The Alliance for Mental Health and Development in the Upper East Region, says a three year reported shortage of drugs for mental patients in the Upper East Region, is worsening the conditions of patients there. It  has thus urged government to as a matter of urgency provide the psychotropic drugs needed to avert any further ...

The U.S. Energy Department said on Thursday it would release 500,000 barrels of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve as Tropical Storm Harvey’s disruption of the petroleum industry has spiked motor fuel prices. The first emergency release from the reserve since 2012 will be delivered to the Phillips 66 (PSX.N) refinery in Lake Charles, ...

Black Stars vice captain Andre Ayew has assured that the team will be on their A game when they come up against Congo at the Baba Yara Stadium on Friday in their 2018 World Cup qualifier. The Black Stars have lost considerable ground on rivals Egypt in Group E with just a point from their ...

The Upper East Regional Livestock Officer, Abukari Yakubu, has said that, revamping the Zuarungu Meat Factory under government’s ‘One District One Factory’ policy will boost the socio-economic prospects of livestock production in the three regions of the north. He said although the regions were noted for their production of livestock, governments have over the years ...

President Akufo Addo has assured the family of deceased highlife legend Paapa Yankson of government’s support to give him a beffiting state burial. The final funeral rites for Paapa Yankson will be held on 21st October, 2017. Akufo-Addo said this at a meeting with a delegation of family and friends led by the Minister of Tourism, ...

The UK High Commission in Ghana on Wednesday held a send-off party for beneficiaries of its 2017/2018 Chevening scholarship. The event held at the residence of the High Commissioner saw the 20 Ghanaian beneficiaries including Citi FM’s Deputy Director of News Programming, Nana Boakye Yiadom, receiving certificates for being selected for the scholarship.   Nana Boakye-Yiadom ...

The Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD), has suspended the August salaries of some workers on government’s mechanized payroll system. Those affected according to the Controller includes public sector workers who failed to validate their payroll through the Electronic Salary Payment Voucher (ESPV) system, those with irregular or no bank account details, those with wrong ...

Government has unveiled a logo for its much touted Free Senior High School Education policy. The Free SHS programme, scheduled to start in September 2017, will ensure that government absorbs the full cost of public secondary education. Under the free SHS policy, beneficiaries will not have to pay admission fees, library fees, science centre fees, computer lab fees, ...

The Campaign Coordinator at the Integrated Social Development Center (ISODEC), Dr. Steve Manteaw, has described as commendable, steps taken by President Akufo Addo to address allegations of corruption leveled against some of his appointees. According to him, the president’s directive to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), to investigate the allegations indicate his readiness to root ...

Heart-stopping sex really could be the end of the affair. New research shows men are four times as likely to die from a heart attack it if it occurs during sex – because their naked lovers are too embarrassed to call for help. The French study found that heart problems during lovemaking are the most deadly. Those who suffered cardiac arrests during ...

Being a child is the most enjoyable phase in one’s life cycle.  It’s a magical moment where you are not burdened with any sorrows and struggles of life. To most people the formative life of a child is the most crucial and parents must ensure that children have much of the fun in the sand and ...

Executive summary Banks in Ghana face significant challenges from their high levels of Non-Performing Loans (NPL) There is an issue plaguing the banking sector which is slowly killing the economy of the country. Yes, I am talking about uncontrolled lending. It seems like the banks have lent relentlessly and this is causing them to accumulate ...

Liverpool have agreed a £40m deal to sign Arsenal and England midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. The 24-year-old, who rejected a move to Chelsea on Tuesday after a fee had been agreed, will join Liverpool on a five-year contract worth £120,000 a week. Oxlade-Chamberlain, who is in the final year of his Arsenal contract, rejected a new deal worth ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded its fourth review of Ghana’s program with the Fund on Wednesday, August 30, 2017. The review ended with an extension of the program by one year and the approval of US$94.2 million disbursement. For a complete overview of the program so far, read the statement below from the IMF. ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has extended Ghana’s program with the Fund. The extension will see Ghana end the program in April 2019 instead of April 2018. President Akufo-Addo during his maiden encounter with senior journalists at the Flagstaff House recently stated that government will not extend the programme after it ends on December 2018. ...

Lawyers for Lloyd’s of London responded to Kanye West’s touring company, Very Good Touring, denying they implied Kanye’s “use of marijuana provides the sole basis to deny the claim”. Swift criticised for anti-ticket tout scheme They say they can’t say any more because of a non-disclosure agreement but point to clauses in the policy that ...

The US has approved the first treatment to redesign a patient’s own immune system so it attacks cancer. The regulator – the US Food and Drug Administration – said its decision was a “historic” moment and medicine was now “entering a new frontier”. The company Novartis is charging $475,000 (£367,000) for the “living drug” therapy, ...

Government has reached an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to extend the Credit Facility program. This follows a conclusion of an assessment of the fourth review of the Extended Credit Facility by the IMF board. The IMF announced the extension in a statement. The announcement by the IMF contradicts government’s earlier stance that it ...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Minority in Parliament, has warned that it will vehemently resist attempts to sell some thermal plants of the Volta River Authority (VRA). The Minority’s Spokesperson on Energy, Adams Mutawakilu, speaking on Eyewitness News stressed that, selling the VRA thermal plants should not be an option for government. “The sale of VRA ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo has forwarded the latest petition for the impeachment of the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Charlotte Osei, to the Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo. Confirming this, the Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin, revealed the petitioner to be one Douglas Seidu. Mr. Seidu delivered his petition “around August 18, 2017,” ...