April 2011

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has advised local banks operating in the country to consider mergers, inter-bank acquisitions or enlistment on the stock market as ways of raising enough capital to meet the BoG’s capital base requirement of GH¢60…

The Wassa Fiase Traditional Council would not allow litigations to thwart its development agenda for the area, Osagyefo Kwamena Enimil VI, has said. At the council’s first general meeting, the chief complained that series of litigations…

Workers in the Wa Municipality have appealed to the government to adjust their salaries to reflect the new minimum wage. The workers made the appeal at a Wa Municipal Council of Labour meeting held on Wednesday. The workers said traders…

A former accountant of the Ghana Education Service (GES), is standing trial in the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) Circuit Court for allegedly duping two teachers of GH¢2,100.00 under the pretext of using his influence to get their…

Kwedwo Arko, a driver has been ordered by a Magistrate Court at Akim Oda in the Birim Central Municipality to pay GH¢500 for unlawfully conveying 444 pieces of lumber sawn without authorization. The court presided over by Mr Albert Owusu…

Mr Clement Kofi Humado, Minister of Youth and Sports, on Wednesday said there was the need to adopt bold and new initiatives to attract non-governmental funding to enhance youth work. He said government alone could not make the desired…

African governments that seek to promote sustainable development,  will not permit mining in protected areas under any circumstance, especially in forest reserves, Mr Kwasi Adu-Amankwah, General Secretary of the International Trades Union…

The National Gas Development Taskforce established by President John Evans Atta Mills to review and make appropriate recommendations for the speedy realization of a national gas commercialization infrastructure system, has presented its…

Ms Akua Sena Dansua, Minister of Tourism, is expected to perform the official opening ceremony of this year’s paragliding festival, at Kwahu Atibie, in the Eastern Region on Friday. About 32 pilots from seven countries including,…

Stakeholders in the transport sector the Police in the Central Region have collaborated to combat the spate of road accidents in the Region, particularly during the impending Easter holidays. The stakeholders include the National Road…