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Mr Samuel Sarpong, the Central Regional Minister, has called for the development of strategic programmes to help sell the country’s cultural and traditional values. He entreated the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) to continue initiating…

Response by doctors in the major public health facilities in Ho to the industrial action declared by the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) starting Monday remains unclear. Some patients who called at the Volta Regional Hospital in Ho on…

I was shocked and saddened to learn of the death of Lady Margaret Thatcher. For my generation she was a defining figure in the British political landscape. She was Prime Minister when I left school, when I was at University and when I…

Ghana produced 4.2 million ounces of gold, last year 2012 highest in the history of the country, Assistant Manager in charge of Financial Analysis at the Minerals Commission, Daniel E.K Krampah has disclosed. The figure, he said,…

The President of the Chartered Institute of Taxation, Ghana, Mr Mike Kofi Afflu, has been elected as the Head of the West African Union of Tax Institutes (WAUTI), under the auspices of the ECOWAS Commission. He was elected at the Second…

Mr Kwaku Afrifa Yamoah-Ponkoh, Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Ejisu-Juaben, has cut the sod for construction work to start on a GH¢104,000.00 Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) Compound at Amoam-Achiase. He pledged to…

President John Dramani Mahama on Monday said government’s determination to produce 5,000 megawatts of energy was not only achievable, but was also on course to make Ghana a net exporter of the commodity. He said while 133 megawatts from…

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) on Monday announced the resumption of the weekly media briefing by the Government at the Flag Staff House from Thursday, April 11. The press briefing is to be attended by either a News Editor or the…

The Chiefs and Elders of Ehi, Adzortsi and Torgbeve in the Volta Region, have ceded four kilometres (KM) parcel of land for the Ketu Power Project (KPP). The project, under the initiative of the MacBaron Group, involves a 2,000 Megawatts…

HelpAge Ghana (HG), a local NGO, on Monday asked the Ministry of Health to intensify programmes aimed at reducing occurrence of preventable diseases. The request forms part of recommendation the NGO made to commemorate the World Health…