Mass strikes and protests in France over pension reform
France woke on Thursday to a nationwide strike by transport workers, teachers and other professionals in a showdown between unions and President Emmanuel Macron over his planned pension reforms. Some 90 per cent of high-speed trains have been axed, most of the Paris metro is shut, hundreds of flights cancelled and the majority of schools […]
GFA invites bids for its TV media Rights
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) is inviting bids from media organisations for the television broadcast rights for the following competitions: a. Ghana Premier League; b. Division One League; c. Women’s Premier League; d. FA Cup; e. Women’s FA Cup. Bidders are allowed to bid for all the marketing assets listed above or any combination of […]
South African anti-apartheid campaigner Archbishop Tutu in hospital
Nobel Peace Prize laureate and veteran of South Africa’s anti-apartheid struggle Desmond Tutu has been admitted to hospital for the treatment of an infection, his office said on Wednesday. “The Archbishop has been hospitalized several times over the past few years for treatment of a similar condition,” the Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation said […]
Europe’s ‘carbon border tax’ could hurt climate negotiations: China adviser
The European Union’s proposed “carbon border tax” on imports could introduce uncertain and harmful factors to otherwise friendly cooperation in climate talks, an adviser to China’s negotiating team at a United Nations conference said on Wednesday. The EU’s senior climate official said in October the newly installed European Commision would push for a tax to […]
Government highlights cultural significance of James Town, Ngleshie Alata
The Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mrs Barbara Oteng Gyasi, has highlighted the historical and cultural significance of James Town, Ngleshie Alata in Accra saying it has the potential of becoming a major tourism hub in Ghana if the people put behind them all distractions to propel development there. This is contained in a […]
Students at Akropong School For the Blind exposed to criminal activities
The Akropong School for the Blind has received an ultramodern ICT lab with sets of computers that have a technology which makes them user friendly to visually impaired persons. The lab that has 25 sets of computers from the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communication, GIFEC, forms part of government’s effort to improve the learning […]
Cote d’ Ivoire, Liberia launch National Immunisation Programmes for HPV
MSD known as Merck & Co., Inc., (NYSE: MRK) in the United States and Canada, has congratulated both Cote d’ Ivoire and Liberia on the successful launch of the National Immunization Program (NIP) for the Human-Papillomavirus (HPV – the main cause of cervical cancer). Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women aged […]
India woman set on fire on her way to rape case hearing
A 23-year-old alleged rape victim is fighting for her life after she was set on fire while going to court in northern India. The woman was on her way to a hearing in the case she filed against two men in March, in Uttar Pradesh. She is in critical condition in hospital, where she is […]
Trump calls Trudeau ‘two-faced’ over video
US President Donald Trump has called Justin Trudeau “two-faced” over a video in which the Canadian leader appears to mock him at a meeting of Nato leaders. Footage showed Mr. Trudeau, UK PM Boris Johnson and French leader Emmanuel Macron discussing an impromptu press conference held by Mr. Trump. Nato leaders agreed a statement of […]
Suicide not caused by spiritual forces – Psychologist tells Anlo residents
The Head of Department of Psychological Medicine & Mental Health at the School of Medicine at the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS), Dr. Eugene Dordoye has advised residents of Anlo Afiadenyigba in the Keta municipality of the Volta Region to disabuse their mind that suicide is caused by spiritual forces. Dr. Dordoye who […]
