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The ruling NDC Government would present its first budget statement to Parliament before the end of March this year. Vice President John Mahama said there were huge economic deficits and government’s top priority was to stabilise the…

Whilst some politicians in the country are craving for the law on causing financial loss to the state to be repealed from the statute books, for fear of it being used as a tool for political vindictiveness against political opponents,…

Crime rate in the Greater Accra Region is on the decline but reported cases of vehicle theft are slightly higher, the Greater Accra Regional Police Commander said on Tuesday.   Speaking at a press conference in Accra, Deputy Commissioner of…

Police have returned a vehicle mistakenly seized from the Managing Director of Barclays Bank, Ghana. Sources have told Joy News that Mr. Benjamin Debrah was driving around town on Sunday when officers stopped him and took the car on…

A Ghanaian marathoner based in Dayton, in the US has been deported to Ghana. The man 41-year-old Edward Mensah has been living in the US since 1990, on a disputed immigration violation, reports the Dayton Daily News. Mensah who has been…

The former President of Ghana, J. A. Kufuor before leaving office January 6, 2009, dropped charges against the wife of former President Rawlings, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings. According to a report in The GhanaianTimes issue of Tuesday…

President Bush has asked Congress to release the remaining $350bn (£236bn) of US financial bail-out funds after a request from Barack Obama. There is strong opposition in Congress to releasing the money with the House of Representatives…

Harry Redknapp, the Manager of Tottenham Hotspur is not sure about a possible deal with Ghana’s Stephen Appiah. The Black Stars’ Skipper completed a successful medical examination last week and his lawyers are studying the contract from…

The Managing Director of Stanchart Ghana Limited, Mr. Hemen Shah, says the bank has considerable experience in the oil industry, which it can bring into the sector in Ghana. Mr. Shah told a Joy Business News bulletin monitored by…

Ghana’s inflation rate rose from 7.4 percent point in November 2008, to 18.1 percent in December creating fears of a dip in economic growth. This development, fueled by rising food and fuel prices has dimmed hopes for the country’s…