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Also entertainment, business, science, technology and health news. en-uk Sun, 21 Nov 2009 00:10:17 +0100 BO Adamson - info@modernghana.com 11/21/2009 12:10:17 AM Bright Owusu - webmaster@modernghana.com All trademarks and copyrights on this page are owned by their respective owners. 60 http://www.modernghana.com/news/250500/1/monetary-policy-committee-reduces-prime-rate-to-18.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250500/1/monetary-policy-committee-reduces-prime-rate-to-18.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250500/1/#showcomments2 Sat, 20 Nov 2009 21:33:14 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/news/250464/1/adb-now-moneygram-money-transfer-service-provider.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250464/1/adb-now-moneygram-money-transfer-service-provider.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250464/1/#showcomments2 Sat, 20 Nov 2009 19:46:34 +0100 0 A Group calling itself Youth for NzemaManle Development YNMD which claims it is committed to ensuring total development in the Nzemaland has reminded government that while the entire people of NzemaManle nurture high hopes with regards to the potential economic benefits expected from the oil discovery they must also be involved in all crit ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/250440/1/nzema-youth-demand-involvement-in-disbursement-of-.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250440/1/nzema-youth-demand-involvement-in-disbursement-of-.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250440/1/#showcomments2 Sat, 20 Nov 2009 19:35:56 +0100 0 A former Finance Minister in the previous administration of the New Patriotic Party NPP Mr Yaw OsafoMaafo has lauded the National Democratic Congress NDC governments decision to reintroduce the duty tax on importation of rice and other staple foods into the country He has however cautioned the government to support local production to a ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/250439/1/osafo-maafo-lauds-re-introduction-of-rice-importat.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250439/1/osafo-maafo-lauds-re-introduction-of-rice-importat.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250439/1/#showcomments2 Sat, 20 Nov 2009 19:35:47 +0100 0 Experts in the telecommunication industry in the West African Subregion have called for policy implementation to regulate and also break the monopoly of cyber optic cables in the hands of few players whiles intensifying the penetration of broadband access to the subregion This policy direction would be a bench mark policy to help West Afric ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/250431/1/experts-fight-against-monopoly-of-fiber-optic.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250431/1/experts-fight-against-monopoly-of-fiber-optic.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250431/1/#showcomments2 Sat, 20 Nov 2009 19:28:48 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/news/250430/1/ghana-not-impacted-by-charger-exchange-program-nok.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250430/1/ghana-not-impacted-by-charger-exchange-program-nok.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250430/1/#showcomments2 Sat, 20 Nov 2009 19:28:30 +0100 0 The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Ghana has reduced the prime rate to per cent from per cent This is the first time the rate has been changed since February The prime rate is the interest commercial banks pay on loans they take from the central bankThe prime rate is the most basic of all interest charges in the ban ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/250404/1/prime-rate-now-18.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250404/1/prime-rate-now-18.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250404/1/#showcomments2 Sat, 20 Nov 2009 15:15:44 +0100 0 An investment banker Mr Afari Donkor has advised Ghanaians against the penchant to morosely revel in past gloriesHe said the nation should instead wake up from its slumber and adopt pragmatic measures to facilitate its developmentWe should stop as a country getting into this mode of we were the first to have independencethis prin ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/250403/1/ghana-first-this-ghana-first-that-is-useless-banke.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250403/1/ghana-first-this-ghana-first-that-is-useless-banke.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250403/1/#showcomments2 Sat, 20 Nov 2009 15:15:43 +0100 0 httpnewsmyjoyonlinecomnewsaudioMASLOC to prosecute defaultersmp Copyright myjoyonlineGovernment has given loan defaulters under the Micro Finance and Small Loans Scheme up to the end of this year to settle their indebtedness or face legal action Chief Executive Officer of MASLOC Bertha AnsahDjan ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/250396/1/masloc-to-prosecute-defaulters.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250396/1/masloc-to-prosecute-defaulters.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250396/1/#showcomments2 Sat, 20 Nov 2009 13:32:00 +0100 0 The Poultry Farmers Association of Ghana has welcomed the governmentrsquos intervention for the revival of the domestic poultry industry saying its success or failure will depend on how the provisions in the budget are given a practical implementation Respond ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/250394/1/following-2010-budget-statement-poultry-farmers-up.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250394/1/following-2010-budget-statement-poultry-farmers-up.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250394/1/#showcomments2 Sat, 20 Nov 2009 13:18:31 +0100 0 The Social Security and National Insurance Trust SSNIT has initiated a programme to educate workers and other stakeholders on the threetier pension scheme to facilitate its implementation scheduled to come on stream from January According to the Trust the ne ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/250392/1/ssnit-to-do-more-education-on-new-pension-scheme.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250392/1/ssnit-to-do-more-education-on-new-pension-scheme.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250392/1/#showcomments2 Sat, 20 Nov 2009 13:18:30 +0100 0 While Finance Minister Dr Kwabena Duffuor was presenting the National Budget to Parliament with hope one critical area modernization of the cash sector of the economy remained at best in a confused state and at worst an embarrassing drawbackWhoever thought of making Ghana a cashless or near cashless state with the introduction of the Ez ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/250330/1/e-zwich-messa-hoax-scam-or-a-flop.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250330/1/e-zwich-messa-hoax-scam-or-a-flop.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250330/1/#showcomments2 Sat, 20 Nov 2009 11:50:34 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/news/250300/1/vodafone-presents-house-to-winner.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250300/1/vodafone-presents-house-to-winner.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250300/1/#showcomments2 Sat, 20 Nov 2009 09:58:24 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/news/250299/1/about-82-million-dollars-disbursed-under-busac-fun.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250299/1/about-82-million-dollars-disbursed-under-busac-fun.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250299/1/#showcomments2 Sat, 20 Nov 2009 09:58:24 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/news/250287/1/ssnit-exits-non-performing-investments.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250287/1/ssnit-exits-non-performing-investments.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250287/1/#showcomments2 Sat, 20 Nov 2009 09:52:09 +0100 0 The maiden edition of Business Advocacy Challenge BUSAC Fund ends within the next six weeks after the disbursement of about million dollars in grants for business advocacy in GhanaThere is no more money in the Fund to be disbursed Dr Dale Rachmeler Fund Manager told the Ghana News Agency in AccraSpeaking at the launch of J ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/250274/1/busac-dishes-out-82m-closes-in-six-weeks.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250274/1/busac-dishes-out-82m-closes-in-six-weeks.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250274/1/#showcomments2 Sat, 20 Nov 2009 08:54:38 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/news/250269/1/pensioners-to-access-benefits-through-mobile-phone.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250269/1/pensioners-to-access-benefits-through-mobile-phone.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250269/1/#showcomments2 Sat, 20 Nov 2009 08:29:46 +0100 0 Difficulties on the Road to a Better Ghana Given the experience in I had expected that government would come through with a program to inject a heavy dose of local participation in the economy This was the reaction of the Convention Peoples Party Presidential candidate Dr Paa Kwesi Nduom in a statement copied to theghanaianj ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/250245/1/nduoms-perspectives-on-the-2010-budget.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250245/1/nduoms-perspectives-on-the-2010-budget.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250245/1/#showcomments2 Fri, 19 Nov 2009 20:00:50 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/news/250243/1/govt-to-improve-financial-ability-of-the-poor.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250243/1/govt-to-improve-financial-ability-of-the-poor.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250243/1/#showcomments2 Fri, 19 Nov 2009 19:45:44 +0100 0 The Budget Statement and Economic Policy for the year may have been laid before parliament but the debate bandwagon still rolls on led largely in part by both politicians and economic think tanks alike and there is no stopping it yet The latest to join in the fray is the former Minister of Finance in the erstwhile NPP regime Mr Yaw Osa ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/250226/1/osafo-maafo2010-budget-is-good-but.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250226/1/osafo-maafo2010-budget-is-good-but.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250226/1/#showcomments2 Fri, 19 Nov 2009 20:01:06 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/news/250207/1/energy-minister-inspects-offloading-vessels-in-sin.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250207/1/energy-minister-inspects-offloading-vessels-in-sin.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250207/1/#showcomments2 Fri, 19 Nov 2009 19:19:23 +0100 0 Agriculture with emphasis on the local production of rice fish poultry and livestock has been handed a massive impetus in the governmentrsquos budget and financial statementThe measures as contained in the budget statement read by the Finance and Economic ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/250141/1/2010-budget-statement-push-for-agric-rice-poultry-.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250141/1/2010-budget-statement-push-for-agric-rice-poultry-.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250141/1/#showcomments2 Fri, 19 Nov 2009 15:03:20 +0100 0 Finance Minister Dr Kwabena Duffuor has presented the Budget Statement and Economic Policy to usher in the governmentrsquos growth and strategy framework towards what he termed a ldquoBetter GhanardquoThe budget captioned ldquoGrowth and Stabilityrdqu ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/250139/1/budget-to-usher-in-growth-stability.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250139/1/budget-to-usher-in-growth-stability.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250139/1/#showcomments2 Fri, 19 Nov 2009 15:03:19 +0100 0 A Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Planning Mr Seth Tekper has given the strongest indication yet that Ghana would continue to rely on the World Bank and the IMF for supportMr Tekper said there is no evidence in history that the countrys reliance on the two Bretton Woods institutions has led it astray in the formulation of its fiscal ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/250121/1/we-cant-do-without-borrowing-dep-finance-minister.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250121/1/we-cant-do-without-borrowing-dep-finance-minister.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250121/1/#showcomments2 Fri, 19 Nov 2009 14:54:47 +0100 0 The Minister of Finance and Economic Planning Dr Kwabena Duffuor said on Wednesday that the budget gave effect to the Governments commitment to create a Better Ghana for growth equity and sustainable development for allHe said the theme of this years budget Growth and Stability epitomised the Governments resolve to gro ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/250120/1/budget-is-for-growth-equity-and-sustainable-develo.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250120/1/budget-is-for-growth-equity-and-sustainable-develo.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250120/1/#showcomments2 Fri, 19 Nov 2009 14:54:45 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/news/250111/1/ceps-personnel-bust-cocoa-smugglers.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250111/1/ceps-personnel-bust-cocoa-smugglers.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250111/1/#showcomments2 Fri, 19 Nov 2009 11:04:16 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/news/250097/1/government-asked-to-act-to-prevent-spiriting-away-.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250097/1/government-asked-to-act-to-prevent-spiriting-away-.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250097/1/#showcomments2 Fri, 19 Nov 2009 10:54:45 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/news/250094/1/budget-reaction.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250094/1/budget-reaction.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250094/1/#showcomments2 Fri, 19 Nov 2009 10:54:43 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/news/250092/1/government-initiates-policies-to-maintain-macro-ec.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250092/1/government-initiates-policies-to-maintain-macro-ec.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250092/1/#showcomments2 Fri, 19 Nov 2009 10:54:42 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/news/250089/1/government-to-establish-oil-and-gas-industrialisat.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250089/1/government-to-establish-oil-and-gas-industrialisat.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250089/1/#showcomments2 Fri, 19 Nov 2009 10:54:40 +0100 0