News of Thursday, 14 May 2020

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'Angel' Obinim hospitalized as police storm church to arrest him John Mahama fingered in British newspaper over Airbus scandal I rigged elections for Hajia Alima to become an MP – Suspended NPP aspirant claims Own up to corruption now, future NDC regime may be ruthless using the law – Prof Gyampo to appointees Allotey stuns 'Kokrokoo' listeners, Baako and Kwamena Duncan choke back emotions Ayariga lied, I don’t sympathize with him – Amidu’s daughter reacts

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Press Releases

• 21-yr-old tailoring apprentice bags GHC157,500 jackpot
• Bayport donates PPEs worth GHC100,000 to hospitals towards coronavirus fight
• Malaria: The beat continues, in the time of coronavirus

Opinions

• NCA Case: Verdict isn’t witch hunting
• Coronavirus pandemic and its implications on mental health in Ghana
• Ayine v Amidu case calls for an amendment of mandatory retirement law
• Sweet Taboo Poetry: Perturbed Nii (Episode 2)
• Manasseh Azure's open letter to Attorney General on prosecution of Jospong
• The Transition: Formalizing the informal waste sector
• NCA Case: Verdict isn’t witch hunting – Prof Gyampo
• Supreme Court’s decision on the retirement age of the Special Prosecutor is difficult to understand
• Medicinal plants as a potential source of remedy for new and emerging diseases
• Allotey Jacobs did not see my uncle 'Tarkwa-Atta' in his dreams
• Between the devil and the deep blue sea
• The translantic slave trade: A forgotten heinous crime against humanity
• Is compilation of new voter's register still possible? Commonsensical no
• Pre-existing conditions
• Coronavirus: The world must follow Ghana’s unique tracing, testing and treatment example
• Justice Honyenuga: Regrets, retreats and reforms
• Coronavirus: Flames from the fire (poem)
• Boakye Gyan must get his facts right and stop pandering to NDC's fears
• The impact of coronavirus on Ghanaian school children
• Ex-President Mahama’s politics of manipulation and regression
• Coronavirus and pharmacists
• Coronavirus: Urgent need for African governments to upgrade the health systems
• Shatta Movement has become an estate for corporate bodies to venture
• Ghana’s failed coronavirus fight, a national shame
• Wasteful official foreign travels must end with coronavirus

General News

• Ignore Facebook accounts with my name – Hon. Osei Kyei Mensah warns
• Coronavirus: 'Let’s all be health ambassadors' - Health Minister
• Tema Motorway Interchange to be opened on Saturday, May 16
• Today in 2016: I won’t steal Ghana’s money – Akufo-Addo
• Coronavirus: Rejecting isolation centres only puts yourself, families & community at risk - Dr Dacosta Aboagye cautions
• We may live with coronavirus for a long time – Health Minister
• Don’t choose V8, Board Chairs and Visas over natural resources - NGO to Chiefs
• Snake causes massive panic at Pentecost coronavirus center
• Teenage convict who was rejected by prison authorities tests positive for coronavirus
• 32 nurses and midwives test positive for COVID-19 in Ghana
• British actor Philip Middlemiss wanted in Ghana over alleged £5m airbus bribery scandal
• Akufo-Addo instructed us to write guidelines to mitigate impact of coronavirus - GPCC
• Allotey stuns 'Kokrokoo' listeners, Baako and Kwamena Duncan choke back emotions
• Ghana repatriates 122 ECOWAS nationals over virus restrictions
• Justice Honyenuga calls for the repeal of death penalty
• CDD-Ghana launches manifestos for development project
• Are you running a one-man show or rats gobbled up the documents? - Baako pokes Domelovo
• $4m NCA trial wasn’t 'witch-hunting', court not 'concert room' – Kpemka
• Ban on public gatherings: It's too early for churches to open - Dr. Boadi Nyamekye
• I’m not convinced with judge's ruling on NCA case – Ndebugri
• Do not kick against isolation centers in your communities – Dr. Dacosta Aboagye
• Tourism Ministry, GTA contradict themselves over opening of drinking bars
• China Water and Electricity Corporation donates to Energy Ministry
• We will deal with GTA communication gaffe – Tourism Minister
• Coronavirus: Nurse at Tamale Hospital arrested for organising baby’s naming ceremony
• Gory accident on Accra-Kumasi highway claims 8 lives
• Govt hasn’t eased restrictions yet – Information Minister warns Faith-Based Organisations
• EC can’t postpone 2020 elections – Deputy Attorney General
• GNA former Chief Editor, Geoffrey Dabietey-Paresen, passes on
• It is a good sign most hospital beds are empty during coronavirus era – Health Minister
• Passport Office resumes operations on May 18
• LIVE UPDATES: Press briefing as Ministry nullifies Tourism Authority’s ‘bar opening’
• Students should be tested for coronavirus when schools reopen — Bono SHS'
• Leg-operated hand washer for use at Tema port
• Video Flashback: Parties don’t accept election results because of huge debts – Afari-Gyan
• GPHA, GOIL donate towards coronavirus fight
• Don’t allow fear and anxiety defeat you - Ghanaians told
• LIVESTREAMED: Ministry of Information press briefing on coronavirus
• Coronavirus: We don't believe in lockdown any longer - Health Minister reveals govt's position
• Ghanaian herbalists provide over 100 samples of coronavirus cure for testing
• Government empowers NCCE to fight against coronavirus
• Mothers commended for their great contribution to human development
• NCA Scandal: Verdict cannot be described as political witch-hunting - Prof Gyampo
• Tourism Ministry to deal with GTA over bars and restaurant directive
• Our operations will run seamlessly despite multi-purpose facility being auctioned – Regent University
• Ayariga lied, I don’t sympathize with him – Amidu’s daughter reacts
• Ghana's coronavirus cases increase by 122 overnight, tally now 5530
• Supreme Court’s verdict on Amidu’s age does not extend retirement age for public officers – Deputy AG
• FLASHBACK: 5 men of God who can easily shake Ghana
• 'Angel' Obinim hospitalized as police storm church to arrest him
• Supreme Court verdict: Over aged persons will now occupy public office – Ayine
• Own up to corruption now, future NDC regime may be ruthless using the law – Prof Gyampo to appointees
• Coronavirus: Govt's approach has been ‘shambolic’ - Namoale
• GHS to provide guidelines to employers tomorrow - Health Minister
• Coronavirus: Police to start arresting and prosecuting people without nose mask - Health Minister hints
• NCA ruling bias, shocking - NDC
• Corruption is now an 'appetizer' in Akufo-Addo's government - NDC's Eric Adjei
• Allotey Jacobs to retire from politics?
• Coronavirus: Don’t talk, laugh or sing when you don't have a mask - Health Minister cautions
• Investigate 533 confirmed coronavirus cases at Tema Fish Processing plant - Cameron Duodu
• Arrest Boakye Gyan, he has coup d'état in his blood - Nana B
• 8 arrested for illegal bunkering in Western Region
• What do you mean by use fear? - Kweku Baako quizzes 'fear, panic' activists
• I never shutdown any bank in Kasoa - MCE clarifies
• John Mahama fingered in British newspaper over Airbus scandal
• Muntaka raises questions over marriage age being pegged at 18
• GUPC gifts Korle Bu with PPEs
• You didn’t budget for PPE’s, where did you get money to procure them? – Haruna Iddrisu to EC
• We'll appeal my client's incarceration - Counsel for former NCA boss
• Coronavirus: GHS lists some safety guidelines to be issued for workplaces
• Arrest Osofo Kyiriabosom now - Group to Police

Politics

• It’s senseless to beat war drums – Kyei Mensah fires 'Coupist' Boakye Gyan
• EC conniving with NIA to suppress votes in NDC strongholds – Ofosu Ampofo
• Govt blowing millions to revive Airbus scandal – ASEPA
• Ghanaians are dying of hunger under Akufo-Addo - Bernard Mornah
• Politics is not a money-making avenue - John Dumelo
• Don’t rush to vote out experienced MPs - Mensah-Bonsu
• NPP suspends parliamentary aspirant
• I knew 'diabolic' Dr. Ayine's case against Amidu was 'unreasonable' – Maurice Ampaw
• Anyone possessed by the 'gods' become deaf to good counsel - Allotey Jacobs
• We’ve put 1.3m children in school, we don’t need EC to win elections – NPP to NDC
• NPP Tro-bu executives fight NEC for disqualifying Parliamentary Candidate
• Peace FM 'Kokrokoo': NDC boycott ‘cowardly’ – Kweku Baako fires
• It’s a difficult time to be NDC member – Amaliba
• NPP Tro-bu executives fight NEC for disqualifying Parliamentary Candidate
• Publicity on coronavirus in Ghana low - Former Suhum MCE
• Mahama needs a rigging machine, we don’t – NPP
• ‘Open drinking bars’ faux pas: Sack GTA boss – NDC candidate
• Age lawsuit slowed Amidu down, give him up to December – Kpemka
• Only nation wreckers will politicize NCA trial - Nana Obiri Boahen
• NCA Trial: Good call, justice delayed is not justice denied – NPP Dep. Comm. Dir.
• I rigged elections for Hajia Alima to become an MP – Suspended NPP aspirant claims
• We’ll beat anyone who disrupts voters’ register compilation – Obiri Boahen
• It's undignified for Chiefs to owe allegiance to politicians & presidential candidates - Kweku Baako
• ‘Sharp-tongue babies’ in NDC talk as if they’re crazy – Allotey Jacobs
• Don’t use semantics to deceive Ghanaians, you gave different figures to IMF – Jinapor insists
• NPP govt yet to realize governance is a serious business - John Jinapor
• Obour will be an incompetent MP if voted for – A Plus
• New Voter register: Boakye Gyan’s possible 'civil war' comment senseless - Majority Leader
• Kwamena Duncan slams Ofosu Ampofo for 'supervising' attack on Sefa Kayi
• Benchmark Policy: NPP yet to realize governance is a serious business- John Jinapor
• NCA scandal: 'NDC not against probity and accountability'- Amaliba

Crime & Punishment

• Father who brutalized 3-year-old son granted GH¢50k bail
• Two notorious drug dealers arrested at Assin Nduaso
• Burglars invade TAMASCO as teachers, students become easy targets
• Four arrested for dumping refuse along Madina-Aburi highway

Religion

• Closure of churches has prevented our prayers from being answered - Odeefour Koduah
• Coronavirus: God will save us if we adhere to preventive measures - Pastor

Health News

• Coronavirus threatens mental health – WHO

Regional News

• President nominates Benjamin Kessie as MCE for Tarkwa-Nsuaem
• ADR practitioners donate to coronavirus National Trust Fund
• Golden Star worker tests positive for COVID-19 in Prestea
• Coronavirus: Obuasi stigmatizes Chinese nationals
• Tuobodom tomato season: DCE distributes free masks to enforce ‘No Mask, No Entry’
• Girl, 7, drowns in Tono irrigation canal
• Our drinking water dangerous than Coronavirus – Assin Odumanim residents
• Asante-Akim South Assembly distributes 30,000 nose masks
• Review Bawku Township road construction plans – Youth
• NCA court case ruling politically motivated - NDC Youth
• Dr Mckorley supports Muslim chiefs as they fast
• Sawla NPP candidate didn’t lobby for Tuna Ambulance - NDC
• Akufo-Addo sacks Tarkwa-Nsuam MCE
• Pregnant police woman battling for life after car crashes into police station