February 2012

Youth Development through Sports (YDS), a network organisation, a not-for-profit organisation that uses sports as a tool for social development was on Wednesday launched in Accra, Ghana. YDS, which evolved from the German International…

Mr Alban Sumanu Bagbin, the Health Minister, has underlined the government’s commitment to dialogue with all stakeholders to fashion out a comprehensive and sustainable health financing policy for the benefit of all Ghanaians. He said…

The Effutu Municipal Chief Executive, Nii Ephraim, has presented six Yamaha Outboard Motors to some fishermen in Winneba, who have registered under the Local Enterprise and Skills Development (LESDEP). Nii Ephraim urged the youth to…

A report by a US-based firm that protects online businesses from fraud and abuse has found that activities of cyber crime are conducted at 1am local time (5pm Pacific Standard Time) in Ghana every day in the year 2011. In a press statement…

Former UN Boss Mr. Kofi Annan will be in New York from February 29 to March 2, 2012 to hold several meetings on the crises in Syria, his office has announced. “During his visit, Mr. Annan will have a series of meetings with the United…

The Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD), has given the assurance that all retired government workers would get their single spine salary arrears for the year 2010 and 2011 from July this year. Mr Michael Inkoom, an…

STAR-Ghana, a multi-donor organisation has supported 45 Civil Society Organisations and non-state actors with a total grant of $4,837,562 to enable them ensure a peaceful, transparent, and fair elections. The initiative, the first in that…

Dr Alfred Sugri Tia, a Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture, in-charge of Livestock, on Tuesday gave the assurance that the country would not experience food crisis in spite of poor food crop harvest last year. “Government has placed…

The process of integrating the switches and Automated Teller Machines (ATM) to the national switch has started with three banks. The banks are Zenith, Prudential and Cal Bank, which are using the NCR ATMs and position switches, which have…

The US is interested in knowing the outcome of the boundary dispute covering some parts of the Jubilee Oilfields between Ghana and neighbouring Ivory Coast. According to a top US diplomat, Ghana and Ivory Coast have set up a commission to…