Author: TNRgh

The World Economic Forum estimates that mental illnesses will account for more than half of the economic burden of disease over the next two decades – more than cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases combined. In high-income countries, more than 35% of people with mental disorders receive no treatment. This rate can increase to 85% for those in low- and middle-income countries. Statistics from the Mental Health Authority in Ghana indicates that about four million Ghanaians, out of the estimated population of 28 million are suffering from mild to severe mental illnesses, with treatment gap hovering around 98% of the…

Board Members of Ghana Rugby Union, Ernest Hanson and Rafatu Inusah have organised a fun rugby competition between Kanda Community Boys and Cantonment Boys at the Horizon Special School. Twelve boys were divided into 3 teams, Conquerors, Cosmos and Hokmos. Cosmos won, followed by Conquerors and Hokmos. All teams were presented with medals and a trophy went to the winner. It was a great day as the boys really had fun. Meanwhile, Rafatu Inusah with the President of Sierra Leone Rugby, Naasu Fofana, have also discussed  Get Into Rugby in Ghana, development of women’s Rugby in Ghana and how Ghana…

The European Commission Vice President for Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness, Mr. Jyrki Katainen, is expected to arrive in Ghana on 13 June 2019 for a two-day official visit as part of a two nation visit to Togo and Ghana.  While in Ghana, Mr. Katainen will participate in the first Ghana-EU Business Forum, on 14 June in Accra and deliver the closing remarks alongside Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, Vice-President of the Republic of Ghana. He will also hold bilateral meetings with the Vice President and the Economic Management team. He will deliver a lecture on the EU-Africa Alliance at the Kofi…

Two goals from Naby Keita and Kwame Boahene ensured Asante kotoko eased into the semi-finals of the ongoing Ghana Football Association (GFA) Normalization Committee Special Tier Two competition after beating Berekum Arsenal by 2:1 at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium, Kumasi on Sunday. Ebenezer Aboagye’s 34th minute goal was not enough for visiting Berekum Arsenal after Naby Keita opened the scoring in the 9th minute, as Kwame Boahene doubled the scores for the Porcupine Warriors to end an entertaining first half. It was all kotoko affair in the early stages as Boahene and Gyamfi looked very dangerous for the Arsenal…

There was a drama amidst uncontrollable laughter at Fijai, a suburb of Sekondi/Takoradi when a suspected thief who was arrested in the community told those who arrested him that he had forgotten his real name. The suspect, in his early 20s, was arrested on Saturday dawn around 4am with items including footwears, bags, crates of eggs among others. Bismark Koomson who is the Unit Committee Chairman of the community told Connect FM’s OMANBAPA morning show host, Nhyiraba Paa Kwesi Simpson the suspect was arrested when he was going for the booty he had hidden in an uncompleted building. “He had…

Family praying in church — Image by © Ocean/Corbis[/caption] A new study from Harvard’s School of Public Health investigated the mental health and physical wellbeing of children and teenagers who were raised with religious or spiritual practices and found a lot of benefits. The research, published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, found that those who attended religious services at least once a week as children or teens were 18 percent more likely to report being happier in their twenties than those who never attended services. If that isn’t enough of a benefit to wrangle your kids into church clothes on a Sunday morning,…

Yango, a technological ride-hailing App in Europe which launched its taxi service onto the Ghanaian market on Thursday, June 6, 2019, has received its first share of the country’s road crashes. On Saturday, June 8, at about 3:30pm, a tipper truck loaded with sand from Okponglo crashed into about 5 vehicles, including a Yango taxi with registration number GT 8244-17 at University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) junction leaving two passengers in critical condition. Though the police are yet to establish the main cause of the accident, some drivers and passengers who were involved in the accident blamed it on…

Christopher Guest More Jr was added to Europe’s most wanted list in April photo: CHESHIRE POLICE[/caption] One of Europe’s most wanted fugitives, who has been on the run for 16 years, has been arrested in Malta over the brutal murder of a man. Christopher Guest More Jr, 41, left the UK after Brian Waters was tortured and beaten to death in front of his two adult children in 2003. He is alleged to have gone to Mr Waters’ farm in Knutsford, Cheshire, to settle a drugs debt. He was arrested on Thursday night, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said. Three…

Norway scored three first-half goals on the way to an easy win over Nigeria in their opening Group A game at the 2019 Women’s World Cup in Reims. The 1995 world champions took the lead when Guro Reiten’s shot deflected off Onome Ebi into the net. Lisa-Marie Utland fired through the hands of keeper Tochukwu Oluehi to make it 2-0 before an own goal by Osinachi Ohale compounded Nigeria’s misery. Norway are level on points with hosts France, who they face on Wednesday. Ingrid Hjelmseth, Norway’s 39-year-old goalkeeper, had little to do as Nigeria struggled to carve out chances. On…

Hajia Alima Mahama[/caption] A leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko has revealed that attempts by the then-candidate Akufo-Addo to choose a woman as his running mate was met with protests by powerful women’s groups of the political party. Weighing in on the debate that has greeted President Nana Addo-Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s recent comment that there has not been enough dynamism in the gender parity agenda of the country, Mr Otchere-Darko said two groups; the women caucus of the NPP in Parliament, women organizers of the party lobbied against the choice of Hajia Alima Mahama as running-mate…