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Prez Advocates End To Divisions In Upper West
Saturday July 31, 2010
President John Evans Atta Mills has renewed his call for peace and unity among the people of the Upper West region, saying that the divisions in the region have become counter productive. The various development initiatives planned for the region would not yield the necessary benefits if the people remained divided, President Mills said...read more
God\'s Favour Is On Ghana - President
Saturday July 31, 2010
Ghana needs prayer more than anything, says President John Evans Atta Mills. “This is a country that needs prayers more than anything,” he told a delegation of Catholic Bishops from across Africa who called on him at the Castle, in Accra, yesterday. The government, values prayers a lot since without it and God’s help, there is nothing that...read more
STX Housing Deal Back In Parliament But...
Saturday July 31, 2010
The rumpus over the 1.5 billion dollar suppliers credit financing agreement between the government and STX Engineering and Construction Ghana Limited rages.
The Minority Caucus took up the issue once more yesterday at a press briefing at Parliament House.
In apparent response to the statement by Alban Bagbin, Minister of Water Resources...read more
CHILD TRAFFICKING: 25 WOMEN ARRESTED
Saturday July 31, 2010
Twenty five women, most of them nursing mothers are assisting the Central Regional Police in investigations into allegations of child trafficking. Three buses, in which they were conveying the 118 children, were intercepted yesterday at Moree Junction barrier, near Cape Coast. The children, aged between three and 15 claimed that they were...read more
SADA Given Legal Backing
Saturday July 31, 2010
Parliament yesterday passed the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) Bill which provides the regulatory framework to plan, coordinate, and facilitate the implementation of a long-term strategy and mobilize resources for sustainable development of the Northern Savannah Zone.
The Bill which becomes a law after the Presidential...read more
Club Of Women In Shipping Formed
Friday July 30, 2010
The Ghana Branch of Women International Shipping and Trading Association (WISTA), an organisation aimed among other things, at promoting professional development of women in shipping and related business, has been inaugurated at Tema.
The mission of WISTA Ghana, the 28th national association of its kind in the world and the third in Africa is...read more
Master Plan For Oil And Gas Industry
Thursday July 29, 2010
The Ministerial Committee on security of the oil and gas industry, has prepared a security master plan for the industry which is being disseminated to all security agencies for effective coordination and monitoring purposes.
In addition all departments under the Ministry of the interior are involved in the preparatory work for security...read more
Religion Should Not Restrain People From Participating In Census
Thursday July 29, 2010
There should be no reason why for religious bodies should restrain people from participating fully in the 2010 population and Housing Census, says, Dr. Grace Bediako, the government Statistician.
She explained that, since the census was about development, all groupings in the country must co-operate.
Speaking to journalists after the...read more
Satchet Water To Be Retailed At 0.8GP From August
Thursday July 29, 2010
A SACHET of water is to be retailed at 0.8Gp throughout the country with effect from August 1, 2010, the National Sachet Water Producers Association (NASWAPA) has announced. According to the Ashanti regional chairman of the association, Mr. Patrick Adu Gyamfi a bag of 30 sachets would now sell GH¢1.20 which decision he said had been...read more
Aiyinase Cocoa Farmers Cry For Good Roads
Thursday July 29, 2010
COCOA farmers in the Aiyinase areas of the Northern Sector of the Ellembelle district of the West Region, have expressed concern about the poor state of roads which have led to the locking-up of tones of cocoa beans in the area.
They complained that the perennial torrential rains in the area had rendered most roads from Aiyinase, Dadwen,...read more
