Mental Health Empowerment is my Priority”- Setor Norgbe(Ghana Most beautiful Pageants Rep for Volta Region)
The issues rising out of Mental Health have been pressing concerns to many especially Mental Health practitioners and it is good we support anyone who puts it upon themselves to lead that advocacy.
On the 8th of July, 2021 the Hon Minister for Health Mr. Kwaku Agyemang Manu acknowledged a question asked him by the Hon MP for Sege constituency on Mental illnesses; in his response, he confirmed there has been an increasing rate of Illnesses hence the need for all to get involved to RESOURCE the sector for better treatments. He agreed that over 3 million people currently suffering from various degrees of the Illnesses.
At the launch of 2021 Ghana Most Beautiful Pageantry shows, The rep for Volta Region by name SETOR who is also a Medical Doctor in her short messages declared her resolve to championing the prioritisation of Mental Health issues as an ambassador when voted for as the eventual winner. Going by her words, I am pleading and praying the generality of Ghanaians to help her realise the most pressing concerns that are dear to the well-being of all in this country.
As a practitioner in the field,I know the many challenges we face as professionals in getting drugs, logistics, and many others to giving deserving treatments to those marginalised victims of MENTAL ILLNESSES.
I am not calling for support for her on the grounds of race, tribe,gender, or profession, but purely the fact that she has identified a pressing menace she wants to help address. Let us all give her our best. MENTAL ILLNESSES is no respecter of persons, certificate, monies, status, and have you, so let us all help her champion this for better resourcing and prioritisation of the sector.
Today,it might not be you but tomorrow you have no idea your family members who will suffer the conditions.
In conclusion, I am appealing to the judges and necessary stakeholders to favor her to carrying out this mandate. God bless us all. Thanks
Bismark Kwabla Kpobi Registered Mental Nurse(Senior RMN)/ Mental Health Advocate.
England into Euro 2020 final after ending Denmark dream run
England’s Harry Kane celebrates scores their second goal with teammates during the Euro 2020 semifinal vs Denmark on July 7, 2021. Pool via REUTERS/Laurence Griffith
LONDON— England and their long-suffering fans finally have the chance to add another trophy to the 1966 World Cup after they overcame Denmark 2-1 in extra time on Wednesday to reach the European Championship final for the first time.
Harry Kane’s goal, following up after his penalty had been saved, finally saw off battling Denmark to set up a Sunday showdown against Italy, also looking to shake off the ’60s as they seek to win the title they last lifted in 1968.
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England’s Harry Kane celebrates scores their second goal with teammates during the Euro 2020 semifinal vs Denmark on July 7, 2021. Pool via REUTERS/Laurence Griffiths
LONDON— England and their long-suffering fans finally have the chance to add another trophy to the 1966 World Cup after they overcame Denmark 2-1 in extra time on Wednesday to reach the European Championship final for the first time.
Harry Kane’s goal, following up after his penalty had been saved, finally saw off battling Denmark to set up a Sunday showdown against Italy, also looking to shake off the ’60s as they seek to win the title they last lifted in
On a night to remember in front of almost 60,000 roaring fans, England fell behind to Mikkel Damsgaard’s superb free-kick, equalized with an own goal, dominated the game, and then won it via their captain, albeit somewhat unconvincingly, in the 104th minute.
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“Unbelievable – what a game though,” said Kane. “We dug deep and we got there when it mattered. We reacted really well – we’re in a final at home, what a feeling.”
It was of course a particularly special night for coach Gareth Southgate, whose penalty shoot-out miss sent England out of the semi-finals of Euro 96. “We said to the players at some point we’re going to have to show resilience and come back from setbacks, and we did that tonight,” he said.
“The most pleasing thing is that we’ve given our fans and our nation a fantastic night and the journey carries on for another four days. We’ve said we want to create memories I’ve said to the young ones ‘it isn’t always like this.”
It was a tough way for Denmark to end its emotional ride from the fear and distress of Christian Eriksen’s opening game collapse to its first semifinal since its shock Euro 92 win, but its exhausted players left Wembley with socks rolled down but heads held high.
“I am proud of this group and everyone who has been on this journey. It has been fantastic to be involved. I am hungry and empty, but I am also proud,” said Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg.
CROWD STUNNED
Having swept past Ukraine 4-0 in the quarter-finals, England knew they faced a considerable step up on Wednesday and the quality in the Danish ranks was amply illustrated after 30 minutes when Damsgaard fired a powerful, dipping 25-yard free kick over the wall and beyond the diving Jordan Pickford.
England had reached the semis without conceding a goal and the crowd were stunned. The question of how England would respond to its first real setback would now be addressed.
The answer was calmly and patiently, as they passed their way back into the ascendancy. Raheem Sterling was denied at point-blank range by Kasper Schmeichel before the 39th-minute equalizer when Bukayo Saka hit the byline and fizzed over a low cross that Simon Kjaer bundled over his own line in his attempt to stop the ball reaching Sterling.
Schmeichel was on hand again with an excellent diving save to palm away a Harry Maguire header and England began to turn the screw in the second half, but, despite their relentless passing and probing around the box, they struggled to carve out a clear opening and the match rolled into extra time.
The extra 30 minutes became a virtual attack v defense exercise, as Schmeichel saved again from Kane and Jack Grealish and the fear of penalties began to rise among the home fans.
The ever-dangerous Sterling continued to drive into the box though and was eventually brought down by Joakim Maehle for the VAR-reviewed penalty that Kane struck poorly and Schmeichel blocked, only for the captain to tuck home the rebound.
England’s Harry Kane celebrates scores their second goal with teammates during the Euro 2020 semifinal vs Denmark on July 7, 2021. Pool via REUTERS/Laurence Griffiths
LONDON— England and their long-suffering fans finally have the chance to add another trophy to the 1966 World Cup after they overcame Denmark 2-1 in extra time on Wednesday to reach the European Championship final for the first time.
Harry Kane’s goal, following up after his penalty had been saved, finally saw off battling Denmark to set up a Sunday showdown against Italy, also looking to shake off the ’60s as they seek to win the title they last lifted in 1968.
On a night to remember in front of almost 60,000 roaring fans, England fell behind to Mikkel Damsgaard’s superb free-kick, equalized with an own goal, dominated the game and then won it via their captain, albeit somewhat unconvincingly, in the 104th minute.
It was of course a particularly special night for coach Gareth Southgate, whose penalty shoot-out miss sent England out of the semi-finals of Euro 96. “We said to the players at some point we’re going to have to show resilience and come back from setbacks, and we did that tonight,” he said.
“The most pleasing thing is that we’ve given our fans and our nation a fantastic night and the journey carries on for another four days. We’ve said we want to create memories I’ve said to the young ones ‘it isn’t always like this.”
It was a tough way for Denmark to end its emotional ride from the fear and distress of Christian Eriksen’s opening game collapse to its first semifinal since its shock Euro 92 win, but its exhausted players left Wembley with socks rolled down but heads held
“I am proud of this group and everyone who has been on this journey. It has been fantastic to be involved. I am hungry and empty, but I am also proud,” said Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg.
CROWD STUNNED
England fans celebrate after the match the country’s win in the Euro 2020 semifinal on July 7, 2021. Pool via REUTERS/Carl Recine
Having swept past Ukraine 4-0 in the quarter-finals, England knew they faced a considerable step up on Wednesday and the quality in the Danish ranks was amply illustrated after 30 minutes when Damsgaard fired a powerful, dipping 25-yard free-kick over the wall and beyond the diving Jordan Pickford.
England had reached the semis without conceding a goal and the crowd were stunned. The question of how England would respond to its first real setback would now be addressed.
The answer was calmly and patiently, as they passed their way back into the ascendancy. Raheem Sterling was denied at point-blank range by Kasper Schmeichel before the 39th-minute equalizer, when Bukayo Saka hit the byline and fizzed over a low cross that Simon Kjaer bundled over his own line in his attempt to stop the ball reaching Sterling.
Schmeichel was on hand again with an excellent diving save to palm away a Harry Maguire header and England began to turn the screw in the second half, but, despite their relentless passing and probing around the box, they struggled to carve out a clear opening and the match rolled into extra time.
The extra 30 minutes became a virtual attack v defense exercise, as Schmeichel saved again from Kane and Jack Grealish and the fear of penalties began to rise among the home
The ever-dangerous Sterling continued to drive into the box though and was eventually brought down by Joakim Maehle for the VAR-reviewed penalty that Kane struck poorly and Schmeichel blocked, only for the captain to tuck home the rebound.
England then negotiated the last 15 minutes to spark the loudest, and surely most confident rendition of “Football’s Coming Home”, ever to ring around Wembley.
“When you’ve waited as long as we have to get through a semifinal, the players – considering the limited international experience some of them have – have done an incredible job,” Southgate said.
“We suffered in Moscow (in the 2018 World Cup semifinal defeat by Croatia) on a night like this and we’ve managed to put that right. It’s an incredible occasion to be a part of. The fans were incredible all night. There was mayhem on the pitch and I was part of it. We’ve got to enjoy the fact we’re in the final but there’s one more massive hurdle to conquer.”
Soldiers are not trained to shoot above the knee – Boakye-Djan
A former Spokesperson of the defund Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) Major retired Osahene Kojo Boakye-Djan has waded into the arbitrary shooting of protesters in Ejurain the Ashanti Region, killing two persons and injuring four others.
he said the military manual on training its personnel does not allow for shooting above the knee in order to cause deaf in situations other than war.
He added that the military men deployed to disperse the unarmed protestors in Ejura seemed unprofessional to him because real military officers would have used tear gas and water hose in that endeavor instead of aiming to kill unarmed civilians.
Major (Ret) Boakye Gyan said it was highly unmilitaristic for a soldier to shoot young boys running away at the sight of the military men in Ejura and even if it came to the point of shooting there were certain precautionary measures to take before shooting as the military training manual dictates.
He, therefore, described the killing in Ejura as an “aimed shot” directed to kill rather than control the upheaval in the enclave.
Major (Ret.) Boakye Gyan posited that in his assessment the soldiers deployed to Ejura to control the crowd were not trained personnel of the Ghana Armed Forces. Because Ghanaian soldiers are trained to go and defend the peace in other countries so how can they fail in their own countries.
He has thus entreated the military to investigate the debacle in Ejura because to him he does not believe they were real soldiers.
In an interview with Yaa Titi Okrah on Onua FM’s Pae Mu Ka programme, he insisted that trained soldiers will not dare to behave arbitrarily in the manner exhibited in Ejura.
He was commenting on the back of the military shooting in Ejura which resulted in killing two persons and wounding four others in the process of controlling a protest in that enclave.
“What is happening in the country resulting in the castigation of soldiers and military personnel saddens my heart. For example, what happened in Ejura where the protesters were running away and were shot from behind, the manual does not allow that. You make sure you disperse them either using tear gas or water hose or those things but to shoot from behind knowing that they might die is highly unprofessional.
“In any case, if you had to shoot, there must be so many steps to take, you should not shoot from above knee level. What we witnessed was an aimed shot, sorry I have to use that term because their practice was not that of soldiers. I strongly believe the one who shot the civilians was not a trained soldier, he can’t even be a trained police officer”, the veteran officer declared.
Ejura: I didn’t call for Military assistance – District Police Commander
Police
The Ejura District Police Commander, DSP Phillip Hammond has told the three-member committee that is probing the disturbances that occurred at Ejura leading to the death of three persons that he didn’t call for military support.
He said he only called for reinforcement and that did not mean that the Military must intervene.
Asked by a member of the Committee Dr. Vladimir Antwi Danso whether the Police lacked the capacity to control the crowd for which the Military stepped in, he said “We requested for reinforcement but it is not me personally as the District Commander who requested for the Military. I only requested reinforcement and they are the team that was brought to me.”
The Chair of the Committee who is also a Court of Appeal Judge George Kingsley Koomson, for his part said the media must accept criticisms from other members of the Ghanaian society
He said, inasmuch as the media have the right to criticize, others also do have the same right to subject their work to scrutiny.
His comments come after the Battalion Commander Lt Col Kwasi Ware Peprah said no media house has spoken to him on the disturbances that occurred in Ejura yet several reports have been filed.
“As we speak no media house has spoken to me as the Battalion Commander,” he said.
In response to what he said, justice Kingsley Koomson agreed with his concerns regarding the media and said among other things that we also have the right to criticize the media.”
Lt Col Kwasi Ware Peprah further told the committee that the military aimed not to kill anybody during the upheaval.
“There was no plan to kill anyone during the Ejura disturbance.
“The aim was not to kill, it was just unfortunate. If the aim was to kill then hundred people would have died.”
Meanwhile, Justice Kingsley Koomson has recommended that the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) apply for plastic bullets to control the crowd in Ghana.
He rejected the use of live bullets to disperse the crowd since this can be fatal.
He said this when the General Officer Commander- Central Command, Brigadier General Josephs Aphour appeared before the Committee on Wednesday, July 7.
“I think the Military will put in an application for plastic bullets we are talking at human lives, don’t be applying fire live bullet,” Justice Kingsley Koomson said.
The committee was formed by Interior Minister Ambrose Dery following the gruesome murder of Macho Kakaa in Ejura over the weekend.
There was also a violent clash among the military officers and the youth of the area who were demonstrating in that town on Tuesday, June 29 following the murder.
This led to the death of two persons with four sustaining various degrees of injury.
Brigadier General Josephs Aphour while answering questions posed by members of the Committee said “My Battalion Commander called me the day of the incident that that was happening in Ejura, the indent that we all know.
“Then I had a call from the Chairman of REGSEC that the situation was getting out of control and that there was the need for us at Operations Calm Lives to move inside, if not things will get out of control.”
‘I’d have asked MPs to reject $28M car loan If I had my way’ – Okaikwei Central MP
The Vice-Chairman of Parliament’s Finance Committee, Patrick Boamah says if he had his way, he would have asked his colleagues in the Chamber to reject the latest car loan laid in the House for Members of Parliament.
According to the Member of Parliament for Okaikwei Central, the state should rather consider purchasing cars in a pool for MPs to use during their term in office and hand over to their successors when they leave Parliament.
He contends that the public backlash that follows the procurement of loans is unfair when it is the case that MPs have to pay back the money while their colleagues in other arms of government access these vehicles as part of their conditions of office.
“If I had my way, I would tell my colleagues to reject the facility for the simple reason that all the other arms of government, vehicles are procured for them without going through the process where the media is always on the back of MPs for contracting a loan.”
The Minister for Finance, Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta presented a loan agreement for $28 million to Parliament for the purchase of 275 vehicles for members of Parliament.
Based on the amount and the number of individuals involved, each MP is expected to receive over $100,000 for the purchase of a vehicle.
The Finance Committee of the House is expected to consider the loan agreement and report to the house.
Mr. Boamah said his colleagues might explore other means of gaining access to such initiatives if the public continually criticise the move.
“If the public thinks that MPs do not deserve a vehicle to ride in, we should know, so we know our limitations and what the Finance Ministry can do to support our work.”
There have been situations of MPs failing to pay back car loans.
In 2017, the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) was on the heels of some Members of Parliament who bought their vehicles on loan but had defaulted in paying back several years after.
Reports indicate that letters that had been written to the MPS for them to honour their obligations did not receive any reply.
2021 Population Housing Census Exercise Comes off in Ghana
2021 Population Census
The usual decade exercise is underway from June 27th night to 11th July 2021 in Ghana and all persons in Ghana will be counted.
The Population Census is the official enumeration of all persons in a country at a specified time. The enumeration also implies the collection, compilation, evaluation, analysis, publication, and dissemination of demographic, social, and economic statistics relating to the population.
A Housing Census is the official enumeration of all living quarters (occupied and vacant) in a country at a specified time. This enumeration also implies the collection, compilation, evaluation, analysis, publication, and dissemination of statistical data pertaining to these living quarters and the occupants, and this is done every decade(10 years) and the enumerators are under oath not to disclose any information taken from respondents.
The Ghana 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC) will consist of a population census and a housing census as one operation. The two censuses, though separate, constitute one statistical operation and they are not completely independent of each other because of the essential elements of each census which are common to both and are also with well-coordinated activities. In this way, the information on the population and living quarters can be more readily matched, and processing is facilitated, and extensive analysis can be carried out. This also makes it possible to relate to the housing census data, the information on demographic and economic characteristics of each household member that is routinely collected in the population census.
2021 Population and Housing Census
Ghana has conducted five post-independent population censuses in 1960, 1970, 1984, 2000 and 2010 with the last two consisting of both a population census and a housing census making the 2021 PHC the third Population and Housing Census to be conducted in Ghana. The 2021 PHC is designed to generate statistics that are essential for policy and planning purposes. It is therefore of the greatest importance to every person living in Ghana. The census information will be used for only statistical purposes and is not to be used for identifying people for taxation or punitive purposes.
We got the impression that Afia Schwarzenegger was fighting Emelia Brobbey because she’s also into the same pure water business and perhaps some misunderstanding has gone on behind the scene.
Emelia Brobbey has finally reacted to Afia Schwarz’s insults. She didn’t go dirty as Schwar did but she seems to have sent a message across to her in a song delivered by Kuami Eugene.
The Club Licensing department of the Ghana Football Association
GFA Ready to start club licensing
Club Licensing department of the Ghana Football Association shall on Tuesday, June 15, 2021, open applications from all prospective CAF inter-club participants for the next CAF calendar season.
This is in line with the new directives set out by CAF to get all prospective clubs licensed before June 30, 2021.
Although the champions of the Ghana Premier League and the MTN FA Cup cannot be determined at the moment, CAF has indicated that all potential winners may apply in order to meet the deadline. This follows last week’s CAF – Member Associations engagement on Club Licensing.
The process is open to all Premier League Clubs and the 32 participants of the MTN FA Cup
Clubs and stakeholders are to take note that the above engagement is not a qualifying criterion to participate in the CAF Inter-club competitions but a proactive step to ensure that Ghanaian clubs meet the deadline in anticipation of qualification.
GFA Ready to start club licensing
The relevant qualifying criteria as enshrined in the GFA Regulations and the latest CAF Country rankings shall be applied in determining qualified clubs at the end of the season.
Hollard donates Bags of Cement to Kumasi Central Prison
Hollard Asurance bags of cement
Hollard Life Assurance, a subsidiary of Hollard Ghana, has supported the Kumasi Central Prison’s canteen project with bags of cement. This was in a bid to ease the burden of the center while staying true to its purpose to enable better futures.
The presentation
The presentation was done by Nashiru Iddrisu, Managing Director of Hollard Life in the presence of Kwaku Gyapong Fosuhene, Branch Manager of Hollard Life Kumasi, and Hollard Life Kumasi Sales Managers, Kingsley Gyebi and Helena Antwi Tolbert.
The Ashanti Regional Commander of Prisons, DDP. Kwesi Asamoah Fening received the bags of cement on behalf of his outfit in the presence of Regional PRO, ASP. Richard Bukari and ADP Hilda Awoame.
Speaking on the motivation for the donation, the Managing Director of Hollard Life Assurance, Nashiru Iddrisu said: “We received a call from the Kumasi Central Prison to support them build a canteen for the inmates. As a company that does well by doing good, we know that funding such a project espouses our purpose of treating everyone with care and dignity. Everyone deserves a better future regardless of where they find themselves. Supporting the command to provide a decent eating area is our way of showing care”.
Appreciation
Receiving the items, the Ashanti Regional Commander of prisons, DDP. Kwesi Asamoah Fening expressed his gratitude to Hollard Life Assurance for the honor done them.
He said: “We understand that times are hard due to COVID-19, however, Hollard has gone out of their way to help. We are very indebted to Hollard Life for responding swiftly to our call for funding. We least expected such a quick comeback. This kind gesture is necessary for the maintenance of the prison’s infrastructure and will go a long way to help in the reformation of the prisoners.
Dead- Temitope Balogun Joshua, a frontline Nigerian preacher and televangelist, has died, family sources told Peoples Gazette.
Mr Joshua, the founder of The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations (SCOAN), died in Lagos on Saturday evening shortly after concluding a programme at his church, The Gazette learnt from family sources who did not want to be quoted as an official statement was still being prepared. He was 57.
The cause of death was not immediately disclosed to The Gazette, but family sources said his remains had been deposited at the morgue and an autopsy would be performed forthwith.
Just In: Popular Nigerian Pastor Dead
PROPHET T B JOSHUA
Mr Joshua reigned for several decades as a fiery preacher on television, using his platform to attract a large number of Christians from across the world. Emmanuel TV, run by Mr Joshua’s SCOAN, is one of Nigeria’s largest Christian broadcast stations, available worldwide via digital and terrestrial switches.
Outspoken Ghanaian football administrator, Jonathan Abbey Pobi has described the governing National People Party (NPP) and opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) as two incompetent parties who have destroyed Ghana Football and sports.
Speaking on Rainbow Sports with Isaac W. Wallace, the football administrator said Ghanaians should not take these two parties seriously because they lack the insight and vision to transform sports in Ghana.
NDC, NPP lack vision
Mr. Pobi former President John Mahama who is seeking re-election had nothing to show Ghanaians in the area of sports when he was president and the current administration has no record to also show Ghanaians.
”The two parties are the same. Look at how Nana Addo is handling sports in Ghana. These two political parties are to blame for the woes confronting the sports fraternity. They lack vision, they lack ideas and incompetent,” he added.
NDC, NPP lack vision
He said ”they NDC and NPP should give us a break. They have nothing for us.
He slammed the NPP for failing to deal with the Number 12 brouhaha accusing the government of shielding former Ghana Football Association (GFA) president Kwesi Nyantakyi.
An ambassadorial deal.Famous Ghanaian Afropop, dancehall and reggae artist Stonebwoy, has been awarded an ambassadorial deal with Tecno Ghana.
Stonebwoy has held his brand well from the start despite a few hitches here and there hence not surprising that a big brand like Tecno deciding to partner with him.
Stonebwoy awarded an ambassadorial deal.
The signing of the deal and the outdooring of Stonebwoy as their new Ambassador took place today with very few people attending.
Stonebwoy after the signing had little to say as all he said was with this partnership, the world and Ghana should expect more.
Video: See Why Kumawood Actress Christiana Awuni Says Celebs Who Live Fake Lives Are Destroying the Youth
Veteran Kumasi-based actress, Christiana Awuni has told Tracey Boakye on her YouTube show that celebrities who live fake lives on social media have been putting unnecessary pressure on Ghanaian youth which lead most of them into depression.
Fake Lives Are Destroying the Youth
The well-endowed actress opined that it’s totally unacceptable for these celebs who are role models to a lot of people deceive them by flaunting their luxuries on social media which do not reflect the lives they live in the real world. In her view- this unwholesome culture makes others think their lives have been hugely disappointing.
Additionally, Christiana Awuni also said she lives within her means since she did not come to this world to please anyone by living a fake life.
Eloquent Ghanaian broadcaster and boss of GHOne, Nana Aba Anamoah has given Ghanaian bloggers a piece of her opinionated mind when she was hosted by satirist Kwaku Simtim Misa (KSM) on his show.
Ghanaian bloggers ARE LAZY
According to Nana Aba Anamoah, bloggers in this country have no idea the power they weld which is why they lazily trail celebs on their various social media handles and manufacture stories based on photos and videos the celebs post. The former TV3 news anchor said bloggers have departed from the traditional element of journalism and doing whatever they like which is wrong.
Ghanaian Bloggers Are Lazy
She further adds that there a lot of pressing issues these bloggers can work on and make a huge change with the power they have. Watch the video below;
Flag bearer of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG), Kofi Akpaloo has disclosed that he will give newly born babies ¢200 each and also make universities free for all.
In an exclusive interview monitored by browngh.com Akpaloo said that should Ghanaians vote him to power as the president, he will implement a policy which will benefit children below 18 years.
KOFI AKPALOO TO MAKE UNIVERSITY FREE
“We[LPG] are going to do things differently from the way NPP and NDC has been handling this economy.
He furthered that, the initiative he will implement will go a long way to help to stimulate the economy to generate demand activities so that whenever there is a production of goods people will have the funds to purchase.
Mr Kofi Akpaloo was of the view that his ‘soon to be put into operation’ policy will eventually serve as a job creation opportunity for all to also enjoy life.
KOFI AKPALOO TO MAKE UNIVERSITY FREE
Asked what he will do differently from other political parties that will inform the decision of the electorates to give him their vote, Kofi Akpaloo again stated that his party aside from the Child benefits which focuses on children below 18 will also not leave the adults behind.
According to him, the LPG is going to give unemployment benefits to persons above the ages of 18. He said this package comes with a monthly allowance of Gh400.
