Team Ghana took part in a series of events on Day 3 of the 2014 Commonwealth Games but good not record a lot of positive results. BOXING Jesse Lartey gained passage to the next round of the men’s lightweight competition after he gained a walkover in his bout with Tanzania’s Nassar Mafuru Mafuru. But Musah ...
The Ghana-Togo border has been re-opened to commuters after it was closed for several hours on Saturday. The closure was necessitated due to a clash between the Police in Togo and angry youth in a town called Kwadwoviakope. The Togo Police reportedly impounded smuggled premix fuel in the town but fierce resistance from the youth ...
South Sudan’s food crisis is the worst in the world, the UN Security Council has warned, calling for urgent action. It said there was a “catastrophic food insecurity” in the country, urging donor nations who pledged $618m (£364m) in aid to make good on their promise. The UN children’s fund, Unicef, said some four million ...
The Executive Director of IMANI Ghana, Franklin Cudjoe has urged the President to merge redundant Ministries to reduce government expenditure. He commended the President for merging the Information and Media Relations Ministry with the Ministry of Communications. “Kudos to the President; I think he began the way to show that something good will come out ...
The leadership of the Korle Bu Senior Staff Association (KOSSA) has expressed contentment over the resignation of the two board members of the hospital. According to them, resignation which was long overdue, will allow for the restructuring of the hospital. On Friday, the board chairman of the hospital, Eddie Annan resigned from his position on ...
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Friday completed the vetting process of all seven aspirants vying for the flagbearership position of the party. The two-day process saw all seven aspirants appear before the committee to answr various questions. The aspirants include the 2012 flagbearer of the party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, a former Trade and ...
A magistrate court in Wassa Akropong in the Wassa Amenfi East District of the Western Region has sentenced two men to 24 months each in prison for possessing human bones. The two, Kwaku Donkor 32 and Abraham Baidoo 45 were arrested on Thursday by the Western Regional police when they attempted to sell the bones ...
Nigerian comedians have been the toast of many lovers of comedy in the country, and come Saturday, August 2, at the Accra International Conference Centre, Onyegbule (a.k.a) Okey ‘Bakassi’ McAnthony, the Nigerian engineer turned comedian, will hit Accra during Night of 1018 Laughs and Music. Other comedians on the bill include Bovi and Dan D’ ...
Last year, Indomie reigned supreme but this year, there is a fierce competition between ‘WhatsApp’ and ‘Facebook’ to celebrate Ramadan. On the fringes of that fierce competition, ‘Enter the net’; ‘Pampers’; ‘Envelop’; ‘Tablet’ and ‘Pad’ are also making inroads. These are names given to special lace fabrics that are in vogue for the celebration of ...
Some say farming doesn’t pay well and that it’s just a waste of a person’s life. Others say it’s a job for the illiterate but I beg to differ because I have been in farming throughout my life and trust me when I say that farming pays very wellâ€Â. Opanyin Abraham Kwaku Adusei, the man ...
Management of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has put in place measures to maximize revenue collection and reduce losses to ensure efficiency in the distribution of electricity to customers. Among some of the measures are the installation of a net-working system, the automated equipment which enables a staff to stay in the office to ...
Parental notoriety was exhibited beyond comprehension at Oppong Valley in the Western Region last Thursday, when the biological mother of a six-year-old girl burnt the girl’s hands for allegedly eating food meant for her father. Yaa Yaaba, the 21-year-old mother, was said to have gagged the six-year-old with a cloth to prevent her from screaming, ...
The Upper East Regional Coordinating Council (UERCC) has refuted claims that the Deputy Regional Minister, Daniel Syme sped off after knocking down two persons on a motor bike on Thursday. A rejoinder from the UERCC clarified that the Minister was unable to immediately turn around to attend to the victims because the incident occurred on ...
First Atlantic Bank has launched an ultramodern branch at the Airport Residential area as part of its expansion drive. In her welcome address, the Board Chairperson of the bank, Mrs. Karen Akiwumi Tanoh stated that the bank has re-invented itself in keeping with the increasing demands of its esteemed customers. According to Mrs. Tanoh, the ...
You promise me a house in your manifesto and tag it with a beautiful adjective – “affordableâ€Â! But you know that at public salary levels, at prevailing mortgage rates, with a 1.5 million housing unit deficit, about 85 per cent of the Ghanaian workers earn below incomes that qualify them for respectable mortgages. And the ...
The immediate past acting Chief Executive Officer of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Rev. Albert Opkoti Botchway has resigned from his position on the hospital board. In his resignation letter to the Health Minister dated Friday, July 25, Rev. Botchway asked the sector Minister to convey his appreciation to the President “for the confidence he ...
Chinese computing giant Lenovo has shown off what it hopes will be a rival to Google Glass. The device, as yet unnamed, hopes to eliminate Glass’s problem of short battery life by adding a separate power device around the wearer’s neck. The company has created NBD – a system for connected devices – to encourage ...
A former Education Minister under the Kufuor administration, Papa Owusu Akomah says if the government had earlier negotiated with tertiary teachers over the setting up of a research fund, there would have been no industrial actions. “When workers have been enjoying a benefit for a very long time, it is very difficult particularly when it’s ...
The Coalition of NDC Youth in Tamale has commended President John Mahama’s appointment of Dr. Ekow Spio Garbrah as Trade and industry Minister. Dr. Spio Garbrah was among the newly appointed Ministers in the President Ministerial reshuffle. According to the group, President Mahama needs such an intelligent politician in his administration to help him deliver ...
Arsenal are close to completing the signing of Southampton defender Calum Chambers for a fee of about £16m. The England Under-19 international underwent a medical on Friday. Chambers, 19, has made 25 senior appearances for the Saints and Arsenal see him as an option at right-back, centre-back or in a more advanced role. Arsenal have ...
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