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The Greater Accra Regional Health Directorate has launched the door-to-door distribution of Long Lasting Insecticides Treated Nets (LLIN) Hang-up-Campaign at Ngleshie-Amanfro in the Ga South Municipality. The campaign is targeted at…

Mr Ambrose Yennah, a Consultant at Africa Integrated Development and Communication Consultant Limited (AIDCC) has called on government to consider legalizing the operations of artisanal small scale miners in the country. He said due to the…

Dr Yaw Adu-Ampomah, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of COCOBOD, on Thursday entreated the youth to venture into Cocoa cultivation instead of waiting for non-existent white collar jobs. He urged especially the young graduates who are looking…

Professor Samuel Innocent Ampadu, President of the Ghana Institute of Engineers, has urged his colleague engineers to take up the challenge of helping to efficiently manage the country’s industrial waste. He said they should use their…

Mr. Alban Kingsford Sumani Bagbin, Minister of Health, has said administrative and punitive measures would be taken against any para-medical staff of the Ministry caught extorting monies from patients. Mr. Bagbin said this at the end of…

Miners in Ghana made $2.76 billion revenue from mineral resources during the half-year of 2012, the Ghana Chamber of Mines said August 16, 2012. The amount was a 19% rise over the 2011 period, the Chamber’s 2012 half-year report indicated…

The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) is to host the former President of South Africa, Mr Frederick Willem de Klerk in Ghana to speak on: “The Challenges of Change in Africa,” on Monday, August 27. In a statement copied to the Ghana News…

The United States of America (USA) Ambassador to Ghana, Donald Teitelbaum, on Tuesday inaugurated 24 American Peace Corps volunteers expected to work in the Ghana Education Service (GES) at Anyinasin near Akyem-Tafo of the Eastern Region.…

Mrs Justice Joyce Bamford Addo, the Speaker of Parliament has adjourned the house sine die on Thursday after the House approved some loan agreements. The loan agreements include a loan agreement between the government and the African…

The late President John Evans Atta Mills' Funeral Planning Committee (FPC) on Thursday donated some of the items it received towards the funeral to charity. The Committee received donations from institutions, corporate organisations and…