New research finds that two chemical compounds commonly found in household cleaning and personal hygiene products cause birth defects in rodents. Researchers from the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM) and the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech – both in Blacksburg, VA – set out to examine the effect of a common type of chemicals in ...

Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery, has announced that Monday, June 26, 2017, should be observed as a statutory public holiday. The day marks the Eid Ul-Fitr, which is an important religious day celebrated by Muslims worldwide to mark the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. A statement from the Minister says the public holiday must be observed throughout ...

A global survey of experts in machine learning suggests it will be 120 years before all human jobs are automated. In 45 years’ time, though, half of jobs currently filled by humans will have been taken over by an artificial intelligence system, results indicate. The report, When will AI exceed human performance?, says AI will reshape transport, health, science and ...

The Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper says there is nothing new in the recommendations made by the 13-member Professor Kwesi Botchway Committee. According to him, even though he has not read the entire report, the eight recommendations contained in it, is known by everybody. Contributing to a panel discussion on Peace FM morning show ‘Kokrokoo’, Kwesi Pratt Jnr said: ...

The Akufo-Addo government has not only moved the country a notch higher in terms of aid, but has reduced the nation to ridicule, before the comity of nations. Africa, despite the abundance of natural resources, has always depended on its foreign partners for its sustenance. This is possible because our leaders have failed to think outside the box. We have ...

It appears that the feud between former president Jerry John Rawling and former president John Agyekum Kufuour will not abate anytime soon. At the swearing in ceremony of Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo in parliament on Monday, Rawlings and his wife, Nana Konadu, sat beside Kufuor on the front row. A picture from the event captured Rawlings frowning as Nana Konadu ...

Government has declared Monday, June 26 as a statutory public holiday, according to the Minister of Interior. A statement from the Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery said the day marks Eid-ul Fitr, the end of the 30-day Muslim fasting. Ramadan began in Ghana on Saturday, May 27. It ends on Sunday, June 25 with a celebration to be marked across the ...

It is a normal phenomenon to hear about ladies who have had broken hearts whenever a male celebrity finally settles down with the love of his life. Over the weekend after Stonebwoy married Dr. Ansong, a model who claimed to have been ‘used’ and ‘dumped’ by Stonebwoy wrote a long essay about how the Dancehall heavyweight left her for his ...

Ecobank has presented almost GHC40 million as dividend payment to the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT). This was as a result of some GHC325 million profit posted by the multinational bank in 2016. Ecobank is making the payment despite the marginal growth in its profit for last year. The state pension trust currently holds 47 million shares in ...

Rebecca Asamoah, the reigning Miss Africa Continent queen, has disclosed that she is single because she is not allowed to date as a queen. According to the beautiful lady, who is also Miss Ghana 2015 runner-up, she has a contract with the organisers of Miss Africa Continent which stops her from dating. This, she revealed, is to get her focused ...