2015-05-17 Ghana Health

Maternal & Newborn Coalition demand action on Tema General Hospital   
GhanaWeb
Members of the MamaYe Advocacy Coalition have expressed their displeasure at the increasing rate of maternal and newborn deaths in government hospitals. The Coalition, made up of over 40 civil society organisations, raised placards at the opening ...

2015-05-17 Ghana Sports

Charlotte Observer   

Rory McIlroy starts to think about a 59 before settling for a 61 and four-shot lead   
The Seattle Times
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — When Rory McIlroy knocked in an 8-foot birdie putt on the par-3 13th hole at Quail Hollow Club on Saturday, he allowed an enticing thought to enter his head. “Fifty-nine was in my mind,” he said. At that point, McIlroy was 8 under, rolling ...

2015-05-17 Ghana Entertainment

GhanaWeb   

All set for dumsor vigil   
GhanaWeb
It is now certain that the dumsor vigil will take place as planned today, Saturday, May 16 ,2015. This is in spite of the reservations of the Ga Traditional Council that the vigil will contravene the ban on drumming and noise making. At a meeting in Accra last ...

2015-05-17 Ghana Sci/Tech

Daily Beast   

2015 Is the Hottest Year On Record   
Daily Beast
Two huge ice shelves in Antarctica are falling apart. 2015 is the warmest year on record. Congress swears climate change isn't happening because it snowed in DC last winter. Here's the climate crisis in two hunks of ice: the snowball that Climate Change ...

2015-05-17 Ghana Business

spyghana.com   

Republic Bank increased its shareholding in HFC Bank   
spyghana.com
The Republic Bank (RB) has increased its shareholding in HFC Bank to 57.11 per cent making it the majority owner of HFC Bank, the fifth banking subsidiary within the RB Group. Republic Bank. A statement issued in Accra and copied to the GNA said with ...

2015-05-17 Ghana World

The Indian Express   

Egypt's deposed president Mohammed Morsi sentenced to death   
The Indian Express
Deposed Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood chief Mohammed Badie and over 100 other Islamists were on Saturday sentenced to death by a court here over mass prison breaks during the 2011 uprising. Morsi and 130 co-defendants, ...

2015-05-17 Ghana Africa

The Guardian Nigeria   

Teenage suicide bomber explodes in Nigeria, kills eight   
TVNZ
A teenage suicide bomber blew herself up and killed seven other people Saturday outside a bustling bus station in the northeast Nigerian town of Damaturu, the state medical director said of the latest in a string of attacks this week by Nigeria's home-grown ...

2015-05-17 Ghana Ghana

BBC News   

#DumsorMustStop: A timeline of government promises and 'lies' from 2012   
Pulse.com.gh
This timeline dates far back as 2012 and ends with the latest comment on the power crisis by John Mahama. Published: 20.33; Sena Quashie. Print; eMail. search. Image. SEPTEMBER - NOVEMBER 2012. NOVEMBER 2012 - APRIL 2013. MAY 2014 ...