Heat may bring about world food crisis

Half the world's population could face a climate-induced food crisis by 2100, a new report by US scientists warns. Rapid warming is likely to reduce crop yields in the tropics and subtropics, according to Prof David Battisti of the…

Kofi Boakye’s fate in the balance

Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Kofi Boakye's dream of resuming duty at the Ghana Police Service will have to be on hold until the Police Council decides. Ex-President John Agyekum Kufuor on January 6, this year, in a letter to…

ECOWAS suspends Guinea

A West African regional bloc says it is suspending Guinea from its ranks until the military leadership, which seized power last month, holds elections. The Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) said Guinea would be barred…

Ghanaian man found dead in US

An unidentified man, believed to be a Ghanaian has been found dead beside a river Monday January 5, 2009. The man whose name is being withheld, until his family could be contacted was found dead near the Olentangy River in Ohio, US.…

$5 billion invested in mining in Ghana

More than US$5 billion have been devoted to new mining projects in Ghana in the past two decades, the President of the International Council on Mining and Metals has said. Dr. R. Anthony Hodge, who is a leading authority on sustainable…

NPP holds thanksgiving service

The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Saturday held a thanksgiving service to offer gratitude to God for seeing it through the December 2008 general elections. Hundreds of supporters clad in the party’s paraphernalia who thronged…

NHIS workers told to be good ambassadors

Mrs Georgina Asamoah, Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Awutu Effutu Senya District Mutual Health Insurance Scheme has advised workers of the scheme to be good ambassadors wherever they went. This, Mrs Asamoah said, would…