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... 

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... 

The Global Intercessory Prayer Organisation (GIPO), an NGO, has organised a prayer session for peace to prevail in Nigeria as Boko Haram, an Islamic radical group seeks to impose Sharia law on the country. Some of the topics on which the members prayed included “God’s wisdom for Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan to deal with the issues that had confronted the country; peace between Christians... 

Mrs. Georgina Theodora Wood, Chief Justice Thirteen members of the Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG) have dragged executives of the group to a Fast Track High Court in Accra, over alleged misappropriation of funds. They are praying the court for an order of forensic auditing of JUSAG’s account from 2008 to 2011 and to restrain the executives perpetually from holding themselves as... 

The Trades Union Congress (TUC ) and  the Federation of Universities Senior Staff Association of Ghana ( FUSSAG) have threatened a nationwide demonstration and strike if the ruling NDC government  fails to restore subsidies on petroleum products.   FUSSAG, for instance, passed a resolution at its first national delegates’ conference which was held at the University of Education, Winneba, between...