Archive for November, 2011
Posted by Contributor on November 22, 2011 at 3:29 pm in Business, Mining, Other Top Stories
The Ghana Mineworkers’ Union (GMWU) has commended government for introducing a windfall profit tax on mining companies as contained in the 2012 budget, saying the Union hopes it (government) will be resolute in its successful implementation. In a statement copied to the Ghana News Agency on Monday, GMWU, an affiliate of the Ghana Trades Union, [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 3:27 pm in Business, Other Top Stories
The Association of Independent Mobile phone and Credit Dealers (ASIMODE) has commended the National Communications Authority (NCA) for the bold steps taken to impose heavy fines on the five regulated services providers. A statement signed by Nii Adjetey Sowah, president and copied to GNA, said that the networks had the ethical responsibility as stewards to [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 3:26 pm in Business, Other Top Stories
PMI Gold Corporation (TSXV: PMV) (ASX: PVM) (“the Company”) is pleased to announce a number of key appointments to strengthen its in-country management team in Ghana, West Africa as it completes the Pre-Feasibility Study on its flagship Obotan Gold Project and ramps up regional exploration activities. Mr. Thomas Amoah, who was appointed earlier this year [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 3:24 pm in Other Top Stories
A delegation from the Apollo Hospitals Group of India on Monday met with stakeholders at a meeting in Accra to collaborate, share ideas and best practices on the way forward to improving Ghana’s health care service delivery. The four-man delegation, who are on a three-day visit in the country at the invitation of Ghana’s Deputy [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 3:23 pm in Business, Other Top Stories
From: Adom News/Ghana MTN Ghana today reiterated its commitment to increasing internet penetration in Ghana in order to bridge the digital gap in the country and Africa as a whole. International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has said that internet penetration in Africa stood at 11.5%, and that of Ghana stood at 5.2%. But MTN has reaffirmed [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 3:17 pm in Other Top Stories
First National Savings and Loans, one of the fastest growing financial institutions in the country with over 48 branches, over the weekend added colour to the annual Apayamkese festival celebrated by the people of Asebu in the Central Region when it announced that it was sponsoring the best male and female BECE students through to [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 3:16 pm in Top Story
The aspiring flag bearer of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, was the toast of the chiefs and people of Asebu in the Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese (AAK) District of the Central Region during their annual Apayamkese festival when he called on them to vote for him to become President of Ghana in 2012.
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Posted by Contributor on November 21, 2011 at 1:15 pm in Other Top Stories
The Samia Nkrumah led CPP leadership has been going around the country blaming those who want nominations for parliamentary and presidential primaries to be opened in November this year. They claim they want to organize the party from the polling station level up. They say they want to avoid one percent election results. Samia Nkrumah [...]
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