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Mr Peter Hodgson, a Principal Inspector of Mines at the Minerals Commission, has advised officials of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to become more conversant with mining rights and regulations. He said this would…

Reconstruction work has begun on the Mallam Market in Accra, which was destroyed by fire last Monday. The debris from the burnt shops has already been cleared by bulldozers. The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) and the National Disaster…

President John Dramani Mahama on Friday commissioned military facilities and called on the Ghana Armed Forces to exhibit a high level of professionalism to put them ahead of their colleagues in the sub-region. The facilities include; two…

Ghana’s President John Mahama wants to see the private sector drive the next phase of the country’s transformation with active participation of the government. According to the President, Ghana’s gross domestic product (GDP) is currently…

The Military Intelligence Chief of Argentina, Lourdes Puente Olivera, has resigned, the Xinhua news agency reports October 18, 2012 citing official sources. Puente’s resignation is said to be due to the detention of the Argentine warship,…

I recently engaged some tomato farmers in the Pwalugu area in a conversation during which they raised some concerns about the operations of the Northern Star Tomato Factory, formerly known as the Pwalugu Tomato Factory. This facility was…

Sixteen additional warehouses are being constructed in northern Ghana to improve the storage of maize and other grains. Already, the Ghana Grains Council (GGC) has constructed 14 of the 80-metric tonne capacity warehouses, with six of them…

A bulk power supply station at Anwomaso in Kumasi is scheduled to be completed in December this year. The power station, the second after the one at Ridge, is to distribute about 132 megawatts of power to residents of the Kumasi metropolis…

Ghana’s sea ports trade in the second-quarter of 2012 rose to 4.85 million tonnes from 4.36 million tonnes, an increase of 11%. During the period, Ghana's total import was 3.34 million tonnes, while total exports amounted to 1.18 million…

Freight forwarders at a day’s workshop on tax collection at Elubo have called on the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority to decentralize customs systems to enhance revenue generation. They said the current situation whereby…