April 2011

Anglo Gold Ashanti (AGA) after the intervention of WACAM, human rights and environmental mining advocacy nongovernmental organisation and CEPIL, a non-profit law firm, has compensated Mr Anthony Baidoo, whom the Military it hired brutalized…

The Deputy Volta Regional Minister, Colonel Cyril Necku (Rtd) on Monday advised Churches and their leaders to encourage their members to undertake sporting events in addition to evangelism. Col. Necku said the combination of the two events…

Weak supervision of teachers in public schools has been identified as one of the major causes of fallen standards of education in northern Ghana. “Most teachers knowing that they were not strictly supervised do not either attend school…

The Rotary Club of Accra Ring Road Central on Tuesday called on members to be selfless and more committed to work for humanity. In a message to commemorate its 25th anniversary copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra, Madam Galina…

The Greater Accra Regional United Cadre Front (UCF) on Tuesday has confirmed their unflinching support for the candidacy of President John Evans Atta Mills to lead the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to the 2012 elections. “We further…

Ghana’s oil production from the Jubilee Oilfields may come to a halt as issues surrounding the funding of the Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) Kwame Nkrumah vessel still remains unsolved. Commercial production of oil on…

The Volta River Authority (VRA) on Tuesday held an Open Day and photo exhibition at the Aboadze Power Thermal Plant Station. The exhibition chronologically portrayed the initial stages of the construction of the Akosombo Dam, Tema Thermal…

Ghana will soon get two ferries worth $9.5 million as part of the $547 million Millennium Challenge Compact (MCC) account from the US government. The Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) which is the local implementation agent for the…

The Greater Accra Region recorded no fatal accidents during the Easter festivities, Assistant Commissioner of Police Angwubutoge Awuni, the Commander of the Motor Transport and Traffic Unit, told the GNA on Tuesday. He said 32 people were…

A Ghanaian woman has been arrested in New York for stealing about $800,000 from an elderly widow in her care. The 52-year-old Jackie Pokuwaah was reported by the Daily News to have stolen the money from Renee Fuld, the 85-year-old…