August 2013

The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) on Monday opened a three-day national seminar on Energy Management and the ISO 50001. The seminar which was jointly organised by the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) with financial…

Alex Adu, a recruit at the Customs Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS) Academy at Kpetoe, died on Saturday while undergoing routine welcome training exercise at the Academy. Mr Isaac Kofi Toffah, Commandant at the Academy, confirmed the…

Mr Zac Katugu, Principal Civic Education Officer of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has said tolerance was the key ingredient in multi-party democracy. He said citizens of any country practicing multi-party democracy…

Trade between Ghana and Germany currently stands at €1.25 billion as at the end of March 2013. This was made known by President John Mahama last week when he hosted the outgoing German Ambassador to Ghana, Dr. Renate Schimkoreit. Germany…

A platform to link job seekers to job providers  would soon be established by the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations. "The Ministry has started work on establishing a Labour Market Information System, in order to provide relevant…

The International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Maritime Labour Convention (MLC, 2006) comes into force on August 20, inaugurating a new era of decent work for seafarers and fair competition for ship owners in the global shipping industry.…

African health ministers and Chinese health officials have met in Beijing to map out new efforts to support Africa’s long-term health progress and shape the future of China-Africa health cooperation. The first-ever meeting at the…

President John Dramani  Mahama has asked the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament not to use its hearings as an avenue to create disaffection for or dent the image of governments. Rather, he said the committee should come up…

More than 30 microfinance institutions in the country collapsed in the first quarter of this year as a result of their inability to sustain their operations. Customers with huge deposits with those institutions could not get a refund, as…

Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), energy and research think-tank has questioned the purported legitimacy and propriety of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) agreement with the AGM Petroleum Ghana Limited for its…