October 2010

The Bank of Ghana has commended the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) for opening six new branches within a week throughout the country. The beneficiary communities are Yendi, Savelugu, Walewale, Navrongo, Takoradi and Mankessim. Two…

The Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) has sensitized some stakeholders of the programme in the Northern Region toward improving the quality of their services. Madam Olivia Hawa Yahaya, Northern Regional Coordinator of the GSFP, said…

Communities living along the banks of the Afram River in the Kwahu North District, risked contracting water borne diseases, due to the marauding flood waters, which is carrying along solid and liquid wastes. A fact finding team including…

The Kwahu-West Municipal Assembly has suspended, indefinitely, 10 of its revenue collectors for financial malpractices, which has affected revenue mobilization in the municipality. The malpractices include failure of rate payers to meet…

Flood waters from the Afram River have submerged seven communities near Akate in the Upper Manya Krobo District, rendering 32,000 people homeless. Farm lands of the affected communities and their property have been destroyed, including an…

Anapasu D/A Junior High School(JHS)in the Shama District scored zero per cent in this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination(BECE). The school presented 11 candidates for the examination made up of six boys and five girls. This…

Candidates of Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) of rural schools are unable to access information on their results and placements under the computerised school selection and placement (CSSP) system because they lack access to…

A consortium of South Korean companies will seek a minerals-for-infrastructure deal in Democratic Republic of Congo that could be worth $1 billion, Congolese and South Korean officials told Reuters late on Friday. The proposed deal --…

Sudan may offer equity stakes to Indian oil firms in its four exploration blocks, the country's energy minister Lual A Deng said on Saturday. "There is a possibility. We are open to giving more oil to India and encourage the Indian…

In its glory years, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was a Hollywood hit factory that churned out golden classics such as Mutiny on the Bounty and The Wizard of Oz. But the US entertainment empire is to declare itself bankrupt this week under a…