A new report by UNAIDS shows that countries are getting on the Fast-Track, with an additional one million people accessing treatment in just six months (January to June 2016). By June 2016, around 18.2 million [16.1 million–19.0 million] people had access to the life-saving medicines, including 910 000 children, double the number five years earlier. […]

Philippines’ President Rodrigo Duterte has continued to hit the international headlines, hurling insults at Barack Obama, threatening to end the Philippines-US alliance, and waging a brutal war on drugs that is earning him condemnation from around the world. Now, Rodrigo Duterte: The President’s Report Card offers a rare glimpse into one of the world’s most […]

Parliamentary Candidates (PC) for the Progressive Peoples’ Party (PPP) in the Adentan constituency of the Greater Accra Region, was a delight to watch as he engaged a cross section of his constituents to tell them about his party’s plan for the constituency when voted into power. The PPP PC, Alhaji Mohammed Muftao also used the […]

Export orders for the month stood at 42.68 billion U.S. dollars, according to the department. It was the third consecutive monthly increase. According to the department, orders for electronic, metal and machinery products led the increase while orders for chemicals, precise instruments and rubber products decreased. The department said orders from the Chinese mainland and […]

I was listening to joynews@midday on Friday,18th November,2016, when I heard a news item about president John Mahama on a campaign in northern region, where he said “I have been forced to campaign as if I am rather the one in opposition and looking for power”. In any of these developed nations where the media […]

Ms Faustina Gyimah, the Founder of the Blue Cross Foundation, bemoaned the plight of some of the aged in the country due to neglect from their families and communities. She said the Foundation’s objectives were to create the awareness on the need to give back to society, particularly to the elderly. Ms Gyimah made the […]

Their products, he said should make a difference – meet the demands of the market. He said as more of their products found their way into industry, they would become the institution of choice by students. Dr. Afeti, who was delivering the inaugural lecture of the Koforidua Technical University, said it should not be about […]

Participants in the just-concluded Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting highlighted the fight against protectionist sentiments by reshaping the future of free trade as an inclusive one. Playing host to the 2016 APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting, Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski said that protectionist sentiments may have arisen as a “reflection of difficult economic […]

According to Mr David Osafo Adonteng, Director of Planning and Programmes, NRSC, the deaths and injuries associated with road crashes were not an individual and family issue but a national tragedy which must be tackled collectively. Mr Adonteng led a delegation compromising the staff NRSC, Puma and Simon Frimpong Transport to commemorate World Day of […]

Mr Sam speaking to the Ghana News Agency said, the constituency currently had nobody talking on its behalf even though it had an MP. “Am appealing to the electorate to consider voting for me as the MP, and I will restore the voice”, he said. He stated that even though the incumbent MP, Mr Kofi […]

The President made the promise when he met with the chiefs and elders of the Bolgatanga Traditional Council during a campaign visit to the region to solicit for the renewal of his mandate. He said a feasibility study would be conducted on all the defunct factories established by the first President of Ghana, Dr Kwame […]

But this excitement has regularly been dampened when discussion turns to electricity. In a continent where 620 million people lack access to electricity, the situation does not augur well for businesses that have to spend a huge amount of money every year on oil-consuming generators to provide power to run the enterprises. This is an […]

Victor Smith, the National Democratic Congress’ parliamentary candidate for Abuakwa North, has said the propaganda campaign waged against him that he was behind the death of the then-MP for the constitutency, Joseph Boakye Danquah-Adu, will not work. According to him, the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP), Gifty Twum Ampofo, has been telling constituents that he […]

The two parties noted that peace was the ultimate tool for development and they would do their best to ensure a violence-free atmosphere both during and after the elections. The NDC and the NPP gave the assurance in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in Bawku to affirm their commitment towards keeping the […]

Arguably, choosing between “life and peace” as keen elements money cannot buy, the latter stands supreme. The United Nations Security Agency has tried all possible means hoping to find a perfect solution to restore the world peace, but to no avail! The UN works to maintain international peace and security in a world where security […]

But almost two years down the line, Kipyegon is drawing her own path as she seeks to win her major title in the discipline as a senior athlete. She dominated the event, as a junior in 2013, and 2011, but faces a challenge to stamp her authority in the field as a senior next year, […]

REN Foundation, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) based in Agbogba, a suburb of Accra, is set to provide vocational and technical training to 120 underprivileged youth mainly “Kayayie” in Madina and its environs. The foundation which was set up in 2014 has supported the community several times by organising free extra classes for school children in […]

The 2016 vice presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, says Ghanaians no longer want a ‘dead goat’ for a President – a President who is and will remain “indifferent to their hardships and sufferings” they go through on a daily basis. Addressing thousands of residents of Aflao, who turned up at […]

He said New Patriotic Party (NPP) knowing that it would lose the general election, would want to foment trouble so that the December 7 Poll would not take place. Vice President Amissah-Arthur made the call when he addressed hundreds of NDC supporters at Seikwa in the Tain District of the Brong Ahafo Region. The enthusiastic […]

The GNFS, under the project, would create awareness on fire safety and prevention, including encouraging the citizenry to obtain fire certificates for their premises and homes to indicate compliance with fire regulations. Dr Albert Brown Gaisie, the Chief Fire Officer of GNFS, addressing the ceremony to launch the Campaign in Tamale, emphasised the need for […]