THE PARROTS

It sounds like a pretty 'fowl' suggestion but the odour of chickens could be the key to preventing malaria or even  Zika , scientists believe. Experiments by Swedish and Ethiopian scientists found that mosquitoes steer clear of homes which contain a live chicken suspended in a cage. The researchers believe mosquitoes are wary of chickens because the birds eat the insects, and their blood is not nutritious enough to be worth the taking the risk. Crucially the mosquitos do not even have to see the chicken to be diverted. The smell alone creates a poultry ‘odour bubble’ which deters even the hungriest mosquito from going anywhere near the pungent source. Most mosquitoes will not even enter a house that contains a chicken, let alone a bedroom. But is suspending a chicken in your bedroom sounds a little extreme, scientists have isolated the chemical compounds and are now planning to develop a repellent. Professor Richard Ignell, of the Swedish University of Agri

IMF and Finance minister Seth Terkper Ghana could lose out on the third tranche of $116 million from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) if government goes ahead to pass an amendment bill on borrowing from the Central Bank. The amendment to the Bank of Ghana Act will allow government to borrow from the Central Bank not more than 5% of the previous year's revenues. This will be a departure from an agreement with government not to borrow a dime from the Bank of Ghana in the three-year period of the credit agreement. The Fund has become a supervisor of Ghana's economy after government entered into a 3-year extended credit facility agreement with the IMF in 2014. Ghana is expected to receive $918 million from the IMF, released in three separate tranches. If government behaves well according to the IMF, government gets approval for a tranche. After a first tranche of $116 million was transferred in January 2015 and another $114.6 million and a second

4th Anniversary Commemorative Lecture Of The Passing Away Of President John Evans Atta Mills. It is announced for the information of the General Public that under the auspices of the Government of Ghana, working in tandem with, the University of Cape Coast (UCC), the John Atta Mills Center for Law and Governance (GIMPA), and the Planning Committee, the fourth in the series of the John Evans Atta Mills Memorial Lectures will take place at the Main Auditorium of UCC on Monday, July 25, 2016 , at 3pm prompt. The Commemorative Lecture, which will be anchored to the theme; “Atta Mills: Servant Leader”, will be delivered by, H.E. Joyce Banda, former President of Malawi. Prior to the Commemorative Lecture, in the morning of the same day, there will be the Commissioning of the,  John Atta Mills Presidential Library, by, His Excellency President John Dramani Mahama, at the Cape Coast Chapel Square, at 9.30am . Koku Anyidoho (For, and on behalf of Planning Committ