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Government plans to increase the number of schools that would benefit from the ongoing Ghana School Feeding Programme(GSFP), Mr Joseph Yieleh Chireh, Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, said in Accra. He said "to reiterate…

The Ministry of Women and Children's Affairs (MOWAC) in collaboration with Rescue Foundation, a non-governmental organisation is establishing a national data base on human trafficking to depict the enormity of the problem The ministry is…

Cadbury Dairy Milk has transferred over 500,000 pounds in premium to cocoa farmers in the country as a result of the company's purchase of Fairtrade cocoa. Mr. James Boateng, Managing Director of Cadbury Ghana, who announced this, said the…

Mr. Henry Van-Hein Sackey, the Area Manager for the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) in charge of the northern regions, has said the Trust was putting in place strategies to clear all hurdles associated with workers'…

The Volta Region branch of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) exceeded its 2009 revenue target of 8,900,298.73 Ghana Cedis by 208,437.75 Ghana Cedis. Actual tax collected was 9,108,536.48 Ghana cedis representing 21.04 per cent over the…

Ghana’s power companies to be punished for poor performanceEffective October 16 this year, the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission will begin to apply penalties to companies in the power sector for breach of standards of performance.…

Participants at a consultation forum on Petroleum Revenue Management held in Bolgatanga, on Tuesday underscored the need for the Government to use the money that would accrued from petroleum revenue on education. They noted that…

The Kwame Nkrumah Foundation, a society which believes in the tenets of Dr Kwame Nkrumah, on Wednesday commemorated the 44th anniversary of his overthrow with a call on government to rename the Kotoka International Airport, since its…

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has announced losses for 2009 of £3.6bn, after struggling with billions of pounds of bad loans. Despite the losses, the bank is set to announce it will pay bonuses of £1.3bn to its staff. The bank's chief…

Coca-Cola Co (KO.N) is in talks to buy most of its largest bottler for roughly $15 billion, including debt, marking a shift in its strategy to keep its bottling operations separate, a person familiar with the situation said on Wednesday.…