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Thursday, January 2, 2025
Mahama Set up a foreign remittance unit at the Central Bank.
Time For The USA To Close Its Military Base In Ghana.
2. Strengthen Sovereignty:
Reassert Ghana's sovereignty by ensuring that any future agreements with foreign powers are transparent, equitable, and subject to public scrutiny.
3. Enhance Regional Security Cooperation:
Focus on strengthening regional security cooperation with neighboring countries through the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to address common security challenges without relying on foreign military bases.
4. Invest in Domestic Security Infrastructure:
Allocate resources to enhance Ghana's own security infrastructure and capabilities, reducing the need for foreign military presence.
The presence of a US military base in Ghana, established under the 2018 SOFA agreement, raises significant concerns about sovereignty, transparency, and security. As the Mahama administration takes office, it is imperative to re-evaluate this agreement and take decisive action to protect Ghana's national interests. By renegotiating or terminating the agreement, strengthening regional cooperation, and investing in domestic security, Ghana can assert its sovereignty and ensure a secure and prosperous future
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Mahama assembles team to drive anti-corruption agenda before taking office
This move underscores Mahama’s commitment to accountability, a cornerstone of his 2024 campaign.
Prominent figures like former Auditor-General Daniel Domelevo and renowned lawyer Martin Kpebu have been included in the team,signalling a robust approach to tackling graft. Mahama, who campaigned on eradicating corruption and curbing public sector waste, has vowed to enforce strict consequences for mismanagement of state funds and prioritize transparency in governance.
By activating ORAL during the transition, Mahama sends a clear message: his administration is ready to act decisively against corruption and restore trust in Ghana’s institutions.
Mahama eyes economic reforms
Monday, November 25, 2024
MAHAMA IS COMING BACK AS A WOUNDED LION
Sunday, November 24, 2024
Bawumia will investigate expired rice saga if he becomes president
Monday, November 18, 2024
Wall Street may now have to take Trump literally as the battle for Treasury secretary
Sunday, November 17, 2024
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Cedi rate shoots up, selling at GH¢17.20 to US$1
Monday, January 22, 2024
Statement from President Joe Biden on the 51st Anniversary of Roe v. Wade
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Even as Americans—from Ohio to Kentucky to Michigan to Kansas to California—have resoundingly rejected attempts to limit reproductive freedom, Republican elected officials continue to push for a national ban and devastating new restrictions across the country.
On this day and every day, Vice President Harris and I are fighting to protect women’s reproductive freedom against Republicans officials’ dangerous, extreme, and out-of-touch agenda. We stand with the vast majority of Americans who support a woman’s right to choose, and continue to call on Congress to restore the protections of Roe in federal law once and for all.
Saturday, August 26, 2023
An August surge, two new variants and a Barbenheimer spike: is London facing a Covid autumn?
At last 3 robbed at gunpoint in Humboldt Park spree earlier this week.
CHICAGO (WLS) -- One of three armed robberies in the city's Humboldt Park neighborhood early Tuesday morning was captured on video.
A 38-year-old man was walking in the 800-block of North California Avenue around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday when police said three masked gunmen jumped out of a dark SUV that had pulled up and robbed him. The incident was captured by a nearby doorbell camera.
"Come on, bro, I need my bag, bro," the victim can be heard telling the robbers. "You got all my stuff, bro."
One of the armed robbers grabs his takeout order before stepping back and demanding the passcode to his cell phone. He gives it to them. The victim was not hurt. Police said the trio of thieves committed at least two more armed robberies that morning in a short span of time. Police said a couple was targeted in the 1700 block of North Drake a short time later, and then just before 3:30 a.m. a person reported being robbed at gunpoint by three men in a black jeep a few blocks away in the 1900 block of North Damen.
According to data from the city of Chicago, there have been 541 robberies in the last 12 months in the Humboldt Park community where these incidents occurred. That's an 83% increase over the average number of robberies for the three years prior, 2020 through 2022. Other nearby North and Northwest Side neighborhoods have also seen an increase in armed robberies. The same city data shows that over the last 12 months in the 14th Police District, which includes the east side of Humbold Park, Logan Square, West Town, Wicker Park and Bucktown, there have been 508 robberies, which is a 55% increase over the average number of robbers for the three years prior, 2020 through 2022.
And while Chicago olice have issued some community alerts warning of the danger, the armed robbery sprees continue.
No one is in custody for Tuesday's attack and no arrests have been made.
Friday, June 9, 2023
Oil and Gas production in our Los Angeles Communities
The risk from volatile organic compounds or VOCs, along with noxious mixture of other air contaminants, and methane which is one of the most potent pollutants to the environment. The emission of hundreds of chemicals that often disrupt hormones, and cause reproductive and developmental harm. Contamination of our ground water and potentially drinking water is very real.
Chronic exposure to drilling sites is as harmful to the lungs as breathing freeway exhaust and second hand smoke on a constant basis. Hazardous gases also releases a mixture of dangerous, petroleum-based gases, known as BTEX, that stands for benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene.
Benzene is a known carcinogen linked to an increase in leukemia and other blood cancers. Knowing all this helps, explain the prevalence of ethnic and racial health disparities to black Californians, having the shortest lifespan an experienced the highest death rate from breast, cervical, colorectal, lung and prostate cancer among all racial and ethnic groups in the state of California.
What are some of the solutions? We are still waiting on the protections from the landmark health and safety act California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law in September 2022. What we saw soon after was signed, the oil and gas companies wasting no time filing referendums to overturn the measure.
The California setback law prohibits operators from reworking and repairing existing wells in addition to starting new wells within the safety zone. The good news is that our local governments and activist groups aren’t willing to wait around for the enforcement of the state law.
The city of Los Angeles and Los Angeles County have acted on their own to formulate stricter policies to prevent oil and gas productions moving forward. The greater news is that the Biden – Harris administration signed an executive order on April 21, that created an office of environmental justice that recognizes that racism is a fundamental driver of environmental injustice.
This is a great opportunity for all of us to get involved, through our organizations, schools, and churches. We must hold our politicians accountable to enact clear-cut, climate and environmental justice policies.
Our children and their children’s children will have an environment that they can live and thrive in.
Why I wished my mother dead- Actress Chacha Eke
Nollywood actress, Chacha Eke has disclosed that she developed deep hatred for her mother and even wished for her death while growing up.
She said her hatred for her mother was caused by a mental disorder “that switches your favourite to your least favourite.”
The thespian said her hatred for her mother was further compounded by fake revelations from so-called men of God who told her that her mum was after her life. Eke revealed this while celebrating her mother’s birthday via her Instagram page on Wednesday.
Sharing a video of herself and her mother, she captioned it, “This is a video of me and my biological Mom. I loved her intensely when I was younger. She was, and still is my best friend.
“However, as I got older, I began to dislike and develop deep hatred for her. I had nightmares and hallucinations that supported my euphoria. Sadly, many men of God told me after several manic episodes that she was after my life.
“And so, I went about wishing her death and spewing despicable things about her.”
The actress said she was grateful to have realised her hatred for her mother was as a result of her mental health while her mother was still alive.
She said despite her struggle with mental illness, her mother still raised a “queen.”
She advised others suffering from similar disorders to seek medical help.
Wednesday, January 4, 2023
Soldiers, touts clash in Lagos
Pandemonium broke out yesterday at Second Rainbow, on the Oshodi\Apapa expressway, Lagos, after some men suspected to be soldiers attacked some touts who inflicted injury on one of their colleagues.
This is just as a tanker loaded with petroleum products rammed into a commercial motorcyclist at Alaba bus stop on the same expressway, in the driver’s bid to avoid being extorted by touts.
There were different accounts as to how the trouble started between the soldier and the touts. A version of the account said the soldier was escorting a truck which was stopped by some touts on an extortion spree .
The soldier reportedly refused and was dragged out of the truck and gang beaten.
Another version of the account said the soldier in murfti was in a commercial bus heading towards Cele , when some touts popularly called agbero clustered round the vehicle, demanding for money.
He was said to have ordered the touts to leave the vehicle . When they refused, he reportedly alighted from the bus to shove one of the touts away, only to be gang beaten by over ten touts.
One hour later , the injured soldier returned with his colleagues who descended on any tout in sight. They were still unleashing mayhem on the touts at 8pm.
Meanwhile , tragedy struck the same day on the same expressway when a tanker laden with 33,000 litre of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, otherwise called petrol, overturned, crushing a commercial motorcyclist to death.
Eyewitness said the incident happened about 6.45 pm , as driver of the truck tried to evade being extorted by touts
The impact led to the tanker overturning and spilled its content in the process.
The deceased whose identity could not be determined as of press time was later recovered and taken to the mortuary.
Permanent Secretary, of Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Dr.Femi Oke-Osanyitolu, said upon receipt of the report, the agency promptly dispatched a rescue team to the scene for the recovery operation.
According to The agency responded to an incident at the above location in which a fuel-laden tanker overturned due to a collision between the tanker and a motorcycle.
“Unfortunately, the motorcycle rider was crushed to death underneath the tanker and its contents are spilling onto the road rendering the scene extremely hazardous to other motorists and passersby. Meanwhile, the agency worked in collaboration with men of the Lagos Fire and Rescue Service, Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, Lagos Neighborhood Safety Corps, LNSC and the Nigeria Police to secure the scene and carry out secondary incident containment measures while heavy duty equipment by LASEMA had been dispatched to remove the tanker from the road.
Thursday, December 22, 2022
A no trousers tube ride is happening in January.
This January, get ready to break all societal norms by riding the tube without your trews. The annual 'No Trousers Tube Ride' is taking place again next year, on January 8 2023.
This is the first time the event has taken place since before Covid,
and even more exciting, it's the first time people will be going
trews-less on the Lizzie line. Why go trouser-free on the London
Underground? Well, why not? What better way to usher in the new year
than by taking part in an event founded on pure silliness?
To join the pantsless gang, head to the meeting place (still fully clothed at this point) at Newport Place in Chinatown, WC2H 7JR, by 3pm on January 8. Here, event organisers will lead groups to nearby tube stations.
Once you're inside the tube station, you can whip out your Y-fronts and board the train. This is the crucial part – the whole point is to act like everything is normal, apart from you've got no bottoms on. Be nonchalant, check your phone, listen to a podcast, read a book, just do it sans trews.
The exact route of the trouserless tour won't be announced ahead of time as organisers are keen that only true kecks-free fanatics turn up. Naturists, take heed, underwear IS required. That also means no thongs or banana hammocks, please. Just think about the people who have to sit on that seat after you.
Nevertheless, you’ll never feel so liberated.
Friday, October 21, 2022
'I can't afford a coffin or funeral for my terminally ill son.
A mum from North London whose son is living with a
terminal illness fears she won't be able to give him a proper funeral or even afford a coffin when he loses his battle because the rising cost of living has left her struggling to get by. Donna Brady, 38, from Camden, was told during pregnancy that her son Romeo "wouldn't see his first birthday" because of a serious heart condition.
Now age four, Romeo has defied the odds but his mum says she is now struggling to make his life fulfilling while he is still with her due to squeezed finances. While she has support from a charity to give him occasional days out, she faces the constant worry of what she will do when the devastating time comes. She Said: "I was told to prepare for the worst when I was pregnant, so while everyone else was shopping for prams, I was shopping for coffins. I'm overjoyed I got many more years with him. But I'm living on my nerves and my anxiety 24 hours a day, because I don't know if I'm going to wake up and my baby's gone and how I'm going to cope when he passes. I can see the change in him now and I know the time is coming soon. "But a coffin is unbelievably expensive and all of the other funeral costs. That terrifies me to be honest. And if he passes away tomorrow I wouldn't want him sitting in a freezer while I scrape together to try and bury him. I just would want him to lay him to rest straight away." The Children’s Funeral Fund for England can help to pay for some of the costs of a funeral for a child under 18 but Donna said she would still struggle to get enough together to then claim some of it back. She said she doesn't have a large family to fall back on and is feeling the immense financial pressure right now, especially as Romeo requires 24-hour care. She has gone from paying £42 a month for electricity to nearly £100 and while trying to cut corners where possible, she needs to use a lot of energy for Romeo's feeding pump.
She explained: "He throws up quite a lot so the washing machine is constantly going and I need the electricity on all the time as Romeo has a feeding pump that needs to be permanently charged as it is the only way he can get liquid food and fluid into his body when he is unwell. "Romeo also needs his TV as often this is his only source of comfort, especially after spending a whole year in hospital and following an entire year at home during the pandemic, it is these little things in life that keep him going. The cost of travelling to hospital appointments has also risen. We use taxis or Ubers as the risk of infection is too high on public transport but these are now more expensive." Romeo was born with Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return (TAPVR) which sees oxygen-rich blood return to the wrong side of his heart, mixing with blood with lower oxygen levels and affecting how much oxygen can be pumped around his body. He also has dextrocardia which means his heart is on the right side of his chest instead of the left. His mum described him as having his heart "on the other side of his body and inside out".
Donna receives Disability Living Allowance (DLA) as she is a full-time carer for Romeo, and therefore unable to work. They are also supported by the charity The Rainbow Trust, which she says has been a "godsend". The charity helps them do fun activities, like going to the zoo, much to Romeo's delight given his love for animals, particularly his own cat. Romeo aspires to be a vet and has just started school.
While the charity supports many of the estimated 86,000 children in England with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions, Donna said she is calling on the government to do more to help struggling families as she said the DLA doesn't go a long way. Donna is doing her best to give Romeo a stimulating and fulfilling life while feeling like they are on "borrowed" time. She said they try to do things together like going to the Natural History Museum, but factoring in travel and lunch can be a squeeze. She added: "He loves magazines and reading but they have gone up from £4.50 to £6.99. I have to say to him 'we can get milk, bread and butter or a magazine'. To say no to a child that hasn't got long left is really, really difficult.
"He's never going to finish school or go to college or meet someone and fall in love and go on holidays and have a job and all of that. So that's why it's really difficult for me to say no to him. Because of his condition I want to give him everything to make life as easy as possible and to create amazing memories but these are truly worrying times.
Friday, August 19, 2022
Biden to host unity summit against hate-fueled violence
President Joe Biden will host a White House summit next month aimed at combating a spate of hate-fueled violence in the U.S., as he works to deliver on his campaign pledge to “heal the soul of the nation.”
The White House announced Friday that Biden will host the United We Stand Summit on Sept. 15, highlighting the “corrosive effects” of violence on public safety and democracy. Advocates pushed Biden to hold the event after 10 Black people were killed at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket in May, aiming as well to address a succession of hate-driven violence in cities including El Paso, Texas, Pittsburgh and Oak Creek, Wisconsin.
“As President Biden said in Buffalo after the horrific mass shooting earlier this year, in the battle for the soul of our nation 'we must all enlist in this great cause of America,'” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement. ”The United We Stand Summit will present an important opportunity for Americans of all races, religions, regions, political affiliations, and walks of life to take up that cause together."
Biden will deliver a keynote speech at the gathering, which the White House says will include civil rights groups, faith leaders, business executives, law enforcement, gun violence prevention advocates, former members of violent hate groups, the victims of extremist violence and cultural figures. The White House emphasized that it also intends to bring together Democrats and Republicans, as well as political leaders on the federal, state and local levels to unite against hate-motivated violence.
Biden, a Democrat, has frequently cited 2017's white supremacist protest in Charlottesville, Virginia, with bringing him out of political retirement to challenge then-President Donald Trump in 2020. He promised during that campaign to work to bridge political and social divides and to promote national unity, but fulfilling that cause remains a work in progress.
Sindy Benavides, the CEO of League of United Latin American Citizens, said the genesis of the summit came after the Buffalo massacre, as her organization along with the Anti-Defamation League, the National Action Network and other groups wanted to press the Biden administration to more directly tackle extremist threats.
“As civil rights organizations, social justice organizations, we fight every day against this, and we wanted to make sure to acknowledge that government needs to have a leading role in addressing right-wing extremism," she said.
The White House did not outline the lineup of speakers or participants, saying it would come closer to the event. It also would not preview any specific policy announcements by Biden. Officials noted Biden last year signed the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act and released the nation's first National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism.
Benavides said Biden holding the summit would help galvanize the country to address the threats of hate-inspired violence but also said she hoped for “long-term solutions” to emerge from the summit.
“What’s important to us is addressing mental health, gun control reform, addressing misinformation, disinformation and malinformation,” she said. "We want policy makers to focus on common sense solutions so we don’t see this type of violence in our communities. And we want to see the implementation of policies that reduce violence.
Monday, July 25, 2022
Chabad: No Jerusalem land transfer to Russia till Schneerson books returned .
Chabad USA appealed to Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara on Monday to hold the transfer of ownership of Russian Orthodox land in Jerusalem until the "Schneerson collection" of books is returned from Russia
The appeal comes as tensions between Russia and Israel are simmering due to Russia shutting down the Jewish Agency.
Israel has delayed - and may consider continuing to delay - proceedings on the ownership of the Alexander Courtyard in Jerusalem. Moscow believes it should be Russia's property.
Saturday, July 23, 2022
Reactions to Russia's strike on Ukraine's Odesa port
A Russian strike on Ukraine's Odesa port on Saturday has threatened a deal to aid grain exports and ease a global food crisis.
UNITED NATIONS SPOKESPERSON
"The Secretary-General (Antonio Guterres) unequivocally condemns reported strikes today in the Ukrainian port of Odesa. Yesterday, all parties made clear commitments on the global stage to ensure the safe movement of Ukrainian grain and related products to global markets. These products are desperately needed to address the global food crisis and ease the suffering of millions of people in need around the globe."
UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKIY"This proves only one thing: no matter what Russia says and promises, it will find ways not to implement it (the grain deal)."
RUSSIA
A Russian defence ministry statement on Saturday outlining progress in the war did not mention any strike in Odesa. The ministry did not immediately reply to a Reuters request for comment.
However, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova reposted the U.N. condemnation and said: "It is awful that UN Secretary General Antonio Gutteres does not 'unequivocally' condemn also the Kyiv regime's killing of children in Donbas."
TURKISH DEFENCE MINISTER HULUSI AKAR"They (Ukrainian officials) stated that one of the missile attacks hit one of the silos there, and the other one fell in an area close to the silo, but there was no problem in the loading capacity and capability of the docks, which is important, and that the activities there can continue.
"The Russians told us that they had absolutely nothing to do with this attack, and that they were examining the issue very closely and in detail. The fact that such an incident took place right after the agreement we made yesterday regarding the grain shipment really worried us."
UKRAINIAN INFRASTRUCTURE MINISTER OLEKSANDR KUBRAKOV
"We continue technical preparations for the launch of exports of agricultural products from our ports."
GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER ANNALENA BAERBOCK
"The cowardly missile attacks on the port of Odesa show that the Russian leadership's signature counts for little at the moment."
U.S. AMBASSADOR TO KYIV BRIDGET BRINK
"Outrageous. Russia strikes the port city of Odesa less than 24 hours after signing an agreement to allow shipments of agricultural exports. The Kremlin continues to weaponize food. Russia must be held to account."
EU FOREIGN POLICY CHIEF JOSEP BORRELL
"Striking a target crucial for grain export a day after the signature of Istanbul agreements is particularly reprehensible and again demonstrates Russia's total disregard for international law and commitments."
UKRAINE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESPERSON OLEG NIKOLENKO
"The Russian missile is Vladimir Putin's spit in the face of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and Turkish President Recep Erdogan, who went to great lengths to reach an agreement and to whom Ukraine is grateful."
HEAD OF UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT'S OFFICE ANDRIY YERMAK
"The Russians are systematically creating a food crisis, doing everything to make people suffer. Famine terror continues. The world must act. The best food safetyguarantees are twofold: effective sanctions against Russia and more weapons for Ukraine."