Family, friends and famous names from the worlds of TV, film and comedy have said a final farewell to Joan Rivers at her funeral in New York. The mourners included radio host Howard Stern, actress Sarah Jessica Parker, mogul Donald Trump, comic Kathy Griffin and film star Whoopi Goldberg. Crowds of fans and media also ...

Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur joined hundreds of mourners from all parts of Ghana at Seikwa to the funeral of Obaapanin Hagar Akosua Afra, mother of Mr Johnson Asiedu-Nketia, General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). Madam Afra, who died at 95, was born in Seikwa in 1919 in the Brong Ahafo Region to the ...

Black Stars coach Kwesi Appiah insists that he has not considered quitting his post despite an unconvincing start to 2015 African Cup of Nations qualifiers. Appiah, who took charge of the men’s senior national team in April 2012, has been under immense pressure after failing to reach the final of the 2013 African Cup of ...

President John Dramani Mahama has directed the Central Regional Development Commission (CEDECOM) to formulate a development strategy that would provide government the roadmap for developing the area. He said: “It is absolutely unacceptable for the Central Region, which has the best educational institutions, tourist attractions, and other economic ventures, to be among the poorest regions ...

Temporary stalls for traders at the Kotokuraba market in Cape Coast are ready. The stalls will assist the traders to continue plying their trade to enable construction to commence on a new modern market for the metropolis. During an inspection of the project in Cape Coast, the President, John Mahama said: “We are also ready ...

President Barack Obama said he will explain to Americans and congressional leaders this week his plan to “start going on some offense” against Islamic State militants, who he said could eventually become a threat to the United States. Obama will make a speech on Wednesday to “describe what our game plan’s going to be,” and meet congressional ...

The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has announced the dates for the election of its regional executives and has opened nominations for the various positions. According to a statement signed by the party’s National Secretary, Kofi Asamoah-Siaw, the elections in the Central, Eastern, Upper East, Brong Ahafo and Volta regions will be held at party conferences ...

Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur is appealing to Ghanaians to maintain good sanitary practices to help fight the cholera outbreak in the country. He said 95 persons out of the 10,000 people infected by the disease, had died. The Vice President was speaking at the 10th Anniversary of the enstoolment of Oseadeeyo Akumfi Ameyaw IV, Paramount ...

There has been fresh shelling near Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine, raising fears that Friday’s ceasefire may collapse. The truce held for much of Saturday but shelling in Mariupol, which killed one woman, was followed by the Donetsk airport blasts early on Sunday. The truce and 12-point peace roadmap was signed at talks involving Ukraine, ...

It has been four years since Apple Inc introduced a completely new gadget and the pressure is on for the world’s largest tech company to wow at its “special event” in Cupertino, California, on Tuesday. Apple has fed the high expectations, with promises by executives that the company’s best product pipeline in 25 years is being readied ...

The United States needs to do more to help control West Africa’s deadly Ebola outbreak to stop it becoming a global crisis that could one day threaten Americans, President Barack Obama said in an interview. Obama told NBC’s “Meet the Press” that the outbreak, which has killed 2,100 people in African five countries, was unlikely to spread ...

The Minister of Education, Professor Naana Jane Opoku- Agyemang, has appealed to the University of Cape Coast (UCC) to ensure its primary focus on the training of teachers is not compromised with the diversification of programmes in the university. Prof Opoku-Agyemang said this on Friday when she swore in a 13-member reconstituted Governing Council of ...

The Accra-Nsawam railway line that serves thousands of commuters to and from the capital on a daily basis is now a death trap. A survey conducted on the rail line by the Daily Graphic revealed that a number of the bolts and nuts (fasteners) that ensure that the tracks are safe for the movement of the coaches are ...