Surgeons have used a robot to operate inside the eye and restore sight – in a world first. A team at Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital used the device, controlled via a joystick, to remove a membrane one hundredth of a millimetre thick. Patient Bill Beaver, 70, a curate in Oxford, said it was “a fairytale”. ...

Mr Alexander Kyeremeh, a Deputy Minister of Education responsible for Pre-Tertiary, has assured senior high schools (SHSs) that they would soon receive their subsidies for the third term of the 2015/2016 academic year. Mr Kyeremeh gave the assurance in Sunyani when he addressed the opening of the 54th annual meeting of the Conference of Heads ...

Former presidential candidate for the United Ghana Movement (UGM), Dr. Charles Wereko-Brobby has come to the defence of the Electoral Commission which has been accused of charging  high filing fees  from political parties. The commission has been criticized by the New Patriotic Party, Convention People’s Party and the People’s National Convention for pegging filing fees ...

The Flagbearer of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo Addo has assured members of the Ghana Employers Association (GEA) that his administration will maintain macroeconomic stability and restore fiscal discipline if voted into power. According to him, the current economic conditions in the country is stifling the private sector as cost of borrowing ...

The Flagbearer of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo Addo has assured members of the Ghana Employers Association (GEA) that his administration will maintain macroeconomic stability and restore fiscal discipline if voted into power. According to him, the current economic conditions in the country is stifling the private sector as cost of borrowing ...

Over the past 23 years, Donewell Insurance has established a sturdy reputation as a most reliable mid-sized general (non-life) insurer in Ghana. Wholly indigenous owned, its shareholding is diverse, comprising the Methodist Church, institutional investors, trade associations and individuals. And over the years, the company has held its own against the increasingly fierce competition thrown ...

The Public Utility Workers Union (PUWU) says the Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) has acted in bad faith in announcing that the Ghana Power Compact has entered into force despite objections raised to some aspects of it. According to the General Secretary of PUWU,  Micheal Adumatah Nyantakyi, the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) can be made ...

Russia and the US have announced an agreement on Syria starting with a “cessation of hostilities” from sunset on Monday. Under the plan, the Syrian government will end combat missions in specified areas held by the opposition. Russia and the US will establish a joint centre to combat jihadist groups, including so-called Islamic State (IS). ...

Ghana’s Alem Mumuni finished 10th in the men’s C2 3000m Individual Pursuit Qualifying event in the ongoing Rio 2016 Paralympics. Mumuni rode a time of 4:59.965 across 3,000 metres. The race was ran at the Rio Olympic Velodrome on Friday on the first day of the cycling event. The race was won by Guihua Liang ...

Facebook says it will allow an iconic photograph of a girl fleeing a Napalm attack taken during the Vietnam war in 1972 to be used on its platform. It had previously removed the image, posted by a Norwegian author, on the grounds that it contained nudity. The move sparked a debate about Facebook’s role as ...

A Senior lecturer at the University of Ghana Business School, Dr. Lord Mensah has argued that managers of the economy should have rejected the 9.25% rate offered by investors on Ghana’s fifth Eurobond. The bond which was issued last Thursday (September 8, 2016), has been met with heavy criticisms from economists including Dr. Mahamoud Bawumia, ...

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has welcomed the Electoral Commission’s (EC) decision to cancel the tender process for the procurement of the Election Results Management System (ERMS) for the 2016 elections. The NPP also said the development is vindication of its position on the tender process to outsource the ERMS to a third party. The ...