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Mr Joseph Osei-Owusu, First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, at a conference of the Asian and African Parliamentarians Project (AIPP), in Accra, on Wednesday, urged parliamentarians to pay more attention to female empowerment issues for them to participate adequately in national development. This, he said, was important in view of the fact that women and girls, constituted over 50 per cent ...

Professor John Gatsi, the Head of Finance Department, University of Cape Coast, on Tuesday said the Bank of Ghana (BoG) failed to undertake broader stakeholder consultations before starting the indigenous banks’ recapitalisation exercise. He said the Central Bank should have engaged in transparent and active debate involving bankers, policy-makers, politicians and other key stakeholders in the banking industry to ensure ...

Chelsea have confirmed they have reached an agreement with Real Madrid for the transfer of Thibaut Courtois. Courtois will sign a six-year contract at the Bernabeu subject to agreeing personal terms and passing a medical. Croatia international Mateo Kovacic will join the Blues on a season-long loan as part of the deal. A statement released by Chelsea on Wednesday read: ...

“In politics, we presume that everyone who knows how to get votes knows how to administer a city or a state. When we are ill…we do not ask for the handsomest physician, or the most eloquent. The heaviest penalty for deciding to engage in politics is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself” ~ Plato Nobody ever said anything ...

The Chief Executive Officer of the Public Sector Reforms, Thomas Kusi Boafo says all employees at the Public sector without the New Ghana Card will be losing their jobs shortly following reforms at the sector. According to him, it has become crucial to change the work culture at the Public sector and hence the automation of the public service is ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated that the government of Ghana has no authority to legalize same-sex marriage in Ghana and that government will not seek any such authority to do same. Speaking at the Global Evangelical Church’s 2018 SYNOD on the theme, “Effective Discipleship; The Cross and our Commitment,” the President assured that the church has no reason ...

The Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) has kick-started a project meant to rope in Faith- Based Organizations and religious leaders in the fight against corruption. The Inter faith Anti-corruption project christened, ‘Speak Up, Resist and Report corruption,’ seeks to solicit the support of religious based organizations to lead the fight against corruption as required under the National Anti-Corruption Action Plan (NACAP). ...

The District Health Director of the Sekyere East District in the Ashanti Region, Mrs Dorothy Afuakwa has hailed the management of World Vision Ghana (WVG) for helping the district reduce the rate of child mortality. She says over the past two years, the district has not recorded any child mortality due to the capacity building and sensitization programmes WVG has ...

The Foundation for Generational Thinkers (FOGET) has lauded the Founder and Leader of the  International Central Gospel Church (ICGC), Dr. Mensa Otabil, for his consistent and passionate effort to push forward the agenda of African emancipation. The non-governmental and youth-oriented organisation strongly commended Dr. Otabil for his edge to propagate massages that depict how Africa should be elevated from poverty, reproach, ...

Parents have been advised not to take for granted common cold,otherwise known as catarrh, among children because if it is not well treated, it could lead to heart problems. A Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon at the National Cardiothoracic Centre at Korle Bu, Prof. Mark Tettey, advised parents to send children who suffer from common cold to the hospital for the right ...