THE PARROTS

Donald Trump has “actively encouraged” foreign powers to hack his presidential rival Hillary Clinton, her camp says. Mrs Clinton did not hand over 30,000 emails as part of an investigation into her private email server as they contained private details. “Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing,” Mr Trump said on Wednesday. “I think you’ll be rewarded mightily by our press.” The emails would contain some “beauties”, he said. Soon after, he wrote on Twitter that if anyone had the emails, they should hand them over to the FBI. His appeal comes as Russia stands accused of hacking emails from the Democratic National Committee (DNC) for Mr Trump’s benefit. Both Russia and Mr Trump deny the allegation. “This has to be the first time that a major presidential candidate has actively encouraged a foreign power to conduct espionage against his political opponent,” Jake Sullivan, Mrs Clinton’s senior policy adviser, said. “This has gon...

One person is feared dead and several others have sustained injuries in a car crash at Mankrong near Suhum on the Accra-Kumasi Highway. Two Articulated trucks collided head-on after one tried to overtake a Kia truck heading to Kumasi from Accra in the early hours of Thursday. The driver of the Kia truck, believed to be in his forties died instantly after his car skidded off the road in the process of the crash. A VIP bus driver who tried to avoid ramming into the other vehicles veered off the road into a nearby bush., injuring some passengers on board. Joy News’ Kofi Siaw reported that seven passengers who were injured have been conveyed to the Suhum Government Hospital for treatment. Two days ago, scores of passengers sustained varying degrees of injuries after the vehicles they were traveling in were involved in an accident also on the Accra-Kumasi road. source myjoyonline.com

The Supreme Court has ordered government to produce its agreement with the US which informed the decision to admit into Ghana, two former terror suspects from Guantanamo Bay. According to the court, the agreement which government insists was a note verbal is not covered by the state Secrecy Act and this can be given to the lawyers and admitted into evidence. Two private citizens, Margaret Bamful and Henry Nana Boakye were reported on January 20,to have sued the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, together with the Minister of Interior, accusing President John Mahama of illegally bringing in the two former Gitmo detainees in contravention of the laws of Ghana. The two plaintiffs are seeking among other reliefs a “declaration that on a true and proper interpretation of Article 75 of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana, that President of the Republic of Ghana acted unconstitutionally by agreeing to the transfer of Mahmud Umar Muhammad Bin Atef and Khalid Muhammad Salih ...

Popular hiplife artiste, Adjei Yeboah Maradona, known in showbiz as Guru, is predicting President John Mahama and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will lose the up-coming elections unless they 'sort out' challenges in the country. The rapper drums his message home in his latest single, “My Take’’ which highlights hardship Ghanaians are enduring under the present government. He insists that, the truth must be told to the President, irrespective of how his supporters feel about it. The song released about a week ago has typical ‘political’ composition by musicians and stirred controversy, as some individuals tagging the rapper as a sympathizer of the opposition party. Speaking on Nhyira FM’s Kasahare Movement, an entertainment show over the weekend, Guru said he speaks for himself and his fans through the song. Though he refused to be drawn into discussing government performance, the ‘Lapaz Toyota’ hit-maker pointed out the current energy crises is one...

One of Ghana's foremost entrepreneurs,  Alhaji Adam Iddrisu, the owner and Chairman of Global Haulage Group Limited (GHGL) has died at age 72. Family sources tell Myjoyonline.com Alhaji Iddrisu  passed  Wednesday dawn. His final funeral rites will be performed after the Asr (late afternoon) prayers at the  at the Global Haulage compound at Achimota in Accra. Global Haulage Group Limited  consists of  Global Haulage Company, Imperial General Insurance,  Isudam  Construction, Cocoa Merchant, Royal  Bank, Federated Commodities, Trans Royal Ltd, Royal Commodities and Global Automobile Limited. Alhaji Iddrisu also made an investment in agriculture with GG Farms as well as real estate with Global Haulage Real Estate.  Ahaji Iddrisu started Global Haulage Company in 1953 around Timber Market in Accra's business district.  In December last year, the Kwame Nkrumah University...

A presenter and two panellists of an Accra-based radio station, Montie FM, who were convicted of contempt by the Supreme Court last week have been sentenced to four months in prison. The owners of the station which includes Edward Addo, Harry Zakuor, Ato Ahwoi and Kwesi Kyei Atuah have been fined 30,000 by close of day tommorrow. The panellists, Alistair Nelson, Godwin Ako Gunn and a host of the show, Salifu Maase and owners of the radio station were found guilty of contempt charges following threats by the panelists to kill the Judges. Presiding judge Sophia Akuffo said the directors were irresponsible and careless because they are to direct the broad vossion of the station. The panelists, on a discussion programme on the station, threatened to kill judges, with specific reference to Justice Sulemana Gbadegbe and Chief Justice Georgina Theodora Wood. Background The two Justices who were specifically mentioned in the contemptuous c...

The opposition New Patriotic Party(NPP) has slammed Ghanaian movie actor, John Dumelo for working against the Dankwa-Busia-Dombo tradition which claimed to have taken care of him[Dumelo] years back. The NPP has warned the movie actor to refrain from vicious attacks and propaganda set to destroy it and give the opposition party a bad name ahead of the general polls. The Deputy Communications Director of the NPP, Anthony Karbo in an interview said Dumelo should be advised that he cannot ride on the back of the NPP to bring himself to the limelight in the political realm. “If Mr. Dumelo is interested in getting into the dirty gutter and unguarded politics of attack, he should know that this is the very party that took care of him sometime ago, when he was a student at KNUST, the party was there for him,” he cautioned in an interview. The actor, launched a scathing attack on the opposition NPP calling it a stock of violent people, a comment that the party has taken offen...