Northern Conflicts ‘heartbreaking’
Policy Think Tank, the Savannah Development is alarmed by the numerous conflicts that have retrogressed Northern Region’s development agenda. The organization is convinced that avoiding media...
Tag: Social Issues
Government Must Be Fiscally Disciplined To Implement 2017 Budget
The Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) has stated that government would have to take some tough measures in reducing expenditure while it increases revenue. According to...
New Michael Brown Video Raises Questions
New surveillance footage has emerged of the black teenager Michael Brown suggesting he had not in fact robbed a Ferguson, Missouri convenience store hours before he was shot by a white police...
Defiled Girl,13, Denied Treatment Over GH300
The case of a 13-year old girl, who was defiled in November last year, but has still not been prosecuted because her parents cannot afford an amount of GH¢300 demanded by a medical doctor at the...
We’ll Tighten Tax Leakages – Finance Minister Vows
Minister of Finance and Economic Planning Ken Ofori-Atta has indicated that tax leakages, which have bedevilled the country’s economy, will be substantially plugged. “We are going to be very...
Trump’s Revised Travel Ban Denounced By Over 130 Experts
Over 130 US foreign policy experts have denounced President Donald Trump's revised travel ban, saying it undermines America's national security and interests as much as the original order barring...
South Africans Believe Nigerian Men Are Taking Their Women — Dabiri-Erewa
The Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Abike Dabiri-Erewa on Saturday said South African politicians fuel xenophobic attacks by telling citizens that foreigners,...
ActionAid Calls For Equal Domestic Roles
ActionAid Ghana has asked government to initiate policies that support the equal allocation of domestic roles and promote equal access to markets for rural women farmers and entrepreneurs. Madam...
Skyrocketing Drug Prices Key Question In Trump Health Care Reform
Amid the drive to repeal and replace Obamacare, the question remains whether President Donald Trump and the Republican-led Congress can bring down skyrocketing drug prices. Recent controversies...
Kim Killing Sheds Light On Murky World of Women Migrants
Li Nang, a young migrant worker wearing hot pants and high heels, stood before the statue of a gilt goddess garlanded with marigolds and fairy lights in Kuala Lumpur as she prayed for good business...
Trump Barrels Ahead With Plan To Gut ‘Obamacare’
President Donald Trump vowed Saturday to press ahead with a controversial plan, slowed by bickering within his Republican party, to repeal Barack Obama's signature healthcare law. "We are making...
Is Suicide Among Youths Traceable To Overdose of Liberal Ideas?
Four men in the Joy News studio tried to wrap their head around suicide - a menace reportedly on the surge. On the phone to contribute was an occupation and safety expert - Dr. Kwadwo Amponsah...
Driver Commits Suicide In Half-Assini
A 30-year-old driver, James Ayiem, at Half-Assini in Western Region has allegedly committed suicide. He was found hanging on a mango tree with a twine near the Presbyterian Church at Peace Town,...
World Bank Approves $150 Mln For Morocco
Sidi Moumen shantytown is seen in 2013 in Casablanca, Morocco, a country where almost 5.3 million people "live under the threat of falling back into poverty due to their socio-economic conditions,"...
Men Are Not Fools To Commit Suicide
With the increasing rate at which young ladies are committing suicide due to heartbreaks, depression, psychological problems, among others, Reverend George Lutterodt says men are not that foolish to...
Taxi Driver, 30, Commits Suicide At Half Assini
Man commits suicide at Half Assini in Jomoro district of the Western Region A taxi driver believed to be in his mid 30s and only identified as Aye has committed suicide at Half Assini in Jomoro...
Child Prostitution On the Rise In Tumu
The Tumu township, capital of the Sissala East district of the Upper West region is gradually gaining notoriety in child prostitution a study by Social Initiative for Literacy and Development...
Eight Iraqis Saved From Refrigerated Truck In Spain
Eight Iraqis, including four children, were found crammed inside a refrigerated truck in a service area in eastern Spain, police said Saturday, adding that they had been trying to reach Britain. The...
Slave-Trade Arab Mentality Towards Blacks Still Lingers
A lecturer of the University of Cape Coast Kwame Osei Kwarteng (Phd) says the man of Lebanese extraction who assaulted a Ghanaian woman, has a de-humanising mentality towards blacks dating back to...
Mental Health Authority Provides Helpline For Persons Planning Suicide
The Mental Health Authority has decided to establish a temporary helpline for persons contemplating suicide. The authority is, as well, in discussions with telecommunication companies for the...