Archive for July, 2009
Posted by Contributor on July 31, 2009 at 10:16 am in Sports, Table Tennis
Kofi Owusu Aduonum Source: Chronicle Ghana’s National Table Tennis youth team, comprising four young boys and a girl, won a historic 4 Gold, 1 Silver and 2 Bronze medals at the African Table Tennis Federation Zone III (Laurent Gbagbo) Table Tennis Championship, held in Abidjan, La Cote d’Ivoire, from July 22 to 26, 2009. [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 10:14 am in Hockey, Sports
Kofi Owusu Aduonum There is no gainsaying the fact that the just-concluded AfHF hockey showpiece has positively impacted on the general perception of people about the game. All of a sudden, people who hithertobefore the competition regarded hockey as a dangerous game, due to the nature of the game and use of hockey sticks, [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 10:09 am in Business, News From Other Newspapers
Ivy Benson/Chronicle Plaintiffs in a multi-million Ghana cedi legal suit against Millicom Ghana Limited, operators of TIGO Mobile Services, following alleged unlawful termination of dealership contract, has provided series of material evidence despite the denial of the Mobile Telecommunication Service Provider that an agreement existed between the parties. Continuing his Evidence-In-Chief before an Accra [...]
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Posted by Stephen Darko on at 10:07 am in Top Story
Investigations have revealed that Newmont’s final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) document on its intended mining project dubbed the “Akyem Project†in the North Brim in the Eastern Region has been kept secret from the larger Ghanaian public.
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Posted by Contributor on at 9:56 am in Business, Mining
China’s African Oil Imports Speed by Britain and France The battle between China and the United States over Africa’s oil and gas resources is becoming more and more intense," says Patrick Morris, President and CEO of Gold Star Resources Corp. (TSX-V; GXX; OTC Bulletin Board: GXXFF; www.goldstarresources.com), a Canadian-based energy resource company targeting ‘onshore’ [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 9:55 am in Other Top Stories
Mr Yaw Boadu Ayeboafo, General Manager Newspapers, Graphic Communications Group Limited, on Thursday singled out the Ghana News Agency (GNA) as the most abused source of news by other media houses, both local and foreign. He said many newspapers and radio stations used GNA works without due attribution. “Some newspapers use GNA [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 9:51 am in Business, Mining
Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday commended Gold Fields Ghana for plans to increase its current gold production level from 900 ounces to one million ounces from 2009 to 2011. He said government was also appreciative about the company’s effort in improving the lives of people in its operational area [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 9:49 am in Other Top Stories
Government on Thursday affirmed that a crude oil deal with Nigeria is on course. The technical agreement between Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) and the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), is nearing completion, a statement issued by Mr James Agyenim- Boateng, Deputy Minister of Information in Accra gave the affirmation. It said [...]
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