A man in the Brong Ahafo region was allegedly assaulted by the Police during Organized Labour’s demonstration in the region on Thursday. The victim, who was mistaken for one of the demonstrators, was reportedly shot  by the Police during the protest. Speaking on Eyewitness News, the daughter of the victim, Madam Rose Donkor, confirmed the incident, ...
President John Dramani Mahama has appointed Dr. Gilbert Buckle, an internationally-recognized Public Health Physician, as the new Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. Dr. Gilbert Buckle has more than 17 years of experience working in the public and private health sectors in Ghana, with 12 years in senior management and leadership roles. ...
Ghana won its first medal in the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Scotland on Thursday Razak Abugri beat Neuso Sigauque of Mozambique to win the bronze medal in the men’s 60kg at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre. Abugri was defeated by South Africa’s Daniel Le Grange in the quarter final but he got a chance ...
The members of the Northern Regional Branch of the Police Wives Association (POWA) have expressed the utmost regret at the extreme frustration and socio-economic difficulties that confront their husbands (police personnel) after retiring from active service to the state. According to the women, they have been witnesses to a great number of retired senior police ...
A former chief negotiator for ECOWAS in the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU), Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, is calling on ECOWAS to address concerns raised by civil society groups on the agreement. ECOWAS countries will be expected to open up 70 percent of their markets to EU goods, while being granted 100 ...
Over 100 young basketball players are expected to take part in the second edition of the 2014 Ghana Basketball and Leadership Camp in Cape Coast next month. Adisadel College will play host to the seven-day exercise which has already generated massive interest among young basketball players in the West African country.  Interested basketball players between ...
Government says lack of space and encroachment of the Kumasi airport lands is stalling efforts to turn the airport into an international one. This follows questions as to why government has opted to build an international airport in Tamale despite considerable traffic at the Kumasi airport. Work on the upgrade of the Tamale airport to ...
The Electoral Commission (EC) has suspended the nationwide voters’ registration which was scheduled to begin on Friday, July, 24, 2014. The EC  announced two weeks ago  that it will register persons who have turned 18 years and persons who could not register during the previous registration exercise. The Supreme Court on Thursday however ordered the ...
The Electoral Commission (EC) has suspended the nationwide voters’ registration which was scheduled to begin on Friday, July, 24, 2014. The EC  announced two weeks ago  that it will register persons who have turned 18 years and persons who could not register during the previous registration exercise. The Supreme Court on Thursday however ordered the ...
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has stated emphatically that he is not a politician and, therefore, he does not support any political party in Ghana. He called on those creating the impression that he does and using his name in politics to put a stop it. “I am the occupant of the Golden Stool, ...
The Vice President, Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, presented the Senchi Report to the President at the Flagstaff House in Accra on Wednesday. The three-day non-partisan National Economic Forum at Senchi was patronised by economic policy makers, representatives of traders associations, development and social partners, civil society organizations, members of academia and senior citizens. Click here to download ...
Luis Suarez could make his Barcelona debut against rivals Real Madrid, with the first El Clasico of the season set for the weekend of Sunday, 26 October. Suarez, signed from Liverpool for £75m this summer, is serving a four-month ban for biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini during the World Cup. He was banned on 26 ...
The President, John Mahama is pleading with Ghanaians to exercise patience because there will soon be a turn-round in the country’s socio-economic challenges. In a post on his Facebook page on Thursday, President Mahama acknowledged that government “had to approve strong but unpleasant measures to increase revenue and reduce expenditures.†He said although the measures ...
Anima Misa Amoah, a seasoned actress and KSM’s sister, is about to make an appearance on the  KSM Show. No, not as a guest. She has her own segment on the show. The unique feature about the KSM show has been the exciting segments. Some of the hit segments were, Out and About, BK Oduro, ...
Prefos Ghana Limited, an electricity service and infrastructure producer, has successfully completed the installation of its factory equipment. The factory has the capacity to produce 500 streets lights a day. The wholly-Ghanaian owned company, located at Adarko-Jachie in the Ejisu-Juaben Municipality, has the contract to produce street lights for all cities and urban areas in ...
A 34-year-old mason from Bomfa in the Ejisu-Juaben Municipality has been sentenced to death by the Kumasi High Court for murdering his friend over GH¢20. The convict, William Koffie, who pleaded not guilty to the charge of murder, was, however, found guilty by a jury and the court presided over by Mr Justice Paul K. ...
The Supreme Court has ordered the Electoral Commission to with immediate effect, stop running adverts for the impending national voter registration exercise scheduled to begin July 25, 2014. The ruling also affected the EC’s intended registration exercise because the 7-member panel, presided over by Chief Justice Georgina Wood, could not come up with its judgment on Thursday ...
England midfielder Frank Lampard has confirmed that he will join the MLS team New York City FC on a two-year contract. The 36-year-old left Chelsea at the end of last season after a hugely successful 13-season stint, during which he became the club’s all-time record goalscorer with 211. He becomes New York City FC’s fourth ...
Hundreds of shoppers who turned up at the Game shop  in the Accra Mall, were left stranded due to a declared strike by the workers. The workers are protesting management’s failure to increase their salaries in the last 14 months. Speaking to Citi News, the Vice Chairman of the Accra Mall Workers Union which is also affiliated to the Ghana Federation of ...
Google is to meet data regulators from across the European Union to discuss the implications of the recent “right to be forgotten” ruling. An EU court ruled in May that links to “irrelevant” and outdated data should be erased from searches on request, leading to censorship concerns. The decision, and Google’s handling of requests, has ...
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