June 2012

Participants at a media capacity-building workshop on oil and gas in Takoradi have called on oil companies operating at the Jubilee Oilfields to conduct fisheries impact assessment at the oil fields. They said this has become necessary…

Mr Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, Deputy Minister for Energy in-charge of Petroleum, has assured fishermen in the country of sufficient premix fuel for this year’s fishing season. He said plans had been instituted to ensure that enough premix…

The 46 newly created municipal and district assemblies have been simultaneously inaugurated across the country by government officials on behalf of President J. E. A. Mills. The inauguration at some districts was characterised by…

The United States of America’s (USA) Ambassador to Ghana, H.E. Donald Teitelbaum, has expressed his country’s confidence in the peaceful and democratic conduct of Ghana’s December 2012 elections. Ambassador Teitelbaum, whose four-year…

Former Ghanaian President John A. Kufuor has joined the African Development Bank (AfDB) Eminent Speakers Programme, the Bank announced June 27, 2012. Mr Kufuor becomes the second Ghanaian to join the AfDB’s Programme. The first was former…

The International Youth Fellowship (IYF) has launched its 2012 World Youth Camp with a call on the youth to stay clear from acts that might lead to violence and conflicts during the coming elections. “The youth should be careful and think…

The on-going strike by the Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA) has stalled the payment of June salaries to workers in the public universities. This is because the accountants and finance officers are not working and for…

Dr Wazi Apoh, a Lecturer at the Department of Archeology, University of Ghana, Legon, on Thursday said it was very important for the country to have a Cultural Heritage Policy. "With new construction works being carried out all the time,…

Three Spaniards and a Ghanaian have been arrested at Ekoso near Anyinam in the Eastern Region for mining illegally. The names of the four suspects who are in police custody are being withheld until the completion of investigations by the…

Ivory Coast has been relieved of its debts by over $4 billion from both the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The debt relief represents more than 24% of the country’s external debts. The IMF and the World Bank’s…