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The Appeal Court sitting in Accra on Tuesday has set May 9 this year  to give judgment on a motion filed by the lawyers of Alfred Woyome challenging a ruling by the Commercial Court against  the businessman involved in the GH¢51.2 million…

Julius Ankrah, a contractor resident at Apowa near Takoradi on Tuesday appeared before Takoradi Circuit Court "B" for allegedly issuing two false cheques. He pleaded not guilty to two counts of issuing false cheques and the court granted…

Seven fuel smugglers have been busted for illegally dealing in petroleum products by a security taskforce at Sefwi Akaatiso, a Ghana/Cote D'Ivoire border town in Bia West District. The taskforce, led by Assistant Superintendent of Police…

A Bawku Circuit Court on Tuesday sentenced Suleman Apoka, an unemployed man to two years imprisonment with hard labour for possessing fake Ghanaian currency notes. The accused who hails from Zimbala  near Bawku was caught on June 14, 2012…

Currently, the HIV prevalence rate among adults in Ghana has stabilized at 1.5 per cent, after declining from 2.7 per cent in 2005, the Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC) has said. An estimated 12,077 new infections occurred in 2011, out of which…

President John Dramani Mahama on Monday expressed his administration’s willingness to support the Catholic Church in their bid to begin a process of making late Peter Cardinal Dery a Saint. He said: “Your bid to start the process of…

Ms. Nora Bannerman, Chief Executive of Sleek Garment, has expressed worry that the AGOA initiative was not being fully utilized by the country. She said the AGOA initiative offered the country a unique opportunity to export different types…

Ghana’s total public debt stands at GH¢33.5 billion as at end of 2012, rising from the GH¢24 billion it recorded in 2011. The 2012 public debt is 46.7% of gross domestic product (GDP) as against 2011’s 42.6%, the Bank of Ghana indicated.…

The ratings agency, Moody's has observed that Ghana's twin current account and fiscal deficits leave the country susceptible to external financial shocks. "Shocks in the form of a sustained currency depreciation or a sudden stop in…

The Financial Division of the Accra Fast Track High Court has acquitted and discharged three persons implicated in an alleged cocoa smuggling scandal. The three are Rockson Eric Appeadu and Isaac Kwaku Asare Darko, CEPS officers and Kofi…