World Disaster Reduction Day observed

The Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies have been urged to enact laws that would compel owners of dilapidated structures to pull them down to avert disasters. Mr David Honarius Mensah, Central Regional National Disaster…

Google to give outgoing CEO $100m

Google Inc will give a $100 million equity award to Eric Schmidt as he hands over the chief executive officer job to co-founder Larry Page, a spokesperson said. The award, which will include stock units and options will vest over four…

Gas prices in US rise

U.S. gasoline prices rose slightly in the past two weeks as a glut of gasoline offset a small increase in crude oil prices, according to a national survey out Sunday. Self-serve regular went up just under 3 cent a gallon, to a national…

Volta chiefs honour Chinese Ambassador in Ghana

The Volta Regional House of Chiefs and the Volta Region Development Agency (VODA), on Saturday held a special durbar in honour of Mr Gong Jianzhong, Chinese Ambassador in Ghana. The durbar, characterised by cultural displays, was to show…