BIRD FLU IN GHANA – SALT TO INJURY?
Dr. Emmanuel Kwao Pecku, the Kpone-Katamanso Municipal Veterinary Officer, has confirmed that there has been a case of a suspected bird flu outbreak at Stardon farms in Bethlehem, a community…
THE OIL GAME OF UNCERTAINTY: WHAT THE HIKE DOES TO OUR ECONOMY
Oil has powered the world by fuelling transportation machines, industries, and so on for many years now, and its demand keeps growing. Reliable and affordable energy are driving forces for…
TRAFFIC ON MOTORWAY – A NUISANCE OR BOON IN DISGUISE?
Many workers in Ghana rely on vehicles, be it commercial or personal to commute to their places of work and back to their homes. But what happens when the roads…
ARE THERE ILLEGALITIES IN THE NATIONAL CATHEDRAL PROJECT?
The construction of a national cathedral has generated heated arguments in the country and beyond in recent times. The National Cathedral of Ghana is intended to be an interdenominational place…
POLICE BRUTALITY MUST END NOW
The Ghana Police Service has conceded that a more effective strategy for dealing with the violence at Kumasi Islamic Senior High School could have been used. According to the service,…
COVID-19 CASES SURGING: IS THE HEALTH SECTOR EQUIPPED FOR ANOTHER WAVE?
The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, recently briefing the press in Accra, revealed that COVID-19 cases in Ghana have started increasing, with the active patients being…
POLICE SHOOT AT STUDENTS OF ISLAMIC SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL IN KUMASI IN A CROWD-CONTROL ATTEMPT
Over 20 students from Kumasi’s Islamic Senior High School (SHS) have been injured and reportedly rushed to the hospital after police allegedly opened fire to disperse a crowd of them. The officers were…
FIGHTING UNEMPLOYMENT: ALL HANDS ON DECK
The National Service Scheme (NSS) Executive Director, Osei Assibey Antwi, announced at a user agency stakeholder meeting held at the University of Ghana’s Cedi Conference Hall that the Scheme has…
FOOD SHORTAGE MIGHT CONTINUE FOR YEARS – WTO
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the head of the World Trade Organization (WTO), warns the food crisis sparked by the Russia-Ukraine war might linger for years without intervention. African countries, she added, might…
HOW IS THIS LUXURY ON ANY DAY?
The issue of why sanitary pads are being taxed is an ongoing banter in Ghana. It sounds ridiculous, to hear that condoms are not taxed but sanitary pads are. Menstruation…
COVID-19 CASES RISING: WHAT SHOULD WE EXPECT?
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Most people infected with the virus experience mild to moderate respiratory illness and recover without requiring special treatment. There…
MONKEYPOX: A ‘NEW’ ENEMY
We were nearly out of the woods from the pandemic that wrecked the whole world, COVID–19. Just when everything was returning to normalcy and restrictions had been relaxed, we are…
POLITICS ON EVERY CORNER AND STREET OF GHANA
Ghana returned to the polls in 1992 when the late Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings accepted to change the military rule system to democracy. Ghana formed institutions to help propel this…
HIGH COST OF LIVING: A RELENTLESS SOURCE OF WORRY TO THE GHANAIAN
We have been living a nightmare in this country for the past few months. Are our cries not loud enough? What must we do to be heard? Inflation rates keep…
GHANA’S PRODUCER PRICE INFLATION RATE HITS 31.2%
The Ghana Statistical Service announced on Wednesday that the Producer Price Inflation (PPI) rate for April 2022 is 31.2 per cent. The rate is a 1.9 percentage point increase in…
WE WILL REJECT EVERY OTHER BILL – HON. MUBARAK MUNTAKA
Members of Ghana’s Parliament from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have stated that they will not vote on any bill until the “Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill”…
THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION LOOKS GRIM
The educational system of the country has taken a downturn in recent times. Though teacher strikes have been an age-old problem, they have become even more rampant lately, which is…
THE GHANAIAN WATER CRISIS: A CASE OF DISPLACED PRIORITIES
Access to potable water sources and hygiene facilities is crucial for fulfilling the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These goals aim to improve lives and protect the environment by…
WE NEED SAFETY ON OUR ROADS
Road signs are the driver’s as well as pedestrians’ friends on the road. They are an elementary measure to prevent road accidents on our roads. Road accidents are not only…
HIGH COST OF ELECTRICITY KILLING BUSINESSES IN GHANA
Electricity is one of the most important determining factors of the economic prosperity of any nation. Electricity plays a vital role in delivering quality service serving as the building block…