The Council of Young Men Christian Association (YMCA) of Ghana, on Saturday held a peace programme in Accra, using a basketball shot as a symbolic commitment to ensure peace in the December general election.
Dubbed: "a shot for peace towa…
Mr Paul Tawiah Quaye, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) on Thursday commended the Police in Brong-Ahafo Region in their fight against armed robbery.
He said the Techiman-Kintampo-Buipe highway was a leading highway robbery area but si…
The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD) has completed major rehabilitation works at the Paga Crocodile Pond and handed over the project to the Kassena- Nankana East District Assembly.
Works on four chalets, fence st…
The Half Assini Government Hospital in the Jomoro District of the Western Region, has been operating without a surgeon for a month.
All surgical cases that came to the Hospital were referred to the Effia Nkwanta Regional in Sekondi and or…
Some 800 unemployed youth in the Upper East Region have been engaged under a three-month programme as Sanitation Task Force, to deal with sanitation problems in the region through public education.
It is in fulfilment of President John Dr…
TREE AID, an international NGO, which works to reduce poverty, using trees and tree resources, has launched its operations in the country by inaugurating its Ghana Country Office in Tamale.
The inauguration of the Ghana Country Office of …
Mr Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, Minister of Local Government and Rural Development on Friday said Government in her National Development blue print has prioritized sanitation as a key area of action in the Ghana's Shared Growth Development Agenda.…
Madam Josephine Pokoo-Aikins, National Director, Guidance and Counseling Unit of the Ghana Education Service (GES), says students should be aided to make the right career choices.
She said it was important to recognize that "the subjects …
The Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) of the Prempeh College has completed two-semi detached staff bungalows for the school at a cost of GHC160,000.00.
The official inauguration of the project on Friday, coincided with the donation of an-G…
Mrs Matilda Nana Manye Amissah-Arthur, the Second Lady, on Friday asked school children to show maximum respect to authority, fellow pupils and to be polite to everyone.
She said they should also be truthful at all times and in all that t…
The Ghana Investment and Electronic Communication (GIFEC) has presented 10 desktop computers and accessories valued at about GH¢ 20,000 in support of the Faith Assemblies of God Senior High School (SHS) at Tafo-Nhyiaeso in Kumasi.
These …
President John Dramani Mahama has appointed Nene Atsure Benta III, Mankralo of the Prampram Traditional area, as the new Acting Chairperson of the Greater Accra Regional Lands Commission.
A statement from the presidency signed by the Secr…
The last flight to carry Ghanaian Hajj pilgrims to Saudi Arabia has been delayed due to problems associated with the issuance of visas.
The delay was the result of the new Hajj law introduced by the Saudi authorities to deport intended fe…
Dr Kwabena Duffuor, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning (MOFEP), has noted that the biometric data for public service employees in subvented agencies have been captured to effect salary payments in October.
He therefore directed the…
Members of Tema–Accra Mother Union of Tipper Driver's Association, have indefinitely suspended their intended plan to block the Tema- Afienya road to demonstrate their anger against alleged irregularities at the axle weighing bridge.
Th…
The National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) has assured Ghanaians that the Pension Scheme is in safe hands and as well on its way to achieve the goals and objectives set out for it.
It explained that despite some challenges, especi…
Professor Samuel Lartey, Consultant, Magnate Technology and Services Limited has urged the youth not to rely solely on their academic qualifications in their search for employment.
"Sometimes, your success also depends on your ability to …
The first ever African Women Cultural Leaders Network (AWCLN) meeting opened in Accra on Friday to brainstorm on the creation of a continental network of women cultural leaders.
The four-day meeting, which was organized by the African Uni…
Bishop Bright Michael Adofoh, Founder and General Overseer of the Peace Chapel International has advised Christians to shun commercial prophets and rather be committed and loyal to what God had ordained for them.
He said to have a success…
An Accra Circuit Court has ordered the arrest of Prophet Daniel Nkansah, Flag bearer of the New Vision Party (NVP) following his non appearance in Court .
When the case was called before the Court presided over by Ms Adwoa Coleman, Prophe…
Four persons, including a motor rider, sustained various degrees of injuries when a Volvo tipper truck conveying canned soft drinks ran into eight vehicles and a motorbike at a busy intersection in Ho on Friday.
The driver of the volvo tr…
DStv is celebrating the 50 years of James Bond films this month.
To mark this M-Net Movies Action Plus (DStv Channel 106) is screening the James Bond Festival bringing you 22 James Bond titles in the month of October. Re-screenings will…
UT Bank on Thursday launched its Annual Pledge Pink Campaign to raise funds and create awareness about the prevention and management of Breast Cancer in the country.
The campaign is one of UT bank's flagship social intervention projects a…
Ghana will join the rest of the world on 15th October 2012 to mark the 5th anniversary of Global Hand washing Day aimed at increasing awareness on hand washing with soap as an effective and affordable way to prevent diseases.
A statemen…
The Vice President, Mr Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur, has called for a strong leadership to drive laboratory science practice as a central component of the national health systems strategy.
Effective leadership and guidance, he said, were al…
Ms. Antoinette Atuah, Corporate Communications Manager, Vodafone Ghana, on Thursday said the company was committed to improving and addressing critical health needs of Ghanaians by empowering them with vital health information.
Briefi…
A New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration will seek to improve incentives to attract, train and retain more young professionals to reverse the 60,000 teacher deficit facing the country.
Dr Nana Ato Arthur, NPP Parliamentary Candidate for…
President John Dramani Mahama on Thursday announced that government would establish a new Senior High School in Damanko in the Volta Region to increase the absorption rate of Basic Education students in the Region.
He said: "It is sa…
The African University College of Communications (AUCC) in collaboration with AVAGMAH Online School of Bharathidasan University, India, has launched an online distance education for professionals and people who cannot always be in the clas…
A 15-member delegation from the Tuscaloosa Sister Cities International (TSCI) of Alabama State in the US on Wednesday presented 21 l lap top computers to four schools and a radio station in the Brong-Ahafo Region.
The computers, estima…
The Ministry of Youth and Sports on Wednesday signed an agreement with DDY International, a Canadian company which specializes in project financing, to provide technical assistance to the 11 government Technical and Vocational Training Cen…
The University of Education, Winneba, has launched Campaign Plant and Endowment Trust Fund to improve its infrastructure and other facilities and programmes.
The Chancellor, Alhaji Asoma Banda, jointly launched the two programmes in …
Mr Prem Shukla, Country Director, Plan Ghana, on Thursday called on all nations to urgently prioritize quality education for the girl-child as an essential factor in tackling poverty.
He said in Ghana about 1.4 million children of school-…
The first online funding platform dedicated to advancing the lives of girls and women worldwide has been launched to commemorate the first ever International Day of the Girl Child.
Launched by Women Deliver, a global advocacy organisation…
The Central Region branch of the Right to Information (RTI) Coalition on Thursday debunked assertions that Ghanaians are not ready for the RTI law.
The Coalition noted that an RTI law was fundamental to the realisation of the country’s…
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) in collaboration with Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA), has made available 145 combine harvesters to facilitate incident free harvesting of rice during this year's farming season…
Researchers of the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature (RSCN), a non-governmental organisation have deployed a new technology to record the population of animals in the Dana Biosphere Nature Reserve (DBNR).
RSCN is devoted to the…
A Four-member Committee was on Thursday inaugurated and charged to investigate activities of small, medium and large scale mining companies in specific communities.
This follows a 2009 report submitted by the Commission on Human Rights an…
A radiologist in private practice in Kumasi, with the help of local artisans, has designed a mobile X-ray van to boost healthcare delivery and diagnostics in the rural communities where health facilities lack the equipment.
The device…
A group of Ghanaian professionals in the Diaspora together with some German intellectuals have designed statistical software which can provide one-stop information on everything about Ghana.
When it becomes operational, Ghana will be t…
Mr Samuel Sarpong, the Kumasi Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE) had performed the ceremony to officially inaugurate the Nana Afua Kobi Market, popularly known as “Abinkyi†built for traders ejected from the old Race Course area.
Thei…
The Administrator of Copy Right of Ghana, Madam Attafuah has bemoaned the ill fated attempts to curb the canker of piracy of artiste’s works in Ghana.
Madam Attafuah told GNA that over the years, her outfit has joined hands with the cus…
The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) is holding a two-day open-day on Wednesday and Thursday at its headquarters to mark World Standards Day.
A statement signed by Ezekiel Darku, Volta Regional Officer of the GSA, said the colloquium w…
"Peace Carnival" an organization working to promote peace in the country is organizing a 'Peace March' on Saturday, October 13 in Accra to highlight the need to ensure an incident free poll in December.
The march, which has been tagge…
Five people who were arrested for causing damage to a number of structures and vehicles on a 14.7 acre land at Katamanso, belonging to the New Castle Gate Estates, on Thursday appeared before an Accra circuit court.
The accused perso…
Wire Weaving Industries Limited, producers of wiring products, and Wilkins Engineering Limited, producers of solar lamps, on Thursday donated some of their products towards the 2012 Farmers’ Day celebration slated for November 2.
It…
Justin Katinan, an ally of former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo, currently in custody, is lamenting over his freedom.
Appearing before the Osu District Magistrate's Court, he indicated to the magistrate that: “I am confused now. I d…
The Chief Justice, Mrs Georgina Theodora Wood, on Thursday applauded the cooperation between the Ghana Shipper's Authority (GSA) and the Judicial Training Institute in the continuing legal education to build the requisite judicial capacity…
Alhaji Alhassan Benne, Chairman of the National Hajj Committee (NHC) has disclosed that the Committee and its stakeholder Hajj Agents would comply with the new law introduced by the authorities of the Royal Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Th…
An Accra Fast Track Court on Thursday dismissed a motion by Argentina to set aside orders that have restrained one of its naval ships from moving or bunkering until further notice.
The court last week ordered that the Argentine vessel, AR…