June 2020 - Ghana News Express

30Jun

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Four Jailed 120 years on Robbery

Four persons have been jailed 120 years by the Nkawie circuit Court for committing robbery at Ahwerewa in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality. Yaw Agyemang 20, Karim Seidu 20 Anthony Oppong 24 and Enoch Awuah 18 (Small Scale Miners) pleaded guilty and were convicted on their own plea. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Silvanus Dalmeida told the court presided by Mr Johnson Abbey that on June 26 this year at about 8:30pm, the four conspired, armed with a single barrel gun and palm sticks ambushed near a hill between the Ahwerewa and Okoh main road awaiting any victim. He said complainant Kwaku Gyamfi and his friend (now a witness) were on their unregistered motorbike valued at five thousand cedis and upon reaching the accused persons' hideout were attacke...

MESTI stops operations of United Steel and others to address pollution challenges

30Jun

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MESTI stops operations of United Steel and others to address pollution challenges

The Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation has stop United Steel Company, a private steel manufacturing company, and some others from operating unless they provide a roadmap to address their poor pollution management. The others are, Rider Steel Company and Success Aluminum Limited all in the Free Zones Enclave, whose pollution was affecting other business operators in the catchment area. Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, the Sector Minister, last Tuesday gave the companies a one-week ultimatum to provide the Ministry with a roadmap to address the pollution challenges, which posed a threat to human lives. Prof Frimpong-Boateng gave the order after paying an unannounced visit to the premises of the companies. In a follow-up visit by the Ghana News Express...

GBA calls for review of sanctions on failure to wear nose masks

30Jun

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GBA calls for review of sanctions on failure to wear nose masks

The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has called for the review of punishment to be meted out to those who flout the mandatory wearing of nose masks. “Much as punishments ought to be meted out to persons who flout and contravene laws, the GBA is concerned with and finds the punishment imposed in respect of persons who breach Act 1012 and E1 164, harsh.” In a press release signed by Mr Anthony Forson Jnr, President and Mr Yaw Acheampong Boafo, Secretary of the GBA and copied the Ghana News Express, it said it had also noted, with concern, the growing number of confirmed cases of COVID -19 in the country. The statement said the punishment imposed by the provisions of Section 6 of Act 1012 and Paragraph 4(2) of E1 164 are severe and further that may culminate in the imposition of custodia...

Arrest persons who flouted COVID-19 protocols at NPP Parliamentary Primaries-GMA

30Jun

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Arrest persons who flouted COVID-19 protocols at NPP Parliamentary Primaries-GMA

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has called for the arrest of persons who failed to comply with COVID-19 safety protocols during the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) Parliamentary Primaries. The GMA condemned the lack of observation of the protocols, saying such attitudes as exhibited did not help in the fight against the spread of the disease. The GMA, in a press statement issued in Accra, on Tuesday, also said the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Identification Authority (NIA) should also be held accountable for the breach in safety guidelines in the ongoing distribution of the Ghana Card. The breaches, it said, had the potential of increasing the number of COVID-19 infections and called for appropriate sanctions against these persons. According to the statem...

GFA calls off 2019/2020 Ghana premier league season

30Jun

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GFA calls off 2019/2020 Ghana premier league season

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has canceled the 2019/2020 Football Season, after the Executive Council meeting on Thursday, June 30, 2020. The season has been on suspension since March 2020, following the outbreak of the COVID 19 pandemic. The GFA was compelled to cancel the league following the decision of the government to sustain the ban on sporting activities since the outbreak of the pandemic. Again, other international bodies like the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has made adjustments to their activities with the major one as the cancelation of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cameroon.

Voters’ registration takes off smoothly in Northern Region

30Jun

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Voters’ registration takes off smoothly in Northern Region

The mass registration of citizens for the compilation of the new voters’ register took off smoothly in the Northern Region on Tuesday albeit late at some registration centres. Citizens thronged the registration centres and waited patiently for their turn to get registered. Whilst some centres had security personnel, others did not have any and it was difficult to enforce the social distancing protocol, especially at centres that did not have security personnel. Some of the centres visited included: Yendi Court House (1), Yendi Court House (2) and Yendi Primary School in the Yendi Constituency; Gushegu Local Council (1), Gushegu JHS (1), Nasiria K.G (1) and Gushegu Watania Day Care, all in the Gushegu Constituency; Kalpohin SHS (1) in the Tamale North Constituency and Sakasaka...

Eighty-four year old gets her Voters ID card in record time

30Jun

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Eighty-four year old gets her Voters ID card in record time

As the Electoral Commission Tuesday started the compilation of a new voters register for the 2020 General Election applicants were determined to be early birds, leading to long queues being formed at many registration centres ahead of the official start at 0700 hours. They included 84-year-old Madam Victoria Akutey, a resident of the Osu Klottey Electoral Area, whose agility and readiness with the relevant documentation and information, earned her a record of completing the process in eight minutes, the fastest yet at the Saint Barnabas Anglican Primary School Registration Centre, one of the 33,367 across the nation. The Electoral Commission aims at registering some 16 million eligible Ghanaians in the 38-day-exercise. At 0900 hours, Madam Akutey, who was made to jump the queue ...

Crunch time for Barcelona as they host Atletico Madrid

30Jun

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Crunch time for Barcelona as they host Atletico Madrid

Barcelona face a huge test of their title credentials on Tuesday when they host third-placed Atletico Madrid. Reigning champions Barca have faltered since La Liga restarted, with Saturday's 2-2 draw at Celta Vigo leaving them two points behind Real Madrid with six games remaining. In contrast, Real have won all five of their games since the restart. Barca will be boosted by Sergio Busquets' return from suspension, while Sergi Roberto may play after injury. Antoine Griezmann was named on the bench for the draw at the weekend, but could return to the Barca attack against his former side, alongside Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi. Messi will once again go in search of his 700th career goal for club and country. Mario Hermoso and Sime Vrsaljko are both injured for Atletico, but...

Valencia sack manager Albert Celades and sporting director resigns

30Jun

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Valencia sack manager Albert Celades and sporting director resigns

Valencia have sacked manager Albert Celades after only nine months in charge, while the club's sporting director Cesar Sanchez has resigned. Voro Gonzalez has replaced Celades as manager until the end of the season in what is his sixth spell as Valencia's temporary boss. He first took over in 2008 after Ronald Koeman's sacking and helped the La Liga side avoid relegation. Celades was named Valencia boss in September after Marcelino's sacking. He is the sixth manager to be dimissed since Singaporean billionaire Peter Lim bought the club in 2014, while Sanchez - appointed in January - is the sixth sporting director to leave in the same period. According to reports in Spain, Sanchez resigned shortly after Celades' sacking on Monday, having earlier told the squad thei...

Government directive on free water supply ends – GWCL

30Jun

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Government directive on free water supply ends – GWCL

The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) is reminding the public that the government’s directive of serving Ghanaians with free water, as part of measures to curb the rapid spread of the Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) in the country ends on Tuesday June 30, 2020. “Customers of GWCL must please note, that from hence, the payment of water bills will be the responsibility of the customer,” a statement signed by Stanley Martey, the Chief Manager, Public Relations and Communications of the company has said. A copy of the statement made available to the Ghana News Express in Sunyani on Tuesday, assured customers that meter readers, and all frontline staff, would continue to adhere and practice in full, all the protocols to protect themselves and customers. “Landlords and landladies can ...