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Ahanta Assembly involves public in budget reading
Mr Bright Ohene Appiah, the Ahanta West District Budget Officer, has said it is important to involve the general public in the budgetary making and reading process.
He said it was necessary to work together with the public in order to…
SADA to re-orient farmers on agriculture modernization
Mr. Gilbert Iddi, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Savanna Accelerated Development Authority (SADA), on Thursday said SADA was poised to bring the needed development to the three Northern Regions.
Key issues that the Authority would…
Ghana votes “Yes” granting Palestine full membership of UNESCO
Ghana voted in favour of Palestine to be admitted as a member of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), a decision which has led the US to freeze its $60 million funding to the UN cultural agency.…
S&P rates Ghana B/B over weak fiscal management
The ratings company, Standard & Poor's (S&P) has rated Ghana B/B today November 3, 2011.
S&P says in a press release that even though Ghana continues to benefit from strong GDP growth, strengthening oil production volumes, and…
Ghana allocates $250m of $3b Chinese-loan facility for landing sites
An amount of $250 million has been designated under the $3 billion-Chinese loan facility for the development of habours and landing sites.
One of the sites under this project will be the Dixcove landing site, Mr Kwesi Ahwoi, Minister of…
Study in Accra finds 90% of homosexuals are Christian, 8% Muslim
A study conducted in some parts of Accra on homosexuality finds that 90% of adolescent men who have sexual activities with other men are Christians and 8% are Muslim, even though leaders of the two religious groups in Ghana have openly…
Trafficked children from Togo engaged in kente weaving business in Ghana
Six children aged between five and 11 years trafficked from neighbouring Togo are engaged in kente weaving at Godokpe in Ho in the Volta Region of Ghana.
The children, who have been engaged in the kente weaving business for a number of…
Assembly kicks against privatisation of revenue collection
Members of the Birim Central Municipal Assembly in the Eastern Region have kicked against the privatisation of revenue collection by the assembly.
By 37 to 17 votes, the assembly has abrogated the contract.
According to them, Locrev…
2012 Budget: Ghana increases feeding fees for prison inmates
The Ghana government has increased the daily feeding fees for inmates of the country's prisons from the current GH¢0.60 to GH¢1.80 per day.
The Minister of the Interior, Dr Benjamin Kunbuor, who announced this in Parliament November 2,…
AMA demolishes structures to pave way for dredging of Odaw River
Many illegal structures at Adabraka and Odawna, both suburbs of Accra have been demolished by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) in a demolition exercise.
The exercise started from the main entrance of the Adabraka Presbyterian Church…