A labour consultant, Austin Gamey has called on the National Tripartite Committee to focus on its mandate and ensure that a nationwide labour protest does not occur again. Organised Labour, on July 24, embarked on a nationwide demonstration to protest what they call the poor economic conditions in the country. Various groups and associations, including ...

The Director of Health in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abirem district in the Central region, Kofi Mends Kwaning has dismissed reports of alleged an Ebola-related death in the area. Some residents in the area have expressed fears of a possible outbreak of the disease in the area after the death of a 46-year-old woman after visiting the area. ...

Two US citizens infected by the Ebola virus in West Africa will be evacuated back to the United States to be cared for in strict isolation in the coming days, the State Department said Friday. “The safety and security of US citizens is our paramount concern,” deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf said, confirming the State Department ...

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has briefly suspended his campaign for the flagbearership of the New Patriotic Party to enable him and Party officers in the various regions monitor the limited voter registration exercise scheduled to take place from August 4 to August 13, 2014. Addressing delegates of the New Patriotic Party in Wa, as part ...

Real Madrid’s plans to renovate the Santiago Bernabeu have been suspended by the Spanish High Court amid an investigation by the European Commission into alleged corruption. Madrid unveiled their proposals for the spectacular stadium in January, with the all-new Bernabeu to include a shopping centre complex and a hotel in an area to cover 12,250 ...

The Director of Planning and Research at the  Africa Centre for Energy Policy, (ACEP)John Amowu says full cost recovery on petroleum product policy in the country is as a result of the mismanagement of foreign exchange deferential by the managers of the economy. He was speaking at the sidelines of the business and networking meeting ...

The La General Hospital  is appealing for support from the general public to help them tend to cholera cases being recorded at the hospital. According to the hospital, the number of recorded cases has contributed to the depletion of  basic supplies such as disposable gloves, disinfectants and bleach. According to the administrator of the hospital, ...

Boxer Abdul Omar gave Team Ghana its second medal in the Commonwealth Games after he won bronze in the Men’s Flyweight 52kg. Omar lost his semi-finals to Pakistan’s Muhammad Waseem in three rounds and picked up the medal for his efforts. He joins Razak Abugri, the judoka, as the only medal winners in Ghana’s contingent ...

Barcelona striker Luis Suarez’s appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against a four-month ban for biting will be heard on 8 August. The Uruguay forward was punished after biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini at the 2014 Fifa World Cup in Brazil. An initial appeal against the 27-year-old’s suspension was rejected by Fifa. ...

The Accra Psychiatric Hospital says plans are far advanced to totally clear mentally challenged persons off the streets of Accra soon. Although Parliament passed the Mental Health Bill to ensure that standards, conditions and rights of mentally challenged persons  are observed, most of these persons still do not have access to basic care. The Accra psychiatric ...

Teenage Commonwealth Games gold medallist Chika Amalaha is facing a doping ban after failing a drugs test. The Nigerian, 16, won weightlifting gold with a combined total of 196kg in the women’s 53kg category. The Commonwealth Games Federation says it will meet on Friday to determine her punishment following her positive ‘B’ sample test. Amalaha ...

The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has accused government of experimenting with Ghana’s economy. According to the party, government has shown over the months it has no pragmatic solutions in dealing with the difficulties the economy is facing. The party blamed the Mahama-led administration for rather engaging in needless talk shops. This comes on the back ...

The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is spreading faster than efforts to control it, World Health Organization (WHO) head Margaret Chan has said. She told a summit of regional leaders that failure to contain it could be “catastrophic” in terms of lives lost. But she said the virus, which has claimed 729 lives in four ...

A group of Ghanaians living in the United State of America are planning to stage a demonstration over the state of the economy when President John Dramani Mahama arrives in the country for the US-Africa Leaders Summit. According to the concerned Ghanaians in the US the demonstration  is intended to express the concerns Ghanaians who ...

Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) has cautioned Ghanaians who are predicting a further depreciation of the cedi to note that plans are far advanced to address the situation. Speaking to journalists after participating in a meeting of the Presidential Advisory Committee of the economy on Thursday, Dr. Kofi Wampah explained that moves are ...

West Ham have signed Arsenal defender Carl Jenkinson on a season-long loan. The 22-year-old had been linked with several Premier League clubs, but opted for the Hammers. “I’m clearly seen as a big part of things here and hopefully I can prove my worth because it is an important year for me,” Jenkinson said. The ...

The Bank of Ghana’s three-year bond issued on Tuesday attracted a staggering high interest rate of 25.4%. This is the second highest rate for a 3-year bond this year. The central bank issued the bond to raise an amount of GHC 400 million. With this high interest rate of 25.4%, the BoG will pay investors ...

The Council of Southern African Football Associations has revealed the 2014 Cosafa Cup to be held in Botswana in September has been cancelled. Cosafa President Suketu Patel said the event, which was to be played between 13-28 September, has fallen foul of “financial and logistical constraints”. However, Cosafa remains hopeful of staging the tournament in ...

The Ghana Association of University Administrators has urged the government to pay the Book and Research of Senior Members of Public Universities and Polytechnics for 2013/2014 and 2014/2015 academic years. The association expressed disappointment at government’s unilateral decision to scrap the facility and replace it with the National Research Fund as announced in the 2014 budget ...

A priest has reportedly claimed he is being intimated by a demon through text messages after exorcising it from a young girl. Father Marian Rajchel from Jaroslaw, in south-eastern Poland, apparently said the evil spirit was irked that the priest had got the better of him so started a harassment campaign by phone. ‘Shut up, preacher. You cannot save yourself. ...