September 2009

Two Metropolitan and 10 District Assemblies in the Greater Accra and Ashanti Regions have since the beginning of the year not received their share of the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) due to their failure to submit annual budgets.…

Firstbanc Financial Services is to vote GH¢10 million each year to prop local Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) to the point where they would be responsive to export opportunities. In collaboration with Access Bank, the funding…

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has started a programme to eliminate transformers and capacitors that contain a chemical called Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) which has been identified as harmful to human health. The PCBs are a…

A total of 10 cases of influenza H1N1 (swine flu) have now been confirmed in the country, according to an update of the pandemic issued by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) on Thursday. It said the first eight cases had been "well managed and…

The German government has increased its continuous support for the Kofi Annan International Peace Keeping Training Centre (KAIPKTC) in Accra. The centre which was established with German support in 2002 has been receiving regular support…

The innovative ICT software, mPedigree developed by Bright Simons, the young Ghanaian innovator to check the influx of fake drugs has captivated the entire world winning him a number of awards. Earlier this year,  mPedigree won the 1st…

The New Patriotic Party (NPP), main Minority in Parliament, on Wednesday accused Dr. Kwabena Duffuor, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, of being untruthful and inconsistent in his presentations on the Ghanaian economy. Mr. Osei…

President John Evans Atta Mills on Wednesday gave Ghanaians the assurance that Government would not fail to deliver on its promises of improving on their standard of living.      “We can see light at the end of the tunnel,” he said when…

The Spanish Government is providing Ghana with a seven million Euro loan facility to construct and equip six cold stores with refrigeration facilities in some selected fishing communities in the country.      This is under the second…

Dr Kwabena Duffuor, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, on Wednesday said government was embarking on structural reforms that would enhance the economy to withstand externally induced economic shocks.      He said short-to…