Bola Ray, CEO of starr FM Three of the best African artistes, three local artistes and three of the finest DJs the world over will share a stage at the Biggest Hennessy Artistry Concert to be held soon in Ghana. Jeff Sowa, Brands and Events Manager of Starr 103.5 FM, partners of the Hennessy Artistry […]

Salsa dancers on stage The grand finale of the Close Up Freshness Dance Revolution takes place tonight at the Independence Square in Accra at 8:00pm prompt and admission is free. The finale comes off with a firm promise to present salsa dance lovers with the biggest gathering and a once-in-a life-time chance to experience spectacular […]

Stephen Boateng Kesse The destruction of businesses and their owners is a worrying phenomenon. As a political project it continues to rear its head menacingly. Many who thought it disappeared with the wind that swept away the blood-curdling PNDC junta have learnt ruefully that they are wrong. Under the current democratic dispensation it has recurred, […]

Former Minister of Youth and Sports, Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah, yesterday broke down in tears before the Commission of Inquiry on day-two of his interrogation on the World Cup scandal in Accra. Mr Afriyie-Ankrah’s demeanour attracted the sympathy of Justice Senyo Dzamefe, Chairman of the Commission, who allowed him some minutes to rediscover his rhythm. The learned […]

Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the 2012 vice presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has exposed what he considers to be a “deliberate attempt by officials to massage the true state of inflation and depreciation of the Ghanaian cedi.” According to the ace economist, while the local currency is trading at an […]

Kofi Portuphy and Anita De Sooso The National Coordinator of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), Kofi Portuphy, says one of his deputies, Anita De Sooso, who doubles as the National Women’s Organiser of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), is “not qualified for the job.” According to him, apart from ”distributing relief items,” Anita De Sooso, who claims to […]

Michael Asante A nine-year-old boy Wednesday night allegedly killed himself after he had accidently cocked his father’s gun. The incident occurred at Green Container, a suburb of Ofankor in Accra. The class four pupil is reported to have gotten hold of the pistol which was said to have been kept under a pillow on a […]

Ever since I started this column in the year 2009, I have made it a policy not to jump into any of the conflicts in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) which will negatively affect the image of the party in anyway. The reason is simply that when a political party is in opposition, the worst it […]

He is BACK and has started firing on all cylinders. You are forgiven if you perceived the above catch-phrase as coming from action hero and cigar-chomping Arnold Schwarzenegger. Former President Jerry John Rawlings has finally broken his unusual reticence over incidents of corrupt acts allegedly recorded under the current administration by describing the Mahama-led National […]

Ambassador Kabral Blay-Amihere (2nd left) and Ifeanyi Ugwuadu (3rd left) with other seasoned media practitioners at the meeting in Accra. The role of the media in leading the crusade for a more integrated Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has been re-emphasised at the maiden media summit on ECOWAS protocol on free movement of persons, […]

Justice Yaw Apau The Commission of Enquiry investigating the payment of judgment debts learnt yesterday that Subin Timbers Limited—confiscated by the government in the heat of the PNDC revolution—had been in existence as far back as 1969 and could not have been established by January 1977 as claimed by a petitioner. However, the petitioner was […]

The whale being taken for burial The dead whale which was washed ashore at Atuabo, in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region, has been buried after some rituals were performed by the traditional leaders of the area. The mammal was left there for about three days before the community, led by some traditional rulers […]

Mr. Bern Guri making a power point presentation Victoria Adongo, Executive Member of the Ghana Peasant Farmers Association (GPFA), has cautioned Members of Parliament (MPs) not to rush to pass the Plant Breeders Bill (PBB), which is currently before it. Ms Adongo gave the advice during a sensitization workshop jointly organized by the Centre for […]

Dzifa Attivor Ghana is expected to own its airline, as the Ministry of Transport has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with PWC Ghana and the World Bank for the commencement of Technical Advisory Services. The Technical Advisory Services would involve the undertaking of various business studies, development of plans, financial and economic models, provision […]

Alex Kyeremeh inspecting the offices with chiefs The Ministry of Education (MoE) has devised a new strategy which will make it difficult for all heads of public senior high and technical institutions in the country to exploit parents with neck-breaking fees, the Deputy Education Minister in-charge of Pre-Tertiary Education, Alex Kyeremeh, has disclosed. The ministry […]

Justice Yaw Apau  The Sole Commissioner tasked to investigate the payment of judgement debts has taken a swipe at the various professional associations for their persistent strike actions which is affecting the country’s development. “Everybody gets up and wants to embark on a strike action. There is too much indiscipline in this country. They do […]

Exercise books being used as folders. Inset: The renovated staff bungalow HEALTH OFFICIALS at the Subriso Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) Compound, near Adrobaa in the Tano North District of the Brong-Ahafo Region, have resorted to the use of exercise books as improvised patients’ folders due to lack of basic logistics at the facility. […]

Some of the farmers, INSET: The Pigs The Ellembelle District Assembly on Wednesday distributed about 20 pigs, made up of 16 females and four males, to pig farmers in the district whose stocks were affected by the African swine fever. An outbreak of African swine fever hit the Ellembelle District and its environs in the […]

Kwaku Agyemang-Mensah, Minister of Health The Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana (PSGH) has taken a new bold step in its crusade against the importation of counterfeit medicines into the country. The society in collaboration with its partners, mPedigree Network and PopOut.com, commenced the new initiative on Tuesday in Accra to halt as many fake and counterfeit […]