February 2010

China remained the top holder in the ballooning US debt last year, revised data showed, after earlier indications it had been eclipsed by Japan drew speculation about Beijing's motives. Revised data released late Friday by the Treasury…

Marathon negotiations in the U.S. Senate on financial regulatory reform were set to continue on Sunday with a renewed focus on financial consumer protections after key Republicans rejected a compromise offer from the banking committee…

UK agents are due to meet six dual British-Israeli nationals whose passports were used in the assassination of a Hamas leader in Dubai. The genuine British passport holders will be interviewed at the UK embassy as potential witnesses to a…

The tsunami from an earthquake in Chile hit Japan's main islands on Sunday, but the initial waves washed ashore without causing any damage after sparing most of the Pacific islands that were in its path. Japan's Meteorological Agency said…

A consortium of oil companies led by Russia’s second oil major, LUKOIL has announced the discovery of a significant hydrocarbon accumulation in Ghana, making this discovery the latest find of more oil in the country. In a press statement…

The Customs Excise and Preventive Service, (CEPS) Internal Revenue Service, (IRS) and the Value Added Tax Service, (VATS) collected a total tax revenue of GH¢4,567.00 million last year. Out of this amount, the IRS and VATS collected…

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) and the ARB Apex Bank have been urged to, as a matter of urgency, accelerate the computerization of Rural and Community Banks (RCB's) in the Country to facilitate their operations. The Regional Coordinator of Trias…

The Wa Municipality recorded 98 fire disasters last year but no death with damage caused to property valued at about two million Ghana cedis. Domestic fires topped the fire outbreaks during the year accounting for 35 cases while bush fires…

New Juaben, Akuapem North, Akwapim South, West Akyem, Kwaebibirem, Upper Manya, Suhum Kraboa Coaltar, Kwahu North and Kwahu West have been identified to have the highest prevalence of malnutrition in children. These eight districts in the…

The Rural Enterprises Project, a poverty alleviation project that targets the vulnerable but entrepreneurial poor, has provided tools to 28 graduate apprentices at Nadowli. The tools are to enable the apprentices to establish viable small…