Staff and workers at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital have reportedly closed certain units of the hospital and are currently demonstrating. One of such units is the Pharmacy Department of the hospital which reports say has also been locked by the staff. Reports indicate that the  workers are protesting orders by the Board Chairman, Eddie Annan ...

Staff working at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital’s Pharmacy Department  are demanding the immediate withdrawal of letters asking heads of the unit to proceed on leave to “maintain calm and industrial harmony” at the hospital. They say the Board Chairman, Eddie Annan has written three of their  heads of department asking them to proceed on leave while the hospital conducts ...

The membership of the Suame Magazine Spare Parts dealers Association, an off shoot of Ghana Traders Union Association (GUTA) has given their foreigner retailers an ultimatum to leave the local market or face their wrath. Briefing the media in Kumasi, Mr. Kwame Brenyah, Chairman of the irate spare parts dealers, stated that there was a lack ...

Eight people from a Tanzanian medical institute have been arrested after 85 bags containing body parts were found in the port city of Dar es Salaam. A police officer told the BBC that human limbs, fingers, ribs and skulls were in the bags, discovered in a landfill site in the Bunju suburb. Some of the ...

Reverend Justifier Nii-Noi Ocquaye, President of the Minister’s Conference of the Ghana Baptist Convention, on Monday blamed the rise in corruption and gross immorality in society on the failure of pastors to lead the way. He said the current negative societal attitudes depicted a failure in the ability of ministers of God to provide clear ...

The Minerals Commission says it is willing to help skilled job seekers create their own jobs in the mining sector instead of continuing to search for placement in a sector dogged by massive job-cuts. According to Chief Executive Officer of the commission, Dr. Toni Aubynn, it’s more advisable for people, mostly graduates armed with the ...

Mrs Sena Okiti Dua, Deputy Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture, has urged stakeholders in the fishing industry to ensure that safe quality fishing is done to enhance production and help produce enough fish for local consumption. The Deputy Minister said that at the joint programme of 2013 Farmer’s Day Sponsorship Awards night and the launch ...

A grooming products firm has created a diamond-encrusted nail clipper to mark Prince George’s first birthday. Anyone wishing to buy the 18 carat gold device as a present for the third in line to the throne will need deep pockets as it is being retailed at an incredible £1 MILLION. The clipper, believed to be ...

Scammers are using the MH17 disaster in east Ukraine to spread objectionable links, online security experts have warned. A link to a pornographic website disguised as a video of the Malaysia Airlines crash was posted on a Facebook page dedicated to one victim. Many tweets have been posted that appeared to report the disaster, but ...

Colombia star James Rodriguez is on the verge of completing a blockbuster £63million move to Real Madrid from Monaco. The 23-year-old is in Madrid undergoing a medical as he looks to become Los Blancos’ latest signing, following the arrival of German star Toni Kroos. Rodriguez will join with Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema ...

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan is due to meet for the first time parents of the girls abducted by militant Islamists 100 days ago. He has been under intense pressure to meet the parents after being accused of handing the crisis badly. Parents pulled out of a meeting with him last week amid a political row ...

President John Dramani Mahama has charged his new appointees to hit the ground running because Ghanaians are tired of listening to fine talk from people in government. “Let us roll our sleeves and get down to work,” he said, emphasising that the people wanted deliverables that would make their lives better and not the mere ...

Four Frenchmen, including the former international Luis Fernández, have been named on a shortlist that is more of a longlist of five prospective candidates to take over as coach of the Ivory Coast. Francis Gillot, Frédéric Antonetti, Hervé Renard and Fernández are joined on the shortlist by Manuel José, the Portuguese coach who won four ...

The decision by the government to cap the Chinese Development Bank (CDB) loan from US$3 billion to US$1.5 billion may ruffle some diplomatic feathers if not managed well, experts have warned. Research Coordinator of the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), Dr Joseph Tuffour, said although the decision to abandon the chase for the remaining ...

The Member of Parliament for Amasaman, Emmanuel Nii Okai Laryea is accusing the New Patriotic Party executives in his constituency of orchestrating Monday’s demonstration at Manhean. Some residents in the constituency demonstrated on Monday to protest the deplorable state of roads and drainage in the area. But according to Emmanuel Nii Okai Laryea, his investigation indicates ...

MTN Project Fame West Africa returns with  season 7 and Ghana is looking pretty with three contestants. They include Christian K. Amoah (Krissy O) who is no stranger to reality TV. He first gained public attention on the fourth season of TV3’s singing competition, ‘Mentor’ in 2008,  and also won second position on the 2012 ...

Fifa’s investigation into the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bidding process has been delayed until September. Lawyer Michael Garcia, who is leading the investigation, had been due to submit his findings in July. But Fifa’s ethics committee say they now expect the report to be delivered to ethics judge Joachim Eckert by the “first week ...

The Concerned Ghanaians for Responsible Governance (CGRG) has declared its support to the impending one-day protest by Organized Labour. The group in a statement signed by its Executive Secretary, George Kojo Anti stated that one-day national protest affirms the various demands by CGRG to the present government over the management of the economy. The CGRG is ...

Northern Regional Directorate of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has hinted its readiness to manage the Ebola disease in case of any eventuality. It is against this backdrop all district hospitals and other auxiliary health facilities in the region have been directed to create isolated wards to accommodate Ebola patients in case of any reported ...

The Aliu Mahama Foundation has called for greater discipline among Ghanaians to preserve the nation’s trademark as the gateway to Africa. The foundation is convinced that the essence of building a prosperous nation depended on a disciplined society. Its Executive Director, Dr. Kwadwo Frimpong has therefore admonished the clergy to serve as the architects of ...