The Ministry of Energy is to develop and sustain an efficient and financially viable energy sector that provides secure, safe and reliable supply of energy to meet Ghana's developmental needs in a competitive manner.
As part of meas…
Government in 2008 sold 11,000 units of Personal Computers under the Government Assisted PC Programme (GAPP) to the public, private, educational institutions and individuals.
Dr Kwabena Duffuor, Finance Minister, who announced this in…
Millicom Ghana Limited, operators of Tigo mobile service, on Thursday presented a brand new Suzuki Vitara Saloon Car to the second grand prize winner of its "Top Up and Win Promotion," at a ceremony in Kumasi.
Mr Peter Abebrese, a Kumasi…
Mr Kwasi Addae, a Businessman has appealed to Ministry of Trade and Industry to institute measures to regulate activities of foreign traders to stop the influx of cheap foreign products and safeguard local industries in the country.
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Government on Thursday said it would directly monitor the activities of the National Communications Authority (NCA) and the mobile operators to ensure efficient quality service delivery.
It said: "NCA will be monitored to ensure that…
Mr. Cletus Kosiba, Executive Director of the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI), said Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) needed supportive business environment to contribute meaningfully to growth and development of the economy.
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Traders from the Southern part of the country, popularly called Market Queens, have been urged to buy tomatoes from farmers in the Upper East Region instead of purchasing the vegetable from neighbouring Burkina Faso.
Mr. Mark Woyongo…
Senator Musilu Obanikoro, Nigeria High Commissioner to Ghana has advised the government of Ghana not to prioritize activities of foreign oil companies over the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) when the production of oil begins in the country.
Sen…
Mr Benyameen S. A. Keelson, a Deputy Director of the Centre for National Culture, has urged investors to collaborate with the Sekondi Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA) to build a craft village for artisans in that area.
He said u…
Orange farmers in the Akuapem North District have appealed to the government to encourage investors to establish fruit processing plants in the region to motive them to produce more.
They held that the lack of ready market has made o…
The country's public debt stock is now eight billion dollars, Finance Minister Dr Kwabena Duffuor announced on Thursday.
Presenting the 2009 budget to Parliament, Mr Duffuor said public debt rose by about US$600 million last year to an …
The Youth Wing of the Mfantsiman Constituency of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has appealed to President John Evans Atta Mills to consider Mr. Abeiku Crentsil, Central Regional Youth Organiser of the party, for the appointment of …
Opanin Kwame Afreh, chairman of the Asante United Front (AUF), a pressure group in Kumasi, has appealed to President J. E. A. Mills to be cautious and nominate competent people who can represent him at the local level to successfully carry…
The President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Horst Köhler, has sent a congratulatory message to President John Evans Atta Mills on the occasion of Ghana's 52nd Independence Day which falls on Friday.
The message, released by the…
The development of communities depends on the collective effort and positive contributions of assembly members,
Mr Augustine Essah, Magistrate of Nyinahin Court in the Atwima-Mponua District, on Wednesday said.
He has, therefore, c…
Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday reiterated the need for African countries to sustain their economic and cultural ties so as to boost the development drive of the continent.
Receiving a delegation of the Union of the Comor…
Mr Joseph Yieleh Chireh, Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, on Wednesday said government would review the 20-year practice of the country's decentralization programme.
He said the aim was to make the Metropolitan, M…
The Saha Youth Association (SYA), a wing of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Tamale, has congratulated Mr Stephen Sumani Nayini on his appointment as the Northern Regional Minister.
The youth described Mr Nayini's appointmen…
Seventeen out of 18 government appointees to Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) were on Wednesday sworn into office.
The appointees made up of 11 men and six women were sworn-in by Mr Justice Nana Dwamena Tawiah, a Tema High Court Judg…
Fire gutted a house at Mfrano near Suhum in the Eastern Region on Tuesday, destroying property running into hundreds of Ghana cedis.
Also burnt in the blaze is an amount of 2,200 Ghana Cedis.
The 74 year-old owner of the house,…
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has received a report from his Special Envoy for Malaria, Ray Chambers, citing important progress towards achieving the goal of providing all endemic African countries with malaria control inter…
Dr. George Sipa Yankey, Minister of Health, on Wednesday outlined his vision for the health sector, saying the promotion of peace and unity would take centre stage of his administration.
He reiterated the need for the staff to put be…
On his maiden visit to Bawku upon assuming office, as Regional Minister, Mr. Mark Woyongo, on Wednesday, called on Kusasis and Mamprusis in the area to coexist peacefully.
He said Ghanaians voted the present government to power in th…
Professor Akwasi Asabere-Ameyaw, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba, has called for an effective collaboration between the formal and informal sectors in the fashion industry to research and come out with a standard ma…
Dr. Elias Sory, Director General of the Ghana Health Service on Wednesday said sanitation had become a crisis thwarting the progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), especially in Africa and Asia.
"The root of this unrel…
The Christian Children's Fund of Canada (CCFC), an international Non Governmental Organisation (NGO) based in Tamale, has built a GH¢25,000 clinic for the people of Kasuliyili, a deprived farming community in the Tolon/Kumbungu district.
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Government of Ghana on Wednesday strongly condemned the assassination of President Joao Bernado Nino Vieira and General Tagme na Waie, Chief of Defence Staff of Guinea Bissau.
A release issued by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and …
His Royal Majesty Drolor Bosso Adamtey I recently became the first African leader to be knighted into the Ecumenical Order of the Knights of Malta, Sovereign Order of St. John of Jerusalem. King Adamtey, who is known in private life as Dr.…
Newmont Ghana, a subsidiary of Newmont Mining Corporation, said on Tuesday it remained eager to develop the Akyem Project and was completing further analysis on its economics to ensure sustainability.
A statement signed by Ms Adiki …
A GH¢ 42 million office complex and a guest constructed by the Swedru Teachers Credit Union has been completed and handed over to the management and the board of the union.
In an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA), Mr James Y…
Alhaji Collins Dauda, Minister for Lands, Forestry and Mines, on Tuesday called on the Australian government to join hands with Ghana in the its reforestation programmes of destroyed lands in mining communities.
He said the level of …
A circuit court judge in Cape Coast, Mr Beresford Acquah, on Tuesday expressed concern over the spate of traffic offences that often lead to accidents and attributed the situation to driver indiscipline.
Mr Acquah, therefore, urged …
Nine Municipal and District Directorates of Health Services in the Upper East Region, have each received a double cabin pick-up vehicle, to promote health in the region.
The vehicles and 82 motorbikes also for the directorates, all v…
The general public has been reminded that Friday, March 6, 2009 is a statutory public holiday to mark Ghana's 52nd Independence Anniversary.
A statement signed by Mr Cletus Avoka, Minister of the Interior, urged that the Day be obser…
An Accra High Court has sentenced two former officials of the Precious Minerals Marketing Company Limited (PMMC) to 14 days' imprisonment for contempt of Court.
They are Stephen Adubofour, Former Board Chairman, and Aristotle Kotey, F…
The Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital on Tuesday said
though the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) was the best in health care delivery, delays in reimbursement remained a major challenge.
Speaking at the Annual Performance Review mee…
The former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings has stressed the commitment of the 31st December Women's Movement to the empowerment
of women to enable them to cater for their families, especially the children.
She was addressi…
The Ghana Meteorological Agency, on Wednesday said it would be misty along the coast, valley and high grounds early this morning becoming hot and sunny with clouds during the day.
However, there will be isolated cases of thunderstorms…
Madam Ama Benyiwa-Doe, Central Regional Minister on Wednesday said media personnel had a stake in socio-economic development and gave the assurance to welcome constructive criticisms in pursuance of progress and development of the Region.
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Ga Dangme Youth Association, a pressure group in the Greater Accra Region, on Wednesday expressed disappointment at the seeming lack of interest by the nation in remembering its heroes.
A statement signed by Nii Marma Marquaye, Vice …
The African Union (AU) on Tuesday urged the authorities of Guinea-Bissau to launch a full investigation into the assassination of President Joao Bernardo Vieira and his chief of general staff, Batista Tagme Na Waie.
The AU Peace and …
Students at Antananarivo University jointed the opposition protest against the government on Tuesday, urging the government to release one of their classmates within 24 hours.
The student threatened to kidnap every policeman they me…
Guinea-Bissau's parliamentary speaker Raimundo Pereira took oath as the country's interim president Tuesday, one day after President Joao Bernardo Vieira was killed.
According to the western African country's constitution, Pereira wi…
The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a presidential statement on Tuesday condemning the killing of Guinea-Bissau's president and army chief.
In the statement, the 15-member body condemned "in the strongest terms" the assassina…
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero highlighted here on Tuesday the importance of Russia on the world stage following his meeting with visiting Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
"We have discussed the need for good relations b…
The Ekumfiman Rural Bank in the Mfantseman District has re-launched its existing products to make them more attractive and profitable to customers.
Mr Samuel Kwesi Barnes, General Manager of the bank, who said this at Essuehyia, on …
Ghana Cocoa Board will continue to support initiatives aimed at eliminating the worst forms of child labour and forced adult labour in cocoa, COCOBOD Chief Executive Mr Tony Fofie, said on Tuesday.
Speaking at a Cocoa Verification Boar…
Credit Unions offer the most competitive advances in the country today, Mr Paul Tsekumah, Chairman of the Ghana Water Company Limited Credit Union in Ho Said.
He said given credit union's low interest rate of about three percent per …
Alhaji Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak, Minister for Youth and Sports, has urged members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to be tolerant to divergent political views.
He said multi-party democracy was about pursuing one's ideological a…
Mr Peter Owusu Baffoe, Chairman of Nkoranza South Constituency of National Democratic Congress (NDC) has advised members of the Party seeking for appointment in government to examine themselves as to whether they could perform to expectati…
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