Internet giant Google has reported a 22% jump in revenue during the second quarter period from March through June compared to a year earlier. Revenue rose to $16bn (£9.4bn) and profits were up 6% to $3.4bn, said the firm in its earnings report. Strong demand for Google’s advertising helped boost revenues above expectations. Google also announced ...

The Trade Union Congress, TUC has asked the country’s legislature not to sanction the Economic Partnership Agreement reached between ECOWAS and the European Union. The Trades Union Congress in a press statement condemned the agreements saying it is ‘’inimical’’ to economic growth and development of the country. The Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) on ...

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The Right Reverend Dr. Daniel Sylvanus Mensah Torto, the Anglican Bishop of Accra Diocese has spoken against wrongdoings in all spheres of the society saying they undermined growth and development. He cited massive corruption, grumsome murders and shedding of innocent blood of prominent and ordinary people in the country to which the  perpetrators had not been punished for their wrongdoings. [...] The post Anglican Bishop Speaks Against Wrongdoings appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

Apart from bringing people the world over together to relax, soccer is fast becoming a vehicle for the advancement of charity.

A 43-year-old prophet who allegedly tried to bribe a police officer with GH¢7,000  to have a case of robbery  at a warehouse in Tema settled out of the police station is in the grips of the Police Command, together with five accomplices including a Police Corporal, Kyei Mensah. Prophet Elijah Attah Twum-Barimah of the Break Through Gate Church at Ashaiman Lebanon, [...] The post Corporal, 4 Others Arrested For Robbery appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

Footballers are noted for donating parts of their earnings to charity (secretly and in the open) but what some of them are doing currently beats my imagination.

The Chief Executive Officer Of Mt. Sol Lueshing, Nigeria, Prince Adeleke Oyinlola Yesterday Told The Financial Division Court That He Was Entitled To The Charter Fee, Because His Company Loaded Fuel Oil From Nigeria And Discharged It In Ghana. He Disagreed With Assertions By Officials Of Economic And Organised Crime Office (Eoco) And Sol Lueshing, United Kingdom (Uk) That He [...] The post 3 Firms Contest $0.39m Charter Fee appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

London: A Scottish couple "loyal" to Malaysia Airlines escaped by the skin of their teeth when they were told that there were no seats available on flight MH17 to Kuala Lumpur, and were forced to switch to another airline. MH17, which crashed in Ukraine on ...

AN hour or so before Israeli troops invaded Gaza yesterday morning, Arnold Roth, a Melbourne-raised Jew living in Jerusalem, wrote an email to the Herald Sun. The world was absorbing fresh notions of Israeli superiority. Its tanks and troops poured in to a ...

Irate residents of Anomabo, in the Mfantseman District  went on the rampage and vandalised the Police Station on Tuesday, over the death of a resident who lost his life when attempting to avoid arrest  in a police swoop on Monday . The angry mob,  armed with dangerous implements, carried the body and dumped it in front of the station. They then  [...] The post Irate Anomabo Mob Vandalise Police Station appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

After Ajinkya Rahane offered resistance against England on Day 1, focus shifts to Indian bowlers on Day 2. Tweet This. Related. RahaneReutersT · India vs England statistics: Ajinkya Rahane joins Sourav Ganguly club, James Anderson surpasses Ian ...

The Ghana Association of Bankers (GAB) says government must quickly take pragmatic measures to save the economy from further dipping. Key among the measures, the government should generate more revenue, reduce expenditure, control the budget deficit and increase the export base of the economy to generate more foreign exchange. The President of the GAB, Mr Simon Dornoo who made the [...] The post Bankers Propose Measures To Revive Economy appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

Germany’s World Cup winning captain Philipp Lahm has retired from international football.

Parliament has ratified a $600 million commercial agreement among the government of Ghana, Lonrho Ports Ghana Limited and Atuabo Free Port Company Limited for the development of the Ghana Oil and Gas Free Port Project. The project is a public private partnership aimed at creating a specialised port dedicated to providing support to the supply chain in the oil and [...] The post Atuabo Free Port Project Ratified appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.