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Cerebrovascular accidents cause more deaths in Northern Region – GHS
Deaths caused by Cerebrovascular accident (CVA) or stroke increased from one percent in 2011 to nine percent of the total deaths of admitted cases in 2012, Dr Akwesi Twumasi, Northern Regional Director of the Ghana Health Services has…
Maternal mortality declines in Eastern Region
A total of 168 mothers out of 100,000 lost their lives in the process of child bearing in 2012 in the Eastern Region as against 207 mothers who died in 2011.
The figure indicates that 20 women were saved in 2012 from maternal deaths as…
Wa Municipality to benefit from $175m local government project
Wa Municipal Assembly has been selected to benefit from the Local Government Capacity Support Project (LGCSP) being implemented by the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD).
The LGCSP is a $175 million Government of…
Japan, World Vision Ghana sign $120,000 grant for educational facility
The Japanese Government and World Vision Ghana, a Christian Non Governmental Organisation, on Tuesday signed a $120,826 grant to provide decent academic facilities for the Saaman community in the Fanteakwa District in the Eastern Region.…
Government urged to strengthen Labour Commission, others to exercise mandate
Government has been asked to strengthen and resource the National Labour Commission (NLC), the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) and the Labour Department to be able to exercise their mandates in the common interest of the employer…
US exports 110,000 metric tonnes of rice to Ghana in 2012
Ghana is a very big market for rice from the United States. Between January to November 2012, total US rice sales to Ghana of all varieties equalled 110,000 metric tonnes from January-November 2012, a 25 percent increase compared to the…
Ghana no longer subject to FATF’s monitoring on money laundering
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has decided not to subject Ghana to its monitoring process under the on-going global anti-money laundering and combating financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) compliance process.
The global standard…
Achimota power sub-station in full operation
The Achimota Sub-station is now operating at full capacity following the completion of the installation of a new 66 MVA transformer to replace the one that got burnt in January this year.
One of the five transformers at the sub-station was…
GRA shuts down six firms owing GH¢1.2m in Western Region
The Value Added Tax (VAT) Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has sealed off the premises of six companies, which owe it GH¢1.2 million in revenue in the Western Region.
The defaulting companies are in commerce, industry and…
Company gets $5m from first Volta rice harvest
Mr Everett Anderson, the Chief Executive Officer of Prairie Volta Limited (PVL), said the company had generated $5 million from the first rice harvest in September 2009 to December 2012.
He said the company had received $1,860,000 and…