19 babies die in 4 months due to lack of incubators in Brong Ahafo

Nineteen babies have died at the Presbyterian Hospital in Dormaa Ahenkro in the Brong Ahafo region from January to April this year due to the lack of incubators.

The hospital has been unable to purchase new incubators after the one which was in use broke down beyond repair last year.

Helpless mothers look on as their precious ones give up because there is nothing doctors can do.

NDC MP Condemns Acid Attack On NPP Upper East Regional Chairman

NDC Member of Parliament for Prestea Huni Valley Constituency, Francis Adu Blay Koffie has called on the Police personnel to apprehend the assailants who poured acid on the late Mahama Adam.

The Upper East NPP Chairman, Mahama Adam suffered acid burns resulting in his death Thursday morning at the Bolgatanga Hospital.

NPP U/E Chairman's Attack Is “Regrettable” – Nana Akomea

The Communication’s Director of NPP, Nana Akomea has said the death of his party’s Upper East Regional Chairman, Adam Mahama is “regrettable” after condemning the act.

According to him, whiles the party awaits police report, he entreat his party communicators to be mindful on what to say about the death of the chairman on radio.

Adam's Death, Is A Big Test For The NPP- Nana Akufo Addo

Flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party Nana Akufo-Addo has urged members of his party to remain strong and collected despite the loss of their Upper East Regional Chairman, Mahama Adams.

The latter died Thursday morning after he was attacked and ‘showered’ with acid by some assailants while he drove home from work Wednesday night.

Papa Ajasco Busted On Phone Selling Human Heads For GH 10,000

Residents of Sefwi Wiawso and its environs in the Western Region are living in fear following reported cases of suspected ritual killings in the area.  An unknown man was caught on phone attempting to sell human heads for GHC 10,000 to a caller he barely knew.

The recorded audio which was played on Peace FM, captures the desperate murderer asking his mistaken buyer when he would come for the two human heads which he had initially valued at GH 20,000 but had to sell it for half the price.

Acid-attacked NPP chairman dead

Starr News has gathered that the Upper East regional chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) who was showered with acid last night has died.

Adams Mahama was attacked by two unidentified men Wednesday night.

He was returning from his construction site late in the night when the two unknown men stopped him.

They immediately poured acid on him while in his vehicle close to his residence, the Upper East regional police command confirmed to Starrfmonline.com.

Ghanaian scoops prestigious British award

Reverend Fred Osei Annin, Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Actionplus, a health charity, has won this year’s Diversity Champion Award for the Charity Sector, for championing the cause of those living with HIV and AIDS.

According to a release made available to the Ghana News Agency by Excellence in Diversity Awards, organisers of the event, “Reverend Fred Annin beat four other hopefuls in the running for the Diversity Champion Award in the Charity Sector, for his courageous charitable efforts in campaigning against the HIV stigma in UK and Africa.”

Few Things To Do Each Morning To Start Your Day On A Positive Note

How you start your morning sets the tone for the rest of the day. So if you want to be productive, feel energized and happy, and incorporate these five practices into your daily life.

1.Meditation
This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.
Joshua 1:8
Oh how love I Thy law! it is my meditation all the day.” Psalm 119:97

Christianity is not a legal relationship, it is a love relationship. Ten thousand “don'ts” will never make you one iota more like the Lord Jesus Christ. It is Jesus Himself Who makes you like Him. But you need to spend time with Him. I want to give you five factors for spending some quiet time with Him each day.You must find the right time. Your quiet time should last at least half an hour. But some time is better than no time, so if you can’t start at thirty minutes, begin with ten. It should be your very best time. Don't give the Lord your leftovers. And don't try to find time — make time, and make it a priority. Also find time early in the day. Psalm 5:3 says, “… in the morning will I direct my prayer unto Thee, and will look up.” You don't take the trip and then read the map, do you? Spend time alone with God to begin your day.A quiet time is fellowship with a holy God.

I feel embarrassed using a generator set - Power Minister

It is embarrassing switching on a generator set for power at home due to the incessant power supply, the Minister for Power has opined.

Dr Kwabena Donkor said he had endured invectives from his neighbours over the situation which has popularly become known as ‘dumsor’.

Speaking on Morning Starr with host Kafui Dey, Monday, Dr Donkor appealed to Ghanaians to exercise restraint although he understands the electricity situation is enervating.

ECG privatisation: Gov’t opts for concession, implementation begins in 2yrs

Power Minister Dr Kwabena Donkor has confirmed that the Government of Ghana has decided to privatise state-owned power distributor Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), but through a concession option rather than selling of equity.

“When they say the ECG is to be privatised, what exactly do we mean by privatisation? I think that is the crux of the matter. Is it selling equity to the private sector? And the answer to that is no. The Government has no intention of selling ECG – partially or fully. It will be a 100 percent state-owned so that it belongs to all of us.

Veep Makes A Stopover At Atta Mills Farm In The Central Region

Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur on Saturday afternoon made a stopover at the Atta Mills Farm in Shama in the Komenda Eguafo District in the Central Region.

Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur made the stopover was on his way to Accra, after he had participated in the two day forum of the 2nd forum on the implementation of the Single Spine Pay Policy (SSPP) that was held in Takoradi ,in the Western.

I'm Sorry For My 'Dumsor' Comments - Ras Mubarak

The acting Chief Executive Officer of the National Youth Authority (NYA), Ras Muabrak has retracted and apologized for comments he made on Facebook against critics of the government.

In his post, Mr. Mubarak dared Ghanaians to vote out the NDC government over the energy crisis if they wanted to.

He stated that, “if governments after Nkrumah had thought about the long term, as JM [John Mahama] is doing, we won’t be complaining about dumsor today. So please feel free to vote against us for thinking and doing things for a Better Ghana, but u will not only thank us tomorrow, you will live in regret, like we are today, for all the bad things we said and did to Nkrumah.”

I Will Retire E.T Mensah In 2016 – NPP Man

Aspiring New Patriotic Party Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram, Sylvester Tetteh says he will retire the incumbent MP in the 2016 elections.

According to him, Enoch Teye Mensah no longer has the political clout in the area thus 2016 election will be a cool chop for the NPP in the area.

“ET Mensah was like a huge political monster but the 2012 elections I have demystified him” he stressed.

Speaking to Adom News after picking his nomination form, Sly Tetteh assured party members of a landslide victory for the NPP.

In his view, the people in the Ningo-Prampram are tired of mediocre leadership and believe he and the NPP will redeem them from the hardships in the town.

Sly Tetteh also appealed to the NPP to be united behind Nana Akufo-Addo to unseat the competent Mahama-led administration in 2016.



Source: Adomonline

Nana Addo’s ‘Dumb’ Obsession To Remove Executives Will Lead To NPP Defeat - Arthur Kennedy

Dr Arthur Kobina Kennedy, one-time presidential aspirant of the New Patriotic Party and currently a fierce critic of perceived wrongs in the party, has predicted defeat for the party in 2016 should flag-bearer, Nana Akufo-Addo, continue to be preoccupied with removing some party executives he should rather be working with.

Below is the full article issued by Arthur Kennedy
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Police Put ‘Dumsor’ Vigil Permit On Hold

The Greater Accra regional police command has put on hold the permit for the #dumsormuststop vigil being organized by some celebrities.

The police put the permit for the vigil scheduled for May 16 to protest the power crisis, referred to locally as ‘Dumsor’, on hold after a meeting with lawyers of the organizers Monday.

Since the actress, together with some celebrities, announced her intention to embark on the vigil on May 16 to protest the power crisis, referred to locally as ‘Dumsor’, the event has been rocked with series of challenges.

Chinese billionaire takes 6,400 staff on holiday to Paris; costs him about $50m

Chinese billionaire, Li Jinyuan, the chairman Tiens Group Company, has taken 6,400 of his staff on a 4-day holiday to France which finished with a world-record breaking human chain in Cote D'Azur.

Telcos To Lay Off Workers Over ‘Dumsor’

Telecommunication companies in the country may soon be compelled to lay off workers if the current power crises persist.

This, according to the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications, was due to the increasing cost of doing business.

Government is expected to receive the first power barge which will reduce the impact of the crisis on businesses in September.

Labour estimates that about 50,000 Ghanaian workers will lose their jobs by August if nothing changes about the current energy situation.

5,000 Jobs In Tema On The Line

More than 5,000 workers risk losing their jobs by September as a result of the difficulties and uncertainties in the economic and business operating environment, B&FT has been told.

Most of the workers at risk are in Ghana’s industrial city, Tema, who have already been told by their employers that they could be laid-off if the current energy supply challenges in particular are not addressed in time.

When contacted, the Tema Regional Officer of the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU) Eleazer Nyaunu confirmed this to the B&FT, and explained that more than a dozen firms have notified the union of their intentions to retrench thousands of permanent and casual employees.

Ghanaian Man Dresses In Suit To Sell Water Melon (BBC)

Pictured is Daniel Nartey, a Ghanaian man who dresses in a suit to hawk water melon around Madina in Ghana's capital, Accra to eke a living. When asked why he dresses this way, Daniel said;

"My pastor always says dress well no matter the job you do, so I decided to wear a suit. Some laugh at me, others encourage me and are willing to help me"

Daniel says his dressing gives him an edge which helps him make 100 % profit after sales

"I make 100% profit. I think it is because of how I dress, people notice me easily and want to buy from me," Mr Nartey said.

The 25-year-old is a primary school teacher and sells watermelon during weekends and when the school is on vacation. He is saving up to buy an oven and wants to one day own his own snack bar.




Source: BBC

Finance Minster warns against excessive subsidies

Mr Seth Terkper, Minister of Finance has cautioned that subsidies on utilities could cripple the country’s budget, if allowed to exceed unreasonable limit.
He indicated that higher subsidies on utilities and petroleum are among major factors that caused the 2012 fiscal slippage.
“Inasmuch as utilities and subsidies are important, we should make sure that they are not excessive because they bring the budget to its knees as we saw in 2012,” he stressed.
Mr Terkper said this in response to a question on payment of utilities by tertiary institutions, when he delivered a public lecture on “Challenges and experiences of managing the economy of Ghana”, at the University of Cape Coast (UCC), his alma mater.
He disclosed that Government spent more than GH₵ 30million on utilities for only the nine public universities.

Dumsor is an Accra pandemic not a national disaster- Oscar fends off critics

Comedian David Oscar believes the current outrage over the ongoing power crisis is a bit exaggerated.
Describing it as an "Accra pandemic" and not a "national disaster," the comedian does not understand why people are becoming excessively emotional about the subject.
On Joy FM's Ghana Connect programme, Friday, Oscar said he had traveled to some regions within the past month and can say on authority that the power outage which has now been christened in Ghana, dumsor, is not as severe in other regions as it is in Accra.
He mentioned Kumasi in the Ashanti Region, Koforidua in the Eastern Region, Volta Region and Cape Coast in the Central Region as some of the places he visited where the situation was not as bad as it is being made to seem.

Critics of Dumsor Vigil must screw up their heads

Veteran journalist Abdul Malik Kweku Baako has reserved strong words for critics of a celebrity-led protest against the unbearable power crisis.
“I pity them. They are pathetic. They need to be forgiven. They don’t understand democracy”, the Editor-In-Chief of the New Crusading Guide described the posture of critics of the protest dubbed #Dumsormuststop Vigil.

Woman in Liberia thought to have caught Ebola after having unprotected sex with survivor SIX MONTHS after he was cured

A woman in Liberia is feared to have caught Ebola after having unprotected sex with a survivor more than six months after he was cured.
The 44-year-old, from Monrovia, was diagnosed with Ebola on March 20, 14 days after having unprotected sex with a man, 46, who had previously tested negative for the lethal virus.
If the transmission is confirmed it will mean that the virus survived in his semen for 199 days, suggesting patients stay infectious for more than twice as long as previously thought.While doctors have long known it is possible to catch Ebola through semen, the previous limit for the virus surviving was thought to be 82 days.

Mahama apologises to Dansoman residents for power-cuts

President John Mahama has apologised to the residents of Dansoman whom he said had to endure continuous power cuts for five consecutive days.
Speaking at this year's May Day celebrations, the president said he was concerned about the seeming ineffective management of the power rationing system.
He said it was regrettable that contrary to the advertised schedule of 24 hours power cut and 12 hours supply, some residents have had to endure lights out for days.
"As I was preparing to come here this morning, I kept receiving numerous complaints from ordinary Ghanaians of having been without power for between 48 and 72 hours instead of the 24 hours advertised. This was particularly so, I am told, in Dansoman last week when residents went nearly five days without power due...to a fault in the system," he stated.

Chamber of commerce angry with Mahama over dumsor comments

The Ghana Chamber of Commerce and Industry has described President John Mahama’s latest comments on the power crisis as unfortunate.
The Chamber believes the president could have been more measured in his statements about the power challenges.
At the worker’s day celebration yesterday, President Mahama said the crippling power crisis which has seen electricity consumers enjoy power for 12 hours and endure power cuts for the next 24 hours, is a temporary challenge.
He said smart businesses recognize this fact and are therefore “not laying off workers,” but "are rather investing more resources to expand their production in Ghana."
His comments angered many Ghanaians who have had to endure power rationing for years now.
 It is estimated that some 5 thousand industry workers are set to lose their jobs by September if the situation does not improve.

Workers will not be sacked' - Labour Minister insists

Mr Haruna Iddrisu, Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, has reiterated that there would be no layoff of workers as part of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) interventions.
Mr Iddrisu, who was speaking at a May Day symposium in Tema, debunked “people's interpretation of job rationalisation as laying off of workers”.
According to him, government had no intention to lay workers off as being speculated by some people in the media.

Our government is just lying to us; Yvonne Nelson tells BBC

Ghanaian actress Yvonne Nelson has told the BBC she does not believe any of the government's promises to solve the power crisis.
“They are just lying to us,” a frustrated Yvonne said.
She was speaking to the BBC about the erratic power supply, popularly called dumsor about which she has tweeted endlessly.

Royal baby: Duchess of Cambridge gives birth to daughter

The Duchess of Cambridge has given birth to a daughter at St. Mary's Hospital in London, Kensington Palace announced Saturday.
And oh, the verbiage: "Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge was safely delivered of a daughter at 8:34 a.m.," the statement read, the likes of which we haven't seen since...well, since Kate and Will's first child arrived! (This time, however, the palace also tweeted the announcement, another tip of the cap to modernity.)
Her daughter automatically becomes fourth in line to the British throne, behind grandpa Prince Charles, papa William and big brother Prince George of Cambridge. (Yes, the new baby jumps uncle Prince Harry in the succession.)

Akufo-Addo Adjudged Ghana’s Most Influential Politician...

2016 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo-Addo has emerged the second most influential person in Ghana.

Renowned pastor of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC), Dr. Mensa Otabil, beat Nana Addo to attain the top-most spot out of 99 others in the Ghana Most Influential Awards.

The results put together by eTV-Ghana was obtained after they sampled votes from a cross-section of Ghanaians.

I Support Pacquiao - Duncan Williams

The founder of Action Chapel International, Archbishop Nicholas Duncan Williams, has predicted a win for Philippine Manny Pacquiao over Mayweather with some Biblical reasons.

The ‘fight of the century’ between American Floyd Mayweather and Philippine Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas today, May 2 has seen a lot of predictions from sports experts to celebrities and now, even men of God have waded into the talk of the day.

One of them is Ghana’s most respected men of God and founder of Action Chapel International, Archbishop Nicholas Duncan Williams, has made his prediction.

A few hours ago ahead of the match, he posted his prediction on his official Facebook page.

 “Going to be a great day in sports history today! I believe that today an example will be made of what happens when you use your talents to glorify God vs using them to glorify man. Personally, i support Manny Pacquiao because not only does he give all the glory of his success to our Lord and savior Jesus Christ, but he also acknowledges that he is not in his position for himself, but for all the change he can use his power and influence to bring to his country & people..



Source: pulsegh.com