The 18th African Union (AU) meeting in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, which officially opened last Monday, has assigned Ghana’s President John Evans Atta Mills major roles during the session of heads of State and Government. Aside delivering the keynote address, which is on the theme: “Boosting Intra African Trade,” President Mills, who leaves Ghana [...]
Ghana’s Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Thursday directed, Akua Sena Dansua, Minister for Tourism to conclude arrangement with the Cable News Network (CNN) for a documentary on the tourism potentials of the country. The Vice President in a meeting with the Minister and a team from CNN at the Castle, Osu, mentioned the potentials [...]
The Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Health Directorate is positioning itself to meet health challenges envisaged as a result of the oil find, Dr. Teddy Avotri, the Metropolitan Director of Health Services has said. He said at the opening ceremony of a two-day Annual Performance Review Conference of the Metropolitan Health Directorate at Takoradi on Thursday. Dr. Avotri [...]
The Half Assini Police is searching for a fisherman from Abrebeano near Komenda in the Central Region who stabbed his colleague at Effasu near Half Assini, resulting in his death. A police source told the Ghana News Agency at Half Assini on Wednesday that the deceased and the suspect whose names were being withheld for [...]
John Mensah will be eligible to play in Ghana’s final group game against Guinea, Caf has confirmed. The Black Stars captain was sent off in the opening Group D win over Botswana at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. It was initially feared that the 29-year-old will be missing the remainder of Ghana’s group campaign [...]
US Deputy Secretary of State Bill Burns will lead a high-level United States Government delegation to visit Ghana, officials at the US State Department say January 24, 2012. The delegation which is on a five-day African trip starting from January 26-30 will also travel to Ethiopia, Uganda, and South Sudan. “In Ghana, Deputy Secretary Burns [...]
This is a good reminder for all of us. You can never read this too many times!! 1. Tip from police: The elbow is the strongest point on your body. IF YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO USE IT, DO! 2. If a robber asks for your wallet and/or purse, DO NOT HAND IT TO HIM [...]
…Is Ghana Getting Shortchanged? Watchers over Ghana’s oil have sounded the alarm bells, upon learning that ultrasonic export metres, installed on FPSO Kwame Nkrumah, the Jubilee Field production vessel, were not functioning properly, and therefore currently, the major means of determining volumes of crude oil exported was by tank dipping. Notwithstanding the fact that the [...]
…Is Ghana Getting Shortchanged? Watchers over Ghana’s oil have sounded the alarm bells, upon learning that ultrasonic export metres, installed on FPSO Kwame Nkrumah, the Jubilee Field production vessel, were not functioning properly, and therefore currently, the major means of determining volumes of crude oil exported was by tank dipping. Notwithstanding the fact that the [...]
Two Pew Research Center surveys conducted in the U.S.A. in March 2011 indicate that almost 57% of Americans now believe that university education no longer provides “good value” for the money that students and their sponsors expend. The preceding statement may discourage any 18-year-old, right out of high school, who is determined to go to [...]
By Samuel Donkor Once upon a time, before the second republic,the nation Ghana was noted for her moral values, disciplined society,spirituality and virtuousness; a people of intelligence and wisdom, hard working, communually spirited and noted to have the best civil service, high educational standards, best health service delivery system, a disciplined Armed Forces and Police [...]
By Liana Bran, Intern, IMANI With the combined efforts of the World Bank and the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MOFEP) hosted the Stakeholders Forum on Draft National Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Policy for Ghana on September 16, 2010. While participants questioned the validity of the current attempt in [...]
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