Ranking member for the Finance Committee of Parliament has advised government to expedite action on the redundancy phase of the public sector wage reforms. According to Dr Anthony Osei Akoto, the reforms include job cuts which government has not had the political will to execute. Ghana currently spends about 70percent of its income generated to ...

The 2012 Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Akufo-Addo says  the President’s decision to implement the free Senior High School (SHS) education in 2015 is good news for Ghanaians and should be welcomed by all. In an interview with an Accra based Oman FM, Nana Addo said if the President and his National ...

The University of Professional Studies (UPSA) has begun Africa’s first-ever MBA in Total Quality Management (TQM). The innovative Masters’ degree-level course was entirely designed by the University’s Dean of School of Graduate Studies, Professor Mrs. Goski Alabi with support from Mr. Lionel Abbey, a Senior Quality Manager for the London Underground. Prof. Mrs. Alabi and ...

Stakeholders in the gold mining industry are calling for the introduction of stricter rules and reforms in the industry to ensure a tighter regulation regime. Gold has been one of top three export earners for Ghana for years now. The industry has seen lots of small scale miners’ troop in to engage in some illegal ...

Société Générale Ghana has denied reports that the bank is currently in negotiations with the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) for it to buy the trust’s remaining shares in the bank. Upon its incorporation on 7 February 1975, it was a private limited liability company with the name Security Guarantee Trust Limited and was solely owned by ...

Students and pupils who were selected  to march at the Independence Day celebrations at the Black Star Square were on Thursday left stranded without any protection as torrential rains disrupted the event. Ghana’s 57th Independence celebration was almost marred by the heavy rains and the pupils were left standing in the rain for almost 15 ...

The President, John Mahama has stated that the gap between the rich and the poor must be bridged to ensure equality among all Ghanaians. He called for vigilance in attempts to address the issues of existing inequality in Ghana saying, “the gap between the rich and the poor must be bridged.” According to him, every ...

The Committee for Joint Action (CJA) is calling on Ghanaians “to insist on the application of the principles of probity, accountability and transparency in all public transactions as we celebrate the 57th anniversary of Ghana’s independence.” This was contained in a statement on Ghana’s Independence celebration issued by the Convenor of the group, Kwasi Adu. ...

The Chair person of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) Samia Nkrumah is suggesting that Ghanaians should “capture the strategies that enabled us gain independence and set the stage for our economic breakthrough.” A post on the Facebook page of the daughter of Ghana’s first President stated that as Ghana is celebrating 57 years of independence, ...

An estimated 700,000 Ghanaians are currently living with glaucoma, a disease of the eye which is the major cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. Out of the number, 60,000 have already gone permanently blind. The alarming statistics make Ghana the leading country in glaucoma cases worldwide. Addressing the launch of the World Glaucoma Week in Accra ...

Could you or your partner be guilty of virtual infidelity? Infidelity was traditionally connected more directly with physical intimacy; when a partner goes outside their relationship for love or sex with another person. But Facebook, texting and various websites and apps have changed all that. Today, the emotional aspect of infidelity is even greater because ...

The world’s biggest social networking site Facebook has tightened its rules on posts relating to guns. The site said it will remove posts from users who “indicate a willingness” to break the law – like requiring no background check – to sell firearms. Access to posts related to sale of guns and other regulated items ...

Steve Ballmer, the former chief executive of Microsoft, has questioned the value of Facebook’s $19bn (£11.4bn) purchase of WhatsApp, saying he does not know if the messaging service will make enough money to justify its pricetag. Speaking at an event at Oxford University, Mr Ballmer said that having millions of users was often an unreliable ...

EU leaders are to begin an emergency summit to decide how strongly they should respond to Russia’s troop deployment in Ukraine’s Crimea region. Some members, particularly from Eastern Europe, want tough sanctions, while others, led by Germany, seek mediation. Ahead of the talks, the EU said it had frozen the assets of 18 former Ukrainian ...