September 2011

Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Thursday called for the implementation of a Customs union which had been on the drawing board of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for years now. Its implementation, he said, would…

Public Service workers whose salaries increased as a result of their migration onto the Single Spine Salary Structure (SSSS) would receive two months arrears in October. Dr George Smith-Graham, Chief Executive Officer of the Fair Wages and…

Board of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation has ranked Ghana’s Judiciary seventh out of 53 countries and fourth in terms of rule of law in its 2010 performance index of African countries. The ranking has therefore elevated Ghana’s Judiciary as…

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced that Club Licensing will take off effective the 2012-2013 season. A CAF statement culled by GNA Sports said Clubs will only be allowed to participate in the continental Club…

The Ho Municipal Health Insurance Scheme (HMHIS) has automated its customer service system, to facilitate operations. Mr Elliot Nestor Akototse, Volta Regional Manager of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), said this at the…

The Forestry Commission, in conjunction with the Ghana Tourist Board (GTB), is developing five forest reserves in the Winneba Forestry District into ecotourism. The reserves are Akrabong, Obotoumfo, Abasumba, Ahirasu Nos one and two, all…

The government has released GH¢7, 103,174.64 for the construction of the 11-killometer Walewale-Gambaga road and work has begun. The Northern Regional Minister, Mr. Moses Bukari Mabengba, who cut a sod for work to begin, said tarring of…

The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mike Hammah has bemoaned the unavailability of capital and technical expertise for local miners to conduct full range modern exploration. He indicated that local miners are usually unable to…

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) on September 27, 2011, announced that it will give the government of Ghana a loan of $31.5 million for the third phase of the Rural Enterprises Project (REP). The loan is to…

The Chief Justice Mrs Theodora Georgina Wood has appealed to the public to allow the courts to operate freely. She said:  “Stay away from judges, magistrates and staff of the Judicial Service and do not approach any of them for favours”.…