Archive for April, 2010
Posted by Contributor on April 29, 2010 at 6:48 pm in Business, Other Business Stories, Other Top Stories
The Government of Ghana is to create an independent body to take charge of the disbursement of the Export Development Investment Fund (EDIF). This is as a result of several complaints from some stakeholders in the export sector that the banks responsible for disbursing the fund are reluctant in releasing the funds because they prefer [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 6:47 pm in Business, Mining
By Citifmonline.com The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) says it has interdicted thirty of its scheme Managers overseeing some of the One Hundred and Forty Five schemes across the country, since June 2009 till date. Others have also had their appointments terminated. According to the Chief Executive Officer of the Authority Sylvester Mensah, four of [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 6:46 pm in Other Top Stories
The Acting Executive Secretary of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB), Mr. Yaw Akrasi-Sarpong has criticised government for what he describes as a rush on the part of the Foreign Affairs Ministry in issuing out the new biometric passports. ‘‘I think we are rushing too much with this biometric thing, we must be extremely careful and [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 6:45 pm in Other Top Stories
But the list is full of non-marquee names, too. Here’s our rundown of five entries on the list you’ve probably never heard of. Jenny Beth Martin Move over, Sarah Palin. Martin is a co-founder of the Tea Party Patriots group, which claims 15 million members. Martin has also worked as a paid Republican consultant. She [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 11:52 am in Business, Other Business Stories
Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has seen its quarterly profits jump by nearly 50% thanks to higher oil prices. The Anglo-Dutch company said profits for the first three months of the year were $4.9bn (£3.2bn) – up 49% on the same period last year. Shell said higher energy prices and growth in its business had [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 11:51 am in Business, Other Business Stories
Vodafone Ghana customers on roaming service who were stranded in various parts of the world due to the Icelandic volcano have been credited with token sums of top-ups. This gesture from Vodafone is to compensate its roaming clients for the period which saw most of them overrunning their roaming quotas. A total of six hundred [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 11:50 am in Business, Other Business Stories
Google is organising an exciting international competition for young people in Ghana and around the world which is known as “Doodle 4 Google – I love Football.” Doodle 4 Google, which is the first-ever international competition, invites children between the ages of 4 and 17 to design their own Google logos, which must be inspired [...]
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Posted by MILLICENT YARO on at 11:49 am in Business, Insurance
STORY: MILLICENT YARO JEGIVA 1076 Agencies Limited, a third party claim insurance company, which assists passengers in safe travelling and also helps victims in their insurance claims during accidents over the weekend ordained new executives of the company. Speaking at the ordination ceremony, the Director of JEGIVA 1076, Mr A.A.A. Amoah, explained that the prime [...]
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