ECONOMIC GROWTH RATE DOWN TO 3.2% - IT'S THE WORST IN 24 YEARS

Ghana's revised growth rate of 3.2 per cent for 2016 will go down in history as the lowest ever recorded since 1992, Business Finder's analysis has revealed.

CEDI TO TRADE AT GHC4.10 AGAINST DOLLAR

The Ghana cedi could trade between GHc3.97 - 4.10 to the US dollar in the next two months, Ecobank Research has predicted.

GRA NEEDS SUPPORT TO FIGHT TRANSFER PRICING - REPORT

The Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), an independent, non-profit organization says staff of the Transfer Pricing Unit at the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), needs specialized audit training to fight tax avoidance and transfer pricing, particularly in the extractive industry.

LBCS PROTEST 'UNFAIR' TREATEMENT

Some indigenous licensed buying cocoa firms are unhappy that multinational firms are gradually taking over the cocoa industry.

GHEITI DEMANDS PROBE INTO SALTPOND OIL PRICES

The Ghana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (GHEITI) says it has received no responses yet from the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) over queries it raised regarding discrepancies in oil prices quoted by operators of the Saltpond Oil fields for 2015.

 

MAHAMA COMMISSIONS WATER PROJECT

President Mahama began his 'accounting to the people' tour from Nalerigu in the East Mamprusi District of the Northern Region on Wednesday, July 13, 2016.

EC ANNOUNCES NEW TIMETABLE

The Electoral Commission (EC) yesterday announced a new timetable in the run-up to this year's general election.

FREE SHS IS COMING - NANA

The 2016 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says victory for him in this year's elections will be an opportunity for his government to implement the Free Senior High School policy which he espoused in the run-up to the 2008 and 2012 elections.

KUFUOR, RAWLINGS CROSS SWORDS

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has hit back at his predecessor, Jerry John Rawlings, describing as false an allegation that he (Kufuor) was asked to persuade President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe to step down.

WOMAN ARRESTED

A 60-year-old woman was nearly lynched at the Adabraka Fish Market after she was accused of selling human meat to unsuspecting customers.

EC HOT OVER NEW DATE

Despite the insistence of the Electoral Commission (EC), chaired by Charlotte Osei - who appeared before the Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee of Parliament yesterday - that the commission would be able to conduct elections on November 7, most members of the committee were not convinced about its readiness.

 

FANTEAKWA NORTH MP IN TROUBLE

Over one thousand customers of bankrupt Fanteakwa Rural Bank have threatened to disrupt the campaign of the opposition New Patriotic Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Fanteakwa North constituency, Hon. Kwabena Amankwah Asiamah in the upcoming November 7 election if the bank fails to refund their monies.

GEORGE BOATENG FIGHTS LAWYER - IN SANITATION CASE

The premises of the Madina District Magistrate Court in Accra was a sight to behold after Mr George Boateng, the man who wanted to contest President John Mahama for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential slot, had a verbal brawl with his lawyer, Mr Hingford Debrah.

EC ALLAYS FEARS

The Electoral Commission (EC) has said it is working towards this year's general election with both dates in mind and that voting could take place in either November 7 or December 7.

2,400 WOMEN DIE OF CERVICAL CANCER ANNUALLY IN GHANA

A senior lecturer at the University of Ghana Medical School, Dr Samuel Antwi Oppong has revealed that about 2,400 women die of cervical cancer annually in the country.

HEALTH MINISTRY TACKLES RISING MALNUTRITION

The Minister of Health, Mr Alex Segbefia has launched the National Nutrition Policy to check rising malnutrition among Ghanaians, especially children under five years.

 

POOR RAINFALL THREATENS MAIZE PRODUCTION IN B/A

Maize farmers in the Brong Ahafo Region fear losing their investments to poor harvest, as irregular rainfall pattern lingers.

ACCESS BANK WINS 2016 EUROMONEY 'BEST BANK TRANSFORMATION' AWARD

Access Bank, ranked as one of Africa's 20 largest banks, has just received the award for 'Africa's Best Bank Transformation' in the Euromoney 2016 Awards for Excellence.

CONTAINER VERIFICATION REGIME TAKES OFF

The container weight verification - a directive from the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) that all export cargo should be weighed to meet a specific gross mass before they could be loaded onto vessels - took off in the country barely two weeks ago and the transition process is by far a success, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Shippers' Authority (GSA), Sylvia Asana Owu, has said.

'GALAMSEY' ACTIVITITES LIKELY TO AFFECT COCOA PRODUCTION TARGET

The spate of illegal mining activities, otherwise known as galamsey, could cutback Ghana's target of 900,000 metric tonnes of cocoa production set for the 2016/2017 crop season if immediate steps are not taken to address the menace, industry experts have warned.

FERTILISER CONSUMPTION IN W/A AMONG THE LOWEST - REPORT

Fertiliser consumption in West Africa is one of the lowest in the world, a report of the Committee on Food, Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs in Parliament, has revealed.