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Lack of adequate trained personnel causing maternal deaths in Upper West Region
Alhaji Issahaque Salia, Upper West Regional Minister, says the lack of adequate critical medical personnel to man health facilities remained a major challenge to addressing maternal death in the Region.
He said four out of the nine…
Draft road traffic regulation is before Parliament – Transport Minister
The Minister for Transport, Alhaji Collins Dauda has said plans are underway for the introduction of a new set of road traffic regulations in the country.
He said a draft of the regulations had already been forwarded to Parliament and that…
Ghana bows to IMF by hiking mining taxes to 35% from 25%
Mining companies in Ghana will be paying more taxes to government starting 2012, a move which was recommended by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) when a team from the Fund completed a two-week review of the country’s economy October…
Ghana to strengthen tax laws to check transfer pricing as country loses $36m every year
Ghana has drafted regulations to strengthen the country's tax laws to deal with taxation of multinational companies and minimize the incidence of abuse of transfer pricing, Finance Minister, Dr. Kwabena Duffuor has told Parliament Wednesday…
It’s recycled budget – Minority
The Minority in Parliament has described the 2012 Budget presented to the House by the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Dr Kwabena Duffuor, as “a recycled bin and a package of unfulfilled and broken promises to win the support of…
Ghana’s sanitation coverage now 11%
Ghana’s Minister of Finance, Dr. Kwabena Duffuor, has stated that according to available data from the 2008 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey (GDHS), urban sanitation coverage for the country now stands at 16%, while national coverage…
Hedging has contributed to stability of Ghana’s economy in 2011 – Dr. Duffour
Dr Kwabena Duffour, the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning of Ghana has said that, the entire under-recovery of petroleum pricing for the year is estimated to be GH¢364.94 million based on the assumption of crude oil price of…
Health delivery improvement needs multi-sectoral approach – Prof Nyarko
Professor Alexander Nyarko, Director of the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), on Tuesday said improving upon health delivery in the country, was not only about increasing the number of hospitals and doctors in the…
Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative condemns maltreatment of arrested persons
Ms Mina Mensah, Programme Officer, Access to Justice of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), on Wednesday said human rights would be meaningless if people were not guaranteed an efficient and effective liberty and security.
Ms…
CAMFED Ghana trains young entrepreneurs for job creation
Campaign for Female Education (Camfed-Ghana), in collaboration with the Master Card Foundation Partnership (MCFP) is undertaking an innovative programme aimed at grooming young entrepreneurs to establish businesses in their communities…