Are Child Abuse Cases Really Reducing?
A GNA feature by Pomeyie Caroline Accra, Oct. 24, GNA - The sexual abuse of girls is quite prevalent in our society as the victims suffer mental and physical abuse as a result. The trend in...
Day: October 24, 2016
Is Open Defecation the Best Way Out?
Accra, Oct. 24, GNA - The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) on March 24, 2011 directed landlords in the Metropolis to construct appropriate toilet facilities in their houses. The Assembly warned that...
PNC Petitions EC Over Edward Mahama’s Disqualification
The People’s National Congress (PNC) has accused the Electoral Commission of breaching the provisions of the law in the disqualification of its presidential candidate, Dr Edward Mahama from the...
GHOSPA Calls Off Strike
The Government and Hospitals Pharmacists Association (GHOSPA) has called off its strike following a successful negotiation with government. A statement from the Ministry of Health said “the...
2016 Election In Ghana Another Test For Democratic Consolidation
Elections are significant in every democratic regime as it creates room for electorates to elect their representatives as well as engage in active politics. Elections serve as a medium for testing a...
High Unemployment In Ghana
Unemployment is the number of people in a particular country who cannot get job. Kindly permit me space in your widely read newspaper to comment on the problem of high unemployment in Ghana. This...
The Chief Of Staff Needs Our Prayers, Not Condemnation
“Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks”—Heinrich Heine. Ever been hit by a devastating punch from a stronger...
Not To Debate
To a 72 septuagenarian trying to do an Election Buhari over a quint something, I would say debate banza to anyone who will sit by for a minion to pronounce mutum banza against a sterling and...
Although Agya Koo Is A Late NPP Electioneering Campaigner, He Isdoing A Marvellous Job!
I say, bravo and more grease to the elbows of Agya Koo, my fellow NPP campaigner canvassing for Nana Akufo Addo and NPP to win Election 2016. As a late comer as he is, he is doing a brilliant job. He...
Mahama Leads Penplusbytes Social Media Index Track
President John Mahama leads the pack of presidential candidates on Penplusbytes’ 2nd Governance Social Media Index (GSMI) which tracks the relevance and effective use of social media in the...
Lawsuits Won’t Affect Election Calendar
The Chief Justice, Georgina Theodora Wood has expressed the commitment of the Judiciary to ensure the country’s election calendar is not disrupted in anyway by the numerous cases in court....
Irresponsible EOCO Witch-Hunting Nduom, Ayariga – Afenyo-Markin
Effutu MP Alex Afenyo-Markin has accused the Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO) of being irresponsible as far as its investigations into the source of funding of the Progressive People’s...
Vardy, Pogba On Ballon d’Or List
Leicester City's Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez have been named on the 2016 Ballon d'Or award shortlist for the world's best player. Real Madrid's Gareth Bale, Manchester United's Zlatan Ibrahimovic...
Before His Coma He Spoke English; After Waking Up He’s Fluent In Spanish
Life's been full of uncertainties for Reuben Nsemoh lately. Ever since he suffered a concussion in a soccer game, the suburban Atlanta teen's worried about why it's so hard for him to concentrate....
Sports Ministry’s No Show Angers Speaker, Akoto Osei
The Member of Parliament for Old Tafo, Akoto Osei has charged persons in charge of government business to release members to go back to their constituencies if they are not serious in conducting...
EOCO Probe A ‘joke’
It is a “joke” on the part of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) to have instituted investigations into the source of funding of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), Mr Franklin...
Hundreds Moved From ‘Jungle’ Camp
One migrant at the Calais camp tells the BBC: "I will not move one inch" Almost 2,000 migrants have been bussed away from the "Jungle" in Calais as French authorities clear the camp. At least 7,000...
It’s Time To Change Mahama
The 2016 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has kicked off his tour of the Volta region with a clarion call to residents of the region to help change...
We Have the Men, Women To Safeguard Electoral Rights – Chief Justice
The judiciary has the men and women who are committed to safeguarding and protecting the electoral rights of Ghanaians, the Chief Justice (CJ) has assured. Theodora Georgina Wood said the court has...
Green Book Mahama’s Sole Achievement
The flag bearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo-Addo, has stated that the only thing that President John Dramani Mahama has been able to accomplish is the printing of the government’s...