The Produce Buying Company (PBC) registered a net profit after tax of GH¢2.110 million in the financial year ended 2008, as against GH¢0.388 million in the previous year.
Cocoa production also rose by 11% from 614,532 tonnes in 2007 …
A doctor has appealed to stakeholders in health delivery particularly the media to undertake sustainable activities that aim at improving the survival, health and well-being of mothers and children.
He urged journalists to make it th…
Scientists have identified a specific type of immune cells that they said may cause malaria patients to develop more serious disease, according to a report to be published on Friday in the journal PLoS Pathogen.
These immune cells…
Deutsche Welle (DW), Germany's international broadcaster, would on Tuesday organise a workshop in Accra on radio programming for girls and boys from 12 years to 20 years of age for its partner stations in Ghana.
The workshop on the t…
The Ghana Mines workers Union (GMWU) of the Ghana Trades Union Congress (TUC) has commended President Evans Atta Mills for the bold action taken to prevail upon Anglogold Ashanti to address the degradation of communities affected by minin…
Joseph Kwabena Onyinah,
Ashanti Regional Director of Education, has lauded Otumfuo Osei
Tutu II, the Asantehene, for initiating the educational fund, which
has significantly improved education delivery, which is the key to
…
Members of Bawku Municipal Assembly on Friday confirmed Mr Musah Abdulai as Bawku Municipal Chief Executive while members of Garu-Tempane Assembly confirmed Mr David Adakudugu as Garu-Tempane District Chief Executive.
Each had more …
Vice President John Dramani Mahama, launched a 62-million dollar Northern Rural Growth Programme (NRGP), in Tamale on Friday.
He called on implementers of the programme to help farmers to rear livestock and keep guinea fowl in the Up…
The management of Honda Place Ghana Limited, a subsidiary of Stallion Motors Ghana Limited has introduced Honda City 2009 model saloon car on the Ghanaian auto market.
The car has extra active and passive standard features, including…
Government has been urged to support individuals and organizations in the country to use cocoa husks to produce in commercial quantities potash salt.
This is because potassium carbonate produced from the husks of cocoa has large eco…
The Ghana Broadcasting Corporation was on Thursday officially signed on to
the principles of the Ghana Business Code.
The Ghana Business Code is a set of principles
that encourage organizations to respect human rights at workplac…
The management of Honda Place Ghana Limited, a subsidiary of Stallion Motors Ghana Limited has introduced Honda City 2009 model saloon car on the Ghanaian auto market.
The car has extra active and passive standard features, including…
The Ghana Broadcasting Corporation was on Thursday officially signed on to
the principles of the Ghana Business Code.
The Ghana Business Code is a set of principles
that encourage organizations to respect human rights at workpla…
The Greater Accra and Eastern Regional Zone Seed Co-ordinator, Mrs Lydia Kwesitsu, on Thursday, advised certified seed maize producers within the zone to reject any foundation maize seed sold to them without the white seed certification ta…
All textile imports are to be re-routed through one port, as was done previously, as the Ministry of Trade and Industry and stakeholders take measures to close the door to imported cheap textiles that are having a detrimental effect on the…
Bauxite is locked up at Awaso because of the deplorable state of the Western Railway line, Mr. Prince Ankrah, General Secretary of the Ghana Mines Workers' Union told the GNA in an interview.
He said because of the poor nature of the …
Members of Ho Municipal Assembly on Thursday overwhelmingly approved Mr Isaac Kwasi Kodobisah 42, as Municipal Chief Executive.
Mr Kodobisah, a teacher and assembly member for Klave-Hoe polled 53 out of the 55 votes cast with a vote …
Indonesia has ordered the
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to exit from
Papua region which has been hit by separatist movement for years,
the country's Foreign Ministry said here on Thursday.
The order w…
The chairman of the
United States Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Michael Mullen, on
Thursday assured his Pakistani counterpart General Tariq Majeed
that the United States will address concerns of Pakistan in the new
U.S. r…
South Korean Foreign
Minister Yu Myung-hwan on Thursday urged Pyongyang to return
to the six-party talks on nuclear issues on the Korean Peninsula.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) should
stop raising re…
Meeting of the Golkar
Party on Thursday named Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla as
the presidential candidate of the party, according to Zainal Ma'arif,
co-chairman of the party.
Kalla, who is the chairman of the pa…
South Africa's
Congress of the People (COPE) leader was shot dead at his home in
Motherwell outside Nelson Mandela Bay on Wednesday night, a
party spokesman said on Thursday.
Gerlad Yona, 38, his wife and his children w…
A South African
election official in the Eastern Cape province has called on the
national Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to investigate a
shortage of ballot papers in the province, one day after the national
electio…
Lebanese Foreign Minister
Fawzi Salloukh affirmed on Thursday that relations between
Lebanon and Syria are back to "normal and brotherly excellent
relations."
In an interview to Kuwaiti Al-Anbaa daily, Salloukh praised…
More than 3
million votes had been counted in South Africa's national elections
by 8:30 a.m. on Thursday morning which showed that the ruling
party African National Congress (ANC) takes lead in the polls.
The results…
The National
Assembly of Tanzania has passed into law the Human DNA Bill
2009 to enable the country to collect, store, transport and test the
DNA specimen in the process of identification and other research
areas.
…
The finance ministers of
the Association of Southeast Asian Nations plus China, Japan and
the Republic of Korea (ASEAN+3) will discuss follow-up actions
on the Chiang Mai Initiative during the 42nd Asian Development
Bank (A…
The government on Thursday dismissed as "deliberate falsehood" claims by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) that the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) deleted some of its original promises from its manifesto.
It said the NDC manif…
The Government on Thursday handed over a one-storey residence to the Cuban Mission in fulfilment of a reciprocal agreement on accommodation between Ghana and the Cuban government.
Ghana and Cuba signed the agreement in 1982, with the…
Registration of candidates
for Afghanistan presidential elections would formally begin on
Saturday April 25, deputy to Independent Election Commission
(IEC) announced on Thursday.
"As planned, the candidate nomination p…
A senior Hamas leader on
Thursday hinted at extending the Islamic movement's term in the
Palestinian parliament if no agreement is reached with rival Fatah
movement.
If an agreement was reached before January 2010, the…
High-level talks between the
South Korean and U.S. forces were held on Thursday, ending
without reaching an agreement on a timeline and cost-sharing plans
for the relocation of American bases here, an official said.
Dur…
The Fanteakwa District Assembly on Wednesday confirmed the President's nominee, Mr Fuseini Abass Sbaabe, a 43 year- old bilingual secretary, as the District Chief Executive (DCE) for the area.
He polled 48 votes out of the 50 votes…
The chairman of the
United States Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Michael Mullen, on
Thursday assured his Pakistani counterpart General Tariq Majeed
that the United States will address concerns of Pakistan in the new
U.S. re…
The ruling-controlled lower
house on Thursday approved a government-sponsored antipiracy
bill despite objections from the main opposition Democratic Party
of Japan (DPJ) and other smaller parties.
The bill, which aims t…
Cuban Parliament
President Ricardo Alarcon met with President of the Foreign Affairs
Committee of Russian Federation Council (Higher Chamber)
Mikhail V. Marguelov here on Wednesday, official daily Granma
reported.
A…
U.S. President Barack
Obama "misinterpreted" Cuban leader Raul Castro's statement,
former Cuban Leader Fidel Castro was quoted as saying by local
media on Wednesday.
Fidel, in an article entitled Obama and the Blockade…
Many top Bush
administration officials had approved the Central Intelligence
Agency (CIA)'s use of harsh interrogation tactics as early as 2002,
according to a report from the U.S. Justice Department.
One of the tactics…
The United States
will soon establish a new military command for cyber operations,
the Washington Post's website reported on Wednesday.
The Obama administration is finalizing a plan for creating the
command, the report…
Former President Jerry John Rawlings on Friday commended the President Faure Gnassingbe of Togo for the successes chalked in democracy and governance.
He however appealed to the security apparatus of Togo to probe an alleged coup plo…
Mr Costers Nketia, Headmaster of Jema Senior High School has said at least five students of the school got infected with typhoid fever every week.
"I carry the sick students either to the Kintampo Municipal Hospital or the Dist…
Residents of Jema, capital of Kintampo South District of Brong Ahafo at the weekend undertook a massive clean up exercise to clear the town of filth.
The exercise, which lasted for five hours, was supervised by the district assembl…
The Kumasi Traditional Council (KTC) on Tuesday accepted the nomination of Barima Kwaku Duah, a 49-year-old business executive, as the successor to the Late Asantehene, Otumfuo Opoku Ware II.
At an emergency meeting of the Council at…
Asanteman on Thursday observed the 40th day rites of Otumfuo Opoku Ware II, the Late Asantehene.
Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene-elect sat in state at the Manhyia Palace to receive homage from sympathisers from all walks of life.
…
Mr Costers Nketia, Headmaster of Jema Senior High School has said at least five students of the school got infected with typhoid fever every week.
"I carry the sick students either to the Kintampo Municipal Hospital or the Dist…
Madam Ama Benyiwa-Doe, Central Regional Minister, on Thursday urged leadership of Churches in the Region to assist in the crusade against illiteracy with the establishment of educational fund to support needy but brilliant pupils and stude…
The government on Thursday expressed worry about recent reports of attacks on journalists and asked the police to investigate.
It said the police should regard these attacks "as criminal acts which infringe on the fundamental human r…
The National Communications Authority (NCA) has said it would soon license separate private companies to install telecom infrastructure purposely for co-location.
This, it said, was to create some sanity in the mounting of telecom mas…
Nii Armah Ashietey, the new Greater Accra Regional Minister, and three public officials on Thursday appeared before an Accra Fast Track High Court for contempt.
The three public officers are Mr F.T. Nartey, Chief Director of the Greater…
The Greater Accra, Eastern, Ashanti, Western and Central regions account for 89.4 per cent of pedestrian casualties in road accidents and 84.1 per cent of pedestrians fatalities, Mr Nobel Appiah, Chairman of the National Road Safety Commis…
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