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Mr James Victor Gbeho, President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, has said approximately only 20 per cent of the African population has access to electricity. “A characteristic of the ECOWAS region is…

Mr Paul Evans Aidoo, Western Regional Minister, has re-launched the Regional Educational Trust Fund at Takoradi. Some 23 students from various tertiary institutions were presented with scholarship awards while six individuals and…

The ARP Apex Bank Limited will soon support Rural and Community Banks (RCBs) in the country to engage young university and polytechnic graduates to improve their human resource capacities. Mr Eric Osei-Bonsu, Managing Director said Apex…

Dr Kwabena Duffour, the Minister of Finance, has cut the sod for work to begin on an office complex for the Kumawuman Rural Bank in the Sekyere Afram Plains District of the Ashanti Region. The project which is expected to cost about…

The Wa East District Assembly has inaugurated two classroom blocks  for Goripie and Ducie communities as part of its education expansion infrastructure project in the district. The projects comprising six-unit classroom block at Goripie…

The compulsory arbitration process by the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) and the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC), which began on Monday will be reconvened on Wednesday, October 27. This was after the Committee of Arbitration…

Participants at a three day national conference on climate change for religious bodies have been charged to put pressure on decision makers and implementers to be more proactive on the issues of climate change. “Climate Change is…

Nana Ntebo Pra IV, Divisional Chief of Himan-Prestea, has called for the review of the mining law to enhance its contribution to the country’s economy and the needs of mining communities. He said the current mining law had given more power…

Mr Mark Wayongo, Upper East Regional Minister at the weekend inaugurated a GH¢32,000 rehabilitated abattoir and a meat shop in the Navrongo market. Mr Woyongo said prior to the rehabilitation of the abattoir, the butchers sold their meat…

President John Evans Atta Mills on Monday said he had accepted an invitation to visit Cuba at the instance of the Cuban President Raul Castro. The invitation was contained in a special message from the Cuban leader through his Vice, Mr…