President John Dramani Mahama Seth Terkper, Minister of Finance, is currently implementing measures to refinance a portion of the country’s domestic debt to reduce the pressure it is placing on the budget. At 52 percent, Ghana’s domestic debt was described as “not abnormal” by President John Mahama, who delivered his State of the Nation Address […]

From left to right, Seth Twum-Akwaboah, Preba Greenstreet, Corporate Relations Director, GGBL, Kwabena Agyekum, President of CIMG, Haruna Iddrisu, Peter Ndegwa and James Agyei President of AGI pose for the cameras after the CUBE tour Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited (GGBL) has introduced the first-ever portable spirits packaging and bottling line in Africa. The ultramodern packaging […]

Emmanuel Ayivor, Chairman of National Association of Sachet and Packaged Water Producers (NASPAWAP), has hinted of an  increment in the price of a bag of sachet water from March 1. The increment, he noted, had been agreed upon at a stakeholders’ meeting on February 19 this year in the wake of high cost of production […]

Dr. Philomina Nyarko Between January 2013 and January 2014, the producer price inflation rate increased by 23.3 percent year-on-year, representing an increase of 8.0 percentage points. The month-on-month change in producer prices between December 2013 and January 2014 was also 7.2 percent. Dr Philomena Nyarko, acting Government Statistician, who disclosed this at a press conference […]

Stephen Mills, a Technical Consultant at Crown Paints Limited, UK, explaining a point to participants at the seminar. Crown Paints Limited has announced a programme to train Ghanaian architectural and industrial painters at its headquarters in the UK. Bamson Company Limited, local representatives of Crown Paints, made this known at the opening of a two-day decorative […]

Christina Daseking The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has asked Bank of Ghana (BoG) to review the new foreign exchange regulations after an appropriate evaluation period to mitigate any unintended consequences on the country’s economy. However, the Fund agreed with BoG that the new foreign exchange regulations alone will not resolve the underlying pressures in the […]

Alhaji Inusah Fuseinu swearing in the members of the board.  Alhaji Inusah Fuseini, Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, has announced plans by government to create many jobs through the establishment of plantations across the country. He said the Forest Plantation Development Fund had been established by government to boost the planting of trees using […]

The project Some residents of Old Barrier near Weija in the Greater Accra Region are protesting against the construction of what most of them believe to be a factory or a warehouse in a purely residential area. The structure, which is being constructed by a Chinese company – DING FAN LIN – about 50 meters […]

Rita Andoh in police custody, Inset: The tortured child Rita Andoh, a 24-year-old pregnant woman, has been arrested by the police for allegedly torturing her five-year-old step-son. The boy (name withheld), who is currently receiving treatment at the Amasaman Government Hospital in the Greater Accra Region, had bruises all over his body. Rita, a seven-month pregnant […]

Upper East Minister, Alhaji Limuna Mohammed-Muniru THE UPPER East Regional Minister, Alhaji Limuna Mohammed-Muniru, has cautioned Municipal and District Chief Executives to work hard in order to speed up development in the region. He advised the MCEs and DCEs to desist from arrogating themselves to powers they do not have, saying, “The tendency of saying […]

Ms Laura Carpini, Italian Ambassador to Ghana addressing the press  The 30th Naval Group of the Italian Navy will arrive in Tema on Wednesday, March 5 to offer humanitarian assistance to Ghanaians. The Naval Group, composed of aircraft carrier Cavour, supply ship Etna and frigate Bergamini, all Italian ships, formed part of the naval Campaign: “A […]

The participants in a group photograph with officials of GIFEC and other officials after the programme INMATES OF 21 prisons centres in the country can now enjoy the luxury of learning Information and Communication Technology (ICT) as part of their reformative process. This follows the establishment of computer centres at the 21 prisons outlets to […]

MAXWELL ADDICO, former head of Audit at the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), yesterday told an Accra Financial Court that findings in an audit report prepared by a team of auditors, revealed that Evans Raybon Anyadi, the Scheme Manager of Adaklu Anyigbe Mutual Health Insurance Scheme at Kpetoe in the Volta Region, forged documents. The […]

Joshua Kwame Ametepe, after his arrest. A 54-YEAR-OLD man is in the grip of the Ashaiman Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service for stealing a 6-year-old girl at Zongo-Laka, a suburb of the town, in the Greater Accra Region. The suspect, Joshua Kwame Ametepe, a trader and resident of […]

The Master’s Class Congregation pose with their professors and some dignitaries Accra Institute of Technology (AIT) has held its 5th graduation at its Cantonments Campus in Accra. Close to 500 graduands from various fields of study – PhD, Masters, Bachelors Degree, D Tech  and C Tech – graduated in the event that drew many from […]

Some members of the public donating blood HUNDREDS OF pints of blood were realised on Friday during this year’s Valentine’s Day blood donation exercise organised by the mobile telecommunications giant, MTN in Kumasi. The exercise, which formed part of the MTN Ghana Foundation’s annual blood donation project, was to support and replenish stocks at the National Blood […]

Sherry Ayittey, Minister of Health The number of people who tested positive for HIV/AIDS at health facilities in Effutu Municipality reduced to 15 in 2013 as compared to 46 in 2012 and 72 in 2011, the Municipal Director of Health Services, Dr Luiz Amoussou-Gohoungo, has said. Dr Amoussou-Gohoungo said this at the 2013 review performance […]