April 2012

Linda Nokoe, 48, is in the grips of the Takoradi police for attempting to register twice in the ongoing biometric registration exercise. The Takoradi District Police Commander, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Huseini Adwinaba…

CAL Bank Ghana Limited, on Monday said it has reached definitive investment agreements, to raise GH¢75 million through a private placement. The new investments will raise CAL’s stated capital to GH¢100 million as mandated by the Bank’s…

Ms Melissa De León, founder of Panama Gourmet, a company which produces gluten-free foods, has won the 2012 Empretec Women in Business Award, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has announced. The prize honours…

Designs for the construction of a new electricity sub-station which will stabilize power in the Upper West Region have been completed. The project, for which funding has been secured, is part of the construction of 161kv electricity power…

Mr Naodo Nikai, Japanese Ambassador on Friday handed over a consignment of rice to Ghana to augment the country’s shortfall in domestic rice production. Mr Nikai said the consignment totalling 17,000 tons falls under the Japanese food aid…

An amount of $2.9 billion passed through banks in Ghana as remittances within the first two months of 2012. According to the Bank of Ghana who disclosed this in its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) report April 13, 2012 the amount…

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor returned home Saturday night from Washington, DC, USA where he was unveiled as the global champion of two organizations dedicated to ensuring healthy and decent lifestyles of the poor in developing…

The Government has approved an increase of the monthly allowance for student nurses from GH¢45.00 to GH¢290. Mr. Eric Opoku, the Deputy Brong-Ahafo Regional Minister, said this at the first matriculation ceremony of the Health Assistants…

Sand winning at beaches in the Central Region is not only destroying the beaches but also hotels, restaurants and other properties along the coast, the Chairman of the Central Region Branch of the Ghana Hoteliers’ Association, Mr. Ben…

The Economic Crimes Court on Monday adjourned the matter involving businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome, who is at the centre of a GH¢51.28 million judgment debt payment, to June 4, to afford the Police enough room for investigation.…