Ghana Newspaper Headlines for Monday, 6th of December, 2021.
1) Trotro drivers make U-turn on strike action
The Coalition of Commercial Transport Owners has called off their sit-down strike. This comes after President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo agreed to meet the leadership of the Coalition in the afternoon at the Presidency to have a stakeholder meeting to address their concerns.
This was disclosed by the Head of communications of Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU), Abass Imoro, in an exclusive interview on Monday, December 6, 2021. They noted that these commercial vehicle drivers have been ordered to go back to work.
2) Prophet guns down brother-in-law, another, over wife’s forceful divorce attempt
Residents of Ahwiaa Anyinam, a suburb of the Kwabre East Municipality of the Ashanti region were thrown into a state of shock and mourning after a 41-year-old pastor shot his brother-in-law and one other woman who had come for a counseling. According to the eyewitness, the unfortunate incident occurred when his estranged wife stormed the house to pack her belongings.
“The self-styled pastor who was by then in a counseling section with another woman resisted his wife and the in-laws’ attempts to park the things. This became very intense and aggressive,” the eyewitness said. The Prophet Agyei pulled a gun, pointed it to one of his in-laws, pulled the trigger and shot his thighs. The bullet spread across and shot the woman who had come for the counseling. The two victims who are in critical conditions have currently been admitted to a hospital receiving treatment. The pastor is currently on the run as the police manhunt for his arrest.
3) China vows to unleash ‘countermeasures’ if U.S. succeed with Beijing Olympics boycott
U.S. politicians should stop calling for a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics to avoid hurting bilateral ties and China will take “countermeasures” if necessary, China’s foreign ministry said on Monday. The Biden administration is expected to announce this week that U.S. government officials will not attend the 2022 Olympics in Beijing, CNN reported on Sunday.
Those calling for a boycott are “grandstanding” and should stop “so as not to affect the dialogue and cooperation between China and the United States in important areas,” said Zhao Lijian, China’s foreign ministry spokesman. “If the U.S. insists in wilfully clinging to its course, China will take resolute countermeasures,” he said at a news conference.
4) Bitcoin tumbles 5% after bruising weekend
Bitcoin tumbled almost 5% on Monday as the start of the week offered little respite to the world’s largest cryptocurrency after a bruising weekend where at one point it lost over a fifth of its value.
The rout sent bitcoin’s price and the amount invested in bitcoin futures back to where they were in early October, before a massive price surge that sent the token to an all-time high of $69,000 on Nov. 10. It was last down 3.9% at $47,567.
5) Twenty charged with plotting to kill Madagascar president as trial begins
Twenty people, including two French nationals, were charged on Monday with plotting to kill Madagascar’s president and other offences as their trial began in the Indian Ocean island nation.
The suspects, all of whom were present in court, were formally charged with counts including criminal conspiracy, criminal association, rebellion against the president and possession of illegal weapons. They have all denied the charges.
