Jerry John Rawlings and his visitors at Manhyia FORMER PRESIDENT Jerry John Rawlings has taken a swipe at the faceless people who recently peddled wild rumours about the death of the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, stressing that the King will not die. Virtually blasting the rumour mongers who spread falsehood that Otumfuo was dead […]

Nana Tete Pimpong, chief of Adweso in the New Juaben Municipality of the Eastern Region, was released from prison custody on Monday. He was incarcerated for 11 days on contempt charge in Koforidua, the regional capital. Nana Pimpong was remanded on Friday, January 31, 2014, for his failure to appear twice before a Koforidua Circuit […]

Mohammed Hafiz, 10-month-old and Prosper Nsumba, two-and-a-half-year-old, have both lost their limbs through amputation. Their predicament is attributable to the unprofessional handling of a medical procedure they underwent at the hands of nurses in the Northern Region. The plight of the innocent kids is lamentable: they would grow into adulthood unhappy that they lost their […]

The infamous GYEEDA scandal trial took a new twist yesterday when the prosecution came to court to withdraw the earlier charges preferred against two accused persons in the case. Incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for Chiana-Paga, Abuga Pele and Philip Akpeena Assibit, Chief Executive Officer of Goodwill International Group (GIG), are currently on trial at […]

The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) will start vetting aspirants contesting for various national positions in the party from today. This follows the successful completion of the filing of nominations which ended Monday. By the close of nominations, 44 out of the 46 persons who picked up nominations had filed, with only Professor Mike Oquaye […]

Asem Darkey Sheriff Christian Asem Darkey, the businessman standing trial at an Accra Fast Track High Court for allegedly importing 77 cocaine parcels using the MV Benjamin vessel, has indicated that he has no witnesses to call. He subsequently closed his case to enable the court to fix a date for the filing of addresses. […]

The newly sworn-in judges in a photograph with the dignitaries at the event. Chief Justice Georgina Theodora Wood, Chief Justice of the Republic of Ghana, has charged judges to be self-accountable and transparent in the discharge of their duties in enforcing and protecting the legal rights of litigants. She said judicial transparency and accountability demand […]

Vice President Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur Weakening commodity prices on the world market have succeeded in decreasing Ghana’s export earnings hence reducing her capacity to finance imports, Vice President Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur has noted. Speaking at the 4th Annual African American Chamber (AMCHAM) summit dubbed, “Building the American Brand in Africa” in Accra yesterday, Mr Amissah-Arthur […]

Dr. Kofi Wampah – Governor, Bank of Ghana Second-hand cloth dealers at Kantamanto have welcomed the regulation by the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to stabilize the Cedi. The Bank of Ghana last week announced various measures to shore up the cedi against major foreign currencies, especially the U.S. dollar, which has led to an increase […]

MTN Ghana Foundation has signed a partnership agreement with Ghana Multimedia Incubation Center (GMIC) to sponsor a business incubation project targeted at final-year tertiary students. The Foundation has partnered GMIC for a special Information Communication Technology (ICT) Business Incubation and Entrepreneurship project with an amount of GH₵308,000 for two years. The project will entail the […]

Government, through the Bank of Ghana (BoG), will today sell a three-year bond to raise GH¢402 million to finance its operations. This is the first of three-year bonds planned for sale in February, April and June, this year. In all, the Bank of Ghana is hoping to raise some GH¢12.7 billion from the sale of […]

The Western Regional Senior Industrial Relations Officer of Construction and Building Materials Workers, Asamoah Mensah has bemoaned discrimination against construction workers at the Aboadze Thermal Plant and other parts of the country. His comments follow a demonstration by some construction workers against the management of SM Power Tech, a sub-contractor at the Aboadze Thermal Plant […]

Minexco Petroleum Inc, a private oil and gas exploration company that focuses on managing and developing petroleum projects in Africa, has announced the launch of its work programme for the South Deep Water Tano (SDWT) block. A news release issued yesterday in Accra by the company said through Minexco’s joint venture with AGR Energy, AGM […]

Ernest Owusu-Bempah Deputy Communications Director for the National Democratic Party (NDP), Ernest Owusu-Bempah says he still stands by his claims that Deputy Minister for Information and Media Relation, Hon. Murtala Mohammed is a “visa fraud”. “I am daring Murtala today…he was arrested in Nigeria in connection with visa fraud. If he is a man, he […]

Mr. Franklin Cudjoe No matter how sweet the music might sound, the Ghana cedi isn’t expected to dance. Ghanaians are currently facing economic hardships following the sustained depreciation of the cedi. Government has meanwhile taken a firm stand by rolling out comprehensive strategies and enforce revised rules introduced by the Bank of Ghana to arrest […]

 Perry Cantaruti, Senior vice president of Delta briefing the media in Accra. Delta Airlines, one of the leading companies in North America, has been named the 2014 Airline of the Year by the Air Transport World (ATW) Magazine. ATW provides balanced international coverage of the airline industry. The award marked the first time in a […]

Carlos Sakyi, INSET: K.K Kabobo GHAMRO Board Member Carlos Sakyi, the chairman of Ghana Music Rights Organization (GHAMRO), a collective society, yesterday told BEATWAVES that all those calling for his removal from office are enemies of progress who do not want the development of the Ghanaian music industry. A section of the stakeholders in the […]

Amandzeba Nat Brew An exhibition of pictures by six African photographers that reveal their perceptions and views of the African continent is currently underway at the Goethe-Institut in Accra. Participating photographers are Sammy Baloji (Democratic Republic of Congo), Calvin Dondo (Zimbabwe), Monique Pelser, Sabelo Mlangeni (South Africa), Abraham Oghobase (Nigeria) and Michael Tsegaye (Ethiopia). Titled […]

Dr Mrs Beatrice Wiafe-Addai and other dignitaries at the function in Kumasi A COMPREHENSIVE three-year research by local and international medical experts aimed at unearthing the causes of breast cancer among Ghanaian women is currently underway in the country. The project christened: “Ghana Breast Health Study”, started on a pilot basis in some selected communities […]

Mrs Afriyie Ofori-Koree share pleasantries with a donor. The Deputy Chief Recruiter of the National Blood Service, Samuel Nunoo, has advised all medical personnel to desist from the sale of blood to patients. According to him, unlike other liquids, blood is so important that its value cannot be quantified in monetary terms for sale. He […]