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's strategy to win Election 2008 is unshakable

• Tsatsu moves motion in court

• Vodafone’s strength as an African telecom and strong global presence was the seller - Communications Minister

• Health - Spread of HIV/Aids slows as awareness and drugs take hold - Guardian, UK

• World - Last-ditch WTO talks collapse - Guardian, UK

• Pan Africa - Fatal building collapse in Nigeria - BBC

• NPP to make inroads in three Northern Regions – Nana Akufo-Addo

• GSB opens first accredited metrology laboratories in West Africa

• Educational - New scholarship for needy students launched

• EDIF approves GH¢70 million plus loans for export trade development

• PNC to offer Ghanaians abroad duty free clearance regime

• Sinare yet to inform NDC of resignation

• Ghana Tours folds up

• EDIF approves GH¢70 million plus loans for export trade development
   

• TUC calls for withdrawal of sale agreement on GT

• Entrepreneur calls for implementation of ECOWAS Trade protocols

• Pan Africa - Darfur force 'failing civilians' - BBC

• Foreign minister leaves for NAM conference

• Health - Expert arrives for Burns Conference

• 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

• NDC members asked to unite for victory

• UEW to monitor performance of its products

• Church inducts head for Northern Presbytery Health Services

• Register to enable you vote come December-Ga Mantse

• President Kufuor leaves for Trinidad and Tobago

• Nana Akufo-Addo promises roads construction in the North

• Vocational and technical training, not for school dropouts -Educationist

• Atta Mills explains why he would consult Rawlings

• World Bank gives African Union (AU) Commission 487,000 dollars for Diaspora programme

• Christians asked to stand up against unfavourable political acts

• Commentary Development: Touting the “African Way” - Kofi Akosah-Sarpong

• Political pressure kicked me out of the country in 1999 -Aggrey

• Veep condemn brains behind chieftaincy conflicts

• Vice President Aliu as running mate for Nana Addo?

• Vice President Aliu as running mate for Nana Addo?

• Pan Africa - Lagos tanker explosion kills 12 - BBC

• Customary Law Project gets a permanent secretariat

• Melcom to build another store in Sunyani

• Pan Africa - AI says no pardons for Zimbabwe human rights abusers - News24

• Pan Africa - No pardons, urges AI - News24

• World - Obama draws 200 000 in Berlin - News24

• World - Obama Speaks to Germany on European Ties - NYTimes

• US Embassy spent over one million dollars on development projects in Ghana

• Pan Africa - Libya 'halts Swiss oil shipments' - BBC

• STMA/MTTU to arrest and prosecute drivers

• Health - PLWHAs targeting vulnerable partners for sexual escapades in Ho Municipality

• Ghanaians urged not to conceal criminals

• CJA opposes sale of GT, but GT officials think otherwise

• Nigerian criminals will be flushed out of Ghana

• Police and robbers vie for supremacy in Tema

• Police mounts search for leader of gang of railway lines thieves

• Cedi falls to Dollar and Pound

• World - Solar power from Saharan sun could provide Europe's electricity, says EU - Guardian, UK

• World - Clampdown on illegal filesharing - Guardian, UK

• Sports - Muntari set for £12.7m Inter move - BBC

• Pan Africa - S African police evict migrants

• Health - Juaso District Hospital to be upgraded

• Pan Africa - Zimbabwe running out of banknotes - Guardian, UK

• World - France faces end of compulsory 35-hour week - Guardian, UK

• Tsikata’s IFC immunity case adjourned sine die

• Parliament asked to work on alleged malfeasance on NHIS

• Supreme Court Judge declines to sit in Abodakpi's case

• British High Commission reviews visa processing times

• Indigenous Pharmaceutical Business Association petitions Kufuor

• Survey: Access to finance a threat to businesses

• Ashanti Regional Police Command gears up to combat car snatchers

• Justice Abban to rule on disqualification in Tsikata's case

• NPP is in favour of election of DCEs

• Create a congenial atmosphere for the private sector to operate
   

• CDD Ghana identifies vote “rigging time”

• Invitations for Kufuor to pay state visits keep pouring in

• French, Japanese Ambassadors bid farewell to Kufuor

• Health - Review legal framework of Pesticide Law - Prof. Yeboah

• Politicians asked to find common grounds on national issues

• Sekondi-Takoradi Drivers to withdraw services

• Bigger cocoa harvest this year derailed by smuggling - COCOBOD

• Tsikata objects to another panel member

• NPP Government has performed better than the NDC – Arthur Kennedy

• Non-teaching staff of GES of misappropriation of public funds

• NDC has turned NPP's World Bank into rural bank - Mahama

• Eighteen-year-old girl ends up in mysterious death

• North America branch of CPP/PNC crusade against GT sale

• Chief Director of Ministry of Health stirs up rift among civil servants

• Chief Director of Ministry of Health stirs up rift among civil servants

• Three communities in Awutu mssing in Identification Exercise

• Garages cannot re-locate now

• Ghana needs palm oil regulatory Board– Unilever Management

• GPRTU chairman advises drivers to ensure defensive driving

• Ghanaian teenager killed in London -Guardian, UK

• Commentary - Niger-Delta Crisis: Let people derive benefit from oil revenue - By Thompson Ayodele and Olusegun Sotola

• Dr Mahama embarks on American tour

• Ghana to host African Campus of China Europe International Business School

• Stiffer laws to combat counterfeiting and piracy - President Kufuor

• Nana Addo receives rousing welcome in Tamale

• Older generation urged to tell CPP story to the youth

• Pan Africa - Guinea-Bissau drugs plane seized - BBC

• Sports - Kotoko crowned Premier League champions
   

• ECOWAS seeks greater collaboration with the UN

• Financial stocks push up index

• CSIR signs agreement with AIT University

• Small and medium industries suffering from political backlash -Entrepreneurs

• Journalists to mobilize societies for development - President Kufuor

• Rubber exporter to gain three per cent tax waiver

• Commentary - Coups versus peace time awards - E. Ablorh-Odjidja

• The Northern Presbytery gets modern ICT centre in Tamale

• Drivers should not be bankers for police - Deputy Attorney General

• Older generation urged to tell CPP story to the youth

• Sports - Ghana, Nigeria heading for Fifa U-17 tournament - New Zealand Harald

• Ghana is moving forward-Sheikh Quaye

• Seven-million dollar project to protect Weija Dam

• Women, youth told to vote for NPP

• Ghana parliament delays Vodafone deal decision - Reuters

• Sergeant Dawson’s remains flown-in

• Parliament rises without discussing Ghana Telecom sale

• Kofi Annan: Zimbabwe shames Africa

• MOFA makes advances to boost Sheanut production

• World - Obama embarks on critical world tour - Guardian, UK

• Pan Africa - Russia has been consistent in its stance on Zimbabwe - Guardian, UK

• Central Bank steps up education on e-zwich

• Education - Long familiar relationship between auditors and auditees breed corruption

• CHRAJ calls for balanced reportage on human rights

• UNAMID pre-deployment course ends

• Contractors must observe the law

• An appeal to NDC not to sideline Rawlings in campaign

• Health - Health institutions in Volta Region to be Peer Reviewed

• DFP and CPP Flagbearers take campaigns to Volta Region

• Climate change to lower agricultural production potential - Report

• Ghana will triumph in unity of – Akufo–Addo

• Ghanaians have confidence in the NPP–Nana Akufo-Addo

• Dorman Long Engineering to inspect Adomi Bridge

• NDC not running away from the PNDC

• FDB launches Clean Market Project

• Antrak Air to fly to to Saudi Arabia

• Dutch Ambassador pledges support for re-forestation, conservation

• Nduom, CPP oppose Ghana Telecom sale

• British teens released after serving nine months in Ghana on drugs charges

• Reverend John Prempeh, son of King Prempeh I, remembered

• Aspiring MP urges peaceful resolution of impasse over Gomoa district capital

• Ghana to receive 30 million cubic metres of gas for power generation

• Health - Over 50,000 pregnant women registered under free maternal healthcare

• Timber Companies owing over 12 million Ghana cedis

• Pan Africa - Senate agrees to triple anti-AIDS funding - AP

• Upper East asked to change pattern of voting

• Kufuor swears in new Ambassador to Togo

• Ethnic Conflict In Africa - The Need To Search For Remedies

• Vote for NPP to show appreciation of development – Mac Manu

• NDC will be selfless – Mahama

• Parliament mourns former Speaker

• NACOB receives equipment to check narcotics scourge

• Bridge closure fuels business activities

• Cedi recovers slightly against Pound and Euro but…

• Health - Malaria gene 'increases HIV risk' - BBC

• Pan Africa - Thousands flee Nigerian militants - BBC

• Chief Executive expresses worry about use of foreign songs

• Supreme Court to hear case for Abodakpi's removal from Parliament

• Bridge closure takes toll on transport operators

• Commentary - Democratic Glows from National Awards - Kofi Akosah-Sarpong

• 200 buses ready for distribution to SHSs

• Pan Africa - Vitamin-rich Baobab fruit promise huge job boost for Africa - BBC

• Pan Africa - Sudan Vows to Fight Charges Of Genocide Against Its Leader - Washingtonpost

• Pan Africa - Sudan 'will block genocide case' - BBC

• Ghana's Day at the Royal Agriculture Show, Warwickshire, UK

• Man in court for fraud

• Government bemoans Ala Adjetey's death

• Tamale Teaching Hospital now fully accredited

• Ashanti Regional Police to impound unregistered vehicles

• Health - GHS warns against complacency in pregnancy

• NDC demands accountability from NPP

• Pupils to plant 3,800 tree species to mark World Environment Day in Kumasi

July 15, 2008

• Ghana Association of Bankers announces cedi exchange rates

• Ala Adjetey was third most powerful person for four years

• More Ghanaians say PNC will win 2008 election - Mahama

• Health - Children under 12 years fanning the flames of HIV/AIDS

• Review - Zimbabwe is finished - George Ayittey

• US supports local tomato farmers to produce improved variety

• White paper issued on the Odugblase limestone deposit dispute

• Tema site two cleared of criminals

• Nana Akufo-Addo promises free education in public universities

• Environmentalist decries building on mountains

• Kufuor inspects refurbished Ghana High Commission building

• Government Initiates New Agriculture Programme for Upper East

• Ghana signs 2007 International Coffee Agreement

• Mills starts first phase of Central Region tour

• Teak farmers urged to register with Forestry Division

• Bagre Dam In Burkina Faso Would Not Be Spilled Now - Agric Minister

• CEPS destroys contraband while public scramble for same goods

• Decentralization should also capture other facets-Nana Boachie-Danquah

• Management of OISL commended for good loan recovery rate

• Education - Wa Campus of UDS still battling with accommodation

• Review - Nelson Mandela: A nation's icon - BBC

• Pan Africa - UN pulls back staff from Darfur - BBC

• Pan Africa - Nigerian jobs scramble kills 12 - BBC

• Measurements and minor metal works begin on Adomi Bridge

July 14, 2008

• Sports - Time for 'Home-grown' Coach

• Pan Africa - China 'is fuelling war in Darfur' - BBC

• Sports - Football stars launch Goal4Africa - BBC

• National Coalition on Mining objects to surface mining in forest reserves

• Improve Osu, Awodome cemeteries security – GEAA urges AMA

• Vote massively for CPP – Prof Akorsah

• Farmers urged to ferment cocoa beans properly

• Parliamentary select committee visits oil palm industries in Ashanti

• NPP outdoors Flag-Bearer and Parliamentary Candidates with rally

July 13, 2008

• NPP outdoors Flag-Bearer and Parliamentary Candidates with rally

• No merit ever in bloodshed for political power – Akuffo Addo

• China is now a leader in financing infrastructure projects in Sub-Saharan Africa

• China is now a leader in financing infrastructure projects in Sub-Saharan Africa

July 12, 2008

• New oil refinery proposed for Ghana

• Government and World Bank sign 157 million dollar financing agreements

• Let us protest against the infiltration of foreign cultures – Afful

• Tsikata moves to stop Mrs Justice Abban from prosecuting her agenda

• NDC to launch a proactive housing project

• Police need the support of the public to fight crime – Andoh-Kwofie

• Presidency reacts to story on cost of National Awards

• NDC In Chaos • SOS To Elders

• Akufo-Addo campaign team reacts to Mahama's performance story

July 11, 2008

• CPP opposes Ghana Telecom sale - Joy FM

• NDC In Chaos • SOS To Elders - Peace FM

• Ghana, British Police to fight organised crime together

• NDC calls for the date of opening of voters’ register

• Social - GaDagme gala fundraiser and dinner dance

• President abhors treatment of offending drivers at military mortuary

• New rice variety gains popularity with farmers

• Fraudster, jailed three years reappears in court

• IBM to help Ghana small enterprises grow their businesses

• Tourism attractions in Keta and Amedzofe to be developed

• Ghana’s Kufuor to honour democratic tradition

• Tripartite Committee intervenes in teachers’ payroll crisis

• EU to provide 50 million dollars for Kadjebi-Nkwanta-Bimbila road

• Project to add value to cassava launched

July 10, 2008

• Pan Africa - Zimbabwe Rivals Tentatively Begin Talks on Political Crisis - NYTimes

• Pan Africa - Britain looks to UN to squeeze Mugabe - Guardian, UK

• Automated screening of VIPs/Diplomats at Ghanaian airport

• NPP is the best – Dr Apraku

• Chiefs urged to support government to maintain law and order in Bawku

• Stanbic Ghana launches Investment Management wing

• Announcement - Seventh U.S.-Sub-Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum

• We will place national interest first – Mills tells TUC

• Education Ministry addresses poor B.E.C.E results

• Deputy Regional Minister appeals to men to support family planning

• Government Initiates New Agric Programme for Upper East

• Workshop on fundraising strategies ends in Kumasi

• Court dismisses Saw miller’s suit but…

• Ghanaians re-assured of the safety of e-Zwich

• MiDA to build over 400 new schools in districts

• Pan Africa - Zimbabwe rival parties hold talks - BBC

• Commentary - Who got to Jesse? E. Ablorh-Odjidja

July 9, 2008

• NDC attends Socialist International meeting

• Review Assets Declaration Law - Haruna Iddrisu

• Gold Fields yields US$ 26,544,000 in tax payment

• Pan Africa - Ambush kills Darfur peacekeepers - BBC

• Government must pay fair prices on cocoa – Collins Dauda

• JHS heads cautioned against registering unqualified BECE Candidates

• Two chiefs say NPP could perform well in Ketu-South

• Group suggests Alhaji Bamba as Nana Akufo-Addo’s running mate

• Adopt innovative ways to reduce maternal mortality - Quashigah

• About 60 percent of tertiary enrolments are from private schools

• Governments must focus on productivity, education

• Parents asked to reduce burden on pupils

• NPP Patriotic Youth Club inaugurated at Sefwi Ampenkro

• Ghanaians asked to return NDC to power to continue its good works

• Business.view- Africa shines - Economist

July 8, 2008

• IEA sets agenda for Election 2008 campaign

• National Sports Council wants keys to stadium stores back

• Integrate rural development into national policies- Bishop

• Sports - Tetteh sure of Satellites’ progress

• Corrupt cocoa buyers will be banned from the trade - Isaac Osei

• MP, Assembly members haggle over authority to request accountability

• Judgement on MV Benjamin case not ready

• CWU re-elects National Chairman

• Staff of revenue collection agencies asked to be morally upright

• G8 'to make good on promises'

• Nigeria seeks to end 'blood oil' - BBC

• Pan Africa - G8 to seek sanctions on Zimbabwe - BBC

• Nobel Economist Stiglitz criticises EPA

• Cedi lost to major currencies

• Kufuor and Yar'Adua question Mbeki's seriousness about Zimbabwe at G8

• Bush losing patience with South African diplomacy

  Guardian, UK

July 7, 2008

• Pan Africa - Mbeki fears civil war in Zimbabwe - Guardian, UK

• Pan Africa - Bush Pushes Hard Line on Zimbabwe at G-8 - NYTimes

• Prof. Stiglitz arrives in Accra

• Ghana pineapples preferred in Germany

• Sports - Mantey unsure of Olympics future

• Pan Africa - Back sanctions, UK begs Mbeki - News24

• Curfew at Bawku Municipality renewed

• World - Canada fights wedding fraud abroad -  CSmonitor

• Sports - Wrestling's Jamaican star - from Ghana - BBC

• Video - Tsvangira speaks to BBC

• Pan Africa - Mbeki holds Harare crisis talks - BBC

• South African wins top book prize - BBC

• APRM centre of excellence to be established in Ghana

• Commentary - Response to "Unconditional Debt Relief is Not the Answer for Africa's Development"

• Sports - Mantey unsure of Olympics future

• CPP’s campaign moves into higher gear as party starts massive membership drive

• Celtel begins Commercial services in Ghana Soon, as Westel becomes

• Sixteen perish in a 207 accident

• Veep ask Muslims to give Islam a new image

• Commentary - US Jubilee Act rewards past African leaders reckless behavior -  Thompson Ayodele

July 6, 2008

• President Kufuor leaves for G8 summit

• Commentary - The G8 meets the Dragon in Africa - James Shikwati

• Nana Akufo-Addo in VR on unity and reconciliation tour

• Town planning department criticized for disorderliness in development

• President urges chief executives to treat people with courtesy

• Man fined for posing as BVI operative

July 4, 2008

• Commentary - A Special Brand Of Patriotism - Eugene Robinson, Washingtonpost.com

• Vodafone buys majority stake in Ghana phone group for £450m

• Health - Travellers to Africa risk deadly form of malaria - Guardian, UK

• President Kufuor leaves for Japan

• Ghana has become a regional centre for business and leisure travels – Salha

• Crackdown in Zimbabwe Conducted From the Top - Washingtonpost

• Ghana and Germany sign GH¢60.45 million agreement

• President Kufuor invited for 700 anniversary celebration of Exeter College

• Paramount Chief of Prampram drags Football Association to court

• Violence in primaries could threaten peace- Kangah

• Asantehene urges elders of Dagbon to live together

• Nurses urged to accept postings to rural areas

• Ghana's Hard Drug Usage Spreads to Pregnant Women - VOA

• Celtel launches operations in Ghana under Zain name

• Ghana gets tough on 'brain drain'

• Sports - Nigeria's Olympic plans in chaos - BBC

• Pan Africa - AU treads softly on Zimbabwe - BBC

• Pan Africa - Leader death report angers Zambia - BBC

July 3, 2008

• Significance of the Star and Eagles of Ghana award explained

• President Kufuor confers honors and receives one

• Military must stay away from politics

• Motion to stop judge from hearing Tsatsu’s bail application adjourned

• Dr Mahama to initiate golden age of increased productivity

• Vodafone to buy 70% in Ghana Tele

• Mac Manu elected VEEP of IDU

• Reports of teacher assault on the increase - Coalition

• NDC condemns use of police to arrest union leaders

• Britain promises to partner Ghana in her development aspirations

• Members of Socialist Forum of Ghana organize solidarity vigil for Tsikata

• Members of Socialist Forum of Ghana organize solidarity vigil for Tsikata

• Building contractors express worry about proliferation of contractors

• NPP has done more for Volta Region - Nana Addo

• Committee of eminent chiefs on Dagbon crisis adjourns sitting

• World - New drive to ban race preferences (in the US) - CSMonitor

• Ashanti NDC youth support rejection of national awards by leaders

• Pan Africa - Bush Asks for Help, Abroad and at Home, in Sending Aid to Africa - NYTimes

July 2, 2008

• World - 5 Face Trial in Concorde Crash That Killed 113 - NYTimes

• Pan Africa - Africa wants G8 to keep promise - News24

• Pan Africa - Mwanawasa 'alive, breathing' - News24

• Pan Africa - Tsvangirai: Mbeki alone not good - News24

• Pan Africa - Mugabe rival rejects unity call - BBC

• Immigration officials nab Nigerian Fraudster

• Zongo Communities Urged to Shun NDC Propaganda

• Four in court in connection with Ataabadze Junction coke haul

• We have contingency measures in Place - Bank of Ghana

• Bank of Ghana staffs embark on sit-down strike

• Workshop on prevention of marine pollution begins

• US Ambassador commissions water project at Mabang

• Mrs. Akufo-Addo pledges to champion women’s cause

July 1, 2008

• Press briefing on "The 7th AGOA Forum in Washington, DC on July 14-16, 2008”

• Africa can overcome problems if we acted collectively- Kufuor

• Don't play on emotions of the people for power"- Minister

• Sports - Stars slip to 20th position in latest FIFA rankings

• Ex-serviceman praises President

• Sports - Bilal to face Sowah in final Commonwealth eliminator

• Central Region generates GH¢554,470 from tourism in 2007

• Burkina Faso dams to open to allow water into White Volta

• Pan Africa - AU goes easy on Mugabe - News24

• Ghana’s Ex-President Accuses Ruling Party Over King’s Murder - VOA

• Vodafone to Add Ghana to Its Cellphone Holdings in Africa - Wall Street Journal

• Share your experiences on governance, seniors told

• Pan Africa - Candidates quit SLeone election - News24

July 1, 2008

• Pan Africa - Kenya add African weight to calls for Zimbabwe's exclusion - Guardian, UK

• Pan Africa - Abu Dhabi develops food farms in Sudan - Guardian, UK

• Pan Africa - African Leaders Propose Talks Between Mugabe, Tsvangirai - Washingtonpost

• Rawlings chastises NDC

• African leaders urged to commit more to science, technology

• National Identification exercise begins with problems

• Exhibition of Ghanaian companies opens next month

• Cable thief electrocuted

• Sports - Lions “roar” for fair officiating in President’s Cup

• I will build healthy and prosperous nation - Akufo-Addo

• NDC demands an audit of the information system of EC

• Give political parties fair coverage – Mahama

• Africa must not turn its back on Zimbabwe

• Child development needs the home, school and Church - Bishop

• Shareholders of Banks urged to Buy More Shares

• Seventeen Suspects in Bawku Crisis Airlifted to Accra for Trial