Parliament Must Cleanse Itself – Nduom
Founder of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom is asking Parliament to redeem its image which has been soiled by Mahama Ayariga’s bribery allegation against Members of the...
Tag: Social Issues
US Withdraws Funding For United Nations Population Fund
The US has withdrawn funding for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), an agency that promotes family planning in more than 150 countries. The state department said the UNFPA "supports or...
Parliament Passes Energy Sector Levies Amendment Bill
Parliament has passed the Energy Sector Levies Amendment Bill which will review the two components of the Levies downwards. While the national electrification scheme levy goes down from 5% to 2%, the...
UN Warns Syria Refugee Aid Funds ‘desperate’
The UN warned Tuesday the plight of millions of Syrian refugees was becoming "desperate," with aid funds running low as donors and humanitarian groups met in Brussels to discuss the next steps. The...
US Withdraws Funding For United Nations Population Fund
The US has withdrawn funding for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), an agency that promotes family planning in more than 150 countries. The state department said the UNFPA “supports or...
1.7 Million Ghanaians Applied For US Visa Lottery In 2015
It has emerged that about 1.7 million Ghanaians sought to leave Ghana for the US in 2015 through the US visa lottery. The number, which is the highest from a single country represented 12% of the...
US To End Funding For UN Population Fund Over Abortion
The US government plans to stop funding the United Nations Population Fund because of the organization's "coercive" family planning practices, including providing abortions, officials in Washington...
2 Nigerian Women Nabbed For Forcing Girls Into Commercial Sex Work
Six girls were transported into the country by some Nigerian women for the purpose of practicing prostitution in Ghana It is quite disappointing to know that Ghana is turning into a hub for...
Elect Competent Women To Parliament
Former First Lady and founder of National Democratic Party (NDP), Nana Konadu Agyemang-Rawlings, has called on Ghanaians to elect competent women to Parliament “because they play key roles in...
1.7 Million Ghanaians Applied For US Visa Lottery In 2015
It has emerged that about 1.7 million Ghanaians sought to leave Ghana for the US in 2015 through the US visa lottery. The number, which is the highest from a single country represented 12% of the...
Mental Illness Affects 10 Percent of Global Population
Dr Mumuni Fuseini, Northern Regional Co-ordinator for Mental Health at Health Directorate, has said about 10.1 percent of the world’s population suffer from various mental illnesses. This, he...
‘Elect Competent Women To Parl’t
FORMER First Lady and founder of National Democratic Party (NDP), Nana Konadu Agyemang-Rawlings, has called on Ghanaians to elect competent women to Parliament “because they play key roles in...
Trump Seeks Limits On Visa Program Favored By Tech Sector
The Trump administration has unveiled steps to limit an immigration visa program for skilled workers often used by Silicon Valley to attract tech workers. The moves include new measures announced...
Obesity In Pregnancy Is Linked To Epilepsy Risk
Being overweight or obese in the first trimester of pregnancy has been linked to a higher risk of bearing a child with epilepsy, researchers said Monday. The study was based on data from 1.4 million...
Redefine Laws and Other Criminal Offenses – Justice Adjei
A Justice of the Appeal’s Court Justice Dennis Adjei has called for a review of some of the acts of law within the constitution. Citing a number of examples, he noted that there was the need to...
Minority Leadership Is Performing Poorly
A group within the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) calling itself ‘good citizens of Bawku Central constituency’ has accused its leadership in parliament of not living up to...
UN Urges More Support For States Hosting Syria Refugees
Syrian refugees are increasingly desperate after years in exile and face rising social tensions in overstretched regional host nations, a UN representative warned Monday, urging more funds and...
‘Get Them Out of There’
African migrants languishing in Libyan detention camps need to be "got out of there" as soon as possible, a senior aid official who has just visited some of them said Monday. Arjan Hehenkamp, the...
Ghanaian Lawyer Goes To Court Over Ex-Gratia Payments
A Ghanaian lawyer, Elikplim L. Agbemava, has commenced an action at the Supreme Court seeking clarification on some of the benefits enjoyed by Article 71 office holders as well as other public...
We Will Haunt Haruna Iddrisu and Muntaka
Members of the Bawku Central branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is threatening to launch a campaign against the Minority leadership for not supporting their Member of Parliament, Mahama...