The Chief Executive Officer of Dalex Finance, Mr Kenneth Kwamina Thompson has asked Ghanaians to brace themselves for painful impact from the measures from the bailout government is seeking from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). “There is going to be an attempt to curb expenditure, public sector wage bill would have to be managed, IMF is going to recommend the removal of subsidies on things like petrol, electricity, water and we will be required to do things in a certain way {....}

The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), the nation’s second largest referral facility, has set up an isolation ward at its polyclinic to deal with any suspected Ebola case. All the clinical Directorates have also been tasked to create and designate one of their side wards as emergency isolation rooms where in-patients, showing symptoms of the deadly viral haemorrahagic fever could be quickly moved and quarantined. Dr Denis Odai Laryea, Head of Public Health at KATH, in an interview indicated that {....]

A 33-year old Ghanaian federal immigration official, Samuel Nyanteng has been arrested in the US for submitting fraudulent documents and making false statements in order to illegally bring another person into the United States from Ghana. Nyanteng, was taken into custody at about 6 a.m. when detectives executed a search warrant at his Leslie Street home, according to the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office. Nyanteng has been charged with perjury, false swearing and conspiracy. Bail has {....}

Black Stars coach Kwesi Appiah has rubbished reports that he intends to resign from his position. Appiah’s job, which he has had since 2012, has come under intense scrutiny in recent times after successive failures at international tournaments. He led Ghana team to fourth place at the 2013 AFCON and failed to progress from the group stage at the World Cup in Brazil. There were several calls from fans and football pundits for him to be sacked but he signed a two-year contract extension in July {....}

An imminent shortage of fuel is expected to hit pump stations belonging to Total Petroleum company as their tanker drivers continue an indefinite strike. The drivers are protesting the use of an electronic seal, a devise used to seal cargo after they have been loaded. Secretary of the Tanker Drivers Union, William Adarkwa told Citi Business News, the drivers fear the electronic seals could spark fire which will endanger their lives in the course of duty. “We are not experts. But the little that we know {....}

The Atuabo Gas Processing Plant has finally been completed after the successful hydro-testing of the pipelines from offshore to the facility last Monday. The facility, which has the capacity to generate about 140 million standard cubic feet of natural gas a day, is estimated to save the country more than $500 million annually when it is substituted for light crude oil in the generation of power. In addition, it will produce more than 70 per cent of the estimated 240,000 tonnes of liquefied {....}

The Head of the Human Security Department of the National Security Council Secretariat, Brig. Gen. Joseph Nunoo-Mensah (rtd) is pushing the government to suspend salaries of striking Polytechnic teachers in Ghana. Polytechnic teachers of the West African country (Polytechnic Teachers Association of Ghana) have been on strike since May 15 over book and research allowances, which are in arrears. The strike has led to the closure of all 10 polytechnics in the country. The former National Security Advisor {....}

The Ghana football Association has refuted recent rumors indicating they were planning to bring in a technical director to assist head coach Kwesi Appiah to perk up the technical responsibilities in the Black Stars. Recent media reports denote that the FA were suggesting on bringing in Serbian trainer Ljubinko Drulovic to assist the 54-year-old who guided the Black Stars to the 2014 FIFA world Cup in Brazil. Appiah has been under huge criticism after Ghana’s abysmal performance at the World Cup {....}

President John Dramani Mahama says the decision to open discussions with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is not because of the failure of government’s own home grown solutions, but rather because of the need for policy credibility and confidence from the international financial institutions, capital markets and investors for the measures being implemented to restore economic stability and growth. He noted that turning to the IMF was a decision to gain the seal of approval from the Bretton Wood institution {....}

Indirect Israel-Palestinian negotiations over extending a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip and ending a blockade of the territory got underway in Cairo on Wednesday, with positions from both sides maximalist and much jockeying expected ahead. Israel wants the Islamic militant Hamas to disarm, or at least ensure it cannot re-arm, before considering the group's demand that the territory's borders be opened. Israel and Egypt imposed a closure after the Hamas takeover of Gaza in 2007, although {....}

A man who stabbed a friend to death after a failed romance with his sister has been jailed for life for his murder. Paul Mapps, 26, of Trinant, Caerphilly, stabbed Ian Davies, 27, with a kitchen knife at a house party in January. The court heard the men had been good friends but their relationship became "somewhat volatile" when Mr Davies starting dating Mapps' sister Dawn, 30. Mapps was found guilty by a majority verdict at Cardiff Crown Court. He attacked Mr Davies with a kitchen knife {....}

Suspended Black Stars midfielders, Sulley Muntari and Kevin-Prince Boateng, will be among the the headline-makers when the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into the Black Stars’ Brazil 2014 World Cup fiasco begins its sitting next Monday. The chairman of the Commission, Justice Senyo Dzamefe, hinted the Graphic Sports in an exclusive interview at the African Regent Hotel yesterday. The soft-spoken Appeals Court Judge, who preferred to keep those to appear before the Commission to his {....}

Yesterday Beyonce uploaded a few photos of herself and hubby Jay Z on her Tumblr page, and despite reports that the couple are staying in separate hotels and this close to splitting, Bey seems to want us to believe otherwise! Though Beyonce usually posts sexy photos of herself or sweet snapshots of daughter Blue Ivy, we find it interesting that the last three she uploaded were pictures of Jay hugging her. Yesterday Page Six reported that the couple of twelve years are staying in different hotels and arriving {....}

Twenty-one police personnel were dismissed from the Ghana Police Service in the first quarter of 2014 for various acts of misconducts, investigations by The Finder have revealed. Out of the number, two were Cor­porals (Cpl), 15 were Lance Corporals (L/Cpl), and four Constables (Const.). Nine personnel, including one Su­perintendent, one Chief lnspector, one Corporal and six Lance Corporals, were also reduced in rank. A Chief Superintendent (C/Supt.) and one Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) {....}

Government has indicated plans to restructure the current management of the Millennium Development Authority (MiDA), as it completes the signing of the second MCC compact with the US government. Ghana on Tuesday signed $498 million under second compact of the Millennium Challenge Account to be used for the improvement of power distribution in the country. A day after the ratification, Finance Minister Seth Terkper says the team that supervised the management of the first compact would {....}

Deputy Minister in-charge of Tertiary Education, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has said that final year polytechnic students of the 2013/14 academic year will undertake their national service in 2014. According to him, the students who have not completed their polytechnic education will be posted to regions where their schools are located so as to be able to combine the final academic work and national service. Polytechnic Teachers have been on strike since May 15, 2014 demanding payment of their book {....}

Kanye West has a reputation for being one of the most highly quotable celebrities in the world - and now he's come out with a belter. Kanye West has a reputation for being one of the most highly quotable celebrities in the world - and now he's come out with a belter. The Bound 2 rapper swore under oath this week, after he was accused of beating a photographer, telling the snapper's lawyer: "I'm the smartest celebrity you've ever f***ing dealt with. I'm not Britney Spears." Amazing. TMZ have {....}

One of the nurses who attended Patrick Sawyer, the first Ebola victim in Nigeria, has died. Health Minister Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu made this known in Abuja August 6, Punch reports. He also revealed that 5 other medical practitioners involved in treatment contracted the virus. “Nigeria has now recorded seven confirmed cases of Ebola Virus Disease. The first one was the index case, which is the imported case from Liberia of which the victim is now late. Yesterday, 5th August, 2014 {....}