Statement by U.S. Mission to the World Trade Organization Attaché Neil Beck at the WTO Trade Policy Review of Ghana

The Azadea Group, a premier fashion and lifestyle retail company that owns and operates more than 50 leading international franchise concepts across the Middle East, North Africa, Asia and Europe, today announced an exclusive franchise arrangement with Payless ShoeSource, the largest specialty family footwear retailer in the Western Hemisphere.

It is one thing to be corrupt, incompetent and ignorant, and sandwiched in foolishness. It is another, when the wilful actions of politicians, out of spite and unsubstantiated suspicion, cause the state to lose millions of dollars at a time when the government struggles every day to make statutory payments. This is the time when the language of Shakespeare runs out of all superlatives.

The Lead Counsel for the Sole Commissioner of the Judgment Debt Commission, Dometi Kofi Sorpkor, has advised the Ministry of Finance & Economic Planning (MoFEP) to carefully peruse documents and ask for details of claimants before effecting payment, to avoid irregularities.

The Kumawu Traditional Council has met the District Chief Executive (DCE), Samuel Asiamah, and nine assembly members within the traditional area. They are Samuel Agyekum, Woraso Electoral Area and a Presiding Member; Kwasi Dankwah, Market Square Electoral Area; Believer Nkrumah, Bodomase/Etia Electoral Area; and Kwame Aboagye, Kumawu Apibiakyer Electoral Area.

The first Prison Catholic Church in the region has been constructed and dedicated to God in Kumasi. Madam Matilda Baffuor Awuah, Controller-General of the Prisons Service, in a statement read on her behalf by Mr. Anthony Yeboah, Controller of Prisons in Kumasi, at the dedication ceremony of the St Martin Prison Catholic Church, urged Ghanaians to accept ex-convicts as the part of society and complement to re-integrating them to become more useful to society, to contribute their quota to the socio

Western Union (WU) Ghana has awarded four customers with an all-paid-trip to Brazil as winners of the just-ended "Let's Go To Brazil" Promo in Accra.

Accra -AZADEA Group, premier fashion and lifestyle retail company, announced an exclusive franchise arrangement with Payless ShoeSource, one of the world's largest specialty family footwear retailers in the world.

Accra -SOMOTEX Ghana, the sole distributor of LG Electronics in Ghana, has launched the first curved Organic Light Emitting Diode television (OLED TV in the country.

Accra -THE World Bank's Board of Executive Directors has allocated US$50 million to assist Ghana further reduce poverty and expand social opportunities for the poorest people.

Kumasi -THE AMBITION of Mr. Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen to hoist the flag of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the 2016 presidential election could suffer serious setbacks, as he appears to be losing the support of some prominent party leaders and close pals, ahead of the decisive congress in December this year.

DAASEBRE PROFESSOR Oti-Boateng, Paramount Chief of the New Juaben Traditional Area, has called for a stop to the blame-game on Ghana's economic management, to make way for a nationalistic approach to finding solutions to the economic challenges facing the country.

On 19th May 2014, Chinese Ambassador to Ghana H.E. Ms. Sun Baohong was invited to take part in IPMATIIC AFRICA 2014 and delivers a speech on "China's success story and its relevance to Africa".

The Minister for Education, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyeman, has underlined the need for the nation to refrain from duplicating existing university, in its effort to upgrade other tertiary institutions into a university status, adding that differentiation is very important.

The Ministry of Trade and Industry is undertaking the necessary assessments to identify the benefits and consequences of Ghana signing on to the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), Hon Haruna Iddrisu, Minister for Trade and Industry, has disclosed.

Between April 2013 and April 2014, the country's year-on-year Producer Price Inflation (PPI) increased by 31.5%, representing an increase in producer price inflation by 3.7% points, relative to the 27.8% rate recorded in March 2014.

SIX MONTHS after the MTN Foundation commissioned a modern Information Communication Technology (ICT) Centre at the St. Charles Primary School in the Bolgatanga Municipality, the pupils and teachers are fast gaining knowledge and skills on the subject.

On 15th May 2014, Chinese Ambassador to Ghana H.E. Ms. Sun Baohong paid a courtesy call on H.E. Thomas Kwesi Quartey, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration of Ghana and exchanged views on China-Ghana relations.

On 23 May 2014, Chinese Ambassador to Ghana H.E. Ms. Sun Baohong paid a courtesy call on H.E. Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, Vice President of the Republic of Ghana and exchanged in-depth views on China-Ghana relations and cooperation.

On 22th May 2014, Chinese Ambassador to Ghana H.E. Ms. Sun Baohong paid a courtesy call on Hon. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyeman, Minister for Education of Ghana and exchanged views on China-Ghana relations and bilateral cooperation on education.