The Second National Policy Fair to create platform for dialogue between policy makers, implementers and the public was launched in Accra on Tuesday.
The theme for the theme: “Empowering the People as we Build a Better Ghana” schedule…
The Norwegian government has provided a-$6.5 Million grant to the Ministry of Mines, Environment, Science and Technology, to address the country’s environmental challenges.
The amount would among other issues be used for the protection…
Professor Kofi Awoonor, Chairman of Council of State, has expressed regret at the low level of Information Technology (IT) expertise in the civil and public services in the country.
“This is an obstacle to implementing new ICT system…
The Coalition of Muslim Organisations, Ghana (COMOG) is organising a three-day national summit from April 15 and April 17 in Wa, the Upper West Regional capital.
The summit which is supported by the United Nations Population Fund is …
A driver’s mate, who allegedly stole a 10-year-old girl, kept her for eight months and re-named the victim afterwards appeared before an Accra Circuit Court on Tuesday.
Daniel Sosu, charged with child stealing, pleaded not guilty and…
The Norway has provided a $6.5 Million grant to the Ministry of Mines, Environment, Science and Technology to address the country’s environmental challenges.
The amount would among other issues be used for the protection of the count…
Miss Catherine Davies has advised candidates writing the Basic Entrance Certificate Examination (BECE) and the West African Senior High Certificate Examination (WASCE) to avoid acts that could lead to the cancelation or withholding of thei…
The southern Italian city of Naples has offered to host the sixth session of the World Urban Forum which is scheduled for the first week of September 2012, said a press release received on Tuesday.
The theme of the forum will be the Prosp…
Eleven people were killed and 126 were wounded in a blast that struck a metro station in the Belarussian capital Minsk.The authorities said the blast is suspected to be a terrorist act.
"126 victims were hospitalized, 22 of them - in seri…
Kate Middleton has always been super-svelte, but when she and Prince William tie the knot later this month, she will probably look more slender and handsome.
She is on diet now as her Big Day is looming. Kate's blue outfit hung from her b…
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday said that he was saddened by the deadly explosion in a metro station in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, and conveyed his sincerest condolences to the people of Belarus.
A statement, issued here la…
Doctors may choose riskier treatment with fewer severe side effects for themselves than they'd recommend for their patients, according to a study in the Archives of Internal Medicine Tuesday.
In the study, two sets of questions were sent …
The elderly have a difficult time with multi tasking as a study suggests that older brains behave differently when it comes to switching between two tasks, according to media reports on Tuesday.
Researchers used functional magnetic resona…
In the first clinical trial of gene therapy for treatment of intractable pain, U.S. researchers from the University of Michigan's Department of Neurology observed that the treatment appears to be able to provide substantial pain relief.
I…
Drinking 100-percent fruit juice may offer disease-fighting benefits, a new study suggests.
Fruit juice is linked with reduced risk of cancer, improved markers of heart health and cognitive decline, and increased antioxidant
activity, ac…
A new research indicats taking vitamin D could ward off vision loss from age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in women younger than 75, according to media reports on Tuesday.
In the research, women under 75 who consumed sufficient vitam…
Young penguin populations in the Antarctic are declining because a warmer climate cuts back on their main food source, a U.S. study said Tuesday.
Only about 10 percent of baby penguins tagged by researchers are coming back in two to four …
Intel Corp. on Monday launched a new processor, a low-power version of Intel chips slated for tablets, notebooks and smartphones.
The next generation 32 nm Atom platform, formerly codenamed " Oak Trail," will appear in 35 tablet computers…
Nana Kofi Adjei Imbeah, the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Director of Education, has appealed to the Teachers and Education Workers’ union (TEWU) to look into the issue of indiscipline in the society and at the workplace.
He made the …
The Ghana National Association of Adventist Students (GNAAS) has launched a comprehensive health education campaign to bring health care services to deprived communities in the Kumasi Metropolis.
The programme, which is under the …
The Basic Education Certificate Education (BECE) Examinations in the Ejisu-Juaben Municipality began on Monday without an incident.
A total of 3,058 candidates from 81 public and private Junior High Schools (JHS) registered to sit fo…
Seventy-five people died in 295 road accidents recorded in the Eastern Region from January to March, this year, the Eastern Regional Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU) of the Ghana Police Service, has said.
Speaking to the Ghana…
The Ghana Association of Biomedical Laboratory Scientists (GABMLS), on Monday launched a-week-long activities to mark the International Laboratory Day celebration, which falls on 15 April this year.
The activities include media intera…
The Food and Drugs Board on Monday advised the public not to patronise water and products from Cosmos Health Outfit Company, because their practices pose serious threat to public health safety.
The FDB has also closed down the operati…
Development partners in health on Monday said the best way for Ghana to maintain focus on improving maternal and child health and address inequities in health care was to build a strong health system.
Speaking at the opening of Minis…
Mr. Ebo Barton Oduro, the Member of Parliament for Cape Coast, on Monday, opened a two-day workshop for Physics teachers at the Science Resource Centre he recently established and equipped in Cape Coast.
The workshop being organized …
This year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) on Monday commenced late at the Accra Academy Centre due to lateness of invigilators.
Madam Dora Dankwa Darko, Supervisor at the Accra Academy Center ‘A’ in an interview with…
Family Health International (FHI) together with the Ghana Network of Person Living with HIV/AIDS (NAP+ Ghana) have begun free condom and lubricant distribution in the Kumasi Metropolis and six other districts in the Ashanti region as part …
Five pregnancy cases and four absentees were recorded on Monday during the start of the Basic Education Certificate Examination at five centres in the Sekondi/Takoradi Metropolis.
The Fijai Senior High School accommodating 478 candid…
A total of 27,884 candidates made up of 17,068 males and 10,816 females in the Northern Region are sitting for this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in 69 examination centres.
A total of 106 officials made up of …
Master Wahab Abudu Tahiru, a final year Science student of the Ghana Secondary Technical School (GSTS) got drowned at the “Last Hour” beach in Takoradi on Saturday.
The body according to the Headmaster of the school, Mr T. K. Mensah,…
Gifty Armah, a 29-year-old woman, died on the spot in a lorry accident, at CP, a settlement on the Elmina-Takoradi highway in the early hours of Sunday.
The Honda Civic Salon car was heading towards Cape Coast with the deceased and t…
A 13-year old Dali Emmanuel, an Ivorian refugee at the Ampain Refugee camp in the Ellembelle District died last Friday.
The Ellembelle District Director of Health, Madam Elizabeth Conney confirmed the boy’s death to the Ghana News A…
The Member of Parliament for Effutu Constituency, Mr Mike Hammah, has urged candidates taking the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in Winneba, to desist from examination malpractices since that could lead to the cancellation …
Alhaji Issahaku Salia, Upper West Regional Minister, has on Monday visited some exam centers in the Wa Municipality to ensure that everything required to enhance the smooth takeoff of the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) were…
A total of 38,610 candidates including four blind and 33 deaf students are writing this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the Central Region, with 2,803 of the number coming from the Cape Coast Metropolis.
The …
The Minister of the Interior has on the advice of the Northern and Upper East Regional Security Councils respectively, and by Executive Instrument, renewed the curfews imposed on the Gushegu Township and Bawku Municipality and their immedi…
A total of 8449 Junior High School (JHS) students were registered by the Tema Metropolitan Education Directorate to sit for this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) which began on Monday.
The candidates started the …
The Director of Operations of Global Media Foundation, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), has advised Municipal and District Assemblies in the Brong Ahafo Region to place high premium on environmental sanitation to guard against the ou…
Four people who allegedly swindled a businessman of his GH¢124,000.00 under the pretext of supplying him with agro-chemicals have been placed in police custody.
They are Patrick Gyebi-Beatson, a technical officer of the Food and Agri…
The case of the two soldiers who have been accused of murdering Alhaji Issa Mobilla, former Northern Regional Chairman of Convention People’s Party (CPP), has now been put before a new judge, Mr Justice Mustapha Habib Logo.
The case …
A Senior Pastor of the Assemblies of God Church, the Reverend Alexander Darko, has advised Christian youth to avoid being drawn into songs that tend to promote profanity and corrupt the moral fibre of society.
He said they should rat…
The people of Teteman in the Jasikan District of the Volta Region on Saturday installed Mr Michael Wheeler, a British Philanthropist and Tourist, as Development Chief of the town.
Mr Wheeler who was given the title Nana Litela I, swo…
Pastor Yaw Osei-Owusu, Brong Ahafo Regional Overseer of Deeper Life Bible Church at the weekend advised Christians to avoid societal veneration of the dead and rather to use funerals to examine themselves and prepare for eternity.
“W…
Ghanaians have been advised not to allow secular scenes and sounds of merriment that have become associated with Easter in Ghana to becloud the spiritual significance of the occasion.
“As Christians, our reflections at Easter should …
The Northern Regional Council of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has urged major stakeholders in education to play their roles effectively towards resolving the fracas in the teachers’ front.
“We view the seemingly silen…
Some 16, 340 candidates in the Upper East Region have been presented for this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE) of which 8,557 are boys and 7,783 are girls.
The Gbeogo School for the Deaf is participating in the …
Mr Haruna Iddrisu, the Minister for Communications, has called on the National Communications Authority to sanction mobile telecommunications network operators in the Upper West Region for rendering low quality services to their subscriber…
Alhaji Issahaque Salia, the Upper West Regional Minister, has appealed to community members to prioritise their development needs and seek assistance from relevant agencies for their implementation.
They should also rekindle the spir…
Residents of Area One in Sunyani have appealed to the Municipal Assembly to remove the mountain of refuse near the Coronation Park to offset the outbreak of cholera in the regional capital.
The residents told the GNA that residents o…