April 2013

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) Tuesday confirmed that the poor quality and substandard BE SAFE condoms, that has hit the Ghanaian market was manufactured by a Chinese company called Henan Xibei Latex Company Limited. The company also…

Mr Emmanuel Onyeje, General Manager of Microsoft Anglophone West Africa, has noted that Microsoft is enhancing its partnership with National Information Technology Agency (NITA) to improve upon information flow. This, he said would lead to…

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) will in May launch a new market platform for Small and medium enterprises with high growth potentials. Dubbed the Ghana Alternative Market (GAX), it would accommodate…

Ms Sherry Ayittey, the Health Minister, has pledged the government’s determination to complete the 960-bed capacity Maternity and Children’s Block at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) by the end of the year. The project, started in…

Otumfuo Osei Tutu 11, Asantehene, has appealed to the country’s development partners to do more to help address the socio-economic challenges facing the people. They should focus on providing technical and material support, particularly…

Members of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) on Tuesday confirmed the President’s nominee Mr Kojo Bonsu as the Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE). He polled 95 votes, representing 73 per cent of the 130 total votes cast to secure the…

The Jewellery Design Centre of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has launched a training programme, under which unemployed youth would be aided to acquire skills in jewellery making. About 600 young people as…

Mrs Elizabeth Ofosu-Agyare, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, on Tuesday urged staff to turn challenges facing the Ministry into opportunities in order to excel. The Minister said this when she undertook a familiarisation…

An Accra Circuit Court on Tuesday sentenced Nene Asare Sackitey, a farmer, to three years prison term for possessing fire arms and ammunition without authorisation. The court, presided over by Mr Francis Obiri, sentenced Sackitey on his…

Sixty-eight people died through 152 road crashes in Brong-Ahafo Region in the first quarter of 2013, statistics from the Regional Secretariat of the National Road Safety Commission has indicated. According to the statistics, 221 people…