The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah, has sued The Republic – a pro-National Democratic Congress (NDC) newspaper – over a publication suggesting that he had abused his office by using his position to extend diplomatic courtesies to the alleged Chinese galamsey (illegal mining) queen, Aisha Huang, in return for personal pleasures. The former Member … Read more
Ten years after the release of Mamma Mia, studio executives are taking a chance on the sequel to the smash musical hit. Super troupers Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfried, Pierce Brosnan, and Colin Firth are set to reprise their roles. The songs of Abba will also be back to provide a fresh soundtrack, featuring some songs … Read more
There is obvious pain after every surgical operation regardless of the site that patient reports. Patients usually have poor understanding of pain management which results in low expectations of pain relief and patient satisfaction with inadequate pain control on the part of health professionals. Barriers to pain management can be categorized under three themes as … Read more
The war against galamsey is a battle Ghana must win Ghana must win the fight against galamsey The media coalition against illegal mining has engrossed uncountable stakeholders – both internal and international – support for one important reason based on what Plato once said “One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is … Read more
At her family house at Osu, in the Greater Accra Region, 13-year-old Pamela Wayor sat on a wooden bench. From a distance, I could count her ribs when she lowered the piece of cloth tied to her chest. Little Pamela looks lanky and terribly emaciated with a pot belly. On her face are blisters and … Read more
Oscar-winning director Asif Kapadia is to make a film about a disastrous adulterous affair among the Pakistani elite with Indian star Irrfan Khan, according to reports Thursday. “Moth Smoke” is being adapted from the debut novel of Pakistan-born writer Mohsin Hamid about a social misfit who begins an affair with his best friend’s wife against … Read more
File photo: Ghana has launched a campaign against illegal mining activities For some time now in the media is the campaign against illegal mining. Ghanaians are political footballers as they always like to play politics with everything even when the Pontiff of the Catholic Church is involved. However, it is crystal clear that this fight … Read more
A Harry Potter prequel handwritten on a postcard by JK Rowling has been stolen in a burglary in Birmingham. The manuscript was penned on both sides of an A5 card for a charity auction nine years ago and sold for £25,000. The untitled 800-word work was taken from Howard Road, Kings Heath. Reportedly set three … Read more
Akuffo triumvirate and justice for the people It is reported that the president of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed Justice Sophia Akuffo for a consideration as the incoming Chief Justice (CJ). “President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has settled on Justice Sophia Akuffo as the new Chief Justice of Ghana, Starrfmonline.com can confirm. An … Read more
Hisham Suleiman now hears calls of “Abu Ahmad” when walking down the street — a sign of the popularity of a television drama that dares to present a complex view of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The show “Fauda,” or chaos in Arabic, sees Arab Israeli actor Suleiman portray Abu Ahmad, a Hamas militant being pursued by … Read more
The issue of free Senior Hihf School (SHS) became a major issue for discussion and analysis, especially during the 2012 general election. It was one of the major campaign messages put out by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and more recently when President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo informed Ghanaians that it would take off this … Read more
The Technical Working Committee, comprising some Divisional Directors of GES, senior officers of WAEC, past coordinators of CSSPS, representatives of Religious Education Units, including COMEU, and representatives of CHASS, met on Friday, May 5, 2017 in Accra. The meeting, which was attended by some 30 personalities and which was chaired by the Director of Basic … Read more
“Hello Kofi, when exactly is the date for this year’s Talented Kidz audition?” said Evans Tawiah known in showbiz as DJ Fuad, as he called me on phone one morning. It was exactly five days to the audition of the season 8 of TV3’s coveted kids’ reality show, Talented Kidz. “I’m training my small girl … Read more
Hypocrites! That’s what we really are. Our double standards keep staring us in the face each day of our lives. Our inconsistent yardsticks have made us to always cherry-pick. Morality has become subjective. What’s right and wrong have become absolutely relative. We all are hypocrites. We hate religion because it came from a foreign land … Read more
Game of Thrones will continue after the main series ends in a series of spin-off shows. US TV network HBO has signed a deal with novelist George RR Martin and four scriptwriters. The new Game of Thrones shows will explore different time periods of the “vast and rich universe” created by George RR Martin in … Read more
Having yourself shot, locked up, crucified, dangled naked from a rope, kicked down stairs or clamped to the floor near electrified water will get you attention — but is it art? It is a question Los Angeles-based Chris Burden, who died of cancer in 2015, posed through a series of stomach-churning performances that shook the … Read more
The Second Lady Samira Bawumia has called on the youth to make reading and writing an enviable attribute of their everyday life so they can contribute to projecting African literature to the world. She observed that the culture of reading seems to be dying and there is no significant difference between an illiterate an educated … Read more
Who leads the NDC in 2020/2024? The NDC’s defeat at the December 2016 polls was both unexpected and demoralising. Many party workers still find it hard to comprehend the sheer scale of our defeat in both the parliamentary and presidential elections. They are still struggling to come to terms with the enormity of what happened … Read more
Surfing the Internet, I stumbled upon an article written by one gentleman, expressing his chagrin about the District Chief executive DCE appointed for his area. In the ad hominem article titled: ‘Ada East DCE: Nana Ado, Why Sarah?’ published on Classfmonline, the author launches a diatribe against the appointment of Hon. Sarah Dugbakie Pobee – … Read more
Dr. J. B, Danquah did not fold his arms about matters he thought required correction by President Kwame Nkrumah as evidenced by a number of letters he wrote to him. These letters did not however helped matters as they appeared to have unnerved an already suspicious President who went ahead to have him arrested and … Read more