… Tamale Teaching Hospital CEO Defies Order To Hand Over From Edmond Gyebi, Tamale The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH), Dr. Prosper Akambong, yesterday refused to hand over office to a newly-appointed replacement, Dr. David Zawumya Kobila. The handing over ceremony, which was getting to the climax, was abruptly aborted […]

From Michael Boateng, Sunyani The Brong-Ahafo Regional Hospital in Sunyani, the only major referral health facility in the region, is plagued with problems, including the use of obsolete machines and equipment, which is impeding the smooth administration of the facility. The multi-million-dollar state-of-the-art health facility is gradually losing its adorable status, with many stakeholders admitting […]

Ghana Oil Company Limited (GOIL), the nation’s foremost indigenous Oil Marketing Company (OMC), is to introduce an upgraded electronic prepaid card to assist customers reduce the volume of physical cash business transactions. The upgraded GOIL Advantage Cards (G-Cards) also seek to help existing and prospective customers manage fuel consumption and reduce waste. Mr Alexander Josiah […]

The downstream oil marketing sector picks up gradually in the second quarter of the year, after marginal turbulence in the first quarter, Mr Gyemfi Amanquah, Chief Operating Officer of GOENERGY Company Limited, stated on Monday. Mr Amanquah told the Ghana News Agency in an interview that trading in the second quarter had started with marginal […]

From Alfred Adams The Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD), whose mandate is to ensure transparency, accountability and probity in the democratic governance in our District, Municipal and Metropolitan assemblies and the citizenry, last week organised a day’s programme to engage stakeholders and the Member of Parliament for the Aowin District. The engagement was to […]

…To Mark World Environment Day From Alfred Adams AngloGold Ashanti, Iduapriem Mine, has donated seedlings and farming equipment valued at GH¢8,500 to the Tarkwa branch of the Environmental Protection Agency(EPA). The donated items include two hundred seedlings of various tree species, two wheelbarrows and four shovels. Receiving the items on behalf of the agency, the […]

From Michael Boateng, Sunyani The government, acknowledging Hajj as the next key religious activity of Muslims after the Ramadan fast, has instituted a number of measures to make the religious exercise less stressful for pilgrims. The Vice President, Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, who disclosed this at the Sunyani Central Mosque where he joined his colleague […]

From Inusa Musah, Ashaiman Haruna Iddrisu, Minority Leader in Parliament, says the National Democratic Congress (NDC) shall come newer than it was in government. According to him, when the NDC is able to find itself in government again, it will change its actions and style, saying the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government has taught the […]

  For them, it’s obey before complain! And before you say jack, two jet-speed slaps have already introduced a “logoligi” sound in your ears. You may be lucky if the flash alone doesn’t send your eyes into darkness! Jack! I doff my cap to the Ghana military! Wow! You have exhibited a higher form of […]

The senior national soccer team, the Black Stars, last Sunday put up a stupendous performance to beat their Ethiopian counterparts by five goals to nil. It was a score line many Ghanaians never anticipated, looking at the performance of the team in the recent past. Though Ethiopia is not considered one of the power houses […]

  By Simon Allison; a consultant at the Institute for Security Studies, an African nonprofit organization with offices in South Africa, Kenya, Ethiopia and Senegal.   Dear Prime Minister, Congratulations on your election victory, which comes at a difficult time for your country and your leadership. What the United Kingdom needs now is certainty, you’ve […]

By Dr. Raphael Nyarkotey Obu I was very happy when a woman called me concerning her husband’s prostate cancer. She happens to know everything about his prostate cancer including Gleason score and I was amazed. She was very proactive and so much concerned about her husband’s condition.  This is what women should be doing. So, […]