The MTN Ghana Foundation, an umbrella body which directs and manages MTN’s social responsibility programmes, on Wednesday held a workshop to educate the public on guidelines to consider when writing project proposals to it for consideration. The workshop, which is a nationwide programme and the fourth in the series, was also aimed at educating the [...]
Read the rest of this story »An estimated 1.3 billion US dollars was realized from the tourism sector last year, thus making it the fourth highest foreign exchange earner after gold, cocoa and remittances from Ghanaian residents abroad. Also, a total of 232,883 jobs were directly or indirectly created by the sector in the same year which represented 13 per cent [...]
Read the rest of this story »HFC Bank will expand its banking business and grow its subsidiaries to further enhance earnings. In this direction, the bank has got approval of shareholders to inject additional capital of US$30 million to recapitalise its operations in line with Bank of Ghana’s minimum capital requirement and to increase market share in the competitive banking industry. [...]
Read the rest of this story »Major General P.A. Blay, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), has charged soldiers to remain steadfast and uphold the code and ethics of the Ghana Armed Forces by exhibiting the highest sense of professionalism in the discharge of their duties. Major General Blay gave the task when addressing a durbar of soldiers and civilian employees during [...]
Read the rest of this story »The Kade District Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday sentenced Desmond Akoto, an electrician, to six months imprisonment for being on the premises of the Kade Senior High Technical School Girls’ Hostel for unlawful purposes. He pleaded guilty. Police Inspector Francis Cobbina, prosecuting, told the court presided over by Mr Kwaku Baah Frempong that for sometime now [...]
Read the rest of this story »Four persons have been remanded into prison custody by a Kumasi Circuit for allegedly snatching two vehicles from their drivers. The pleas of Kofi Amoateng, 19, Issifu Issah, 34, Kwaku Adjei, 38 and Ebo Kwabena Richard, 22, were not taken. Police are making efforts to arrest their accomplices, one Frimpong and “Accra Boy.†They will [...]
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The Convention Peoples Party presidential candidate for the 2008 general elections, Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom has advised the president not to create tangential roles for the National Development Planning Commission and that of the Economic Advisory Council.
Mr Theophilus Aidoo-Mensah, Gomoa West District Chief Executive-Elect, has outlined his vision for the District, placing education and health on top of the priority list. Mr Aidoo-Mensah, 47, who was the Chief Accountant of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), told the Ghana News Agency at Apam after his confirmation by the [...]
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