Samuel Annor Named NHIA CEO
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed Dr Samuel Annor as the new Chief Executive Officer for the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA). Announcing the appointment in a letter dated...
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Valeant Shares Plunge As Ackman Exits Stake
Shares of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International plunged Tuesday following news that activist investor Bill Ackman exited the controversial drug company. Shares of the Canadian company dived 10.9...
Hong Kong Leadership Rivals Clash Ahead of ‘unfair’ Vote
Hong Kong's leadership candidates faced off in a live television debate Tuesday as criticism mounts over an appointment process skewed towards Beijing, bypassing the vast majority of voters. A...
President Akufo-Addo Names 2nd Batch of MMDCEs Today
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is expected to name his second batch of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) by the close of today March 14, 2017 barring any last...
Boeing, Aerospace Manufacturers Back U.S. Tax Overhaul
Boeing Co (BA. N) and about 90 other aerospace companies are urging Congress to overhaul the U.S. tax system, saying a set of changes Republicans proposed last year - including a big cut in the...
I’m Not Disappointed My Post Was Given To Sir John
A former Member of Parliament (MP) for Bantama in the Ashanti Region, Henry Kwabena Kokofu has indicated that he is not disappointed a post he was penciled to be assigned has been given to Lawyer...
Former Police Commander Kicks Against Calls To De-Criminalise Suicide
Former Ashanti and Greater Accra Regional Police Commander, DCOP Kweku Ayensu Opare-Addo, has kicked against the calls to de-criminalise suicide. DCOP Opare-Addo believes making the attempt to take...
There Is No Confusion Over NADMO Appointments
The Minister of Information, Mr Mustapha Hamid has dismissed claims that there was confusion regarding the appointment of managers for the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) by the...
Northern, Southern Rail and Merseyrail Staff On Strike
Rail staff from three firms across England have started 24-hour strikes in a dispute over the role of guards. The RMT's 30th strike day in its dispute with Southern over plans to make trains...
KMA To Decide On Nominated Kumasi Mayor Friday
Members of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly will meet on Friday, March 17 to decide on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s nominee for Chief Executive. President Akufo-Addo on Friday named Osei...
AMA Used ‘crude Tactics’ To Eject Traders – Accra Mayor
Previous administrations of the Accra Metropolitan Area (AMA) have used ineffective “crude tactics” to remove traders from authorised locations in the capital, the president’s nominee for AMA...
Only An ‘Experienced Insider’ Can Save TTH
The government is still in search of a competent person to appoint a CEO of the Tamale Teaching Hospital but some former senior officers of the hospital have argued that “it would be suicidal if...
HSBC Appoints AIA Boss Mark Tucker As New Chairman
HSBC has appointed Mark Tucker, the chief executive of Asian insurer AIA, as group chairman. Mr Tucker will take over on 1 October, succeeding Douglas Flint who has been in the role since 2010. The...
Prez Names MCEs
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has nominated metropolitan chief executives (MCEs) for the country’s four major cities – Accra, Kumasi, Tamale and Sekondi-Takoradi. Mohammed Adjei Sowah has...
TV3, That Is Not the Way
On March 1, 2017 some news outlets reported that the television network, TV3, has sacked 32 workers for wearing red bands (and tying some on the premises) and demonstrating instead of working. On...
Suicides Blamed On Failed Society, Ineffective Counselling Centres
The Mental Health Authority says the wave of suicides sweeping across the country is the result of a breakdown of the social support system. A statement by Chief Executive of the Authority, Dr Akwasi...
Antibiotic-Free Meat Gets A Foothold In US
Facing pressure from environmentalists and shareholder activists, major US food companies and restaurant chains are moving to limit antibiotics in farm animals raised for meat. Last month, Tyson...
Volkswagen Pleads Guilty In U.S. Court In Diesel Emissions Scandal
Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p. DE) pleaded guilty on Friday to fraud, obstruction of justice and falsifying statements as part of a $4.3 billion settlement reached with the U.S. Justice Department in January...
Kwesi Agyeman Busia Takes Over As New DVLA Boss
The Minister for Transport, Mr Kweku Ofori Asiama, has asked the Management and staff of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority to throw their support behind the new Chief Executive, Mr Kwasi...
Deported Ghanaian Dies of Cancer Just When Help Came In
A Ghanaian woman who was deported from Britain while undergoing treatment for terminal cancer has died in her home country just hours before friends learned of plans to bring her back to the UK for...