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Why Bill and Melinda Gate are divorcing.

Bill and Melinda Gates are ending their marriage after 27 years, the pair announced in a statement on their verified Twitter accounts.
“After a great deal of thought and a lot of work on our relationship, we have made the decision to end our marriage,” the statement reads.

The couple founded their philanthropic organization, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, together in 2000. Since then, the foundation has spent $53.8 billion on a wide range of initiatives related to global health, poverty alleviation and more, according to its website.
“We have raised three incredible children and built a foundation that works all over the world to enable all people to lead healthy, productive lives,” the statement says.

“We continue to share a belief in that mission and will continue our work together at the foundation, but we no longer believe we can grow together as a couple in this next phase of our lives.”

Why the divorce?
The statement said the couple believes they cannot grow together in the next phase of their lives.

“We continue to share a belief in that mission but we no longer believe we can grow together as a couple in the next phase of our lives,” the statement said.

Who filed for divorce?

Melinda Gates filed a petition for divorce in King County, Washington, on Monday, asking a judge to dissolve the marriage based on the couple’s separation contract. No financial details were included in the publicly available documents.
Bill Gates is one of the richest people in the world. His net worth was $137 billion as of February, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index ranking.

How did they meet?

Bill, 65, and Melinda Gates, 56, met at Microsoft — which Bill Gates founded and was, at the time, running as CEO. She started as a product manager as the only woman in the first class of MBA graduates to join the company, and eventually rose through the ranks to become general manager of information products.

They met shortly after she joined the company in 1987, at a business dinner in New York.
She described the encounter in her book, “The Moment of Lift:” “I showed up late, and all the tables were filled except one, which still had two empty chairs side by side. I sat in one of them. A few minutes later, Bill arrived and sat in the other.”

The couple married in Hawaii in 1994.
Over the past year, the Gates, through their foundation, have been involved in the fight against Covid-19 and the effort to develop treatments and vaccines, and equitably distribute them around the world. As of December, the group had committed a total of $1.75 billion to the global pandemic response.

In March 2020, Bill Gates stepped down from the boards of Microsoft and Berkshire Hathaway to “dedicate more time to his philanthropic priorities,” including work to tackle climate change.

Melinda Gates is also the founder of investment firm Pivotal Ventures, which confirmed the couple’s separation.

“We ask for space and privacy for our family as we begin to navigate this new life,” the pair said in their statement Monday.

Reference: cnn

News

A/R: A 17-Year-Old Dies In A Fire Outbreak At Asafo.

The recent rampant fire outbreaks in the Ashanti Region has left residents devastating and anxious.

The recent misfortune occured at Asafo in the Kumasi metropolis, displacing over 70 persons living in a slum near COCOBOD. The incident saw a 17-year-old boy dying after fire swept through over 30 makeshift structures.

The incident was sad seeing and eyewitnesses were felt with tears on reporting. Meanwhile residents are mourning and pleading for authorities to quicken all in any underground processes in curbing the ongoing rampant fire outbreaks.

Meanwhile the Fire Service was called upon and did intervene but they say the cause of the outbreak is still unknown.

At the same time, victims of the fire say they are trying to come to terms with the reality of what happened as they still can’t figure the mystery behind the whole happenings.

Meanwhile some have lost properties worth thousands of Ghana cedis in the blaze and are pleading the government to come to their aid. According to some persons, they are even grateful for their lives as they escaped death.

One of the victims said, “I secured a loan to furnish this place but all my belongings have been completely destroyed. We need the government’s intervention. One of my siblings was staying in my structure. He had his mattress and luggage inside. I secured a loan facility, and I’ve spent around four thousand five hundred cedis on the structure. I am being evicted [from my current apartment], so I was planning to move in tomorrow so my three children> Now I don’t know what to do.”

“The fire started around 2:30 pm. I was almost here when I heard of the incident. I was told someone was using a gas cylinder at the time. What is very sad about this is that, a 17-year-old boy and a small child with him were together locked inside a room and got burnt. We were unable to save them. The 17-year-old was a driver’s mate. I am also a driver’s mate. This is indeed a sad situation for us. The foam company located here has been here for a very long time,” another victim, Nana Yaw, added.

Meanwhile authorities are still under investigations to get to the root of the matter.

An authority from the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly said, “…from their initial investigations, one person died while over 30 makeshift structures were destroyed”.

Meanwhile, the body of the deceased[17-year-old] has been conveyed to the Komfo Anokye Teaching hospital morgue.

Lifestyle

How to browse for free on Opera Mini and Opera News using on MTN.

One of the most outstanding Telecommunication network in the country is Mobile Telephone Network (MTN).

MTN Group Limited, formerly M-Cell, is a South African multinational mobile telecommunications company, operating in many African and Asian countries. Its head office is in Johannesburg. As of September 2020, MTN recorded 273.44 million subscribers, making it the ninth largest mobile network operator in the world, and the largest in Africa.

They are actually the leading Telecommunication Network in Ghana and has done a lot of initiative within the country which include Hitmaker, which was initiated to outdoor underground artistes and had been able to do so for the past years introducing the likes of Kuame Eugene and KiDi all hailing from Hitmaker, among others.

Adding to tge many offers, MTN subscribers can now browse on the Opera Mini and Opera News channels for free with a daily cap of 15mb. This is a new feature for all users of MTN to enjoy free browsing within a time framed.

Meanwhile users who exceed their daily cap of 15mb will continue to browse from their existing data allocation. The free daily data covers browsing only, while normal data costs will apply to video streaming and file downloads.

To enjoy the benefits of the free browsing package, customers will only need to update or download Opera Mini and Opera News apps from the Play Store.

The free daily data covers browsing only while video streaming and file download will attract normal data charges.

This will be much helpful looking at the current situation of raise in data tariffs through the increase in taxation of one percent.

Meanwhile this article has no connection or whatsoever with advertisement but to enlighten readers on the usefulness of this promotion.

Lifestyle

Ghana is not facing any power fluctuations.

The current intermittent power fluctuations propelled the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to release a schedule for some parts of the Greater Accra Region. The schedule was put into effect on May 1, 2021.

The popular name for this power crises in Ghana is termed “Dumsor”, this name was however more popular during former President John Mahama’s administration.

Meanwhile the country has being facing some power outages in the few months and it is obvious for Ghanaians to employ the use of “Dumsor” relative to the current situation.

Mr. Frederick Opare-Ansah, fomer member of parliament for Suhum Constituency, has described the current electricity outages as Dum-Yɛ and not Dumsor.

In his exegesis, he believes that the government of Akufo-Addo had been able to solved the economic challenges in the power sector and this he says is the foundation of the victory over power fluctuations.

“When the New Patriotic Party assumed office, the dumsor we inherited was as a result of systemic financial challenges and economic crisis,” he stated.

In his submission he had reiterate Ghanaians not to call the current situation “dumsor” but Dum-Yɛ. He claimed that the VRA, GRIDCO, ECG and other stakeholders are currently upgrading their systems and undertaking some maintenance on their system and that has largely contributed to the current power outages and when the process is done, everything will become normal.

“we need to endure for the short while in accordance with timelines given by authorities to as a matter of urgency end the menace once and for all,” he further stated.

Despite everything, one thing is obvious —that the country is facing power crises which doesn’t seem ending now but we keep on hearing assurances from authorities that all shall past soon. It looks like the citizens are frustrated and anxious about the whole happenings and craving for better exegesis.

Politics

We’ll give workers their due remuneration if elected” — is this an early campaign?

“We’ll give workers their due remuneration if elected” — is this an early campaign?

The two big political parties in Ghana are seen campaigning heavily during election periods.

The biggest opposition party, National Democratic Congress (NDC) has promised to offer better conditions of service to workers if voted into power amid the 2024 general election.

The statement released by the party has sparked a lot of anticipations. It could be that the NDC has realised some deformities in the conditions of service for workers under the ruling government and their biggest rivals, the New Patriotic Party (NPP).

A statement from the NDC given on May Day on May 1, 2021, has declared such intension of the party ahead of the 2024 general election.

“…NDC are proud of our relationship with workers and we do hereby encourage them to stand tall in their unflinching loyalty to the cause of Ghana. The NDC further assures all workers that a future NDC government will commit to a much better handling of the economy and award them their due remuneration in recognition of their sterling role in lifting high the flag of Ghana,” it stated.

Meanwhile teachers and other government employees had pushed for salary increment as the start of the year 2021 began but there hasn’t been any positive feedback.

“This is a non-negotiable assurance that we owe to workers in order to maintain their faith in the choice they have made to serve this nation for both the present and future generations,” the statement added.

Meanwhile the ruling government ascribe the retrograded financial status to the impending Coronavirus pandemic. A lot of business were collapsed due to the pandemic and this has put a lot of pressure on the country’s economy and for that matter I wish the citizens will understand the condition and bare wity the President on his effort to curbing the economic crises currently facing the country.

Below is the full statement from the NDC signed by the general Secretary Hon. Johnson Asiedu-Nketiah;

“On the ocassion of May Day 2021, the National Democratic Congress salutes all workers of Ghana. The NDC, as a Social Democratic party, solidarizes with the aspirations of the teeming workers of the country upon whose tireless labour the nation thrives.

In the face of the abject hopelessness generated by the appalling incompetence of the Akufo-Addo government, and compounded by the devastating onslaught of the Covid-19 pandemic, the NDC urges workers to continue to commit themselves to their work and the nation in order to lubricate the wheels of progress and development.

For it is their sweat and toil that stabilize the nation even as the people of Ghana continue to endure the scandal-ridden Akufo-Addo government.

We in the NDC are proud of our relationship with workers and we do hereby encourage them to stand tall in their unflinching loyalty to the cause of Ghana.

The NDC further assures all workers that a future NDC government will commit to a much better handling of the economy and award them their due remuneration in recognition of their sterling role in lifting high the flag of Ghana. This is a non-negotiable assurance that we owe to workers in order to maintain their faith in the choice they have made to serve this nation for both the present and future generations.

For their uncountable contributions to Ghana, their commitment and dedication to duty, for their love for and

loyalty to Ghana, we hail all the workers of Ghana.

LONG LIVE THE WORKERS OF GHANA!

LONG LIVE THE NDC!

LONG LIVE GHANA!!!

ISSUED ON 1st MAY, 2021.

Lifestyle

BREAKING: Workers of the electricity company embarks on strike today amid ‘Dumsor’.

Strike action is probably the language embarked on when an individual, group of people or an institution in general when there is any uncertainty in administration.

In Ghana , we see a lot of government workers going on strike —mostly teachers, nurses, police among others but it is quite rare to here that workers of Electricity Company of Ghana(ECG) embark on strike.

That notwithstanding, ECG workers are to embark on a two-hour sit-down strike today, Monday, April 26, 2021, across the country.

A statement was released from the Authorities to all units of the sector’s working force that they should all observe the strike action. Meanwhile it is said to commence around 8:00am to 10:00am thereabout.

The reason for the strike action was clarified by the release as reiterating their stance on the removal the removal of the current Managing Director of the company over what they describe as “incompetence” on his part.

“A clear example is the award of contracts of some Six (6) substations where the recommendations of the evaluation committee were sidestepped and awarded to other companies,” the Junior and Senior Staff Union said in a statement.

“The Union decries the alarming rate at which the company’s technical and commercial losses are galloping. A conservative estimate puts the current system loss figure at over 34% as of February 2021, and there are no concrete strategies in place to bring them down in the short and medium-term,” an except from the statement.

They said that the MD’s continuous stay at post will collapse the electricity distribution company;

“…he is grossly deficient when it comes to matters relating to administrative and corporate governance”.

Meanwhile no guidelines has being currently given on what uses of power(electricity) are to do as the strike action is being undertaking.

However Ghanaians are to hope that nothing goes wrong with the electricity transmission and services as they embark on their due strike action.

Meanwhile the current fluctuations in the supply of the power is another thing Ghanaians are battling with currently although the authorities said the situation shouldn’t be deemed as the term describes, ‘DUMSOR’.

Lifestyle

W/R: Meet the landlord who allegedly killed girlfriend with hammer over sex denial.

Papa Gyebi had been allegedly reported to have murdered girlfriend witg a hammer.

The incident which occured on April 24, 2020 in Shama, Western Region. The suspect was told to have killed his girlfriend with a hammer for allegedly refusing him sex.

At the arrival of the police to the scene they found the room of the suspect locked.

The police, as told, went round the building and saw the suspect through the window wielding a hammer and threatening to harm anyone who dared open the door.

The police after refusal of negotiate were left with no option than to force the door open, they took the hammer from him and arrested him with immediate effect. The body of the deceased was found lying in a pool of blood with the head smashed.

Meanwhile there were multiple deep wounds also on the right wrist of the victim which anticipates there were some sought of fight between the two.

The body of the deceased was then taken and deposited at the Effia Nkwanta Regional Referral Hospital morgue for preservation and autopsy.

Meanwhile the suspect was subsequently sent to the custody of the Shama Police to help in police investigation.

Summary

The residents reported that they heard some exchange of words in the landlord’s room around 12:00am. The girlfriend, Rita, had come the evening before to visit the landlord and slept over.

“The heated argument started between the two resulting into a struggle which appeared to have ended at about 1:00am, tenants disclosed.

Around 5:00am one of the residents who wanted to inquire what all the commotion was about, sudden quietness, curiously peeped through Papa Gyabi’s window and found the girlfriend lying motionless in a pool of blood.

According to her, she grievously went to report it to the rest of her neighbors who together contacted the police.

More information shows that the deceased has being coming to the Papa Gyebi often since they started dating. They used to have issues but none of them had resulted even in an injury except what has currently happened.

The hammer that was allegedly used.

Entertainment

Akuapem Poloo to launch campaign against Nudity –[Read full article]

“…so I am very serious about stopping nudity”

After her released, Rosemond Alade Brown, also known as Akuapem Poloo says she is serious about her campaign against nudity on social media following her brief exprience at the Nsawam Prison.

It seems much surprising but that is probably the her words. Akuapem Poloo held a press conference some days after her bailed from jail.

In her statement she said she has realized that posting nude photos on social media is tantamount to breaking a legal law hence her stance against it. She emphatically stated that she would do all that she could to end the activities of nudity on social media.

“I least expected that I will be jailed for 90 days. I didn’t know that what I did could take me to prison. I was so down, I was depressed and could not see anything. Since 30th June 2020, my son’s birthday, when I posted that photo, I have not posted anything nude [on social media]. It’s been a year now, so I am very serious about stopping nudity,” she narrated.

The social media influencer had showed a pure sence of regret following her jailed incident and released. Having been granted bail after getting a 90-day jail term for publishing a photo of herself posing naked in front of her son, she urged the public to refrain from such deeds.

“I want to urge my colleagues and young people too to desist from such an act, especially all forms of nudity. We need to put a stop to it. It is not good,” she added.

According to her she said she was ignorant that her action will take her to jail adding that the past year has taught her a serious lesson, although bitter but she had indeed learnt from them all and would guide her ways proper.

She indicated that prior to her sentence, she has not posted anything nude on social media, something she believes demonstrates her commitment to a ‘#StopNudity’ campaign.

Meanwhile she was asked to appear before the court every two weeks as part of her bail legalities. Her passport was however taken by the court for the same reason.

Entertainment

Before Bedtime: Akuapem hits BBC News Pidgin with this statement –[Check it out].

‘I was ignorant, I won’t repeat my action’

After her bail, Rosemond Alade Brown, famously known as Akuapem Poloo, has spoken amid the incident that landed her in jail.

Poloo was arrested but on Wednesday, April 21, an Accra High Court granted her bail at GH¢80,000 with two sureties,peding an appeal by her lawyer Andy Vortia.

Having been granted bail after getting a 90-day jail term for publishing a photo of herself posing naked in front of her son, she urged the public to refrain from emulating her deed.

She said to have deeply regretted her actions and vowed not to indulge in such again. According to the mother of one, she has learnt a great lesson within her two days in jail.

Meanwhile she had also expressed her appreciative to President Akufo-Addo, the Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame and all persons in and outside the country who supported her release from the Nsawam Prison.

Her profound gratitude also went to her fellow celebrities who Champaign in the #FreePoloo and also to the media houses as well as some bloggers.

Some Ghanaians are anticipating that following her gratitude to the President it could possibly be that the President Akufo-Addo might have had a hand in her released, although this claim is not substantive.

That notwithstanding, Akuapem Poloo further pledged to distance herself from any of such action that landed her in jail, in the future.

She also claimed to have had no bad intentions following her action, while she further urged the general public to refrain from any such action that may be tantamount to breaking any law. She however emphasis on advising nudist in the country to be courteous and vigilant.

“I didn’t know that taking a photo with my son in that manner would put me in trouble. I didn’t know it wasn’t a good thing. Please have mercy on me and forgive me. I didn’t do that intentionally. I want to urge my colleagues and young people too to desist from such an act, especially all forms of nudity. We need to put a stop to it. It is not good,” she stated.

Meanwhile the BBC had broadcasted Poloo’s press conference which was held on Saturday, April 24, 2020.

Coronavirus pandemic

Spain: Man arrested for infecting 22 people with coronavirus.

The introduction of the Coronavirus pandemic has necesitate certain activities that are taught on curbing the spread of the pandemic. This activities are widely accepted and undertaken by all affected Regions of the world.

These activities includes wearing of nose mask, frequent washing of hands, using of sanitizers and social distancing among others. Refusal to comply with these rules is tantamount to intentionally desiring to spread the virus which is uncommended and may attract the requisite punishment.

Meanwhile a certain man allegedly pulled his mask down and coughed on colleagues whiles in meeting.

The man had being arrested on suspicion of assault after allegedly infecting 22 people with COVID-19 in Majorca, Spain.

The man is alleged to have being attending work and other social activities despite having a cough and a temperature range above 40°C.

He wssntold to have being walking around his working place whiles pulling his mask down, coughing and telling his colleagues, he was going to infect them.

Days later 5 of his colleague workers and two other gymnastics partners were tested positive of the virus with other 14 of his family members also came down with the virus including three one-year-old babies.

According to his colleague workers the victim had being showing symptoms of the virus but had refused to stay back at home from work.

Meanwhile the police said that investigations are being carried to ascertain all related information to decide on the victim who I currently in the police custody.

One of his colleagues said that anytime she tells him to go to see a doctor, the victim will joke off and leave the scene.

“…he has not being paying attention to my advice on seeing a doctor…he always jokes with my idea and continue telling me, “I will infect you with it” as he laughs off,” as translated from Spanish.