George Andah Glo Mobile Ghana Limited announced today it has reached the threshold set for its number reservation exercise, prompting the company to introduce a second block of number series to enable as many people as possible to reserve their preferred numbers.   It will be recalled that on January 19, Glo Mobile Ghana Limited launched a ‘Reserve Your Number’ campaign as the first of activities... 

AstraZeneca has announced a further 7,300 job cuts over the next two years as part of a new restructuring programme to save $1.6bn (£1bn) a year. The job cuts come on top of a programme of 9,000 job losses started in 2010. The UK’s second-largest drugs firm has 61,000 staff globally of which 8,000 are in the UK. The Anglo-Swedish firm also announced a fall in pre-tax profits for the three months... 

President John Evans Atta Mills The Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO)  yesterday morning submitted its report on the controversial Woyome judgement debt to President John Atta Mills after weeks of investigations. President Mills has directed the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Dr Benjamin Kunbuor to study the report and advise him appropriately. Joy News’ Seth Kwame Boateng... 

The word “profession” according to Webster’s Night New Collegiate Dictionary is “a calling requiring specialised knowledge and often long and intensive academic preparation.”   The Oxford Advance Learner’s Dictionary also defined “profession” as “a type of job that needs special training or skill especially that needs a high level of education.” One would agree that there are several... 

James Agyenim Boateng A deputy Information Minister, James Agyenim Boateng, has said the eight years of the opposition New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) abysmal performance in government cannot be compared to the superb performance of the Mills-led administration in three years. Touting the credentials of the Mills-led government, he said prudent economic policies by President J.E.A Mills has made... 

Anthony Abayifaa Karbo, NPP Youth Organiser National Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Anthony Abayifaa Karbo, has charged the youth of the party to see the Arab Spring especially the revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia as a motivating factor to take up the lead in the campaign to oust the Mills/Mahama government come the December 2012 polls.   Anthony Karbo made this known at the... 

John Kwao Sackey showing documentary evidence on disputed land to our reporter The Ga East Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Mr.  Kwao Sackey, has decried the numerous death threats made against him and staff of the Assembly by members of the Dome Odai Ntow family. These death threats, Mr. Sackey pointed out, are the result of controversy over who is original owner of about 630 acres of land at Dome-Kwabenya,... 

HEAVENLY PEARLS GROUP The Bubiashie Bethel Congregation of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG) has inaugurated a new musical group, targeted at winning more souls through melodious songs. The musical group, which forms part of the Young People’s Guild (YPG) of the church, is also geared towards administering contemporary gospel songs to attract especially the youth to the serve God. Speaking at... 

The Minister for Roads and Highways, Mr. Joe Gidisu, has disclosed that government as part of its commitment to curtail the flood menace faced by commuters who ply the Old Ada- Ashaiman main road and Adjei Kojo road is sourcing funds for the development of an interchange. He said that the interchange will help to ease the flooding of the underpass which links Old Ada, Ashaiman and Adjei Kojo roads... 

Ghana’s elections From my personal experiences in the United States and Europe, the mere mention of Africa conjures up images of a continent bedeviled by chronic political unrest and God-forsaken conflicts. Political instability has been a specter that has haunted Africa for a considerable amount of years. While some of these perceptions might hold true, it is reasonably fair to argue that countries...