The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has refuted rumors making the rounds that Dome-Kwabenya Member of Parliament (MP) Sara Adwoa Safo sought permission from him to be absent. According to him, he has been having numerous calls from the media whether or not he granted the lawmaker permission be absent […]

Speaker of Parliament, Mr Alban Bagbin, has condemned the use of the police service by “megalomanic” politicians to enforce ethical and professional journalism through arrests. Three journalists have suffered that fate in less than a month. Media General’s radio and TV presenter Captain Smart was recently arrested and put in […]

US fighter jets, along with Norwegian and British military airplanes, intercepted Russian airplanes near NATO-allied air space on Thursday, according to NATO. A day earlier, Norwegian military airplanes identified and intercepted Russian planes in the High North, a separate NATO release said. Both incidents occurred as tensions between Russia, the […]

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center clinical researcher Dr. Rachel Issaka was just named the inaugural recipient of The Kathryn Surace-Smith Endowed Chair in Health Equity Research. The new endowed chair will help advance Issaka’s research, which focuses on reducing colorectal cancer deaths and disparities, particularly among members of racial/ethnic minority groups and low-income […]

Effective January 1, 2022, the City of Chicago is requiring all employers of “Domestic Workers” to provide a written contract to the Domestic Worker, setting forth the “wage” and the “work schedule” agreed upon between the employer and the Domestic Worker. Upon request of the Domestic Worker, the employer must provide the written contract […]