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Mr. Moses Dramani Luri, Sissala, West District Chief Executive (DCE), has expressed worry over  the spate of armed robbery in the area, and called for effective measures to stop the criminals from harassing  people. He appealed for more…

The Amenfiman Rural Bank Limited, made profit after tax of GH¢1,044,882 .01 in 2011, Dr. Toni Aubynn, Chairman of the financial institution announced on Saturday at Wassa Akropong. He said: “this splendid performance was achieved at the…

President John Dramani Mahama on Saturday outlined measures government had adopted to increase cocoa production and better the lots of farmers throughout cocoa farming areas in the country. He said apart from increasing the producer price…

The Sekondi Drug Law Enforcement Unit (DLEU) of the Police Service, have arrested three persons for unauthorised possession of narcotics in a swoop at Top-10, a suburb of Takoradi. They are, Anthony Chuma, 31, alias Tonny, Faisal Sumaila,…

Forty (40) districts across the country have been selected to benefit from the $89 million Ghana Social Opportunities Project (GSOP), designed to fight rural poverty. The five-year World Bank funded programme is providing support in the…

The safety standards of many factories including fuel filling stations and restaurants in the Eastern Region are being compromised, Ghana News Agency (GNA) investigations have revealed. The situation poses danger to the lives of workers…

Fifty people died out of 100 reported road crashes that occurred from January to July this year in the Upper West Region; the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC) has said. It said 20 of the deaths occurred during the first quarter of…

The Third Congregation and Graduation Ceremony of the Chartered Institute of Bankers (CIB), Ghana, was on Saturday held in Accra. The graduates numbering 127 had gone through various courses including Economics in Banking, Principles of…

The Northern Regional Police Command has intercepted a cargo truck with registration number AS 7414 P loaded with bags of cemented and dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp. The police intercepted the truck with 3400 compressed slabs,…

The University of Education, Winneba, (UEW) Co-operative Credit Union Limited made a net profit of GH¢165,906.86 in 2012 as against GH¢136,822.12 last year. Its total savings increased from GH¢1,512,164.62 in 2010 to GH¢2,172,021.30 as at…