October 2008 - Posts
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THE Dutch Minister of Foreign Trade, Mr F. Heemskerk, has commended Ghana for her steady economic growth and the foundation laid for smooth business operations, saying “starting business in Ghana has become easier.” He said Dutch companies now consider Read More...
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Queen Beatrix, the Dutch Monarch, has given thumbs-up to Ghana for the impressive level of development within the last eight years and pledged her country's commitment to stand by it as a dependable ally to help her to continue on its path of progress. Read More...
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The World Bank has signed a grant agreement with the government for $4.35 million to support increased electricity access through renewable energy technology for poor households in remote rural regions of Ghana. The facility is part of the Global Partnership Read More...
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Chirano Gold Mine, a Canadian mining firm in the Western Region, is to invest over 80 million dollars this year in Ghana to undertake underground mining and expansion of its processing plant capacity. The expansion programme would increase the company's Read More...
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President John Agyekum Kufuor on Wednesday urged Dutch businesses to look more to Ghana as preferred choice of investment destination and enter into mutually rewarding partnerships with their Ghanaian counterparts. A solid foundation, he said, had been Read More...
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It has become necessary for the United States Drugs Enforcement Agency (DEA) to establish offices in Ghana, Dr Kwame Addo-Kufuor, Minister of Interior, told Parliament on Wednesday. He said currently, the agency has an office in Nigeria to cover many Read More...
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Construction work on Lot One of the 14.1 kilometre section of the N.1 Highway, stretching from the Tetteh Quarshie Interchange to the Mallam Junction in Accra, otherwise known as Bush Highway, will begin before the end of the year. Currently, the road Read More...
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The late Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Kwadwo Baah-Wiredu, has been adjudged the Best Finance Minister in Africa for 2008. The posthumous award was given by the Development Economic Resource, publishers of the Annual Meetings Daily, a newspaper Read More...
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Vice President Alhaji Mahama, has called on African leaders, to remain committed to the principles contained in legal documents they endorse at national and international platforms, to boost the peace and security of the continent. He suggested the need Read More...
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Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, running mate of the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has stressed the importance of human resource development, which he said made the injection of capital into education vital. Speaking to students in Kumasi last Wednesday, Read More...
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The African Development Bank Group's Board of Governors on Tuesday 15 Oct. 2008 in Tunis, approved a US$ 32 million private sector loan to Tema Osonor Plant Limited, a special purpose vehicle incorporated in Ghana to finance the country's Tema Power Project. Read More...
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The vice presidential candidate for the NPP, Mahamudu Bawumia has visited the Okomfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi as part of his campaign tour to the Ashanti region. Dr Bawumia was taken round the maternity and children's wards by the Chief Executive Read More...
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President John Agyekum Kufuor has called for calm in the Asante-Akim North Constituency, as the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) looked for a candidate to fill the vacant seat of the late Finance Minister, Mr Kwadwo Baah-Wiredu. The Minister, he said, Read More...
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The National Executive Committee of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has directed that flags at the party's offices should fly at half-mast on Friday in honour of the late Mr. Peter Ala Adjetey, former chairman of the party, who would be buried during the Read More...
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The government has started a process to return lands that were leased by the government to their rightful owners. The government’s announcement follows the recent threat by the people of Ga Dangbe Council to make the Kufuor-led administration unpopular Read More...
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Vice President Aliu Mahama has tasked delegates to the 30th African Association for Public Administration and Management roundtable conference being held in Accra to prescribe solutions to Africa's developmental challenges and to endeavour to encourage Read More...
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The mortal remains of the late Kwadwo Baah-Wiredu, Minister for Finance and Economic Planning, will arrive home at 10am today. The Speaker of Parliament, Ebenezer Bagyina Sakyi Hughes, who informed Members of Parliament yesterday, indicated that the deceased Read More...
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All schoolchildren aged between five and 12 years would be given personal computers, President John Agyekum Kufuor announced when he addressed the 14th National Best Teacher Award/World Teachers' Day ceremony at Sunyani on Tuesday. He said the Government Read More...
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President Kufuor has expressed concern over the way former President Rawlings has been leveling all sorts of allegations against him and his family, but said he has given everything to God. Speaking to Kwame Sefa Kayi in London recently, and played back Read More...
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With barely three months to end his eight-year term of office, President John Agyekum Kufuor continues to attract international honours for his leadership and contribution to global peace. The latest to recognize his good works is the Archbishop of York, Read More...
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On the occasion of this year’s “Eid-ul-Fitr”, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the People’s National Convention (PNC) have sent a messages of goodwill to all Muslims in the country as they join a billion-and-a-half others around the globe to mark the Read More...
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Dr. Arthur Kobina Kennedy, Chairman of the Communication Sub-Committee of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) 2008 Campaign Committee, has charged the National Democratic Congress (NDC) flag-bearer, Professor John Evans Atta Mills to prove his mettle and defend Read More...
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Ecobank Ghana Limited, one of the best performing financial institutions in the country has donated a sum of $5,000 into the Ga Educational Endowment Fund. According to Michael Nii Ayikwei Cobblah, an investment manager of the bank, the amount was donated Read More...
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The flag bearer of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has said the time has come for the people of Africa to work hard to match the speedy development across the world. He said the current generation of Africans and for that matter Read More...
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Thousands of mourners poured into Agogo township yesterday to observe the one-week celebration of the death of Mr Kwadwo Baah-Wiredu, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning and MP for Asante Akim North. So huge was the crowd that it was as if the remains Read More...
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ADDRESS TO THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY CONFERENCE BY NANA AKUFO-ADDO, MP THE 2008 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE OF THE NEW PATRIOTIC PARTY OF GHANA, AT THE ICC, BIRMINGHAM, UK ON WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 1, 2008 Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a rare privilege to address you Read More...
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Accra, Sept. 30, GNA- The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Campaign Team has extended felicitations to Muslims on the occasion of the end of the fast of Ramadan, thanking them for their contribution to building the nation. "On the occasion of "EID-UL-FITR", Read More...
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