Saint Monica's Senior High School at Asante Mampong, has made adequate provision to accommodate all the 348 fist year students placed in the school by the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS).
According to Ms Ma…
Some Senior High Schools in the Accra metropolis are facing severe challenges with accommodation for first year students, who were supposed to report to school on Friday.
When GNA visited Accra Girls Senior High School to find out wh…
African media practitioners have been called upon to use their various media to counter the biased and distorted image of Africa peddled by the international media.
The Deputy Director General of Foreign Affairs of the Republic China…
The Concerned Youth of Senya Beraku has appealed to the Central and National Houses of Chiefs to find a lasting solution to the protracted chieftaincy dispute in the town.
The group said the 20-year dispute was affecting the developm…
The Eastern Regional Coordinator of National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), Mr Ransford Owusu-Boakye, on Wednesday called for the inclusion of fruit trees in all tree planting exercises to serve both ecological purpose and also …
Women in the Bawku Municipality and its environs have threatened to abandon the kitchen and move into active politics because that is the only way to attain equity in the society.
They said this was in line with PNDC Law 208 that a…
Dr Brigadier Jaswant Mante Wadhwani (Rtd), the Pathologist who performed the autopsy on the body of the Ya-Na Yakubu Andani II, Former Overlord of Dagbon, and 28 others on Wednesday said the Ya-Na might have died of shock and haemorrhage a…
The Chief Psychiatrist, Dr Akwesi Osei, on Wednesday called on Parliament to urgently pass the National Mental Health Bill to help address the current wide treatment gap of about 98 per cent in the country.
"This means that only two …
South Korea told North Korea Wednesday not to link reunions of families separated across the border to its attempt to resume a suspended cross-border tourism business that has been a source of foreign money for the impoverished nation.
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Journalists have been asked to give prominence to process-centered stories on behaviours, attitudes and policies to ensure compliance with washing hands with soap initiative to prevent the spread of diseases.
Ms Lamisi Dabire, Commun…
Hwang Jang-yop, the highest-ranking North Korean official ever to defect to South Korea, who died in Seoul three days ago, will be laid to rest at the South's national cemetery, officials said Wednesday.
The decision, widely expected a…
Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday appealed to members of the Polytechnic Teachers Association of Ghana and University Teachers Association of Ghana to use the negotiating table to address their grievances.
"I want to ap…
The Management Development and Productivity Institute (MDPI) of the Ministry of Employment and Social Welfare has initiated a programme to ensure the full participation of Ghanaians at all levels in the emerging oil and gas industry.
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A Circuit Court in Accra on Wednesday discharged Nana Darkwa, the man who accused former President Rawlings of burning his house.
Following numerous adjournment of the case, the court fixed today for a definite hearing. However, when th…
Dr. Kwasi Apea-Kubi, Deputy Minister of Interior, on Wednesday launched "World Disaster Day" in Accra with an appeal to the public to stop practices that cause man-made disasters.
He said efforts should be made to reduce the numerous…
The Foundation for Female Photojournalists (FFP), an advocacy and research Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), has called for regulation on the use of pornographic materials in the media.
Speaking during a courtesy call on Mr. John …
Dr Brigadier Jaswant Mante Wadhwani (Rtd), the Pathologist who performed the autopsy on the body of the late Ya-Na and 28 others on Wednesday said the Ya-Na might have died of shock and hemorrhage as a result of the decapitation.
He …
The capsule carrying Luis Urzua emerged to cheers, songs and applause
Chile's president has said his country will never be the same again after the extraordinary rescue of the 33 miners trapped deep underground for 69 days.
Sebastian Pin…
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Some motorists plying the Tema/Dawhenya road have appealed to the Ghana Highway Authority (GHA) to install traffic lights at the Tema Steel Works junction to control the heavy traffic at the spot.
The junction is always congested especia…
The Adentan Municipal Assembly has entered into business collaboration with the Worcester City Council to develop a local economic development link to speed up development of the municipality.
The outline of the Business Directory Pro…
Mrs Faustina Marry Addington, presiding over the Adjabeng Magistrate's Court Two, sentenced Atinyo Freeman, 19, to a fine of GHC120.00 for unlawful entry into the Liberty Avenue Junior High School, his former school.
Freeman, who ple…
Some pupils in and around the SSNIT and DOSCA flats in Ho are either staying away from school or going to school late due to their inability to pay a bridge toll of 20 pesewas.
A carpenter, Mr Dennis Anku who re-constructed a tempor…
Ofori Quaye Annan, a driver, who admitted causing unlawful damage to a structure and throwing away the soup of Madam Mary Azanu, a trader, was fined GHC60 by the Adjabeng Magistrate's Court Two
on Tuesday.
In default, Annan would be …
Daasebre Nyarko Asumadu Appiah, Chief of Akyem Wenchi in the Kwaebibirem District, has appealed for government to check illegal gold mining in the area.
He said the activity was destroying the environment, posed economic and health h…
Authorities of Kwegyir Aggrey Secondary Technical School are confronted with the problem of where to keep form one students when they report on October 15.
Mrs Patricia Klu, the Assistant Headmistress, told the GNA on Tuesday that th…
Media houses have been urged to thoroughly investigate issues and reports made to them before publishing them to avoid libellous suits and exposing the ignorance of reporters.
Some workers of the Agona East District Assembly gave the …
The cultural consulate of the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Accra has presented 150 copies of the Koran to the office of the National Chief Imam in Accra.
The Koran, which is the holy book of Muslims, would be distribute…
The Ghana Hotels Association on Wednesday opened a two-day training workshop for owners and managers of hotels in the Greater Accra Region to enhance operating standards in the industry.
Mr Herbert Acquaye, the President of Ghana Hot…
Mr Kwadwo Adom-Boateng, Director of Finance and Administration of the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC), on Wednesday reminded passengers about their critical role in helping to reduce road accidents saying they should demand safety b…
The Old Students Association of Abuakwa State College on Wednesday launched the 1995 and 2000 year groups under the theme: "Promoting Fraternal Relationship for Development".
The ceremony, which formed part of the silver jubilee and …
Mr Elvis Afriyie Ankrah, the Deputy Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, on Wednesday launched a 190-page manual on operation and maintenance of markets in the country.
The manual is to guide Metropolitan, Municipal an…
United States (US) President, Mr Barrack Obama, has been asked to exercise the rights given to him by the US Constitution and immediately release five Cubans accused of spying.
He said the five persons were falsely accused by the U.S…
The chiefs and people of the Lawra Traditional Area have expressed gratitude to President John Atta Mills and the government for its commitment to bridge the development gap between the south and north through the Savannah Accelerated Deve…
The Institute of Public Relations (IPR), Ghana, has elected Major Albert Don-Chebe (Rtd) as its new president.
He was elected unopposed at the 18th Annual General Meeting of the IPR in Accra last week, according to a statement issued…
The apparent difficulties of public sector workers in appreciating the principle of tagging value of work to pay under the single spine salary structure is due to the weak human resource management capacities of their organizations.
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The first five of 33 miners trapped underground for more than two months in northern Chile have been winched to the surface amid scenes of jubilation.
Florencio Avalos was first to be freed, at 0010 local time (0310 GMT).
He was greeted…
Vice President John Dramani Mahama has called for Public Private Partnership in the construction, operation and maintenance of dams and other water bodies to ensure their sustainability and conservation.
He expressed disappointment a…
The ban on the use of motorbikes in the Bawku Municipality and its environs is hampering the movement of health personnel, especially those working with the Municipal Mutual Health Insurance Scheme.
Field workers find it difficult to…
Local enterprises in Ghana have been asked to improve on their standards and skills in order to achieve the 90 percent local content target in the oil and gas industry by 2020.
Dr Osei Boeh-Ocansey, Director-General of the Private En…
Mr. Enoch Teye Mensah, Minister of Employment and Social Welfare, on Tuesday underscored the need for the country to maintain its standard and position in the elimination of the "worst forms of child labour in cocoa farms".
He said t…
A nine-member Committee has been set up to review the operations of the University of Ghana, Legon to enhance effectiveness in the academic and administrative work of the University.
A memorandum signed by Professor Ernest Aryeetey…
Alhaji Issahaku Salia, the Upper West Regional Minister, has expressed concern about the abysmal performance of students in second cycle institutions in the West African Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for the past three …
The Agona West Municipal Assembly has presented exercise books to the primary and junior schools to enhance teaching and learning.
Mr Jacob Felix Obeng-Forson, the Municipal Chief Executive for Agona West who made the presentation, e…
Mr Okoh Adu-Obuobi, the Western Regional Commercial Manager of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), has said installation of prepaid meters at Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs) in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis was nearing com…
Scholarships and bursaries offered to brilliant but needy pupils and students under the Otumfuo Education Fund is not restricted to the Ashanti Region alone but is open to all school children in the country.
Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asa…
The Ghana Trade and Livelihoods Coalition has urged government to initiate and encourage pragmatic measures that will help boost the production of more local food crops, as a means of ensuring food security in the country.
It said invest…
South Korea's telecommunications regulatory body said Tuesday that it has received an application from Apple Inc.'s Korea unit to certify the iPad, its tablet PC, for sales here.
The Korea Communications Commission (KCC) will decide n…
A multinational maritime drill to prevent the transfer of weapons of mass destruction began in South Korea Wednesday, marking the first time Seoul has hosted such an exercise, officials said.
Fourteen countries, including the United St…