July 31, 2007

• Banks' interest rates must reflect improvements in the overall economy

• GIPC shuts down illegal foreign companies

• DCE urges institutions to plant trees

• Court orders destruction of cocaine after sentencing Nigerian dealer to 11 years imprisonment

• New Money Transfer service enters Ghanaian market

• AngloGold Ashanti CEO retires

• Court remands four murder suspects in custody

• Parliament takes a long break

• Aliu's election will prove that NPP is not ethnic centered

• Patriots kick against sale of ADB

• News24 - Nigerian MPs on hunger strike

• BBC -  UN set for vote on Darfur force

• BBC - Mass purge of Nigerian generals

• I will restore CPP's structure for victory in 2008-Dedey

• Presidential Palace loan approved by Parliament

• Newmont Ghana Gold pays $ 2.46 million 2nd quarter royalty to the government

• Parliament approves loan for local rice production

• Three arrested at Dodowa for printing new currency

July 30, 2007

July 29, 2007

• Venture Capital Managers urged to ensure viability of beneficiaries of loans

• NPP poised for massive victory in 2008 General Elections - Regional Chairman

• GNAT expresses apprehension about decisions of government

• Radio broadcasters undergo training

• Church worship now more emotional than spiritual-Presbyter

• Sports - CAN 2008 volunteer programme launched

• CPP Chairman condemns sale of State Enterprises

• President of the Ghana Federation of Traditional Medicine Practitioners Association

• Rural Banks urged to expand scholarship schemes

• World Bank approves funds for Ghana’s energy development and enhancement

• Health - Ghana Medical Association calls for review of housemanship policy

• GNAT is not our employer - NAPTA tells teachers

July 28, 2007

July 27, 2007

July 27, 2007

• Guns destroyed in Ho to mark UN Weapons Destruction Day

• Minister-designate of Manpower, Youth and Employment faces tough vetting in Parliament

• Government to make tax obligations more attractive for businesses

• NYTimes - Africa, Offline- Waiting for the Web

• Review - Daratt - Guardian, UK

• Need for uniform reimbursement mechanism to sustain NHIS - Boateng

• BBC - African migrant children 'beaten'

• Lufthansa resumes daily flights to Accra

• More public support for police, the president urges

• Lecturers at University of Ghana live in boys' quarters - Yankah

• IAEA to assist Ghana strategise on nuclear security

• CEPS to track transit vehicles by satellite beginning August 1

• Number embossed taxis only to operate in Accra beginning August 07

• VAT Service urged to intensify revenue drive

• CAN 2008 facilities must be preserved for for sports development - Amoah

• Juvenile court takes pleas of British teens in drug case

• NDC MPs come to blows

• Pan-African Reading Conference to focus on five areas - Coordinator

• Kumasi to get Appeal Court Complex

• Commentary - Nana Akuffo Addo and the Prophets - Kofi Akosah-Sarpong

July 26, 2007

July 25, 2007

• Mac Manu warns NPP presidential aspirants

• French President Sarkozy’s visit postponed

• First Lady Laura Bush addresses the press on Africa

• Haleem Banda to open his defence

• Don't underrate the capability of the NDC - NPP activist

• MP appeals for electricity sub-station for Nkwanta

• Barclays Bank to open more branches

• Cabinet approves two-and-a-half per cent increase in DACF

• President Kufuor calms concerns about the energy crisis

• Commentary - 2008 anti-corruption campaign platform for Ghana collapses in Norway

• Second Batch of nominees appear before Vetting Committee

• Abass cries foul in narcotic case

• Government providing GH¢60 million for Assembly projects

• Eligible taxpayers asked to pay taxes voluntarily

• 5.3 million-dollar to revamp the VLTC

• Prof Mills donates to Saltpond hospital
   

July 24, 2007

July 23, 2007

July 22, 2007

• News24 - Annan: Act on Zimbabwe

• The 2008 budget tol accommodate salary adjustments

• Commentary - Traditional Legal Playground: The Manhyia Palace, Kumasi - Kofi Akosah-Sarpong

• Sports - Algiers, Ghana wins four silver medals in boxing

• CPP's return causes panic- Etroo

• Assembly to demolish structures on waterways at Kasoa

• VP Mahama lauds health workers

• Tamale to promote festivals and cultures of the the North

• GNAT calls on the government to expedite action on pension scheme

• Four persons committed to stand trial for murder

• Otumfuo sets up committee to facilitate cocoa processing factory in Ashanti

• First wastewater treatment system in Africa commissioned in Tema

• Sports - Hasaacas players abscond

• SFO welcomes reports of corruption

• Feature - Ghanaian convicts to serve in Ghana - Kweku Asare

• Feature - Breakdown of ethics, the case of the UK cocaine girls - Gideon Sackitey

July 20, 2007

• Vida powers quartet to gold in 4x100metres

• AGOA ends with calls to protect Africa from Asia

• Poultry farmers in Brong Ahafo compensated

• I will use tourism to create jobs for the youth-Obetsebi Lamptey

• Ministry presents vehicles to schools

• Akwatiahene advises students against "leaver's nights"

• Three more deputies ministers announced

• Street Academy to undertake annual Sponsored Walk

• Minister ranks Kufuor's administration as most 'successful'

• Bring Back Discipline and Morale in Presbyterians- Chaplain

• Fact sheet - The Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Diversification Fund

• Inflated bills cause delays in insurance payments for hospitals

• Sports - Four Bombers for finals in Algiers

• Government's new policy on energy cost recovery

July 19, 2007

• Kufuor breaks ground to begin work on 70 million-dollar cocoa processing factory

• Accra hawkers urged to relocate to new market

• Sports - Ike Quartey going back to the ring?

• Sports -  Fat’ bonus for Ghanaian medallist

• Don't privatise ADB - Speakers at a roundtable

• Parliament defers agreement for 10 million dollars for NHIS

• Sports - Eric Nkansah wins silver in 100 metres

• Alleged cocaine kingpin points finger at Narcotic Control Board officer

• The Rights of Children of Women in Prison Custody - A GNA feature

• Commentary - Globalizing Cultural Festivals for Progress - Kofi Akosah-Sarpong

• Lack of Sustainable Livelihood - A Major Threat to Wildlife Conservation -  A GNA Feature

• Ghanaian-German Business Community urges government and Lufthansa to resolve impasse

• Government must not sell shares to Stanbic, says The Socialists Forum

• Large-scale mining covers 13 per cent of mining areas - Ms Aryee

• ECOWAS mission urges ratification of arms convention

• Egypt commends Ghana's pioneering role in Africa's emancipation
   

July 18, 2007

• Man jailed 10 years for defrauding niece and nephew

• Commentary - Globalizing Cultural Festivals for Progress

• Serchen Komba vies for CPP General Secretary post

• Health insurance agents go to school on the new currency

• Mother and daughter convicted for abetment and stealing

• More Ministerial appointments by President Kufuor

• Self-styled contractor defrauds a London based Ghanaian on land and building issue

• Ministers call for special AGOA fund to support SMEs

• Five regions to benefit from CWSA projects

• AGOA opens in Accra with plea from President Kufuor

• AGOA Forum, Remarks By U.S. Trade Representative Susan C. Schwab

• Veep attends church service in honour of Dr Busia

• Lufthansa defaults on royalties owed to Ghana Airways, says Minister for Aviation

• APRM meeting ends

• CSSVD Control Unit intensifies education on swollen shoot disease

• NDC angered by defection story

• Work begins on workers housing Upper West Region

• NPP Foot Soldiers not for any aspirant - Co-ordinator
   

July 18, 2007

July 17, 2007

July 16,  2007

July 15, 2007

• "It is God who appoints leaders"- Vice President

• Armed robbers attack filling stations in Sunyani

• Government releases 21 billion cedis for Nyakrom/Otsenkorang road

• Police arrests seven persons for alleged fake insurance claims

• Let us partner Government to provide infrastructure - Rev. Otuo Acheampong

• Police search for armed landguards for assault on developers

• Three members of Yewe Cult before court on charges of stripping naked a nursing mother
  
   

July 14, 2007

• Kufuor warns DCEs against divisive acts

• Professor Fobih urges Lands Commission to discharge duties efficiently

• CEPS tax education campaign takes off next week

• Criminal elements abroad who want to unsettle our progress - E. Ablorh-Odjidja

• Proliferation of Small Arms: A Threat to Democracy - A GNA Feature

• GES sets up investigation committee on alleged abortion case at college

• New cocoa pesticide introduced to farmers

• PSWU holds delegates conference in Kumasi

• PSWU holds delegates conference in Kumasi

• World Veterans Federation calls for upliftment of veterans welfare

• GES sets up investigation committee on alleged abortion case at college

• Sports - Ghana wins first gold medal at All Africa Games

• Sports - Ghana protests Yekini' loss

• Commentary - Criminal elements abroad who want to unsettle our progress - E. Ablorh-Odjidja

• Out-going Lebanese Ambassador thanks Ghana for its peacekeepers

• UK High Commission confirm arrests and waiting for their Families

• AGOA attendance strictly by accreditation

July 13, 2007

• ICT development is a necessity for Africa - Kufuor

• Clergyman bemoans decline in the growth of orthodox churches

• Let us preserve Asante history - Otumfuo

• Sixty bicycles for teachers in deprived districts

• Three NDC parliamentary aspirants file nomination

• Calm returns to Juaso Zongo community at last

• No extradition for British teens arrested with cocaine

• Commentary - Roko Frimpong, the Family and the Culture - Kofi Akosah-Sarpong

• Kyabobo Park remembers slain staff

• Algiers, Ghana impresses with two wins in boxing

• Teachers advised to learn more about HIV/AIDS

• News - Starlets’ squad to be pruned on Saturday

• Acute food shortage looms in three northern regions

• Feature - Ghana’s Presidential Palace 69 Per Cent Complete - Kweku Asare

• Mozambique to Sign $507 Million Millennium Challenge Compact

• Bulgaria applauds Ghana’s democratic dispensation

• Terrorism bill in Parliament

• Add value to gold to increase foreign exchange-Indigenous Miners

• Banda on criminal assault charge says he bought ammunition from police

July 12, 2007

• 5th International Building and Construction Exhibition launched

• Effia Nkwanta hospital cries for help

• Sports - Female runners declare 'war' in Algiers

• Stakeholders scrutinize Biotechnology Policy

• Candles cost more than solar energy

• Sports - Hearts appoints new Management Team

• BBC - UK girls on Ghana drugs charges

• BBC - Liberia 'to seize Taylor assets'

• Akuffo Addo campaign team on the road

• CPP is ready for congress

• Wenchi Celebrates Dr. Busia's birthday

• Minister commends two districts

• Mills urges government to find killers

• Health - Free surgery for cleft babies in Brong Ahafo

• Kasoa association to mobilise funds/materials for development at Brong Ahafo

• Minister calls for patience about compensation for lands

• Sports - Man spits at Ghanaian team bus In Algierrs

• BBC - Two Nigeria ex-governors arrested

• US Foundation to participate in AGOA Forum

• Mason makes false claim of robbery, gets jailed three years

• Fishermen asked to work within the confines of the law and not aid cocaine smugglers

• Three organisations pay dividends to government

• MPs divided over Transfer of Convicted Persons Bill

• United States Doctors for Africa eyes Ghana

• Volta Region gets GEPC zonal office

• 30 million US dollar Housing Project for Police Service

• Sports - GFA to organize course for coaches

• NGO presents items to institutions

• No decision on primaries yet - Odododiodoo NDC Executives

• Lack of political will hindering development in Upper East - Workshop

• BOG urged to renew collaboration with NCCE

• Nana Konadu says she didn't do it nor did 31st DWM

• Don't eat carcass if cause of death is unknown - Expert

• Feature - Dr Nduom quits cabinet post to pursue party building - Kweku Asare

• First list of new ministers out

• Energy debate ends in Parliament

• Feature - Ghana Golden Jubilee Interfaith Service and Cultural Celebration, NYC - Kobina Annan, Jr.

• Saudi Arabia assists Ghana in health care delivery

• President of Swiss Confederation arrives for two-day visit

• ECOBANK to issue credit card in Ghana

• Italian President calls on Parliament
  Mike Quaye to give priority to Volta University

• Suspected armed robber nabbed

• Sports - Micheletti assures Ohene Djan Stadium will last “forever”

•  Five to draft legal policy for boxing

July 9, 2007

• Government committed to prudent development policies - Veep

• MCA to network rural and community banks

• Manual operations cause of delays

• Reduce number of festivals in area - Gomoa DCE

• Northern Region NPP concerned about activities of some presidential aspirants

• Bereaved family petitions IGP for police failure to prosecute murder case

• DCE urges use of publicity vans to educate public on socio-economic development policies only

• Anglican Diocese Kumasi and the USA Embassy Ghana organise Choral music competition

• MPs agree tourism needs a bigger budget

July 7, 2007

• Condoleezza for ACCRA

• Ahantaman shareholders reject Board of Directors' request for increase in stipend

• NPP has changed the outlook of the Ghanaian woman - Gladys Asmah

• Regulate proliferation of information centres - Assemblyman

• NRSC stresses the need to observe traffic regulations

• Betrothal, early marriage affecting girl-child education in two Northern districts

• Cut in import tariffs will affect farmers - Survey

• Ghana lacks hotel rooms –Tourism Expert

• Italian President to visit Ghana

• Ghana to be oasis of peace and stability - Addo-Kufuor
   

• AU Grand Debate on Union Government ends without decision on time line

• Single spine pay structure for public sector - Minister

• Ban haulage of timber/bauxite by road-senior citizen

• It's an offence to refuse new currency - Bank Manager

• Ghana to host Africa Union Housing Finance Conference

• Juvenile ex-convict to take advantage of capitation grant

• Police, car dealer in court over drugs

• Bole-Bamboi road attracting new transport companies

• MPs call for trans-border efforts to tackle alga spread 

• BBC - Boat rescued off Nigeria's coast

• BBC - New Senegal record cocaine haul

• BBC - Ghana under-17 coach resigns

• Meeting to review education held at Saltpond

• Feature - Why Gadaffi boycotted The AU Summit Opening - Samuel Dowuona

• Commentary - Heroes, heroines and progress - Kofi Akosah-Sarpong

• President Yar'Adua of Nigeria questions commitment of African leaders to AU

• Volta Region needs a strategic development plan not another region-Okudzeto

• Do not rush for new notes and coins – Governor

• Human Rights Activists hold vigil for 44 Ghanaians killed in Gambia

• Economic Partnership Agreement to offer AU countries more economic advantage -- EU

• Endorse concept of United States of Africa now – Liberia

• Continuity of NPP's administration is necessary for Ghana's development - Gambila

• Press Release - Statement by IMF Deputy Managing Director Takatoshi Kato at the Conclusion of his Visit to Ghana

• Girl, 19, Stabs woman

• Oguaahene walks to raise awareness about PANAFEST
   

• Bank staff having tough time as redenomination begins

• A Burkinabe delegation on visit to Ashanti Region

• Police arrest two cocaine suspects

• Health - Seek early treatment to for Buruli Ulcer to avoid complications - Dr Ampadu

• African leaders emerged optimistic after marathon session on unity

• Prime Minister expresses confidence in Africa’s prospects

• Prison inmates on death row appeal for review of jury conviction

• Newly translated Ewe Bible Launched

• Parliament gets new Clerk

• Health extension workers not permanent Ministry of Health staff

• New Ghana cedi in circulation

• Commentary - What Gadaffi didn’t say – so much for Africa Unity - E. Ablorh-Odjidja

• IMF Deputy Managing Director Takatoshi Kato to Visit Ghana

• African First Ladies end meeting

• Arguments on Union Government not rated above other issues

• Prominent African-Americans call for fast-tracking of Union Government

• First Ladies agree to make a difference in curbing HIV/AIDS

• Five African leaders leave for home

• African leaders state positions on Continental Government

• Ghana and Burkina Faso Confer on Common Use of Volta Basin Water

• AU Commissioner expresses confidence in Africa’s prospects

• NPP will win Hohoe North Parliamentary seat in 2008 elections- Aspirant

• Lawyers/Judges in Western Region remember slain colleagues

• MOESS declares war on communities, which harass teachers

• Vice-Chancellor calls for competition at all levels of learning

• Government spends huge amounts of money on road safety annually

• Upper East Fetes Senior Citizens

• Bring good intentions of NEPAD to fruition - Kufuor

• Health - African First Ladies target HIV/AIDS

• GJA expresses concern about distractions at media centre at AICC

• Feature - The Grand Debate hiccup, matters arising - Gideon Sackitey

• Fanteakwa benefits from 1.2 billion cedis EU projects

• Let us not fail Africa by taking unexamined decisions - Kufuor

• Fanteakwa benefits from 1.2 billion cedis EU projects

• Feature - Of Qathafi, the African Peoples and the Union Government Idea - Samuel Dowuona

• 2007 Diaspora community Graduants feted at Ghana Embassy, Wash, D. C.

• Oboshie apologises for media glitches

• Journalists stranded at AU Summit

• Don’t allow peace efforts in Darfur to diminish – UN