February 2011

The Anloga Carpenters Union in Kumasi, has urged the Forestry Commission to endeavour to roll comprehensive training programmes to build the capacity of carpenters to ensure improvement in their work. Togbe Mawufeame Fugah, the President,…

A Senir Economist at the Insti­tute of Economic Affairs (lEA), Dr Kwadwo Tutu, has recommended the establishment of funds from a percentage of earnings from gold for the development of regions where gold is mined. He also suggested that…

Mr Stephen .B. Amponsah, Director of the National Vocational Training Institute (NVTI), has underscored the need to invest in the human resource development of the nation at all levels. This, he said, would help the country to equip…

Brent crude rose over 1 percent to near $114 a barrel on Monday as protests in Oman fuels concern about security of supply from the Middle East and North Africa even as top exporter Saudi Arabia pumps more. Oman is the latest producer to…

Almost two-thirds of white Britons think immigration has been bad for the UK, according to a survey which anti-racism campaigners called a "disturbing picture" of society's attitudes. Research commissioned by the Searchlight Educational…

A Massachusetts biotechnology company says it can produce the fuel that runs Jaguars and jet engines using the same ingredients that make grass grow. Joule Unlimited has invented a genetically-engineered organism that it says simply…

Financial institutions are hunting down billions of pounds of Muammar Gaddafi's UK-based resources as he came under international pressure to quit as Libyan leader. David Cameron urged the Libyan dictator to "go now" as Britain imposed…

The massive U.S. budget deficit is the gravest threat facing the economy, topping high unemployment and the risk of inflation or deflation, according to a survey of forecasters released on Monday. The National Association for Business…

Vice President John Dramani Mahama has stated that the political crisis in Libya and other North African countries would not affect the supply of petroleum products in the country. "However, as Libya is a member of oil Producing and…

Tertiary Institutions have been called upon to introduce courses in Climate Change as a way to help curb problems associated with it. The Team Leader of the Ghana Ecological Network, Dr Delali B Dovie made the call during a Public Lecture…