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Development partners have commended Ghana’s Ministry of Health for the holistic assessment of the sector’s programme of work for 2012 but urged it to give priority attention to public finance management. According to them, although…

Trade unions have been urged to cooperate with government to ensure job creation, respect for human rights, and protection of the environment. In his May Day message, Mr Solomon Stephen Ashalley Kotei, General Secretary of the Industrial…

The Forest Commission (FC) has set up a rapid response unit to augment its efforts at protecting forest and wildlife guards in their operations. The move became necessary due to the recent increased alleged brutality meted out to officers…

Bishop Joseph Osei Bonsu, President of the Catholic Bishops Conference  on Monday observed that corruption thrives in the society because people are not guided by integrity. He said corruption is evident in all facets of life including…

Barring any hitches, Newmont Ghana’s Akyem project will start full production in the last quarter of this year, an official of the gold mining firm has said. “We are on course to commence production late this year,” Mr Oduro-Kwarteng…

A ceremony has been performed for construction work to begin on a GH¢150, 000.00 new District Police Headquarters at Ejisu. The project is being jointly funded by the Government of Ghana and the World Bank and is expected to be ready…

The Bank of Africa-Ghana on Monday said it is ready to roll out 15 branches in the next three years in line with its vision to meet customer need in every region of the country. Mr Kobby Andah, Managing Director of the Bank, said the move…

Emmanuel K. Dogbevi, has been named among 10 top economic journalists as 2013-14 Knight-Bagehot (pronounced Baj-et) Fellows of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York, USA. The University made the…

AngloGold Ashanti (AGA) and the Global Fund have rolled out Indoor Residual Spraying  (IRS) to cover 40 districts across the country as part of an integrated malaria control programme. A statement copied to Ghana News Agency (GNA) on…

Dr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, President of the Dominion University, has called for an update of Ghana’s educational system, to enable students to acquire skills and knowledge that would make them employable after graduation. He said: ‘’ the…