Vodafone Ghana’s groundbreaking initiative, ‘Healthline’ was adjudged Best Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Initiative at the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS), UK, Awards Ceremony in South Africa.   The award ceremony which was held on Tuesday, 8 May, was to honour companies that have initiated outstanding supply chain management project and to celebrate the best... 

BY DANIEL OWUSU-KORANTENG (an old student of Nkawkaw Secondary School)  “Praise we the wise and brave and strong Who graced their generation, Who helped the right and fought the wrong, And made our folks a nation.”   I believe that if we fail to acknowledge the good deeds of our fellow human beings, we would find it difficult to show gratitude for God’s gift of abundant resources.   It... 

Noise making in Ghana has reached a height where uninterrupted sleep in a residential area is a luxury. Back in the days, the home was a place of sanity, refuge, privacy, and peace from the pressures of the job market and the day’s activities.   But woe betides you if the place you call your home is located anywhere near a church or a cluster of churches where deafening-noise from electronic... 

Ken Agyapong The Accra City Campus branch of the Tertiary Education Network (TEIN)   of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on the leadership of Parliament to sack the Member of Parliament for Asin North Hon. Kennedy Ohene Agyapong over his recent widely condemned hate speech on his radio station, Oman FM.   According to the group, the call has become necessary because the Assin North... 

On halving hunger Ghana has become the first sub-Saharan African country to achieve the Millennium Development Goal on halving hunger, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) announced in the first Africa Human Development Report published May 15, 2012. Dr Kwabena Duffuor, Finance and Economic Planning Minister “Since 2000 rural poverty has declined sharply, enabling Ghana to become the first... 

Kwame Gyan, CEO of Atiwa Quarries Crushing Plant & Equipment, speaking to journalists during the outdooring ceremony A $9-million stone quarry company was yesterday outdoored to commence operations in the country. Atiwa Quarries Crushing Plant and Equipment which operates on a 77-acre land, is a solely-owned Ghanaian company, and is sited at Opeikuma, a suburb of Kasoa, in the Central Region. Addressing... 

The leader of the Tijaniya Muslim Council of Ghana, Alhaji Ahmed Abul Faidi Maikano Jallo, has expressed grave worry over what he describes as day light robbery during the organisation of their annual pilgrimage to Mecca, known as Hajj.     He alleged that some so-called Muslim leaders indirectly cheat and deprive the poor and youth of the Muslim society the right to participate in the Hajj,... 

Diana Antwi Hamilton, Peace Ambassador Diana Hamilton, a popular gospel musician, has called on persons in authority to wake-up from their slumber and speak against things that threaten the peace and unity in the Ghanaian society.   “Government officials, the clergy, Parliamentarians, chiefs and assembly members must as a matter of urgency rise up and condemn what is happening in our country today.”   Mrs... 

The Central Regional Health Directorate on Tuesday took delivery of some clinical equipment and four ambulances donated by the USAID Focus Region Health Project and the Ghana Health Service at short ceremony in Cape Coast. The equipment, worth 350,000 dollars, include stethoscope, blood pressure apparatus, delivery sets and tables, weighing scales, lights, autoclaves and examination tables, would be... 

AT Kwesi Ahwoi Yells ‘he needs prayers’                                                                                                    Kwesi Ahwoi, Food & Agric Minister A political pressure group calling itself the Fishermen Friends of Nana Akufo-Addo (FIFNAA),  has described as complete “balderdash,” unpalatable comments made...