September 2011

Workers of District, Municipal and Metropolitan Health Insurance Schemes have been advised to consider auditors as partners in development and not to regard them as enemies. He said auditors were expected to assist the workers to find…

The Ghana Airports Company Ltd. (GACL), has added another innovation to the facilities at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) in Accra. The company has launched a Passenger Facilitation Technology that is designed to improve passenger…

As the demand for food, fuel, urbanization and other uses drive up the pressure on land resources across the globe, governments around the world are finding it vital to strengthen land governance. Indeed, better land governance encourages…

Sixteen districts in the Northern Region are to benefit from a 17 million-dollar Agriculture Value Chain and Mentorship Project (AVCMP) aimed at addressing low agriculture productivity and food insecurity. The districts are the major…

Sorghum Farmers and Seed Growers in the Northern Region were on Wednesday urged to recommend the use of sweet sorghum for biofuel under the Savannah Accelerated Development (SADA) Project. “You need to make a case to SADA that the sweet…

The successful implementation of the health insurance capitation would significantly reduce the persistent abuse of the national health insurance scheme (NHIS), Dr Irene Agyapong, chairperson of the capitation sub-committee, has said. She…

Police General Constable Aniagyei Bonsu, stationed at the Keta Divisional Command, was on Wednesday arrested in uniform at the wheels of a Peugeot saloon car loaded with 60 parcels of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp. Mr Alex…

Paul Tampah, an 18-year-old illegal gold digger, has been jailed four years in hard labour by a Tarkwa circuit court for stealing gold valued at GH¢3, 400. He pleaded guilty. Prosecuting, Chief Inspector Edward Paddy told the court…

Amnesty International on Thursday called on the Guinean authorities to investigate the deaths of three protesters killed during clashes between police and demonstrators at a banned opposition rally in the capital Conakry on Tuesday. It…

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has confirmed Ghana as hosts of the 2011 CAF Awards on Thursday, December 22 in Accra. A statement on the CAF website culled by GNA Sports said that the decision was taken by the Executive…