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                             Abdul Malik Kweku Baako The Editor-in-chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper has warned detractors that he will fight off any attempt to destroy him and his partner Anas Aremeyaw Anas. Abdul Malik Kweku Baako Jnr was responding to allegations of crime and corruption levelled against him and the investigative journalist by an outspoken legislator for Assin Central Kennedy Agyapong. Starting with the claims that Anas’ company has been evading tax, Mr Baako said the audited accounts of Finance Pharma Limited from 2011-2016 does not show any such circumvention. The veteran journalist told Peace FM’s Kokrokoo host Kwame Sefa Kayi that tax clearance from the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) does not show any evasion.  Kennedy Agyapong Mr Agyapong also sought to know the source of Anas’ wealth arguing that working only as a journalist should not allow him to obtain certain properties in the capital. But Mr Baako scoffed at the c

Communication Minister Ursula Owusu Ekuful has threatened to file a defamatory suit against controversial musician and New Patriotic Party activist Kwame A Plus over an alleged libelous publication. Mrs Ekuful, through her lawyers, is demanding an immediate retraction and apology for the comments the musician made on Facebook in the wake of the Kwasi Nyantakyi GFA scandal. On May 23, Kwame Asare Obeng better known as A-Plus is alleged to have written on his Facebook wall: “Kwasi  Nyantakyi is only being sacrificed to cover  up the 89/178 million dollars GVG Kelni  stinking scandal.” He is also alleged to have accused the Minister of being involved in “some shady deals at the Communications Ministry and the NCA.” Mrs. Ekuful has not taken kindly to the allegations and has threatened to sue the musician to clear her name if he does not retract and apologize. “We are instructed to notify you that our client takes a serious view of your defamatory publication on Facebook

A Bahamas registered oil tanker vessel, MT Alice which had called at the anchorage of the Tema port has caved in and split into two leading to some oil spillage. The accident happened at about 9:42pm on Saturday, May 26, 2018. The vessel which was carrying 1,200 metric tons of light crude oil, saw the stern drifting away from the bow. Authorities from the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority GPHA, Ghana Navy, Ghana Maritime Authority and other allied agencies managed to transfer all the remaining light crude oil onboard the split vessel into oil tanker trucks which were brought in on time to prevent any further oil spillage in the Ghanaian waters. Rescue The vessel had called at the anchorage on Saturday, May 12, 2018 and had a crew made up of 11 Nigerians and two Ghanaians. According to Graphic Online sources, but for the timely intervention of another vessel, MT Colled Alice which was positioned nearby which went to the rescue of the crew, the incident would have recorded

 Often, it isn't that anyone has fallen "out of love." It's just that as time passes and we move beyond courtship, people in relationships demonstrate their love with their own preferred love language (or a combination of love languages). If this scenario sounds familiar, it's the perfect time to figure out your own — as well as your partner's. 1. Words of affirmation When a client frets that her husband doesn't send romantic texts or say, "I love you," this clues me in that her love language is affirming words. Hearing or reading words of affection make her feel supported and cared for. If your spouse's love language is words, remember that insults are usually taken to heart and a great way to build intimacy is to verbally praise your partner and put notes in his lunch box. Wasn't it Elvis who asked for a little less conversation and a lot more action? For some people, actions speak louder than words. Doing tasks like making

The Electoral Commission (EC) Chairperson, Charlotte Osei, was missing last week when a case in which she has sued a lawyer for defamation was called at an Accra High Court. It is unclear why the EC boss was not in court, but lawyer for the defendant, Maxwell Opoku Agyemang – who is leading some EC staff in the impeachment proceedings against Mrs. Osei – was present. Defamation Suit On July 25, 2017, Mrs Charlotte Osei sued Mr. Opoku- Agyemang for defamation after the lawyer had assisted some petitioners (EC staff) who were calling for the impeachment of the EC chair, to present a petition to President Akufo-Addo. She had claimed that there were no petitioners from the EC who were calling for her dismissal, and that the defendant was only tarnishing her image. She is pleading with the court to direct Mr. Opoku-Agyemang “to publish a retraction and an apology with the same prominence as the defamatory words on his Facebook page, as well as one publication in DAILY GRAPHIC.”

 Teachers who have been sexually harassing students have been warned to desist from such acts. Any teacher found culpable will be made to face the law. The warning was issued by the Eastern Regional Director of Education, Gertrude Mensah, at the maiden Best School, Teacher and Students’ Award ceremony in Koforidua. She said the educational sector is grateful for the Wesleyan Mission's support towards quality education in Ghana. She said as stewards, it is important to uphold, sustain and maintain the cherished enviable ethos and standards of teaching and learning. A Former Director General of Ghana Education Service, Very Rev. Ama Afo Blay, appealed to religious bodies to come out with innovations to support government’s effort in transforming the educational system in the country. The award ceremony saw 14 teachers, 16 students and 21 schools receiving refrigerators, computers, gas cylinders, set of school band, citations and books as rewards.   Source :peacefmonline

Fear and apprehension gripped the Kpando Municipality in the Volta Region on Thursday, when a suspected mentally deranged man butchered a Class Five pupil of the Abanu M/A Primary School. Confirming the incident to journalists in Ho, the Volta Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Mr George Tuffour, said the deceased, Rejoice Dornudenu, 13, was weeding the school park on when the suspected mentally retarded man whose name was given as Wisdom Akude, 27, attacked her with a machete and inflicted deep wounds on various parts of her body. He said the deceased was rushed to the Margaret Marquart Catholic Hospital at Kpando but was pronounced dead on arrival. Her body has since been deposited at the hospital morgue. The police commander said Wisdom, who is currently in custody, is helping the police with further investigations Source: graphic.com.gh

The family of a 21-year-old woman who died with her triplets following alleged negligence on the part of nurses at the Eastern Regional Hospital in Koforidua is appealing for legal aid. Her husband, Samuel Mawuli, who is bent on taking legal action against the hospital, he has no money to hire a lawyer. The deceased, Prisca Sodzi, according to her family was first admitted to the Suhum Government Hospital last Thursday while in labour. Due to her deteriorating condition, she was referred to the Eastern Regional Hospital in Koforidua where the health professional are reported to have administered oxygen and intravenous infusion on her. Mr Mawuli told Joy News’ Kofi Siaw that Prisca’s sister-in-law who was with Prisca accused the hospital staff of negligence for failing to attend to the deceased when her condition worsened. “My sister went to see my wife on her hospital bed complaining about some sharp pain so she went out to get the nurses. “The nurses asked

 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has attributed causes of fire outbreaks at the various fuel stations to the quality of personnel employed to manage the facilities, as well as negligence. According to them, dealing with petroleum products requires specific expertise, but owners do not train or equip their staff with the requisite and adequate knowledge to operate these facilities. This was made known in a speech read on behalf of the CEO of EPA at the launch of Petroleum Week celebration by the Association of Oil Marketing Companies (AOMC) in Accra on Monday. This year's celebration is the second in session and is themed 'Petroleum Safety, Prepare and Prevent’. A deputy director at EPA, Cindy Baidoo said to prevent this, the EPA has engaged the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) and other stakeholder such as the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) and Association of Oil Marketing Companies (AOMC) to train staff of filling stations on safety precautions. She

The Northern Regional Police has arrested two persons in possession of substances suspected to be Indian hemp at the Ghana-Togo border. The two were separately arrested during a joint security task force operation undertaken last Friday. One of the suspects, Majeed Maamin, was arrested at Nalerigu for allegedly possessing and peddling 24 wrapped substances believed to be wee. The second suspect, identified as 39-year-old Mariam Dahamani, was also arrested from Sakogu for possessing illegal drugs. Further search by the Police in her house led to the discovery of eight full sacks of the dried substances as well as seven mini sacks containing wee. Despite explaining that the substances belong to her husband, Mariam and Majeed were both arrested and kept in Police custody. They are expected to appear before court on Tuesday, May 22, 2018. Meanwhile, the Northern Regional Crime Officer of the Ghana Police Service, Superintendent Kusi Appiah, has confirmed that samples of the

A three-year-old girl at Keta in the Volta Region, Eyram Agbanyo, diagnosed with a hole-in-heart condition, has been unable to get corrective surgery because donations collected by a radio station was not given to her mother. In August 2017, Jubilee FM, a Keta based radio station, used its medium to appeal for funds for little Eyram. A total of GHc 13, 000 was raised for her treatment. However, almost ten months later, the management of Jubilee FM has still not handed the money over to the child’s mother. The mother, Fortune Amey, in a Citi News interview said only GHc1,500 of the amounts realised had been given to her daughter continues to suffer. According to her, she was told by the radio station that the final amount of money garnered from donations was “too much so they had to use some to create a fund to be helping other children that will be in need, so I was confused.” “Though people donated the money in the name of my daughter, they helped me so I had nothing to

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More than 100 people have died after a Boeing 737 airliner crashed near Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, Cuban state media say. Three people have survived but are in a critical condition, Cuban Communist Party newspaper Granma reported. The plane was carrying 110 passengers and crew, according to the Mexican firm from which the plane was leased. Two days of national mourning have been declared, after Cuba's worst air disaster since the 1980s. The Boeing 737-201 crashed at 12;08 (16:08 GMT) on Friday, shortly after taking off from Havana on an internal flight to Holguin in the east of the island. There were six Mexican crew members on board; the passengers were mainly Cuban, with five foreigners among them, state-run website Cubadebate reports. Wreckage was spread over a large area "There has been an unfortunate aviation accident. The news is not very promising, it seems that there is a high number of victims," Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Can

President Akufo-Addo will begin a tour of the country today, starting from the Brong-Ahafo Region. He will spend three days in the region. A statement from the Jubilee House and signed by the Director of Communications, Eugene Arhin, maintained, “The tour will see the President visit a total of nine constituencies namely, Nkoranza North, Techiman South, Techiman North, Asunafo North, Asunafo South, Asutifi South, Tano North, Sunyani East and Sunyani West.” During the tour, he is expected to cut the sod for the construction of a district hospital at Nkoranza, commission a new divisional police headquarters for the Techiman municipality and also commission an administrative block for the Techiman North District at Tuobodom. President Akufo-Addo is also expected to cut the sod for the construction of an administrative block for the Asunafo North District Assembly, inspect progress of work on a bridge at Asumura, as well as interact with the chiefs and people of the various towns h

 An uncompleted speed hump on the Takoradi-Cape Coast-Accra Highway Wedenesday dawn led to a collision between two vehicles which claimed three lives and left 50 others in critical conditions. The injured are receiving treatment in various hospitals in Cape Coast, Shama and Sekondi/Takoradi. According to the Regional Commander of the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service, Chief Superintendent Mr Richard Appiah, an Elubo-bound Yutong bus with registration number Freedom 1-15, carrying 53 passengers from Aflao, collided with a tipper truck with registration number GE 3350 - 14 at about 4:15 a.m. on Wednesday. The MTTD commander said the tipper truck was travelling towards Beposo in the Shama District. The spot Mr Appiah said upon reaching Assorko-Essaman, construction work on a speed hump in the lane of the Yutong bus was going on. The police noted that the contractor, after the day’s work last Tuesday, had dug up the asphalt on the lane

 Rakia Alhassan, a 55-years-old trader, has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for defrauding another trader of five drums and 51 gallons of palm oil worth GH¢13,000.00. Alhassan also known as Kpapkapka, was sentenced by the Ashaiman Circuit Court presided over by Mr Gabriel Mate Teye. The court heard that the complainant, a student, who assisted her mother in the palm oil business, received a call from one Vivian in September, 2016, informing her of her intention to order 50 drums of palm oil but they later reached an agreement to sell 10 drums to her. On September 8, 2016, the convict met and introduced herself to the complainant as Vivian’s partner, adding that her accomplice had asked her to show them where to deliver the products. She subsequently led complainant and her brother to Lebanon Channel 11, suburb of Ashaiman, and showed them a house purported to be the place where the oil would be discharged. The facts as stated that on September 9, indicated that com

 Pressure is piling on the government to begin work on the Central Railway Line, which is considered to be one of the most crucial projects of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government as it strives to revive Ghana’s ailing railway industry. The government earlier this year shortlisted some nine firms which submitted detailed Technical and Financial proposals for the development of the Central Spine Railway Line from Kumasi to Paga by the end of March, 2018 for further evaluation. But, according to some stakeholders in the railway sector, the project appears to be “gathering dust and dragging on unduly. “The NPP government is currently in its second year and not a single railway line has been fully developed, a situation which many believe will affect the political fortunes of the party in the 2020 elections,” a staff member of the Ghana Railways Company Limited, who did not want to be named, told the DAILY HERITAGE yesterday. Background The Ministry, headed by senior lawyer

 A husband and wife used their four children in a string of deadly suicide attacks on three churches in the Indonesian city of Surabaya that left seven people dead, according to the country's ranking police official. The family included two daughters, aged 9 and 12 years old, said Head Gen. Tito Karnavian. The young girls were present when their mother detonated one of the bombs, and the couple's two teenage sons carried out a separate attack on another church. Earlier reports indicated at least 10 people died in the Sunday morning attacks, but Karnavian said during a news conference that seven victims were killed. Forty-one people, including two police officers, were hospitalized with injuries, police spokesman Frans Barung Mangera said previously. The six bombers also died, Karnavian said. Investigators believe the parents belong to Jamaah Ansharut Daulah, a terrorist group that lends its support to ISIS in Indonesia, the police general said. Through its Amaq News Agen

 The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), has called for a review of the Single Spine Salary Structure to address the wide salary disparity in the formal sector. Pastor Emmanuel Appiah-Kubi, a Principal anti-corruption officer at the Brong-Ahafo Regional Office of the CHRAJ made the call at a forum to mark this year's constitution week on Friday. Reacting to concerns at the forum in Sunyani, Pastor Appiah-Kubi expressed discomfort that the implementation of that pay policy had rather widened the salary disparity in the public sector. A police officer had earlier raised the concerns at the forum organised by the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) in Sunyani for officers of the Regional Police Command. Pastor Appiah-Kubi partly attributed the rise in corruption to the poor salaries and working conditions of some public officers, and stressed the need for urgent review of the pay policy. "If you compare public officers on the Art

 A new research finding has revealed that nearly half a million (500,000) children under five year die each year from diarrhea illness. This came to light at the launch of the research report dubbed: “Coordinate, Integrate, Invest: How joint child health and Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) interventions can deliver for your country’s future”, in Accra. According to the findings, more than half of the 500,000 children die as a direct result of the use of dirty water, poor sanitation and unhygienic conditions both at home and in some health facilities. It further explained that even those who survive multiple bouts of diarrhea are left weakened and sometimes stunted, their long-term development and education compromised. However, the report mentioned that major health gains are possible to achieve if decision-makers coordinate, integrate, and invest in child health and WASH measures. It stated that modelling has found that rotavirus vaccination used to immu

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  The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Michael Oquaye, has reminded the Institute of Chartered Accountants Ghana (ICAG) to ensure that its members’ stick to high quality, globally accepted accounting standards to protect the public interest.       They were an invaluable asset and it was therefore important they accepted to go the extra mile to avoid anything unethical.        He was receiving a delegation of the ICAG, and ICA United Kingdom (UK) to his office at the Parliament House, in Accra.         The Speaker gave high marks to the nation’s accountancy body and pledged the readiness of the House to collaborate with it to maintain what he termed “professionalism and standards”.         “We cannot do our work well if we do not embrace the work of accountants - Parliament would want to work with you more.”          Mr. Christian Tetteh Sottie, the ICAG President, who led the delegation, informed the Speaker about their decision to bring a bill, see

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has left Ghana for the United Kingdom on a week-long vacation, on Wednesday, 9th May, 2018. This is his first since being sworn-in as President on 7th January, 2017. He was accompanied by the First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo, his children and grandchildren. Whilst away, the President will honour two public engagements. On Friday, May 11, 2018, he will speak at the University of Oxford, as part of its 2018 Africa Conference, on the theme "Enough Rhetoric! Catalysing an Era of Concrete Action". On Saturday, May 12, 2018, he will deliver the keynote address at the London Business School’s Africa Business Summit. On May 13, 2018, the President will also take the opportunity of his vacation to attend the Anglican confirmation ceremony of his grandson, Louis, at his old school, Lancing College, in Sussex. He will return to Ghana on Wednesday, May 16, 2018, and in his absence, the Vice President, Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, sha

 Police at Manso Nkwanta in Amansie West District have retrieved the bodies of a pregnant mother and her five-year-old son which were allegedly dumped in a mining pit. Yaa Attaa and her son, Kofi Kontoh, were killed and dumped in the abandoned mining pit by her lover, Kwame The two had gone missing since last Friday from their Manso Edubiaso home after being spotted with the suspect. Residents of Manso Edubiaso went on a search for Yaa Attaa and her son Kontoh following their disappearance on Friday. Until Wednesday night, the police had been struggling to get the bodies out, three days after Mr Tuffuor led them to the scene. It took the intervention of some local miners to help retrieve the bodies on Wednesday. Kwame Tuffuor had joined the search party ostensibly to look for his wife and son, several kilometres from home. He was, however, arrested when he tried to leave the community after news got to the search team he had been seen with the deceased on the da

 The fast increasing rate of HIV/AIDS in the country has caused the government to panic as new infections have risen especially between 2010 to 2016. The country over the past decade has seen a significant decrease in transmission of the disease but the trend according to government and stakeholders had taken a turn for the worse. Latest figures show that there has been a 21 percent increase in new infections across all ages. Speaking on behalf of President Nana Akufo-Addo, Aviation Minister, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, said the situation calls for a radical approach. “Between 2010 and 2016 new HIV infections have increased by 21 percent across all ages. The growth of new infections in young people, aged between 15 and 24 years was even much higher: it increased by 45 percent. Yet over the same period globally new infections reduced by 16 percent, with the steepest decline, 26 percent, occurring in Eastern and Central Africa. “Having a rising trend in new infections at a time at

Unemployed Nurses Angry At Minister For Receiving Petition With Left Hand  The Jobless nurses and health professionals who hit the streets of Accra in protest of their delayed financial clearance for employment, are angry at Deputy minister for Health, Tina Naa Ayeley Mensah for what they have described as disrespect to them. Speaking on the Morning Xpress on Radio XYZ 93.1MHZ on Tuesday, Director of operations for the unemployed Private nurses, Richmond Asomanin Marfo disclosed that when they were handing the petition to the minister yesterday, she “used her left hand to collect the petition” and refused to address them. “After taken [the petition], at least she should have told us something little but she took it and left [and] our members were not happy about that,” he told Neil Armstrong Mortagbe, the host of the show. “We voted them into power yet she disrespected us. Some of us are married with kids…some are even pastors,” stated Richmond. However, the health profess

 Nine people suspected to be dealing with illicit drugs, and engaging in criminal activities, have been arrested in a swoop by the Tema Regional Police Command, at Tulaku, a suburb of Ashaiman, in the Greater Accra Region. Items found on them included quantities of dried leaves, suspected to be cannabis (wee), mobile phones, machetes and double-edged knives and other implements. Briefing the media, the Regional Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Nana Hinneh Asomah, said the police would not reveal the identity of the suspects until thorough investigations were conducted, to prevent their colleagues from escaping. He said the suspects would be screened and those found culpable would be charged and arraigned. Meanwhile, the substances suspected to be cannabis have been sent to the Police Forensic Laboratory in Accra for examination. DCOP Nana Asomah said the operation would be conducted often to ensure that the police was ahead of criminals, to reduce crime, and

 The doctors at the Korlebu teaching hospital pediatric ward expressed their sincere appreciation to Twellium Foundation and Verna Changing lives for the love they showed to baby Regina by paying for every cost of her surgery to give her the treatment she needed because her family couldn't afford it. Baby Regina, born to Maajoa as known, was given birth to at the Akuapem Mampong hospital a year ago. The doctors and nurses after exameming her discovered she had no vagina and anus; medically termed as Cloacal anomaly . Due to this, the doctors made a hole near her stomach as a passage for her urine and feaces as a temporary intervention. Verna changing lives and Twellium foundation, our hearts were touched when we heard of there story. The foundation although just two years old, has helped many. Verna Natural Mineral Water immediately released money to the Korlebu teaching hospital where baby Regina was referred to, and paid every cost involved in the surgery with the hope th