Petrol Price Increased

THE National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has announced a review of the price of premium gasoline (Petrol).The review does not affect the other fuel products - diesel, kerosene and liquefied petroleum gas.Petrol will now sell at ¢9,400 per litre, representing an increase of six percent.John Attafuah, Chief Executive of the NPA, told the Times yesterday that he does not expect any increase in transport fares because the percentage increase in the price of petrol is minimal.

He explained that the review was necessitated by the change in the price of crude oil on the international market which hit 73 dollars last month.He noted that the demand for petrol on the international market had gone up, and that explained why petrol was the only product affected by the change.Meanwhile, the Ghana Road Transport Council has asked its members not to increase transport fares.

A statement signed by its chairman, Kojo Moses, said the council had unanimously decided at a meeting with the NPA on May 24 that if the price increase should affect only petrol and was pegged at six per cent, there would be no increase in transport fares.

Ghana's First First Lady,Fathia Nkrumah is dead

Accra, May 31, GNA - Madam Fathia Nkrumah, the First First Lady of Ghana is dead. She died this evening at the Badrawy Hospital in Cairo.
Funeral service would be held for her at the Coptic Cathedral in Cairo on Friday, June 1, 2007.

According to usually reliable source the Government of Ghana would ask for the body to be buried in Ghana.

President John Agyekum Kufuor visited Madam Fathia during his recent visit to Egypt.
President Kufuor, who was at the bedside of Madam Fathia at the Hospital, said his visit was to confirm his commitment and that of his Government to support and accord her the dignity of a Former First Lady.
Source:GNA

Kenya 'miracle baby' wife jailed

The wife of Kenyan pastor Gilbert Deya accused of child trafficking has been sentenced to two years in jail by a Nairobi court for stealing a child.
Mary Deya claimed that one of her two accomplices had given birth to the child, but the court proved the woman was not the biological mother.

"The actions and claims of miraculous birth deserve no mercy," Magistrate Teresia Ngugi said.
Kenya has requested the extradition of UK-based evangelist Mr Deya.
No amount of the sentence can undo the damage done to the life of the child
Magistrate Teresia Ngugi

He runs a number of churches in UK cities and says he aids infertile couples by prayer.
Kenyan police allege the Gilbert Deya Ministries is an international baby-snatching ring, allegations Mr Deya denies.

Some children were taken into care in Kenya when DNA tests showed they were not related to women claiming to be their mothers.
"No amount of the sentence can undo the damage done to the life of the child who may never know who his biological parents are," said Ms Ngugi is quoted by Kenya's Daily Nation as saying on Wednesday.

Mrs Deya's co-accused - Miriam Nyeko and Rose Kiserem - were also jailed for two years.
The women claimed that Ms Nyeko, who is a British citizen, had given birth to the baby boy.
She was sentenced to another one year in prison - to run concurrently - for obtaining a false birth certificate.

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Director----I have the cure for HIV/AIDs

Mr Nicholas Antwi, the Director of the Chronic Diseases and HIV/AIDS Treatment Centre at Kubease near Ejisu, has said it was unacceptable that scientists, especially in the developed countries, had still not discovered a cure for the pandemic.

He said it was ironic that HIV/AIDS continued to claim lives despite the increasing technological advancement the world over and appealed to African leaders to join efforts to find a lasting solution to the menace since Africans were the worst victims of the disease. Mr Antwi, who claims to have discovered cure for the disease, was speaking to newsmen at Kubease in the Ejisu-Juaben District on Monday.

He claimed he had so far treated between 70 and 80 patients in the last five years and that about 70 patients were on his treatment roll.Asked why it had taken him so long to make the discovery public, Mr Antwi said efforts to make the drugs available at some major health facilities over the years had been thwarted by authorities who insisted on the disclosure of his formula for producing the drug.

Mr Antwi said as much as he was willing to present the drug for the treatment of the disease, under no circumstance would he disclose the formula for production.In order to erase all doubts on the efficacy and potency of his drug, Mr Antwi challenged the government to provide 10 HIV positive patients for him to treat within two and half months.He said though he had a gadget for diagnosing the disease, he always insisted patients brought report from credible health institutions confirming they were positive before treating them.

He welcomed a partnership with non-governmental organisations who would provide trainees and outlets to enable him open branches across the country to reach more people."Under such partnership, I will only equip the trainees on how to administer the drug to the patients but not its preparation", he said.

Mr Antwi maintained that he had no intention to throw dust into public's eye but to save lives, saying, he had his reputation to protect."It is obvious people will doubt my capabilities but the ball is in the court of stakeholders leading the crusade against the disease", he said.
Source:GNA