The Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning said on Thursday that it expected inflation to remain a single digit for the rest of the year. In a statement issued by Abdul Hakim Ahmed, Media Liaison at the Ministry, said with …

Miss Regina Lumoh, Principal Nursing Officer (PNO) at the Department of Chest Disease of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, has said tuberculosis is on the increase in some communities in the Ablekuma Central. She said Abossey Okai, Sabon Zongo, Ayigbe …

The World Bank’s fund for the poorest, IDA, was created more than 50 years ago to meet an urgent need to make sure the world’s most vulnerable have a real chance at a decent life. A lot has happened since …

An Accra Circuit Court on Thursday sentenced Daniel Kusi Appiah, a taxi driver, to 40 years imprisonment for robbing national service personnel. The convict threatened the victim with a sharp knife and robbed her of Samsung Galaxy phone and Nokia …

A civil engineer and a former lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Prof Augustus Addae-Mensah, has suggested the immediate closure of some portions of the Takoradi Market Circle structures which have developed serious cracks to avoid …

A 30-year-old labourer, Gilbert Quarshie Amenuvor, was on Wednesday fined GH¢12,000 by a Cape Coast Circuit Court for practicing illegal mining at the beach at Elmina. Amenuvor pleaded guilty and would go to prison for three years if he fails …

The World Bank says Ghana has made a significant successful effort in building capacity at the local level in Community Health and Family Planning Project. This was contained in a press release entitled “When do Participatory Development Projects Work,” issued …

Former President J. A. Kufuor Ghana’s former President, John Agyekum Kufuor has been named to head the ECOWAS election observer mission to Sierra Leone, the bloc announced today November 15, 2012. Mr Kufuor, according to ECOWAS, will lead a 150-member …

Vice President Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur on Wednesday said there would be transformation and universal access at the basic education level to build a strong foundation for the development of the nation’s human resource. He said the government had also …

The Ghana Institute of Architects (GIA) has called for the promulgation of laws to regulate the auditing, inspection and certification of new buildings by qualified engineers and safety personnel. The GIA said the local municipal or metropolitan assemblies should also …

Eva Lokko – PPP running mate Madam Adwoa Kluvitse, Country Director of ActionAid Ghana has downplayed the nomination of women by some political parties as their running mates saying,  that merely choosing women as running mates is no achievement. “What …

Ghana defeated Cape Verde 1-0 in a 2013 Africa Cup of Nations warm-up in Portugal on Wednesday. Mubarak Wakaso’s match winner was his first senior goal for the Black Stars. Despite the game being a warm-up fixture ahead of the …

Jerry Rawlings Former President Jerry John Rawlings has commended the security services for the professional and swift manner they responded to the search and rescue mission after the collapse of the Achimota branch of Melcom store. He said the efficient …

Packed broiler meat in an iced-truck ready for export. … as local production dies slowly A total of 40,000 metric tons of broiler meat are expected to be imported into Ghana from the United States by the end of 2012, …

The number of commercial banks in Ghana yet to meet the Bank of Ghana’s GH¢60 million recapitalization requirement has reduced to four, the central bank has said. As at December 2011, 16 of the 27 commercial banks licensed to do …

Aliu Mahama The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital on Wednesday denied that former Vice President Alhaji Aliu Mahama was dead although it cautioned that his condition was critical. “He (the former vice president) is not dead, he has not passed away,” …

The Civil and Local Government Association, Ghana (CLOGSAG), on Wednesday called-off its nationwide industrial strike that started on October 31st 2012. In a statement signed by Mr. Isaac Bampoe-Addo, CLOGSAG Executive Secretary to the Ghana News Agency said, “Having noted …

Prof. Kofi Awoonor Professor Kofi Awoonor, Chairman of the Council of State, on Wednesday reminded custom officers that as guards at the gate of an institution that generate revenue for national development they should desist from indulging in corrupt practices.…

The Melcom Shopping Centre in Cape Coast, has poor ventilation as a result of lack of windows and the fact the facility has only one entrance serving as both entry and exit point. The well-patronised trading centre, which is the …

Public sector workers and Civil Servants occupying the Cape Coast Ministries Block have expressed fear over the weak nature of the building they occupy and have appealed to President John Mahama to immediately intervene for it to be rehabilitated. The …