Archive for February, 2009
Posted by Contributor on February 28, 2009 at 3:55 pm in Local News
Mr Stephen Sumani Nayina, Northern Regional Minister, has warned health personnel to stop staying in Tamale and commuting daily between their workplaces in the villages in the Region. He said the habit was impacting negatively on their output since most of them report to work late and sometimes returned to Tamale well before closing time. [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 3:54 pm in Other Top Stories
Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Friday enlisted German assistance in the areas of agricultural mechanization and fertilizer production to enable Ghana to become a net exporter of food. Granting audience to the German Ambassador, Dr Marius Haas, at the Castle, Osu, Vice President Mahama re-echoed government’s intention to transform the agriculture sector by way [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 3:54 pm in Politics
President John Evans Atta Mills has appointed Mr Koku Samuel Anyidoho as Head of Communications at the Presidency. A statement signed by Mr Mahama Ayariga, Presidential Spokesman, on Friday, said the President has also appointed Mr Victor Emmanuel Smith as Presidential Staffer for Protocol. GNA
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Posted by Contributor on at 3:53 pm in Politics
Mr Albert Kofi Arhin, Director of Elections of the Electoral Commission (EC), on Friday charged political parties to educate their parliamentary candidates and polling agents to be conversant with the electoral laws in order to remove suspicion that tended to characterised elections. He said candidates who employed knowledgeable, effective and reliable polling agents would not [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 3:53 pm in Business
Personnel of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), on Friday shut down the Fineprint Industry, in Tema, for operating without operational permits. The company, which produces exercise books and other paper products, including toilet rolls has been operating since 1992 without Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) permit and fire certificate. The [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 3:52 pm in Local News
Mrs Anne Marie Idrac, French Minister of State for the Economy, Industry and Employment with responsibility for Foreign Trade, arrived in Accra on Friday at the head of a 12-member delegation on a two-day working visit to the country. The Minister is expected to call on President John Evans Atta Mills and hold discussions with [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 3:51 pm in Business
Prudential Bank Limited is making strides to promote the Socio-Economic development of Ghana through quality banking services in some communities, its deputy Managing Director said on Friday. The Bank will also continue to provide financial assistance to industry and all development oriented projects to help create employment. Mrs Mary Brown, Deputy Managing Director (Banking Operations) [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 3:50 pm in Business
State institutions would be required under a new initiative, Policy of Domestic Content, to rely on locally manufactured goods for their logistic requirements as part of moves to shore-up indigenous companies, Vice President John Dramani Mahama announced on Friday. He said specific provisions on the initiative were likely to be made in the 2009 budget [...]
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