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The Tarkwa Circuit Court has sentenced Kwame Amewugah, 27, a galamsey operator to 10 years imprisonment for possessing Indian hemp. He pleaded guilty. Prosecuting Police Inspector Florence Tawiah told the court presided over by Mr Samuel…

The Sekondi-Takoradi Registrar of Marriages, Mr Francis Adams, has announced that the country would soon pass a new marriage guideline that would ensure that 18 –year- old persons marry without parental consent. He said the new guideline…

A Circuit Court in Accra on Friday issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Ferdinand Annoh, a journalist for failing to appear before it. Annoh is standing trial for allegedly issuing a dud cheque to a businessman whom he bought a 4x4…

Barclays has revealed it paid just £113m in corporation tax in 2009, the same year as it made pre-tax profits of £11.6bn. The details were released in a letter from chief executive Bob Diamond to Chuka Umunna MP, a member of the Treasury…

Anglo-Russian oil joint venture TNK-BP is pondering a possible role in its UK parent's Arctic exploration deal with state-owned Rosneft. The news comes after TNK-BP's Russian shareholders won a London court injunction to block the Arctic…

Germany held out hope on Saturday for a G20 deal on measuring global economic imbalances despite stiff Chinese opposition to some of the indicators proposed. China rejected plans on Friday to use real exchange rates and currency reserves…

Jolted to action by deficit-conscious newcomers, the Republican-controlled House passed sweeping legislation early Saturday to cut $61 billion from hundreds of federal programs and shelter coal companies, oil refiners and farmers from new…

China has raised the reserve requirement for banks by 0.5% in its latest attempt to curb inflation. By insisting the banks hold more cash, the central bank hopes to restrict lending, thereby reducing spending. The bank has already raised…

Britain said on Friday it intends to double its bilateral trade with Ghana by 2015. The European nation commended Ghana as a country with a reputation of good governance and expressed the desire to intensify bilateral trade with Ghana and…

Mr Samuel Ransford Asiedu, a Labour Consultant, has reminded employers and employees that job vacations, commonly referred to as annual leaves, were mandatory rest periods. He said any arrangement to waive such periods for one reason or…