News of Wednesday, 29 April 2020

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Kweku Baako compares Akufo-Addo’s 88 new hospitals to Mahama’s 200 e-blocks, expresses doubts Coronavirus: These things can kill you faster, avoid them Rawlings will oppose NDC ticket if Prof. Botchwey is running mate – Adom-Otchere Ministers crash ports as Osafo-Maafo, Kwarteng rush UNIPASS takeover Mahama’s running mate is from the Ashanti Region - Paul Adom-Otchere hints Are you a surgeon? - Asiedu Nketia asks Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah

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Press Releases

• Actress Ama K. Abebrese is Appolonia City’s newest star

Opinions

• Sodom and Gomorrah: Time to reclaim the Korle Lagoon
• Coronavirus: 9 preventive measures, influencing behavior change is the gold standard
• Management of COVID-19 in Ghana: Where is the God factor?
• Coronavirus shreds employment contracts
• The 'Ubuntu' African philosophy: A solution to the coronavirus pandemic
• Leading in crisis
• Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the SDGs are even more relevant today than ever before
• A virus in the president's speech?
• Fix deplorable Ankase road to rejuvenate development
• Migration in the midst of coronavirus
• Stop complaining, Act; action over thoughts
• We Africans don’t want to be guinea pigs for Covid-19 vaccines, but who should?
• 3 crisis communication lessons you can pick from Oppong Nkrumah - COVID-19 case study
• Steven Addea writes: All you need to know about Nduom vrs BoG case
• Is one crime another's punishment?
• King Geovany writes a letter to Berekum leaders
• COVID-19: Why many African-Americans died in the US
• All you need to know about Nduom vrs BOG case
• The country that loves God
• Nana Addo where is the $20million Saudi loan approved for the Phase II of Upper East regional hospital?
• Sam George vs EC: High Court Judge sidestepped the law – Wilberforce Asare writes
• Coronavirus lockdown: 3 glad tidings to families
• When the EC becomes a tool for executive manipulation
• The grievous plight of foreign students in Ghana
• Education in crisis: Impact of migration and displacement on education

Diasporian News

• 88 district hospitals, 6 regional hospitals to be built beginning this year

General News

• Govt releases GHC200-million cedis for desilting drains country-wide - Atta Akyea
• UG maintains best Ghana university spot world ranking
• COVID-19 Mitigation: China donates PPE to orphanage homes
• Delays in naming Mahama’s running mate caused by coronavirus - Asiedu Nketia
• Coronavirus is a major world war – NADMO Director
• Media commended for professionalism in coronavirus reportage
• Carjackers on the loose, be cautious - Police to public
• Sunon-Asogli donates PPE to Ho Municipal Hospital
• Compensate Ayawaso traders over market closures – Unit Committee members demand
• Keta: NDC demands accounts of GH¢166k for coronavirus fight
• Are you a surgeon? - Asiedu Nketia asks Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah
• One-year-old drowns in a well in Kumasi
• 88 New Hospitals: It's too early to criticise Akufo-Addo - Allotey Jacobs to NDC
• Don’t use coronavirus circumstances to evict your tenants - Atta Akyea
• Three Burkinabes arrested for entering Ghana illegally
• Coronavirus: Mass testing is the way to go – Segbefia
• Lockdown is the best way to control coronavirus spread – Bureau of Public Safety to govt
• Anas submits raw footage of Number 12 to GFA
• Ministers crash ports as Osafo-Maafo, Kwarteng rush UNIPASS takeover
• Komenda College provides PPEs to Traditional Council to help fight COVID-19
• Report illegal migrants - Marine police to fisherfolk
• Jubilee House security operative, ex-soldier arrested in gold robbery operation
• Landlords can’t arbitrarily determine rents – Rent Control officer
• Release autopsy reports on coronavirus deaths – Member of NDC Covid-19 team
• Coronavirus: Consider students in remote areas – MP
• How Nissan Canada fired a Ghanaian employee over racist remarks
• Man who sprayed substance into policewoman’s eye granted GHC50K bail
• Prioritize Mahama’s uncompleted hospitals – Afrifa-Mensah advises Nana Addo
• Coronavirus: Kennedy Agyapong donates 150,000 face masks to govt
• 7 pregnant women test positive for coronavirus
• IMaH frontline workers get support to fight coronavirus
• Coronavirus testing begins at UHAS laboratory
• Supreme Court defers judgement on Martin Amidu’s age suit to May 13
• Coronavirus: Kennedy Agyapong donates 150,000 face masks to govt
• Achimota Hospital staff being mandatorily tested after food vendors test positive for COVID-19
• Eyes on the Ground: Danger looms as Bole-Bamboi road stretch caves in
• Zoomlion Ghana Limited donates GHC 100,000 to coronavirus Trust Fund
• MAC Ghana donates vehicles to coronavirus Trust Fund
• I welcome government’s decision to construct a new bridge at Chorkor - Oko Vanderpuije
• I almost got coronavirus when Nana Addo promised 88 hospitals in his address – JOY
• Ghana now has 6th highest coronavirus cases in Africa
• How are you going to fund 88 hospitals – Alex Segbefia questions government
• Government to spend 63 million Euros to reconstruct La General Hospital
• 'It can be done' - GREDA boss on building 88 hospitals in a year
• There is no public school that is conducting any exams online - Minister of Education
• German Cooperation supports Ghana Police Service with protective equipment
• Regional breakdown of Ghana's 1,671 coronavirus cases
• Asking foreigners to produce coronavirus clearance form before renting discriminatory – Dafeamekpor
• Unfinished projects: Health Minister ‘grossly incompetent’ – NDC MP
• Government designates UGMC as coronavirus treatment centre for diplomats
• The story of Ghana's first presidential election held on April 27, 1960
• Govt designates UGMC as coronavirus treatment facility for Diplomatic Community
• 88 new hospitals: NDC gives up easily – Sammi Awuku reacts
• Coronavirus: Bortianor polyclinic receives items to combat disease
• Trotro vehicles without unions banned from operating in Kumasi
• Arrest Sam George, others for attempting to disrupt EC meeting - Group
• Coronavirus: Positive mother's 3-day-old baby tests negative once; second test in offing
• Hold Health Minister responsible for 43 CSM deaths - Dr. Benaku
• Kweku Baako compares Akufo-Addo’s 88 new hospitals to Mahama’s 200 e-blocks, expresses doubts
• Suit challenging communication legislation adjourned to May 20
• Coronavirus: Sack 'unfit' Agyemang Manu - Binduri MP to Akufo-Addo
• Poor handling of food distribution forced Akufo-Addo to lift coronavirus lockdown - Gen. Mosquito

Politics

• President Akufo-Addo will surprise critics with the 88 new hospitals - Carlos Ahenkorah
• 'It's impossible for Akufo-Addo to build 88 district hospitals' - NDC Communicator
• Akufo-Addo’s commitment to sustaining health sector abysmal – Ofosu Kwakye
• CPP remembers Kwame Nkrumah 48 years on
• ‘Electoral conflict-prone’ Sam George, others plunging Ghana into ‘unspeakable chaos’ - MAC
• Politics is destroying Ghana – Deputy Minister
• Poor handling of food distribution forced Akufo-Addo to lift the lockdown - Asiedu Nketia
• EC mustn’t get away with its lawlessness; fast-track investigations – NDC tells CID
• Akufo-Addo promising 94 hospitals deadly than coronavirus – A.B.A Fuseini
• Mahama’s running mate is from the Ashanti Region - Paul Adom-Otchere hints
• 88 hospitals: We will complete all abandoned projects - Mahama
• Health Minister lied about completing Mahama’s project – A.B.A Fuseini
• This is not the time for Zanetor to think about being a running mate – Adom-Otchere
• Rawlings will oppose NDC ticket if Prof. Botchwey is running mate – Adom-Otchere
• 88 new hospitals rehash of 'pretentious' Akufo-Addo's 2016 campaign promise - Akandoh
• EC meeting: Arrest Sam George, others – Group
• Independence only brought corruption, division – Deputy Minister
• REGSEC to deal with people facilitating movement of foreigners into regions
• NPP internal election must not be reduced to a do or die

Crime & Punishment

• Eight arrested for robbing miners of gold
• Police bustcar snatching syndicate
• Police officer arrested and detained for robbery in Tamale
• Man, 41, arrested for personating as Canadian Army Officer

Religion

• Nothing wrong with women wearing trousers designed for women – Otabil
• You don’t need eyes to have spiritual sight - Kweku Lucifer

Health News

• Ghana makes gains as world celebrates immunization week
• Health Minister schools Ghanaians on types of hospitals
• Coronavirus: Eradicate all forms of abuse and stigma meted to children of victims
• UWR Hospital pleads for release of seed capital
• Coronavirus: These things can kill you faster, avoid them
• Chamba Professional Forum distributes food to vulnerable, needy families
• UK leads global fight to protect up to 75 million children against deadly diseases

Regional News

• Sea water does not protect you from coronavirus - fishermen cautioned
• Damaged Tono Dam spillway still not fixed ahead of torrential rains
• NCCE receives boost for campaign against coronavirus
• Navrongo markets closed temporarily over Coronavirus
• Coronavirus is real, don't take it for granted - Chief implores Ghanaians
• ‘Your misinformation likely to mislead the public’ – Nayiri warns Tongraan
• Ellembelle MP supports over 1,000 needy people with assorted food items
• Coronavirus: Volta Region declares 'no mask, no outing'
• Testing of COVID-19 samples from Tamale begins today
• Coronavirus: Armah Buah sets up Food Bank for Ellembelle
• NPP mob nearly lynched Sawla DCE - NDC
• Your timely PPEs saved us from COVID-19 - NDC professionals to Mahama
• 'Our children can't go to school after coronavirus; we need a bridge' - Residents
• 52 MMT passengers, driver arrested in Obuasi for breaching social distancing rule
• We’ll resist attempts to use schools as isolation centres - Chief
• Coronavirus: Stay home directive saves lives of pupils
• ‘You can’t use 7 district hospitals to compensate for diverted funds – NDC to Akufo Addo
• Four Catholic health facilities receive PPEs, medical supplies from Caritas Accra
• Hold Health Minister responsible for 43 CSM deaths – Dr. Benaku
• Coronavirus: AMA supports 5000 households with food items