July 2009

Tension, apprehension and suspicion have hit Vodafone Ghana as 950 workers of the company are due to be laid off in what the company calls a “compulsory redundancy programme”. The workers are not sure yet who will be affected. Vodafone…

Mr. Mike Hammah, the Minister of Roads and Transport, has said about $134 million would be required to extend the Eastern, Central and Western railway lines to the Boankra Inland Port for smooth take off of the facility. The government…

Mr. Richard Quartey, the acting Auditor General, has appealed to auditors to discharge their mandate with ultimate care and change their attitude to work to change the face of the service. He said the management of the Audit Service is in…

Mr. Kofi Opoku Manu, Ashanti Regional Minister, on Wednesday said government has planned to establish a School of Allied Science and a University of Energy, to help improve the manpower needs of the country. He said it was the wish of…

AngloGold Ashanti Ltd., reports an 11% second quarter earnings from its mines in Ghana and Tanzania. AngloGold Ashanti, Africa’s largest gold producer and the third largest gold producer in the world reported in a press release issued on…

Ghanaian Deputy Minister for Energy, Dr. Kwabena Donkor yesterday said if  Nigeria wants to tackle the problem of erratic power supply  it must show seriousness by separating electricity from partisan politics and make it a national…

Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday commended Gold Fields Ghana for plans to increase its current gold production level from 900 ounces to one million ounces from 2009 to 2011. He said government was also appreciative about the…

A lecturer based in the US, who was allegedly defrauded by Ms Anna Jane Ghartey, a magistrate of an amount of GH¢18,000.00, to sell a parcel of land to him, said he paid all the money to the accused. Professor Emmanuel Kwasi Adjaye, told…

Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, Eastern Regional Minister, has warned that government would not sit unconcerned for a group of people to create difficult economic situations to discredit it. He said although the economic crunch had affected…

A Nigerian Pastor who appeared before an Accra Circuit Court on Thursday declined to swear by the Bible. Pastor S. Ovia said he preferred to affirm in open court that he was going to produce Bertha Akosua Boatema, a trader who is accused…