Ghana’s quest to discover and produce hydrocarbon predates independent Ghana, but actual commercial find happened probably a century after. Hydrocarbons has been seen as a panacea to many a country’s economic quagmire, that once a country discovers the black gold, all its economic woes are resolved.  Such was the pageantry that characterized the announcement of the discovery in commercial quantities... 

Dirty water and poor sanitation sicken and kill tens of thousands of people each year in sub-Saharan Africa, and imposes a heavy economic cost on countries equal to 1.4 per cent of GDP in some countries. No one should accept this situation as destiny. We can change it.   Since access to potable water and sanitation was first recognised as a Millennium Development Goal in 2000, budgets for water... 

Checking out what you need to know about medical conditions that might affect your driving.     Introduction In order to use the public roads safely as a driver, you must be in good health. Many common conditions can affect your ability to drive and so, put the lives of other road users at risk. If you have had, or currently suffer from, a medical condition or disability that affects your... 

– ASKS DR. KWAME OSEI Ghana prides itself on being an oasis of peace and tranquility on the African continent. Ghana so far has avoided the chaos that has afflicted other African states such as Liberia, Sierra Leone, Burundi, Rwanda and Angola. As someone who monitors the media on a regular basis—be it print or electronic—this short article is to alert the media, media practitioners, commentators... 

What can be done to improve it? The word “profession” according to Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary is “a calling requiring specialised knowledge and often long and intensive academic preparation”. The Oxford Advance Learner’s Dictionary also defined “profession” as “a type of job that needs special training or skill especially that needs a high level of education.” One... 

Hundreds of ethnic Tuareg mercenaries, who had fought for both Gaddafi and the NTC rebels, returned home to Northern Mali to restart their own rebellion Until recently, Mali was praised as being a prime example of an African democracy. The same constitution has been in place since 1992 and elections held since have largely been free and fair. This all changed, though, when Gaddafi’s administration... 

“The Electoral Commission must appreciate the fact that taking teachers out of the classroom for this exercise will only disadvantage pupils and students in the various schools which we believe the Ghana Education Service will not entertain”- stated Unemployed Graduates Association of Ghana (UGAG) prior to the start of the on-going Biometric Voter Registration. Records have it that Ghana’s success... 

Is tithing commanded by God outside the levetical temple? When evaluating this controversial topic, I suggest that discussants try to keep an open mind. Don’t simply rely on developing an understanding of only one side of tithing. I suggest this, because most arguments are often emotive and highly polarized. To determine whether they address those arguments successfully or otherwise, we need... 

(My attention has been drawn to the fact that one of the figures I give below should be considerably lower.  I reproduce the article with the correct figure, and apologise to the Mills administration for the mistake.  What then happens with the new figure is that with the Woyome money we could build more six-classroom blocks.)   One, a national administration must have a holistic economic agenda,... 

ARTICLE BY: MAKAMA FRIDAUSU I have no doubt that social media would play and is playing a significant role in Ghana’s Election 2012. As a keen follower of political debates and analysis on various social media platforms, my conviction of the role of social media in this year’s election is deep-seated, positive and insurmountable. I believe that social media has opened a new wave of opportunity...