Patience Is Strong Virtue In Finance
Recent headline news on the microfinance sector is not interesting reading. Day in, day out, column inches of newspapers are filled with stories about scammers swindling hundreds of poor people of...
Day: August 21, 2016
Dying Singer Gord Downie Bids Canada Farewell
A Canadian band whose lead singer was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer have performed their last concert at the end of an emotional farewell tour. The Tragically Hip drew a sell-out crowd to the...
Only Residential Users Should Pay Energy Levies – Oteng Gyasi
A former President of the Association of Ghana Industries , Tony Oteng Gyasi, is impressing on government to limit the imposition of the energy sector levies to residential users of petroleum...
Tales of A Mortuary Attendant
Stereotype, disregard, stigmatization are but a few words to describe the life of Mr. Alhassan Azaah, Head Mortuary Attendant at the Bolgatanga Regional Hospital who has over eleven years of work...
Civil Society Organisations and National Peace
The socio-political scene in our country is vibrant and lively. But social engagement can also make one feel between the rock and the hard place. On one hand, we have unique social networks embracing...
Osu Tattles With Bentsifi
Some days are like that. If you are on the road and it turns that way the more adventurous things become. Fortunately, this was Accra and it was all in just one evening, Friday night to be precise....
Sliding Gradually Towards the Precipice
Ghanaians believe and with some measure of justification that we are a bastion of democracy and this has given rise to a sense of bravado when we compare ourselves with other countries on this part...
Nigeria Wins First Rio Olympics Medal
Team Nigeria has registered its presence on the Rio Olympics medals table following Dream Team VI 3-2 defeat of Honduras in Saturday’s bronze medal match of the Games football event. A brace from...
Uber Driver Gets Arrested For Sexually Assaulting 3 Women
Police in Florida have arrested a man who worked as an Uber driver for sexually assaulting three women this year. Xolani Mtsitsha of Boca Raton was arrested Thursday and faces sexual battery charges,...
Prof. Aryeetey Takes A Bow ….. In Grace!
At the send-off dinner for Prof. Ernest Aryeetey on Friday July 29, 2016 at the Great Hall of the university, climaxing the farewell programme for the former Vice Chancellor, the immediate past...
The Marvelous Wonders of Our World
If human beings were to come into being by accident or by sheer chance, their entire life would be based on chance, and their whole existence would be meaningless. But no sensible person can conceive...
Turkey Wedding Suicide Bomber ‘was Child Aged 12-14’
A suicide bombing which killed 51 people in the Turkish city of Gaziantep was carried out by a 12 to 14-year-old, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. Mr Erdogan said the so-called Islamic State (IS)...
Customer Service At Fuel Stations
Any business outfit that provides excellent customer service is likely to benefit from free word-of-mouth marketing also known as advocacy from satisfied customers and this will go a long way to...
7 Things Women Do Not Want In A Relationship
In the past I have written about what men want from women and what they don’t want … but what exactly turns women off? What makes a woman think twice about a relationship, and what behaviour can...
Meet Mr Etsie; the Visually-Impaired Who Fixes Car Parts
Disability, the sages say, is not inability, and that is the clear message Mr James Etsie, a visually-impaired at Agona Swedru in the Central Region, seems to be sending. Mr Etsie, who has been...
New Teacher Recruits Verified In Kumasi
Education authorities in the Ashanti Region have begun a process to verify two hundred and 87 new teachers seeking an appointment with the Ghana Education Service (GES). The shortlisted teachers over...
Anyone Who Says Money Isn’t Good Is A Liar
Any rich person who says "money is nothing" is a "hypocrite" and any poor person who sings the same song does not even know what he or she is talking about because "money is good", Dr. Mensa Otabil...
Obinim Given 24 Hours To Report To Police
Police in Tema have given the founder and leader of the International Godsway Church, Bishop Daniel Obinim 24 hours to honour their invitation or they’ll be forced to take action against him. Their...
Man Slumps and Dies During Heated Argument With Friend
A bizarre scenario played out yesterday at the Okigwe Road roundabout, Owerri, as a man slumped and died while having a heated argument with his friend. It was gathered that the deceased, whose name...
Morocco King Urges Diaspora To Reject Islamist Extremism
The King of Morocco, Mohammed VI, has called on Moroccans living abroad, many of them in Europe, to defend a tolerant form of Islam and reject extremism. It was his first address to the five million...