Government has rejected claims a bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will lead to job cuts. The Minority in Parliament at a news conference on Tuesday predicted tougher times ahead including job cuts as government turns to the IMF for support. The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has announced it will resist any program from the ...

42 personnel of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) have been dispatched to Mali for peacekeeping operations. The mission which is in accordance with of the United Nations (UN) Humanitarian requirement is expected to last for two years. The northern part of Mali has been in turmoil since 2012 after the Tuareg rebels ousted then President ...

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has mounted an intensive search for a Canadian resident in Dubai for allegedly duping a Ghanaian businessman of $4 million dollars on the pretext of supplying the businessman with gold. The suspect, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of M.A Resources Limited in Accra, Alistair Jude ...

US actor, director and producer George Clooney is to receive an honorary award at next year’s Golden Globes. Organisers said the 53-year-old would be given its Cecil B DeMille award for “his outstanding contributions both in front of and behind the camera”. Clooney was being recognised “as much for his global humanitarian efforts as he ...

Panasonic has unveiled a hybrid smartphone-camera, at the Photokina trade show in Cologne. More camera than phone, the Android device has a Leica lens and a 1in, 20-megapixel sensor more often found in Panasonic’s dedicated cameras. The 2.5cm sensor will help the camera take snaps in low light conditions and shoot ultra-high definition video. Panasonic ...

A Nigerian IT worker is being sought by police for his alleged role in co-ordinating a £25m ($40m) cyber-theft at a bank in Abuja where he worked. Godswill Oyegwa Uyoyou is being sought by Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). A wanted notice claims he helped conspirators dressed as maintenance staff get into the ...

Cholera cases in the worst affected areas in Accra have begun seeing some level of decline. In the La Dadekotopon area, the infection rate has decline by about 50% in the last thirty days. In the Accra Metropolitan Assembly the number of reported cases has decline by about 20%. Below is an infograph showing details: ...

United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon has appointed Dr. Mohammed Ibn Chambas of Ghana as his Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA). Dr. Chambas, a former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Education in Ghana will succeed Said Djinnit of Algeria. A release issued in New York by the ...

More than $1bn (£618m) is needed to fight the West Africa Ebola outbreak – a tenfold increase in the past month, the UN’s Ebola co-ordinator has said. David Nabarro made the announcement as the World Health Organization (WHO) described the health crisis as “unparalleled in modern times”. It has killed 2,461 people this year, half ...

The Minority in Parliament has said Ghana’s economy has deteriorated, despite desperate measures by the Mahama government to arrest the decline. At a News Conference on Tuesday, Minority Spokesperson on Finance, Anthony Akoto Osei, said as a result of the weakening economy, Ghana is heading into Wednesday’s an International Monetary Fund(IMF) bailout negotiations with a ...

Caterers of the of the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP), could be paid before the end of this week, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the programme, Mr Siiba Alfa has disclosed. He said the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning is working around the clock to ensure the monies owed the caterers are paid. ...

Revelations by the Health Directorate of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) indicates that cholera cases within the metropolis have decreased. According to the Public Health Director of AMA, Dr Simpson Anim Boateng, the vigorous education campaign undertaken by the Metropolitan Assembly has begun yielding some results, hence, the drop in figures. The Accra metropolis has been ...

Vodafone Ghana has announced mouth watering prices for winners of this year’s Vodafone Icons Remix. For the first time in the history of the country’s top-rated music reality show, Vodafone Icons all the top three finalists will enjoy recording contracts and cash prizes. This year, the Vodafone Icons Remix edition winner will walk away a ...

A former Commissioner of the Commission of Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Justice Emile Short, has stated that the official accommodation of the head of CHRAJ was habitable when he left it. Responding to a Tuesday Daily Graphic publication that said the state had spent $203,500 on rent in 37 months for the CHRAJ boss because ...

Samsung Electronics has been awarded a certification of 20 year lifespan durability from the renowned VDE Testing and Certification Institute for the Samsung Digital Inverter Motor (DIM) and Arno Washing Machine. “VDE is a leading agency for testing electrical equipment in Europe” said Vishwas Saxena, Director for Consumer Electronics at Samsung Ghana. “VDE Life time ...

Two flagbearer aspirants of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have petitioned the leadership of the party to consider re-scheduling the date for the party’s national delegates’ congress slated for October 18. The two, Francis Addai Nimoh and Alan Kyeremanten are pleading for more time to allow them reach out to the larger number of delegates ...

The President and Chief Executive Officer of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd, Boo-Keun Yoon has called on the consumer electronics industry to improve their respective industry standards in order for people to meet and adapt to unique needs and lifestyle. “The home of the future is not about the technology, nor is it about being smart ...

ABANTU for Development has, in a report, highlighted gender gaps on policy formulation in the oil and gas industry. Reporting on the Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (ESIAs) using Tullow Oil Plc and Kosmos Energy as case study, ABANTU said it analysis has shown that there is as yet no policy level commitment and direction ...

Growing up there was a peculiar football game the young boys in my area (Mamprobi) played called “Mo kye ndi”- (share and spend). It was the neighbourhood’s version of the Premier league. The game usually took place at “Indadfa Park” during vacation or Saturdays. In the “Mo kye ndi” game a “manager” had his team ...