March 2012

Thugs had attacked a biometric voters' registration centre at Kaase in the Asokwa Constituency in Ashanti, temporarily holding up the exercise. The gang allegedly arrived at the centre in a pick-up and on motorbikes and pulled guns and…

President John Evans Atta Mills on Friday received Letters of Credence from five envoys accredited to Ghana, and invited their countries of origin to team up with Ghana for business and investment for mutual benefits. He emphasized that…

The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) on March 29, 2012 awarded a $322,560 grant to the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) to help create design documents for the construction of the Air Traffic Control Center at the Kotoka…

Three African women from Nigeria, Zimbabawe, Uganda and Ethiopia are among the ten finalists gunning for the 2012 Empretec Women in Business Award created by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Other finalists…

The Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa District Assembly has, within the past three years, undertaken 187 projects to promote education and also improve the living standard of the people. The projects include school buildings, health facilities,…

An illegal gold miner, Moses Agyabeng, has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment in hard labour for defiling a 10-year-old girl by the Tarkwa circuit court. He pleaded guilty. Police Chief Inspector Florence Tawiah told the court…

Ghana and Togo on Thursday renewed the bond of friendship between them and pledged to work closely for the benefit of their people. The leaders of the two countries also pledged to further strengthen their collaboration in the areas of…

...a golden opportunity for the rest of the world to show Barack Obama the meaning of meritocracy When economists from the World Bank visit poor countries to dispense cash and advice, they routinely tell governments to reject cronyism…

Financial disclosure systems are attracting increasing attention. Can these systems credibly help to prevent corruption in public office? Can they play a useful role in detecting officials who engage in corrupt behaviors? Could they even…

Mr Matthew McKinnon, Head of Climate Change Vulnerability Initiative, DARA, on Thursday said Ghana has a lot of opportunities to tackle issues of climate change. He mentioned finance, carbon markets, technology transfer and poverty…