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David Bethel Writes; The Youth & Politics

You can’t be left behind when you are deeply involved – David Bethel.  Speaking at the African Biblical Leadership Initiative (ABLI) on Friday 27th November 2020 on the subject: “The Youth & Politics.”     Before delving into the subject matter, let’s take a moment to ponder on and try …

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Facebook sued for ‘denying opportunities to US workers’

The US Department of Justice has accused Facebook of discriminating against American workers by giving hiring preferences to immigrants.   A lawsuit alleges the social media firm refused to recruit, consider or hire qualified and available Americans for more than 2,600 positions. Those jobs instead went to foreigners on temporary …

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Why Emmanuel Adebayor is trending on social media

Togolese football star, Emmanuel Adebayor has since the late hours of Friday, December 4, 2020 taken the top-spot on social media platform Twitter. The former Arsenal striker has been trending over what is suspected to be a relationship heartbreak he might have suffered in the past. Screenshots of posts shared …

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Trump orders withdrawal of US troops in Somalia

President Donald Trump has ordered the removal of most US military and security personnel from Somalia, where they have been conducting operations against the Al-Shabaab militant group, the Pentagon said Friday. After ordering major troop reductions in Iraq and Afghanistan recently, Trump’s new move reflects his drive to disengage US …

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UN removes cannabis from list of world’s most dangerous drugs

The United Nations’ Commission for Narcotic Drugs voted Wednesday to remove cannabis from the most tightly controlled drugs. Member nations of the Vienna based Commission voted 27-25 to remove it from Schedule IV of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs that allows national bans for drugs with “particularly dangerous …

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Shortage of antiretroviral drugs hit Ashanti region

Shortage of antiretroviral medications has hit the Ashanti Region, Starr News has learnt. Persons Living with HIV have been moving across ART centres in various hospitals to no avail. Starr News sources say there has been an emergency requisition sent by the Ashanti Regional Medical Stores to get some stock …

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Brexit: Boris Johnson and EU chief seek to break trade deal deadlock

Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen will seek to break the stalemate over a post-Brexit trade deal on Saturday. Negotiators for the two sides called in the two leaders after saying “significant divergences” remained following a week of intensive talks. Time is running out to get …

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Ignore Manteaw’s erroneous claim on missing oil revenue – Ministry of Finance

The Ministry of Finance has asked the public to ignore what it describes as misleading claims by Dr Steve Manteaw, a former Chairman of the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) suggesting that an amount of GH¢2,132,188,611.01 of oil revenues is missing from the books. Dr Manteaw had said in …

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I never sold state lands to my brother – Mahama swears with Bible

Former President John Dramani Mahama has vehemently denied selling state lands meant for the Police and the Military, to his brother when he was the head of state of the country. Addressing at a campaign rally on Friday December 4, the presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) swore with the Holy writings …

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