A student demonstrating how to use the test kit as Martin Njisse, MD Vitens Evides and some officials of GWCL look on. The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) lost 47.2 percent of water it produced last year due to non-revenue activities. This comprised both commercial losses of 32.2 percent and technical losses of 15 percent. […]

Gideon Boateng, the driver of the robbery gang busted in Koforidua in the Eastern Region, has been identified as a son of an ex-police officer. Gideon, 38, was said to have married about four months ago to a UK-based lady and was due to join him soon after the burial of his father. According to […]

Sammi Awuku leading the charge Outspoken member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Sammy Awuku, who intends to become the next National Youth Organizer of the party, staked his claim to the position on Tuesday. This was when he stormed the party’s headquarters at Asylum Down, Accra to pick a nomination form. The agile young […]

His Eminence Archbishop Dr. Samuel Richard Addae Founder and General Overseer of Shiloh United Church at Tanoso in Kumasi, His Eminence Archbishop Dr. Samuel Richard Addae has expressed grave concern about the high unemployment rate in the country. He tasked government to implement proper policies to help provide jobs for graduates in the country to […]

Ghana’s over-reliance on primary production has over the years denied her of the numerous benefits from mining. It is as a result of this that the Ghana Mineworkers’ Union lauded President John Mahama on his recent call to move Ghana’s mining sector to the secondary stage of processing mineral resources. In a statement issued on […]

From Left, Prof Binka in Suit, Francis Ganyaglo and Samuel Ablakwa looking on the site plan of UHAS Contractors who have constructed facilities for the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) in Ho are mounting pressure on the authorities of the University to pay them. The Vice Chancellor of UHAS, Professor Fred Binka said, […]

“Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that’s the inheritor of our fear. Let him not love the earth too deeply. Let him not laugh too gladly when the water runs through his figures, nor stand too silent when the setting sun makes red the veld with fire. Let him not be too moved […]

Some foreign students from Sikkim Manipal University (SMU) in their classroom. Foreign students in Ghana have expressed dissatisfaction with the current economic conditions. Some students from Congo, Nigeria, Togo, Liberia and Cote d’Ivoire, who spoke to BUSINESS GUIDE in separate interviews on Tuesday in Accra, indicated that life had become unbearable for them. “Whenever we […]

A section of the Mamprusi Youth at the Press Conference Some Mamprusi youth residing in the Bolgatanga Municipality have called on government to take steps to ensure that Mamprusis in Bawku are allowed to celebrate their annual Damba Festival just like other tribes. It is not enough for government to keep saying on every platform […]

Some of the country’s biggest commercial banks say they do not have enough dollars to support their operations. The banks have attributed the shortage of dollars to the limited supply of the currency by the Bank of Ghana (BoG). Some of the banks told Joy Business that most of their dollar requests sent to the […]

Dr Kwawdo Afari Gyan, EC Boss The Constitutional Review Implementation Committee (CRIC) is working in collaboration with the Electoral Commission (EC) to hold a referendum on proposals for constitutional amendments this year. The amendments would include some entrenched provisions in the 1992 Constitution. Professor Emmanuel Victor Oware Dankwa, the Chairman of CRIC, made these remarks […]

The fast depreciation of the cedi is gradually hurting local businesses. As a result of the depreciation, goods imported into the country have become expensive on the local market. The situation has also slowed down businesses, as producers face challenges in procuring raw materials, while customers are unable to buy the goods on the market. […]

Liliana Biglou British Council Ghana has announced that Liliana Biglou is its new Country Director. Ms Biglou took over from Moses Anibaba, who was appointed the Director of Private Sector partnerships in Africa and the Extractive Industry for British Council worldwide. She took up the post on 17th December, 2013. Liliana comes to Ghana after […]

Managing Editor of the New Crusading Guide newspaper says the Tema Development Corporation’s (TDC) demolition exercise carried out last Tuesday ‘has created internal refugees’ in the country. Hundreds of people were misplaced after their houses were demolished by the TDC a few days ago. This issue has been highly condemned as some of the victims […]

Charla Nash Charla Nash, the woman whose face and hands were ripped off in a brutal chimpanzee attack, has revealed how she is struggling to rebuild her life four years on. In a moving interview, the 60-year-old revealed that she has no independence at her Massachusetts nursing home, where none of her fellow residents come […]

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) and Mahmoud Basiri (R) A well-known Iranian actor has said he was banned from acting for eight years because of his resemblance to former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Mahmoud Basiri made the revelation in an interview with the Iranian Students’ News Agency (ISNA). He said he would not play the role of Mr […]

Selina Boateng Selina Boateng, one of Ghana’s most sensational gospel musicians, says she will work hard to make her music available to music lovers and her fans this year. Selina, who will be releasing her latest album in the second week of February this year, stressed that preparations are far advanced to give the album […]

Kwabena Bediako Kwabena Bediako, who is one of the few young rising figures in the Ghanaian movie industry, has returned to the industry after a long break. Kwabena featured prominently in ‘Taxi Driver’, a television series on GTV some years back. In an interview with BEATWAVES, he disclosed that he went on a break to […]

This year’s edition of the much awaited Dream Child musical concert will take place on March 22 at the National Theatre in Accra. Organisers of the show have promised patrons nothing but the very best of music and entertainment on one stage. Some selected Ghanaian artistes billed to perform at the event will perform alongside […]