Archive for February, 2010
Posted by Contributor on February 26, 2010 at 3:27 pm in Local News, Other News
GNA – The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) on Friday rallied to the aid of Osei Kyeretwie Senior High School (OKESS), pulling down illegal structures built on the school’s land at Old-Tafo. About two-thirds of the school’s land had virtually been seized by private estate developers. Mr Samuel Sarpong, the Metropolitan Chief Executive, described the extent [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 3:19 pm in News From Other Newspapers
The Managing Editor of The Enquirer newspaper, Raymond Archer, and his company, Focal Media Limited have been fined GH¢1,200 each for contempt, and in default, Raymond will spend two weeks in prison with hard labour. The Fast Track High Court which on Wednesday convicted Raymond of contempt of court for the publication of commentary said [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 3:19 pm in Local News, Other News
GNA – National Service Persons have been urged to be sacrificial and diligent in the execution of their duties. The Upper East Regional Director of the National Service Secretariat, (NSS) Mr. George Naawinyelle, made the call in a speech read for him by the Talensi-Nabdam District Coordinating Director, Mr. Michael Zuri, at a workshop, organized [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 3:14 pm in Local News, Science
GNA – An all-purpose Centre of Technology would be put up for the Women’s Training Institute of the Department of Community Development in Ho. The Centre is to transform skills training in the school into a more functional and job market oriented one. Dr Ken Kwaku, a former employee of the World Bank, is putting [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 3:12 pm in Other Top Stories
GNA – The Northern Region branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has sent a good will message to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and called for a successful National Delegates’ Congress in Kumasi. Alhaji Imoro Issifu Alhassan Umar, Northern Regional Secretary of NDC told the GNA in a telephone interview on Friday that, “I [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 3:10 pm in Business, Financial Institutions
GNA – The following are the average inter-bank exchange rate of the dollar and derived rates for the major currencies against the cedi as issued by the Ghana Association of Bankers on Tuesday, February 26, 2010. GHANA CEDI EQUIVALENT OF CURRENCY CURRENCY BUYING SELLING US Dollar 1.4201 1.4396 Pound Sterling 2.1658 2.1961 Swiss Franc 1.3169 [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 3:09 pm in Business, Financial Institutions
GNA – The Bank of Ghana (BOG) and the ARB Apex Bank have been urged to, as a matter of urgency, accelerate the computerization of Rural and Community Banks (RCB’s) in the Country to facilitate their operations. The Regional Coordinator of Trias Ghana, Mr. Rex Asanga, made the call when his outfit donated 78 computers, [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 3:09 pm in Business, Other Top Stories
GNA – The Customs Excise and Preventive Service, (CEPS) Internal Revenue Service, (IRS) and the Value Added Tax Service, (VATS) collected a total tax revenue of GHC 4,567.00 million last year. Out of this amount, the IRS and VATS collected domestic tax of GHC 2,544 million. Major Ablorh Quarcoo (RTD), Commissioner of IRS said this [...]
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