October 2011

An Oxfam-led global campaign, which aims to promote sustainable agriculture while increasing food supply has been launched at Nyariga in the Upper East Region. Dubbed GROW, the campaign being championed by Oxfam in collaboration with other…

Professor Agyemang Badu-Akosah, a former Director-General of the Ghana Health Services, at the weekend advocated the initiation of more comprehensive measures to improve on the social determining factors of health. He observed that the…

The third Annual Parliamentary Workshop on Local Government Reforms ended in Ho on Sunday with a call on Government to as a matter of urgency “consider increasing the threshold of the District Assembly Common Fund (DACF) from 7.5 per cent…

Government has been asked to scrutinize the activities of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to enable the Agency to play its leading role of environmental protection and conservation. Mr Richster Nii Amarh Amarfio, Executive…

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) says Africa is leading the trend with 51 mobile money systems in place, and as many as 37 of the deployments being in least developed countries (LDCs). “Mobile money…

Exhibitors and participants attending the 6th ECOWAS Trade Fair which begins November 25, 2011 in Lome, Togo, will enjoy a 50% discount on economy and business class return tickets purchased from agents of ASKY Airlines, a statement from…

"The projects companies do and call Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Ghana, is a sham," says Ebow Haizel-Ferguson. Haizel-Ferguson  who is the Corporate Affairs and Community Relations Director of Sigma-Base Technical Services…

The University of Education, Winneba (UEW), offered admission to only 3,092 out of a total of 9,062 applications it received for the various degree programmes this year. Professor Akwasi Asabere Ameyaw, Vice chancellor of the UEW, who made…

Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, Minister of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD), says the quest among Assemblies to qualify for performance-based development funds were signs of deepening decentralization across the country.…

The District Chief Executive for Jomoro, Mr Sylvester Nuamah Dadieh, on Friday urged members of the sub-structure of the Local Government system not to allow their political beliefs interfere with their work. He said Council and Area…