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Bacterial black spot disease attacks mango farms in Kintampo Mango farms in the Kintampo North municipality have been massively attacked by mango bacterial black spot disease, raising fears of poor harvest among farmers in the area this season. The farmers say they risk losing their harvest this year, noting they do not have the financial strength to undertake mass spraying exercise to rid their farms of the disease, hence need assistance. The bacterial black spot is a very serious disease of mangoes and it causes cracks in both the trees and the fruit, resulting in the fruit getting rotten and…

Pizza is healthy. And it isn’t healthy. Depending on the type of crust, the amount of cheese and the toppings used, pizza can rank anywhere from nutritionally decent to a diet disaster. Even healthy pizzas deliver a good amount of sodium from tomato sauce and cheese, so if you are watching your salt intake, you should eat with caution. Of course, the size of the slice and the number of slices you eat count, too. Pizza pros include the fact that it offers calcium from cheese and disease-fighting lycopene from tomatoes. And pizza crust made with whole-wheat flour (including whole…

Shareholders of the GCB Bank have shot down a motion to increase the yearly remuneration of the Bank’s Directors, from GHȼ2.5 million to GHȼ4 million. The motion was put forward by the Board at the Bank’s 23rd Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Accra on Friday but shareholders did not approve it, saying the proposed GHȼ4 million per annum was too high. The shareholders, by a show of hands when the motion was put to the vote, declined to approve the proposed increment, which was the penultimate issue on the agenda of the AGM. According to the shareholders, the proposed increment,…

Sir Stanley Matthews remains one of England’s most famous footballers and was known as the Wizard of Dribble. But he was also arguably the first global icon, paving the way for superstars such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. And it all began in Ghana, writes Scott Anthony. Football is the closest thing the planet has to a global popular culture. Wherever you go in the world, you’ll find people kicking a ball around, watching matches in cafes, wearing replica shirts, and betting or playing football games on their phones. Yet the idea of a footballer as a global icon…

The head of Chemical Engineering at the Kumasi Technical University, Professor Osei-Wusu Achaw, is hopeful the conversion of polytechnics into technical universities will curb youth unemployment and alleviate poverty in the country. Speaking in an interview with TV3, Professor Osei-Wusu Achaw, pointed out that, the focus of technical universities is to produce people with medium and high level employable skills , Professor Osei-Wusu Achaw, who is also the Ashanti Regional chairman of the Ghana Institution of Engineers, noted: ‘’It is in this vein that government committed a lot of resources to ensure the successful implementation of the conversion in line…

After she lost the courage to trade in vegetables – her  source of livelihood at the Aboabo market in Tamale – due to her fistula condition after her fifth birth, 40 years old Mma Fulera is now back to her business with higher aspirations. Today, Mma fulera has returned to her spot in the market where she does not only trade in vegetables, but also have her friends and happier life. Following her successful reconstructive surgery,  Mma Fulera reveals she has become an ambassador of fistula and has not relented on her efforts to spreading the news of reconstructive surgery to women living with…

The Attorney General says she is unable to assist a member of the opposition NDC legal team, Victor Kojogah Adawudu with information on the controversial US$2.25 bond as requested. The 2.25 billion dollars domestic bond was issued by the Finance Minister in April 2017 but has since been on the front burner constantly being fueled by NDC functionaries led by the Minority in Parliament. They suspect some fishy deal in the sale of the bond, petitioning both local and international bodies to investigate the sale. About a fortnight ago, Mr. Adawuda also wrote to the Attorney General Ms Gloria Akuffo…

Yet another person has lost his life in the protracted land dispute between the people of Alavanyo and Nkonya in the Volta Region on Friday. The 43-year-old man was killed around 3pm at Alavanyo. He had stepped out to attend to a project not far from his house when the unfortunate incident happened. His death adds to three the number of persons who have been killed in May alone despite the heavy security presence in the area  amidst the dusk to dawn curfew. A 15-year-old boy Prince Ankutse was shot dead earlier this month. Barely a week ago a middle…

Former President John Dramani Mahama appears to be brooding in his absence in government, following what appears to be a mass dismissal of persons employed under his government. The current administration has sacked and forced out some key government appointees and laid off some workers it said the Mahama-led administration employed without following due process. But the former president had to defend the integrity of his administration, lambasting the New Patriotic Party government for indulging in “unacceptable” dismissal of workers. “Bad precedents for our governance. Mass sacking of workers by the NPP govt unacceptable. #OneGhana #OnePeople”, Mr. Mahama tweeted Friday…

Some enraged residents of Somanya in the Eastern Region have attacked the regional office of the Electricity Company of Ghana over what they described as outrageous bills. The people who were incensed by the unexplained astronomical increment in electricity bills vandalised property at the ECG offices on Friday morning.  What broke the back of the camel which led to the vandalism was when the utility provider embarked on a mass disconnection exercise in the area. Residents that used to pay some 300 cedis a month, are now being billed over 2,500 in a month, which most of them have not…