2015

Ghanaians are overtly religious, but they are also generally hypocritical. They would often react emotionally to matters rather than critically think, to the point that they often fail to look at issues dispassionately – and so in the face…

Spain's football coach Vicente del Bosque has said he is planning to retire after next summer's Euro 2016 finals in France. Del Bosque, 64, guided Spain to victory at the 2010 World Cup and Euro 2012 finals, though he apparently was…

Minister of Power, Dr Kwabena Donkor says it is important to avoid generalizations and to distinguish between types of power outages because he cannot be held responsible for some of them. Appearing before Parliament’s Committee on…

A new Public Financial Management and Accountability (PFM) Bill is being drafted to replace the existing financial administration Act and its regulations of 2013. The Bill when approved would be the overarching legislation, which would…

The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection in collaboration with the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has registered over 500 women porters (Kayaye) and their children in Accra onto the scheme for free. The…

Mrs Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, has called for the need to unlock Africa’s rural tourism potential for the improvement of the lives of rural folks. She said the sector had a tedious…

Amidst reported outbreak of avian influenza (bird flu) in the city of Tema, Dr. Hanna Bisiw, Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture in charge of livestock, has assured Ghanaians that it is safe to consume local poultry. The Deputy…

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has called on the public to be mindful and avoid buying expired products during the festive period. Mr Braimah Zakaria, the Upper East Regional Director of the Authority gave the caution during the…

The Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems (GhIPSS) has commended banks and other institutions promoting the patronage of electronic payment systems. GhIPSS, which is a Bank of Ghana subsidiary, says such efforts will eventually…

Ms Victoria Bright, a New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary aspirant for Okaikoi South Constituency in the Greater Accra Region, has filed a suit at Accra High Court, seeking the disqualification of the party’s parliamentary candidate…