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As part of Newmont Ghana Gold Limited's (NGGL) efforts to demonstrate its commitment to develop her host communities and to ensure that when mining closes the communities become better off, an 80-member Community Consultative Committee (CCC) has been inaugurated.
Representatives of five local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) operating in the climate change sector of the economy, and an international movement, were shocked to the marrow when they turned up at the consulate section of the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Accra last Wednesday morning, to present a petition to the Ambassador.
A KUMASI-based legal practitioner and a leading member of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Kumasi, Mr. John Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, has stressed the need for a more dedicated and committed leadership for the party, which has unfortunately found itself in opposition.
The usual anxiety and readiness to listen to the economic policy of the government was completely missing in parliament yesterday as members rather went about their normal duties as if nothing was happening.
Good professional conduct exhibited by police personnel detailed to effect the arrest of a suspect at Teshie, a suburb of Accra, averted what could have been a bloody clash in the early hours of Wednesday.
The 2009 state of the World Population Report, has revealed that the earth surface continues to warm up due to human activities with temperatures increasing by 0.74 degrees Celsius within the past two centuries.
Happy FM, an Accra-based radio station, on a sports programme yesterday, announced that three prominent players of the senior national soccer team, the Black Stars, failed to join their colleagues to Angola to play a FIFA sanctioned international friendly match, scheduled for today.
Ghana after missing out of a seeding slot will discover Friday who they face at the 2010 African Nations Cup in Angola from Pot 2.
The crisis that has hit the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the organization of internal elections seems to be getting out of hand. Latest among the troubles in the party is the limited injunction that has been placed on the Asante-Mampong constituency of the party.
Tension is mounting in the Ho-East Constituency branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) after the 26 October 2009 elections that elected new executives. Some of the executives claim the due process was not followed and have therefore vowed never to recognize the new executives.
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has expressed its misgiving about the current state of the economy, which it said was dwindling and attests to the fact that the ruling government was fast getting dry of ideas of managing the economy.
Krachiwura, Nana Mprah Besemuna III has called on the two District Assemblies in the area to collaborate activities to ensure total development of the area. According him, though there are two Districts, they all belong to one traditional council hence the need to facilitate development in a coordinated manner to address the development needs of the people.
Four of the country's Universities have managed to book a place to compete in the much-publicised 'Zain African Challenge', an intellectual battle among African university student, The universities include the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Valley View University and University of Development Studies, which advanced to the finals for the second time.
The government will continue the reform of the tax system started in 2009, in the medium term, with the view to plugging loopholes, reducing tax evasion, and fairly taxing rents from natural resources to make the tax system more efficient and less dependent on indirect taxes.
THE Management of the West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) has explained that it failed to supply gas to Ghana last year as scheduled, because of a high content of moisture found in the gas pipeline laid on-shore.
The National Youth Organiser of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu, has declared his intention to contest for the position of National Organiser of the party, a position currently occupied by his good friend, Lord Commey.
Ghana has begun initiating moves to tighten her regulations to prevent unorthodox fishing methods in its territorial waters. Led by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, the body mandated to spearhead the activities of agriculture and its related problems in the country, is preparing to re-lay the Fisheries Act 625 before Parliament for amendment.
A member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Tema East constituency, Mr. John Aidoo has filed a writ at the Tema Circuit court against the National Chairman of the party, Petter Mac Manu and the member of Parliament for the area, Mr. Evans Ashong Narh, and nine others, praying for recognition to be giving to Margaret Osei, who was elected polling station chairperson on October 17, this year.
The Minister for Women and Children's Affairs (MOWAC), Hon. Akua Sena Dansua, has said the major contributing factor to the involvement of women in illegal mining activities, popularly known as 'galamsey', is the irresponsible nature of some men.
The fate of a-16-year- old is lurking, as he is currently wallowing in police cells, even though a Tema Circuit Court has granted him bail on alleged charge of drug peddling.
MR. ALEX Ahinkora Amoah, an Audit Officer of Ghana Post in the Ashanti Region has testified to the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly Court that he detected the fraudulent activities of Mr. Adjei Manu, an Account officer of the company, who is currently in police custody.
Action hits all centres today, as the Glo Premier League bounces back after the weekend break.
THE FORMER Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Hon. Dr. Anthony Akoto Osei, has cast a great deal of aspersions over the efficiency and viability of the government's fiscal policy for the year 2010, ahead of its presentation in Parliament today.
The Coordinator of the 7th Accra Seniors Open Championship, Mr. Peter Annang, has said that arrangements are at pole position for the competition, which is scheduled for November 26, at the Accra Lawn Tennis Club (ALTC).
Every decision of every democratic nation is deemed to benefit the people and the nation as a whole, sometimes to gain favour before the people. Even though some economic decisions like mining projects tend to negatively affect the lives of the people, some economic projects like hydropower dam construction, taking into consideration the government and stakeholders involved, go a long way in ...
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