April 2013

Mr Ebenezer Kwaku Teye Addo, Western Regional Minister, on Tuesday inaugurated the rehabilitated Poase bridge, on the Sekondi -Takoradi main road. The project was executed by the Urban Roads Department with support from Chinese…

The Supreme Court has adjourned to Wednesday April 17, hearing of the Election Petition to allow the Electoral Commission (EC) to file its affidavit and for the petitioners to be served. The EC is the second respondent to the petition…

Professor William Otoo Ellis, Vice Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has expressed concern about the substantial exclusion of the country’s scientific and technology labour force from…

A total of 75 fire volunteers have passed out in the Talensi District of the Upper East Region to help combat bush fires in the area. The volunteers, who underwent two weeks intensive training, were trained by the Ghana Fire Service…

A 60 year-old cocoa farmer collapsed and died at the Agona Swedru Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday when he appeared before it for killing his wife at Agona Nyakrom, Kofi Takyi inflicted multiple cutlass wounds on his wife who had been…

Lieutenant Colonel Seidu Abass, Commanding Officer (CO) of the 66 Artillery Regiment, Volta Barracks, has reminded officers to reframe from engaging in partisan politics. “You all know that we don’t tolerate party politics here. I am just…

Three people were killed and three others injured, when part of a three-storey building collapsed at Krofrom-Sofo-Abodwese in Kumasi, on Monday night. The deceased were identified as Josephine alias “Maame Joe”, 28, Georgina, 40, and Anita…

…they travel to Kumasi, Tema, Takoradi, others for sex Though difficult to know the exact figure of female sex workers (FSWs) in Ghana, it has been estimated that their population  is between 47,780 and 58,920, according to a new study.…

Sweden is to provide $6.7 million grant over four years to support West Africa's programme to reduce the region’s vulnerability to climate change. The support comes under an agreement signed on April 9, 2013 between the Swedish government…

Global services exports grew by a modest 2% in 2012, preliminary estimates released jointly April 10, 2013 by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the World Trade Organisation (WTO) showed. According to the two…