June 30, 2008

• Mills turns down National Award

• Let us have confidence in the Electoral Commission – Aliu

• Pan Africa - Mandela joins stars at London gig - BBC

• Ghana’s Development Partners pledge 1.7 billion dollar support

• NDC delegation leaves for Socialist International Forum

• Banking institutions urged to beef up security

• Blay: Public service must remain neutral

• Pan Africa - Kenya urges AU to suspend Mugabe - BBC

• Commentary - Africa, we have a problem - E. Ablorh -Odjidja

• Health - Over 2,000 children die from AIDS in 2007 - NACP

• Counternarcotics Effort In West Africa Widens Pentagon's Purview- -

June 29, 2008

• Kufuor in Egypt for the 11th AU Summit

• Nana Akufu-Addo predicts landslide victory for NPP

• CJ calls for confidence in judicial system

• President Kufuor leaves for AU summit

• Pan Africa - Observers denounce Zimbabwe vote - BBC

• Pan Africa - Nigerians executed in Indonesia - BBC

• Driver paid $40, 000 to transport 380 slabs of substance suspected to be cocaine

• SSNIT to go after indebted employers

• Minority seeks clarification from Vodafone on GT sale

• Free Tsatsu Movement distances itself from threatening text messages

• Bury differences to retain seat Odododiodioo seat - NDC members urged

• Commentary - Tsikata, Rule of Law, and Democracy - Kofi Akosah-Sarpong

• World Bank approves 22 million dollars additional credit facility to Ghana

• Social - The Role of Political Parties in Ghana’s Democracy - A GNA Feature

• GAF files defence in Kpone Traditional Council case

• Outgoing US, Malian Ambassadors bid farewell to President Kufuor

• Asantehene cautions youth to stay out of chieftaincy disputes

• Work on Accra Harbour begins in August

• Pan Africa - Voters snub 'sham' Zimbabwe poll - BBC

June 26, 2008

• Nana Akufo-Addo to improve security if elected President

• NPP Flag bearer announces vision for nation

• “Glorious moment awaits president Kufuor”- NSC boss

• Ghana’s cocoa production more than doubled within eight years

• Chief Justice advises Tsikata to seek redress in court

• "Settle your debt," AMA says to Ghana @ 50 Secretariat

• Greater Accra Regional Sports Festival Opens

• University of Ghana launches new website

• Netherlands supports $13 million water project

• Supreme Court seeks AG’s views on NDC suit on 2004 election

• Justice Brobbey found no evidence in support of allegation

• Ghana releases report on child labour in cocoa industry

• President Kufuor invites Bawku Naba for talks on conflict

• Mrs. Akufo-Addo on campaign tour in Ashanti Region

• Without peace it would be foolish to have elections in Bawku - Ndebugre

• Newmont Kenyasi mining area under threat from residents

• Gunmen kill 68-year-old man in Tema

• TMA staff cautioned against granting of fictitious permits

• Police shoot dead one armed robber at Akim Oda

• Kufuor receives Letters of newly accredited Ambassadors

June 25, 2008

• National Security apparatus doing its best to bring peace to Bawku

• Don’t devalue National Honours – NDC Chairman

• Cassava, maize composite flour launched

• GES emphasises good character build-up for students

• Government told to enforce legislations on introduction of exotic species

• Commentary - Illusion of government job creation - Thompson Ayodele

• CPP faces financial challenge for Election 2008

• Energy Commission to introduce efficiency labels

• Ghana Cedi falls to dollar again

• Negotiations to privatise Ghana Telecom ends in June 2008

• Otumfuo asked to intervene in Ejura chieftaincy dispute

June 24, 2008

• Asantehene challenges financial institutions

• Thirteen-year-old pupil shoots teacher to death accidentally

• Health - Drugs used to cure malaria ineffective – Doctor

• Suspicious object washed ashore near Aflao

• "Project Citizen" program introduced to schools

• Pan Africa - Test for African powers - BBC

• Pan Africa - Mugabe defiant as criticism grows - BBC

• NPP UER campaign team inaugurated

• Minister cautions about ethnic clashes

June 23, 2008

• Pan Africa - UN chief urges Harare poll delay - BBC

• “Delay in passing information bill seeks to improve implementation first”- Asamoah Boateng

• Fire Service Donor Conference to be Held in Accra soon

• ECOWAS Military Exercise ends in Bamako

• CPP Flag bearer outdoors “unity tour” in Tamale

• Kojo Tsikata rejects honor because of cousin

• ABL to inject $20million more next year

• Commentary - Kofi Annan and Africa’s Green Revolution - Kofi Akosah-Sarpong

• NPP requires renewed mandate for unfinished business – Nana Akufo-Addo

• President institutes a new national award, The Star and Eagles of Ghana

• Ghana has enough foreign reserves to last four months - Apraku

• ECOWAS urged to adopt Common External Tariff

• Ten People Reported Killed in Bawku

• Sports - Stars sweat to beat Azingos

June 22, 2008

• Pan Africa - Zimbabwe opposition leader pulls out of runoff - MSNBC

• Review - H.E. Otumfuo Osei Tutu II - Kobina Annan, Jr.

• Funding for biodiversity conservation declines

• President nominates personalities for National Awards

• President Kufuor cuts sod for work on 36 million dollar trunk roads

• World - Obama rejects public election funds - Guardian, UK

• World - Israeli jet exercise is warning to Iran over nuclear facilities, Pentagon says - Guardian, UK

• Pan Africa Nigeria 'shock' after oil attack - BBC

• Pan Africa - Mugabe says only God can remove him - BBC

June 20, 2008

• Kufuor swears in new VRA Chief Executive Officer

• Globacom rolls out plans for Ghana operation

• Sports - Most fans call against a local coach to handle Black Stars

• MSMEs in Ashanti not benefiting from government’s interventions

• Commentary - Courage Quashigah and Holistic Observation - Kofi Akosah-Sarpong

• World marks Refugees Day

• C/R Convention People’s Party members not happy with attacks on Dr Nduom

• Sports - Ghana to host All Africa Golf Championship 2012

• Pan Africa - Opposition ponders Zimbabwe poll pullout - BBC

• Pan Africa - Army 'runs Mugabe campaign' - BBC

• Focus on preventive health care first - Asantehene

• Atta Mills campaigns door-to-door in Kumasi

• Stigmatization, a barrier to anti-retroviral drugs usage among PLWHAs

• Nigerian company Glo wins sixth mobile licence

June 19, 2008

• “Africa's future lies in Green Revolution”-Kofi Annan

• Elections are not battles – NCCE

• Political parties have failed – Prof. Dumor

• MTN introduces low rate calls

• Commentary - Comrade Mugabe – hero and a tragic spectacle in his own right - E. Ablorh-Odjidja

• Commentary - Ward-Brew and Ghana’s Retardation - Kofi Akosah-Sarpong

June 18, 2008

• Tsikata jailed five years

• Indigenous Caterers Association of Ghana inaugurated

• GCB launches Kudi Nkusuo

• More courts to be established nation-wide – Justice Anin Yeboah

• Sports - National Sports Council assures of maximum security for Stars-Azingos game

• Tsikata appeals against conviction

• Ashanti CPP dissociates itself from pronouncements

• Sports - GBA/CSA to hunt for boxing talents

• NDC party faithful sympathise with Tsatsu

• African governments urged to take urgent action on climate change

• NDC to champion national cohesion and reconciliation

• Pan Africa - £108m scheme to save rainforest to be policed by satellite - Guardian, UK

• Pan Africa - Observer warning on Zimbabwe poll - BBC

• Tsikata's bail application thrown out

• Kumasi to get new Military Hospital

• Senior UN political official meets Mugabe

June 17, 2008

• National accident and emergency centre at KATH would be ready in August

• I did not sell my shares to Scancom - Aggrey

• World leaders mandated to evaluate progress on Africa

• Social - Shame, shame shame - E. Ablorh-Odjidja

• Pan Africa -  Blair report spares Africa's feelings -  BBC

• Pan Africa - 'Many dead' as migrant boat sinks - BBC

• Pan Africa - Mugabe threatens opposition arrests - Guardian, UK

June 16, 2008

• “Love life caravan” makes last stop over in Ghana

• NPP has excellent chance of winning 2008 Election- Apraku

• Pan Africa - Africa 'needs an extra $40bn aid' - BBC

• Nigeria's Globacom Gets License For Mobile Phone Service In Ghana

• LOC cautions against usage of tourney pictures

• Ghana partners UN to rid sub-region of narcotics trade

• Phone snatcher lynched at Tema

• Pan Africa - Cash in hand: why Africans are banking on the mobile phone - Guardian, UK

• Health - Ghana's cancer carers - BBC

• Sports - Bekoe tops scorers chart

• President Kufuor gives assent to removal of import duties

• Pan Africa - Mugabe rejects 'mere X' - News24

• World leaders mandated to evaluate progress on Africa

• Germany Looks to North Africa's Untapped Solar Thermal Potential

• Pan Africa - The Great Chinese Takeout in Africa

• Team formed to enhance NPP chances in 2008 Election

• Need for Ghanaian leaders to make hard choices for development

• Asiedu-Nketia warns NDC over detractors

• Authorities of UEW sign MOU with three West African Universities

• Lake Bosomtwe communities worried about deplorable roads

June 14, 2008

• Pan Africa - African civil society leaders unite over Zimbabwean’s election

• Health - Use of anti-perspirant dangerous - Researcher warns

• Kumasi Children’s Park to get a facelift

• Ghana receives 100 million dollars from World Bank

• President Kufuor meets J.P Morgan’s chief

• Inflation now stands at 16.88 per cent

• Increase in suicide cases among youth of Kassena Nankana

• Pan Africa - Africa pressure grows on Mugabe

• Pan Africa - Boost for Africa green revolution - BBC

• NVP to elect Flag Bearer in July

• Cedi appreciates against Pound/CFA but falls to the dollar

• Commit yourselves to ending Child labour – Minister

• Commit yourselves to ending Child labour – Minister

• Interim Management Committee of Olympics reconstituted

June 13, 2008

• President Kufuor swears four new Ministers into office

• Ghana is model business destination in West Africa – delegation

• Ghana, France sign MOU to enhance joint investment

• Pan Africa - Use Egypt Summit to take decisive step on Union Government agenda - CSO

• Health - Ministry to police fake pharmacies

• Fifteen people killed in a road accident at Dompoase

• CPP to win 10 parliamentary seats in Ashanti - Regional Secretary

• Pan Africa - Ethiopia appeals for urgent aid - BBC

• Finance Ministry advises CEPS on the necessity of transparency

• Seven in court for forgery and stealing

• EX-IM Bank (US) dramatically expands its Nigerian bank facility

June 12, 2008

• Historic Collaboration Launched to Provide Africa’s Farmers Technologies, Roads and Resources

• Pan Africa - Liberians killed in farm massacre - BBC

• Five policemen interdicted for extortion

• Sports - All Blacks spank Real Sportive

• Minister urges more support for human resource development

• Pan Africa - Happy about rising food prices- Uganda's president is - BBC

• Outgoing World Bank Representative praises Ghanaians

• Ghana Cedi recovers slightly but continues fall to dollar

• Workshop on Chinese Investment in Africa ends

• Boankra Inland Port Project loan secured

• Court jails businessman 10 years drugs deal

• Parliament debates double security role of Addo-Kufuor

• Produce honest and disciplined workforce-Aliu Mahama

June 11, 2008

• Abodakpi returns to Parliament on presidential pardon

• Internal Revenue Amendment on repatriation of profit

• Voters' register not bloated - EC

• IEA to lead discussion on Presidential Transition

• Tribunal destroys cocaine hidden in Nkulenu Palm Soup cans

• Obuasi Mine has additional 25 years lifespan – MD

• Gang leader arrested at Breman Asikuma

• World - AIDS Drugs Reaching More People in Developing World, U.N. Says = Washington Post

• Trade Unionists meet on Chinese investment in Africa

• Set up epidemic management committee – Dr Ahadzie

• Education vital for development- Mrs Osafo-Addo

• Under new charter public now has means to report on abusive public officers

• NDC: We'll take Ghana to new heights

• Police Task Force engage robbers in shoot out at Sakumono

• "We need national will to fight corruption" – Attorney-General

• House of Chiefs asked to dispose of disputes before it

• Migration in Upper West Region spurred on by Global warming

• Pan Africa - Zimbabwe 'run by military junta' - BBC

• Pan Africa - 'Many dead' in Sudan jet inferno - BBC

June 9, 2008

• Ghana to pump 120,000 barrels of oil in first quarter of 2010 - Kufuor

• “Removal of import tax duties on rice is to cushion the people”-Minister

• Harvard University Announces free tuition for low-income students

• Work starts oN 38.7 million (GH) cedi Madina-Pantang road

• NPP must be credited for managing the nation’s economy- Minister

• Ghanaians urged to vote for NPP

• Parents urged to help maintain discipline in schools

• Rawlings: No one has been designated MY “advisor”

• Pan Africa - Court 'lifts Zimbabwe rally ban' - BBC

• Pan Africa - UN looks to DR Congo withdrawal - BBC

• Politicians cautioned on obstruction of registration exercises

June 6, 2008

• Ghana cannot remain half poor, half rich-Mahama

• Chief Scout Commissioner’s tenure challenged

• Kenyans express appreciation to President Kufuor

• Greed and exploitation led to Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade – Odote

• CAL Bank retains Managing Director

• Media practitioners advised to report on Ghanaian culture

• Status of traditional chiefs improves with passing of bill

• Dan Botwe asked to rescind decision

• World - New oil price record - Telegraph, UK

• World - Israel threatens to attack Iran - Guardian, UK

• Pan Africa - Mugabe turns the screwon his opposition - Guardian, UK

• Pan Africa - South Africa- Behind the violence - BBC

• Pan Africa - Aid groups pull back in Zimbabwe - BBC

June 6, 2008

• Include tree planting in school curriculum-DCE

• Commentary - What next, Obama? - E. Ablorh-Odjidja

• Commentary - Crime: Battling Juju-Marabou Mediums - Kofi Akosah-Sarpong

• Social - Does the average Ghanaian understand the economy? - GNA Feature

• Pan Africa - Zimbabwe halts opposition rallies - BBC

• Upper West People's Assemblies attract thousands

• GOC funds residential camping of “Team Ghana”

• Thugs invade Tamale Girls International School

• Sports - Two players of Black Stars upbeat about qualification for World Cup

• Three dead, several injured in Ashaiman Police/Drivers clash

• World - US primaries enter final day - Guardian, UK

• Bawku West hails Government social programmes

• New region creation is a Constitutional issue - Asiedu-Nketia

• World - Food production must rise 50%, says UN chief - Guardian, UK

• World - Developed countries fall behind in meeting foreign aid pledges - Guardian, UK

• Pan Africa -  Liberia death toll rises to nine - BBC

• Pan Africa - Zimbabwe blocks 'political' aid - BBC

• Kufuor in South Africa for World Economic Forum

• World - USA to impose stricter visa rule - FT

• Sports - Black Stars spank Libya 3-0 in African Cup of Nations/World Cup Qualifier

• Ghana Cedi continues its’ lost to the dollar

• Let us support President Kufuor to promote peace—Fugah

• JH Mensah objects to Ghana Telecom building plan for Sunyani

• Adda’s popular acclamation is unconstitutional – Polling Station chairmen

• TOR starts discharging Aviation Turbine Kerosene

• Government renews curfew on Bawku Municipality

• Ghanaian, two Togolese in court for huge cocaine haul

• Color, Controversy and DNA - Root.com

• Nuclear energy power plant by 2018 – Dr Aggrey-Ntim

• Navrongo NPP threatens defections if no primaries

• About 3,500 people in Upper East Region to benefit from MASLOC – Prempeh

• Sports - Togo’s Hawks fly past Zambia

• Peace is the only assurance against hunger - Veep

• NDC supporters injured in accident

• Pan Africa- Troops 'must back Mugabe or quit' - BBC

• ntel Corporation launches new learning programme

• Veep advises Enquirer to retract story on CDS

• Oil blessing depends on good management, people’s participation- Owusu-Adjapong

• Pan Africa - Nigeria power shortage to persist - BBC

• Ghana Cedi appreciates against euro and pound

• Journalists urged to promote peace in conflict situations

• “Devalue us at your own peril” – Attuquyaefio

• Dr. George Ayittey listed on Foreign Policy publication's Top 100 Public Intellectuals

• Akufo-Addo, Mill in a public dialogue

• Investigate Mr Bartels’ tenure of office – CPP declares