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  • Five movies Ghanaian actor Prince Yawson known as “Waakye” featured in

    The demise of veteran actor Prince Yawson, popularly known in the film industry as Waakye has left many Ghanaians recalling fond memories of the late super star.

    He is said to have passed on earlier today at the 37 Military Hospital after battling an illness.

    Mr Yawson was 52 years of age.

    Before deciding to make acting his full-time profession, Waakye began his acting career by appearing in stage productions.

    The actor gained notoriety for his performances in a number of films, such as Obra and Diabolo in the early 2000s.

    With his unique style of acting coupled with his sense of humor, the name waakye became a household name.

    Below are top five movies of the veteran actor

    Diabolo

    The veteran actor featured in the movie Diabolo. Diabolo is a 1992 Ghanaian film that tells the story of a man who has the power to transform into a serpent. He uses this power to sexually assault and kill women, mostly sex workers.

    Obra

    Obra to wit Life is a Ghanaian television drama series which was very popular in Ghana in the 1980s. Obra episodes generally addressed the virtues and vices of life such as honesty, integrity, patience, perseverance, gratitude, envy, greed, jealousy, treachery.

    Marijata

    The plot of Marijata focused on a monster who was unaware of its identity and killed countless people in the house of Harry Laud. The movie starred the late Prince Yawson,Araba Stamp, Bob Santo, Harry Laud, Judas and many other actors who were prominent back in the day.

     

    Babina

    Babina is a 2000 Ghanaian film written by screenwriters Leila Afua Djansi and Ashangbor Akwetey Kanyi. The film tells a story about a conflict between a witch called Babina, who was sent to the world to destroy the life of man, and the men of God who oppose her. It is an African horror film.

    Chokor Trotro

    Chokor Trotro is the current movie production the late veteran actor was featured on. The movie is Ghanaian comedy series which is aired on TV3. This comedy series zooms in on the day-to-day life style of a bus driver and his conductor.

    Source:The Indepedent Ghana

     

  • Social media users mourn veteran actor Prince Yawson ‘Waakye’

    Ghanaian actor Prince Yawson, popularly known as “Waakye“, has passed on at the age of 52.

    The veteran actor passed away in the early hours of Tuesday, August 2, 2022 at the 37 Military Hospital, with the cause of his death yet to be ascertained.

    The actor had been battling illness in recent times and did recover on few occasions until this unfortunate news about his death.

    The actor featured in some of Ghana’s top movies in the early 2000’s, having become a household name.

    Movies he featured in include “Diabolo”, “Chorkor Trotro” and “Babina”, among others.

    Social media users have posted their condolences and praise for Waakkye’s contribution to the local film an entertainment industry.

    Waakye
    Waakye

    Source:ghanaweb.com

  • Ukraine war: CIA chief says no intelligence that Putin is in bad health

    There is no intelligence that Vladimir Putin is unstable or in bad health, the director of the CIA has said.

    There has been increasing unconfirmed media speculation that Mr Putin, who turns 70 this year, may be suffering from ill health, possibly cancer.

    But William Burns said there was no evidence to suggest this, joking that he appeared “too healthy”.

    The Kremlin has again dismissed the reports of Mr Putin’s ill-health as “nothing but fakes”.

    It came as the US announced it would provide Ukraine with more long-range weapons.

    Earlier Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Russia’s military focus in Ukraine was no longer “only” the east and implied Moscow’s strategy had changed after the West supplied Ukraine with such weapons.

    ‘Believer in control’

     

    “There are lots of rumours about President Putin’s health and as far as we can tell he’s entirely too healthy,” Mr Burns said at the Aspen Security Forum in Colorado.

    Responding to laughter, he added that this was not a formal intelligence judgement.

    The Kremlin dismissed the rumours of the president’s ill-health on Thursday.

    “In recent months, Ukrainian, American and British so-called information ‘specialists’ have thrown around various fakes about the health of the president. But it is nothing but fakes,” Mr Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, told reporters on Thursday.

    Mr Burns, who served as ambassador to Moscow, said he had been observing and dealing with the Russian leader for more than two decades.

    Mr Putin is “a big believer in control, intimidation and getting even” and these traits have hardened over the last decade as his circle of advisers has contracted, the CIA chief said.

    “He is convinced that his destiny as Russia’s leader is to restore Russia as a great power. He believes the key to doing that is to recreate a sphere of influence in Russia’s neighbourhood and he cannot do that without controlling Ukraine.”

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    William Burns, seen here in 2014, served as ambassador to Moscow

    Mr Burns travelled to Moscow in November to warn about the serious consequences for invading Ukraine following intelligence the US had collected about Russia’s plans. But the CIA director said he left “more troubled than when I arrived”.

    The Russian president’s plans were based on “profoundly flawed assumptions and some real illusions especially about Ukraine and the will to resist”, Mr Burns said.

    “Putin really does believe his rhetoric. I’ve heard him say this privately over the years that Ukraine is not a real country.

    “Well, real countries fight back. And that’s what the Ukrainians have done.”

    The US estimates that Russian casualties in Ukraine so far have reached around 15,000 killed and perhaps 45,000 wounded, Mr Burns said.

    He added Russia’s current concentration of forces in the Donbas suggested the military had learned hard lessons.

    Russia invaded Ukraine in February, claiming falsely that Russian-speakers in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region had suffered a genocide and needed to be liberated.

    Five months on, Russia has occupied parts of the east and south of the country, but it failed in its original aim of capturing Kyiv and has since claimed its main objective was the liberation of Donbas.

    The US has accused Russia of preparing to annex parts of Ukraine.

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    But earlier on Wednesday the Russian foreign minister implied the US supplying long-range weapons could broaden Moscow’s military focus in Ukraine.

    Despite Mr Lavrov’s apparent warnings, the US on Wednesday announced it would provide Ukraine with more long-range weapons.

    Ukraine will receive another four Himars advanced rocket systems to hold the advance of Russian troops, bringing the total number to 16, Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said.

    Meanwhile Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska addressed US Congress, asking for more air-defence systems to “help us to stop this terror against Ukrainians”.

    She said the weapons could help assure a “joint great victory”.

  • Ghana Armed Forces explains viral video of soldiers involved in accident

    According to GAF, 16 military personnel sustained various degrees of injuries in the accident while on an operation (Operation Halt II), to stop illegal mining on some river bodies in parts of the Eastern Region.

    The injured were initially treated at the Anum Apapam clinic before being evacuated to the 37 Military Hospital for further treatment.

    The disconcerting video of the has some soldiers strewn about the accident scene, some with broken limbs, while their colleagues in a second vehicle attend to them offering First Aid as they awaited ambulance services.

    Voices in the video suggest the driver may have lost control of the vehicle after hitting a bad patch of the road.

    The accident vehicle, a pick-up truck marked 81, with registration number 76 GA 39, and said to belong to the Southern Command, is seen turned on its side with some of the soldiers seen searching it if anyone was trapped under it.

    Below is a statement issued by the Ghana Armed Forces Public Affairs Directorate, signed by Naval Capt. Michael A. Larbi, Director of Public Relations.

     GAF PERSONNEL EMBARKING ON OP HALT II DUTIES, INVOLVED IN ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT AT ANUM-APAPAM

    In reference to a viral video depicting a road traffic accident involving some military personnel, the Ghana Armed Forces wishes to clarify that the personnel, drawn from the Southern Command, were embarking on an operation (Operation Halt II), to stop illegal mining on some river bodies in parts of the Eastern Region. The accident occurred on Thursday 9 June 2022, along the Suhum Anum Apapam Road when the military truck in which they were travelling suddenly developed a mechanical fault causing it to tip over.

    About 16 military personnel sustained various degrees of injuries and were initially treated at Anum Apapam clinic before being evacuated to the 37 Military Hospital for further treatment. The Military High Command has visited the personnel on admission and as at this morning, 12 out of the injured personnel had been discharged while the remaining four (4) are in a stable condition and responding to treatment.

    The Ghana Armed Forces wishes to express its appreciation to the residents of Anum Apapam and the surrounding areas and the Apapam Clinic Staff who came to the aid of the injured personnel, and also the National Ambulance Service for the swift evacuation of the victims to the 37 Military Hospital.

    GAF will continue to count on the support of all Ghanaians in curbing the illegal mining on our water bodies and also in the fight against all other illegal activities

    Signed
    MA LARBI
    Naval Captain
    Director Public Relations

    Source:  www.graphic.com.gh

  • Military takeover not the way to go – Deputy defence minister



    Deputy Defence Minister, Kofi Amankwa-Manu has said coups, as being talked about by some faction in public, cannot lead to the development of the country.

    He said Ghana can only develop through the sharing of ideas and persons calling for military coup are ignorant of its consequences.

    “I do not think it (coup) is the way to go, we want to develop this country and we can develop this country, not through coups. We can develop this country by sharing ideas.

    “It is worrying more especially when we have people who are supposed to know better who talking calling for coups. Sometimes I wonder if those who are calling for coups have really experienced coups in Ghana or in other countries within the sub-region,” the defence minister told the media on the side-lines of an empowerment programme for the youth of Atwima Kwanwoma.

    He, however, noted that the military is ready to defend the country in the likelihood of any disturbance.

    “I would take every opportunity to ensure every Ghanaian living in this country called Ghana to go about their normal duties without any fear because I have so much confidence in our men in uniform. They are prepared to protect this country from those that we call the destroyers,” he added.

    Kofi Amankwa-Manu, who is also the member of parliament for Atwima Kwanwoma, said current happenings in parliament were not the best, adding that the house is not a boxing arena.

    “We can also disagree to agree. That is why I thought it was in bad taste when the general secretary of the NDC said that if they want to make sure that whatever the standing orders were working and they have to slap for those laws to work they would slap,” he said.

    Source: www.ghanaweb.com

  • Akufo-Addo to receive coronavirus vaccine at 37 Military Hospital

    President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will today receive the first dose of the COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine at the 37 Military Hospital in Accra, alongside his wife Rebecca Akufo-Addo.

    The event will be telecast live on TV to show Ghanaians that it is safe to take.

    President Akufo-Addo is doing this to boost public confidence in the safety and efficacy of the AstraZeneca vaccine that has been approved for use to slow the spread of the virus in Ghana.

    Announcing this during his 24th televised Coronavirus address to the nation on Sunday, February 28, Akufo-Addo said, “as your President, I want to assure you that the vaccine is safe. That is why tomorrow, on Monday, 1st March, ahead of the commencement of the vaccination programme on Tuesday, 2nd March, my wife the First Lady, the Vice President, his wife the Second Lady, and I will take the vaccine publicly at two health facilities in Accra.”

    He further announced that on Tuesday, March 2, 2021, other key public officials including the Speaker and Members of Parliament, the Chief Justice and Justices of the Superior Courts of Judicature, the Chairperson and Members of the Council of State, the Chief of Staff and senior officials at the Office of the President will take the jab publicly.

    The rest are prominent personalities such as some Eminent Clergy, the National Chief Imam, the Asantehene, the Ga Mantse, and some media practitioners.

    He subsequently called for an all-hands-on-deck approach for a successful vaccination programme saying, “I encourage faith-based groups, civil society, media and all Ghanaians to support the public education campaign associated with the exercise.”

    “Our domestic regulatory agency FDA (Food and Drugs Authority),” the President said, “has certified the safe use of the vaccine.

    “Taking the vaccine will not alter your DNA; it will not embed a tracking device in your body,” the President further assured. “Neither will it cause infertility in women or men. As your president, I want to assure you that the vaccine is safe.”

    Source: www.ghanaweb.com

  • Medical and Emergency Unit of 37 Military Hospital to shutdown for fumigation exercise GAF

    The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) says the 37 Military Hospital will next week close down its Medical and Emergency Unit to the public in order to undergo a fumigation exercise.

    According to a statement signed and issued by the Director of Public Relations for the GAF, Col. E Aggrey-Quashie, the closure of the unit will take effect from Thursday, January 14 to Thursday February 4, 2021, to allow the exercise to take place.

    The GAF explained, “the closure has become necessary to enable the authorities undertake fumigation as a remedy to any infestation of the Unit. It is worth mentioning that measures have been put in place to ensure patients already on admission are not negatively affected.”

    “However, the general public is advised to redirect all medical and emergency cases to other health facilities during the period. This is for the guidance and information of the general public,” the statement added.

    The GAF however said any inconvenience the closure of the unit might cause to the general public is regrettable.

    Source: www.ghanaweb.com

  • Military begins fumigation of installations

    The Ghana Military Command has started a nationwide fumigation and disinfection of all military installations across the country.

    The exercise, being carried out in collaboration with Zoomlion, began in Ho last Tuesday and intended to rid the barracks and all other installations of possible threat and spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Military installations including barracks, in Kumasi took their turn yesterday.

    The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Suame, Dr John Osei Bobbie Boahene, said the exercise was also to position the military psychologically and to put personnel in good stead for national assignments, including the December general election.

    Support

    Dr Boahene said the government was ready to offer all kinds of support for the military to protect the country against any external aggression and secure the lives of citizens.

    “I wish to commend the President for the show of leadership and steadfastness in the wake of the pandemic,” he said.

    He said the exercise, which is expected to last throughout the week, would also strengthen and solidify the bond between government and the military.

    Central command

     

    The General Officer Commanding the Central Command in the Ashanti Region, Brigadier General Joseph Aphour, said the men and officers of the military were ready to defend the territorial integrity of Ghana.

    “We are highly excited at the support by both the government and Zoomlion to rid both the installations and educational institutions of rodents and infections,” he said.

    He called for a united Ghana and a peaceful co-existence with all persons to ensure the nation experienced a steady development.

    Source: graphic.com.gh

  • Mahama vows to establish a new medical research centre, improve 37 military hospital when voted as president

    Flagbearer of the leading opposition party, John Dramani Mahama has said he will establish another medical research centre with capacity like the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, as well as double the bed capacity of 37military hospital when voted as president in the 2020 elections.

    The former president said the development will be part of a national infectious disease response plan under his watch.

    The plan, according to him, will clearly set out the specific steps to be taken to prevent the entry of such diseases, quickly arrest them at a very early stage even if they do enter our shores and reduce their impact to the barest minimum.

    Mr. Mahama averred that under the plan, he, as president will work to double the capacity of the 37 military hospital, build an infectious diseases centre at the facility to cater for the Southern sector to manage infections like Ebola and COVID-19.

    ”I have previously stated that given the opportunity, I will ensure that we establish another medical research centre with capacity like the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) and the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine (KCCR) in the Northern part of Ghana as part of the Response Plan,”

    ”Under the plan, we will double the bed capacity of the 37 military hospital and build an Infectious Diseases Centre there to cater for the Southern sector in order to help manage infections like Ebola and COVID-19,” the former president said.

    In an Easter message sighted by ABC News, Mr. Mahama said Ghana has reached a difficult spot in the fight against COVID-19 hence the need for the future plan but added that the country will pull through the difficulties.

    ”From the latest statistics and escalation in numbers, it is clear we are in a difficult spot in the battle to contain COVID-19. But together we can overcome the uncertainties of the moment. The latest revelation that 57.1% of infected persons have no history of foreign travel is particularly worrisome. It implies that we may have begun to experience community transmission of the virus,” he said.

    Source: ABCNewsgh.com

  • Were probing allegations against 37 Military Hospital staff Ghana Armed Forces

    The Ghana Armed Force has said that it is investigating a viral video in which a complainant made several allegations against some members of staff of the 37 Military Hospital.

    “The Ghana Armed Forces wishes to inform the general public and especially patrons of the hospital that preliminary investigations have already commenced into the matter, with the view of ascertaining the full facts. Based on the outcome of the investigations, the Hospital management would take the requisite action in line with its rules and regulations”

    This statement comes after one Emmanuel accused 37 Military Hospital staff of causing the death of his brother, Solomon Asare Kumah.

    The Ghana Armed Force further assured all patients, families, and patrons of the Hospital of offering professional service to patients at all times.

    “In the meantime, we wish to assure all patients, families, and patrons of the Hospital of our best endeavours to offer professional services at all times.”

    Below is the statement from the Ghana Armed Forces

     

    Source: citinewsroomÂ