Ghana?s leading producer of bottled mineral water, Voltic (Ghana) Limited, has for the third year running extended a helping hand to the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day. The GJA received several boxes of bottled natural mineral water from Voltic for its two day event to commemorate World Press Freedom Day. The company, a subsidiary SABMillerPlc., a globally acclaimed beverage manufacturer, has since 2010 been a worthy supporter of ... Read More

The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Ghana has begun its 55th regular meeting to review developments in the economy. The review will end with a decision on the appropriate positioning of the Monetary Policy Rate to be announced on May 22. The Policy Rate which is a determining factor of the interest paid on bank loans was left unchanged at 15 per cent at the last review meeting. This, the committee attributed to inflation remaining within the target range and the exchange rate ... Read More

A 27-year-old man who whisked away a Land Rover Freelander from its owner in a mysterious circumstance on Saturday has been arrested by the police. The suspect, Michael Kwabena Rockson, stole the car from its owner, (name withheld) when he alighted to talk to his friend a few metres away from where the car was parked at Spintex in Accra. The Accra Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Christian Tetteh Yohuno, who disclosed this to the Ghanaian Times yesterday ... Read More

The Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr. Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah, said the Patriot Club of Ghana, an offshoot of the defunct Civil Defence Organisation (CDO), has a huge role to play to support the police and other agencies in maintaining law and order in our societies. ?The Patriot Club is still an important partner of the society, to assist the police and other institutions to preserve the orderliness of the society for business and other important activities to thrive,? he stated. The ... Read More

The Supreme Court yesterday overruled the objection raised by the counsel for the petitioners, Philip Addison, to a document Mr. Tsatsu Tsikata, counsel for the respondents, sought to tender in evidence, in court. Last Thursday, Mr. Addison argued that the document was not an exhibit submitted to the court and should not be tendered. But Mr. Tsikata insisted the document was taken from another document which the witness, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the second petitioner, had already confirmed ... Read More

Former President John Agyekum Kufour on Monday returned home from South Africa and Switzerland after engagements to woo investors to Africa.

An indirect announcement to this effect is in the Gospel of St John and states thus: ?And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life?(John 3:14-16). Yeshua, in these words, referred to an occurrence in the wilderness journey of the ... Read More

A smartphone created by former Nokia employees is unveiled ahead of its release later this year.

Bernard Mornah, General Secretary for the People?s National Convention (PNC), has disagreed with government?s decision not to protect local businesses from foreign competition. According to him, government has a responsibility in ensuring that private sector businesses do not collapse at the expense of foreign entities. The Minister of State at the Presidency in-charge of Public Private Partnership, Rashid Pelpuo, told the media last week that allowing competition between the private ... Read More

Yahoo says its $1.1bn (£723m) purchase of blogging platform Tumblr will boost its revenue as soon as 2014.