Pollster Ben Ephson has shortlisted three candidates, one of who he says will pick the National Chairman slot of the New Patriotic Party. In an interview with Joy News, the Editor of the Daily Dispatch newspaper said Jake Obetsebi Lamptey, Stephen Ntim and Felix Owusu Agyapong are the likeliest candidates, even though Sammy Crabbe, and [...]
Read the rest of this story »The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has announced a five per cent increases in fuel prices which takes effect on Saturday. The increases follow hikes in crude oil prices in the world market which hovers around $80 per barrel. Media reports had speculated the price hikes but hinted government was going to absorb the increases. However [...]
Read the rest of this story »GNA – The main index of the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE), the All-Share Index, closed the week down on Friday, losing 121.43 points to end at 5,378.72 points. Change for the year closed the session at -48.44 per cent. Traded volumes closed the session at 58,168 shares. Market capitalisation now stands at GH¢15,249.75 million. On [...]
Read the rest of this story »GNA – Small and medium enterprises in the Mfantseman Municipality and Abura Asebu Kwamankese District are to benefit from on-lending loan facility being provided by the Support Programme for enterprise Empowerment and development (SPEED), a German-based Organisation. Through its Funding Facility Component, SEED has channelled the support through the Mfantseman Community Bank at Biriwa. SPEED [...]
Read the rest of this story »By Louise Greenwood Africa Business Report, BBC World News Most of us go on holiday to soak up the sun and relax. How about having a colonic irrigation or even a nose job thrown into the bargain? Ghana is one African country targeting the boom in so-called “health tourism”. The Holy Trinity spa offers services [...]
Read the rest of this story »Eight African countries participated in the ‘Health Insurance Workshop – Extending Health Insurance: How to Make it Work’ which ended last week in Accra, Ghana. Participants have gone back home with a better understanding of the modalities and implications of crafting a health insurance scheme for their country or upgrading their existing ones. It became [...]
Read the rest of this story »It was a show of shame on Sunday when a woman who lied to her husband that she was going for a night vigil died in a popular hotel (names withheld) during a sex romp with her lover. The mother of seven identified as Modinat Alabi, 45, of Ereko Street, Fadeyi, Lagos, had lied to [...]
Read the rest of this story »Cardinal Peter Appiah Turkson’s appointment as the Head of the Vatican’s Justice and Peace Council, by Pope Benedict XVI, has been highly recognised by many Ghanaians. The 2008 presidential candidate of the Convention Peoples Party (CPP) Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom and his wife, Mrs. Yvonne Nduom, both Catholics, sent a congratulatory letter on Saturday to [...]
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