Prof. Kwesi Botchwey speaking on Ghana’s economy. Ghana’s longest serving Minister for Finance, Professor Kwesi Botchwey, has stated that the Cedi is not a strong currency to support overspending by government. According to him, “Ghana cannot afford to live beyond its means because the cedi is not a strong currency to support overspending. Developed countries like the […]

Gauri Shah and the new newborn baby sold for just £130 becuase his mum is too poor to keep him after her husband left her eight months ago. A single mother of four was so poor she felt forced to sell her newborn son for £130 in rural India. Gauri Shah, 32, who lives in a […]

Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, Minister for Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts The Ghana Denmark Cultural Fund (GDCF) has approved GH¢259,622.55 for eight arts organisations, associations, groups and individual artistes for a variety of arts projects. Successful applicants are Afro Maestros Band, Dwenesie Music Institute, Centre for National Culture (Tamale), National Commission on Culture (Accra), La Akaibi Group, […]

Bernard Amankwah One of Ghana’s outstanding gospel musicians, Bernard Amankwah, who is also a song writer and an evangelist, is gearing up for another historic live gospel musical concert to be held in Accra later this year to mark the seventh anniversary of his ministry. The concert, dubbed: ‘Celebration of His Grace’ according to Bernard […]

Isaac Senior Damptey, Ag. Managing Director, Vanguard Life, in a handshake with Ama after presenting the dummy cheque. With them are staff of the two companies. Vanguard Life Assurance Company Limited has presented a cheque for GH¢173,334.93 to Ghana Home Loans Limited at the latter’s Airport office in Accra. The presentation was in fulfillment of Vanguard […]

Ms Rosemary Yeboah  Rosemary Yeboah, Executive Director, Corporate Banking at Ecobank Ghana Limited, has urged mining companies in the country to consider listing on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) in order to raise the needed capital to finance their projects. She said the companies could also execute rights offerings to raise the requisite capital, adding […]

Executives of the association in a photograph with Alhaji Inusah Fuseini  The national executives of the Association of Sand and Stone workers and Tipper Users (NASWOTTU) have met the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Inusah Fuseini in Accra to discuss the acquisition of permits for sand winning. The association, which boasts of over 11,000 […]

Jingdong Wang With interest rates on short-term notes currently hovering around 25 percent, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) does not see the need to  go ahead with its planned sale of a GH¢2 billion in Ghana. According to Jindong Hua, Vice President of IFC, the corporation will however be monitoring the market to see when it […]

Accra Psychiatric Hospital It has now emerged that one of the issues that triggered the recent demonstration by nurses at the Accra Psychiatric Hospital is a life-threatening attack during which a mental patient stabbed a nurse in the eye. Nurses at the Accra Psychiatric Hospital on Tuesday, May 27, went on a demonstration and threatened […]

CEO of Surfline addressing the gathering Surfline Communications Limited (SCL), a mobile broadband data connectivity company, made history last Friday when it launched its Long Term Evolution (LTE) network experience onto the Ghanaian market. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company, Dr. Akoto, mentioned that the company was established in 2011 to provide broadband […]

Yaw Odame Darkwa  The Wenchi Rural Bank in the Brong Ahafo Region recorded a profit of GH¢185,599.00 during the 2013 financial year, representing a 136 percent increase over a profit of GH¢78,346.00 registered in 2012. The bank also disbursed over GH¢3,000,000 in loans to 2,400 women in three regions namely Brong Ahafo, Northern and Upper […]

The suspected criminals  Richardson Owusu, 29, has been arrested by the Tesano Divisional Police Command for selling about 85 wrappers of some whitish substance suspected to be cocaine to many people. Richard was part of about 90 suspects arrested during a swoop by the Tesano, Kaneshie and Dansoman Divisional Police commands in Accra. The suspects […]

The irate students  Drama unfolded at the Central Regional Co-ordinating Council (RCC) on Wednesday when the outgoing Regional Minister, E.K.T Addo and his deputy, Queenstar Pokuah Sawyer snubbed polytechnic students, who stormed the place to submit a petition on the strike by the Polytechnic Teachers Association of Ghana (POTAG). DAILY GUIDE gathered that the irate […]

Some flooded areas in Accra Persistent torrential rains yesterday wreaked havoc on most parts of the national capital, Accra, rendering many people homeless and bringing business activities to a standstill as running water took over homes and streets throughout the metropolis. Large portions of the Kwame Nkrumah Circle, Kaneshie First Light and the Central Business […]

Justice Yaw Apau A lawyer who represented one Peter Abbam to secure about GH¢2 billion as judgement debt has been defending his actions. According to Kwami Amponsah Agati Esq., he followed due process to secure the payment for his client and insisted that he was not aware that there was any report excluding Mr Abbam’s […]

Some members of the association, INSET: The new executives being sworn into office The Pensioners Association of Ghana has rolled out a health insurance top-up scheme for its members across the country. Each member is requested to pay GH¢4.00 premium, which would be deducted at source into a fund. The fund would be managed by […]

A section of the building that collapsed Two workers sustained injuries after a building they were constructing collapsed on them around Timber market in Ashaiman. Fortunately, one of the workers held onto an iron rod until he was rescued by his co-workers. The injured persons, who were identified as a certain Togo and Mawuko, both […]

It is not easy for any individual or group of individuals to maintain their composure in life when there is an accusation of wrongdoing against the public to produce a particular outcome. When that individual or group of individuals still find themselves in those positions where their actions and inactions have caused serious public anger, […]

One of the temperary structures under contruction. INSET: Pupils and teachers putting up a bamboo structure as a classroom TEACHERS AT the Asokore Mampong R/C Primary School have been compelled to use part of their salaries to construct make-shift structures for the pupils after being threatened with transfers. This is because the Circuit Supervisor for […]