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The Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolgatanga Central, Mr Isaac Adongo, has asked the government and the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to come clean on the financial impact of the collapse of UT and Capital banks on the taxpayer, explaining that the collapse has so far cost the country GH¢3.4 billion. Out of the amount, he said, GH¢1.4 billion was used as liquidity support for the failed banks in 2016 prior to their collapse in August, this year, while “the government now intends to issue a bond of GH¢2 billion to pay the GCB Bank for the difference in the…

The number of journalists imprisoned across the globe for their work has hit a record high in 2017, the annual prison census report by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has revealed. A total of 262 journalists were put behind prison bars globally in 2017 as against last year’s historical record of 259. It said nearly three-quarters of journalists are jailed on anti-state charges, many under broad and vague terror laws, while the number imprisoned on a charge of “false news,” though modest, rose to a record 21. The report revealed that for the second consecutive time, more than half…

For the fourth time, the Accra District Court has subpoenaed pathologist who conducted autopsy on Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North, J.B Danquah-Adu to appear before the court. On Thursday, the court asked that another subpoena should be served on Dr Lawrence Edusei, so that he could furnish the court with the full autopsy report on the deceased. When the matter was called, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) George Amegah mentioned Dr Edusei’s name aloud three times but no one owned up in open court as being him. READ: Pathologist ‘snubs’ court over post-mortem report of JB Danquah The court…

Takoradi-based artiste, Ayesem, says he hopes to collaborate with some of the industry’s heavyweights in a bid to come into the limelight. Speaking on Connect FM’s entertainment show (Oil City Mix) Thursday, Ayesem, said he is targeting Obrafuor, Sarkodie and M.anifest and other experienced musicians to collaborate with on some of his songs. He told host of the show, DJ Oxygen, that as a young artiste, featuring such legends would give him the needed mileage in his musical career. The Koti hit maker is one of several musicians billed to perform at the upcoming Made in Taadi Concert scheduled for…

The year ended on a high note in Accra when Ghana Rugby held a “Get Into Rugby” (GIR) year-end festival at the Kanda Cluster of Schools on Wednesday 23 December 2017. The schools involved in rugby ended the term with a touch rugby competition among boys and girls. It is the third time the program was held at the Kanda Cluster of schools. Participating schools included the Islamic Training Institute, Al-Waleed Comprehensive Islamic Basic school, Kanda 3&5 JHS, Kanda ‘1’ Basic, Kanda A.M.A JHS and Aggrey Memorial International School. Each school presented two teams, boys and girls, with 12 players…

Construction work for a vaccine manufacturing factory is set to begin in Ghana. The factory when completed will be the first of its kind in Sub Saharan Africa serving the needs of Ghana and the entire region. This comes on the back of the signing of a memorandum of understanding between Merck KGaA and Ridge Management Solutions witnessed by Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia and Germany’s Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy, Brigitte Zypries. “With all the issues with disease outbreaks we are confronted with, it is important that we have a vaccine factory. This will be something to build on…

Mr Yaw Osafo-Marfo, the Senior Minister, has said that over 50 per cent of loans and grants given to Ghana have not been spent for various reasons. “While some institutions are looking for money to carry out certain programmes and projects, there are money which have come from various development partners, some grants (grant meaning that we are not to pay back) and for one reason or the other we are not able to use this money efficiently and effectively,” he said. Mr Osafo-Marfo made this known on Wednesday in Accra at the Stakeholders’ Validation Workshop on the Draft National…

If your wine was served in a smaller glass, would you drink less of it? That is the question being posed in a study, published in the BMJ, into the growing size of wine glasses. University of Cambridge researchers found glass size grew from an average 66ml in the 1700s to 449ml today – a near sevenfold increase – and wine drinking nearly doubled from 1980-2004. “When it comes to how much we drink, wine glass size probably does matter,” says study author Prof Theresa Marteau. The increase in the capacity of wine glasses has been more rapid since the…

If your wine was served in a smaller glass, would you drink less of it? That is the question being posed in a study, published in the BMJ, into the growing size of wine glasses. University of Cambridge researchers found glass size grew from an average 66ml in the 1700s to 449ml today – a near sevenfold increase – and wine drinking nearly doubled from 1980-2004. “When it comes to how much we drink, wine glass size probably does matter,” says study author Prof Theresa Marteau. The increase in the capacity of wine glasses has been more rapid since the…

Member of Parliament and a former Deputy Attorney General, Dr. Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, has described as misleading comments made by Defense Minister Dominic Nitiwul against some members of the erstwhile administration. Mr Nitiwul accused them and their leader, John Dramani Mahama, of looting government lands. In a statement on Thursday, Mr Ayine said that the Minister of Defense has access to all documents pertaining to the issue at hand. “If he so desired, [he] could have received proper briefing from the Military High Command, especially the Directorate of Legal Services, before seeking to mislead the public on the matter.” According…