Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg blasted U.S. government surveillance measures on Thursday and said he had personally called President Barack Obama to protest. Mr. Zuckerberg's rant on his personal Facebook page came a day after reports ...

Headline inflation kept its upward trend in February, rising to 14 percent from 13.8 percent in January, the Ghana Statistical Service has said. The rate rose for the sixth straight month and is the highest in four years. It was driven by higher fuel prices, mainly kerosene and transport, and higher dairy costs. Price changes in housing, water and electricity also drove the index. Food and non-food inflation shot up to 7.5 percent, and 19 percent respectively said Dr. Philomena Nyarko, Government

Stakeholders in the mining industry have condemned the increasing negative and erroneous perceptions about the mining industry, which they say sometimes informs government’s policy on the industry. Recently, the mining industry has come under intense scrutiny following concerns that the host communities are not reaping any benefits since they are deprived of crucial development projects, such as poor unmotorable roads, lack of potable water and other basic amenities. However, the industry has contributed

Ghanaian lawmakers have slammed poor management of the processes that have led to what some have called the calamitous closure of the Adomi Bridge to allow for extensive repair works. According to the Ghana Highway Authority (GHA), the two-year-long repair works will cost Ghana an estimated €13 million. In the aftermath of the closure of ...

The poor macroeconomic situation, not greedy banks, is responsible for the high cost of credit, senior bankers declared at the Ghana Economic Forum (GEF) on Tuesday. In one of the main highlights of the forum, the bankers were quizzed about why loan finance is so expensive in Ghana despite an increase in the number of banks and the rapid expansion of the industry. The lending rate of banks, which is more than 25 percent on average, is a nightmare for start-ups and businesses seeking finance for fresh

The First Baptist Church in Tema has held a two-day training programme for 70 marriage counsellors to sharpen their skills in counselling. The participants, made up of 40 women and 30 men, upgraded their knowledge in basic marriage counselling to enable them to counsel both would-be and married couples to live peacefully and successfully. Addressing the participants, an educationist and theologian, Professor Stephen Adei, urged the counsellors to make effective use of the knowledge they had acquired

The Minister of Health, Ms Sherry Ayittey, has said that there are more than 8,000 renal failure patients in Ghana now. Out of the number, less than 600 are receiving serious treatment because of the high cost and the lack of requisite equipment. Ms Ayittey made this known at the World Kidney Day celebration in Accra yesterday. The event was organised by the Health Education On Wheels (HEOW), a non-governmental organisation, on the theme “Chronic kidney disease and ageing.” The HEOW is collaborating

The Kumasi Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE), Mr Kojo Bonsu, has inspected some projects being undertaken by the assembly in various parts of the metropolis. The MCE and his entourage inspected a completed 12-unit classroom block at the new site of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Senior High School (SHS) at Kantinkrono. The building was completed with funds from the Urban Development Grant (UDG). The headmistress of the school, Joyce Owusu Ansah, said the MCE's inspection

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Emmanuel Fennec Okyere, the manager of popular hip life musician, Kwaw Kese, was found dead in a pool of blood in his bedroom Thursday. The body of the 31-year-old, popularly known as Fennec, was found naked lying prostrate in his room, which appeared to have been ransacked. The caretaker of Fennec’s Manet Gardens residence on the Spintex Road reportedly found the door to the deceased’s room broken into in the early hours of yesterday. Robbery or murder The Kpeshie Divisional Police Commander,

The Human Rights Division of the High Court has ordered the State to pay GH¢200,000 as compensation to one Francis Agyare after finding the state culpable of unlawfully detaining him at the Nsawam Medium Security Prison for 14 years. In giving the order, the court, presided over by Mr Justice K. Essel Mensah, said as much as the state had the constitutional duty of ensuring the safety and security of all, the court had the duty of ensuring that the liberties of individuals were not abused. The

Residents of Nii Boi Town, near Abeka Lapaz in Accra, went through nightmarish experiences when a seven-storey building under construction collapsed, leaving one person dead and another seriously injured. Realising the danger posed by the huge edifice, some of the residents reported the owner of the building, one S.K. Omari, to the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), but the AMA’s efforts to stop work did not yield any results. The fears and anixiety of the residents became a reality when at dawn