FC Köln winger Kingsley Schindler says he will be very happy to play for the Black Stars when given the opportunity. The German-Ghanaian footballer and a native of Hamburg currently plays for Bundesliga side FC Köln. The 26-year old joined FC Köln from Bundesliga II Holstein Kiel in the summer after signing a five- year contract with the club. Schindler ...
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African Games 2019: Ghana wins gold in Men’s 4x100m
Ghana won her second gold medal at the ongoing African Games in Morocco as the Men’s 4×100 team stormed to victory in the final. Team Ghana, with the quartet consisting of Joseph Paul Amoah, Benjamin Azamati, Martin Owusu-Antwi and Sean Safo-Antwi, finished first with a time of 38.30 seconds ahead of Nigeria (38.59) and South Africa (38.80) who finished second ...
Read More »Buying a contract isn’t a crime – John Boadu
“Buying a contract from a contractor who cannot execute it isn’t a crime,” the General Secretary of the ruling NPP, John Boadu has said. According to him, it may happen that the contractor might have other things doing, therefore, selling to other equally competent persons is in the right direction just as it happens to outright sale of contracts. John ...
Read More »Vrouw bevalt van tweeling: meisje in mei geboren, jongetje laat nog 11 weken op zich wachten
De dag dat Lilliya Konovalova (29) uit Kazachstan te horen kreeg dat ze in verwachting was van een tweeling, had ze nooit gedacht dat ze twee keer moest bevallen. Toch gebeurde dat: één keer in mei voor de bevalling van haar dochtertje en nog eens elf weken later voor de geboorte van haar zoontje. Het gebeurt wel vaker dat een ...
Read More »Wetenschappers geven 36 handige tips voor een gezonder huis
Hoe het komt dat er elke dag 164 nieuwe diabetespatiënten bij komen
suikerziekteDe knapste koppen van Nederland vertellen deze zomer over ontwikkelingen in hun vakgebied in de Zomeruniversiteit. Vandaag deel 7: hij noemt diabetes types 2 de grootste epidemie in de samenleving. Er zijn 1,1 miljoen patiënten, en er komen er 60.000 per jaar bij. Diabetoloog Hanno Pijl: ,,Het is het resultaat van hoe wij ons leven inrichten.’’ Wanneer heeft hij voor ...
Read More »We’ve restored fiscal discipline – Akufo-Addo tells TICAD
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says his government, over the course of the last two and a half years in office, has succeeded in restoring fiscal discipline in the management of the economy, resulting in the macroeconomic indices pointing in the right direction. According to President Akufo-Addo, the favourable macroeconomic situation prevailing in the country is a firm indication of ...
Read More »Ghana not doing enough to prevent corruption – GII
The Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) says Ghana’s fight against corruption is insufficient and may not yield desired results if more targeted efforts are not made. Fundraising Manager, Michael Boadi said while there appears to be a lot of talk against the menace, the commitment needed to nip the menace in the bud is lacking. “We are not doing enough to ...
Read More »We won’t sleep with our husbands again – Women protest
Women of Ntenanko, a farming community in the Bekwai Municipality of the Ashanti Region have vowed to continue to starve their husbands from making love to them for fear of getting pregnant and not having a health facility to attend antenatal care. According to them, the only way they will rescind their decision is for their husbands to work towards ...
Read More »Most small business owners don’t understand tax laws – PEF Boss
A lot of small business owners in Ghana are unaware of the existing tax laws in the country, the Chief Executive Officer of the Private Enterprises Federation (PEF), Nana Osei Bonsu, has said. The few who are aware, he said, don’t understand the laws and what it means to comply. He has therefore, called for more education on tax laws ...
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