Ghana and the China Railway Engineering Design Institute Company Limited have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to fund the construction of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) office complex as well as it regional and district secretariats. The MOU …

An official of the Institute of Local Government Studies has appealed to Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to step up their efforts to increase their Internally Generated Funds (IGF). The Head of Environmental Science Policy of the Institute, Mrs …

Mark Simmonds is also UK Minister for Africa The recent successes chalked by African countries in terms of the economy are not new, that’s the thoughts of UK Foreign Office Minister Mark Simmonds. According to Simmonds, over the first decade …

Emmanuel Frimpong Arsenal midfielder Emmanuel Frimpong has joined Charlton Athletic on loan until 1 January. Addicks manager Chris Powell said the club had been watching the combative Ghana-born 20-year-old for some time. “With the busy Christmas period to come, I …

Ghana’s export trade recorded an annual growth of 3% in the first three quarters of 2012. The country registered a value of $10.1 billion in terms of the total merchandises exported during the period compared to $9.8 billion in the …

Public toilets As World Toilet Day is marked today November 19, 2012, 297 million African women and girls do not have access to safe and adequate sanitation and of those, 107 million don’t have a toilet at all, according to …

Using community health systems to deliver treatments donated by the private sector, over 80 million people a year are now protected from river blindness in Africa. Fighting this disease, which causes much suffering and eventual loss of sight, was one …

Gold prices are projected to increase to $2,000 per ounce in 2013. The prices for the precious metal will increase from $1,700 in the fourth quarter of 2012, the Bank of Ghana has said. The Bank has also said global …

Today, November 19, 2012 is World Toilet Day. A day set aside by the international community to draw attention to the fact that a whopping 2.5 billion people in the world, representing 37% of the world’s total population, do not …

We don’t want vain promises on water and sanitation. When you make promises keep them because people are dying from the lack of these basics of life. Today, this message will be one of many that hundreds of thousands of …

Public toilets To commemorate World Toilet Day today, November 19, 2012 and also help solve an age-old problem of the proper disposal of  faecal sludge, a multi-national team will today launch a groundbreaking research facility that transforms human waste into …

The Ghana cedi is steadily gaining against the US dollar on monthly basei, according to the Bank of Ghana (BoG). But the currency, from the beginning of the year to October, has fallen 17.5% against the dollar. The BoG, in …

Forest areas cover 23 percent of Africa’s surface area, an estimated 675 million hectares with wooded landscapes—trees outside of forests—accounting for another 13 percent, or 350 million hectares. Five countries alone—Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Angola, Zambia and Mozambique—account for …

Few dispute the value of letting citizens have a say in development projects affecting their lives. After all, if local people participate in decision-making, contribute cash and labour to build roads, or organize neighborhood committees to resolve conflicts, they will …

Armed robbers last Thursday  attacked the Trede  branch of the Bosomtwe Rural Bank in broad daylight and made away with cash which reliable sources put about GH¢76,000. The attack, which lasted about 15 minutes, saw the robbers making away with …

The Offinso College of Education has admitted 300 students to undertake a three-year diploma course in basic education to enhance educational human resource needs of the country. Speaking at a matriculation ceremony, Mr. Lloyd Alexander Djangmah, Principal of the college, …

The Assistant Commissioner of the Domestic Tax Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Mr Edmond Gyamerah, has urged the government to establish a tax court to speedily prosecute tax defaulters. Speaking at the Ghana Tax Justice Coalition stakeholder forum …