Dormaa Ahenkro (B/A), July 31, GNA – President John Evans Atta Mills on Thursday reiterated the government’s determination to resuscitate the nation’s economy and move it in a direction that would justify the people’s confidence and trust. He explained that the NDC government inherited a colossal debt, half of which the national budget could not even match but that... 

Wa, July 31, GNA – United Nations is collaborating with the Upper West Regional Security Council to find alternative ways of preventing conflicts and enhancing livelihoods of the people under its Human Security Programme. Mr. Shigeki Komatsubara, Deputy Resident Representative of the UNDP, said the UN had developed the programme taken into consideration that stable and secured environment... 

Tamale, July 31, GNA – Out of a teacher population of 4,540 in the Tamale Metropolitan Directorate of Education, 1,841 are pupil teachers who mostly teach at the Kindergarten level. Mr. Edward Gayoni, the Metropolitan Director of Education who said this at a two-day training workshop for Kindergarten teachers in the Metropolis said: “Because a good number of these teachers are... 

Kumasi, July 31, GNA – Mr. Kofi Opoku Manu, Ashanti Regional Minister, on Wednesday said government has planned to establish a School of Allied Science and a University of Energy, to help improve the manpower needs of the country. He said it was the wish of government to absorb greater percentage of the funding tertiary education to enable more students to pursue higher courses at that level.... 

The ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) government has been accused of spending over ¢10 billion on the 24 hour visit of the United State of America (USA) President, Barack Obama. According to a pressure group, Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFAG) the misuse of the scarce State resources on the visit could have provided three (3) square meals for some families in the country. “This... 

Despite the noise made by the government that President Mills has struck a deal with his Nigerian counterpart, President Musa Yar’Adua, for the supply of 60,000 barrels of crude oil to Ghana on daily basis, The Chronicle can report that no deal has yet been sealed. Information gathered by The Chronicle indicates that the Nigerian government is dilly-dallying with the government of Ghana over... 

The former Minister for Information and National Orientation, Stephen Asamoah-Boateng, and his wife Zuleika, yesterday heaved a sigh of relief following a court order releasing Zuleika’s passport to her in a legal battle with the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI). An Accra Circuit Court presided over by Mrs. Adwoa Coleman, trying the former Minister’s wife for allegedly assaulting... 

Nana AddoThe New Patriotic Party presidential candidate for 2008 elections, Nana Akufo-Addo says his contest for the flag-bearership of the party for elections 2012 will not create any problems for the party. Political analysts have suggested the bitter contest between him and Mr Alan Kyerematen for NPP flag-bearer in December 2007 contributed to the party’s defeat at the 2008 elections. The... 

The Black Satellites’ captain, has failed to impress officials of the German Bundesliga side, Hertha Berlin and has therefore been refused an offer, after playing in the club’s final pre-season friendly last night against FC Lubars. The 19-year-old scored two goals in his 45 minutes stay on the pitch as the Hertha Berlin beat an amateur side 23-0. Dede Ayew will have to revert to his... 

Whistler, Canada – The Snow Leopard took a long look at Whistler last week, and his main feeling about the host mountain resort for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games is that it’s “really big.” Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong, the first athlete from Ghana ever to qualify for a winter Olympics, spent five days in Whistler beginning last Wednesday (July 22), as he and his family visited the...