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Ghana is benefiting from the rapid commodity-led GDP growth, ratings agency, Fitch says in a new report released October 9, 2012. The agency is of the view that high credit growth has been associated with high real GDP growth. “Before…

The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development together with Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology would soon introduce separation of wastes to make it easier for recycling and disposal of refuse. The pilot project would…

The Church of the Province of West Africa (CPWA) has created two new administrative internal provinces as planned during the mission’s  synod in Conakry-Guinea on March 21, 2011. The provinces are the internal province of Ghana to comprise…

Dr. Akwasi Osei, Chief Psychiatrist of the Ghana Health Services (GHS), has underlined the need for the nation to up its spending on mental healthcare to help effectively manage mental illness and other psychiatric disorders. Ghana, he…

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) on Wednesday organised a one day’s seminar for large taxpayers in the oil and gas and mining industry to boost knowledge and enhance compliance with the self-assessment tax regime. The seminar was to…

The Police has arrested two youth who were caught in the act of stealing Vodafone Ghana cables in the Mile 7 area on Tuesday morning. A statement from Vodafone said the Police was alerted around 8am in the morning when five youth parked a…

The Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG), has expressed concern about the incessant pollution of Ghana’s water bodies and land due to uncontrolled exploitation of its natural resources. According to the Institute, the alarming…

Vocational Skills for Women (VTF), a Christian institution, has presented 51 rural young women with assorted equipment to start up their own business as a means of empowering them to cater for their families. The items estimated at…

About 9,200 smallholder farmers, in the northern region are to benefit from an agricultural development project that seeks to ensure that farmers have access to quality improved seeds for farming. The project called: “Improvement of…

Superintendent Felix Mawusi, Director of Commercial Crime Unit of the Criminal Investigation Division, has called on African governments to transform educational system on the continent from a theoretical to skill development to help reduce…