August 2013

Professor Naana Jane Opoku Agyemang, Minister of Education, on Monday said the success of industrialization depended on the availability of technical workforce that is adequately equipped with practical problem solving skills. She said the…

The Ho Municipal Police have arrested three suspects over the alleged murder of Mr Percy Kafui Nbuake, a Level 400 student of the Evangelical Presbyterian University College (EPUC)at Ho last Friday. The suspects are Frank Awude, 22,…

About 60 clients of Gentrac Microfinance Limited Monday thronged the Ho Municipal Police Station alleging fraud by the Company. They went to the offices of the Company Monday morning to transact business only to find its offices locked and…

President John Dramani Mahama last Sunday lauded the Evangelical Presbyterian (E.P) Church for accomplishing its founding mission of “Bringing Light to where there is darkness” following its founding 166 years ago. He said the…

ational Association of Sand and Stone Workers and Tipper Truck Users (NASSWOTTU), on Monday recommended that issuance of permit for small-scale miners should be decentralized. The group said the decentralization would enable the miners to…

The Wenchi Rural Bank has presented a double decker refrigerator and 43 flat screen television costing GH¢5,000 to the Wenchi Methodist Hospital. The bank has also adopted the hospital’s Children Ward and pledged to provide patients with…

Mr Doe Adjaho, Speaker of Parliament, has appealed to leaders to stand for peace and call their errant followers to order. “It is said that if one does not stand for something, he or she falls for everything,” he said. Mr Adjaho said…

Newmont Ghana Gold says it retained almost 80% of its earnings from gold sales in the country. This was contrary to some media reports suggesting the company has been keeping all its earnings outside Ghana. During a Public Accounts…

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) is to phase out its free mass spraying of cocoa farms across the country within the next three years, the Deputy Chief Executive Officer in-charge of Quality Control, Dr Yaw Adu Ampomah, has disclosed. When…

A $75-million loan granted by the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to the Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB) in 2009 without any valid contractual agreement became the topic for discussion at last Friday’s sitting of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of…