Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has arrived in the New York to confer with officials of United Nations and the World Bank on his appointment as Special Envoy of the United Nations on Climate Change. President Kufuor and his co-Special Envoy, Jens Stoltenberg, former Prime Minister of Norway, will have two days of meetings with […]

Mr Doctor explaining a point to Mr Amissah-Arthur Ghana has appealed to the Government of the Netherlands to support it with expertise in port management, as well as the oil and gas sector. Vice President Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur made the appeal when Hans Docter, the Netherlands Ambassador to Ghana, paid a courtesy call on him […]

Bank of Ghana (BoG) is to finally make available for trading in Ghana, the Chinese currency, Yuan by the end of the first quarter of this year. Last year, the Central bank said it will introduce the currency as one of the key strategies to shore up the value of cedi which has been depreciating […]

George Blankson, Boss of GRA The new Value Added Tax (VAT) rate of 17.5 per cent has taken effect. This followed the presidential assent given the VAT Act 2013 (Act 870) on December 30, 2013, and its subsequent gazetting the following day. Under the regime, the standard rate which was 12.5 per cent, moves up […]

Three pastors from the Jesus I Called Prayer Ministry at Apedwa and Mankesim who claimed to be on a mission to heal mentally deranged persons in the Krobo area have found themselves at the wrong side of the law after they were arrested for kidnapping two mad women. The three men of God: Rev. Ashworth […]

AIRTEL GHANA has for the next four years committed itself to sponsoring the annual New Year School event organized by the Institute of Continuing and Distance Education of the University of Ghana. Philip Sowah, Managing Director of Airtel Ghana, made the pledge recently while delivering an address as guest speaker at one of the sessions […]

The BBC’s Hugh Schofield in Paris, says there have been rumours about the pair for some time French President Francois Hollande says he is considering suing a magazine after it claimed he was having an affair with an actress. Mr Hollande described the report as an “attack on the right to privacy”. The latest edition […]

Seth Odiko presenting the items and the cheque to Mrs Yeboah Marketing Support Consultancy Limited, a research institute based in Accra, has donated an undisclosed number of items and GH¢1,000 to Country Side Children’s Welfare Home at Awutu Bawjiase in the Central Region. The items, which included toiletries and dresses, were donated to the children […]

Catarrh is the continuous flow of thick mucus due to tissue inflammation in the nasal cavities or throat. Catarrh is communicable and as such can be passed from person to person. Though, not a medical condition, catarrh is a symptom of a viral or bacterial infection, which results to cold, flu, sinusitis, ear infection, tonsillitis, […]

The worldwide incidence of prostate cancer is higher among black men than any other male group. Black ancestry is a key risk factor. The latest research of such risk factors in Blacks was conducted by the prostate cancer charity involving Black men.  They worked out that 1 in 4 Black men will be diagnosed with […]

Robin van Persie is set to return for Manchester United within 10 days after completing two weeks of specialist fitness work in his native Netherlands. The striker has been working one-on-one with PSV Eindhoven fitness coach Arno Philips after suffering a thigh injury in early December. Van Persie has completed the final stage of his […]

Fatawu Dauda Premier league campaigners Ashantigold have rubbished reports that Ghana’s safest pair of hands Fatawu Dauda is returning to the club. Fatawu had been linked with a loan move to Ashantigold FC after failing to secure first team place at Orlando Pirates in South Africa. Reports making the rounds in soccer circles indicated that […]

The Player Status Committee of the Ghana Football Association has asked Hearts of Oak to pay dismissed coach David Duncan GH₵86,500 (US$ 40,000) as compensation. Hearts terminated Duncan’s contract early November after falling out with the club’s board of directors. At the last hearing, Hearts presented a cheque for GH₵21,000 (US$ 9,000) to Duncan which […]

Gyimah flanked by Okoh (L) and Edmund Kyei at the function An entertainment management outfit, Rackus Productions, has struck a deal with the Ghana Football Association (GFA) at its Switch Back Road head office in Accra. The marriage, put together by W Consult, seeks to provide entertainment for the Black Stars while in camp, as […]

Togbe Afede XIV with the Baton Relay The Volta Regional Capital, Ho, came alive last Sunday when the Queen’s Baton Relay for this year’s Commonwealth Games slated for July in Glasgow, Scotland, reached the region. The Volta Regional Minister, Nii Laryea Afotey Agbo received the baton from the Eastern Regional Minister, Helen Adjoa Ntoso, on […]

Head trainer of the local Black Stars Maxwell Konadu has given the assurance that his team will make an impact in the forthcoming Championship for African Nations (CHAN) in South Africa, scheduled to kick off this Saturday. Brimming with optimism, Konadu expressed satisfaction with his side’s preparations after close to two weeks of intensive rehearsals […]