• World - Russia will not hold us to ransom - Brown : Guardian,UK

• Standard for private universities a must - Dr. Katsner

• Starlets win first match 8th African U-17 championship

• Midnight fire destroys stores at Tema Fishing Harbour

• Developing countries must invest in education - WB Chief Economist

• Beneficiaries of skills training programmes asked to be innovative

• MP cautions electorate to beware of enticement by politicians

• Sports - Paralympic Team surprised by Ministry’s refusal of sponsorship

• Pan Africa - Zimbabwe reverses food aid ban - BBC

• Education is priority for next NPP Government - Nana Akufo-Addo

• Pan Africa - 40% of Swazi adults HIV+ - News24

• Minister bemoans fragmented forest ecosystem

• EC to announce soon dates for taking of photographs - Director

• Pan Africa - Ethiopia hints at Somali pullout - BBC

• Obama Rallies Dems in Denver - MSN

• Top Black Donors See Obama’s Rise as Their Own

• Division of labour among aid donors called for

• Sports - Selection for Goal Hunt begins in September

• Municipal Finance and Management Initiative bill readying for passage

• Bawumia says he will not be a tribally based vice President

• Carter Centre leans on EC for fair vote

• NUGS threatens to resist election rigging in December

• Enthusiastic NDC fans give Mills rousing welcome to Winneba

• Free Tsikata in the spirit of reconciliation – Afreh

• Sports - Hearts Management assures of a formidable team for next season

• Cedi exchange rate

• Tarkwa-Sefwi road to be reconstructed next February

• Media practitioners urged to highlight sanitation issues

• Germany bestows highest honor on President Kufuor

• NPP demands politics of ideas and not politics of lies

• Obama Is Democratic Nominee for President - Washingtonpost

• Commentary - Ghana Election as Regional Democratic Test - Kofi Akosah-Sarpong

• KATH attracting foreign based Ghanaian doctors

• ECG replaces stolen cables in Kwahu at 17,000 cost

• Vote for NPP in appreciation of my nomination - Bawumia

• New agents for progress emerge at UN climate talks in Accra

• 10th anniversary of the Children's Act launched

• NPP supporters defy downpour to listen to flagbearer

• Mahama to name running mate in September

• NPP will accept the outcome of December elections - Allan

• NDC will promote the fishing sector more – Prof Mills

• Bawumia tours northern regions

• Ministry of Fisheries denies rumor behind pair trawling

• Education - Authorities of Polytechnics urged to review curriculum

• Reported cable theft cases increase in Hohoe Municipality

• Police arrest fake BNI, military officer

• Government to revive Ayensu Starch factory

• Commentary/sports - Ghana’s Olympic Games display an awakening call

• Police capable of handling election related challenges

• E.P. Church elects new Moderator

• Religious, Cultural practices impede HIV/AIDS prevention - Director

• Education - Education system is in crisis-Nduom

• Health - Ghana reverses brain drain in the health sector

• Health - Health workers advised to uphold code of ethics of profession

• Cedi gains slightly on the Dollar

• Government assesses Ghana trade facilitation needs

• Marine fishing falls to about half the normal catch

• Ecobank Transnational launches $2.5 dollar share offer

• Akuffo-Addo pledges to revamp distressed industries in Central Region

• Commentary - Awakening the Sleeping Ghana via its Elites - Kofi Akosah-Sarpong

• EC should show commitment to fair elections – NDC Chairman

• Abolishment day observed for all forms of slavery

• Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, 23 August Message from UNESCO Director-General

• Sports - Marathon gold for Kenya's Wanjiru - BBC

• Pan Africa - Mwanawasa's body back in Zambia - BBC

• Methodist Church institutes compulsory training programme Guild members

• DFP elects Parliamentary candidates

• Obama chooses Biden as running mate

• Mrs Nduom visits Tema market

• Pan Africa - Mugabe rival fears talks collapsen - BBC

• Kufuor receives honour from African quantity surveyors

• Commentary - Why Nana has to get mad to defeat NDC - Kofi Akosah-Sarpong

• NDC Cadres call on party leadership to correct mistakes

• NIA officers demand payment of allowances.

• Government is committed to strengthening capacity of procurement entities - Minister

• Ghana Limb Centre in danger of a shut down

• Cedi weakens against major currencies

• Rawlings calls for free, fair polls

• 31’st December Women’s Movement deny Maame Dokonu

• Returning the NPP or the NDC will be a mistake – PNC

• China increases scholarship package for Africa

• Kufuor asks ECOWAS for a common front in fight against cocoa disease

• Commentary - The Evil of the Bibiani Hunchback Ritual - Kofi Akosah-Sarpong

• Workshop on oil exploration organised by government

• African leaders need insight on climate change – DFID

• It is a punishable offence to tear party posters- NCCE

• Commentary - The Evil of the Bibiani Hunchback Ritual

• Northerners deserve to be presidents - Ayana

• Kofi Asamoah elected Secretary General of Ghana Trades Union Congress
   

• ECOWAS sets up team on death of Ghana’s in The Gambia

• Bawumiah is NPP VP choice - Nana Addo

• Ghanaians to call NPP and NDC to order - Obed Asamoah

• Expedite harmonisation of African mining policies – Sonjica

• Announcement - Ministry reminds public about opening of Burkina flood gates

• Sports - Tanzania names squad for Stars clash

• Politicians urged to meet needs of electorates

• Mechanical Llyod to give up Land Rover franchise in November

• Pan Africa - Mugabe rival 'barred from travel' - BBC

• Chieftaincy is vital for national development–Asantehene
   

• Afari-Gyan apologises for problems in voter registration

• Commentary - Food Crises and Restrictive African Trade Practices - Thompson Ayodele

• Minority asks for time to study Government/Vodafone GT agreement

• TUC turns NDC Away From Congress

• Government earmarks 22.6 million Ghana cedis towards job creation

• Some could not register to vote

• Rawlings praises youth for determination to vote

• UN report shows rise in underweight children in Ghana

• UN report shows rise in underweight children in Ghana

• Commentary - Yes, She Can (How Hillary continues to diminish Obama's chances) Washingtonpost

• Government urged to enact law on funding of scientific research

• Sports - In Soccer, Nigeria Sends U.S. Men Packing - NYTimes

• Commentary- Africa urgently needs its own Age of Enlightenment - James Shikwati

• Wives of Policemen call for more protection for their husbands

• Commentary - Voter Registration and Coup Talks - Kofi Akosah-Sarpong

• Parliament debates GT/Vodafone deal

• GT staff demonstrate in support of Vodafone deal

• GFA outdoors new coach of the national football team next Monday

• African economies collectively world’s fifth largest – Ernst & Young

• Be wary of quacks doctors, farming communities old

• Dr Mahama urges Ghanaians to pray for peaceful elections

• Portray Ghanaian culture in movies - Boafo

• NPP founding member cautions against wrong VP choice

• Ghanaian doctors in UK render voluntary services

• Big turnout on last day of registration exercise in Tamale

• World - Russia Steps Up Its Push; West Faces Tough Choices - NYTimes

• Review - Fela, the stage show - Summoning Afrobeat’s Rhythmic, Rebellious Force to the Stage - NYTimes

• President Kufuor returns home

• GT sale is open and transparent - president's spokesperson

• Dr Nduom to NPP/NDC "do not to be deceived by opinion polls"

• Pan Africa - AU plans to suspend Mauritania - BBC

• Jailed MV Benjamin crew member passes away

• Media urged to help consolidate democracy

• Atta Mills to join protest against GT sale

• Government urged to establish recognized and functional Cashew Board

• World - Global Trail of an Online Crime Ring - NYTimes

• Sports - CAF rejects Ittihad’s protest against Kotoko

• Food prices still rising even with relief measures

• GT-Vodafone deal is our hope - Adusei-Essel

• Communication experts endorse alternative media

• More potable water for Kwaebibirem District

• NDC candidate dreams of capturing Tema West seat from NPP

• Fire destroys property at Kumasi Race Course market

• Soul Singer Isaac Hayes Dies _ Washingtonpost

• Scores apply for replacement of cards in Ho

• Pan Africa - Mudslide kills 31 in Burkina Faso - BBC

• National Secretariat of GNAT launches new car loan scheme for teachers

• Eastern Regional Minister asks for voter registration extension

• Eastern Regional Minister asks for voter registration extension

• Use indigenous Dishes to boost Tourism-Quashigah

• “Kako” fish sold for shark fin instead in a fraudulent scheme

• ECG emphasizes good customer relations for progress

• Tema West NPP holds reconciliation meeting

• Fire destroys Aglow Agricultural Products Limited offices

• NDC question some registration forms

• Chieftaincy Act outlines guidelines for kingmakers

• Beijing 2008 Olympics and Africa - James Shikwati

• Government inaugurates committee to study galamsey operations

• GRC loses haulage monopoly of minerals to trucks

• NPP would strengthen Local Government Concept – Apraku

• NDC asks EC to put imprimatur on voters’ registration

• Pan Africa - Africans rescued off Italy coast - BBC

• Pan Africa - US halts aid over Mauritania coup - BBC

• Pan Africa - Mbeki set for new Zimbabwe talks - BBC

• Cedi gains on pound and euro but dips to dollar  

• Scientists need to improve technology to enhance agriculture -  Deputy Regional Minister

• Environmental health officer calls for media attention on sanitation issues

• GT employees suspect “machinations” by competitors to kill Vodafone deal

• Unruly youth compel Hohoe Police to release suspects

• Government ready to improve domestic trade

• No discrimination in cocoa spraying - COCOBOD

• HFC Bank opens 14th branch

• Shortage of registration materials hit some parts of Hohoe

• Ga Mantse urges Gas to unite and work hard

• CPP to spring surprise in 2008 Election-Keelson

• Police interrogate relatives of deceased teacher

• Pan Africa - US embassy attacks commemorated - BBC

• Farmer dies in murder suicide attempt

• AU urged to go against Mauritania coup makers

• EC to prosecute minors who register

• President’s trips abroad are to support national development - MCE

• Education - GNAT worried about slow pace in-service training for teachers

• Korle Bu to be kidney transplant center by 2009

• Police destroys cannabis farms at Huhunya

• Commentary - A Soldier for Democracy - Kofi Akosah-Sarpong

• CSIR calls for preservation of plant genetic resources

• NPP, NDC set up machineries to resist intimidation

• Challenges and threats of oil find must be confronted - Mpiani

• Announcement - African Canadian women's achievement award 2008

• New Anglican University College of Technology to start in 2009

• France accused in Rwanda genocide

• MOFA calls for more funding at district level

• ECOWAS experts discuss investment in the sub-region

• Book on “Fighting Armed Robbery in Ghana” launched in Kumasi

• Sanitation situation disturbing - Minister

• Over 720 women benefit under micro finance scheme to the tune of GH¢150,000

• Tears of a father draw sympathy of lawyers to pay son’s fine

• Education - Government urged to support private schools

• Pan Africa - SA president denies bribe claims  - BBC

• Muslims to beware of those who will exploit religion to cause confusion

• NDC to establish award scheme for contractors - Mills

• NPP/NDC factions unite behind independent candidate

• Commentary - Lower tariffs to fight AIDS - Thompson Ayodele

• Millennium Challenge Account impact begins in Gomoa

• Begoro hospital establishes 100,000 Ghana cedis endowment fund

• Lawyer/Diplomat Irene Addo unseats NPP Majority leader

• World - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Is Dead at 89 - NYTimes

• Sports - Clottey Beats A Gutsy Judah Via A 9th Round Technical Decision - Rematch Anyone?

• Ghana and Trinidad and Tobago agree to establish Chamber of Commerce

• Thirty-two tourism awards to individuals and enterprises for support of industry

• World - South Africans Take Out Rage on Immigrants - NYTimes

• Bright Wireko-Brobbey to go it alone

• Health - Declare Tuberculosis an emergency disease in Ghana

• Tsatsu files appeal against trial judge

• CEPS ready to meet new challenges

• Pan Africa - Mandela- SA needs good leaders - News24

• Pan Africa - Zimbabwe rolls out new bank notes - BBC

• African leaders must battle the inferior complex syndrome grip on the continent - Chief

• New bus to SHS crashes at presentation ceremony

• CHRAJ handles over 14,000 Cases annually

• Ghana to tap into Trinidad and Tobago's rich oil industry experience

• Quashigah on nurses,midwives and maternal mortality

• BoG won’t approve RCBs loans above 2,000 GH cedis

• Criminal Libel Law repeal compromises national security-Dery

• Said Sinare rescinds decision to resign from the NDC

• Veep bids farewell to Ghana Armed Forces Council

• Forest Plantations Development Fund disburses GHC6 million for support services

• Education is key to a dignified position for Africa -Kufuor

• Bush meat hunting worth $350 million annually in Ghana

• Police nab suspected taxi thieves

• Surveyors asked to put services at municipalities and assemblies’ disposal

July 31, 2008

• African governments set aviation safety as high priority

• Opposing parties support independent candidate

• Government gives buses to Central Region schools

• Health - Skin cells could help with treatment of Alzheimer's

• Pan Africa - Mugabe rival 'satisfied' at talks - BBC

• Commentary - W.T.O: Africa Must Take a Leave of Absence - James Shikwati

• Democracy in action, government sued over GT sale

• UG to confer degrees on CJ, Ibn Chambas and others

• Kofi Annan, the new Chancellor of University of Ghana

• Prof. Tagoe to serve on Board of International Universities

• Sudan delegation lobby's Ghana against indictment of President Bashir

• DCE calls for cultural re-awakening

• Scouts from United Kingdom and Hohoe begin work on training complex

• NDC to wage relentless war against armed robbers

• Vodafone deal restores vendor confidence in GT – CEO  

• Pan Africa - Nigeria oil cut by rebel attack - BBC

• PNC will ensure mutually beneficial partnership with USA - Mahama

• iBurst Africa

• NPP supporters in Upper East close ranks