Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo was coy about his international future as he responded to his side’s World Cup exit following defeat by Morocco. The 37-year-old forward was in tears as he walked back to the dressing room after the 1-0 quarter-final. Ronaldo played as a substitute, having also come off the bench in the last-16 win against Switzerland. “To win a World Cup for Portugal was the biggest and most ambitious dream of my career,” he wrote on social media. “Unfortunately, yesterday [Saturday] the dream ended.” Ronaldo left Manchester United by mutual agreement before the 2022 World Cup after a...
Man arrested for hitting wife’s head against wall multiple times till she died
Bekwai Magistrate court in the Ashanti Region has remanded a 40-year-old man, identified as Stephen Appiah for two weeks after he allegedly hit his wife’s head against a wall multiple times till she died. The incident is reported to have occurred a few days ago at Ofoase Kokoben in the Bekwai Municipality of the region. According to starrfm.com.gh, after committing the crime, the suspect wrapped the body of his deceased wife, identified as Afua Abrefi and dumped it in a bush. The family of the deceased lodged a complaint with the police after they did not see her for days and...
Cedi gaining, fuel prices coming down; the govt is working – Owusu-Bempah
The Akufo-Addo administration is working around the clock to ameliorate the economic conditions Ghanaians are saddled with at the moment, a Deputy Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Ernest Owusu-Bempah has said. He noted that the efforts of the government have resulted in the Cedi gaining against the Dollar and drop in fuel prices. Addressing the press in Accra on Friday December 9, to react to the lost censure motion that was filed by the Minority for the removal of the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, Mr Owusu-Bempah said the government acknowledges the economic challenges Ghanaians are going through. “The...
44,000 teachers fail licensure examinations
About 44,000 teachers have failed the mandatory Ghana Teacher Licensure Examination (GTLE), the Registrar for the National Teaching Council, Dr. Christian Addai-Poku has disclosed. According to him, the results of the examinations were worrying, considering the poor performance of the teachers who were supposed to be imparting knowledge to children. He made this known at the 2022/23 Cohort – Leading Girls’ Learning Programme town hall meeting organized by the Institute of Teacher Education and Development (INTED). The NTLE was introduced by the government in 2019 backed by the Education Act of 2008, Act 778, with the first-ever teacher licensure exams taking place...
Gianni Infantino praises ‘best group stage ever’ at a FIFA World Cup™
Gianni Infantino has hailed the opening stages of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ as the ‘best ever’, following dramatic matches across all eight groups, record-breaking attendances and television figures across the world, and the FIFA Fan Festival™ in Doha proving hugely popular with fans supporting nations from every corner of the world. Speaking as the competition enters the quarter-final stage, the FIFA President praised the quality of the football involving the 32 teams that competed in the group stage – and highlighted the passion shown in the stadiums, FIFA Fan Festival™ and fan parks around Qatar. “I have seen...
Censure motion was empty – Afenyo-Markin justifies Majority walkout
The Majority in Parliament has strongly defended its walkout during the vote of censure motion filed against Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta. Alexander Afenyo-Markin, Deputy Leader of the caucus, believes the Minority failed to do due diligence in pushing for the removal of Ken Ofori-Atta as the Finance Minister. During the debate of the matter on the floor, KT Hammond, a co-chair of the committee that probed the allegations against the Minister, said they did not find a single piece of evidence to warrant the claims made against Mr. Ofori-Atta. However, Dr. Dominic Ayine, who was also a co-chair of the...
C/R: Snakes take over Enyan Abaasa Anglican Basic School
Snakes have taken over Enyan Abaasa Anglican Basic School in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District of the Central Region. Academic activities are, thus, being disrupted by the situation since the reptiles pose a threat to teachers and pupils. The school building has no doors and windows, so the reptiles easily gain access to the classrooms from the bushes that surround the school. Speaking in an interview with Class91.3FM’s Central regional correspondent, Nana Tawiah, Headmistress Grace Opaku Mensah noted that the school is faced with many other challenges which require the attention of the government and natives of the community. “The...
Censure Committee violated rights of Ken Ofori-Atta – Godfred Yeboah Dame
Mr Godfred Yeboah Dame, the Attorney General (AG) and Minister of Justice, said the Parliamentary Ad Hoc Committee, which investigated the Censure Motion against Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, the Finance Minister, violated his rights. He noted that the Finance Minister was not given the requisite opportunity to defend himself in line with constitutional requirements. Mr Dame said this on the floor of Parliament during the debate on the Censure Motion, which was brought against Mr Ofori-Atta by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Minority Caucus, alleging mismanagement of the economy. Invited by Parliament to give his legal opinion on the matter, the...
DBG participates in AADFI CEOs forum for African DFIS
Development Bank Ghana (DBG) has participated in the Global 2022 CEO Forum of African Development Finance Institutions organised by the Association of African Development Finance Institutions (AADFI) in collaboration with the Citizen Entrepreneurial Development Agency (CEDA). The event was held in Gaborone, Botswana under the theme “Building partnerships for resource mobilization in financing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)”. The CEO Forum, held between November 23 and 25, 2022, is an annual event on the calendar of the AADFI, that provides a platform for Chief Executive Officers and C-suite executives of African Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) to gather with key stakeholders and...
Ghana Cares project will create more employment for youth – Ofori-Atta
The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has assured that the Ghana Cares Obatampa project will create employment opportunities for the country’s youth as their services are engaged in an all-year-round agriculture farming project. The minister said the aim of the project is to bring together Ghanaians towards a common profitable objective, especially towards economic recovery. The Ghana Cares Obatampa program outlined in the 2022-2023 budget is an initiative to bridge the food supply gap, especially rice and vegetables while reducing the risk associated with unemployment. The project has since commenced within the Tsopoli and Asutuare enclave where the government intends to...