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Tough Road Ahead Of Mining Industry
Saturday July 04, 2009
Mining companies have some difficult decisions to make if they are to reduce costs and protect margins in the prevailing economic environment, professional services group Pricewaterhouse-Coopers (PwC) said in a report published this week.
“There is no doubt that the industry is facing a tough road ahead,” said PwC US mining leader...read more
Middle-income Status Meaningless To The People Unless...
Saturday July 04, 2009
A member of the Council of State, Kpan-Na Mohammed B. Bawa, has urged Regional Coordinating Councils (RCCs) to ensure that Ghana attain a middle-income status by 2020. He said as the administrative machinery of the central government at the regional level, the RCCs should draw up programmes and projects that would enable the country to...read more
Only If Drivers Would Understand The Police...
Saturday July 04, 2009
The first trustee of the Ashaiman branch of the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU), Mr Augustine Kyeremeh, has advised commercial drivers not to see the work of the police as a hindrance to their work.
That, he explained, was because without the police, many more accidents would have been recorded and a lot of lawlessness would have...read more
Agona Swedru Hospital Lacks Emergency Ward
Saturday July 04, 2009
Mrs Bernadette Pufaa, a Deputy Director of Nursing Service, has appealed to the government and corporate bodies to construct an emergency ward at the Agona Swedru Government Hospital for effective and safe handling of accident victims.
She said the absence of the facility had forced accident victims to be admitted at the various wards, with...read more
Mob Assaults Man Over Attempted Installation
Saturday July 04, 2009
Mr Percy Amoah Gogoe, a 38- year old man, was assaulted by a mob at La, a suburb of Accra on Sunday, in a bid to install him as the Chief Fisherman of Nii Badu We (family).
Mr Gogoe, national co-ordinator of Hopscotch and Partners, an international non-governmental organisation, said a family elder lured him to the mob numbering about 25 at...read more
Building Collapses, Kills One Person
Saturday July 04, 2009
One person died while two others escaped unhurt when the mud building in which they were sleeping in collapsed on them following a downpour on Sunday at Nkanfoa near Cape Coast.
The deceased, five-year-old Kojo Aboagye, died instantly while his two brothers managed to escape.
Sunday’s downpour rendered many people homeless as the...read more
Bolga Pupils Defy Downpour To Petition For Peace
Saturday July 04, 2009
About 600 first-cycle pupils in Bolgatanga on Wednesday registered their abhorrence of the fragile peace in the three Northern Region.
This, they did by defying a downpour to undertake “a street walk for peace,” particularly in Bawku and Dagbon.
Some of them carried placards with inscriptions such as “Stop the...read more
African Media Asked To Project Continent
Saturday July 04, 2009
The Ambassador of the Diasporan African Forum (DAF), Dr. Erieka Bennett, yesterday appealed to Ghanaian and other African media practitioners to acquaint themselves with positive issues on the continent and project them. This, she said, will project the continent in the positive way besides attracting investors to Africa. DAF was...read more
Worawora Rural Bank Still The Best
Saturday July 04, 2009
The Worawora-Asubonten Rural Bank Limited has maintained its position throughout the 2008 fiscal year as the best managed rural and community bank in the country, Seth Wilson Antwi, chairman of the bank’s board of directors has announced. He said the bank’s feat was chalked after an assessment of 124 rural and community banks...read more
Chiefs Feel Sidelined In Bui Dam Affairs
Saturday July 04, 2009
Okokyeredom Kwadwo Sito, Paramount Chief of Banda traditional area, and his elders have expressed concern about their non-involvement in land issues in the area, especially in connection with the Bui Dam Project.
“We are the owners of the land and we cannot fathom why officials of Bui Power Authority and the Ghana Dams Dialogue could...read more
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