August 2013

Participants at the just-ended annual water, sanitation and hygiene conference held in Kumasi, Ashanti Region, dubbed Mole Conference XXIV, have tasked the Ghanaian Government to, through the Ministry of Local Government and Rural…

The Rotary District 9102, comprising 66 clubs in Ghana, Togo, Benin and Niger, has held a  special breakfast meeting with 100 leading Chief Executive Officers of corporate Ghana. The Breakfast Meeting, which was held  Tuesday, August 20,…

The Media and Printing Industry Workers Union (MEDIANET), has called for the amendment of the Labour Act (Act 651) to ensure that collective bargaining is extended to freelancers in the country. A statement signed by the General Secretary…

Government would soon initiate investigations into how private developers acquired properties belonging to the Ghana Publishing Company Limited (GPCL) at Tema without due compensation. “We will cause investigations to be conducted into…

President John Dramani Mahama and Nana Akufo Addo, 2012 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, have agreed to meet before the Supreme Court delivers judgment on the election petition. The meeting, which is at the instance of…

Finance Minister Seth Terpker on Wednesday said the Ghanaian economy was on a gradual path to recovery, picking up from the challenges of the first six months of the year. Speaking to journalists at a meeting of the Economic Policy…

Acting Northern Region Stool Lands Officer, Franklin Oppong-Obiri, has called for more transparency in customary land administration to cut out corruption. He said that explained the establishment of the Customary Land Secretariats (CLSs),…

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) lost 26.6 per cent of power it purchased from the Volta River Authority for distribution to its customers in 2011, in the midst of an imminent increase in electricity consumption cost, the…

Ghana’s external reserves stood at $5.7 billion as of August 20, 2013, the Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr Kofi Wampah, has announced. This translates into more than three months of import cover, meaning that the country’s external…

Lawyers  for President John Dramani Mahama and the petitioners in the election petition have stated that it is not for the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) to determine that the losing party in the petition should anot apply for review…