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Inability To Enforce Regulations Can Affect Oil Production – Consultant

Government’s inability to enforce regulations governing oil production, inadequate resourcing of staff for environmental protection agencies and insufficient inter government agency collaboration have been cited as some of the militating factors...

MTN Launches New Service

Ghana’s leading telecommunications service provider, MTN, in partnership with Qualcomm, has launched the MTN/Qualcomm 3G enabled HTC phone in Accra to kick-start an awareness campaign aimed at creating a platform to drive increased data...

The Ten Commandments Of Entrepreneurial “Suicide”

New and innovative business paradigms will no longer focus on finance and marketing, but a resilient human resource unit that can attract and grow talent. In this era of cost cutting and time bound success (Just-In-Time deliveries), our businesses...

El da Mina: Elmina The Gold Mine

Hundreds of prospective illegal miners have invaded the Elmina beach in a mad rush for gold. Some of the miners could be seen digging sand and washing it with sea water on palettes to collect the gold dust with mercury. It has been established...

Al Jazeera’s Africa Investigates Exposes illegal Chinese Gold Mining In Ghana

In Wednesday’s episode of Africa Investigates, Ghana’s legendary undercover reporter Anas Aremeyaw Anas exposes illegal Chinese alluvial gold mining in Ghana. Premiering on 30 November 2011, China’s African Gold is the story of how illegal...

VEEP At JOSPONG

Ghana’s Vice President, Mr John Dramani Mahama, has reiterated Government’s commitment to support and partner indigenous Ghanaian industries to develop and create job opportunities. He, therefore, appealed to managements of various Ghanaian...

ECG Board Dissolved

The Ministry of Energy has announced the dissolution of the board of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) with immediate effect. A statement from the Energy Ministry said a new board has been constituted by President John Evans Atta Mills...

Wi-fi Laptops ‘May Damage Sperm’

The benchside tests showed sperm were less able to swim and had changes in the genetic code that they carry. Experts stress this does not mean the same would occur in a real-life setting and say men should not worry unduly. But they are recommending...

Tsiame Kente Exhibition Opens At Nubuke Foundation

A THREE-MONTH long exhibition of Kente textiles from Tsiame in the Volta region has opened at the Nubuke Foundation, in Accra. The exhibition is for the general public, families and students to indulge their senses, and learn about Kente in...

Electricity, water prices go up

The Public Utility and Regulatory Commission has announced marginal hikes in electricity and water prices. Electricity saw a 3 per cent increase whilst that of water saw 1.07 per cent increase. The new prices are expected to take effect on December...