July 2011

Mr Steven Atubiga, a US-based businessman and aspirant of the Binduri Parliamentary seat in the Upper East Region, for Election 2012, has pledged to create jobs for the youth if voted for as a Member of Parliament. The aspirant, a…

Mr Mark Woyongo, Upper East Regional Minister, at the weekend called on Municipal and District Assemblies (MDAs) in the Region to commit themselves to making the Public Participation in Local Governance (PPLG) Phase two (11) programme a…

Mr. Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, said government was committed to empowering unemployed youth to acquire vocational skills to enable them to set up their own businesses. He explained that…

The Ministry of Employment and Social Welfare, has been tasked to champion the formulation of more compressive policies towards the  promotion of the welfare and development of children in the country. Mrs Frema Ashkar, Media and Relations…

Fire has gutted one of the shops of the Western Veneer Lumber Limited, a timber firm in Takoradi on Friday. The inferno destroyed some wood products and property worth thousands of Cedis. Confirming the fire incident to the GNA in…

Mr John Akaribo, Chairman of the Bolgatanga Municipal School Management Committee, has called on government to make education a priority in its development agenda for the Upper East, Northern and Upper West Regions. He said government…

Border officials at New Town near Half Assini have detained 26 school children from Abrobeano in the Central Region, who attempted to cross the border to Cote d’ Ivoire without the requisite travelling documents. The children, 17 boys and…

Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd (SPDC) has defended its decision to divest itself of some of its equity in oil concessions in Nigeria’s contentious Niger Delta region. SPDC maintains that its divestiture was compliant…

Slowly but surely, an extraordinarily important new industry is slowly taking shape, with the potential to transform the global economy. After years of existing largely as an environmentalist's fantasy, commercial production of biofuels…

Newmont’s Ahafo mine recorded gold production of 146,000 ounces in the second quarter of 2011, the company said July 29, 2011. Gold production from the mine increased by 11% during the second quarter, Newmont stated in a press release.…