September 2009

Mr Baba Jamal, the Deputy Eastern Regional Minister, on Wednesday said the public financial management of the country was deficient as a result of many challenges.     He said annual financial reports consistently revealed deficient and…

A joint operation by the National Security, the police, the Narcotic Control Board and the Port Security has led to the discovery of five bags of substance suspected to be cocaine on board a Panamanian vessel which docked with cargo later…

Believe it or not, Ghana’s Minister of Information is now on Facebook, the most successful social networking site so far. Facebook was started about five years ago by a young man, Mark Zuckerberg with college students in mind. But in the…

Ghana has seen yet another innovation in the media landscape – an information technology newspaper has been launched. The newspaper, IT Updates, published by IT firm, Leda Systems Ltd., was launched in Accra Tuesday September 1, 2008 at…

The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) gained another 2.59 per cent in trading on Tuesday as the bourse looks set to claw back its losses since the beginning of the year that saw stocks lose considerable sums of money. Change for the year to date…

Krachie East District Assembly in the Volta Region is indebted to 11 contractors to the tune of GH¢1,648,223.39 for various jobs done including building the Assembly’s office complex and staff accommodation. Mr Raphael K. Ogyemako, the…

Telecom operators in Africa are advocating lower taxes as a way to expand services and bring about faster economic growth on the continent. Mr. Chris Gabriel, Chief Executive Officer of Zain Africa, said research had shown that for every…

The Millennium Development Authority (MDA), has supported farmers in Akwasiho in the Kwahu East District of the Eastern Region to produce green pepper for export to the United Kingdom (UK). Forty-seven out of the 50 members of Blessing…

Telecom stakeholders attending the Telecom World Africa 2009 conference in Cape Town, South Africa, have hailed the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communication (GIFEC) as a laudable model for universal access to infrastructure…

Rukayatu Abubakari, a petty trader in Hohoe, has appeared before a Hohoe Circuit Court for defrauding Mr Ebenezer Lawson, farmer, of 41 bags of charcoal. Rukayatu pleaded guilty to defrauding by false pretences and was admitted to bail in…