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A $24.5 million credit agreement between Government and the Fidelity Bank Limited needed to complete the conversion of the State House (Job 600) into offices for Members of Parliament, was laid before Parliament on Tuesday. Also laid was a…

The Vice President, Mr Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur will leave Accra for the United Kingdom (UK) for a three-day official break which commences today Wednesday. A statement from the Office of the Vice President at the Flagstaff House, said…

The General Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU) of the Ghana Trades Union Congress is to set up “bridge schools” under its integrated area base approach towards the creation of Child Labour Free Zone (CLFZ) in Ghana. The bridge school…

Three journalists and a driver, who were arrested and detained by a joint team of armed military and police personnel in Gushegu on Tuesday, were released an hour after the Inspector General of Police (IGP) had intervened. The IGP, Mr…

The Construction and Building Materials Workers Union (CBMWU) of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), has accused the Ghana Highway Authority (GHA) of authorizing contractors in the construction industry to subject their employees to work more…

The Dubai Government has pledged to expand the Dubai Cares School Feeding Programme being implemented in Tamale in Ghana to embrace the “Wash In Schools” programme to provide sanitation and hygienic facilities. The pledge was as a result…

Mr Collins Dauda, Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing, says 235 million people over the world suffer from asthma, which is a common chronic disease in Ghana. He said: “I have no doubt in my mind that as a nation we need to take…

Mr Akwasi Opong-Fosu, Minister of Local Government and Rural Development on Tuesday unveiled prototype offices for the 46 newly created district assemblies. At the unveiling ceremony in Accra, Mr Opong-Fosu said in 2010, government…

Mr Ed Humphries, Country Manager of AFB Ghana, a consumer finance company, has noted that the institution is committed to scale up its investment in the country. Speaking on the sidelines at the official launch of the AFB’s new Rewards…

Samuel Addae, a 21 year-old  illegal miner (Galamsey operator), has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in hard labour by the Tarkwa Circuit Court for stealing four mobile phones valued at GH¢315. He was convicted on his own plea.…