Category: Opinion

Short Term Employment Permits: Guernsey businesses are facing a potential workforce crisis as Short Term Employment Permits (STEP) for many employees approach expiration. Without a temporary extension, employers risk losing staff who have trained over the past three years, leaving businesses scrambling to recruit and retrain replacements. Cafe owner Delphine Pesrin-Auder expressed deep concern for […]

Larry Fink, CEO of global investment giant BlackRock, has called for a societal shift in how we value careers, emphasizing skilled trades like plumbing, electrical work, and welding over traditional office jobs such as law and banking. In an exclusive interview with the BBC, Larry Fink warned that as artificial intelligence (AI) transforms the workplace, […]

Ghana Reparations: Ghana has taken a historic step at the United Nations by leading a groundbreaking initiative to formally recognize the transatlantic slave trade as one of the “gravest crimes against humanity.” The resolution, tabled by Ghana, calls on UN member states to consider issuing official apologies and contributing to a reparations fund to address […]

Kidney diseases are gradually emerging as one of the most serious yet under-recognized public health challenges in many developing countries, including Ghana. Often described as a “silent condition,” kidney disease can develop slowly over many years without noticeable symptoms. By the time many people realize something is wrong, significant damage may already have occurred. One […]

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has launched an investigation into reports that some food vendors may be adding polyethylene to frying oil during the preparation of plantain chips. In a public notice issued on March 11, 2026, the Authority said it had observed videos and social media reports suggesting that polyethylene is being melted […]

Staff of the Ho Nurses Training College have called on the government to ensure the return of several infrastructural facilities currently being used by the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS). According to the staff, the buildings were temporarily handed over to UHAS when the university was established in 2012. At the time, the […]

President Mahama says Ghana’s economy is stabilising, but cocoa price collapse and Middle East war pose fresh threats. President John Dramani Mahama last Friday delivered a calm yet confidence-boosting assessment of Ghana’s economic direction in the second State of the Nation Address of his second term. After years marked by high inflation, a weakening cedi, […]

Yaytseslav: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has disclosed that the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Ghana, Sergei Berdnikov, has stated that he is unable to confirm the nationality of the individual alleged to have unlawfully published sexually explicit images of Ghanaian women. The revelation was contained in a press release dated February 17, following […]

Bill and Hillary Clinton: Former US President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary Clinton, the former Secretary of State and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee, have agreed to testify before Congress as part of an ongoing investigation into the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The decision comes just days before a scheduled vote […]

Global Economic Outlook 2026: Professional services firm Deloitte has noted that elections held across the world in 2025 triggered significant policy shifts that reshaped global economic conditions, influencing inflation trends, borrowing costs, currency movements, and the flow of trade and capital. In its Global Economic Outlook 2026, Deloitte said these developments largely aligned with projections […]