Goldstar Airlines on Wednesday, June 11, 2014 announced the postponement of its maiden flight to various destinations. Mr. Eric Bannerman, Chief Executive Officer of the airline, said the suspension was due to an unforeseen paperwork delay. “That makes it difficult and beyond our control,” Mr. Bannerman said in an interview with Ghana News Agency on […]
The 7th Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) West Africa Multi-disciplinary and Management Teams meeting opened in Akosombo on Tuesday. The three-day summit is to call various partners to strategies and strengthen the partnerships for agricultural growth and ending hunger by 2025 in the sub-region. In a statement signed by Mr. Fernando Salinas, West Africa Team […]
Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur has stated that government would not compromise on its pledge to ensure that Ghanaians take active role in the energy sector. He said it is government’s overriding objective to ensure that Ghanaians gets involve in every aspect of the Petroleum sector. Mr. Kwesi Amissah-Arthur gave the pledge when a delegation from […]
Ghana has joined the world and the UNAIDS to mark the International Protect the Goal Day on June 9, 2014 just days away from the start of the 2014 Brazil World Cup. According to a communiqué issued by the Ghana AIDS Commission, Protect the Goal is a global HIV advocacy linked to football and the […]
The opening ceremony to kick off the world’s biggest sporting event is scheduled to take place on Thursday, June 12, 2014 at the Arena de Sao Paulo in Brazil at exactly 18:15 GMT The ceremonial opener to every FIFA World Cup is often a grand event, and this one, according to Artistic Director Daphne Cornez […]
Germany and Japan were among the latest teams to arrive in Brazil four days before the start of football’s World Cup. The Germany squad, seeking to give the nation a fourth world title, touched down in Salvador early Sunday and took a short connecting flight to their base at Porto Seguro. “It’s good that it’s […]
Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs, Avigdor Liberman will meet Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene, as part of a 10-day visit to five African countries. Mr. Liberman will visit Ghana, Rwanda, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia and Kenya. In Ghana, Foreign Minister Liberman will also meet with Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hanna […]
Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) industrialised nations leaders have reiterated their backing for curtailing illicit financial flows stemming from crime, corruption, and tax evasion. At the end of their meeting last week in Brussels, they said in a communique: We will continue to work to tackle tax evasion and illicit flows of finance, […]
President-elect of Guinea Bissau, Mr. Jose Mario Vaz, has appealed for financial support from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) towards the organisation of his investiture on June 17. He said his country is going through a terrible economic crisis that is threatening the organisation of the inaugural ceremony and therefore sought the […]
The Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Hon Nana Oye Lithur, has represented Ghana at the 2014 Annual Session of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Executive Board held at the UN Secretariat in New York, USA from 3rd to 6th June, 2014. The Session which was under the theme: “UNICEF Special Focus Session […]
