At half year 2020, FBNBank Ghana posted an impressive growth across all major performance indices over the corresponding prior period in 2019. The profitability of the bank witnessed an industry leading growth of 77% reflecting the capacity and ability of the leadership in effectively translating revenue to profit notwithstanding...
Construction work on the Tamale International Airport runway project’s second phase, aimed at ensuring the airport meets international standards to accommodate bigger flights, is progressing steadily and is about 26 percent complete.
The 5,170 metre-square project, proposed to be an alternative to the Kotoka International Airport when completed, is currently at the...
The newly elected General Secretary of the Ghana Mineworkers’ Union of TUC, Abdul-Moomin Gbana, addressed the mid-year National Executive Council meeting last weekend in Sunyani, capital of the Bono Region, and commended government for its bold response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
He noted that the pandemic outbreak has not been...
Meridian Port Service (MPS) reached a new level of container-handling productivity on vessels by exceeding the previous record of 112 moves/hour which was achieved on MSC ALTAIR that berthed at Terminal 3 on May 15, 2020.
The new vessel productivity record of 139.91 moves/hour on MSC Livorno is from first...
GOIL Company Limited, GOIL, recorded an impressive performance in 2019, with profits increasing by 29 percent and sales growing by 9.66 percent.
Addressing shareholders at the company’s 51st Annual General Meeting held virtually and streamed live by video link to all shareholders in Accra, Board Chairman Kwamena Bartels disclosed that...
Until the Coronavirus pandemic, banks in the country did not really know the extent to which their technology infrastructure, which they have been developing and deploying for more than a decade, could be strained and still deliver to customers’ satisfaction, bankers have noted.
Even as they bask in the success...
Following the President’s directive that tertiary institutions be reopened this week for continuing students, the Ministry of Education (MoE) in collaboration with Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL) undertook the second phase of disinfecting all tertiary institutions across the country.
The nationwide exercise started simultaneously on Friday in about five regions. These...
This weekend, something interesting happened to me. I have decided to called it guilty pleasure though I do not think the experience captures the meaning of guilty pleasure in its entirety. Someone defines guilty pleasure as a “shameless blameless fun” but my case is more like a shameful blameless...
Short Crust Sugar Dough
Ingredients:
Flour -300g
Butter/margarine -200g
Powdered sugar -130g
Eggs -40g
Salt -1g
Method:
Mix butter, sugar, flour and salt with the flat beater. Add eggs and mix.
Roll it out into sheets about 2-3mm thick, refrigerate for several hours.
Grease baking rings with butter if...