Archive for December, 2009
Posted by Contributor on December 31, 2009 at 7:46 pm in Other Top Stories
Credit: The Economist Can one of Africa’s best-governed countries beat the curse of black gold? Alamy Oil isn’t everything AT AGBOGBLOSHIE market in Accra, Ghana’s capital, Rose Kamina struggles to sell T-shirts in the stifling heat. “Business is small-small,” says the 22-year-old wearily. “This year we could only afford fowl for Christmas.” Then, unexpectedly, her [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 7:45 pm in Business, Other Business Stories
By ELIZABETH OLSON Air Tractor employees at the company facility in Olney, Tex. The company has been exporting its planes for agricultural seeding, fertilizing and spraying since 1995. While selling in foreign markets has risks, small businesses like Air Tractor have been able to establish footholds abroad by relying on the Export-Import Bank of the [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 7:42 pm in Business, Mining
GNA – Mr. Maurice Kanton, a Senior Wildlife Officer, has advised traditional rulers in Sissala East District in the Upper West Region against supporting intended mining activities in their communities, to protect natural resources in the area. He said even though the area was endowed with mineral deposits, the chiefs should encourage eco-tourism development that [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 7:36 pm in Local News, Other News
GNA – The Sissala Union has appealed to the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development and the Electoral Commission to consider creating a separate district out of the Wa East District for the Sissala people. The Union said during First Republic there was the Funsi-Kundungu-Kojokpari District and it was only fair that such a [...]
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Posted by GNA on at 7:35 pm in Top Story
Mr. Mohammed Ibn Abass, the District Chief Executive (DCE) for Nanumba North, has appealed to chiefs and people of the area to forgive one another to ensure they entered the New Year with clean hearts for lasting peace in the traditional area.
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Posted by Contributor on at 7:34 pm in Business, Other Business Stories
GNA – A new commodity village on a 300- acre land at Apowa near Takoradi has re-located articulated trucks loaded with dried cocoa beans meant for shipment through the Takoradi Port. The facility also serves as a one-stop shop for all drivers who cart large quantities of cocoa from the hinterland to the harbour. Mr. [...]
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Posted by Samuel Kofi Ampah on at 7:34 pm in Top Story
The Convention People’s Party (CPP) says it is optimistic that it will rule Ghana again.
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Posted by Contributor on at 7:32 pm in Local, Politics
GNA – Mr Kweku Eshun, an aspiring candidate for the General Secretary position of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), on Thursday charged members of the party to imbibe probity, accountability, freedom and justice which constitute the ideals of the party’s founder, former President Jerry Rawlings. He said the party gave birth to the government and [...]
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