August 2013

Cocoa and maize production in Ghana will be low, according to a market report issued in July. The Ghana Agribusiness Report Fourth Quarter 2013, issued by the Business Monitor International says it expects flat production from Ghana's…

Mr Isaac Afari, Kenyasi District Manager of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), on Tuesday called on service providers to refrain from inflating claims, to sustain the scheme. He said the NHIS had detected that service providers…

The mobile application developed by Ghanaian, Ashifi Gogo, to detect counterfeit products is reported to have exceeded five million uses. According to the company, Sproxil, its solution Mobile Product Authentication (MPA) solution has…

The Lands Commission in the Upper West Region would embark on a massive demolishing of private properties around the premises of the Wa Airstrip. The exercise, which would be done in collaboration with the Ghana Airport Limited, would…

Mr Francis Abotsi, Volta Regional Director of Environmental Health, has appealed to Metropolitan, Municipal and District assemblies to collaborate in waste management. He said experience had shown that no Assembly could singlehandedly…

Mr Sylvester Adongo, a former Northern Regional Director of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture has said Ghana stood the chance of exporting guinea fowl to neighbouring countries. He said the investment being made by the SADA/Asongtaba…

Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah, Minister of Youth and Sports has commended boxers Richie Oblitey Commey and Emmanuel Tagoe on their recent triumphs. Commey defeated British Paul Truscott last July in a lightweight commonwealth eliminator in London,…

Electricity consumers in the Upper East Region on Tuesday raised concern about the intention of the Volta River Authority (VRA) and the Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo) to increase electricity tariff and said this could…

The Human Development Coordinator of the Navrongo- Bolgatanga Diocese of the Catholic Church, Mr Joseph Ayembilla, has appealed to Ghanaians to act wisely when the Supreme Court passes its verdict on the Election 2012 petition. He said the…

Two people died and many others injured, when two passenger buses, a Mercedes Benz and a Nissan Urvan collided head-on at Mim on the Kumasi-Nkawie road on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Akwasi Kesse, driver of the Nissan bus, and…