Workshop on new building technology ends

A 10-day intensive workshop to deliberate on the use of Compressed Earth Bricks (CEB) for building projects aimed at  minimizing the cost of building and providing affordable housing has ended on Monday at Don Bosco Technical Institute at…

Assemblies told to generate more revenue

Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) have been told to come out with new strategies to internally generate adequate revenue to complement what they get from the government. These were contained in a message delivered by…

Curfew imposed on Tamale Metropolis

The Minister of the Interior on the advice of the Northern Regional Security Council imposed a curfew on Tamale and its environs with effect from Tuesday, March 29, 2011. A statement in Accra on Wednesday signed by the Minster, Dr…

Cocoa production up in Central Region

Cocoa production in the Central Region increased from 35,000 tones in the 2008/2009 season to 62,000 tones in 2009/2010 season, Mr Ebenezer Opoku-Agyemang, Central Region Quality Control Unit Manager of COCOBOD, has said. He attributed the…

Gold price goes up

Gold inched up on Thursday and was on track for its 10th consecutive quarterly rise since 2008 as an early drop spurred cautious bargain hunting ahead of U.S. February employment data at the end of the week. U.S. private employers added…