Prof. Akilagpa Sawyer – Chairman of Gov’t's Committee reviewing mining deals The Chairman of the government committee set up to re-negotiate stability agreements with mining companies has bemoaned the fact that Ghana failed to do a lot more work before …

Alhaji Limuna Mohammed–Muniru, Upper East Regional Minster, on Thursday reiterated government’s commitment to passing the Affirmative Action Bill into law. He said the final draft of the document had been validated by stakeholders in order to ensure collective ownership of …

Stakeholders in the mining sector have attended a day’s training workshop on the Transfer Pricing Regulation, 2012, organised by the Ghana Chamber of Mines in collaboration with the Ghana Revenue Authority. The Regulation passed by Parliament last year, determines the …

Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene, has appealed for more Canadian support towards efforts aimed at protecting the nation’s environment from degradation. He noted that there was threat to the country’s natural environment and said desertification …

President John Mahama Cabinet is holding a special meeting on Thursday to review the performance of government in the first quarter of the year, Mr Mahama Ayariga, Minister for Information and Media Relations, has said. He said the meeting would  …

A Brazilian processing company, Usibra Ghana Limited, is to establish a $25 million cashew processing plant in Ghana. The plant, which is expected to process 300 metric tonnes of cashew daily, will provide about 2,000 direct jobs in the country.…

The Ministry of Energy and Petroleum has project that more than $20 billion will be injected into the country’s petroleum activities in the next five years, the sector Minister, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has said. He said the focus of the …

When it reconvenes Thursday morning, the Supreme Court will hear a motion filed by the three respondents seeking to cross examine some witnesses from the petitioners’ side, in the election dispute currently before the Court. Mr Tsatsu Tsikata, Counsel for …

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) says it believes that in most developing countries, the private sector significantly contributes to efforts to end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity. The IFC hosted its 15th Global Private Equity Conference, in association with …

Germany’s Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is providing €7.5 million for a food security project which will improve urban farming in Ghana and Burkina Faso. Known as the UrbanFoodPlus, the project is part of the BMBF’s support programme Global …

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) office in Ghana is set to launch the second phase of a trade capacity building programme aimed at improving standards in exports. The four-year programme, which will run from 2013-2016, is aimed at …

The International Accounting firm delegated by the Supreme Court to audit the pink sheet exhibits in disagreement on Wednesday accepted to do inventory for free. Mr Justice William Atuguba, the Presiding Judge announced in Court that KPMG had agreed formally …

Afotey-Agbo – Volta Region Minister Nii Laryea Afotey Agbo, Volta Regional Minister on Wednesday gave the assurance that Ho, the capital of the Volta region would get an airport by the end of his tenure. “This is a Regional capital …

The Ministry of Trade and Industry (MoTI) supported by Google, has launched an initiative dubbed: ‘Innovation Ghana’ to celebrate the creativity of individuals and small businesses using the Internet to stimulate socio-economic growth and development. The launched coincided with the …

A total of 2,100 old refrigerators have been exchanged for new ones under the Government’s pilot Refrigerator Rebate and Exchange Scheme. The scheme was launched in September last year in Accra and Tema to ensure that Ghanaians replace old power-consuming …

Mr Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, Minister of Energy and Petroleum, on Thursday inaugurated Enterprise Development Centre (EDC) in Takoradi. In an address, he said the EDC is part of the core component of the local content and local participation in Petroleum …

There is hunger on the faces of many people, and signs of malnutrition evident in kwashiorkor. In many parts of the country anaemia and stunted growth are common phenomena. However, the many preventable and avoidable diseases that kill children indicate …

A year-long multi-targeted ICT access school project, that trained beneficiaries to use information retrieval skills to reorient farming and trading businesses in rural communities in  Ho Municipality has ended. Two hundred (200) basic school pupils, 40 each from Taviefe, Ziavi-Dzogbe, …

The Shama District Assembly failed to execute 10 projects planned for 2012 due to inadequate funds from the District Assemblies Common Fund. The assembly received GH¢321,858.10 representing 37.68 per cent of the total allocation of GH¢854,217.20. This was contained in …

Delta Air Lines has reported a net profit of $85 million for the first quarter of 2013, a statement released in Accra by Delta said. It said the airline’s operating revenue grew by $87 million, or 1.0 percent, during the …