News of Friday, 15 May 2020

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Galamsey: 1 dead, 14 arrested, 2 Toyota Landcruisers vandalized in Ashanti Region Homeless ex-convict raises rare palm-tree plantation in Upper East region I can’t convince my husband to join NPP - Chief Biney's wife God forbid! We don’t need a Bawumia-like running mate - A.B.A Fuseini Jubilation as 200 suspected coronavirus patients are discharged Coronaivrus: WHO gives directives to Ghana, other countries on holding elections

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Press Releases

• Coronavirus: Absa Bank Ghana deploys 50 new ATMs to increase withdrawal limit
• Vodafone customers enjoy free on-net calls on Mother’s Day
• Samsung announces two incredible devices: Galaxy A31 and M11
• Coronavirus: Vivo Energy, retailers install water storage facilities at lorry parks and markets
• TBEA supports GRIDCo with PPEs worth GHS100,000
• Coronavirus:Tema General Hospital receives PPEs from Standard Chartered
• Huawei Boosts Ghana’s coronavirus fight through ICT

Opinions

• Is compilation of new voters register still possible? Commonsensically No!
• Jean Mensa, I don’t have a Ghana Card, Can I vote?
• Sustainable future for Ghana’s fishing sector
• Love is higher than law
• Victoria Quarshie and the quest for healthcare and inculturation
• A new normal: Balancing between rat race and mediocrity post coronavirus
• Coronavirus: Future proofing Ghana’s economy
• One toilet, one cedi: Assessing the open defecation situation in Ghana
• Coronavirus: Can China stand blameless?
• Celebration of international day of light; harnessing the power of light to fight coronavirus
• Medicinal plants as a potential source of remedy for new & emerging diseases

Diasporian News

• Public office shall not be an avenue for enriching oneself - Akufo-Addo

General News

• Coronavirus: Lockdown won't work – Health Minister
• Coronavirus: EC can’t postpone 2020 polls – Dep. AG
• Create platforms for dialogue in case coronavirus disrupts elections – Dr. Chambas
• Atik Mohammed urges EC to commence registration exercise
• Institute of Internal Auditors donates to COVID-19 Fund
• Adjust to live with novel coronavirus – Health Minister
• Hotel refuses accommodation to health workers over GH¢ 219,000 debt
• Gov't is too ‘romantic’ with public education on coronavirus - Atik Mohammed
• Auditor-General submits two reports to Parliament
• Who becomes the new Chief of Defence Staff?
• Government’s decision to resource NCCE commendable - SDTT
• Peace FM's Nana Yaw Kesseh descends on Tourism Authority
• Amidu’s age eligibility: Dominic Ayine got it wrong – Deputy AG
• Supreme Court ruling on Amidu's age was independent and not political – Godfred Dame
• Coronavirus survivor calls for intensive public education
• WHO to probe Ghana’s coronavirus 'peak' claims
• Galamsey: 1 dead, 14 arrested, 2 Toyota Landcruisers vandalized in Ashanti Region
• Coronaivrus: WHO gives directives to Ghana, other countries on holding elections
• Akufo-Addo's elephant-size government list continue to spiral – Okudzeto Ablakwa
• Ban sprinter buses from embarking on long journeys – MTTD chief
• GRASAG GIMPA wishes Muslims 'Ramadan Mubarak'
• 1979 Constitution better than 1992 constitution – Kabila
• ‘You'll be beaten till blood oozes out of your nose’ – Obiri Boahen stands by his comments
• Jubilation as 200 suspected coronavirus patients are discharged
• Report voter suppression allegations to Police – CDD to NDC
• 2019 Presidential staff list presented to parliament
• Voter’s register bloated; it’s a known fact - Majority leader
• Coronavirus: Akufo-Addo has lost weight – Security analyst
• Video Flashback: Our promises 'a sacred contract' - Bawumia
• Flashback: We’re experts at destroying our own – Rawlings to NDC
• Ghana's strong measures, aggressive testing good - WHO
• FLASHBACK: I don't mind sacrificing my manhood for NDC’s victory in 2020 - NDC chairman
• I'm hopeful Minority will have a change of mind on Justice Honyenuga - Majority Leader
• Aviation Ministry denies diverting airports disinfection contract
• Ibrahim Mahama donates to visually impaired pensioners, St. James Catholic Church
• 3 Mahama appointees forfeit assets over $4m NCA fraud
• Compensate us now or stop market construction – Dodowa landowners fume
• Homeless ex-convict raises rare palm-tree plantation in Upper East region
• Report voter suppression allegations to Police – CDD to NDC
• Work resumes on Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital's abandoned 46-year-old maternity block
• Coronavirus: Universities authorized to implement mode of assessment for students
• 21 illegal migrants busted
• NaCCA announces first batch of 187 recommended textbooks for KG, Primary schools
• NIA denies 'criminal' election rigging conspiracy by NDC
• 'It’s getting frustrating' – Opuni Frimpong underlines effect of coronavirus on churches
• Religious groups putting pressure on govt to lift ban on social gathering – NGOs in Health alleges
• Western Region: Hospital personnel infected with coronavirus
• Elecnor Ghana donates relief items to Ga North and Ga West Municipal Hospitals
• Coronavirus: Testing should be compulsory at ‘high risk’ companies, market places – Health Consultant
• 8th Ghana Engineer Company supports Minusma in fight against coronavirus
• Coronavirus: GIS to repatriate 20 Burkinabes, Togolese
• International Day of Families: Time with the Bosomtwe family
• A Plus’ TPP violatng ban on social gathering?

Politics

• Mahama's 2020 defeat 'inevitable' - Mac Manu
• It’s no fault of NPP that NDC chose a man who gave us the worst economy - Mac Manu
• We cannot continue to use ‘ECOWAS’ register for elections in Ghana - NPP Communicator
• UPP to build 'senior homes' for pensioners across the country
• Volta Regional NDC supports Hohoe Muslim communities
• Election 2020: Don’t vote for a 'non-performing 76-year-old president' – Dela Edem
• I can’t convince my husband to join NPP - Chief Biney's wife
• NPP will win December polls based on performance - Mac-Manu
• Airbus Scandal: Mahama, others will be jailed before December 7 polls – Wontumi
• Will Mahama break his silence on £5m Airbus scandal?
• NDC has no confidence in their own flagbearer Mahama – Mac Manu
• The rise in coronavirus cases shows that Akufo-Addo has failed – Sammy Gyamfi
• Okudzeto fumes over new appointments at Jubilee House
• Kabilah explains why he will never join NPP or NDC
• 2020 polls will be violent without a new voters’ register – Kyei Mensah Bonsu warns
• There will be no civil war in Ghana - Majority Leader replies Boakye Gyan
• Coronavirus: NDC not bothered about job losses, but fake rigging conspiracy – Gabby
• Akufo-Addo’s 'foggy' designations for presidential staffers 'troubling' – Ablakwa
• New voters register will disenfranchise million Ghanaians - Otokunor
• Brouhaha over a new voters register: Ghanaians share their views
• Adongo has become used to the NDC way of lying – Danquah Institute Boss fires
• New voters register will disenfranchise 11million Ghanaians – NDC
• 6 times NPP and NDC have played politics with coronavirus
• NDC covering disgrace with outbursts – Buaben Asamoah
• Allow the EC to work according to the laws – Peace Council
• The real corruption fight is to prosecute your own people - Amaliba tells govt
• NDC facing 'leadership crisis' - Nana B
• God forbid! We don’t need a Bawumia-like running mate - A.B.A Fuseini

Crime & Punishment

• Trickster arrested for stealing PPE

Health News

• Pregnant women with coronavirus to receive antenatal care
• Malaria treatment services must continue amid coronavirus
• Agona East District records first COVID-19 case
• JAVA Moore Foundation donates machines to reduce neonatal and maternal mortalities
• Apathy towards coronavirus public health protocols worrying - GHS
• Frontline health workers allowance not yet paid - Health Minister
• 44-year-old KATH maternity ward will be completed in 3 years – Akufo-Addo

Regional News

• Security Council worried over rising coronavirus cases at Obuasi
• Catherine Afeku gives to the vulnerable in Evalue-Ajomoro-Gwira
• Sekondi-Takoradi Landing Beach Committee donates nose masks to Fishers
• Hohoe Municipal Hospital receives John Mahama's support
• GJA organizes safety workshop for selected journalists in Ashanti
• TMA assesses companies’ compliance to covid-19 protocols
• Yapei-Kusawgu NPP candidate debunks allegation that he rejected Akufo-Addo
• Bolewura intervenes on impasse between Bole Methodists Church and residents
• Tension as developer invades community, destroys large acres of farms at Upper West Akyem
• Manya Krobo: Paramount Chief destools Queen mother over betrayal?
• Creation of Suame Municipality has enhanced development - Kyei Mensah
• Obosomase Akuapem gets coronavirus relief aid from its US-based indigenes
• Sekondi MP cuts sod for community centre at Ekuase