The World Health Organization (WHO) has released this year’s Essential Medicines List (EML), adding new treatments for HIV, hepatitis C virus (HCV), tuberculosis, and leukemia. The list, which is comprised of medicine considered be most important for addressing public health needs, includes 433 drugs, with 30 new drugs for adults and 25 new ones for … Read more
President John Mahama sounded as though he was campaigning when he delivered his last State of the Nation Address, former Chief Executive of the Ghana Chamber of Mines, Ms Joyce Aryee has said. Critiquing Mr Mahama’s claimed achievements in the education sector, as presented to parliament on Thursday, 5 January in his last State of … Read more
A former deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana and the running mate of the NPP Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has warned that eight banks in Ghana risks collapse due to the continuous hikes of bad loans on their books. “The asset quality review of banks, conducted in 2015, shows significant vulnerability of banks to current … Read more
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has pressed on government to strictly follow roadmaps designed to wean state owned power companies off debts. According to the IMF, its recent discussion with government also focused on ascertaining the financial pressures faced by the main State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) in the energy sector. Currently, the Volta River Authority … Read more
Finance Minister, Seth Terkper has disclosed that the Energy Sector Levy Account has accrued 350 million cedis as at August 2016. Only residential users should pay energy levies – Former AGI president He made the disclosure when he addressed the media on Wednesday, August 31st, 2016, on measures taken to address the legacy debts in … Read more
The Ministry of Finance, the Bank of Ghana (BoG), and the Ghana Bankers Association have announced plans to pay the legacy debt owed in the power sector. According to the Ministry of Finance, government has arranged with the Bank of Ghana to create an escrow account to transfer 250 million cedis to settle part of … Read more
The global expansion of Netflix has exposed the video streaming website to so many unauthorized and illegal activities. One of this is an unknown person using your Netflix account without your permission. Although Netflix is making efforts to put a stop to this trend, users need to take certain precautions to ensure that their accounts … Read more
As the European Union threatens to unravel in the wake of Britain’s vote to leave, the African Union is pursuing a path of closer integration through the launch of a common passport that will grant visa-free access to all 54 member states. The electronic passports will be unveiled at the AU summit in Kigali, Rwanda, … Read more
Two Ghanaian women were reportedly prevented from entering parliament on Wednesday for “indecent dressing.” One of the ladies, Kathleen Addy took to Facebook to tell her side of the story. She explained that she had gone to the House with her friend, Jemima Nunoo to attend to some private matters, only for the police to … Read more
Making love to a woman during her menstrual period produces children with albinism (albinos), flagbearer of the All People’s Congress (APC) Mr Hassan Ayariga has said. Speaking to GhanaStar.com on Tuesday May 31 about discrimination against Persons Living with Albinism, as well as recent fears expressed by such persons in Ghana that they risked being … Read more
Mark Zuckerberg , the CEO of Facebook, has announced a partnership with Airtel which offers Facebook’s Internet.org app to Airtel customers across Africa. Facebook’s Internet.org app was launched out of the conviction that every person should have access to free basic internet services – tools for health, education, jobs, local information, and basic communication. Research … Read more
What should happen if a massive viral outbreak appears out of nowhere and the only possible treatment is an untested drug? And who should receive it? The two American missionaries who contracted the almost-always-fatal virus in West Africa were given access to an experimental drug cocktail called ZMapp. It consists of immune-boosting monoclonal antibodies that … Read more
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s Internet.org initiative launched last year with the goal of helping make the internet available to the entire world. Internet.org is taking a big step towards this by launching an Android app that provides free data access to services like Google, Wikipedia, Facebook, and more. The app will be available in Zambia … Read more