Bottled drinking water is safe – GSA

Mr Kofi Amponsah-Bediako, Public Affairs Director of the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) has said bottled water companies passed for safety and quality assurance certification by his outfit is considered wholesome. He said unless…

Drug use among adolescents is rising – Centre

The use of drugs among young people between the ages of 12 and 17 is on the rise, according to the Centre for Behavioural Health Statistics and Quality (CBHSQ). Currently, about 70 per cent of the inmates at the psychiatric hospitals in…

GAWU rescues 3,500 child labourers

The General Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU) says it has withdrawn more than 3,500 children from child labour since 2013 in its bid to eliminate the menace. Mr Edward Kareweh, the General Secretary of GAWU, said the children had been…

Woyongo bows out of active party politics

Former Member of Parliamentary for the Navrongo Central Constituency, Mr Mark Owen Woyongo has announced plans to exit active party politics even though he would be at the background to infuse support and counsel to the National…

The irony of ‘Ghana Beyond Aid’

In “Dead Aid”, Dambisa Moyo made headlines by calling for a freeze of donor assistance to African governments in the next five to ten years claiming that aid has not worked because it has propped up dictators, fostered corruption,…