April 2013

A Takoradi Circuit Court on Wednesday remanded Comfort Biney, 52, and  her 22-year-old daughter, Elizabeth Obeng who is a hairdresser, for assault. Comfort was additionally charged with using offensive weapon. Their pleas were not taken…

Ghana has been invited by the UK to join eight other countries at the Open Government Partnership (OGP) meeting in London. According to a press release issued by the British High Commission in Accra and copied to ghanabusinessnews.com, …

The Takoradi Market Circle Queens have asked the government of Ghana to include them in the discussion build up to drafting the national budget. According to them this will help them to understand the issues in the budget so they can also…

A former Managing Director of Waterville Holdings Limited, Mr Andrea Orlandi, Wednesday told the Fast Track High Court that Alfred Agbesi Woyome, a businessman, made a distinct claim from those he made following the abrogation of a…

Six final-year students of the Krobo Girls Senior High School and the wife of one of the teachers of the school sustained serious injuries when a gas cylinder exploded in the school on Monday. The victims are on admission at the Atua…

The National Labour Commission (NLC) Wednesday began processes at the Accra High Court to compel striking doctors to go back to work. The Executive Secretary of the NLC, Mr Edward Biriku-Boadu, told the Daily Graphic that the commission…

There are pieces of evidence to suggest that testing for malaria is less commonly performed by health facilities in Accra and Kumasi than those elsewhere in the country, a study has shown. This finding comes as the world commemorates this…

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on April 24, 2013 launched a device to help identify counterfeit or substandard anti-malarial medicines, including falsified products. Developed by FDA scientists, the counterfeit detection device…

The Tour Operators Union of Ghana (TOUGHA), an association of travel professionals, has premiered a documentary on tourism potentials aimed at making the country a competitive destination of choice on the continent. Dubbed “My Ghana”,…

Mr James Quarshie Idun, Counsel for the Electoral Commission, on Wednesday challenged claims by Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, second petitioner in the election petition that the “22 unknown polling stations” were not part of the 26,002 polling…