April 2013

Justice V.C.R.A.C Crabbe, retired Supreme Court Judge on Thursday, noted that without adequate funding for bodies responsible for constitutionally mandated elections, the integrity and credibility of the process would always be in doubt.…

A 52-year-old Chinese, Wianz Len Chen was found murdered by his fellow Chinese national at the Korean Hotel at Community ‘12’ in Tema. Briefing the Ghana News Agency on the incident in Tema on Thursday, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP)…

Facilities at the Kumasi Airport are being upgraded at a cost of about US$300 million as efforts to raise it into international status gather momentum. This involves refurbishment of the terminal, improving the runway, construction of…

Cocoa Producers have pledged their commitment to control indigenous pests and diseases affecting cocoa production in Africa after a four-day regional workshop on Integrated Management of Cocoa Pests and Pathogens in Africa. The workshop…

Mr Edward Ameyibor, Vice President of HelpAge Ghana said on Thursday that the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) disregards the special health needs of older people. “The NHIS prescribes the same basic health care without taking into…

Alhaji Muniru, Upper East Regional Minister, on Thursday said the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Administration  was a human centred government and would do everything to ensure that jobs were created for the people of the country.…

Dr Bright Kankam, a lecturer at the Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG) in Kumasi, has appealed to the public to refrain from killing bats because they are important tools for research. He said bats helped in health research and…

The National Identification Authority (NIA) on Wednesday said the registration of foreign nationals living in the country would cost $120 to any person that is eligible for Non-Citizen Ghanacard. Scratch card is the only means of payment…

Mr Carlos Ahenkorah, National President of the Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders (GIFF), has underscored the need to draw a balance between trade facilitation and revenue mobilisation in order not to stifle free-flow of trade. Making…

Mrs Elizabeth Ofusu Adjare, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, says government is committed to giving the tourism sector a new phase-lift. She said government had demonstrated this by expanding the sector’s mandate to cover…