PPI drops to 2.0% in July

The month of July recorded a Producer Price Index (PPI) of 2.0 percent, the lowest in about two years. The figure is down from the 3.2 percent recorded the previous month. According to the Ghana Statistical...

Majority extols EC boss for winning US award

The Majority in Parliament Wednesday eschewed partisanship and congratulated the chairperson of the Electoral Commission Mrs Charlotte Osei for receiving the Woman of Courage Award. “I am sure if we want to compare the backlash...

Uber driver washes penis after rape attempt on ‘HIV’ passenger

A distraught Uber driver washed his genitals with a bottle of water after a passenger he tried to rape said she had HIV to stop him attacking her. Suleiman Abdirizak, 42, 'freaked out' when the woman told him she...

PODCAST: Starr Mid-day News – August 23,2017

The Starr Mid-day News has all the latest in the world of News, download and listen to today's edition.

SSNIT under pressure over $66m contract

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) is under fire following its decisions to procure a software system at a tune of $66million. The Operational Business Suit (OBS) system procured two years ago, was...

Gifty Anti outdoors ‘royal baby’

Ace broadcaster, Gifty Anti and her husband, Nana Ansah Kwaw IV, have outdoored their baby girl at the Adumasa Traditional Area in the Asuogyaman District of the Eastern region. The outdooring ceremony was strictly by...

Rooney retires from international football

England's record goalscorer, Wayne Rooney, has announced his retirement from internaitonal football with immediate effect. The Everton striker, who returned to his boyhood club from Manchester United earlier this summer, scored 53 goals in 119...

PODCAST: Morning Starr – August 23, 2017

Download and listen to all you missed on today's edition of the Morning Starr with Francis Abban.

GUBA Enterprise collaborates with Chevening Scholarships

The continuous partnership between the GUBA Enterprise and Chevening Scholarships to promote Ghanaian participation in the UK government’s learning initiative has been revamped. Applications for the Chevening Scholarships opened on Monday 7 August 2017,...

Angolans choose new leader to replace Jose Eduardo dos Santos

Angolans are heading to the polls to vote for a replacement for their veteran leader. Jose Eduardo dos Santos has been in power in the oil-rich country since 1979, making him the world's second-longest serving...