The Yendi Municipal Environmental Health and Sanitation Unit, has been commended for working tirelessly to address the problem of indiscriminate defecation in communities in the Yendi Municipality of Northern Region.
The Yendi Munici…
The Ministry of Women and Children Affairs (MOWAC) on Tuesday launched an Action Plan to reposition itself to deliver on its mandate.
The three-year action plan follows an institutional assessment re-engineering of the Ministry which…
Joe Amon Kotey, a businessman who allegedly posed as a national security operative and defrauded several people estimated at one million Ghana cedis on Tuesday appeared before an Accra Circuit Court.
The accused charged for defraudin…
An Accra Circuit Court on Tuesday remanded into police custody a private security officer for allegedly defiling a nine-year-old pupil.
The court presided over by Mrs Georgina Mensah-Daste did not take the plea of Elvis Mercer 43, pe…
A driver who told the police that Indian hemp helped him to work efficiently, was on Tuesday sentenced to 10 months imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court.
In addition, Ishmael Clottey was asked to pay GH¢540 fine or in default serve…
Dr Lawrence Tetteh, President of the Worldwide Miracle Outreach (WMO), on Tuesday stressed the need for the clergy to inculcate good moral principles especially to the youth, through their sermons.
This, he said, would help to curb t…
The management of Youth for Christ Heritage (YUFRIST), a Christian non-governmental organisation (NGO) on Tuesday distributed assorted items worth GH¢2,000 to residents of Bawjiase in the Central Region.
They include drinks, chocolat…
Consumers of electricity and water will see a reduction in tariffs from March 1, following the decision of Public Utility and Regulatory Commission (PURC) to review tariffs downwards.
From March 1 to May 31, this year, the following …
Wooden commuter boats would soon be phased out to ensure improved and safe water transport system in the country.
Mr Issaka Peter Azuma, Director General of Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA) announced this when he addressed a staff durb…
Ms Betty Mould-Iddrisu, Minister of Education, on Tuesday, underscored the need for a good educational infrastructure, to create a congenial atmosphere for teaching and learning.
“Good infrastructure and necessary materials should pr…
The Ghana Tourist Board on Monday, presented chocolates to Father’s Home Care Orphanage at Butumagyebu, near Sekondi, as part of activities marking this year’s Chocolate Day celebrations.
The presentation was made by the Western Regi…
Three corporate entities on Tuesday feted inmates of the Accra Psychiatric Hospital, as part of activities marking 2011 Day of Caring.
The organisations were Newmont Ghana, a mining company, Help-age Ghana, a non-governmental organis…
Ricerca E Cooperazione, an Italian International non-governmental organization, on Tuesday, presented office equipment, worth over 10,000 Euros to the Ghana Tourist Board, to enhance its service delivery in the implementation of the West C…
The Asuogyaman District Chief Executive (DCE), Mr Johnson Ahiakpor, has called on contractors working on projects in the district to complete them on time.
He said this would enable the people to benefit from the investments made in …
About 700,202 pupils from 1,695 public schools throughout the country have benefited from the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) since its inception in 2005.
Under the programme pupils in basic schools and kindergartens in the mos…
Society for Women Against AIDS in Africa (SWAA) -Ghana, an advocacy group, on Tuesday organised a medical screening on HIV and AIDS for 400 female porters (kayayee) drawn from the major markets in Accra.
The markets included Agbogblo…
Youth Alive, a child centred organisation based in Wa, used the celebration of Saint Valentine’s Day on Monday to sensitise people on the dangers of HIV and AIDS.
The event, which involved voluntary counselling and testing for HIV, t…
The Micro-Finance and Small-Loans Centre (MASLOC), is now a fully commercially orientated small businesses financing entity.
Mr Carlos de-Souza, a Lawyer with MASLOC told journalists in Ho, on Tuesday, that the centre has began prose…
Ten out of the over 200 defaulters of the Micro-Finance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) credits, in the Ho Municipal Area, were on Tuesday, arraigned before the Ho Municipal Magistrate’s Court.
They are Regina Amematekpor, Antie Adda…
The visiting 13-member delegation from the Chinese Peoples’ Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), on Tuesday, paid a courtesy call on the Central Regional Minister, Mrs. Ama Benyiwa-Doe at her residency.
The delegation is in the…
The Tema Metropolitan Office of the Births and Deaths Registry (B&DR), on Monday, opened a new Office for the Tema West-Sub Metro at Baatsonaa.
The Baatsonaa Office brings to five, the number of Registries in the Metropolis.
Th…
Risk Management approach has been described as the road map to solving the numerous challenges impeding the work of customs officials in detecting fraud and other offences.
Whatever the priority of a customs administration, be it re…
The Former Vice- Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Professor Kwasi Kwafo Adarkwah, has said that the mere acquisition of certificates could no longer solve the socio-economic development problems of the …
Mr Martin Eson-Benjamin, Chief Executive Officer of the Millennium Development Authority (MIDA), on Tuesday said activities of traders on the Apenkwa-Mallam corridor were slowing progress on the N1 Highway project and asked them to move fo…
What would new Apple's iPhone look like? It might be smaller and cheaper! Apple is now working on a mini edition of iPhone, according to foreign media reports Monday.
The new iPhone would be about half the size of the iPhone 4, the Wall S…
Apple is reportedly designing a smaller iPhone in a bid to more directly challenge Google's Android-powered handsets.
The smaller prototype, which was referred to as the iPhone Min by some media, will be somewhere between half the size, o…
South Korea and the United States plan to hold a second round of talks in Seoul next month on rewriting a nuclear cooperation pact that bans the Asian nation from reprocessing spent fuel from civilian nuclear plants, a diplomatic source sa…
South Korea confirmed one more case of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) on Tuesday as quarantine authorities pushed ahead with the second phase of nationwide vaccination of pigs and cattle.
The case, at a pig farm that raised 2,000 animals…
Two members of the crew in a simulated mission to Mars have completed their first walk on the "surface" of the Red Planet, as a part of the Mars-500 project, the Russia's Mission Control Center outside Moscow said on Monday.
The simulated…
Russian authorities on space exploration believed Russia may launch a manned flight to Mars in 20 years, local media reported on Monday.
Vitaly Davydov, deputy head of the Russian Space Agency (Roskosmos), said the mission to Mars is "qui…
Dietary fiber may be associated with a reduced risk of death from cardiovascular, infectious and respiratory diseases, as well as a reduced risk of death from any cause over a nine-year period, according to a report posted Monday in the on…
Scientists have finally cracked the mystery why the vibrant yellows in impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh's paintings turned brown, according to AFP reports Monday.
A super-sensitive microscopic X-ray has revealed that a previously un…
Search engine giant Google on Monday unveiled a tool for its Chrome browser users to block search results from low-quality websites, according to AFP reports.
The new extension, Personal Blocklist, is able to help the users block search r…
Arianesapce will conduct its 200th launch Tuesday, when Europe's second Automated Transfer Vehicle ( ATV-2) Johannes Kepler will be launched by an Ariane 5 ES heavy- lift carrier rocket to take supply to the International Space Station (IS…
Nana Kusi Obuadum Antwi II, Chief of Wawase in the Afigya-Kwabre District, has called on people in the area to give more support to the assembly as it works hard to inject some pace into the socio-economic development of the district.
…
A one-year project aimed at building the capacity of forest stakeholders for smooth implementation and compliance of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) signed between the Government of Ghana and the European Union (EU) has been laun…
The Ghana Tourist Board (GTB) has said it was important to step up public education on the health benefits of chocolate to help increase local consumption of the product.
Mr Ekow Sampson, the Ashanti Regional Manager, said the Health …
The Gomoa West District Chief Executive (DCE), Mr Theophilus Aidoo-Mensah, has criticized the past government for not doing enough to provide toilets, a basic need for Ghanaians.
He said it was unfortunate and disgraceful for communi…
Thailand never has ill intention against Cambodia and the country supports "permanent ceasefire" and peaceful means to tackle border issue with its neighbour, Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya said early Tuesday morning.
Kasit made the …
Two former Field Officers of the Micro-Finance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) in Ho, Edward Dzah and Paul Yevu, are being sought by the Ho Municipal Police for misappropriating funds and abandoning post.
Mr Carlos de-Souza, a lawyer…
Ms Anneli Vuorinen, Finland Ambassador in Ghana, has commended the Effutu Municipal Assembly for making education its top most priority.
Ms Vuorinen, who is based in Nigeria, made the commendation at a durbar held in her honour by…
Ricerca E Cooperazione, an Italian non-governmental organization, has presented office equipment worth over 10,000 Euros to the Ghana Tourist Board to enhance its service delivery in the implementation of the West Coast Destination Managem…
The Western Regional Police Command on Tuesday warned the public, especially those in the region, to be wary of a private loan financial institution, Consumer Finance Company (CPC), whose agents defrauded people.
Deputy Commissioner …
The Volta River Authority (VRA) has identified two sites in the Upper East Region and two other sites in the Upper West Region for the development of a minimum of 10 megawatts of solar energy, Mr. Sam Appiah, Director of Engineering of the…
The Governance Issues Forum (GIF), a project of the Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG), on Tuesday organized a one-day training workshop on democratic governance for 36 participants drawn from the informal and formal sectors in the…
The government’s interventions in the education of the children of Ghana are to compliment the efforts of their parents but not to take away parent’s responsibilities, says Mr Henry Kweku Hayfron, Mfantseman Municipal Chief Executive (MCE)…
Government is to launch a nationwide campaign against filth using students at the Senior High Schools, Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, Minister of Local Government and Rural Development has said.
He explained that the project aims to inculca…
The Akuapem Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, has commissioned and dedicated an ultra modern hospitality centre at Akropong.
The centre, which had 17 self-contained bed rooms, one dormitory with 20 beds, 140-capacity con…
Fifty workers of the Ghana Audit Service in the Eastern Region, has began a two-day training programme on the use of manual for auditing accounts and operations of the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs).
The trai…
Mr Joseph Adu-Boampong, National President of the Ghana Society of the Physically Disabled (GSPD), has urged District, Municipal and Metropolitan assemblies to remove bottlenecks that impeded the smooth disbursement of the Society’s three …