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The rains delayed for over three weeks in the Upper West Region during the current farming season and this has affected ploughing for farmers engaged in the “Block Farming” programme, Mr. Charles Adams, Regional Director of Agriculture, has…

Mr Ahumah Ocansey, an Accra-based legal practitioner, on Thursday called on Bank of Ghana (BOG) to conduct forensic audit of operations of Non-Banking Institutions (NBIs) to ascertain the volumes of monies given out. In a statement copied…

Government on Thursday said it was not responsible for the payment of salaries of workers of Ghana International Airline (GIA) and questioned the basis for the attack launched on it by the management and staff of the Airline. It said it…

The Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems (GhIPSS), has begun its rural banking roll out, targeting farming groups and businesses within farming communities. The programme has started at Damang in the Kwaebibirem District of the…

Workers in the public sector are to be provided with a handbook on the “Code of Conduct” for public servants soon, Mrs Janet Fofie, a Commissioner of the Public Service Commission (PSC) has said. Mrs Fofie announced this at a workshop…

The African Initiative on Mining, Environment and Society (AIMES), has called for the curtailment of clauses on stability and development agreements in the extractive industry and confidentiality of environmental audit reports from national…

Monitoring of basic facilities at state institutions by the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), in the Eastern Region, revealed poor toilet facilities in schools, hospitals, police barracks and cells. The CHRAJ…

Two robbers, who shot and wounded a businessman during a raid on his house at Ejura, have been sentenced to a total of 130 years imprisonment in hard labour by a Kumasi Circuit Court. Alim Yaao Dawuda, 27, and Mohammed Yussif, 22, denied…

Oil slid for a third day on Friday toward $76 as stock markets in Asia fell after disappointing U.S. economic indicators, while a potential Atlantic storm provided some support to prices. Japan's Nikkei average shed almost 3 percent on…

In the end, it's only a beginning. The far-reaching new banking and consumer protection bill awaiting President Barack Obama's signature now shifts from the politicians to the technocrats. The legislation gives regulators latitude and…