruction.
I blame only myself for putting all into you. It is so exhausting that I feel worthless and empty. I blame myself for all the mess. I should not have put my faith into virtual love and also should have happily accepted your proposal of breaking up when you had told me that we hadn't any future and couldn't be together.
I don't seem to be a nice guy. I am not a nice guy at all. I always say it becasue of not growing up in my home. I am confused on who I really am. The truth is I have no idea.You gave me some idea about myself. I really believe you were the greatest thing that ever happened to me. You carried me from darkness to enlightenment. It won't possible to thank you with worldly words. For you transformed my persona. You carried me from shyness into the world of boldness. You took my insomnia for some time but it must have occurred to you from my recent untimely texts that my old self has been restored.
I miss you. Not in some cheesy, let's hold hands and be together forever kind of way. I just miss you plain and simple. I miss your presence in my life. I miss my virtual friend. I promise, there hasn't been a day that I stopped wanting you and you haven't gotten out of my head since I first fell for you. It is that true love leaves a memory no one can steal and a heart ache no one can heal. I just wanted you, that is all. All your flaws, mistakes, giggles, jokes, sarcasm, everything. I just wanted you.
My days never passed well without talking to you in the morning or seeing your pics. I was used to it but now I think that it was obsession and I must forget the habit. What I had with you, I don't want with anyone else.
All I will reveal about the "us" part of relationship is that it was wonderful as could have been and I don't regret a thing. Please know I cherish our good memories and I hope you will find your whirlwind romance and someone to kiss you when your nose is stuffed and your eyes are swollen with tears. I hope you will find someone who will wake up with you every morning and see your wrinkling face and grey hair but still fall for you, who will give you a relationship that everyone will be jealous of.
I know I have hurt you many a times by hurling bad comments and words. I tell you that I never really meant them. They never came from the indepth of my heart. I am sorry for all that and seek your forgiveness.One thing that will hang around my neck like an albatross is the blunder of breaching your privacy and illegally logging in your facebook account. I apologies for the same. I regret this.
Now you have found your love , my contact with you should remain little. I have given you so many headaches in the past and now don't want to give you anymore. You seem to get depress by my actions. I don't want to land you in more trouble. Thank you for being part of my path and thank you for allowing me to love you.
Yours loving
Haris Rashid
The author is student Saiyyid Hamid Senior Secondary School,
Aligarh Muslim University &
Global Teen Ambassador Milkyway YOuth Foundation.
He can be reached at: [email protected] | http://www.modernghana.com/news/715251/a-letter-to-my-girl-friend.html | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/ab04b52f69d82c84aba373e186ed7445b2ad46b0e54f6df4d2b8ff1379a10c7a.json | |
[] | 2016-08-29T14:51:35 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | Sarkodie had a successful concert somewhere in March this year with Shatta Wale also performing at the same venue on Friday, August 26. Pundits have started | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fmusic%2F38557%2Fattendance-for-shatta-wales-indigo-o2-concert-better-than-s.html.json | en | null | Attendance for Shatta Wale's Indigo O2 Concert better than Sarkodie Organisers | null | null | www.modernghana.com | Sarkodie had a successful concert somewhere in March this year with Shatta Wale also performing at the same venue on Friday, August 26.
Pundits have started comparing how mega the two shows were taking a lot of factors into consideration.
Dennis Tawiah, CEO of Akwaaba UK, organisers of both concerts has given an account of the two shows. He said attendance for Shatta Wale’s concert was “almost full to capacity.”
Speaking on Peace FM, the event organiser disclosed that both events had event goers showing up to have fun.
When asked if attendance for Sarkodie’s concert was up to Shatta Wale’s, which happened on Friday, he said no.
“Not full to capacity but attendance was perfect,” he said.
Mr Tawiah who could not give figures quickly gave reasons why attendance for both shows varied.
“March is winter time and August is summer time so sometimes you have to measure both but I would say the shows were wonderful adverts for Ghana,” he said.
He further asked Ghanaians not to compare the two shows but rejoice in order to make our artistes proud. | http://www.modernghana.com/music/38557/attendance-for-shatta-wales-indigo-o2-concert-better-than-s.html | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/9045acfe46e24d3c362e9ac34c26d940572d03ce70441f9f811305cdca60c694.json | |
[] | 2016-08-30T20:52:20 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan has shown an unrivaled patriotic act by turning down a request from Reading to skip next year's Africa Cup of Nations - | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fsports%2F716041%2Fpatriotic-gyan-turns-down-reading-request-of-skipping-2017.html.json | en | null | 'Patriotic' Gyan turns down Reading request of skipping 2017 AFCON before penning a loan contract, reports of failed medical 'lies' | null | null | www.modernghana.com | Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan has shown an unrivaled patriotic act by turning down a request from Reading to skip next year's Africa Cup of Nations - a proposal which led to the breakdown of talks between the two parties in the highly publicized loan move.
Gyan has shredded reports that he failed a medical at the Madejski Stadium as 'lies'.
The 30-year-old, who was in England to seal a loan switch from Chinese side Shanghai SIPG, appears unhappy about the fake reports and has suggested the move collapsed because of his forthcoming participation in the Africa Cup of Nations.
Am proud of my Country, No one can stop me from serving my country.. Ghana made me who I am today.. pic.twitter.com/vBCtpQc9O4
— ASAMOAH GYAN (@ASAMOAH_GYAN3) August 30, 2016
The Championship side wanted Gyan to skip next year's Africa Cup of Nations to be held in Gabon before a deal could be finalised - a proposal the iconic Ghana captain rejected flatly.
The English side would have lost the Shanghai SIPG attacker for a period of five weeks if he represent his nation at the continental showpiece in Gabon from January-February, 2017.
Gyan is on a hunt for a new club with reports suggesting he could sign for a Premier League side before the transfer window shut on Wednesday.
Gyan enjoyed a successful two-year spell at Sunderland before making a big-money to the United Arab Emirates where he signed for Al Ain on a four-year deal.
By Patrick Akoto
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[] | 2016-08-29T02:51:07 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | English second tier side Reading are on the verge of sealing a sensational move for Ghana superstar striker Asamoah Gyan. The 30-year-old arrived in E | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fsports%2F715473%2Fghana-captain-asamoah-gyan-set-for-shock-move-to-english-sid.html.json | en | null | Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan set for SHOCK move to English side Reading | null | null | www.modernghana.com | English second tier side Reading are on the verge of sealing a sensational move for Ghana superstar striker Asamoah Gyan.
The 30-year-old arrived in England on Sunday morning and opened talks with the Royals over a loan switch.
The powerful striker to considering a season-long loan move away from Chinese Super League team Shanghai SIPG after being declared surplus to requirements.
He travelled from London to Berkshire immediately after arriving from Accra to discuss the switch to Madejski Stadium.
If the two sides are able to reach an agreement, Gyan's signing will prove to be a massive coup for Reading thanks to his high profile and showmanship.
Gyan is being lined up by the Royals as a replacement for injured striker Deniss Rakels.
Signing the deal will seal his return to England after spending two years with Sunderland before leaving for UAE side Al Ain in 2012.
Gyan joined Sunderland from French side Rennes in 2010.
He was a major hit at Al Ain where he scored a staggering 73 goals in 65 games with 44 goals coming in one season.
Gyan is also record scorer for Ghana as he has scored 48 goals from 95 appearances for the Black Stars.
For more Ghana football news visit www.ghanasoccernet.com | http://www.modernghana.com/sports/715473/ghana-captain-asamoah-gyan-set-for-shock-move-to-english-sid.html | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/0746089f10145f303f1e8c983f52f0c56997e6b6b42bd060601e3d6c75c217c8.json | |
[] | 2016-08-29T10:51:48 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | Popular Ghanaian rap artiste, Ko-jo Cue, has made public his ambition to become president of Ghana. The BBnZ Live artiste, born Linford Kennedy Amankwaa, mad | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fmusic%2F38537%2Fi-want-to-be-president-says-bbnzs-ko-jo-cue.html.json | en | null | I Want To Be President Says BBnZs Ko-Jo Cue | null | null | www.modernghana.com | Popular Ghanaian rap artiste, Ko-jo Cue, has made public his ambition to become president of Ghana.
The BBnZ Live artiste, born Linford Kennedy Amankwaa, made his presidential ambition public with a new campaign dubbed 'Ko-Jo Cue For President', ahead of Ghana's 2016 general elections on December 7.
Also, there are indications that his record label is putting up a concert dubbed 'Ko-jo Cue For President' in Accra this weekend to further shove Ko-Jo Cue's agenda.
“Vote 4 (for) me, make I chop president, Ago (I will) make you vice president-Native Funk Lords [email protected] _official& @bbnzlive present Ko-jo Cue for president,” the rapper confirmed on Instagram after posting a 'Ko-Jo Cue For President' artwork.
The said concert will take place on September 3 at the Alliance Française in Accra, and it is anticipated to bring together a lot of other Ghanaian artistes and music fans to support Ko-Jo.
Ko-Jo remains one of the best hip-hop and Afro-pop talents to come out of Kumasi.
In 2014, he dropped his mixtape titled 'The Shining' to incredible reviews from critics. The mixtape went on to be downloaded more than 12,000 times and trended on social media for two weeks. His 2015 single titled 'Lavender' has charted on more than six major radio stations in Ghana. It was remixed by DJ Kess (the most famous Ghanaian female DJ) and he followed it with his first official video months later.
Come September 3, he is expected to make a statement with his 'Ko-Jo Cue For President' campaign.
The rapper will also be announcing his forthcoming album very soon.
By Francis Addo (Twitter: @fdee50 Email: [email protected] ) | http://www.modernghana.com/music/38537/i-want-to-be-president-says-bbnzs-ko-jo-cue.html | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/6a1e10e59b423bef41947823178b27230fef39908c559187913fc31a81571752.json | |
[] | 2016-08-27T12:50:25 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | It was the Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu who said that a journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. For ten African beach soccer teams that famous quote be | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fsports%2F715233%2Ffifa-beach-soccer-world-cup-african-hopefuls-head-to-the-be.html.json | en | null | FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP: African hopefuls head to the beach | null | null | www.modernghana.com | It was the Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu who said that a journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. For ten African beach soccer teams that famous quote becomes real this weekend as they take a first step that they all hope will ultimately take them several thousand miles to the Bahamas and the ninth FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.
The winners of the four two-legged play-off matches will qualify for the CAF Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations, along with hosts Nigeria as well as a trio of North African teams who qualified based on withdrawals.
Joining the Nigerians will be Morocco, Egypt and Libya, who received byes into the finals after Liberia, Uganda and Sudan respectively pulled out of the competition.
The continental event is scheduled to be played in mid-December, and it will be there that two African teams book their tickets to the global finals, which begins in the Atlantic Ocean nation in April of next year.
East-west rivalry
Arguably the pick of the qualifying ties will be the encounter between Kenya and Ghana, with both teams pulling out all the stops to move on over the home-and-away legs. Harambee Sand Stars coach Rajab Babu is confident that they can beat the west Africans, saying: 'We respect that our opponents are a tough nut to crack since they have been active in beach football for many years, but we want to win and should have an advantage in the return match next month in Ghana.'
Kenyan fans will be looking toward strikers Mudhafar Swaleh, Fahad Hassan and Mwinyi Manzu to provide them with the goals to defeat The Black Sharks, who will be counting on the experience of Daniel Kottey Niiquaye. The coach led Ghana to the 2015 Beach Soccer AFCON finals in Seychelles last year, where the team finished seventh. They also have Alexander Adjei, who was the tournament's top scorer last time around with 16 tallies in five matches. He was also voted man of the match in four of those contests.
The Black Sharks have received some support from the government to finance their trip to Kenya, prompting the president of Beach Soccer Ghana, Yaw Ampofo Ankrah, to believe his side can qualify for their third consecutive finals. 'The Kenyans are a very strong side, they started training about six weeks ago which is good for them. But I'm certain that the Black Sharks will go to Mombasa and win. We are not complacent at all, the boys are very focused and willing to fly the flag of Ghana high.'
Defending champions
The defending African champions Madagascar, who won the last tournament in the Seychelles last year after beating Senegal in the final, face a difficult opponent in Mozambique. The southern Africans, who enjoy home advantage in the first leg, have thrice qualified for the finals of the showpiece event of African Beach Soccer, but have so far failed to escape the group phase.
Senegal, who are one of the most consistently successful African beach soccer teams and have missed the continental finals just once, are away to Cape Verde in their first leg. The Lions of Teranga, who are three-time champions and have been to five World Cup finals, can call on several of the players who represented their country at the global event in Portugal last year, where Ngalla Sylla and Seyni N'Diaye became the first African players to compete at five global events.
Côte d'Ivoire, who with Egypt and Nigeria are the only team to have played in all seven previous continental finals, have made it through to the last four on all but one occasion. Disappointingly, they have made the final - and therefore the Beach Soccer World Cup - just twice. They are away to Tanzania in their first leg.
The first round of matches will held this weekend, with the return legs scheduled for the weekend of 16 September.
(FIFA.com)
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"Hon Joseph Boahen Aidoo"
] | 2016-08-29T20:51:33 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | At the mention that the EC is going to rely on professionals (i.e. lawyers, accountants, etc) to collate results at the collation centers in the upcoming gen | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fnews%2F715755%2Fwhether-the-ndc-like-it-or-not-ghana-must-go-for-profession.html.json | en | null | Whether The NDC Like It Or Not, Ghana Must Go For Professionals In 2016 Elections - JB Aidoo Former Western Regional Minister | null | null | www.modernghana.com | At the mention that the EC is going to rely on professionals (i.e. lawyers, accountants, etc) to collate results at the collation centers in the upcoming general elections, the NDC have started shivering. An Akan proverb says, "atwamene biara suro ayayanda", to wit, every executioner dreads sleeping in supine position.
Ofosu Ampofo who is Director of Elections for the NDC warns that they (NDC) will resist any such move. He goes on to cite lack of experience and partisanship on the part of these professionals. If the NDC have any better explanation, they should come again because what they are alluding to is infantile and baseless.
In Section C of the EC's STATEMENT OF POLLS AND DECLARATION OF RESULTS (aka PINK SHEET) for both presidential and parliamentary polls in Ghana is boldly captioned BALLOT ACCOUNTING TO BE FILLED IN AT END OF POLLS BEFORE COUNTING COMMENCES.
The job of the election officer, whether at the polling station or at the collation center, is basically an exercise in ballot accounting. So, if professional accountants, lawyers, engineers, etc. are declared inexperienced because they have never been at the polls before then who are more qualified to do the ballot accounting? Was experience at the polls a requirement before university dons in Nigeria were drafted in to deliver such an excellent job at their last general elections?
Next, the NDC allude that the professionals are predominantly NPP. What a cheap, groundless and unnationalistic talk! And how can the NDC be so colour-blinded? So, which categories of Ghanaian professionals in the eyes of the NDC are not NPP to meet their whims and caprices?
Limping from there, the NDC through Ofosu Ampofo are trying to bend backwards to suggest the need to use teachers as traditional recruits for election purposes. Nobody disputes the need to go for our teachers because of their long standing involvement in general and district assembly elections. And our teachers deserve to take their posts once again. Nevertheless, the hypocrisy of the NDC must be exposed. In 2012, when the EC under Dr Afari Gyan decided NOT to engage teachers who have been known as traditional recruits and the NPP along with concerned teachers and some nationalists kicked against the EC's position, the NDC quickly went and solidly held the defence for the EC. The majority of these election officials whose particulars and qualification were shrouded in secrecy eventually turned out to be NDC rented officials. The mess that those rented officials created for Ghana is history.
Nobody except the nation wreckers will want to see a repeat of what took Ghanaians to the Supreme Court in 2013. We must build trust in the electoral processes leading to the December 7th elections, which will obviously include the calibre of personnel that will superitend the affairs at all the polling and the collation centers in Ghana.
As matter of fact, the majority of our teachers whenever they are recruited, work at the polling stations as Presiding Officers and as Election Assistants. The current bone of contention is not even about the polling stations; it is about the calibre of persons to be in-charge of collation of results which will take place at the Collation Centers at the district levels.
Not quite long ago, Nigeria relied on its university dons as election collation officers to deliver one of the most celebrated African election results in recent times. Why can't Ghana go the Nigerian way and even beyond to spare us another 2012 and its aftermath.
All well-meaning and peace-loving Ghanaians must support the idea of the EC to recruit professionals to strengthen its workforce for the 2016 elections.
Hon Joseph Boahen Aidoo fmr. Western Regional Minister and Three terms fmr. MP Amenfi East Constituency | http://www.modernghana.com/news/715755/whether-the-ndc-like-it-or-not-ghana-must-go-for-profession.html | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/4ab2542f2fcc5b877312cd3265bb5876a0dd9884d78ec6e1bcfca053947e94ee.json | |
[
"Emmanuel Oscar Ugoh"
] | 2016-08-30T14:52:34 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Johnnie Beresford Hughes is usually a casual and unassuming man. My few encounters with the broadcaster, have been humbling experiences, as his humility and | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fmusic%2F38567%2Fjohnnie-hughes-championing-broadcasting-excellence-on-3fm.html.json | en | null | Johnnie Hughes; Championing Broadcasting Excellence On 3Fm | null | null | www.modernghana.com | Johnnie Beresford Hughes is usually a casual and unassuming man. My few encounters with the broadcaster, have been humbling experiences, as his humility and will to teach is overwhelming.
Many readers will remember Johnnie Hughes as one of the leading faces, first on Viasat 1 TV as Host of The Goodlife Game Show and then on TV Africa as Host of the Rundown Show, until he left at the end of 2015 to join MG group's 3FM.
His move to 3FM was considered as a new chapter and step in his career and since December 2015, Johnnie Hughes has written this chapter with stories of Excellence. Johnnie Hughes' stay at 3FM began as he sat in for ace broadcaster, Paul Adom- Otchere on the station's news and current affairs drive show. This task was performed with enough dexterity to gain him a permanent slot when Paul Adom Otchere exited.
After proving himself on that slot, Johnnie Hughes proceeded to begin a community rights advocacy show, "Community Connect" on the station. The success of the show ran on defending the rights of ordinary Ghanaians being oppressed in the community; revealing the evils perpetrated by big corporations at the expense of well meaning citizens, while praising the good deeds of the same. Community Connect received a lot of accolades as many ills were corrected due to the show.
Following the success of this show, Johnnie Hughes was saddled with a heavier task. The broadcaster and poet was put in charge of the station's no-holds-barred elections analysis show; "Election Zone", on which he interviews leading personalities involved in this year's Presidential and Parliamentary elections and brings superior historic insights, unrivalled line up of experts and a candid outlook of the facts to his listeners.
The show which is speculated to be one of the highest rated on the station, has had major guests from the political arena; a tall list which includes, Brigette Dzogbenuku Vice Presidential candidate of the PPP, Dr. Edward Mahama of the PNC, Professor Agyemang Badu Akosa, Joyce Bawa Mogtari, spokeswoman for the NDC Campaign 2016, H. E. William Hanna ( EU head of delegation to Ghana) and many more. The show also recently hosted a debate between the aspirants of the heavily contested Korle Klottey parliamentary seat.
Aside from his exploits on radio, Johnnie Hughes has also made great impact on other branches of the MG-Group. Johnnie Hughes is credited for impeccably hosting the 3foundation launch which coincided with the June 3 disaster anniversary and more recently the launch of Ghana's Most Beautiful's tenth season.
With just a few months of hardwork, Johnnie Hughes has walked himself in many desirable spots, while making a bigger claim for himself as a broadcaster. As a young writer I feel the need to share stories like his, to inspire youth into hardwork.
The smooth-voiced Broadcaster and professional emcee for both corporate and private functions is live on 3fm 92.7, week days at 5:00pm and he tweets @hughes_3fm. | http://www.modernghana.com/music/38567/johnnie-hughes-championing-broadcasting-excellence-on-3fm.html | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/1f7c5c08acd3e9eb717624985633919d179fb4d165d241a779eecb62561ea22b.json | |
[] | 2016-08-30T06:51:46 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | The Minority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, has no idea why the Speaker of Parliament has summoned Members of Parliament back to the House from t | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fnews%2F715796%2Fi-dont-know-the-reason-for-mps-recall-minority-leader.html.json | en | null | I dont know the reason for MPs recall Minority Leader | null | null | www.modernghana.com | The Minority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, has no idea why the Speaker of Parliament has summoned Members of Parliament back to the House from their recess, despite reports that it is due to the Minority’s call for investigations into the presidential Ford gift saga.
Following the disclosure of Edward Doe Adjaho's summons to the MPs for a one week sitting beginning 1st September , there has been speculation that the Minority had requested the summons in order to initiate impeachment processes against President John Dramani Mahama.
This was confirmed on The Big Issue by the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) MP for Ayawaso West Wuogon, Emmanuel Kyeremateng Agyarko.
“We have asked Mr. Speaker to call back the house… we would want to raise the issue of the gift from Kanazoe to his Excellency the President on the floor of Parliament,” he said on the show.
However, the Minority Leader told the host of Politicos on Citi TV, Umaru Sanda Amadu, that he had not received any formal communication about the reason for the summons.
“When I heard from the grapevine that Parliament was being summoned, I was taken a bit aback, especially when there had not been any prior consultations or discussions on the issue with my humble self. Be that as it may, I had to come down,” he said
“I came cruising down to Ghana to prepare myself and prepare my colleagues and position ourselves adequately for the discussions of the proposal on Thursday as being programmed. I still have no formal communication to me on that.”
The Minority in Parliament has already hinted of a possible impeachment process against President Mahama, for accepting the Ford Expedition gift from a Burkinabe Contractor, Djibril Kanazoe.
There were reports that the Minority had started collecting signatures of MPs in order to initiate impeachment proceedings against President Mahama.
Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu downplayed this, stating that the Minority was pushing for an appraisal of the Ford saga and had not, as yet, considered starting impeachment processes.
“At this stage, nobody is talking about impeachment. It's a process that we want to start to investigate the conduct of the president and if there are any issues that are found to be untoward, we would interrogate same,” he said.
“As far as I'm concerned, the purpose for doing this is to broaden the horizon of our democratic governance. It's not meant to humiliate anybody or to score political points.”
Ahmed Ibrahim, MP for Banda
‘Parliamentary coup’
The Second Deputy Majority Chief Whip and MP for Banda, Ahmed Ibrahim, has suggested that the Minority leader’s lack of knowledge about the summons was an indication of a rift within the opposition MPs.
“Out of the 122 members on the minority side, only 18 members didn’t sign the motion. No single member from the majority side signed. I would be highly surprised if the Minority leader is saying he’s not privy to why the House is not being summoned. I would say that it’s a parliamentary coup d’etat.”
He suggested that the motion against the President might not have been backed by all members of the Minority and that certain persons were pushing for the action,” Ahmed Ibrahim told Umaru Sanda.
“The Minority side of Parliament is not intact and therefore some of us are suspecting that there may be some personalities there who may want to do what is happening. If a Minority leader, who is the leader of the side, is not privy to what his people have done, then it’s a constitutional coup on their side,” he added
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By: Edwin Kwakofi/citifmonline.com/Ghana | http://www.modernghana.com/news/715796/i-dont-know-the-reason-for-mps-recall-minority-leader.html | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/d5f20bc624d5bcb62839c1b5ca04eba7af6b763aee89a2f97c361980b7ce5aed.json | |
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"Daily Statesman"
] | 2016-08-30T12:51:55 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Members of Parliament have been recalled to consider a motion seeking to impeach President John Mahama for accepting a Ford Expedition vehicle, largely consi | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fnews%2F715888%2Fwho-can-resist-mahamas-real-impeachment-on-december-7.html.json | en | null | Who Can Resist Mahamas Real Impeachment On December 7? | null | null | www.modernghana.com | Members of Parliament have been recalled to consider a motion seeking to impeach President John Mahama for accepting a Ford Expedition vehicle, largely considered by many as a bribe, from a Burkinabe contractor.
Whilst commending the NPP Minority for initiating the process, and seeking to stand up for the interest of the nation, we want to encourage them not to be upset by the intended effort by their counterparts to foil the move for partisan considerations.
No matter the outcome of the process, posterity will acknowledge their gallant effort in standing up to be counted in the fight against bribery and corruption in the country.
The canker of bribery and corruption under this government is not only unprecedented, but also eating deeper into the very fabric of the country, and rendering the state poorer and poorer in all sectors.
President Mahama’s acceptance of the so-called gift was a serious slap in the face of good governance, especially after Ghana had been acclaimed internationally for her democratic tenets.
It must be noted that the Mahama-Kanazoe bribery scandal far transcends the mere offer and acceptance of a bribe. It also tragically reflects the excruciating unbridled corruption going on within the Mahama-led NDC government.
Often times in our country, we have allowed people in authority to have their ways without subjecting them to proper scrutiny, and by allowing this we indirectly send signals to others that they can go ahead and bend the rules; after all, their superiors are engaged in similar acts.
We are aware that the petition for impeachment will first need to be handed over to the Chief Justice by the Speaker of Parliament for investigations to be conducted to establish a prima facie case against the president.
Already, the Majority side has indicated it will move heaven and earth to ensure that the motion for impeachment is not even entertained by the Speaker.
Even though unapologetic President Mahama and his apologists have sought to lie through their teeth to Ghanaians that the Ford vehicle was a gift to the nation, Ghanaians are very discerning to read through the lines.
And whatever comes out of the attempted impeachment process will not change their views about the president, who has shown that he sees governance as a means to amass wealth at the expense of the suffering masses.
Even in the event that the process fails to achieve the ultimate result, we are convinced the actual ‘impeachment’ of President Mahama will be done by suffering Ghanaians when they go to the polls on December 7. And who can resist that ‘impeachment’?
That impeachment of the President Mahama and his government over their unbridled corruption and looting of the national coffers certainly, as well as their gross economic mismanagement, cannot be resisted by the Majority in Parliament.
In the meantime, we expect the suffering constituents of the Majority MPs to take keen interest in the attempted impeachment process against the president, and the reactions of their representatives thereof, and be advised accordingly when they go the polls on December 7. It’s about Ghana’s interest and not self-preservation. | http://www.modernghana.com/news/715888/who-can-resist-mahamas-real-impeachment-on-december-7.html | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/2e9428992eab43a6a56aa3a2ff84537325dbe8fc92b0570a7a2c4aeffc2ccaec.json | |
[] | 2016-08-26T16:49:47 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | Harare (AFP) - Riots erupted in Zimbabwe's capital Harare Friday after police fired tear gas and beat protesters who responded by throwing stones in the latest | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fnews%2F715111%2Ftear-gas-as-zimbabwe-police-beat-anti-mugabe-marchers.html.json | en | null | Tear gas as Zimbabwe police beat anti-Mugabe marchers | null | null | www.modernghana.com | Zimbabwe's opposition supporters set up a burning barricade as they clash with police during a protest for electoral reforms in Harare on August 26, 2016. By Zinyange Auntony (AFP)
Harare (AFP) - Riots erupted in Zimbabwe's capital Harare Friday after police fired tear gas and beat protesters who responded by throwing stones in the latest of a string of tense demonstrations.
The violence came a day after a High Court judge had ordered police "not to interfere (with), obstruct or stop the march".
Dozens of police blocked off the site of an opposition rally to demand electoral reforms before 2018 when 92-year-old President Robert Mugabe, who has ruled the southern African country for decades, will seek re-election.
AFP correspondents saw armed police firing tear gas and water cannon at protesters gathered on the fringes of the central business district who were waiting for the march to start.
Demonstrators then began throwing stones at police while some set tyres ablaze and others pulled down the sign for a street named after Mugabe.
Some people caught up in the melee, including children going to a nearby agricultural show, ran for shelter in the magistrate's court while riot police pursued the demonstrators and threatened journalists covering the rally.
The usually-bustling pavements were clear of street hawkers and some shops were shut, with rocks, sticks and burning tyres strewn across the streets.
Dozens of police blocked off the site of an opposition rally to demand electoral reforms in Harare
Opposition protesters also clashed with supporters of the ruling ZANU-PF party who had refused to clear their street stalls.
ZANU-PF youths hurled stones at the opposition activists but were overpowered and their stalls were set on fire.
- 'Very deep anger' -
The march was organised by 18 opposition parties including the Movement for Democratic Change led by Morgan Tsvangirai and the Zimbabwe People First formed this year by former vice president Joice Mujuru.
Opposition leaders gave a news conference where they condemned the brutal repression of the protest and vowed to increase pressure on Mugabe's regime.
"If that was meant to cow us from demonstrating, I want to say we are going to do the same next week Friday," former Mugabe ally and ex-cabinet minister Didymus Mutasa told reporters.
A man lies on the ground after receiving tear gas during clashes between Zimbabwe's opposition supporters and riot police in Harare on August 26, 2016
Protests "will continue until the day we vote," said Mutasa, a former top member of ZANU-PF who is now a senior member of Mujuru's party.
"We have had enough of ZANU-PF misrule."
Tsvangirai said the public would not be easily calmed.
"The people's anger is very deep. The people's desperation is very deep," he said.
"Today's brutal suppression of the people will not stop them from exercising their rights."
- Government losing control -
Tsvangirai said the regime was in its "sunset hour", warning that efforts to suppress the protests would backfire.
"Citizens are like a spring: the more they are suppressed, the greater the rebound," he said.
Charles Laurie, an analyst with Verisk Maplecroft in London, agreed that the government was on the verge of losing control.
A steet vendor tries to collect his tomatoes in the streets as Zimbabwe's opposition supporters clash with riot police during a protest for electoral reforms on August 26, 2016 in Harare
"The government is nearing a tipping point in its ability to control a population long used to violence and hardship, and who now have little to lose in putting themselves at risk in forcing political concessions," he told AFP.
"If the current anti-government momentum continues, we can expect the imposition of martial law and further draconian steps to re-assert government control."
Thursday's court order was issued a day after police violently put down another march by opposition youths, firing tear gas and water cannon and beating them as they staged a protest against police brutality.
Police had tried to "discourage" Friday's march, saying the anticipated crowd of around 150,000 would disrupt business and traffic.
Foreign diplomatic missions based in Harare called on the authorities to ensure that basic human rights and freedoms are respected during policing.
- 'Violence unacceptable' -
Demonstrators in Harare began throwing stones at police while some set tyres ablaze and others pulled down the sign for a street named after Mugabe
The Australian embassy issued a statement expressing concern over the recent unrest, saying the use of violence was "not acceptable under any circumstance."
And the Canadian embassy also said it was "increasingly concerned with reports of violence and human rights violations in response to public protest."
Friday's march was to demand free and fair elections. The last elections in 2013 were won by Mugabe in a vote the opposition said was rigged.
Top officials have suggested the protests were "Western-sponsored" and aimed at seeking "regime change".
Zimbabwe has seen a mounting tide of violent protests in recent weeks, with demonstrators demanding the resignation of Mugabe, who has been in power since 1980.
Under his rule, there has been an economic collapse that has caused food and cash shortages, with the country battling to pay public servants. | http://www.modernghana.com/news/715111/tear-gas-as-zimbabwe-police-beat-anti-mugabe-marchers.html | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/82d98e7b84a7a5055d3e89eba0028e40451f42e868648528b427c4251cc1a9e2.json | |
[] | 2016-08-31T12:53:08 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | Ghanaian player Kevin-Prince Boateng joined Spanish La Liga team Las Palmas for the 2016/2017 season after leaving Italian Serie A club AC Milan at the end of l | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fsports%2F716235%2Fthe-island-dream-kevin-prince-boateng-explains-why-he-chose.html.json | en | null | The Island Dream: Kevin-Prince Boateng explains why he chose Las Palmas and it's about Ghana | null | null | www.modernghana.com | Ghanaian player Kevin-Prince Boateng joined Spanish La Liga team Las Palmas for the 2016/2017 season after leaving Italian Serie A club AC Milan at the end of last season.
Las Palmas is a capital city of Spanish Grand Canary island in the Canary Islands. The city is in the north-western coast of Africa.
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Prince-Boateng's heartfelt message to Italy.
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[] | 2016-08-30T16:52:24 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) President, Affail Monney, has been accused of failing to consult his other executives in settling on the winner of the 2015 | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fnews%2F715988%2Fcontroversy-guts-gja-awards-affail-monney-accused-of-handpi.html.json | en | null | Controversy guts GJA awards; Affail Monney accused of handpicking Anas | null | null | www.modernghana.com | Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) President, Affail Monney, has been accused of failing to consult his other executives in settling on the winner of the 2015 GJA Journalist of the Year, a move that disregards the recommendations of the award committee.
The chairpersons of the Central and Western Region, Moses Dotsey Koblah Aklorbortu say the Vice-President, General Secretary, Treasurer, Organizing Secretary and the Public Relations Officer were kept in the dark about the choice of Anas Aremeyaw Anas.
Expressing disappointment in Affail Monney, the statement said “it is sad to note that, the president took the decision to decide who becomes the journalist of the year, without discussing with the other five members of his team at the national level.”
Investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas was adjudged the 2015 GJA Journalist of the Year at a ceremony last week-end in Accra. Anas was recognised for his unprecedented expose´ in which judges were filmed collecting bribes. His work has led to the sacking of some High court judges.
The two chairpersons say while Anas is a 'good choice' the lack of consultation undermines the other leaders of the Association.
Below is the full statement
Western & Central Regions of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA)
August 29, 16
Dear Sir or Madam:
We, members of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) in the Western and Central zones wish to express concerns over some fallouts from the 21st GJA awards ceremony and leadership challenges in the Association.
We first of all would like to state that the GJA still remains an independent group of professional journalists with a common purpose and interest and not an appendage of any individual, group or organisation connected to it.
Recent developments, actions and the leadership style of the President, Mr. Roland Affail Monney has made the Association unattractive in recent times.
Perennial rancor
The Association's AGMs are flawed with omissions, inaccuracies, shortcomings and other administrative lapses that should not be said of an Association that seeks to 'right the wrong'. This is because the President has failed to lead his team.
Every award since Mr. Monney took office, come with controversies that did not augur well for members. He takes unilateral decisions in most critical issues that made companies shy away from the Association because they do not know if we are political, neutral or embedded.
His posture and alacrity at which he pushes the Association to the corridors of power and money are unacceptable. Some of these decisions have to do with the sponsorship of the Associations awards and which entrant becomes the journalist of the year among others.
Sponsorship by the highest bidder
It is important to note that, many companies have vowed never to support the GJA again because of the way the President operates and many journalists have also vowed not to be members.
In the 2014 awards, the GJA took money from Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) to be the lead sponsors of the association’s awards.
Just as the team from GNPC arrived to take position, the lead sponsor was changed to Ideal Finance who promised to train journalists.
In his address in 2014, Mr. Monney said Ideal Finance had come up with gargantuan amount to support the association, in this day and age, we have a donor who donates cars to the association.
Again in 2015 awards after smoking the peace pipe with GNPC, he threw their GH¢150,000.00 sponsorship package through the window and later asked them to become co-sponsors.
GNPC declined and went away with their money then came the Ideal moment for the president and Ideal finance to unleash their products on us and our invited guest.
For pride & lost of citations
It should be on record that we are not in for money from any company, if they choose to support, so be, it but not being given the chance to support and hijacking what could be the loveliest ceremony to reward excellence.
The awards committee after their hard work, made recommendations and also took time to write citations for each category.
But because the lead sponsor have given us cars, the president of the association in haste to be seen as a celebrity for being the first to have given cars to journalists allowed the lead sponsors financial products to be announced instead of reading the citations.
The 21 Awards entries came with special works in all the categories that won the award such as My baby my Farm, Poison in the calabash, Locked and forgotten, among others.
The awards would have been complete if the citations accompanying the stories were read, instead of the products of the lead sponsor.
As journalists, we are proud to quote John Muir a Scottish-American naturalist, author, and an advocate who said “hidden in the glorious wildness like unmined gold,” therefore we cannot sell ourselves for free like that.
Therefore, as journalists, our focus should be on what changes society, the unmined gold not the financial gains by selling the association to the highest bidder.
Journalist of the Year
It is sad to note that, the president took the decision to decide who becomes the journalist of the year, without discussing with the other five members of his team at the national level.
We recall that after a chaotic emergency general meeting, some members picked up information that Mr. Monney wanted to change who becomes the next journalist of the year contrary to what was recommended by the award committee made up of eminent members.
It should be on record that, the President unilaterally threw aside the recommendations of a committee and changed the journalist of the year to Anas without consulting anyone. More so when it was on record that Anas did not enter the awards.
Mr. Monney failed to discuss with his vice, general secretary, treasurer, organizing secretary and the association’s public relations officer.
On Friday, August 27, 2016, when the issues started coming up, some regional executives overheard the discussion that Mr. Monney want to switch the overall best award winner to our own brother, Anas Aremeyaw Anas.
After the meeting, the Western Regional Chairman of the association, caught up with him at the main entrance to the building, and questioned him.
His responses were that, “No, you know the name of award winners have been announced and the Journalists of the Year is among them and the name is in a sealed enveloped we have not even opened it.”
“I can assure you that it is not Anas and Anas is nowhere near those recommended for the award, it is therefore sad that,” our president fibbed.
It was obvious that Mr. Monney’s speech did not focus on the theme, Media for Undisputed and Peaceful 2016 Election: “The Support of Civil Society,” but rather dwelled on Anas’ latest work, which is still pending in court just to back his solitary motives. His message in the booklet is different from what he delivered.
Yes Anas, a colleague, a good choice, a committed member of the association with focus on ensuring social justice, but was the decision an informed one from the national executives? No.
Our code of ethics/ Tiger Eye or Anas
We were ashamed when somebody in the audience pointed to me after the awards, that Article 10 Section II of the GJA Code of Ethics, which states, Any report or write-up affecting the reputation of an individual or an organisation without a chance to reply is unfair and must be avoided by journalists.
Mr. GJA President, our questions are: did we award the work of Anas as a director of Tiger Eye, as a company or Anas as an individual member whose report goes to Tiger Eye first?
It was interesting to note that, the representative of Anas said they were surprised to be called to come for award. When they did not even submit an entry and came to the Banquet Hall with a prepared speech.
Today, because of such solitary act on the part of the GJA President, Derys lawyer has threatened action against GJA over Anas Journalist of the Year award.
The lawyer condemned the GJA for awarding the mastermind of the shocking exposé that landed his client in trouble and described the act by our noble association as shameful and in contempt of court.
Arise past Presidents
An Akan Proverb says that, when a king has good counselors, his reign is peaceful, but that king must first listen and consult his kinsmen. That is why we call on the past presidents of the association to step in to save the GJA.
After all the GJA has now has only the awards ceremony as the main unifier.
Also there is the need for the current president be cautious in his dealings with other members of the public and should learn to consult widely for consensus; again it is an association and must remain as such.
I will use this opportunity to call on other impeccable past leaders and our senior colleagues of the association the likes of Ransford Tetteh, Madam Adwoa Yeboah Aferi, Kabral Blay Amihere, Madam Gifty Afenyi Dadzie and host of others to call the President of the association to order.
This is because; there is no need to fight now, as a “Nigerian Proverb said, In the moment of crisis, the wise build bridges and the foolish build dams.”
The President should also do the honorable thing by apologizing to both regional and national executive members and the entire membership of the association. “And that should not be a precedent”
Signed:
M. Dotsey Koblah Aklorbortu, Chairman-one, Western Region
Alice Tettey Chairwoman for Central Region
Story by Ghana|myjoyonline.com | http://www.modernghana.com/news/715988/controversy-guts-gja-awards-affail-monney-accused-of-handpi.html | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/8475e3fdee9a491c776b981e6db19820fad1de2dd0d045cda2bfe5a24c0e667a.json | |
[] | 2016-08-27T14:50:24 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | Centurion (South Africa) (AFP) - South Africa built up a strong position on the first day of the series-deciding second Test against New Zealand at Centurion on | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fnews%2F715247%2Fs-africa-build-strong-position-in-second-nz-test.html.json | en | null | S. Africa build strong position in second NZ Test | null | null | www.modernghana.com | South Africa batsman Quinton De Kock (centre) plays a shot on the first day of the second Test against New Zealand in Centurion, South Africa on August 27, 2016. By Gianluigi Guercia (AFP)
Centurion (South Africa) (AFP) - South Africa built up a strong position on the first day of the series-deciding second Test against New Zealand at Centurion on Saturday despite some good bowling by the visitors.
South Africa were 182 for two at tea after losing opening batsmen Quinton de Kock and Stephen Cook, who put on 133 for the first wicket after New Zealand decided to bowl first.
De Kock made 82 off 114 balls before hooking Neil Wagner to Trent Boult on the fine leg boundary, while Cook made a patient 56 off 143 deliveries before falling to a low catch by New Zealand captain Kane Williamson at gully off Doug Bracewell.
Hashim Amla, who was 24 not out at tea, was given out leg before wicket to Trent Boult by umpire Ian Gould when he had 17 but a successful review by the batsman showed the ball was narrowly missing his leg stump.
De Kock, the South African wicketkeeper, was moved up to open the batting which he does regularly in limited overs internationals after regular opener Dean Elgar sprained an ankle during fielding practice on Friday. Stiaan van Zyl came into the side and was expected to bat at number seven.
The combination of the watchful Cook and the more free-flowing De Kock enabled South Africa to reach 100 for no wicket at lunch.
It was South Africa's first Test century opening partnership since December 2013. And it was indicative of the difficulty of batting first in South Africa that it was the first time since March 2009 that any team had reached three figures without losing a wicket before lunch on the first day of a Test.
That 2009 honour went to Simon Katich and the late Phillip Hughes for Australia.
New Zealand fought back after lunch, however, restricting South African to 82 runs in 26 overs between lunch and tea, for the loss of two wickets with Wagner bowling an impressive spell of nine overs, conceding 17 runs and dismissing De Kock. | http://www.modernghana.com/news/715247/s-africa-build-strong-position-in-second-nz-test.html | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/e4631cb226eb469987a7c9b814e2590a81315d8318d78e5f82930925c3974277.json | |
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"Gh Kwaku"
] | 2016-08-29T14:51:57 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | Fast rising hot actress Gift Asante has released new hot promo photos. The photoshoot was shot by popular Photographer @focusnblur. The actress is not | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fmusic%2F38555%2Ffast-rising-actress-gifty-asante-stuns-in-new-promo-photos.html.json | en | null | Fast-Rising Actress Gifty Asante Stuns In New Promo Photos | null | null | www.modernghana.com | Fast rising hot actress Gift Asante has released new hot promo photos. The photoshoot was shot by popular Photographer @focusnblur.
The actress is noted for her roles in the award winning movie, “Devil in a dress” , As well as the comedy filled “kalybos in China”, Queen Latifah and last but not least, “onifranii asem” a kumawood production.
The gorgeous actress also played a lead role in short “taekwando” movie which is going for Los Angelos short movie awards. She was also a key character in “keko” a short Ghana-Nigeria collaboration movie which won number of awards.
She’s currently playing a lead role in abu idi’s “questions ” which is a first African vampire series.
Checkout her dazzling photos below….
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Gift4 | http://www.modernghana.com/music/38555/fast-rising-actress-gifty-asante-stuns-in-new-promo-photos.html | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/47c300ab659443707d2c3e9f2f832254584ac356c2a027dfec2b53554445a497.json | |
[] | 2016-08-31T10:53:20 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | Players of Bechem United will be 5,000 richer should they overcome Okwawu United in their FA Cup final this Sunday in Cape Coast. Club president Kingsley Ow | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fsports%2F716191%2Fbechem-utd-dangle-5000.html.json | en | null | Bechem Utd. Dangle ¢5,000 | null | null | www.modernghana.com | Players of Bechem United will be ¢5,000 richer should they overcome Okwawu United in their FA Cup final this Sunday in Cape Coast.
Club president Kingsley Owusu Achau told this writer that the financial package seeks to empower the already motivated players to do away with complacency.
He said at his Adabraka office yesterday that their 3-1 thrashing of league contenders Hearts has been the driving force ahead of the game.
And responding to what has accounted for the club’s recent stellar showing, he attributed it the entire team’s resolve to compliment the efforts of the president.
” We are ready for the final, we have promised each player ¢5,000 as winning bonus, I know and confident that they will repeat the Hearts dose. Skipper of the side Issah Adamu has pledged to deliver.”
“I think the coach also deserves commendation, he has now found his rhythm and know the players better now.”
Bechem, lying seventh on the league log have been impressive lately, going past four games unbeaten.
Paying glowing tribute to Alfred Azumah Nelson, he pointed out that the team has come far to let go the opportunity of lifting the silverware and consequently go to Africa.
By: Kofi Owusu Aduonum | http://www.modernghana.com/sports/716191/bechem-utd-dangle-5000.html | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/54d1a03610dd11ddc4105d33aa6c276beba3b2bf89366961f364e1097134e57c.json | |
[] | 2016-08-26T14:50:25 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | Ghana international Emmanuel Agyemang Badu saw his wages almost double before signing a four year deal that will see him remain at the club until 2020. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fsports%2F715089%2Frevealed-udinese-improved-agyemang-badus-salary-to-get-him.html.json | en | null | Udinese improved Agyemang Badus salary to get him extend his contract | null | null | www.modernghana.com | Ghana international Emmanuel Agyemang Badu saw his wages almost double before signing a four year deal that will see him remain at the club until 2020.
The Ghana international signed a new four year contract with the Italian side after being linked with a move away all summer.
Badu put to bed all reports of a move away from the Italian side after agreeing the deal on Friday afternoon.
Watford, Norwich and Middlesbrough were all linked with the powerful midfielder but Udinese are in desperate need of their key players and have decided against selling him.
Badu is richer this season than he was last seeing with reports that the club had to almost double his weekly wages before getting him to commit his future for the next four years.
With his future put to bed he will now concentrate on getting the team back to its best.
For more Ghana football news visit www.ghanasoccernet.com | http://www.modernghana.com/sports/715089/revealed-udinese-improved-agyemang-badus-salary-to-get-him.html | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/94f8642ebdc14569bbc5ea1b0678c1bde769a8a1727881274929037014668ce2.json | |
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"Paul Aninakwa Kwakye"
] | 2016-08-28T22:51:31 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | It was full of tradition amidst drumming and dancing to the prestigious atumpan, frontomfrom as chiefs and people of Akyem Awisa climax odwira festival. The | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fnews%2F715461%2Fakyem-awisa-marks-odwira-festival.html.json | en | null | Akyem Awisa Marks Odwira Festival | null | null | www.modernghana.com | It was full of tradition amidst drumming and dancing to the prestigious atumpan, frontomfrom as chiefs and people of Akyem Awisa climax odwira festival.
The festival was celebrated to mark 100 years of quality education in Akyem Awisa.
The festival drew huge number of people from in and outside the country to Awisa.
Chiefs of nearby communities were present in their numbers to grace the occasion.
A representative of His Excellency, President John Dramani Mahama, Mr. Kofi Adams; Mr. Solomon Nkansah together with Hon. Emmanuel Kwakye DCE of Birim South District, NDC parliamentary candidate of Akyem Swedru Constituency Robert Ansah were present to donate some amount to support the occasion.
Also present were the Progressive People's Party's vice presidential candidate Brigitte Dzogbenuku, Eastern Regional Chairman of NPP, Hon Yaw Osafo Marfo, Dr. Agyei Marfo, Dr. Kwakye Marfo, Hon. Kennedy Osei Nyarko MP Akyem Swedru, Mr. Kofi Asamoah, Prof. Kwasi Opoku Amankwa,Prof. Dr. Kwabena Danso, Prof. Kwame Karikari, Lawyer Kwasi Nyantakyi GFA President, Leut. Col. Broni of Akyem Achiase Jungle welfare, clergy.and many others
The guest Speaker for the occasion was Omanhene of Essikado Traditional area in the Central Region, Nana Kobina Nketsia V.
The theme for the festival was "Education and Tradition for Development" | http://www.modernghana.com/news/715461/akyem-awisa-marks-odwira-festival.html | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/c177263f1150162089eb30b43e6a0dd79b7ea312ffa60459ce9587f3f0ad4d0d.json | |
[] | 2016-08-31T10:53:18 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | Christopher Quaye (3rd right) joined by other staff of JISLAH to hand over the cash and items to representatives of the leprosarium A leadi | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fnews%2F716193%2Fjislah-gives-to-accra-psychiatric-hospital-weija-leprosariu.html.json | en | null | JISLAH Gives To Accra Psychiatric Hospital, Weija Leprosarium | null | null | www.modernghana.com | Christopher Quaye (3rd right) joined by other staff of JISLAH to hand over the cash and items to representatives of the leprosarium
A leading non-banking financial institution in Ghana, JISLAH Financial Services Limited, has donated food items, toiletries and cash amount to the children's ward of the Accra Psychiatric Hospital and the Weija Leprosarium.
Personal Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mimi Anaman, and Emmanuel Obeng Jnr, Senior Officer in-charge of Project & Recovery, led a team of the company's representatives to make the first stop at the children's ward of the Accra Psychiatric Hospital to present items, including diapers, bags of rice, sugar, water and cooking oil.
In a remark, Ms Anaman said the donation was part of the company's corporate social responsibility targeted at supporting the needy “who are the most vulnerable in the society. As a Christian organisation, we believe in the mandate of giving back to society what God has blessed us with. We do this twice every year, on CEO's birthday and the end of year.”
JISLAH, she reiterated, would continue to give care and support for the less-privileged in the society through its corporate social responsibility programmes, and urged other corporate bodies to follow suit and support the welfare of the needy.
Makafui Agbeko, Nursing Officer in-charge of the children's ward who received the items on behalf of the hospital, observed the continuous support rendered by JISLAH over the years and expressed profound gratitude to the company.
“We are grateful for the wonderful donation, especially the encouragement and support you have given us over the years,” she said
At the Weija Leprosarium where representatives of the company, led by Christopher Quaye, Head of Recovery, they presented bags of water, drinks, food and cash amount to inmates at the leprosarium.
The items were received on behalf of the leprosarium by Mrs Gladys Adobea, leader/prefect of the facility, who thanked the company for supporting the needy and called on other corporate organisations to emulate JISLAH's example. | http://www.modernghana.com/news/716193/jislah-gives-to-accra-psychiatric-hospital-weija-leprosariu.html | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/ba49703857cf88172b64b9fe871b5167f1849013f4206e80498325481e94e2a8.json | |
[] | 2016-08-31T08:53:06 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | An Accra high court has dismissed the suit filed by former Minister of State and legal advisor to ex-President John Agyekum Kufuor, Mrs Vicky Bright, praying th | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fnews%2F716157%2Fvicky-bright-thrown-out.html.json | en | null | Vicky Bright Thrown Out | null | null | www.modernghana.com | An Accra high court has dismissed the suit filed by former Minister of State and legal advisor to ex-President John Agyekum Kufuor, Mrs Vicky Bright, praying the court to declare the election of Mr Ahmed Arthur as parliamentary candidate for Okaikoi South as null and void.
Justice Daniel Mensah in his ruling stated that Ahmed Arthur did not commit fraud as claimed by Ms Bright in his nomination form for both the 2012 and 2016 primaries of the party.
Vicky Bright had sought to annul the outcome of the Okaikoi South primary arguing that the MP’s nomination form had wrong information concerning the programme he pursued at the Ghana Institute of Journalism, a claim which she stated had been upheld by the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC).
Vicky had also questioned the voter register used to organize the primary that saw the MP elected as the parliamentary candidate for Okaikoi South.
Mr Arthur had argued that following his disqualification by the NEC for supplying wrong information, he subsequently appealed against the ruling at the National Council of the party and had a ruling in his favour (that the primary be re-run).
He stated that he had wrongly stated the course of study because he didn’t have access to his certificate at the time of filing his nomination form.
In his ruling, Justice Mensah said the matter should have been heard at the constituency level before being heard by the party's NEC.
Justice Mensah thus, opined that both the NEC and the National Council had erred but the crux of the matter was whether Mr Arthur had supplied wrong information with the aim of creating undue advantage.
Justice Mensah said once that wasn't the case, Mr Arthur had not committed fraud as being claimed.
The judge also pointed out that the question of Mr Arthur’s educational background did not re-surface in the 2016 primary.
On the question of the voter register, Justice Mensah stated that the same register was used in the election of the flagbearer of the party and thus saw nothing wrong with it.
Speaking to Joy Fm after the ruling, the Okaikoi South MP said he felt vindicated by the ruling and called on all party members in the constituency to join his re-election bid as well as ensure that NPP flagbearer, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, is elected president. | http://www.modernghana.com/news/716157/vicky-bright-thrown-out.html | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/1b204041a66f053a9cc52a16ec5d29b8bd84beb50b5c9742ddd0f1fd9c4fe2ef.json | |
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"Kwaku Badu"
] | 2016-08-28T22:51:06 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | I was really taken aback when I perused through some of the comments posted by the discussants on my previous periodical, captioned: lsquo;Mahama: A competent | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fnews%2F715458%2Fakufu-addo-a-dictator-who-believes-in-the-rule-of-law.html.json | en | null | Akufu Addo: A Dictator Who Believes In The Rule Of Law? | null | null | www.modernghana.com | I was really taken aback when I perused through some of the comments posted by the discussants on my previous periodical, captioned: ‘Mahama: A competent dictator is better than an incompetent and corrupt leader’ (See: ghanaweb.com; modernghana.com, 26/08/2016).
In fact, a critical assessment of the caption and the main body of the aforesaid article will reveal a hypothetical situation. Nevertheless, only a few discussants managed to grasp partially the import of the periodical.
Interestingly, some discussants stated audaciously: “there is not such a thing like competent dictator”; “how can you have a competent dictator?” “You don’t know who a dictator is; else you won’t say a competent dictator.”
To be quite honest, the discussants are partially right; because dictator like Jerry John Rawlings was incompetent. However, I would have liked them to tell me we cannot have dictatorship in a constitutional democracy like ours.
In any case, those discussants performed exceedingly better than a whole president who thinks Ghana could go back to the Rawlings era (dictatorship) if Ghanaians voted Nana Akufu Addo into power ; (see: ‘Akufu Addo is a dictator, don’t vote for him’-Mahama ; classfmonline.com ; ghanaweb.com, 24/08/2016).
As a matter of fact, in a constitutional democracy such as ours, our presidents powers are guided by the constitution and their limits are clearly stated.
Needless to say, it is only when the other two arms of government - the judicial and the legislative aren’t functioning properly that a supposedly dictator could survive.
Moreover, a supposedly dictator can only exhibit his/her impishness in a constitutional democracy that has weak and dowdy laws such as the Criminal Libel and Seditious Laws which was used mainly by the founder of the NDC Party and former president, Jerry John Rawlings.
In fact, the NDC founder Jerry John Rawlings is a typical example of a dictator. Rawlings bamboozled onto the political scene through a series of coup d’états.
In hindsight, the NDC Party was founded by a dictator. In other words, the NDC Party was born out of violence.
Unsurprisingly, therefore, Rawlings imposed himself onto Ghanaians and ruled like ‘God’. He had no respect for the rule of law. He even imposed the then flagbearer the late Mills on the NDC Party.
Yes, Rawlings defied all the opposition and ‘enstooled’ the late Mills on the throne. That was a real dictatorship.
It is worth stressing that it was power intoxicated dictator Rawlings who managed to import the Article 72 into our constitution which allows our successive presidents to free convicted criminals.
Rawlings also took delight in the neanderthaloid laws such as the Criminal Libel and Seditious Laws and used them to silence his opponents and political analysts.
Rawlings actually hid behind the barbarous Criminal Libel and Seditious Laws and sent a large number of his opponents to prison.
Seasoned journalists like Kwaku Baako Jnr and Haruna Atta were imprisoned by the despotic revolutionary Jerry John Rawlings for voicing out their opinions.
Ironically, however, it was the supposedly dictator Nana Akufu Addo (former Attorney General ) who worked synergistically with the forward thinking President Kufuor and repealed the truculent and inhumane Criminal Libel and Seditious Laws in 2001.
“A memorandum on the bill presented to the House by the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, stated, "the purpose of the bill is to fulfil the promise of repeal, and thereby demonstrate the Kufuor government's determination to make good its promise to the nation”.
“The memorandum said these laws have come to symbolize authoritarian, anti-democratic impulses within Ghana's body politics which the media have been virtually and vociferously unanimous in demanding their repeal”.
“According to the memorandum, such laws are unworthy of a society seeking to develop on democratic principles on the basis of transparency and accountability in public life” ( https://www.modernghana.com/news/.../criminal-libel-law-repealed.html , 30/06/2001).
It is, however, ironic that a historian like President Mahama could distort the facts and opine that someone who has worked in valence to repeal the Criminal Libel and Seditious Laws is a dictator. How bizarre?
The fact of the matter is Nana Akufu Addo spearheaded the fight against dictatorship. For example, in 1995, he led the Alliance for Change demonstration which was dubbed “Kume Preko", which provided a platform for Ghanaians to express their dissatisfaction with what was going on in the NDC government led by the despotic Jerry John Rawlings (www.modernghana.com/news/172/kume-preko-on-cnn-bbc.html).
Nana Akufu Addo asserted after the demonstration: “Ghana is still in the grip of people who have a very, very warped idea of a democratic system of government."
Do you call this person a dictator, President Mahama?
K. Badu, UK. | http://www.modernghana.com/news/715458/akufu-addo-a-dictator-who-believes-in-the-rule-of-law.html | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/d085904f873b8c47b8fbfe09fc36ec3790085161e27a818bc81ae5ff71413b74.json | |
[] | 2016-08-29T18:51:33 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | A new report released by the Bank of Ghana (BoG) on Annual Percentage Rates (APR) and Average Interest(AI) paid on deposits by banks has reveled that the averag | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fnews%2F715742%2Faverage-interest-on-car-loans-in-ghana-hit-32.html.json | en | null | Average interest on car loans in Ghana hit 32% | null | null | www.modernghana.com | A new report released by the Bank of Ghana (BoG) on Annual Percentage Rates (APR) and Average Interest(AI) paid on deposits by banks has reveled that the average interest rate for a car loan in Ghana is now at 32.4 percent.
The report also reveled that as at 31st May 2016 Stanchart bank offered the cheapest car loans among its peers in Ghana.
Out of the 29 banks covered in the report, which the BoG says it published to promote transparency in the pricing and provision of banking services, Stanchart came up tops as the bank with the cheapest auto loan ranging at figures ranging from 18.4 percent to 28 percent.
Bank of Baroda came in second with the bank with the cheapest car loan at 21 percent followed by SG Bank from between 21.8 percent to 29.8 percent.
The fourth, fifth and sixth position is occupied by Energy bank with 28.5 percent Zenith bank 29 percent and FBN Ghana from 29.1 percent to 31 percent.
HFC comes in at number 7 with between 29.7 percent and 30.3 percent, Stanbic bank at number 8 with 30 percent, GN Bank number 9 at 31.3-38.4 percent and UT bank at 32.2- 35.2 percent at number 10.
According to the report from the bottom banks which offer the most expensive car loans include Unibank at 40.8-45.8 percent, Royal bank 40.2 percent, Bank of Africa 36.5 percent, Barclays bank 36.1-40.1 percent and Cal bank 35.3 percent.
Meanwhile 6 banks Access bank, Capital bank, Fidelity bank, First National Bank, GT bank, NIB and Universal Merchant Bank according to the report do not offer car loans.
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By: Vivian Kai Lokko/citibusinessnews.com/Ghana | http://www.modernghana.com/news/715742/average-interest-on-car-loans-in-ghana-hit-32.html | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/304cc878a2551e679c8ee4b0ca4b9d63f8d8ef5082e05e919d12f0e5bad34031.json | |
[] | 2016-08-31T06:52:24 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | The outgoing Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Professor Emmanuel Martey, has said that the Montie FM trio who were recently convicted of contempt | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fnews%2F716110%2Fdemon-possessed-montie-3-needed-deliverance-prof-martey.html.json | en | null | Demon-possessed Montie 3 needed deliverance Prof Martey | null | null | www.modernghana.com | The outgoing Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Professor Emmanuel Martey, has said that the Montie FM trio who were recently convicted of contempt and jailed by the Supreme Courts were possessed by demons when they made the threats to kill the justices.
According to him, the declaration by Alistair Nelson, one of the convicted panelists that he was suffering from an unknown disease known as ‘kpokpogbligbli’, which he said means ‘violent shaking’ was an indication that he had been possessed by evil spirits if that claim was true.
Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, Professor Martey said the three should have been taken to pastors for the ‘demons’ to be cast out.
“Sometimes we act on ignorance. One of these people said he should be pardoned because he was suffering from 'kpokpogbligbli'. It is etymologically derived from two Ga words which mean 'to shake' and 'violently'. So 'kpokpogbligbli' is the violent shaking of the body and this is done by evil spirits. Human beings created in the image of God, you can't just be in that condition,” he said.
“These are people who are being controlled by demons, evil spirits. Instead of bringing them to the Ministers, the Pastors so that they cast them out, you are insulting the pastors. Should we allow demon-possessed people to come and rule and take charge of our society? It was evil spirits controlling them to do that and the church will not allow that.”
Lawful but not helpful
Professor Martey said the president was well within his rights to remit the sentences of the three. He added that as a Christian, forgiveness and mercy were very important.
“Different nations have different laws. These Montie three, they did something which was wrong and to show that it was wrong they had come to apologize and they said they would never ever do that again. Which means they themselves know that what they have done is wrong, he said”
“But in our Christian faith, there is something called forgiveness. The forgiveness came from the president and it is within the laws of this nation, even though people are contending, he could exercise that prerogative and right and he's done it.”
However, he raised concerns about whether the decision would be ‘helpful’ in the long run despite its legality.
“If it's within the law, okay. But as a Christian and a spiritual leader, I would say that even though all things will be lawful, not all things are helpful.”
Montie 3 roam free
Mugabe and two others panelists on his show, Alistair Nelson, Godwin Ako Gunn, were released from prison on Friday following the remission of their four-month sentence after they were convicted of contempt and jailed by the Supreme Court.
Hundreds of supporters of the three, some clad in NDC attire, gathered outside the premises of the station after they were released from the Akuse prison.
A statement from the Communication Ministry said the President had taken the decision on compassionate grounds following a petition presented to him.
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[] | 2016-08-26T14:50:18 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | Former Ghana and former Hearts of Oak defender Dan Quaye claims he is better than most of the players that have called up by Avram Grant to play against Rwan | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fsports%2F715087%2Fdan-quaye-questions-john-boyes-inclusion-in-the-black-stars.html.json | en | null | Dan Quaye questions John Boyes inclusion in the Black Stars, says he is better than most Black Stars players | null | null | www.modernghana.com | Former Ghana and former Hearts of Oak defender Dan Quaye claims he is better than most of the players that have called up by Avram Grant to play against Rwanda in the final AFCON qualifiers.
Boye who played for Chinese side Chongqing Lifan in 2007 is of the view that most of the names on Grant's list do not deserve to play for the Nation.
He further claimed he is playing consistently and can deliver the stuff if given the opportunity to represent Ghana again.
'I have not change you can ask some of your colleagues journalists that watch our matches they will testify everything to you,' Quaye told Takoradi based Radio Aseda FM
'John Boye and those at Europe, they don't play regular side, if anyone tells you they play regular side is not true'.
'Ghanaian players who play regular side for their teams at Europe is not even up to ten players or they think we don't know. I have been there for so many years, I have the self confidence to play in Black Stars."
Dan Quaye was a member of Hearts of Oak's team which won the CAF Champions League in 2000.
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] | 2016-08-28T22:51:04 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | 26 year old Eva Adarkwah defied all odds running at constant speed in fashionable style to place first in the women rsquo;s category of the ldquo;Run For Ch | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fsports%2F715439%2Feva-adarkwah-wins-npp-ablekuma-south-run-for-change-marath.html.json | en | null | Eva Adarkwah Wins NPP Ablekuma South Run For Change Marathon | null | null | www.modernghana.com | 26 year old Eva Adarkwah defied all odds running at constant speed in fashionable style to place first in the women’s category of the “Run For Change” Marathon organized by aspiring Member of Parliament for Ablekuma South constituency in Accra on Saturday.
Over 2,000 mostly youth and school children under 16 years took part in the 13km race which started from Korle Gonno Lavender Hill through some principal streets of the constituency ending at the Sempe cluster of schools at Mamprobi.
Eva Adarkwah, a former student of Ghanatta School of Art was followed by Betty Kumah.
Sumaila Linda, Emmanuella Eninful and Elizabeth Addy shared honors in the girls Under 16 category coming first, second and third respectfully.
In the men’s race, John Boateng came first, followed by Harold Malm at second and George Mensah taking the third position. Boateng shot into the lead after about 5 km and made an impressive time.
The boys Under 16 was won by Foliquaye Ametepe, with Hamza Ngouse Benson and Emmanuel Boampong taking the runners-up positions.
Michael Cofie won the above 50years men category. All the winners were rewarded with brand new bicycles with all participants getting exercise books and school bags.
Lawyer Jerry Ahmed Shaib in whose honour the “Run For Change” was organized who took part in the event and finished said Ablekuma South abounds in sporting talents and they must vote for a government that loves sports for more sporting facilities and programs to be organized to unearth talents who can represent Ghana on the international scene and win medals,
He urged the kids and youth to take education and sports serious by living healthy lifestyle to be able to develop Ghana into a better respected and disciplined nation.
Eva Adarkwah who spoke to yours truly after the race said her hobbies are reading and running, so she does keep fit exercises a lot. She adviced Ghanaian ladies to do more sports and appreciate sporting activities, she also thanked the youthful Hon. Jerry Ahmed Shaib and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the initiative and prayed that the party wins the December elections. | http://www.modernghana.com/sports/715439/eva-adarkwah-wins-npp-ablekuma-south-run-for-change-marath.html | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/c6b9d6008685dc8e1c72ee7874d45904c12513e577cddfa9e92efc1c8071d897.json | |
[] | 2016-08-29T10:51:44 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | Serious Productions, a multimedia production and events firm based in Accra, is set to roll out a new exciting entertainment programme with stellar content call | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fmusic%2F38541%2Fstarbuzz-hits-tv-screens.html.json | en | null | StarBuzz Hits TV Screens | null | null | www.modernghana.com | Serious Productions, a multimedia production and events firm based in Accra, is set to roll out a new exciting entertainment programme with stellar content called StarBuzz.
According to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Serious Productions, Charles Adu Koranteng, popularly known in the media circles as Mc Coaches, “StarBuzz is a new string of hundred percent entertainments to hit the screens, featuring up-to-date celebrity news and lifestyle, gossip, exclusive interviews and behind the scenes, most current music videos and a lot of more juicy entertainment thrills.”
He said, “Ghanaians are in for a real treat of a different and absolute entertainment experience.”
Mr Adu Koranteng added that the new show “will not join the regular entertainment shows we are used to on our screens, rather StarBuzz will capture attention of viewers right from beginning to end of the show which is expected to air for 30 minutes each week.”
He said entertainment lovers should expect segments like buzz 360, save the date, celebrity interviews & lifestyle, CEO's playlist, one-on-one, throw backs, among others.
He also revealed a surprise for viewers each week, stating that the target of StarBuzz, unlike regular entertainment shows, includes corporate Ghana.
The show will also seek to empower the youth through a specially designed youth empowerment initiative which will be launched together with the show.
StarBuzz is expected to be aired anytime soon on TV. The premiering date is yet to be confirmed, but anxious fans can visit StarBuzz social media pages for excerpts. | http://www.modernghana.com/music/38541/starbuzz-hits-tv-screens.html | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/0ab5a55df343c6ecf7314e89bf90f9a43d704ea5e4a4458836b1a570981a1d92.json | |
[] | 2016-08-26T20:50:09 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | Newcastle manager Rafa Benitez is refusing to answer whether they are set to sign Chelsea ace Christian Atsu but insists they want to grab a winger before th | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fsports%2F715145%2Fnewcastle-manager-rafa-benitez-responds-to-transfer-links-to.html.json | en | null | Newcastle manager Rafa Benitez responds to transfer links to Chelsea's Christian Atsu | null | null | www.modernghana.com | Newcastle manager Rafa Benitez is refusing to answer whether they are set to sign Chelsea ace Christian Atsu but insists they want to grab a winger before the transfer window shuts.
Despite the Spanish manager's evasiveness his revelation that they are keen on a winger shows that indicates they are interested in the Ghana international winger.
The 24-year-old has been heavily linked with a loan move to the Magpies after previous loan moves away from Chelsea in the past two years.
Asked if he is keen on Atsu, Benitez said: 'We don't talk about the targets. "We have players in different positions. I am really pleased with the squad and how they train, but we have to keep the balance."
Benitez says he wants to sign three players before the transfer window shuts early next week even though he has already signed nine players so far this summer for the Championship club.
Despite these huge purchases during this summer transfer window Benitez still feels the squad is short of a striker and winger.
"It's very difficult to have a manager who is really pleased with his squad," said Newcastle manager.
"You always want to improve your squad with better players. We still need two or three players, players who are versatile and can play in different positions.
"We have to do some deals. We are loaning players, sending players, buying players, we have some names, targets. "(Arsenal manager) Arsene Wenger was saying it is a very difficult transfer window and it is true because of the prices.
'We are trying very hard and we have been monitoring players but sometimes it depends on offers, wages, agents.
"We can afford players if it is necessary, but sometimes it is not easy because they won't come to the Championship or they are in the Champions League."
This shows Atsu is most likely to play for the Championship side this season having had loan spells with clubs in Holland and Spain.
For more Ghana football news visit www.ghanasoccernet.com | http://www.modernghana.com/sports/715145/newcastle-manager-rafa-benitez-responds-to-transfer-links-to.html | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/9d4884818a4a73b6eecd2a45b70a0052ae82f688b99023422caf79a347f381db.json | |
[] | 2016-08-27T16:50:44 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | Ghanaian defender Abdul Baba Rahman made his German Bundesliga debut for new club Schalke 04 as they travelled to play Eintracht Frankfurt in the opening day of | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fsports%2F715272%2Fbaba-rahman-ghanaian-defender-debuts-for-schalke-in-the-bun.html.json | en | null | Baba Rahman: Ghanaian defender debuts for Schalke in the Bundesliga from the bench | null | null | www.modernghana.com | Ghanaian defender Abdul Baba Rahman made his German Bundesliga debut for new club Schalke 04 as they travelled to play Eintracht Frankfurt in the opening day of the league season.
Rahman who enjoyed a start in Schalke's German Cup game last week was handed a bench role for the game against Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday.
The Ghana international was however introduced in the 63nd minute replacing Saed Kolasinac for Schalke 04. READ ALSO: Baba Rahman joins Chelsea in £21.7m deal
Schalke 04 lost their first league game of the season in the Bundesliga with Alexander Meier scoring the only goal of the game for Frankfurt after just 13 minutes of play.
play Baba Rahman [right] joined Schalke 04 from Chelsea.
For more sports news visit allSports.com.gh | http://www.modernghana.com/sports/715272/baba-rahman-ghanaian-defender-debuts-for-schalke-in-the-bun.html | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/e7331e014bfe92c4cc7a34011eef2e343d45ba13b67200b197b6d5224750a4ef.json | |
[] | 2016-08-30T14:52:18 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Asamoah Gyan , captain of the senior national team of Ghana, the Black Stars has stated no one can stop him from serving his country. Ghana is set to play Rw | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fsports%2F715927%2Fasamoah-gyan-black-stars-captain-says-no-one-can-stop-him-f.html.json | en | null | Asamoah Gyan: Black Stars captain says no one can stop him from serving Ghana | null | null | www.modernghana.com | Asamoah Gyan , captain of the senior national team of Ghana, the Black Stars has stated no one can stop him from serving his country.
Ghana is set to play Rwanda in the final game of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers.
The Sports Ministry in Ghana are suggesting that players from the local leagues should be used for the qualifier against Rwanda as Avram Grant's men have already booked a place in Gabon for the next Africa Cup of Nations tournament. READ MORE: Asamoah Gyan fails Reading medical
The debate has been an ongoing one with the Sports Ministry refusing to pay the airfares for the players to travel from their respective clubs, saying the Ministry is cash-strapped.
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Asamoah Gyan training with the senior national team of Ghana, the Black Stars.
For more sports news visit allSports.com.gh | http://www.modernghana.com/sports/715927/asamoah-gyan-black-stars-captain-says-no-one-can-stop-him-f.html | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/49f258899056908fe05a16cf073149d6a8e4c6103bd6f5222d971acd9f7afbf8.json | |
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"Ahanta Apemenyimheneba Kwofie Iii"
] | 2016-08-30T08:52:22 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Every police officer who remembers the oath that he or she took to serve and protect mother Ghana lives in modesty full of commitment, sacrifice and dedicati | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fnews%2F715810%2Fthe-police-oath-the-most-sacred-oath-but-seemingly-forgotte.html.json | en | null | The Police Oath, The Most Sacred Oath But Seemingly Forgotten By Those Who Took It | null | null | www.modernghana.com | Every police officer who remembers the oath that he or she took to serve and protect mother Ghana lives in modesty full of commitment, sacrifice and dedication to the cause of the police service and the overall well-being of the ordinary Ghanaian. He or she tries to live out of expectation and above reproach. Such police officers often have problems with their fellow police officers and are in some cases victimized. They are seen to be odd and often referred to as "holier than the pope" police officers.
An oath can simply be defined as a promise or solemn declaration in front of an authority, another person or to oneself. An oath is considered very sacred and must be kept always in order to remain faithful and loyal to a chosen cause. Oaths are chemical bonds of responsibilities that exist between two parties. Some common types of oaths are: Hippocratic oath, oath of allegiance, oath of office, pauper's oath and veterinarian's oath. Oaths have longstanding traditions cutting across religious beliefs , kingship, profession, cultures. Simply put, they are pledges between individuals transcended from ancient times to us in these modern times.
In modern times, there seems to be a reduced reverence for oaths compared to ancient times when the death penalty was the only mitigation for breaking an oath particularly an oath of allegiance. No wonder there is widespread abuse of political and public offices in our country Ghana. People take an oath for the fun of it because it has become a basic requirement one must go through to assume political or public office including the police. No value is placed on oaths now. This has taken the shine away from the responsibilities, commitments, dedication, sacrifice and loyalty of oath taking. Believe me or not, oath taking goes beyond the physical to the spirit realm because it is in the spirits of people that oaths are taken and not for the mere fun of it. It is a spiritual chemical bond that binds oath takers to the responsibilities, commitments, dedication and sacrifice for which they have sworn.
No one is a police officer until he or she takes the police oath of allegiance to the government of Ghana. I and some 98 others reported to Koforidua Police Training School on 30th May, 2008 to start training to become police officers. One of the first requirements was for us to take the police oath. On 12th June 2008, inside the chapel at Gallaway in Koforidua, we stood before the Republic of Ghana and took an oath of allegiance and swore on our lives to protect Mother Ghana at all times. Even though I had a little problem with preparation before the oath was taken, taking the oath itself was a solemn one full of goose pimples on one's skin accompanied by determination and zeal to serve God and country. I expected some orientation to have been done earlier to prepare the minds of yet-to-be police officers about the oath we were taking but that was not done.
Our OC, one ASP Lamptey led us to take the oath. The OC, fanked by Inspector Dogbefu and now Sergeant Offori Atta charged us to live by our oath as police officers. He told us that our journey in the police service had started and for that matter we should prepare ourselves physically, psychologically and mentally to walk our call to be noble police officers. The OC assured us of troubles ahead including death once we had sworn to be police officers. We would sometimes be treated unfairly by our own colleagues in our quest to live by our oaths but we should stick to the end. The atmosphere itself was charged but very serene to remain in one's memory if one truly had an open heart to take the oath in good faith. The blowing wind itself was speech of a thousand words.
The OC cautioned that those who lived by the oath would see the light of day though there would be challenges. Any police officer whom after taking the oath used the uniform for criminal activities would be exposed by the uniform itself since there is a sharp contrast between a criminal and the police uniform. The OC then ushered us into training and handed us over to Inspector Dogbefu who was then the trainer in charge od drills. We had begun a new journey in policing.
Exactly two weeks into the training, ASP Lamptey was transferred and we were handed over to Supt/Mr. Nuhu Jango Alhassan now ACP and Divisional commander, Nima. He was a man who brought a lot of dynamism to our training and took his time to correct some perceptions we had about the police and some perceptions the police also had about us.
We were taught constable maxims where we were supposed to treat the general public with utmost civility and respect. We were to treat all people without prejudice, to respect the dignity the rights of all Ghanaians. We were to be trustworthy and confidential. We were to possess all the positive attributes to make our society safer for ourselves, our families, friends and the general Ghanaian public. Mr Alhassan also reminded us to also live by our oaths.
After 8 months of rigorous training, we passed out successfully. The former Director-General of CID Mr. Frank Adu-Poku who reviewed the passing out parade in his address reminded us to live by the oaths we took as police officers. We were to always insist on the right things though they would come with challenges. At every aspect of our training, we were reminded of the oath we took and the fact that we should abide by it always.
I don't remember anywhere in our 8 months training at Koforidua Police Training School where we were taught armed robbery, defiling of children and raping of women. I don't remember where we were taught extortion and all forms of corruption coupled with the drug trade where some police officers are alleged to be couriers. No and never! These subjects were never in our curriculum. The question is how then did these miscreants find themselves in the police and drag the name of the service into disrepute? Did they really take the police oath? Did they understand it?
A little research I conducted by interviewing some colleagues indicates that 9 out of 10 police officers have forgotten that he or she had ever taken an oath to serve Ghana. The remaining 1 out of the 10 has forgotten the exact words he or she took as an oath although they somehow remember that they did say something. We have lost the value of the sacred oath we took in allegiance to Mother Ghana. Maybe that is the reason why we are seeing an increased trend of police involvement in crimes lately.
Oaths can always be retaken and I think that is what we should do as a service to renew our commitments, dedication and sacrifice to Mother Ghana.
We should live by our oath because it sacred.
Ahanta Apemenyimheneba Kwofie III
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[] | 2016-08-27T18:50:43 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | We are not oblivious to what afflict us as Ghanaians. We are aware of the dangers of viewing anything Ghanaian, first, from a political lens, especially for tho | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fnews%2F715286%2Fdr-esi-bani-the-issue-of-ferpa-and-the-accreditation-deba.html.json | en | null | Dr. Esi Bani, the Issue of FERPA, and the Accreditation Debate in Ghana | null | null | www.modernghana.com | We are not oblivious to what afflict us as Ghanaians. We are aware of the dangers of viewing anything Ghanaian, first, from a political lens, especially for those of us who are positioned within the political structures to derive benefits from the status quo. But what we, the authors of the report Dr. Esi Bani set out to respond to, failed to appreciate is how deep political coloration has infiltrated even the academy, whereby even issues bothering on matters of intellectual dishonesty must be first viewed from a political angle. The danger is that once political colors are injected into what should be a policy debate, the desire to respond is not driven by the logic of the common good; the desire is purely political. This desire manifests itself in the following behavior: how do I shoot the concerns being raised by colleagues down because I know individuals who have been identified as culprits?
First, it is important to educate Dr. Esi Bani on what exactly FERPA is and what it is intended to achieve. FERPA is a federal law that protects the privacy of students’ educational records; meaning that, upon the attainment of 18, students have direct control over their educational record. Instructors CANNOT release such records to even parents without the consent of a student in question upon that student attaining the age of 18. What has FERPA got to do with the private educational records of individuals we have identified in our report? For other wider methodological issues that other contenders in this debate tried to raised, so they could deceitfully evade the issues in contention, please following the link to our rejoinder http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/features/Rejoinder-response-from-SMC-on-recent-media-allegations-464150
The position Dr. Esi Bani took on the issue of FERPA suggests two things. The learned professor’s position suggests that either she is completely ill-informed about what FERPA actually is and what it is meant to achieve or by her association with individuals (perhaps our NDC chairman and the IGP, since her husband is the current Minister for the Interior in Ghana), she has to sacrifice her hard-earned intellectual reputation to defend the indefensible. If the first suggestion holds true, then the University of Louisville has a problem on its hands, as the professor lacks understanding of what FERPA is. The implications of this position are numerous but not the task of this rejoinder. On the other, if by the fact of Dr. Esi Bani’s association with those who wield power in Ghana, she must simply fish out for some confusing acronyms to baffle readers, then Ghana has a huge problem, as intellectuals of her stature are expected to promote and defend the common good, the reason why academic tenure is a necessary safeguard for academic freedom or liberty. Again, readers should be able to identify the implications of this position, as that is not the task of this rejoinder.
Let’s learn to be on the good side of history by evaluating issues critically before taking position on them. As intellectuals, we should not be in a haste to take position or be driven by other extraneous political considerations to position ourselves in ways that expose us to public ridicule. Readers can follow Dr. Esi Bani’s position on the matter of contention below.
Prosper Yao Tsikata, PhD
Assistant Professor of Communication
Valdosta State University
A. Kobla Dotsey, PhD
Director, Chemical Research and Development
Dr. Esi Bani’s response:
I just finished reading the Tsikata report on the problem of Diploma Mills, and I must say I hope he and partner got Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) clearance for his study before proceeding with the public naming and shaming of individuals without their consent.
As an academic I dare not do that nor would I countenance such unethical conduct from my students. Period.
YES there is a serious problem with unaccredited diploma mills defrauding people who may or may not know the accreditation status of the institutions they enroll in for EARNED degrees. They could have highlighted the institutions WITHOUT listing individuals names. I hope they hire good lawyers to defend them against at least libel lawsuits.
The matter of the validity of people's qualifications is a confidential matter between them and their employees."
I rest my case.
Dr. Esi Dogbey-Bani (in case you do not know her, she is the wife of the Minister of the Interior in Ghana and an Associate Professor, University of Louisville, Kentucky). | http://www.modernghana.com/news/715286/dr-esi-bani-the-issue-of-ferpa-and-the-accreditation-deba.html | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/afdd5d8c0afce1ec71ac2c631cf1fa48de36af95cb3167877d027e4aa6da3bb8.json | |
[] | 2016-08-27T20:51:14 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | After an earlier stint with Vitoria Guimaraes, Bernard Mensah has returned to the team and made his second debut for the club this week. The 20-year-old came | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fsports%2F715293%2Fbernard-mensah-ghanaian-player-makes-second-debut-for-vitor.html.json | en | null | Bernard Mensah: Ghanaian player makes second debut for Vitoria Guimaraes | null | null | www.modernghana.com | After an earlier stint with Vitoria Guimaraes, Bernard Mensah has returned to the team and made his second debut for the club this week.
The 20-year-old came off the bench to help his Portuguese side recorda 5-3 win over Pacos de Ferreira. READ MORE: Most expensive Ghanaian transfers abroad
The Ghana international showed glimpses of his old self after he was introduced on 70 minute Mensah has rejoined the club on a season-long loan deal from Spanish giants Atletico Madrid.
Two seasons ago, Mensah scored five goals in 30 league appearances for Vitoria Guimaraes before his transfer to Spain.
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[] | 2016-08-27T14:50:26 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | Ghanaian midfielder Bright Addae has targeted qualification to top flight of Italian football, ahead of the new Serie B season. Ascoli missed out on qualific | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fsports%2F715248%2Fbright-addae-targets-topflight-football-with-serie-b-side-as.html.json | en | null | Bright Addae targets topflight football with Serie B side Ascoli | null | null | www.modernghana.com | Ghanaian midfielder Bright Addae has targeted qualification to top flight of Italian football, ahead of the new Serie B season.
Ascoli missed out on qualification as he rued their missed chances last season but has already set sights of playing in Serie A next season.
Addae, a world cup winner at U-20 level, was a consistent figure for the second tier side across the campaign despite their late collapse towards the end of the season.
'Collectively, we are looking at improving our position from last season and possibly make a case in the promotion run-in."
'We endured a torrid end to the season but hopefully we would get the best of the players in the upcoming season."
'The opportunities that abound in the top flight is enough to motivate us as a group of players', Addae told sports crusader.
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[] | 2016-08-29T20:51:53 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | The woes of the bottom club New Edubiase United has been deepened after the Disciplinary Committee upheld Techiman City's protest against them over the use of a | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fsports%2F715744%2Fghana-premier-league-techiman-city-win-protest-against-edub.html.json | en | null | Ghana Premier League: Techiman City win protest against Edubiase to earn three points | null | null | www.modernghana.com | The woes of the bottom club New Edubiase United has been deepened after the Disciplinary Committee upheld Techiman City's protest against them over the use of an ineligible player.
The New Edubiase based club defied all expectations to beat Techiman City 2-1 at the Nana Ameyaw Park on match day 25.
However, the Disciplinary Committee has upheld Techiman City's protest against the 2O12 FA Cup champions for using an unqualified player and have therefore gained all the three points involved in the game.
"That having been found to have forfeited the match, New Edubiase United FC shall be considered as having lost the match in accordance with Article 34(2) and accordingly, three (3) points and three (3) goals are hereby awarded in favour of Techiman City FC in accordance with Articles 34(2) and 34(10) of the General Regulations of the GFA.
"That in addition, being the defaulting Club, New Edubiase United FC is hereby fined Five Thousand Ghana Cedis (GH¢5,000.00) payable to the GFA, 50% of which shall be paid to Techiman City FC pursuant to Article 34(5)(a) of the General Regulations of the GFA which shall be paid to the GFA within fourteen (14) days upon receipt of this Ruling, failing which New Edubiase United FC shall automatically forfeit all subsequent matches after the said deadline by the Ghana Premier League Board or the GFA in accordance with Articles 39(8)(b), 39(8)(d) and 39(8)(f) of the First Amendment to the GFA General Regulations."
The Brong Ahafo outfit have therefore uplifted themselves from the drop zone after gaining the three points.
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[] | 2016-08-27T14:50:20 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | Black Stars new boy Yaw Yeboah says he is elated with his first senior national team call up adding it's a dream come true and he is ready to make an impact | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fsports%2F715246%2Fyaw-yeboah-elated-with-black-stars-call-up-says-its-a-drea.html.json | en | null | Yaw Yeboah elated with Black Stars call up; says it's a dream come true | null | null | www.modernghana.com | Black Stars new boy Yaw Yeboah says he is elated with his first senior national team call up adding it's a dream come true and he is ready to make an impact if granted the opportunity.
The Ghana FA announced on Friday that the U20 star has been handed a late call up into the Black Stars following the injury to Leicester City winger Jeffery Schlupp for the Afcon clash against Rwanda.
Ghana will be playing the Amavubis in the last group game of the 2017 Afcon qualifiers on September 3 in Accra.
And the FC Twente winger says he is elated for the invite.
"Am so happy for the call up because it has been my dream and it has come into reality. It is an opportunity for me to make an impact when given the chance to play.
"I have to give thanks to God and keep working hard to prove my worth. I am really happy," Yaw Yeboah told Ghanasoccernet.com in an exclusive interview.
The talented winger has been a great addition for FC Twente since joining them a few weeks ago and guided them to their first league win last weekend.
By: Sheikh Tophic Sienu @desheikh1 on twitter
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[] | 2016-08-29T10:51:59 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | Beyonce was the big winner at last night 8217;s MTV VMAs in New York. The singer scooped seven awards in total including the prestigious prize for video of | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fmusic%2F38545%2Fbeyonce-dominates-mtv-awards.html.json | en | null | Beyonce dominates MTV awards | null | null | www.modernghana.com | Beyonce was the big winner at last night’s MTV VMAs in New York.
The singer scooped seven awards in total including the prestigious prize for video of the year for the track Formation.
“First of all I’d like to thank my beautiful daughter and my incredible husband for all of their support,” she said during one acceptance speech.
Held annually, the VMAs, rewards musicians for their visual efforts.
This year’s ceremony was held at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Beyonce, who was nominated for eight awards, also went home with the prize for Best Female Video, Best Direction and Best Cinematography.
She was presented with one of her awards by four members of the U.S. Olympic gymnastics team.
The 34-year-old rounded off an impressive night with a 16 minute medley of songs taken from her latest album, Lemonade.
Other winners included Calvin Harris, Fifth Harmony and Drake.
David Bowie meanwhile was posthumously rewarded, the late singer’s album Blackstar won the Best Art Direction accolade.
Rihanna was honoured on the night with the, Michael Jackson Vanguard Award, which recognizes an artist’s entire catalogue of work.
Canadian rapper Drake presented Rihanna with her trophy.
The singer smiled nervously when he declared; “She’s someone I’ve been in love with since I was 22 years old.
She’s one of my best friends in the world.
“All of my adult life I’ve looked up to her even though she’s younger than me.”
The pair have collaborated on numerous occasions and there have been suggestions that their relationship hasn’t always been purely business-related.
Drake was so proud of Rihanna that he decided it was worthy of a billboard advert.
Completing a star-studded night of music were performances from Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj and Britney Spears.
Organisers of this year’s event will be thankful it was largely uneventful.
The VMAs have a history of throwing up some controversial moments.
It was the scene of Kanye West’s now infamous rant where he interrupted Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech in 2009.
In 2010, Lady Gaga wore a dress made entirely of raw beef.
She later explained; “If we don’t stand up for what we believe in and if we don’t fight for our rights, pretty soon we’re going to have as much rights as the meat on our bones.”
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[] | 2016-08-27T20:51:20 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | Ghana midfielder Kwadwo Asamoah excelled again on Saturday as his side Juventus secured 1-0 away win over Lazio in the Italian Serie A. Asamoah, who l | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fsports%2F715296%2Fmasterful-kwadwo-asamoah-excels-again-as-juventus-defeat-laz.html.json | en | null | Masterful Kwadwo Asamoah excels again as Juventus defeat Lazio | null | null | www.modernghana.com | Ghana midfielder Kwadwo Asamoah excelled again on Saturday as his side Juventus secured 1-0 away win over Lazio in the Italian Serie A.
Asamoah, who looks to have banished all memories of his injury woes, put up a commanding midfield display in the away victory.
This comes after his man-of-the-match display in their opening match of the season when he was allowed to play in his favourite midfield position.
The tie was settled courtesy Sami Khedira's low shot into the corner past Lazio goalie Federico Marchetti in the 66th minute.
The 27-year-old Ghana international has been troubled by injuries during his stint with Juventus but he lasted the entire 90 minutes for the second successive game.
Forming a midfield trio with Khedira and Mario Lemina, Asamoah's team dominated the midfield exchanges in the first half but were unable to penetrate Lazio's stubborn defence.
Asamoah came close to opening his goalscoring account in the 34th minute but his venomous volley from the edge of the box was saved by Marchetti.
Asamoah and Juventus will host Sassuolo on September 16 after the international break.
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[] | 2016-08-29T16:51:48 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | The Ghana Association of Biomedical Laboratory Scientists (GAMBLS), has said that it will appear before the High Court tomorrow (Tuesday) to respond to a suit f | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fnews%2F715692%2Fcourt-to-rule-on-biomedical-scientists-strike-on-tuesday.html.json | en | null | Court to rule on biomedical scientists strike on Tuesday | null | null | www.modernghana.com | The Ghana Association of Biomedical Laboratory Scientists (GAMBLS), has said that it will appear before the High Court tomorrow (Tuesday) to respond to a suit filed against it by the National Labour Commission (NLC), in a bid to get the scientists to call off their week-long strike.
The NLC sued the striking biomedical scientists after it had earlier ordered them not to embark on their industrial action.
The President of GAMBLS, Ignatius Awinbuno, told Citi News that they intend to honour the summons by the court on Tuesday, but will not call off their strike until a ruling is made on the issue.
“The strike is indefinite. Our next hurdle is t meet the court on Tuesday. The Labour Commission has given us a restraining order and that will be enforced by the court so we've been summoned to the court on Tuesday,” he said.
“We'll go and present our case and see whether they will accept it. The Labour Commission says our strike is illegal. The Labour Commission cannot enforce it, it's the court that will enforce it. Whatever the court decides, we'll meet with our lawyers and take the next step.”
‘Health Minister to blame’
The biomedical scientists laid down their tools to highlight their displeasure with government's non-implementation of the National Health Laboratory policy which they say will help raise the quality of laboratory science practice in the country.
GAMBLS blamed the Minister of Health, Alex Segbefia for the consequences of their strike, including lives that could be lost as a result, as he had not shown any commitment towards resolving their issues.
Speaking at a press conference in Accra last Monday, Ignatius Awimibumo, said despite their concerns that the strike might lead to loss of lives, they feel the only way to persuade the Ministry to resolve their issues was a strike.
“This is frustration. Any death should be blamed on the Minister of Health. He has the power to do what he has to do. He should just take that bold step. This is what leadership is about. He should provide leadership to the health sector. Health work is team work. He should strengthen the laboratories so that we can support his vision as a Minister,” Mr. Awimibmo added.
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[] | 2016-08-29T10:51:20 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | Kwesi Nyantakyi's Wa All Stars inched closer to their maiden league title after posting an emphatic 3-1 win over Dreams FC yesterday. It was Emmanuel Ocran, | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fsports%2F715570%2Fall-stars-open-3-points-gap-hearts-fall-at-bechem.html.json | en | null | All Stars Open 3 Points Gap Hearts Fall At Bechem | null | null | www.modernghana.com | Kwesi Nyantakyi's Wa All Stars inched closer to their maiden league title after posting an emphatic 3-1 win over Dreams FC yesterday.
It was Emmanuel Ocran, who recorded the hat-trick to open a three- point gap at the summit.
The visitors pulled one back as a face saving through Ben Nash Quansah.
At the Bechem Park, Bechem United gave a foretaste of what fans should expect in the FA Cup finals after recording a 3-1 win over under pressure Hearts of Oak.
And like it happened in the All Stars- Dreams game, skipper Abednego Tetteh struck past goalkeeper Samuel Akurugu three times with Owusu Bempah managing a consolation at injury time.
GPL Scores @ A Glance
Kotoko 0, Chelsea 0
City 1, Liberty 1
Allies 4, Edubiase 0
Bechem 3, Hearts 1
WAFA 1, Aduana 1
Dwarfs 0, Medeama 2
All Stars 3, Dreams 1
Ashgold 1, Hasmal 0
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[] | 2016-08-26T22:50:24 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | Nairobi (AFP) - Kenyan police on Friday arrested the secretary-general of the country's Olympic committee (NOCK) in the wake of a series of scandals and embarra | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fnews%2F715176%2Ftop-kenyan-olympic-committee-official-arrested.html.json | en | null | Top Kenyan Olympic committee official arrested | null | null | www.modernghana.com | Nairobi (AFP) - Kenyan police on Friday arrested the secretary-general of the country's Olympic committee (NOCK) in the wake of a series of scandals and embarrassments at the Rio Games.
"It's true Francis Paul has been arrested over the Olympics issues," said a police source who wished to remain anonymous.
"It is part of investigations into the Rio scandal on the mismanagement of the whole Games for the Kenyan team and the misappropriation of kits."
Kenya's Sport Minister Hassan Wario had on Thursday announced the disbanding of the country's Olympic committee with immediate effect.
Wario, who was questioned on Wednesday by detectives investigating allegations of corruption and mismanagement relating to Kenya's Olympics performance, said facilities management parastatal Sports Kenya would take over responsibility and organise fresh elections to the Olympic committee.
Wario blamed NOCK for the "troubles", "mishaps" and "mishandling of the accreditation" that -- among other problems -- tarnished Kenya's Olympics. Francis, however, responded that the Olympics shambles was the responsibility of the government.
The blame game follows an embarrassing performance by Kenyan officials even as the country's athletes clocked up their best Olympics yet with 13 medals (including six golds) putting them in 15th place overall, the best in Africa by far. | http://www.modernghana.com/news/715176/top-kenyan-olympic-committee-official-arrested.html | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/ce65b55cd6ba0eae9b9b567f10acf5226446e6f4b3fd05a132ddec73354df87b.json | |
[] | 2016-08-28T16:51:02 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | Asamoah Gyan has flown into the south-east of England on Sunday to evaluate a number of offers from English clubs. The 30-year-old Ghana striker is the subje | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fsports%2F715394%2Fasamoah-gyan-flies-into-uk-to-close-english-club-deal.html.json | en | null | Asamoah Gyan flies into UK to close English club deal | null | null | www.modernghana.com | Asamoah Gyan has flown into the south-east of England on Sunday to evaluate a number of offers from English clubs.
The 30-year-old Ghana striker is the subject of interest from Sunderland, Fulham and several other Championship sides over a season-long loan from Chinese Super League team Shanghai SIPG.
Gyan, who spent two years at Sunderland until a move to UAE club Al Ain in 2012, says he is back to prove himself in England and will not necessarily choose the Premier League over the Championship.
He told Sky Sports News HQ: “I have a lot of options. Me and my agent are here to evaluate them and get the work done, and then I can continue doing what I do best, which is scoring goals and playing well.
“I am confident I will have a club in England. There are good options to think about, so we had to fly in quickly. Me being in England means there is something concrete, so we need to evaluate the options and do the work.
“I heard about Sunderland and Fulham but we will see what happens. There might be surprises. Football is full of them. The people around me are trying to benefit me. It doesn’t matter if it is Championship or Premier league, it’s about being comfortable where I am.
“Sunderland is a good club. It was unfortunate I didn’t play for many years there. I had to leave and that is football. Sometimes you stay for a long time at a club and then other times you go. I just want to prove myself again in England. I am ready to go.
“I went to the Middle East but I was scoring goals for the national team and in the world cup. I don’t regret it at all and now I am back to prove myself again. Maybe it is my destiny to be back to the Premier League or the Championship.
“Maybe we will make a decision tonight, or tomorrow.”
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[] | 2016-08-31T12:53:20 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | Tripoli (AFP) - Thousands of migrants are racing against the clock to make the perilous crossing from Libya to Europe before summer ends, with authorities in | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fnews%2F716220%2Fmigrants-mass-in-libya-in-deadly-race-against-time.html.json | en | null | Migrants mass in Libya in deadly 'race against time' | null | null | www.modernghana.com | Most migrants heading to Italy originate from West Africa and the Horn of Africa, often departing from Libya en masse when the sea is calm and a southern wind can push boats up into international waters. By Yaraq Nardi (Italian Red Cross/AFP/File)
Tripoli (AFP) - Thousands of migrants are "racing against the clock" to make the perilous crossing from Libya to Europe before summer ends, with authorities in the conflict-torn country at a loss to stem the flow.
Abdel Hamid al-Souei of Libya's Red Crescent said improved weather triggered this week's mass outflow that has seen more than 10,000 migrants rescued since Sunday from floundering boats.
The migrants are "racing against the clock because they fear the start of autumn when conditions will not be so good" out at sea, he told AFP.
Most of the migrants from the Horn of Africa and the west of the continent set out from the Libyan town of Sabratha, just 300 kilometres (180 miles) across the Mediterranean from the Italian island of Lampedusa.
People traffickers have exploited Libya's rampant insecurity to cash in, as authorities concentrate their limited resources on combating jihadists and an uphill political battle to extend their writ over the entire country.
"Our patrols have been reduced lately because the vessels are ageing and we don't have the means to control the Sabratha coast," Libya's navy chief, Colonel Ayoub Qassem, said in Tripoli.
Rescuers saved 3,000 migrants in the waters off Libya on Tuesday as they tried desperately to reach Europe, a day after a record 6,500 people were rescued in the Mediterranean.
Global migrants
And after several weeks of relative calm in the waters between Italy and Libya, more than 1,100 people were rescued on Sunday.
Dramatic images of one rescue this week distributed by the Italian coastguard showed children among the survivors crammed onto an old fishing boat.
Some of the migrants jumped off the vessel in life jackets and swam towards their rescuers.
On Tuesday morning, a woman gave birth on board one of the rescue vessels -- operated by Italy's coastguard and navy as well as NGOs -- as it made its way to the Italian coast.
She and her newborn were taken by speedboat to the island of Lampedusa, while the rest of the migrants made their way to several ports in Sicily, Sardinia and southern Italy.
The total number of arrivals in Italy this year now stands at 112,500, according to the UN refugee agency and the coastguard, slightly below the 116,000 recorded by the same point in 2015.
More than 3,100 people have died trying to reach Europe this year.
Burials far from home
The municipal council of Sabratha, 70 kilometres (45 miles) east of Tripoli and controlled by Libya's internationally-backed but nationally-contested Government of National Accord (GNA), warned early in the summer that their town had turned into a hub for people trafficking.
Migrants wait to be rescued on a boat in the Mediterranean Sea during a rescue operation by the Italian coastguard. Around 6,500 migrants were rescued off the coast of Libya on August 29, in one of the busiest days of life-saving in recent years
The Tripoli-based GNA has been locked in a fierce battle since May to expel Islamic State (IS) group jihadists from their coastal stronghold of Sirte, eastern Libya, while also struggling to win the backing of a rival administration operating from near the border with Egypt.
"There are parties which are profiting from the trade while the Tripoli authorities are tied up with the fight against IS," said another Red Crescent official in Sabratha, situated half-way between Tripoli and the Tunisian border, asking not to be named.
He said the traffickers, "who are often armed, are linked to an international ring operating in Libya, neighbouring Arab countries and extending all the way to Europe".
Between June and August, more than 800 African migrants aiming to reach Europe through the Libyan gateway were arrested in neighbouring Sudan along with a group of traffickers, according to Sudanese security officials.
Over the same period, underlining the mortal risks, hundreds of bodies of migrants who drowned after being dumped in the water from unseaworthy vessels washed up on Libyan beaches.
For fear of the spread of disease, civil society groups and local residents gave them anonymous burials on Libyan soil, far from the migrants' homes. | http://www.modernghana.com/news/716220/migrants-mass-in-libya-in-deadly-race-against-time.html | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/34d5008e8187e7a162946534595f063674c34fbde761cd3d266e1f02f533cb34.json | |
[] | 2016-08-30T14:52:30 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | The presidential candidate of the opposition New Patriotic party (NPP), Nana Akufo-Addo, has appealed to the Paramount Chief of the Bawku Traditional Area, Naba | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fnews%2F715935%2Fnana-addo-pledges-to-solve-bawku-chieftaincy-issues.html.json | en | null | Nana Addo pledges to solve Bawku chieftaincy issues | null | null | www.modernghana.com | The presidential candidate of the opposition New Patriotic party (NPP), Nana Akufo-Addo, has appealed to the Paramount Chief of the Bawku Traditional Area, Naba Abugragu Azoka II, and the people of Bawku to vote massively for the NPP in the December polls.
He said the Bawku Traditional Area will receive massive social infrastructure and interventions to improve the fortunes of Bawku.
Nana Addo reiterated that, he is not interested in the domestic issues of chieftaincy disputes in Bawku, adding that, when elected president he will assiduously find a permanent solution to the issue.
He debunked allegations that, he supports either the Kusasis or the Mamprusis. Nana Addo disclosed this when he paid a courtesy call on the Bawku Naba, Azoka II.
Nana Addo said his interest is in the peace and solidarity of the area for the development of Ghana.
“It is in the interest of everybody that peace continues to reign in Bawku, that is why everybody must support the process to elect me as president. I am not interested in becoming the Bawku Naba but I can assure you that, you (Bawku Naba) has nothing to fear if am elected into office. On the contrary, Bawku Naba will have me (Nana Addo) as a strong friend to develop Bawku.”
Nana Addo also lauded the people of Bawku and the inter-ethic peace committee efforts for relative peace and stability in Bawku.
He said an NPP government under his leadership through his One District One Factory and the One Village One Dam policies, will create jobs and export opportunities for the people of Bawku.
He impressed on the people to give him the chance to transform Ghana from the current hardship to prosperity.
“I know the constitution will not allow chiefs to do active politics but I want you(Naba Azoka II) to vote for the NPP on December 7 to support me to become the President of Ghana,” Nana Addo stated.
On his part, Naba Abugragu Azoka II endorsed Nana Addo for a one touch victory in the December polls but challenged him to deliver his promises when elected.
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By: Frederick Awuni/Citifmonline.com/Ghana
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[] | 2016-08-30T16:52:11 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Football transfer is almost always the last hurdle for players who are seeking to move from one club to another. Most of the time, these players pass and make i | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fsports%2F715981%2Foops-asamoah-gyan-other-football-stars-who-failed-their-me.html.json | en | null | Oops! Asamoah Gyan, other football stars who failed their medical | null | null | www.modernghana.com | Football transfer is almost always the last hurdle for players who are seeking to move from one club to another. Most of the time, these players pass and make it seem like a routine formality they have to go through.
But there's been circumstances where deals have actually broke down because players failed their medical. Ghana international Asamoah Gyan is the latest victim of the no so common medical failures in football. But he's not alone. Other world stars have also failed their medical.
Here are top football stars whose transfer deals fell through because they failed their medical: Asamoah Gyan
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Asamoah Gyan has failed his medical at English Championship club Reading FC.
For more sports news visit allSports.com.gh | http://www.modernghana.com/sports/715981/oops-asamoah-gyan-other-football-stars-who-failed-their-me.html | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/2a95f86b94e280b483c0715d82ec61a8e78d18f1437dda37147acdf18105d094.json | |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:09:25 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | Child movie star Abraham Attah has started donating the 10,000 pairs of Toms footwears he grabbed international headlines with at the 2016 Academy Awards. Th | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fmusic%2F38499%2Fabraham-attah-starts-donating-10000-toms-shoes.html.json | en | null | Abraham Attah starts donating 10,000 Toms shoes | null | null | www.modernghana.com | Child movie star Abraham Attah has started donating the 10,000 pairs of Toms footwears he grabbed international headlines with at the 2016 Academy Awards.
The actor, who wore a pair of velvet Toms to the 88th Oscars in February this year, speaking to Ryan Seacrest of E! revealed that the shoe brand will donate 10,000 pairs of the shoes to Ghanaians.
Mr Attah kicked off the donation of the footwear after a press launch at the Gold Coast Restaurant in Airport West in Accra Thursday.
“I want to say ‘Thank You’ to Toms for giving me this opportunity to give out 10,000 shoes to give to the needy in Ghana,” he said.
He kicked off the donation at his former school, Ashiaman Primary and JSS where he donated 30 boxes of the footwear to his former school mates. He also donated 30 boxes of the Toms to the Ashiaman community.
Mr Attah’s team, in collaboration with Bright Future Organization, would be in charge of distributing the footwears to the various charity organisations and institutions including Bujumbura Refugee Camp.
At the press briefing to kick off the donation was attended by some cast members from ‘Beast of No Nation’ including Ama K. Abebrese, 'Striker' and 'Justice'.
Bernice Dapaah, a representative of Bright Future Generation, an NGO who represents Toms in Ghana was also in attendance.
Story by Ghana | Myjoyonline.com | Fostina Sarfo | http://www.modernghana.com/music/38499/abraham-attah-starts-donating-10000-toms-shoes.html | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/e21877243547c77a7e459ed468f4f3e569e3e4f8e7169f033da1e8d0a0c8d7de.json | |
[] | 2016-08-30T00:51:49 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Stanbic Bank has swooped five awards at the 15th Ghana Banking Awards ceremony held at the Kempinski Gold Coast Hotel in Accra. The Bank rsquo;s S | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fnews%2F715780%2Fstanbic-bank-swoops-five-awards-at-2016-ghana-banking-awards.html.json | en | null | Stanbic Bank swoops five awards at 2016 Ghana Banking Awards | null | null | www.modernghana.com | Stanbic Bank has swooped five awards at the 15th Ghana Banking Awards ceremony held at the Kempinski Gold Coast Hotel in Accra.
The Bank’s Slydepay App was adjudged the Product Innovation of the Year 2015. The Bank was also adjudged second runner-up for four other categories. These include: Most Cashless Bank, Best Bank for Long Term Loan Finance, Trade Deal of the Year, and Best Bank for Savings and Deposits.
According to Mawuko Afadzinu, Head, Marketing and Communications, Stanbic Bank, these awards are in recognition of Stanbic’s commitment to deliver excellent banking experience.
“These awards go a long way to entrench Stanbic’s position as a great force to reckon with in the Ghanaian Banking industry,” he said.
He said, the Product Innovation of the Year Award and Cashless Bank Awards also prove Stanbic’s commitment to drive the cashless revolution by coming up with innovative products that make payment and collection easy for customers and non-customers alike.
“The bulk of Stanbic Bank’s Personal & Business Banking strategy is about using digital capabilities to deliver an even better customer experience,” Afadzinu said. “This entails putting customers in control, providing more convenience, and extracting key customer insights from our rich data so that the bank becomes more proactive, relevant and easy to use.”
Some of the Bank’s digital platforms include the Stanbic Ghana Banking App, BOL and Enterprise Online. The Slydepay App, Afadzinu said, takes the cashless revolution further by providing carefully thought off solutions for both web based and mobile environments.
The Ghana Banking Awards, organised by Corporate Initiative, is a vehicle to showcase and applaud best performing banks in various categories of the Ghanaian financial services market. The assessments are made through a nationwide survey of consumers of banking products and services.
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[] | 2016-08-27T12:50:33 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | Renowned psychiatrist Dr. Yao Mfodwo says the founder of the International God's Way church Bishop Daniel Obinim needs reformation and prayers. According to | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fnews%2F715236%2Fobinim-needs-prayers-psychiatrist.html.json | en | null | Obinim Needs Prayers Psychiatrist | null | null | www.modernghana.com | Renowned psychiatrist Dr. Yao Mfodwo says the founder of the International God's Way church Bishop Daniel Obinim needs reformation and prayers.
According to him, the miracle worker has shown consistent signs of a man who needs correction and help from Ghanaians.
The comments come after the controversial pastor was held two nights by the Police for fraud and assault. He has however been granted a GHC2 million self-recognizance bail.
Speaking to Kwaku Sakyi-Addo on the Lounge Friday, Dr. Mfodwo said the actions of Obinim must not be taken for granted by the Ghanaian authorities.
“If what we are hearing is true, Bishop Obinim needs reformation and correction.
“When someone is in the news for things other than their work, we should all be really concerned,” he said.
Background
The controversial miracle worker was detained at the Nima Police station on Tuesday and spent the night in Police cells after his arrest over a GHC11.6 million fraud.
Obinim was arrested in Tema and transferred to the Accra Police headquarters for questioning. He was later charged for defrauding under false pretense.
Public Relations Officer of the Police CID ASP Joseph Benefo Darkwa stated a complaint was lodged with the Police in Tema a few weeks ago by a businessman who said he gave an amount of GH¢780,000 to Okomfo Gyapata of Mampong Nkwanta near Koforidua in the Eastern region to do a spiritual ritual to bless the money obtained from a gold deal.
ASP Darkwa narrated that the complainant added after some time, he realised that the Okomfo was not able to help him neither was he able to return his money, so he went to Bishop Obinim to help him retrieve the money and do the rituals to bless the money for him.
ASP Darkwa said it was based on that, that Bishop Obinim asked the businessman to bring the rest of the gold money which amounted to GH¢11.6 million belonging to the family.
The complainant told the police since he gave the money to the Bishop in November last year, Obinim has not been able to do what he was expected to do neither has he given him back his money.
-starrfmonline | http://www.modernghana.com/news/715236/obinim-needs-prayers-psychiatrist.html | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/fbb784f99ae9584f9f067158e4dc22a30049dcbc277ab13baec65599fe4685d3.json | |
[] | 2016-08-29T20:51:52 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | The New Patriotic Party says it has budgeted 55 million cedis for its ldquo;one village one dam policy. rdquo; During his on-going campaign tour to | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fnews%2F715745%2Fnpps-1-village-one-dam-to-cost-55m-cedis.html.json | en | null | NPPs 1 Village, One Dam To Cost 55m Cedis | null | null | www.modernghana.com | The New Patriotic Party says it has budgeted 55 million cedis for its “one village one dam policy.”
During his on-going campaign tour to the Northern Region, Nana Akufo-Addo said he will prioritize the development of agriculture in the three northern regions by increasing the number of irrigation systems if he wins power.
“You have been hearing me talking about 1-District-1-Factory. As far as this part of the country is concerned, I even want to go further and talk about ‘1-village-1-dam’, to make sure that in every village, we have a functioning dam to support agriculture. If Ghana’s agriculture is working well, the nation is capable of feeding West Africa”, he indicated. Already, government has said that it is implementing a similar project.
Food and Agriculture Minister, Alhaji Muniru Limuna had insisted, the promise is “nothing new”. The sector minister told 3FM, “As we speak now, there are a lot of irrigation programmes that are going on. Others have been done. For instance, the newly irrigated areas since 2009 to date covers 3,625 hectres of land. We have also rehabilitated some existing irrigation schemes. That also covers 8044 hectres….He is only promising and we are doing”
But speaking on 3FM’s MIDDAY news on Monday, chairman of the NPP’s campaign committee in charge of agriculture, Dr. Afriyie Akoto Osei said the party has already assessed the cost of the policy.
“55 million will be more enough to supply every village in the savannah zone with a dam,” he told Kwakye Afreh-Nuamah on 3news.com. Responding to the comments by the agric minister, Dr. Afriyie Akoto asked why the minister fell short of providing specifics relating to the number of dams they have constructed so far. “Why couldn’t he give specific figures?” he questioned. | http://www.modernghana.com/news/715745/npps-1-village-one-dam-to-cost-55m-cedis.html | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/9f6a58b3f20c9e4e743359e6b2162238c319ac039bc970951695aba083dbb8be.json | |
[] | 2016-08-29T14:51:29 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | Former President Jerry John Rawlings has applauded WBC world youth title holder Isaac Dogbe for his victory over Filipino opponent Neil Tabanao. Accor | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fsports%2F715649%2Fdogbe-is-azumahs-successor-jj.html.json | en | null | Dogbe Is Azumah's Successor JJ | null | null | www.modernghana.com | Former President Jerry John Rawlings has applauded WBC world youth title holder Isaac Dogbe for his victory over Filipino opponent Neil Tabanao.
According to Mr Rawlings, Dogbe’s victory is a major step towards the revival of boxing in the country.
The 21-year-old defeated Tabanao to become the WBC world youth featherweight champion on Friday, 26 August at the Police Officer’s Social &Fitness Centre in Accra.
Dogbe won the bout with a unanimous decision after all three judges scored in favour of the London-based pugilist 120-109, 117-113, and 119-110.
Speaking to Class Sports’ Desmond Decker, Mr Rawlings, who was at the ringside, said Dogbe “has got a bright future if he keeps this performance up and I believe he will. He is really reviving the old boxing spirit we had appreciated when Azumah Nelson was in his prime and I believe he will certainly continue from where Azumah left off.”
Ghana has struggled to produce an undisputed boxing world champion since the days of Azumah Nelson, who dominated the scene from the late ’80s through to the mid ’90s. The boxing professor, who also witnessed Dogbe’s victory over Tabanao, said: “I believe this is his toughest fight and also a very tough one for the Filipino boxer. Both of them are champions in their own right and both wanted to claim the bragging rights over the junior world championship.” | http://www.modernghana.com/sports/715649/dogbe-is-azumahs-successor-jj.html | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/e2777904ba82820bd513a888966193111b5eb054fed7f26f093a985f5325965c.json | |
[] | 2016-08-27T08:50:19 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | Ghana international Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu has signed a fresh contract at Udinese which is expected to keep him at the Serie A until 2020, the club has annou | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fsports%2F715206%2Fghana-ace-agyemang-badu-signs-fresh-deal-at-udinese.html.json | en | null | Ghana ace Agyemang-Badu signs fresh deal at Udinese | null | null | www.modernghana.com | Ghana international Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu has signed a fresh contract at Udinese which is expected to keep him at the Serie A until 2020, the club has announced.
The workaholic midfielder, who has been linked with English sides Middlesbrough, Watford and Stoke City agreed new terms and inked the deal on Friday.
Emmanuel #Badu rinnova fino al 2020! @Badu_Agyemang signs new deal until 2020! https://t.co/xL84ugvD9A pic.twitter.com/GlsvwvsqMP
— Udinese Calcio (@Udinese_1896) August 26, 2016
Badu, 25, has already spent seven season at the Estadio Communale Fruili and was expected to look elsewhere this summer.
But he has tied himself to a new deal at the club.
Udinese rebuffed an offer from Genoa this summer on the grounds of a club with better status.
While Udinese rejected a 3.5 million Euros offer from Stoke City last summer.
Turkish side Besiktas and Galatasaray have all failed in the past to land the midfielder who is third-in-command for Ghana's Black Stars.
By El Akyereko
Follow the writer on Twitter: @AkyerekOfficial
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[] | 2016-08-29T10:51:54 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | Officials of uniCredit hand over some items to officials of Adabraka Polyclinic Management and staff of uniCredit Ghana Limited have donated various i | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fnews%2F715550%2Funicredit-donates-to-5-institutions.html.json | en | null | uniCredit Donates to 5 Institutions | null | null | www.modernghana.com | Officials of uniCredit hand over some items to officials of Adabraka Polyclinic
Management and staff of uniCredit Ghana Limited have donated various items worth GH¢80,000 to five public institutions in the country.
The beneficiary institutions include the Ashaiman Polyclinic, Kaneshie Polyclinic, Adabraka Polyclinic, Takoradi Hospital and the Kumasi Children's Home.
P.V. Yeboah-Asiamah, General Manager of uniCredit, said the company has shown its commitment to giving back to society over the years by supporting various institutions.
He said this was evidenced by uniCredit's adoption of the Princess Marie Children's Hospital over the past eight years.
He stated that a special needy fund established by uniCredit for the Hospital continues to be provide relief for less privileged children who cannot afforded medical care.
Mr. Yeboah-Asiamah also explained that as part of its Customer Appreciation Week this year, uniCredit's management decided to mobilise staff to carry out special clean-up exercises at afore-mentioned five institutions in addition to making donations to them.
He reiterated that uniCredit considered it a social duty to help such institutions, especially considering the services they provide to society.
He praised the management teams of these institutions, especially the medical staff at the polyclinics for their efforts and assured them that uniCredit will always lend a helping hand.
Mr. Yeboah-Asiamah also mentioned that uniCredit offers special loan and consumer asset finance products aimed at helping salaried workers, especially those on the government payroll to live comfortably.
He said uniCredit's Smart Personal Loan product is designed to enable public sector workers access loans within two days of application at competitive interest rates to meet their varied needs.
Mr. Yeboah-Asiamah added that as part of its expansion programme, uniCredit had recently opened its Koforidua Branch and now has a branch network of 21.
He gave the assurance that uniCredit would remain committed to the growth of the SME sector and would introduce various products and services to enhance financial services delivery to this segment.
uniCredit has grown considerably in terms of reach and customer base over the past few years with branches spread across Accra, Kumasi, Kasoa, Koforidua and Takoradi. | http://www.modernghana.com/news/715550/unicredit-donates-to-5-institutions.html | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/e59c4ce6ea4bdbe60e7650a2150601eeef3a6e9f2c5dd97adbcc5d54142e3fcf.json | |
[] | 2016-08-28T20:51:14 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | Capital Bank Ghana has reaffirmed its commitment to becoming a stronger player in Ghana rsquo;s retail banking sector and a tier 1 bank with the launch of a mor | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fnews%2F715438%2Fcapital-bank-introduces-speedpay-payment-solution.html.json | en | null | Capital Bank introduces SpeedPay payment solution | null | null | www.modernghana.com | Capital Bank Ghana has reaffirmed its commitment to becoming a stronger player in Ghana’s retail banking sector and a tier 1 bank with the launch of a more enhanced deposit mobilization solution, ‘SpeedPay’.
SpeedPay is a money voucher in various denominations which allows Capital Bank account holders to conveniently deposit funds into their account through their mobile phones or internet banking.
So far this year, the indigenous bank has witnessed the evolution of a new corporate brand and the development of various strategic initiatives aimed at making it a pan-African bank.
Speaking at the launch of the Bank’s SpeedPay payment solution and Allied Oil partnership in Accra, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Capital Bank, Rev. Fitzgeral Odonkor said banking is not just about developing customer focused solutions.
He says it is also about developing innovative solutions that are superior to competing solutions with speed and precision.
“This orientation has been our guiding principle from inception and culminated in Capital Bank becoming the first financial institution to develop a solution that made it possible for customers to deposit cash into their bank accounts through their mobile phones," he said.
"This solution now known as SpeedPay has evolved beyond a cash deposit solution and can be used by both customers and non-customers to make payments online through the various platform,” Rev Odonkor added.
He explained that the decision to partner Allied Oil was not only informed by the bank’s decision to practically extend banking halls and banking hours but was also largely driven by a desire to partner an ambitious Ghanaian brand that places a premium on innovative customer-focused solutions.
He took the opportunity to congratulate the hard working staff of Capital Bank for the company’s ranking as the 25th best-performing company in Ghana and the 8th best-performing bank at the recently held Ghana Club 100 Awards.
“We will like to dedicate this award to our customers for making this feat possible and most importantly we will like to assure them that we will not relent in our efforts towards delivering superior value,” happy Rev Odonkor said.
Head of Retail Banking at Capital Bank, Eunice Brocke for her part said Capital Bank kept evolving every day and every time, with the ambition of making banking easier, more accessible and reachable to all Ghanaians.
‘Speedpay’, previously called ‘Speedbanking’ was developed and introduced in 2011 to facilitate cash deposit into customers’ savings and current accounts; indeed, Capital Bank is the first bank in Ghana to bring branchless electronic cash deposit banking solution to customers.
The SpeedPay cards can also be used to pay bills, purchase tickets for events and shop online currently on the following platforms – M-Power, Knoxxi, Slydepay and Omanye.
Story by Ghana| Myjoyonline.com | Joy Business | http://www.modernghana.com/news/715438/capital-bank-introduces-speedpay-payment-solution.html | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/11f1620a2ec4c5b677af2ac493da6fcf7969b67253c7179d363f601899fd7e15.json | |
[] | 2016-08-28T08:51:10 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | Joy Sports , Benedict Owusu, has claimed the sports journalist of the year award for his piece on juju in football at the 21st Ghana Journalists Association awa | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fsports%2F715350%2Fjoy-sports-benedict-owusu-wins-sports-journalist-of-the-year.html.json | en | null | Joy Sports Benedict Owusu wins sports journalist of the year 2015 | null | null | www.modernghana.com | Joy Sports , Benedict Owusu, has claimed the sports journalist of the year award for his piece on juju in football at the 21st Ghana Journalists Association awards.
The talented young journalist who has devoted a large chunk of his life to his chosen profession made it a succession of awards after claiming the top gong last year.
Benedict’s love to probe for human centered stories and as well many back stories aside what is seen on the pitch has made him a unique face in sports journalism in this country.
Age cheating in football claimed the award last year but his piece on juju in football could also not go unnoticed as it unraveled fascinating spiritual connotations applied to soccer in Ghana.
Many revelations and mind boggling conclusions were derived from his piece and we look forward to more compelling stories from the reigning sports journalist of the year.
Benedict Owusu follows the illustrious footsteps of Maurice Quansah to win this award back to back.
Story by Ghana/Joy Sports | http://www.modernghana.com/sports/715350/joy-sports-benedict-owusu-wins-sports-journalist-of-the-year.html | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/6ec2fd3fb7e723e0c4d46b0595c37f97ddc746a0eaf10a794e9b2e9e9106c878.json | |
[] | 2016-08-29T18:51:36 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | Adjumani (Uganda) (AFP) - The international community must respond to the refugee crisis caused by fighting in South Sudan in the same way it responded to the c | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fnews%2F715739%2Fdo-more-for-ssudan-refugees-says-a-top-un-official.html.json | en | null | Do more for S.Sudan refugees, says a top UN official | null | null | www.modernghana.com | Women do laundry at the UN compound in the Tomping area in Juba in July 2016. By Beatrice Mategwa (UNMISS/AFP/File)
Adjumani (Uganda) (AFP) - The international community must respond to the refugee crisis caused by fighting in South Sudan in the same way it responded to the crisis in Europe, the UN refugee chief said in Uganda on Monday.
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, says 88,533 people have fled South Sudan for Uganda since July when fighting broke out between rival factions in the capital of the world's youngest country.
Uganda, among the world's poorest countries, has won praise for hosting nearly 320,000 South Sudanese refugees as well as others fleeing political unrest and violence in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
"Uganda is in the middle of an unstable region and being a stable and peaceful country they are somehow compelled to receive thousands of refugees everyday. In Europe the same number of new arrivals per day could bring governments down," said UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi during a visit to camps in northern Uganda on Monday.
The UNHCR has received less than a third of the funding needed to cope with the humanitarian emergency compared to over two-thirds for the refugee crisis in Europe, Grandi said. "This is not right, we need to put this right," he said.
"Last year Europe received one million refugees. Kenya, Ethiopia and Uganda each host 600,000-700,000 refugees, that's a lot of people. They deserve support," he said.
"This is where the refugee crisis is and this is where the international community should focus."
Grandi was speaking at Pagarinya Settlement Camp in northern Uganda where more than 22,000 refugees arrived within two weeks of fighting breaking out in the South Sudanese capital, Juba.
The UNHCR registers all of the South Sudanese migrants entering Uganda.
The government of Uganda gives each refugee household a plot of land to cultivate and materials to build a basic shelter.
"Where else in the world could 22,000 refugees be resettled and given a plot of land so quickly after arriving?" asked Grandi.
He said South Sudanese people "who have fled from the most appalling violence and hardship" were being let down by an international community that "has not upheld their responsibilities in the manner that it should".
Grandi also appealed to the leaders of South Sudan to "behave responsibly".
"There's fighting, tribal divisions, power struggles between individuals and leaders: this has to stop," he said, adding that during his visit he had heard multiple testimonies from survivors of violent attacks, rape, killings and abductions. | http://www.modernghana.com/news/715739/do-more-for-ssudan-refugees-says-a-top-un-official.html | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/7a081e4d698e82789021bfcc0412bd69440d3e2d74845ca11fb07cad8f8f797c.json | |
[] | 2016-08-30T20:52:29 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | A Deputy Tourism Minister under the erstwhile Kufuor administration has said it cannot be the case that the Kufuor administration committed Ghana to a foreign a | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fnews%2F716061%2Fi-dare-critics-to-go-to-court-over-the-kempinski-deal-osei.html.json | en | null | I Dare Critics To Go To Court Over The Kempinski Deal Osei Ameyaw | null | null | www.modernghana.com | A Deputy Tourism Minister under the erstwhile Kufuor administration has said it cannot be the case that the Kufuor administration committed Ghana to a foreign agreement without Parliamentary approval.
Kofi Osei Ameyaw told Joy News’ Dzifa Bampoh there was no breach of the law in the agreement that gave birth to what is now the Kempinski hotel.
Joy News’ investigative journalist Kwetey Nartey has intercepted a document from a Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca which revealed the Kufuor government may have breached procedures in bringing to Ghana Cascade Development Company and its affiliates, the firm that constructed the Kempinski Hotel.
The leaked files indicate that suspended chairman of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) Paul Afoko received over half a million US dollars for fronting for the offshore company.
Documents seen by Joy News also show that on 15 February 2006, the government of Ghana signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the foreign company for the development of a three hundred thousand square meter Accra Race Course site.
The Kufuor government reached an agreement with Cascade Development Company and its affiliates, the firm that constructed the Kempinski Hotel, to develop the site into a housing complex. The plan included a five-star hotel, office and residential buildings and a shopping mall.
The information also revealed the Kufuor government gave tax rebates to the company in order for them to set up, something critics have suggested was improper.
But in a reaction Mr Osei Ameyaw who was Deputy Tourism Minister at the time and who worked on the deal said nothing untoward happened and challenged persons who believe Parliament or the Kufuor government did something wrong to take the matter up in court.
He also argued that the erstwhile Kufuor government did not breach the law in giving tax rebates to the company.
“I am not privy to an MOU and I don’t know when an MOU became an agreement.”
“…We cannot be on air trying to debate the propriety or impropriety of Parliament’s work. If one believes one believes that Parliament acted ultra vares or gone beyond its powers in the approval of Kempinski hotel agreement then the person has the right as a citizen to take the matter up.
“In my understanding, I am very clear that there has not been any breach of the law, either by Parliament or by anybody,” he stated.
He said even if the agreement was signed before Parliament approved it, there are agreements signed as a condition subsequent, which means that agreement can only be said to be effective if it is subsequently approved by Parliament.
He dismissed assertions the tax rebates given to the company were improper.
“If you are suggesting that in one way or the other there has been impropriety, you have the right to take the matter up with the Judiciary.
He said tax rebates are a loss to the country only if the country does not approve of it. But if the country permits it doesn’t become a loss.
The Vice Chair of the Constitution and Legal Committee of Parliament George Loh, said the story “does not come to him as a story.”
He told Joy News ideally the agreement comes to Parliament for approval first before any contract is firmed up. However in the Kempiski case the contrary happened.
He said even though the agreement was not brought to Parliament in the beginning, eventually it came for approval.
-myjoyonline | http://www.modernghana.com/news/716061/i-dare-critics-to-go-to-court-over-the-kempinski-deal-osei.html | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/254972142d4384f780eea8e6fef516958cb5992af940db3a5ffceb0a951a3e7f.json | |
[] | 2016-08-27T06:50:04 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | Government has dismissed claims by the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), that there is a freeze on the recruitment of lecturers into the country | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fnews%2F715191%2Fno-freeze-on-recruitment-of-lecturers-govt-denies-utag-cl.html.json | en | null | No freeze on recruitment of lecturers Govt denies UTAG claim | null | null | www.modernghana.com | Government has dismissed claims by the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), that there is a freeze on the recruitment of lecturers into the country’s public tertiary institutions.
The President of UTAG, Harry Agbanu, had said the freeze on employment of lecturers by the public universities had created some inconvenience in the various institutions.
The universities have even threatened to cut down on the number of admissions in their schools.
“The vacancies that need to be filled by the University of Ghana, as regards all categories of staff stands at 1,200. Technical approval by Public Services Commission provided for 897 workers to be recruited. Surprisingly, financial clearance from the Ministry of Finance gives the university only 238 slots to be filled putting undue pressure on the few lecturers available,” he said at a press conference earlier this week.
However, according to the Education Ministry, the claims from UTAG were untrue as some teaching staff had been approved for employment into the universities.
“There is no ban on recruitment because we are aware that approval has been given for some 1, 018 teaching and non-teaching staff for the tertiary staff. This number is the exact number requested by the tertiary and non-teaching staff through the NCTE, the Public Relations officer of the Ministry of Education, Francis Gbadago told Citi News.
Education Minister Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang
He added that, tertiary institutions that needed more staff were free to make requests but had to go through the right processes for approval.
“If the Universities need additional staff to be recruited, it's a very simple issue. They need to go through the due process by submitting their request through the National Council for Tertiary Education and it will be worked on for approval,” he said.
“Reducing the intake for the institutions as suggested by UTAG is not an option because we have given them the opportunity to recruit more lecturers if they deem it fit; but then it must go through the due process. They must request it through the NCTE and when it gets to us, we'll forward it to the Ministry of Finance for approval.”
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[] | 2016-08-26T16:49:51 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | By Josephine Nyarkoh, GNA Kumasi, Aug 26, GNA - A retired Police Commissioner, has called for decisive action to purge the police service of undesirable charac | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fnews%2F715103%2Fpolice-should-have-no-place-for-undesirable-characters.html.json | en | null | Police should have no place for undesirable characters | null | null | www.modernghana.com | By Josephine Nyarkoh, GNA
Kumasi, Aug 26, GNA - A retired Police Commissioner, has called for decisive action to purge the police service of undesirable characters creating image problems for the service.
Mr. Kwasi Nkansah, who is the President of the National Association of Retired Police Officers (NARPO), said there should be no room for any acts of indiscipline and criminality.
His call comes on the heels of the reported involvement of two police officers in a robbery attack on a GCB Bank bullion van at Ekye-Amanfrom in the Afram Plains South that left one person killed and a policeman escorting the vehicle, injured.
Barely a week after that despicable incident, another two officers were caught in car snatching.
Speaking to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in Kumasi, he described these recent happenings as tasteless and worrying.
Mr. Nkansah said everything should be done to stop the few bad nuts from tarnishing the reputation of the service through their criminal conduct.
He reminded serving officers to get right with the law to sustain public confidence and trust.
He also appealed to the senior officers to continue to inspire and assist their subordinates to uphold high moral values.
GNA | http://www.modernghana.com/news/715103/police-should-have-no-place-for-undesirable-characters.html | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/d873ef1a5d0eb97ee11631c001952845fda1f2e898b6cee28e5b5facfe6c570d.json | |
[] | 2016-08-29T18:51:56 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | Gent star Nana Kwesi Asare dedicated his goal on his return to full fitness to the club's physiotherapist. The 30-year-old left-back was kept out fro | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fsports%2F715735%2Fgents-nana-asare-dedicates-goal-on-injury-return-to-clubs.html.json | en | null | Gent's Nana Asare dedicates goal on injury return to club's physio | null | null | www.modernghana.com | Gent star Nana Kwesi Asare dedicated his goal on his return to full fitness to the club's physiotherapist.
The 30-year-old left-back was kept out from the start of the season but he climbed off the bench to score a stoppage-time equalizer in the 2-2 draw with Anderlecht.
"After my goal I ran straight into the arms of Matti ( Mortier , the physiotherapist). All my rehabilitation I spent with him , we worked very hard, and I am very grateful to him for everything he has done for me," he said.
"I 'm not at the top level , but step by step I 'm getting there . My goal? (Laughs) I do not know how I hit the ball , but it went very nicely. That goal led to the entire team for a relief. It was deserved ."
For more Ghana football news visit www.ghanasoccernet.com | http://www.modernghana.com/sports/715735/gents-nana-asare-dedicates-goal-on-injury-return-to-clubs.html | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/d7e5756d6b00162a9046cab7131af041b53dce17610315857359c17fdf1dfd5f.json | |
[] | 2016-08-29T12:51:33 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | West Ham United record signing Andre Ayew has stated his desire to pay for the airfares of all Black Stars players who will not be able to buy their own tick | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fsports%2F715586%2Fwest-ham-star-andre-ayew-to-pay-airfares-for-black-stars-pla.html.json | en | null | West Ham star Andre Ayew to pay airfares for Black Stars players to honour Rwanda clash | null | null | www.modernghana.com | West Ham United record signing Andre Ayew has stated his desire to pay for the airfares of all Black Stars players who will not be able to buy their own tickets to honour Ghana's AFCON clash with Rwanda on September 3.
Coach Avram Grant named a 23-man contingent to prepare for the final group game against the Amavubi.
But growing reports have it that the Sports Minister has warned Travel Matters- the traveling agency of the Ghana FA to stop the traveling arrangement of the players, just seven days before the team takes on the Amavubi in Accra.
The move appears orchestrated to ensure locally-based players are forced on coach Avram Grant which has been an agenda of the Minister with claims that the Black Stars have already qualified.
But the injured Black Stars captain is said to have volunteered to take up the airfares of all the foreign-based players who are determined to serve their country at any point.
Confirming the deputy Black Stars skipper's desire to buy the tickets, Communications Director of the Ghana FA, Ibrahim Sannie Daara said 'Dede Ayew promises to pay for the tickets of all the foreign based players invited for the game who do not have the financial strength to do so themselves.' He told Happy FM,
Andre Ayew has been ruled out of the clash following an injury he sustained in West Ham's opening Premier League clash with Chelsea.
Ghana will have to maintain their unbeaten run in the group to move up the FIFA ranking and have attached all bits f seriousness to the clash.
By: Sheikh Tophic Sienu @desheikh1 on twitter
For more Ghana football news visit www.ghanasoccernet.com | http://www.modernghana.com/sports/715586/west-ham-star-andre-ayew-to-pay-airfares-for-black-stars-pla.html | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/98775823ed0ffb5f57223b2b7a265092ac867e338b9a9028aa56394070b18ea0.json | |
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"Ghana Dance Festival"
] | 2016-08-30T16:52:16 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | September promises to be an exciting month as dance takes centre stage with over 14 dance events designed to mark the celebration of the 2nd annual Ghana Dan | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fmusic%2F38573%2Fghana-dance-festival-2016-dance-takes-centre-stage-in-septe.html.json | en | null | Ghana Dance Festival 2016: Dance Takes Centre Stage In September | null | null | www.modernghana.com | September promises to be an exciting month as dance takes centre stage with over 14 dance events designed to mark the celebration of the 2nd annual Ghana Dance Festival.
Unlike last year where fewer events and activities happened over a period of three months, this year’s edition of the Ghana Dance Festival has more events, but condensed into one month of celebration. Beginning with a Grand Launch on Thursday, September 1, Ghana will be dancing to different dance forms, catering to different targets throughout the month before it is brought to an end on Sunday, October 1 with a Grand Finale.
According to Robert Klah, CEO of CAiM, organisers of the Ghana Dance Festival, “this year’s celebration is themed Dance for Peace. And prior to the event launch, dancers are being sensitized on making a peace statement with their dance.” With regards to the number of events, he said “dance is too big to be celebrated with one event. That is why we call it a festival, a series of dance events. Dance means different things to different people, and so it is only fair that for an annual program of this nature, events are organised to cater to our differences.”
The celebration comes with the following events: Ballroom Soiree, Highlife Jam, Old Skuul Jam, Dance Aerobics, Club Jam, Salsa Congress, Street Dance Exhibition, Praise Dance, Dance Movie Show, Traditional Dance Exhibition/Dance Production, Dance Seminars, and Dance Workshops.
All dancers and lovers of dance are thus encouraged to participate in the festival as it seeks to promote dance, dancers, dance institutions and their works, locally and internationally. Details of the various dance events, such as date, venue and time are available on social media- DanceteraTV (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter) or Ghana Dance Festival (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter). The events will officially be telecast on Dancetera TV- the official mouth piece for dance in Ghana.
Ghana Dance Festival is organised by CAiM (Creative Arts in Motion) and it is supported by the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, as well as the Ghana Dancers Association. For more information, contact CAiM on +233 50 667 9491, or Ghana Dance Festival on social media. | http://www.modernghana.com/music/38573/ghana-dance-festival-2016-dance-takes-centre-stage-in-septe.html | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/97ffbd0fee8b24cec66e67c0b6970ea8ef7fc225c2bcc0636198eee36f21bc1e.json | |
[] | 2016-08-31T10:53:07 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | Ing. Dr. Kwame A. Boakye (middle) and some council members posed with members of the Advisory amp; Review Group The President and Council of the Ghan | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fnews%2F716196%2Fnational-engineering-advisory-group-inaugurated.html.json | en | null | National Engineering Advisory Group Inaugurated | null | null | www.modernghana.com | Ing. Dr. Kwame A. Boakye (middle) and some council members posed with members of the Advisory & Review Group
The President and Council of the Ghana Institution of Engineers (GhIE) have inaugurated a 11-member National Engineering Advisory & Review Group (NEARG) to advise and review practical issues confronting engineering in the country.
The Group, which is set out to be an independent “voice” on engineering issues, was inaugurated by the President of GhIE Ing. Dr. Kwame Boakye.
Inaugurating the Group, Ing. Dr. Boakye said the establishment of the National Engineering Advisory & Review Group is one of the major institutional vehicles to help the institution achieve its objective and also promote the achievement of group excellence.
He said the group is expected to lead in the development of the GhIE Engineering Bible that will capture the GhIE perspectives and recommendations on the major engineering areas of interest to the nation.
Ing. Dr. Boakye explained that the engineering community needs to come together to effectively discharge their responsibilities of applying its expertise for national development and help increase group excellence.
“I believe that it doesn't matter what we achieve as individuals, until we achieve Group Excellence, our country cannot be competitive on the global level”, he said.
Speaking on behalf of the Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing, Ing. John Tettey, Director of the Ministry supported the formation of the Advisory & Review Group, urging all professional bodies to come together to provide professional and technical advice to Government for the development of the nation.
The National Engineering Advisory & Review Group, is chaired by Ing. Wilfred E.O. Apatu. Other members of the group include, Ing. Ben R. Aniagyei; Ing. Dr. Robert E. Adjaye; Ing. Dr. Joseph K.D. Annan; Ing. Dr. Nicholas K. Smart-Yeboah; Ing. Akwasi O. Pianim; Ing. Sylvia M. Arthur; Ing. Andrew E. Quayson; Ing. Prof. Daniel M. Gyimah; Brigadier General Anthony Amedoh and Mr. George Korley, resident in the U.S. | http://www.modernghana.com/news/716196/national-engineering-advisory-group-inaugurated.html | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/29b58b56f5d79f7db6202c2cff019dc62f039612c639e2176c87e091692bd7dd.json | |
[] | 2016-08-29T10:51:29 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | Millions of Ghanaians could lose access to treated water due to the impending closure of three major water treatment dams due to the activities of illegal minin | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fnews%2F715565%2Fgalamsey-could-force-closure-of-3-treatment-dams-ministry.html.json | en | null | Galamsey Could Force Closure Of 3 Treatment Dams Ministry | null | null | www.modernghana.com | Millions of Ghanaians could lose access to treated water due to the impending closure of three major water treatment dams due to the activities of illegal mining, according to the Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing.
The dams in question are the Barekese dam, the Kyebi Treatment plant and the Daboase water treatment plant.
The effects of the activities of galamsey operators around the plants have compelled management of these plants to shut down the dams to prevent it from total collapse.Speaking to Citi News, the Public Relations Officer of the Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing, Abraham Otabil, lamented that the activities of these illegal miners is making it difficult for the various plants to operate.
“The activities of galamsey operators have become a source of worry. As soon as the Minister visits the site, then these operators run into the bush; but whenever we return to our various offices, these guys come back to operate,” he said.
He confirmed that the Kibi water treatment plant “is giving an indication that within the next few days, if nothing is done, the treatment plant will be shut down.”
“As we speak now, Barekese in the Ashanti Region is being threatened seriously. We are looking at the Daboase Plant which is also seriously under siege by these galamsey operators,” Mr. Otabil lamented.
Farmlands also suffering effects of galamsey
Illegal miners are reported to have destroyed large swathes of cocoa farms at Bepotenten and Gyamang, two farming communities in the Amansie Central District of the Ashanti Region. The levels of devastation have resulted in some residents abandoning their farming activities and relocating their families to other communities to prevent them from falling into the open gullies dug by the illegal miners. A Chinese woman, identified as Madam Asia Huang, is said to be the lead operator, working with some Ghanaian collaborators.The Ashanti Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has since commenced investigations into the alleged illegal mining activities.
-citifmonline | http://www.modernghana.com/news/715565/galamsey-could-force-closure-of-3-treatment-dams-ministry.html | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/25b410a8c9f48586e662d640ba7e734491100974cbf912ae421ccda753de8f1d.json | |
[] | 2016-08-27T10:50:19 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | This year's edition of the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) which is being organised to celebrate the rich musical heritage of Africa and her talented artistes | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fmusic%2F38515%2Fsarkodie-okyeame-kwame-nominated-for-all-africa-music-award.html.json | en | null | Sarkodie, Okyeame Kwame Nominated For All Africa Music Awards | null | null | www.modernghana.com | This year's edition of the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) which is being organised to celebrate the rich musical heritage of Africa and her talented artistes for the economic growth of the continent will take place in Lagos, Nigeria on Sunday, November 6.
Two of Ghana's award-winning hiplife artistes, Sarkodie and Okyeame Kwame, are among some music stars from Africa and around the globe to be honoured for their contribution to African music at this year's edition of the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA 2016).
The two celebrated hiplife artistes were nominated in the Best Male Artiste in Western Africa category which also has Brymo, Flavour, Sidikiba Diabate, Tekno and Wizkid.
The event, according to the organisers, is expected to attract over 2,500 guests from various African countries.
The excitement is expected to be bigger as a number of renowned African artistes have been invited to perform at the event.
Public voting in all categories begins on Tuesday, August 30. Some of the activities lined up ahead of the main event include Africa Music Summit on Friday, November 4 and the AFRIMA Music Village, an open musical concert featuring nominees and other top billed music stars.
By George Clifford Owusu | http://www.modernghana.com/music/38515/sarkodie-okyeame-kwame-nominated-for-all-africa-music-award.html | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/8a2aa7e36ca019e006e4e4f333e11ca208b25486419f6467c62031bf591da56f.json | |
[] | 2016-08-26T20:50:11 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | The 2016 edition of the Joy FM rsquo;s Back to School bonanza has opened at the Prudence Event Center near Ghana International Trade Fair Center in Accra. Th | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fnews%2F715142%2Fphotos-joy-fm-back-to-school-opens-at-trade-fair.html.json | en | null | Photos: Joy FM Back to School opens at Trade Fair | null | null | www.modernghana.com | The 2016 edition of the Joy FM’s Back to School bonanza has opened at the Prudence Event Center near Ghana International Trade Fair Center in Accra.
The annual bazaar is aimed at bringing together dealers in school related items for business and patrons to be on one a common platform to foster interaction and networking.
The 3-day event which has recorded 70 exhibitors is expected to attract hundreds of patrons who stand the chance of getting books, children’s school items at reduced prices.
Some of the items on display are school bags, calculators, foot wears, toys, school desks and story books et al.
The Back to School event has got many parents who passed by on the opening day were full of smiles as they bought school items and stationery at discounted prices.
"It is a great joy to find all school items I need at a go at a reduced price especially for parents with busy schedules," one happy parent told Joy News.
The event ends on Sunday with super discounts.
Story by Ghana | Myjoyonline.com | David Andoh | http://www.modernghana.com/news/715142/photos-joy-fm-back-to-school-opens-at-trade-fair.html | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/a6cbc666ce7fa4404e633d75c6dfe8a2e80efc524ceb11ef5231eb975e93f57a.json | |
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"Felix Engsalige Nyaaba"
] | 2016-08-29T18:51:44 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | The Greater Accra Regional and constituencies executives of the women wing of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), has taken the government, quot; | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fnews%2F715726%2Fndc-women-preaches-green-book-gospels-at-borianor.html.json | en | null | NDC Women Preaches 'Green Book Gospels' At Borianor | null | null | www.modernghana.com | The Greater Accra Regional and constituencies executives of the women wing of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), has taken the government, "Accounting to the People," pictorial booklet known as the green book to the coastal towns of the region to canvass for votes.
The women wing as part of effort to help the John Mahama led NDC Government to retain power, last Friday, stormed the Bortianor / Ngleshie Amanfrom Constituency in the Ga South Municipality to preach to the people of the,"gospel of the green book."
Led by its regional women organiser, Mrs Felicia Mekpoi Bortey, the NDC women went round the communities interacting and distributing the green book to the residents, explaining its content and what is expected in the next four years.
Residents who received copies of the green book for the first time and seeing it's content beng work done by John Dramani Mahama were marvellous of extend of projects executed in the country.
" I saw this green book with someone, but I never have opportunity to see the content, I am so impressed of work done, people says he did many projects for the country and today I have seen some in the book," a 52 year old woman identified herself as Mameley stated.
The NDC women moved further into the residence, and many were calling and running after them for copies of the green book.
They also distributed another white booklet, " Touching Lives" which contained the pictorials of work done by the first Lady, Mrs Lordina Mahama, through her foundation, the Lordina Foundation.
While in the Bortianor community some of the residents could not hide their joy and happiness seeing the green book and the touching lives book, as most of them were heard, shouting, "ede bee keke," signifying their utmost support to the NDC party course in the constituency.
The NDC women moved from house to house and from store to store to preach the gospel of the green book as they also distributed some party branded T-Shirts and other paraphernalia's to the residents.
Mrs Bortey later told The Enquirer, the aimed is consolidate the women front and to ensure an effective mobilization of the grassroots to prosecute the agenda of the NDC.
According to her, the move was also to ensure President Mahama’s development projects and programs in the region are communicated effectively to the voter populace.
While distributing the green book, Mrs Borey urged the residents to take advantage of the numerous developmental projects and program's in the region, especially in education and ensure that they enrol their children into schools.
The Regional Women Organisers of the NDC further told residents of Bortianor that the region has benefited tremendously from the government under the leadership of President John Mahama and urged them to turn out in their number on December 7, to endorse his second term as president.
Mrs Bortey however urged members of the party in the constituency to take advantage of the deep affection of the people of the area for the NDC in order to win more voters for the President.
She assured the constituency women wing of the support of the regional executives in ensuring an enabling environment for them to perform their activities.
She urged them to communicate effectively the government’s development efforts to the people and in a manner that would convince them to vote massively for the party.
The NDC , the regional women organiser said, is blessed with young people, the greatest of blessings and the party will continue to empower and believe in the inexhaustible strength of millions of Ghanaian youth,especially girls to give them opportunities to succeed.
Mrs Bortey therefore urged the young girls to advance vigorously and be forthright following the NDC with unstained loyalty and conscience. | http://www.modernghana.com/news/715726/ndc-women-preaches-green-book-gospels-at-borianor.html | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/0d619d5abbb88ebc0cea6ae381484088f8fe67c0fda916283c19d5574d72f9bf.json | |
[] | 2016-08-28T14:50:56 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | Fidelity Bank Ghana has been adjudged the bank of the year 2016 for its outstanding performance in trade financing and strong financial output. At the 15[SUP | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fnews%2F715372%2Ffidelity-bank-adjudged-bank-of-the-year.html.json | en | null | Fidelity Bank adjudged bank of the year | null | null | www.modernghana.com | Fidelity Bank Ghana has been adjudged the bank of the year 2016 for its outstanding performance in trade financing and strong financial output.
At the 15th edition of the awards ceremony which was held at the Kempinski Hotel Accra also saw the indigenous bank winning the Best Bank in Trade Deal as well as Best Corporate Social Responsibility Bank of the year.
Speaking to JOYBUSINESS, Deputy Managing Director of Fidelity Bank, Jim Baiden attributed the achievement to the strong performance of their trade businesses.
According to him, this is a vote of confidence in an indigenous Ghanaian bank.
Mr Baiden while taking and dedicating the award to their customers said these awards mean a lot to the bank.
Some of the winners in the various categories include Prudential Bank as Best Customer Care Bank of the year, Bank of Africa as Best Customer Services Advisory Bank of the year while Product Innovation of the year went to Stanbic Bank Ghana.
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[] | 2016-08-31T10:53:15 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | THE HILL Tennis Club at Cape Coast will host 4 Garrison Officers Mess Tennis Club from Kumasi in a tricky tennis contest, dubbed 'Fetu Afahye Tournament', thi | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fsports%2F716190%2Fhill-club-hosts-mess-tennis-in-fetu-afahye-tourney.html.json | en | null | Hill Club Hosts Mess Tennis In Fetu Afahye Tourney | null | null | www.modernghana.com | ACP Adusah Poku of Mess Tennis, preparing for the Fetu Afahye Tournament
THE HILL Tennis Club at Cape Coast will host 4 Garrison Officers Mess Tennis Club from Kumasi in a tricky tennis contest, dubbed 'Fetu Afahye Tournament', this weekend.
The tournament would kick-start from September 2nd to 4th and the two combatants would compete in men and ladies doubles and singles, and mixed doubles.
Hill Club, in July this year, was humbled by Mess Tennis which was played in Kumasi.
The home team would therefore count on home support to defeat Mess Tennis, who have hit top form in recent times and recorded significant wins over their opponents.
Mess Tennis President, Samuel Ampadu-Kyei aka 'Kyikyiss', said his club would parade the crème-de-la-crème tennis stars in their club so as to repeat the dose on Hill Club.
He, however, admitted that Hill Club would not be an easy nut to crack, especially in their own backyard, saying the home team would definitely feature talented tennis stars.
Aside the competition on the court, Kyikyiss said the tournament would also help to deepen the bond of friendship between the two clubs.
Mess Tennis team would include ACP Adusah Poku, Kofi Affum Baffoe, Henry Akwaboah, Samuel Ampadu-Kyei, Nana Attakora, Kwasi Dekyi, Francis Marshall, Nana Osei Nsiah Ababio, Peprah Sarpong and Salifu Seidu Abebe.
The rest are Alex Yeboah Asuamah, Ernest Antwi, Kwame Asare, James Osei Kwarteng, Anthony Wularu, Capt. G.G. Klu Amereka, Brig. Gen. Joseph Adu Boampong and Yaw Nimo Baffour.
Also making the trip to Cape Coast are Nii Kwei Kussachin, Kwadwo Kyei, Maxwell Owusu, Dr. Alexis Nane Beifuba, Eric Asante, Richard Torku, Dr. Abraham Adjei Oppong, Samuel Taylor, Robert Tetteh and Dr. Kojo Ansah.
The Mess ladies team is made up of Dzifa Ahorlu, Lydia Maysel Oduro, Paulina Asemiteng, Charlotte Nyamekye, Mrs. Peggy Oppong Bawuah, Brenda Sutinga, Brenda Bangdome.
The Hill Club team also comprised of Ben Nartey, Frank Koufie (Chairman), Eduam Acquah, Jerry Atakpa, Tony Abban, Tony Annan, Rev Kwesi Essel, Dr. Aaron Offei (Expe), Mike Krakue and Willy Agyekum.
Also in the home team are Kwesi Bondzi, Akwesi Buadu, Patrick Honey, Emma Alibah, Allan Crentsil, Dr. Kweku Odum, Dr. Paa Kow Otoo, Kojo Gabriel and Josephine Simons.
FROM I.F. Joe Awuah Jnr.,Kumasi. | http://www.modernghana.com/sports/716190/hill-club-hosts-mess-tennis-in-fetu-afahye-tourney.html | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/89bff238e80741bb45c78fd5df81e0944dc8a9074a2a7bf10ef80e10cc5d590f.json | |
[] | 2016-08-28T18:51:09 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | Bechem United thrashed Hearts of Oak 3-1 at the Gyeabour Park in Bechem on Sunday in the 2016 Ghana Premier League. Abenego Tetteh in the first half shot the | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fsports%2F715421%2Fghana-premier-league-abenego-tettehs-hat-trick-sends-heart.html.json | en | null | Ghana Premier League: Abenego Tetteh's hat-trick sends Hearts of Oak packing from Bechem | null | null | www.modernghana.com | Bechem United thrashed Hearts of Oak 3-1 at the Gyeabour Park in Bechem on Sunday in the 2016 Ghana Premier League.
Abenego Tetteh in the first half shot the hosts into the lead. The bulky forward registered his second goal just after the break. Tetteh scored his third goal in the game before Owusu Bempah scored a consolation goal for the Phobians late in the game.
Hearts of Oak made the perfect start to the game when they dominated the home side winning the 50-50 balls in the midfield but the chance they created in the opening minutes Samuel Yeboah fluffed his line. READ ALSO: AshGold pip Hasaaacas 1-0 at Obuasi
Shortly the Phobians paid for their profligacy as Abenego Tetteh broke the deadlock in the 18 minute after he headed home Yaw Anol's well taken free-kick. Moment later Samuel Akurugu produced a fantastic save to deny the hosts from making it two.
The Phobians then mounted an intense pressure on Bechem United in search of the equalizer but it proved futile. The home side against the run of play created some decent chances but their leading marksman Abenego Tetteh failed to hit the back of the net.
Three minutes after the break, Bechem United unsettled Hearts of Oak as Abengeo Tetteh grabbed his second goal as the Phobians looked dejected on the field. READ MORE: Kotoko share the spoils with Berekum Chelsea
The Phobians couldn't foiled the swift play of the home side's as Manuel Zacharia's side nearly made it three but Tetteh failed to connect Issah Adamau's cut-back pass.
Sergio Traguil side knowing very well that they are down by 2-0 - they threw a lot of bodies upfront leaving spaces at the back but the Bechem based side failed to punish the away side as they sailed all their shots over.
Despite the Phobians' pressure, Bechem United defended well, and in the 87 minute a swift movement of the ball from the left side opened the away side's defense and Abenego Tetteh registered his hat-trick and his side's third goal.
Late in the game, Owusu Bempah reduced the deficit for Hearts of Oak from a free-kick but the damaged had already been done as the game ended 3-1.
For more sports news visit allSports.com.gh | http://www.modernghana.com/sports/715421/ghana-premier-league-abenego-tettehs-hat-trick-sends-heart.html | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/a404df32e6d69433d2aeda3a96234eb11fe9aa84fb17407e5eb788e4d0786543.json | |
[
"Ernest Sakah"
] | 2016-08-28T22:51:20 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | The village boy He is totally clueless of what the future holds for him To him, being a roman father is the highest achievement ever worth striving for in l | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fnews%2F715453%2Fthe-village-boy.html.json | en | null | The Village Boy | null | null | www.modernghana.com | The village boy
He is totally clueless of what the future holds
for him
To him, being a roman father is the highest
achievement ever worth striving for in life..
The village boy
In his palm, right from birth, was a sword of
liberation
A sword unto which he held tenaciously
without even his knowledge
On his shoulders lies the destiny of a great
nation..
Only he, had the very words that constitutes a
worded preset of emancipation, in all of its
form, of a continent
The village boy,
Just like he chased lizards and mice in the
forests of Nkroful,
He chased away foreign governors
He set a pace
Yea! A pace whose paths no longer exists
So many decades down..no one have really
proven to be like him..
At least to the best of my knowledge...
A village boy with a hopeless future, gave a
meaning to the lives of the hopeful
He liberated a nation whose citizens for so
many centuries have wallowed in a mountain
of despair in the presence of a vast ocean of
material wealth
He envissioned and he defined,
He planned and he approached,
He collaborated and he failed,
He went through pains and he never gave up,
He beseeched and he pressed
No, no he was never tired, just like Martin
Luther King, he worked with the faith that
"Unearned suffering is redemptive"
He was not a hypocrite in his quest for
liberation..
He conducted his struggles on high grounds of
discipline
He fought against colour
He opposed racism
To him, wisdom was not on the basis of colour
Yea! To him, as many blacks as possible that so
thirts for wisdom, to them it is readily
accessible.
The village boy...
History will remenber you
Generations will remember you
For you are a legend and your legacies testifies
to that..
Indeed "When the black man is given the
chance, he will prove to the whole world that
he is somebody"
Yes, The black man is capable of taking care of
his own affairs!
ERNEST SAKAH
University of Professional Studies
0242 778808
Ernest Sakah | http://www.modernghana.com/news/715453/the-village-boy.html | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/2df9acae5d993cfed444ac9821b8834a4801deebc9d9404730aa67fee76248c6.json | |
[] | 2016-08-28T00:51:12 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | Salta (Argentina) (AFP) - Replacement back Santiago Gonzalez Iglesias kicked a penalty two minutes from time to give Argentina a 26-24 Rugby Championship victor | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fnews%2F715311%2Fargentina-beat-south-africa-in-rugby-championship.html.json | en | null | Argentina beat South Africa in Rugby Championship | null | null | www.modernghana.com | Salta (Argentina) (AFP) - Replacement back Santiago Gonzalez Iglesias kicked a penalty two minutes from time to give Argentina a 26-24 Rugby Championship victory over South Africa in Salta Saturday.
It was the first home triumph for the Pumas over the Springboks after a draw and 10 defeats since they first met in South America 23 years ago. | http://www.modernghana.com/news/715311/argentina-beat-south-africa-in-rugby-championship.html | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/287a9eb017d7c05b7e5072bd61fba6cdeb72ed37b9806f632fc1ad87fb7f6a9f.json | |
[
"Sammy Heywood Okine"
] | 2016-08-26T22:50:29 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | Organisers of the biggest sporting event in Ghana, the Millennium Marathon have expressed their readiness for the race which is on Saturday September 3, 2016 | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fsports%2F715117%2Fmillennium-marathon-2016-organisers-get-set-for-september-3.html.json | en | null | Millennium Marathon 2016: Organisers Get Set For September 3 | null | null | www.modernghana.com | Organisers of the biggest sporting event in Ghana, the Millennium Marathon have expressed their readiness for the race which is on Saturday September 3, 2016 in Accra.
Addressing the media yesterday at the offices of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly, Ambassador Ashim Morton Managing Partner of the Millennium Marathon Sports Company said everything is ready for the big event and he is counting on the media to alert Ghanaians on the date and activities for another great occasion.
He noted that international marathon runners and foreign officials have indicated their participation and would be arriving in the country very soon.
According to Ashim Morton, security arrangements and other important logistics for the event are ready with H2O as the official water supplier before during and after the race.
The Mayor of Accra Hon. Alfred Okoe Vanderpuije who participated in the marathon last year was full of joy that the event is coming on for the second time in Ghana with the attendance of running legend Haile Gabresalassie from Ethiopia.
He urged the media to promote the Millennium Marathon to attract more patronage and sponsorship, for an increase in participation as there are several benefits to be derived for Ghanaians. He said sports is good for health, apart from being a business venture and also promotes tourism.
The award winning Mayor of Accra admonished the youth of Ghana to participate fully in the marathon and if possible try their best to sweep the prizes from other nationals who are coming.
Victor Xola Senaya, Director at the Ministry of Youth & Sports also added his voice to the notion that sports is big business which brings people together and as Ghana goes in for elections, the Millennium Marathon should be another avenue for creating peace, unity, love and friendship. He urged the private sector to be involved in the promotion and development of sports.
Richard Oduro of LADMA, whose are area most of the race will take place also assured of their readiness and promised to contribute logistics to enhance the success of the marathon.
Chief Inspector William Kusi of the MTTU who represented the Ghana Police at the media encounter assured the organisers and general public of adequate security and adviced motorists to abide by notices and instructions on the day, as some major routes would be closed as early as 5am.
Carthy Morton of the MMSL gave out some places for registration such as the Accra Sports Stadium, Marina Mall, Junction Mall, Max Mart, Lara Mart, Elite Sports, Maximum Fitness Center at Dansoman, Frankies at Osu and Papaye.
At stake for winner are two brand new Peugeot cars for Ghanaian winners and cash prizes ranging from 40, 000ghc for the first ten people (Male and Female) to cross the finishing line at the Black Star Square. | http://www.modernghana.com/sports/715117/millennium-marathon-2016-organisers-get-set-for-september-3.html | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/f955a2169c7fc9f1c2c9fe23ad4a94ef8e7157ba21dcf19d059e6fa11968b857.json | |
[] | 2016-08-28T16:51:05 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | After three failed attempts to elect a Presiding Member (PM) for the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), the more than 70 members of the assembly have finally a | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fnews%2F715393%2Fkma-nominates-a-compromise-candidate-for-presiding-member-co.html.json | en | null | KMA nominates a Compromise Candidate for Presiding Member consideration | null | null | www.modernghana.com | After three failed attempts to elect a Presiding Member (PM) for the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), the more than 70 members of the assembly have finally agreed on what they describe as a Compromise Candidate.
The failure to agree on a suitable candidate since last year stalled proceedings as the Assembly is unable to carry out its mandate. This is also compounded without a KMA chief executive.
Former KMA boss Kojo Bonsu resigned last month following a disagreement with the Kumasi Traditional council.
According to Luv FM’s Prince Appiah, the elected member will now be presented to the general assembly for confirmation.
Since October last year, the KMA has gone through four rounds of voting without success in electing a PM.
Two candidates; Nana Kofi Senya and Adumhene, Baffour Agyei Kesse, have on each occasion failed to secure two-thirds majority required by law.
In the midst of the brouhaha, City Mayor, Kojo Bonsu, resigned following a clash with traditional authorities.
An earlier date proposed for selection of a Compromised Candidate was postponed due to a misunderstanding over the mode of election.
Last Friday’s process saw two members; Abraham Boadi of Ridge Nhyiaeso and Assembly member for Ahinsan, James Okyere, coming up for consideration.
Mr Boadu polled 67 votes against his opponent’s 4 votes out of 71 ballots cast to clinch the ticket.
He tells Luv News he will ensure all factions at the Assembly patch up for the city’s progress if confirmed.
Assemblyman for K.O electoral area, Alexander Kesse, who chaired the extraordinary session is optimistic the outcome will end the impasse over Presiding Member.
According to him, government appointees have agreed with the recommendation a candidate be elected from among the elected Assembly members.
A date will now be set for the general assembly to confirm or reject Mr Boadi’s nomination.
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[] | 2016-08-29T20:51:41 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | Accra, August 29, 2016 - Vodafone Ghana rsquo;s quest to eradicate communication cable thefts across the country has received a huge boost from the Trade Min | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fnews%2F715747%2Ftrade-ministry-empowers-vodafone-to-fight-cable-thieves.html.json | en | null | Trade Ministry Empowers Vodafone To Fight Cable Thieves | null | null | www.modernghana.com | Accra, August 29, 2016 - Vodafone Ghana’s quest to eradicate communication cable thefts across the country has received a huge boost from the Trade Ministry.
In a welcome move, the Ministry has given Vodafone the administrative authority to inspect all scrap exports leaving the shores of Ghana. This is to ensure that they are rid of communication cables. Additionally, this directive makes it illegal for anyone to deal in Vodafone’s cables in the country.
All major scrap exporters have been made aware of this and understand the consequences a breach will have on their business. Plans are also underway to pass on the information to domestic scrap dealers nationwide.
Vodafone has been grappling with thefts to its communication cables for some time now. As the only telecommunications company operating a fixed network, the company spends about GHS1.5million on replacing stolen copper cables annually.
Between April 2015 and February 2016, the company recorded about 183 incidents of cable thefts; a situation which adversely affects the overall operation of the company and its commitment to give customers a better network experience.
The partnership with the Trade Ministry is viewed as an excellent intervention to finally bring sanity and efficiency to Vodafone’s fixed network operations.
Commenting, Gayheart Mensah, Director of External Affairs at Vodafone Ghana said:
“Our commitment to curbing this menace is unquestionable. The implications of such thefts extend beyond Vodafone as a company. The impact is felt across all facets of life including; businesses, security communication networks, medical centers, homes, industries and even revenues accruing to Government. We are grateful to the Trade Ministry for agreeing to collaborate with us to ensure we get rid of this practise once and for all.”
In a related development, Vodafone, the Judicial Services department and the Ghana Police Service have introduced a dedicated Cable court in Accra and Kumasi to exclusively prosecute cable theft cases. | http://www.modernghana.com/news/715747/trade-ministry-empowers-vodafone-to-fight-cable-thieves.html | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/545bbddc851e190c05b8733f3cf39fdd2d9b1ffbc55e1f90994537aa6e98fd5d.json | |
[] | 2016-08-30T18:52:16 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | That was the Deputy Executive Director of the Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) is calling on the President to as a matter of urgency assent to the Petrole | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fnews%2F716017%2Facep-calls-for-quick-assent-to-petroleum-exploration-and-pro.html.json | en | null | ACEP calls for quick assent to Petroleum Exploration and Production Law | null | null | www.modernghana.com | That was the Deputy Executive Director of the Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) is calling on the President to as a matter of urgency assent to the Petroleum Exploration and Production ( E&P Law).
Ben Boakye is worried that almost three weeks after the passage of the E&P Law the President has yet to give his assent to it.
The law which replaces the 1986 PNDC Law 84 seeks to promote mandatory competitive tender and disclosure of the identities of oil investors among others – in line with international best practice.
Mr. Boakye believes an urgent assent to the law is crucial for the development of the industry.
"It would delight all of us to that the President will see the urgency in assenting to sign the Bill. If it were the budget he would have flown from wherever to come and sign it. This is a law that would regulate the oil and gas industry to ensure that subsequent contracts are better governed," he said.
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[] | 2016-08-31T10:53:05 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | President John Mahama has lauded hiplife songstress Mzbel for her support and hard work going into the 2016 elections. Mahama on his Instagram page ye | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fmusic%2F38590%2Fmahama-lauds-crazy-mzbel-for-her-support.html.json | en | null | Mahama Lauds "Crazy" Mzbel For Her Support | null | null | www.modernghana.com | President John Mahama has lauded hiplife songstress Mzbel for her support and hard work going into the 2016 elections.
Mahama on his Instagram page yesterday posted a photo of the singer captioned: “My crazy, controversial, troublesome, hardworking, fun but shy daughter @mzbelmusic thanks for your support”.
The ‘16years’ hitmaker came under verbal attack after she together with other celebrities openly declared their support for President Mamaha and the NDC.
Unmoved by the verbal attack, the songstress composed a song titled ‘JM Toaso’, where she urged the people of Ghana not to give up on President Mahama.
She also did a photo shoot wearing the party's colours with its green book which consists of all it has achieved since it took over power.
Mzbel is among several celebrities like actor John Dumelo and Mr. Beautiful who have come under several attacks on social media for their political stance towards the ruling NDC. | http://www.modernghana.com/music/38590/mahama-lauds-crazy-mzbel-for-her-support.html | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/588e53a56cac3495dbe7725e76ca508d82a60efbe0c6d40a3181cff10d0bf0cc.json | |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:08:51 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | The Sunyani West District focal person for the National Malaria Control programme, Jane Addae-Kyeremeh, on Wednesday said the Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDTs) have | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fnews%2F715033%2Frapid-diagnosis-tests-effective-in-combating-malaria.html.json | en | null | Rapid Diagnosis Tests effective in combating malaria | null | null | www.modernghana.com | The Sunyani West District focal person for the National Malaria Control programme, Jane Addae-Kyeremeh, on Wednesday said the Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDTs) have proven effective to control the disease.
She said the RTD method confirmed the presence or otherwise of malaria parasites before treatment, saying it was beneficial for the nation because it reduced the cost of drugs and minimize drug abuse.
Mrs Addae-Kyeremeh made this known when she addressed stakeholders meeting on the Advocacy for Resource for Malaria Stoppage Initiative at Odumase in the Sunyani West District of Brong-Ahafo.
The Initiative is an advocacy programme being implemented by the Hope for Future Generations), a health centred NGO for malaria control in seven districts and municipalities in the Brong-Ahafo Region.
Mrs. Addae-Kyeremeh said 14,193 confirmed malaria cases were recorded in the region out of 25,205 suspected cases from January to June this year.
She said the test cut down cost, and entreated suspected malaria patients to appeal to healthcare providers for that before treatment.
Mrs Addae-Kyeremeh explained that the test was necessary because certain illnesses might have signs and symptoms of malaria.
Mrs Eva Aryee, the District Director of Health Services said malaria continued to top all Out-Patient Department cases in the District, indicating that in 2015, out of the 36,406 suspected cases 28,730 of them proved positive.
She said it is an offence to administer malaria drugs to patients without conducting the test and entreated health workers to comply with the RDTs.
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Source:GNA | http://www.modernghana.com/news/715033/rapid-diagnosis-tests-effective-in-combating-malaria.html | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/2ef2ba4c1df426dcf7b01cf58a1b2aca93ec6750a37baaa55dba3310d78a535a.json | |
[] | 2016-08-31T02:52:19 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | Centurion (South Africa) (AFP) - Fast bowler Dale Steyn set up a series-clinching 204-run win for South Africa on the fourth day of the second and final Test ag | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fnews%2F716102%2Fmatch-winner-steyn-hungry-for-more.html.json | en | null | Match-winner Steyn hungry for more | null | null | www.modernghana.com | South African bowler Dale Steyn delivers a ball during the second Test match against New Zealand in Centurion, South Africa on August 29, 2016. By Christian Kotze (AFP)
Centurion (South Africa) (AFP) - Fast bowler Dale Steyn set up a series-clinching 204-run win for South Africa on the fourth day of the second and final Test against New Zealand at SuperSport Park on Tuesday, then said he was still not quite at his best after a lengthy injury lay-off.
Playing in his first Test in eight months after recovering from groin and shoulder injuries, Steyn took three wickets with his first 11 balls of the innings and finished with five for 33 as New Zealand were bowled out for 195 despite a defiant innings of 76 by Henry Nicholls.
"I'm still a long way from where I want to be," said Steyn, 33.
"There was a lot of assistance in this wicket and I put the ball in the right spots enough times to ask questions. But I want to get the pace up a bit more.
"Overs under the belt and a little more strength work and I'll eventually get there."
Steyn took his total of wickets to 416 in 84 Tests, going past Pakistan's Wasim Akram into 11th place on the world all-time list, only five behind ninth-placed Shaun Pollock, South Africa's leading wicket-taker.
But he said going past Pollock and setting records did not motivate him.
South African batsman and stand-in captain Faf du Plessis said the match against New Zealand had been an almost perfect Test for his team
"It really doesn't bother me," he said. "I'm not going to sit on my couch when I'm 70 and go, I was the leading wicket-taker.
"I'll remember tonight, I will remember beating Australia in Australia, I will remember winning in England and hopefully I will remember winning a World Cup. I just love this game."
Stand-in captain Faf du Plessis said it had been an almost perfect Test for South Africa. "If I had written a script it would have been almost like this."
He said South Africa's plunge from top of the Test rankings to number seven - they climbed two places after Tuesday's win - had prompted some soul searching.
"We had some real good discussions and the guys took it on board," he said. "We've found our passion again."
It looked as though it would be easy for the hosts when Steyn and Vernon Philander ripped through New Zealand's top four batsmen for seven runs inside the first four overs of the innings.
But the left-handed Nicholls, playing in his sixth Test match, displayed courage and concentration in making his second Test half-century and highest score to delay South Africa's celebrations.
He found a similarly determined partner in BJ Watling, who made 32 in a two-hour, 68-run fifth wicket partnership, while Mitchell Santner, Doug Bracewell and Tim Southee all provided varying degrees of resistance.
Nicholls was last man out for 76, scored off 140 balls with 12 fours.
Williamson said that sending South Africa in after winning the toss had been based on their expectations of a well-grassed pitch.
"They played very well to get 450-plus but there was enough in the wicket to perhaps bowl them out for a below-par total," he said.
"It was a good toss to lose and unfortunately I won it. Credit does go to the way they applied themselves with the bat. Their first innings was the winning of the match."
Batting on a pitch which deteriorated more quickly than expected had been difficult.
"Steyn and Philander are world-class bowlers. Throw Rabada into the mix, who is young and extremely talented and it makes an extremely tough challenge but one that all the batters were excited to come up against. In terms of experiences there's nothing better for you as a player to move your game forward."
He singled out Nicholls. "For a young cricketer starting his career to come up against an attack like that on a tough surface is a great experience to have. He showed a lot of character." | http://www.modernghana.com/news/716102/match-winner-steyn-hungry-for-more.html | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/455d6bf39935569b39dfa4b69452df5bba94bdcb0dd51e4e2d45115c2405afe6.json | |
[] | 2016-08-29T06:51:19 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | The Ghana Health Service is taking steps to decentralize specialist training for medical officers, reveals Director-General of the Service, Dr. Ebenezer Appiah- | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fnews%2F715477%2Fghana-health-service-takes-steps-to-decentralize-specialist.html.json | en | null | Ghana Health Service takes steps to decentralize specialist training for doctors | null | null | www.modernghana.com | The Ghana Health Service is taking steps to decentralize specialist training for medical officers, reveals Director-General of the Service, Dr. Ebenezer Appiah-Denkyira.
He says medical personnel will no longer leave their duty posts for studies elsewhere.
According to him, the Ghana Health Service and the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons has signed an MOU to work together in a bid to decentralise specialist training programme at the districts.
He said the Service has begun with specialisations in Family Physician.
Dr. Appiah-Denkyira is confident the decentralisation move will improve healthcare delivery, especially, in rural communities.
Addressing an oath swearing ceremony for the Medical and Dental Schools of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), the GHS Director-General urged the university to adopt hospitals in the district as training centres.
176 newly-trained medical doctors - 98 males and 78 females graduated. In addition 19 dental surgeons, eight of them females were inducted.
“It is time to extend the school to other sites other than KNUST. Mampong, Agogo, Sunyani, Brekum and Techiman come in handy as outpost training sites,” he said.
The spark of the ceremony was the announcement of two females as the overall best students for both groups.
Fatimah Karim swept 12 out 15 awards at the School of Medical Sciences to emerge the ultimate.
For the Dental School, Louisa Ansong Kwakye won all but one of six honours up for grabs.
Vice-Chancellor, Professor Kwasi Obiri-Danso advised the new doctors to look beyond their degrees.
Prof Obiri-Danso urged the newly graduated doctors to improve themselves even further.
“Being a medical officer alone cannot carry you as far as you would wish. You need to take your professional practise seriously, work to become members of the council and if there is the need for further education, pursue it,”Professor Kwasi Obiri-Danso admonished. | http://www.modernghana.com/news/715477/ghana-health-service-takes-steps-to-decentralize-specialist.html | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/b5bafc5b314ef56eb659f835d52f3241482abd7fe16ba8430c94587bbe2b088a.json | |
[] | 2016-08-27T08:50:32 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | Ghana international Thomas Partey will not be involved when Atletico Madrid look for their first league win against Leganes this weekend. The Ghanaian | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fsports%2F715207%2Fthomas-partey-ruled-out-of-atletico-madrids-game-against-le.html.json | en | null | Thomas Partey ruled out of Atletico Madrids game against Leganes | null | null | www.modernghana.com | Ghana international Thomas Partey will not be involved when Atletico Madrid look for their first league win against Leganes this weekend.
The Ghanaian missed the 1-1 draw with Deportivo Alaves last week and will not be playing again this weekend.
Diego Simeone confirmed the former Tema Youth man was not in the team for the game against Leganes.
The tactician however confirmed Antoine Griezmann and new signing Sime Vrsaljko will make his debut.
For more Ghana football news visit www.ghanasoccernet.com | http://www.modernghana.com/sports/715207/thomas-partey-ruled-out-of-atletico-madrids-game-against-le.html | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/e1ed4b1b4bd4d7240d0e997d438eb60fc21e7df51fc879e2f36cd111b8f38583.json | |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:06:49 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | The Chamber of Pharmacy Ghana, has called for the removal of the current taxes on medicines, which are contributing to the current increases in prices of the co | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fnews%2F715044%2Fchamber-of-pharmacy-ghana-advocates-tax-removal.html.json | en | null | Chamber of Pharmacy Ghana advocates tax removal | null | null | www.modernghana.com | The Chamber of Pharmacy Ghana, has called for the removal of the current taxes on medicines, which are contributing to the current increases in prices of the commodity and threatens quality health care delivery.
They said the removal of the taxes would not only improve the timely supply of most required medicines but also lesson the bill burden of patients, especially those with terminal illnesses.
It would further lower the cost of managing the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) and paying suppliers on time.
Mr Harrison Kofi Abutiate, the Chairman of the Chamber of Pharmacy Ghana, at a sensitisation workshop in Accra on Wednesday said, the current high taxes on imported medicine is a disservice not only to importers, but also to government and patients.
He said although the ECOWAS Platform has approved the removal of taxes on medicines of which some neighbouring countries have complied to, Ghana has maintained the 17.5 per cent Valued Added Tax (VAT) on these commodities, leading to the high cost of importation.
He explained that apart from the 10 per cent import duty that was removed on imported medicines, a 17.5 per cent, was put on imported finished medications, but only 30 per cent of medicines are manufactured locally, with the remaining 70 per cent being imported.
Therefore, an additional 17.5 per cent VAT on imported medicines thus increases medicines bill of over 52.5 per cent, not to mention other additional taxes like ECOWAS Levy, Export Development Levy, Processing Charges, Special Import Levy, Development Fund Fee, Food and Drugs authority Inspection as well as the Ghana Standards Authority charges, he said
Mr Abutiate argued that being the biggest purchaser of medicines for the NHIS, Government is increasing its own price wage by maintaining the present taxes and called for an urgent review in policy.
He explained that drug resistance due to substandard imported medicines at low costs and the inability of patient to afford the required doses of medications, is contributing to the current increases in the disease burden of Ghanaians, which may also aggravate and swell up governments cost of Out Patient Department care and treatment of illness under the NHIS.
Current statistics, he said shows that in 2008 NHIS saw nine million outpatient visitations to hospitals while in 2015 there were 29 million visitations, and within these same years' money paid to NHIS Providers was GH₵ 183 million and GH₵ 1 billion.
“If on the average half of these card holders got medicines which had all duties paid on them, the drug bill would have been halved,” he said.
Mr Abutiate said medicines are not ordinary products of commerce, but are essential in ensuring the health and the wealth of the nation, and must be treated as essential commodities in order to holistically attain the “Good Life” professed by the Ministry of Health.
He said the workshop would explore all the avenues so as to arrive at a win-win situation for medicine suppliers, the National Health Insurance Authority and Government as well as patients.
He encouraged local pharmaceutical companies to target the large scale production of essential medicines like anti-malaria drugs and others that are in high demand locally for ready market in order to remove imported substandard products from the market.
Mr Anthony K. Ameka, the Chief Executive Officer of the Chamber of Pharmacy Ghana said Chamber is proposing for the development of an exclusive list to cover the products that are manufactured in Ghana, and support adequate financial access with local banks for local pharmaceutical manufacturers.
It would also establish an exclusive pharmaceutical village, encourage local manufacturers to partner foreign research based companies and thus enhance technology transfer, support the WHO prequalification status for local industries and promote the establishment of an investment fund for skills training.
– | http://www.modernghana.com/news/715044/chamber-of-pharmacy-ghana-advocates-tax-removal.html | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/c41ed69ddb6f298b72e58884dcc9137d3b0eb810216b9f6dce46983529145df4.json | |
[] | 2016-08-28T22:51:10 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | A jury has convicted an Atlanta truck driver accused of pouring boiling water over two gay men as the couple slept in February. The jury deliberated for abou | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fnews%2F715456%2Fman-who-threw-boiling-water-on-gay-couple-to-spend-40-years.html.json | en | null | Man who threw boiling water on gay couple to spend 40-years in prison | null | null | www.modernghana.com | A jury has convicted an Atlanta truck driver accused of pouring boiling water over two gay men as the couple slept in February.
The jury deliberated for about 90 minutes Wednesday before finding Martin Blackwell guilty of eight counts of aggravated battery and two counts of aggravated assault, according to the Associated Press.
Blackwell was sentenced to 40 years in prison.
The 48-year-old wasn't charged with a hate crime because Georgia is one of five states that do not have hate crime statutes. An FBI spokesman told Reutersthat federal investigators are considering whether to charge Blackwell with a federal hate crime.
Anthony Gooden had told his family he was gay shortly before the attack, which happened as Gooden slept on a mattress in his mother's living room next to Marquez Tolbert, according to the AP. The men had been dating for about six weeks.
Blackwell, a long-haul trucker who stayed at the house when he was in town, came in and saw the two unconscious men lying next to each other.
He went to the kitchen, pulled out a pot, filled it with water and set it to boil. Moments later, he poured the scalding water over the men, The Washington Post reported.
“I woke up to the most unimaginable pain in my entire life,” Tolbert said, sobbing frequently during his testimony, according to the AP. “I'm wondering why I'm in so much pain. I'm wondering why I'm wet. I don't understand what's going on.”
Then Blackwell allegedly yanked him off the mattress and yelled, “Get out of my house with all that gay,” Tolbert recalled to WSBTV.
“They were stuck together like two hot dogs … so I poured a little hot water on them and helped them out,” he said to police, according to the incident report. “… They'll be alright. It was just a little hot water.”
Blackwell claimed the two men were having sex when he poured water on them. Vickie Gray, a friend of Tolbert's, told the news station that's not true; they were asleep after a long day of work — not that the alleged attack would have been justified in any case, she noted.
Marquez Tolbert cries as he testifies in the trial of Martin Blackwell on Tuesday in Atlanta. (John Bazemore/AP).
Tolbert must now wear compression garments 23 hours a day for the next two years, Gray wrote in an email to The Post, and is attending weekly counselling and physical therapy sessions to deal with his emotional and physical scars. It's difficult for him to go outside because sunlight exacerbates the pain of his burns.
Gooden, who was burned even more severely, was in a medically induced coma for several weeks, Gray said. According to his GoFundMe page, more than 60 percent of his body was burned, and he had to undergo skin graft surgery to repair damage to his face, neck, back, arms, chest and head.
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[] | 2016-08-26T14:50:10 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | Ghana rsquo;s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Hanna Tetteh, has sent her condolences to the people of Italy over the deadly earthquake | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fnews%2F715065%2Fhanna-tetteh-mourns-italy-quake-victims.html.json | en | null | Hanna Tetteh Mourns Italy Quake Victims | null | null | www.modernghana.com | Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Hanna Tetteh, has sent her condolences to the people of Italy over the deadly earthquake that plagued the city of Amatrice.
The 6.2-magnitude quake hit at 03:36 (01:36 GMT) on Wednesday 100km (65 miles) north-east of Rome.
Reports say the death toll has risen to at least 247 as thousands of rescuers continue efforts to find survivors. Dozens are believed trapped in ruined Amatrice, Accumoli and Pescara del Tronto, in mountainous central Italy.
The search went on through the night, and there was a strong aftershock which rocked already damaged buildings. More than 4,300 rescuers are using heavy lifting equipment and their bare hands. Many of the victims were children, Italy’s health minister said, and there were warnings the toll could rise further. The latest death toll was given on Thursday morning – 190 deaths in Rieti province and 57 in neighbouring Ascoli Piceno province.
Ms Tetteh tweeted: “My deepest condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in the earthquake in Amatrice, Italy & we pray God heals the survivors.”
2016-08-26 133441 | http://www.modernghana.com/news/715065/hanna-tetteh-mourns-italy-quake-victims.html | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/cd224c3d3f790c068c4f12ccdb748704bd2013b330a00e3f4810895cdefca385.json | |
[] | 2016-08-28T18:51:17 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | Ashanti Gold bounced back to winning ways on match day 27, with a 1-0 win over Sekondi Hasaacas, following their 0-2 defeat against Aduana Stars last weekend. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fsports%2F715422%2Fghana-premier-league-ashgold-pip-hasaaacas-1-0-at-obuasi.html.json | en | null | Ghana Premier League: AshGold pip Hasaaacas 1-0 at Obuasi | null | null | www.modernghana.com | Ashanti Gold bounced back to winning ways on match day 27, with a 1-0 win over Sekondi Hasaacas, following their 0-2 defeat against Aduana Stars last weekend.
Emanuel Osei Baffour put the Miners in the driving seat in the 6th minute.
Osei Baffour has now increased his goal tally to five in the Ghana Premier League for the league champions.
The Miners have won five home league games and drawn just in the second round of the league, which is far better than the one win they chalked at home in the entire first half of the season.
Sekondi after the defeat will remain in the drop zone and stand the danger of facing relegation in the ongoing league season.
For more sports news visit allSports.com.gh | http://www.modernghana.com/sports/715422/ghana-premier-league-ashgold-pip-hasaaacas-1-0-at-obuasi.html | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/4a7ff04762ec30e25c1b9d8e99e1cf5844133be58d3032e87028c784e4052b32.json | |
[] | 2016-08-29T10:51:24 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | In an effort to improve the standard of Rugby in Ghana World Rugby and the management of the Ghana Rugby Football Union (GRFU), has organised a training clinic | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fsports%2F715569%2Fworld-rugby-in-ghana-to-equip-youth-development-officers.html.json | en | null | World Rugby In Ghana To Equip Youth Development Officers | null | null | www.modernghana.com | In an effort to improve the standard of Rugby in Ghana World Rugby and the management of the Ghana Rugby Football Union (GRFU), has organised a training clinic for its members in Accra.
The training and education sessions which started on Tuesday 23rd of August, 2016 is aimed to equip “Get-Into_Rugby” (GIR) development officers with essential skills that will guarantee improved Rugby standards, safety and higher enthusiasm for kids during training sessions.
About 15 members from the various Regional Associations , the Greater Accra Rugby Association (GARA) and CentWest, and Clubs under the GRFU participated in the training session on the first day where they were taught how to communicate with the kids and the kinds of training they should involve the children in.
The clinic was facilitated by Rugby Afrique and was represented by Mr Charles Yapo, Regional Development Officer – West of Africa Rugby and Mr Adama Bakhoum, director of coaches from Rugby Afrique.
According to Mr Charles Yapo, he is much impressed with the improvement and hard work of the officials of Ghana Rugby adding that it is the mandate of Rugby Afrique to help countries like Ghana to develop the game.
He therefore commended the president of the GRFU, Mr Herbert Mensah, for his tremendous efforts to make Rugby a popular game in the country and consequently edged him to continue with the great work.
On the other hand, Mr Adama Bakhoum, instructor of the training programme from Rugby Afrique, explained that participants will be well equipped with good communication skills and precaution measures to ensure safety and smooth running of the GIR programme by the end of the session.
Speaking to the press, Mr Steve Noi, Tournament Commissioner of the GRFU, outlined that there was the necessity to organnise such a programme for trainers in order to help develop the game from the grassroots.
He said involving kids from the age of five is very crucial in the development of rugby as they are the future of the game.
According to him, the training will also help to improve efficiency and reduce cost since the trainers will be well equipped on how to manage affairs competently.
David N Cudjoe, Ghana Rugby
World Rugby is in Ghana to equip youth development officers and Club coaches to improve the standards of Rugby in Ghana. From left to right: Mr Bismark Amponsah (General Secretary of Ghana Rugby), Mr Adama Bakhoum (Director of Coaches from Rugby Afrique), Mr Steve Noi (Tournament Commissioner of the GRFU) and Mr Charles Yapo, Regional Development Officer – West of Africa Rugby.
About 15 members from the various Regional Associations , the Greater Accra Rugby Association (GARA) and CentWest, and Clubs under the GRFU participated in the World Rugby training session on the first day where they were taught how to communicate with the kids and the kinds of training they should involve the children in.
Get-Into-Rugby development officers of the Ghana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) in class during a training session held by World Rugby through its African region representative and training officer in Accra Ghana.
Mr Charles Yapo, Regional Development Officer – West of Africa Rugby, commended the president of the GRFU, Mr Herbert Mensah, for his tremendous efforts to make Rugby a popular game in the country.
Mr Adama Bakhoum, director of coaches from Rugby Afriqueexplained that participants will be well equipped with good communication skills and precaution measures to ensure safety and smooth running of the GIR programme.. | http://www.modernghana.com/sports/715569/world-rugby-in-ghana-to-equip-youth-development-officers.html | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/0536badb630f163dd1e840ae158d362eb08857d8ab3ff19e0f3ab81d22015c8a.json | |
[] | 2016-08-28T20:51:08 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri heaped praise on Daniel Amartey for his solid display in their 2-1 win over Swansea at home on Saturday. But th | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fsports%2F715441%2Famartey-earns-ranieris-place-but-manager-says-ghana-star-ca.html.json | en | null | Amartey earns Ranieri's place but manager says Ghana star can't be like Kante | null | null | www.modernghana.com | Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri heaped praise on Daniel Amartey for his solid display in their 2-1 win over Swansea at home on Saturday.
But the Italian tactician was quick to add the Ghana international is not up to the level of N'Golo Kante who left to join Chelsea.
Amartey was handed a starting role and excelled as the Foxes won their first match of the season.
"He played very, very well," Ranieri said.'He knows very well the Premier League and I have one player more.
"I am very pleased with him. (He is) solid and strong in the midfield."
"Kante is one. There isn't another in the world."
For more Ghana football news visit www.ghanasoccernet.com | http://www.modernghana.com/sports/715441/amartey-earns-ranieris-place-but-manager-says-ghana-star-ca.html | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.modernghana.com/7910b4219af5450d10379a1f119882508235948c61804fb58698564210b2f469.json |
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