Star Oil, an Oil Marketing Company(OMC), has opened a new service station at Saasabi-Oyibi with a call on Ghanaians to patronise indigenous businesses to grow the economy.

HAMBURG, July 4 (Reuters) - A rise in cocoa futures to around three-year highs this week has reduced industry purchasing in Europe's cash cocoa market, traders said on Friday.

The WHO meeting on Ebola Epidemic has reaffirmed the need for high national leadership by heads of states and government to facilitate an inter-sectoral interventions and coordination required to cope with the disease.

Rockson Dogbegah Current procedures in Ghana’s construction industry appear not to be properly streamlined, which has led to all manner of construction activities. As part of efforts to forestall the collapse of high-rise buildings and subsequent casualties, the BUSAC Built Environment Steering Committee has advocated the establishment of a regulatory authority. Rockson Dogbegah, Chairman of […]

James Bradbury (left) in a chat with a member of the Chamber James Bradbury, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of James Bradbury Property Services, has urged government to put the appropriate measures in place to address the housing problems in the country. According to him, the high cost of renting or owning a house was worrisome. […]

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has announced the commencement of registration in the Ashanti Region for the newly-introduced Biometric Membership Solution (BMS), intended to bring efficiency into the operations of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). This BMS will resolve ID card management challenges that hitherto bedevilled the scheme in the region as well as nationwide. The implementation of the BMS means that NHIS subscribers will now be instantly issued with their ID

Emmanuel Ikazoboh At the just-ended Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Ecobank Transnational Incorporated held at its headquarters in Lomé, Emmanuel Ikazoboh, an accountant with 35 years experience, was appointed as the Group’s new Chairman. Mr. Ikazoboh has played roles in international business management and corporate advisory capacities in both the private and public sectors and […]

Alfred Baku, Executive Vice President of Gold Fields West Africa Operations says a collaborative partnership between mining companies, governments, labour and communities will help mitigate the many challenges facing the industry. “Government must seek collaborative partnerships with miners who are better able to operate and develop ore bodies, and who are good social partners,” he said. Speaking under the topic ‘Resource Nationalism’ during an interaction with members of the Institute of

Kofi Yamoah, GSE Boss The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) in 2013 delivered a sterling performance to be the second best stock market in Africa after Malawi both in local currency and dollar terms. The GES Composite Index, which measures the performance of the entire market, went up by 78.81 per cent, which is obviously one […]

More than 22,000 Americans were without power at the start of the July 4 holiday after Hurricane Arthur scythed through North Carolina's Outer Banks early Friday. Thousands more had already fled in preparation for the Category 2 storm, which has seen ...

Director-General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Jose’ Graziano da Silva has noted that the challenge now is to match the vision of a hunger-free Africa with the continent’s sterling economic growth, and translate it into reality by tackling the multiple causes of hunger and under-nutrition through partnerships and innovative financial solutions. He recounted that Africa is witnessing a period of unprecedented economic growth, and the region can be proud to have

Hostilities between Israel and Hamas, the militant group that controls the Gaza Strip, appeared to ease on Friday amid reports of Egyptian efforts to broker a truce between the two sides after weeks of tit-for-tat attacks. Although there was no official ...

It was a miserable morning for Williams, however. FIA Women in Motorsport Ambassador and Williams Devlopment Driver Susie Wolff's much anticipated appearance in the team's FW36, the first time in 22 years that a woman would take part in a grand prix ...

David Luiz has admitted that if Brazil do not win the World Cup on home turf it will be considered a failure. The Selecao are under pressure to win a record sixth title in front of their fans this summer, with Luiz Felipe Scolari's team having already progressed to ...

KILL DEVIL HILLS, N.C. -- Independence Day celebrations were upended along the East Coast after Hurricane Arthur struck North Carolina's Outer Banks islands overnight, causing flooding. Arthur began moving offshore and away from the southern state ...