The best way to take control of diabetes is to have a "customized action plan". No two people are exactly the same and it is important that you work together with your health care professional to devise a plan that works for you. Knowledge…
Many people call it a common profession. Others think it does not take much brainwork to become one. Some people also hold on to the view that there is no much promotion in that particular career.
No wonder, one prominent politician in Ac…
There is this giant billboard of a Charismatic church in my neighbourhood in a suburb of Ho. It has the photograph of the host Pastor and his wife, also said to be a pastor.
Both radiate 'toothpaste' smiles and boldly proclaim their Chur…
Value chain plays an important role in the complete production, processing and marketing of agricultural produce. In Ghana women have been found to be playing significant roles in this sector to ensure that they satisfy their families and …
As I take a stroll towards the commercial area of Bolgatanga getting close to the old Bolgatanga market I saw a mad woman in her thirties holding a baby that to my estimation would be two to three months old.
On my way back from…
Strong alcoholic beverages such as the various brands of locally manufacutred gin and whisky are increasingly taking over the market that was once dominated by the popular local brew, "Pito", in Bolgatanga and its environs, thereby renderi…
People sit for long hours for various reasons; some do so because they feel too lazy to do anything else, others because it gives them the least pain. A few people are unable to do otherwise because of an illness and a huge disturbing numb…
Welcome, President John Dramani Mahama. The people of Upper West, Upper East and Northern Regions send you their heartfelt greetings. Indeed citizens of the entire Ghana send you their most excellent regards.
The people of northern Ghana …
Garu-Tempane District in Upper East Region is among the lucky districts that have recorded unprecedented development in four years, thumps up for the efforts of Mr David Adakurugu, outgoing District Chief Executive (DCE).
Historical…
I am considering participating in the Milo Marathon this year and I was surprised at the response I received from my friends when I told them. It appears many of us think a marathon is the preserve of those in their twenties and at most ea…
Out of the cool harmatan weather and the soothing breeze gently beating the Independence Square stood a humble President John Dramani Mahama in an flowing immaculately white "agbada" or gown and declaring to the world: "I will ensure that …
NATO was Tuesday sending Patriot missile defence systems to help Turkey defend its border with Syria, with a German unit due to set sail from a Baltic Sea port.
US and Dutch Patriot units are also en route to southern Turkey, where rocket…
Is it not amazing? A brand new year and we have a virtually clean sheet with endless possibilities. Many of us have resolved to save more money, work harder, stay healthier and spend more time doing the will of God. A handful of us will ce…
Since HIV and AIDs was discovered in Ghana in the late 1980's, the fear and stigma attached to it has not reduced because of the perception that one could only acquire the disease through promiscuity and the fear that once infected one wou…
Mrs Joycelyn Bamford Addo, the first woman to become Speaker of Ghana's Parliament, has not openly declared her intention to maintain her position or relinquish it.
On January 6, 2013, Parliament will be dissolved and despite her s…
From a distressing figure of an average of thirty-six under age five deaths recorded since 2009, officials and community members of Aowin-Suaman District of the Western Region battled to record zero child mortality in the first half of 201…
There is something magical about the night of 31st December; no matter how tiring the year has been, no matter your emotional struggles and even if you did not achieve a single health goal or resolution, by 12noon of the 1st of January, yo…
In Ghana, a cane is a teacher's staff. If you were in a school of 50 teachers you would find 50 canes and more reserves.
"A hit from Sir's cane is more painful than that of Miss," a boy of about six years told his classmate as they st…
Natural resources are the wealth of any country and the discovery and exploitation of such resources give hope to the citizens, as they are hailed as the beginning of a country's economic asset.
The wealth created from a natural reso…
Just like the referee in a football match who conducts the game, the Electoral Commission (EC) is the referee of political parties contesting an election. The referee, many a time, could receive bashing for making the slightest mistake or …
Christmas carols have taken over the airwaves, traders are finally doing brisk business though the window-shoppers exceed the buyers and the decorations are out. It does feel like Christmas again. We all expect to read about minimizing wha…
Finally, the music reached a crescendo. Almost everybody was up trying to be the best with gyrations and wriggling to the borborbor beat.
The sound of the trumpet further stirred the atmosphere as some old men and women joined the fray in…
Empowering women to harness their potentials is the magic wand to foster the development of any society or a nation, and Ghana is not alien to the rule.
It cannot be ruled out that there are certain traditional beliefs and cultural practi…
Youth Parliament are newly developing phenomena where youth supporters of political parties construct sheds, most often with support from their parties, that are supposed to serve as bases for the youth to meet and discuss party issues.
A…
Hopefully over the next few minutes we can learn basic steps to prevent being victims of what we eat. Did it ever occur to you that you have been spending good money to buy food that may actually be killing you? Years ago I read a book tit…
Election 2012 is less than three weeks away; very critical on the electoral process is the period between casting of votes and declaration of results.
For the benefit of all, the Ghana News Agency (GNA) spoke to the Chairman of the Electo…
Human activities particularly the burning of fuels, cutting down of trees and other agricultural activities such as the application of fertilizer in addition to natural processes, release gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) a…
My first visit to the State of Georgia, in the United States of America (USA), coincided with the peak of the 2012 US General Election.
I was part of a delegation, consisting of staff of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) and Gh…
The "Entrepreneurs Go To Schools" tour is a signature program which forms part of the Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) meant to take entrepreneurs to tertiary and senior high, vocational and technical institutions to share in an interact…
SliceBiz Team wins this year's startup weekend competition organized by Youth Enhancement International, LESDEP and Startup weekend International .The programme was sponsored by LESDEP as part of the Global Entrepreneurship Week activities…
About 1000 students from two institutions in the Central region have been schooled on creative ways to start up enterprises to make a living.
The programme 'Entrepreneurs Go To Schools' Tour was part of activities to mark Global Entrepren…
The African Union has set aside the 19th to 24th of November as Africa ICT week in recognition of the ever increasing relevance of the convergence of telecommunications computer and audio-visuals in the last two decades or so in an informa…
Ghana's sixth consecutive general election has attracted various campaign strategies unknown in our democratic dispensation with leading political parties struggling to catch the attention of the electorates.
With the demise of late P…
The Local Enterprises and Skills Development Programme (LESDEP) is supporting the Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) Ghana, with 50,000 dollars, to facilitate the organisation of this year's week.
The week, which is celebrated globally, i…
One of the contemporary issues in Ghana is the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) Manifesto on Education, specifically the issue of providing free education to the Senior High School level, which continues to generate a major debate.
One is not …
"By the edge of Kodero Forest in remote western Kenya, local hunters discovered the body of 31-year-old newspaper reporter Francis Nyaruri, decapitated and grotesquely disfigured, his hands tied behind his back to render him helpless. It w…
Developing countries keep lamenting over brain-drain but we hardly talk about the large numbers of unskilled labour (is that brawn?) that leave our shores daily in search of the ever-eluding Golden Fleece or greener pastures. Certainly the…
Education remains one of the major themes dominating the campaigns of the major political parties in the run up to the December 7 polls in Ghana.
The contending parties hope to win the hearts and minds of the electorate with all kinds o…
Who is attracting the votes? The main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) seeks to use it’s avow pledged to extend free education to the Senior High School level, build public Universities in regions without one and raise the quality of…
Presidential and parliamentary aspirants of the various political parties have filed nominations with the Electoral Commission, paving the way for the crucial political contest in Election 2012.
The parties are seriously engaged in electi…
Political parties that crave to come to power always do so with an agenda crafted in an elaborate campaign promise otherwise referred to as a manifesto.
The Oxford Advanced Learner's dictionary defines 'manifesto' as: "a written statement…
For nearly a decade of commercial citrus farming at Odumafo in the Eastern Region, 56 years old Kojo Marfo says, his highest sale of orange fruits after a good harvest was GH¢900.00 for a planting season.
"That year was a happy time for …
Living a healthy lifestyle is simple but certainly not easy. It is simple because there are a set of rules to follow such as increasing your physical activity and eating a healthy diet but it is not easy because we need to be disciplined; …
Not long ago, President John Dramani Mahama as part of efforts to tackle the nation's sanitation problem, launched a campaign on sustained healthy sanitation practice in Ghana.
In this regard, the Ministry of Local Government and Rural De…
There is no doubt that when it comes to ensuring peaceful election, the media as the Fourth Estate of the Realm has a major role to play. The success of every election therefore depends largely on the Journalist. That is why it is incumben…
If you do not know your blood cholesterol level, STOP whatever you are doing and rush to the nearest health facility to have it checked. The “Invisible Killer” could be stalking you.
Cholesterol is a waxy, fat-like substance that is made …
The highly anticipated movie “Mirror Boy” was yesterday premiered at the Silver Bird Ghana Cinemas.
The whole place was chocked with barely little space to maneuver, as more than 600 people thronged into the cinema premises ´ready for the…
Our forefathers warned us to run from a chicken that pursues us at dawn because he might have grown some teeth during the night. It is also not for nothing that Jesus warned us to beware of those who use His name in vain.
The President Pr…
Ghana has made a lot of strides in the development of trade as it gears towards becoming a middle income country by 2015.
No one can lose sight of the fact that the country is party to a number of international accords that focused …
We learn from the Holy Scriptures that it is not everybody who shouts, “Awurade ee Awurade ee” that will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. We are also warned to beware of wolves in sheep clothing who will use guile, deceit and lies to ensnare t…
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