March, 2020 | GHMedia Hub

Lockdown: King of Thailand ‘isolates’ from coronavirus with 20 women

Thailand’s playboy king has taken over a luxury German hotel to isolate from the coronavirus — along with a harem of 20 women, according to reports. King Maha Vajiralongkorn, 67, reportedly booked the entire Grand Hotel Sonnenbichl with “special permission” to break the lockdown in the Alpine resort town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, the Independent said, quoting German media. But rather than isolate, he moved in a harem of 20 concubines along with a team of servants, the UK paper said, citing German tabloid Bild. The king, widely known as Rama X, planned an…

Vice President Bawumia launches online scholarship application system

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has launched the Scholarship Secretariat’s Online Scholarship Application and Administration System – www.scholarshipgh.com – in Accra. Speaking at the launch on Tuesday, March 31, 2020, Vice President Bawumia said the digitization of scholarship processes has come at the appropriate time, when the world is faced with the COVID-19 pandemic which has temporarily shut down almost all social institutions, especially the education sector. The launch of the Online portal is in line with President Akufo-Addo’s vision to digitize and formalize government service delivery processes, help to eliminate…

WATCH: A Controversial TikTok visually illustrates Mark Zuckerberg’s coronavirus donation in comparison to his total wealth

On Friday, Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Dr. Priscilla Chan announced that their charitable organization, The Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative, will be partnering with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to donate $25 million to fund possible COVID-19 treatments. Chan told Gayle King on “CBS This Morning” that the partnership will create a “therapeutics accelerator to fight coronavirus” — essentially a group that will screen drugs demonstrating potential effects against the novel coronavirus. Upon hearing the announcement, British data journalist Mona Chalabi received a message asking “isn’t this a tiny…

Kayaye travellers heading up-north continued their journey under Police escort – Police

The Nkawkaw Divisional Police Command on Monday cleared Kayaye passengers who were onboard two cargo vehicles to continue their journey to the North under Police escort. “We don’t have the resources to keep them in my jurisdiction and they have to be sheltered and fed on daily basis. So we decided to allow them continue their journey, but under police escort,”Nkawkaw Divisional Commander, Kofi Adu told Anopa Kasapa Morning Show host, Kweku Owusu Adjei. He however, noted that upon reaching their point of destination, they would be screened and get…

Pastors are waiting for coronavirus to clear so that they can continue healing the sick – Mzbel

For some time now, songstress/entrepreneur Mzbel has been very clear about her stance against the whole indoctrination of people, especially Ghanaians. On numerous occasions, she has gone toe to toe against the whole idea that a supreme being exists somewhere who is also available to save people from all the troubles they are going through. She has also openly done something that is considered a sin, thus fighting people who are acclaimed as men of God (Prophet Nigel Gaisie & Prophet Prince Osei Kofi) just because she claims they tried…

Tamale: COVID-19 positive Guinean woman escapes from quarantine centre

A woman who was among some ten Guinean and Burkinabe aliens who tested positive for COVID-19 and were being held at a quarantine centre in Tamale, the capital of the Northern Region, has scaled the wall of the holding centre and bolted. Regional Minister Salifu Saeed told the media the patient left her belongings behind. He told the media that the situation was “a very disturbing situation because she is positive”. “Since yesterday up till this morning”, the minister noted, “I have not slept with my security people”, adding: “I…

Coronavirus destroying our business – Sex workers

Some commercial sex workers say their business has been hard hit following the outbreak of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Ghana. The ladies of the night have lamented the low patronage of their services saying their regular customers from whom they used to make lots of money no more patronize them for fear of contracting the deadly disease. Ghana has so far recorded 152 cases of Coronavirus (COVID 19) putting fear into a large section of the public. Speaking to Kasapa FM’s Bonohene Baffuor Awuah on condition of anonymity, a commercial sex worker stated that…

2 chiefs, 26 others arrested over chieftaincy clashes at Yong

The Northern Regional Police Command has arrested two chiefs and 26 other persons in connection with the renewed chieftaincy clashes at Yong Dakpemayili in the Northern Region. Two persons have been shot as a result of the renewed chieftaincy clashes between the claimants of the Yong skin. DGN Online, gathered that about six houses have been burnt into ashes. Two men, Fuseini Chimsi and Mohammed Chimsi, are both holding themselves as chief of Yong. However, the Dakpemah Naa, Fuseini Bawa reportedly selected a successor for the Yong skin which resulted…

Covid-19: Americans Showered Praises On President Akuffo Addo, Ask Ghanaians For Exchange of Presidents

Ever since the coronavirus broke out in Ghana, Nana Addo’s effort to slow the spread of the virus and the fight against Covid-19 has attracted lots of attention and admirations from some African countries and Europe. Most of them admired the rate at which Nana Akufo-Addo kept addressing his people and updating them on the status of the nation with regards to the virus and the various measures that have been put in place. One thing that is trending him the most is a statement he made in his last…

Yvonne Nelson expresses disappointment in her mother

In a country where political colorization is applied to everything, including the allocation of people to man various public toilet facilities, it is usually difficult to make anybody believe that a fight at getting successive governments to do what they promised the citizenry prior to their being elected into office is not under the influence of any different political party. Well, this same thinking is currently the bane of actress and entrepreneur, Yvonne Nelson. In a series of tweets from the outspoken entertainment personality sighted by zionfelix.net, she expresses total disappointment…