Mr Robert Amoako Nkrumah, a 57 year-old
electrical contractor and an aspiring Assembly Member for Ahenboboano Electoral Area, on Thursday appealed to the electorate to vote for him in the up-coming district assembly elections.
He sa…
The Director of the German National Office of Plan International, a child-centred community development organisation, Ms Andrea Paffgen, is on a four-day visit to Ghana.
Ms Paffgen who took up that appointment about a week ago (1st S…
South Korea's population increase rate was one of the lowest among Asian countries in 2009, mainly due to a decrease in newborn babies, a report by the Asia Development Bank said Thursday.
The report cited by the finance ministry said …
About 30 per cent of taxis in Ho are off the road in view of the shortage of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) for the past few weeks, Mr Wisdom Adraku, Chairman of Ho Taxi Drivers Union, told the GNA in Ho on Thursday.
He said the situ…
Health providers have been urged to strive to provide quality health care service to patients, to redeem the image of the medical profession.
Mrs. Grace Mary Adzaklo, Deputy Director, Nursing Services of the Brong-Ahafo Regional Dire…
The Ghana Media Advocacy Programme (G-MAP), a child rights non-governmental organization (NGO), has called on individuals, organisations and Government to consider children as the country's most valuable asset, and take concrete steps to e…
Total Ghana on Thursday launched activities to
mark 50 years of the company's operations in the country.
The golden jubilee celebrations, which will run over the next three months to December, include planned activities such as a corp…
Mr Bismark Doku-Nettey, a former acting chairman of the Premix Committee, has expressed his dissatisfaction with the frequent allusion to mismanagement and embezzlement of revenue from premix fuel by past managers of the produce.
…
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP), South Korea's state-run electric power resources developer, said Friday it has raised US$500 million by selling global bonds to fund its overseas resources development projects.
The five-year bo…
A one-year-old girl died instantly when, due to excessive downpour, the wall of a room collapsed on a family at Satinde, a farming community in the Bawku West District of the Upper East Region.
The mother of the child, Felicia Awini,…
Sheikh Mohammed Amin, Ashanti Regional Deputy
Imam of the Al-suna Wal Jamaa, a Muslim religious sect, has expressed concern about the increasing conflicts among Muslims and said this has
impeded the socio-economic development of the nati…
The National Spiritual Assembly (NSA) of Baha'is of Ghana, on Friday appealed to the Iranian Government to rescind the unfair prison sentence on seven members in Iran in June this year.
In addition, the Assembly called for the immed…
Mrs Theresa Adomako Tawiah, District Chief Executive (DCE) for Atwima-Mponua in the Ashanti Region, has donated 550 mats, worth GH�3,000, to be distributed to all muslim communities in the district, for prayers during the Euid-Il-Fitr fe…
The Women�s Home and Overseas Missionary Society of the A.M.E Zion Church (West Ghana Conference), on Thursday, donated food items and detergents, worth GH�700.00, to AIDS patients at the Central Regional Hospital.
The items, inc…
Mr Victor-Hermann Condobrey, Hohoe Municipal Chief Executive, on Friday, said an astute Muslim should be the one whose lifestyle continued to depict spirituality beyond the period of Ramadan.
He said continuous love for one�s neigh…
President John Evans Atta Mills on Friday urged the National Hajj Planning Committee to ensure fairness, truth, transparency and objectivity in the organisation of this year's Hajj.
He gave the assurance that government would continue…
Mr Kofi Opoku Manu, Ashanti Regional Minister, has charged Muslim parents to sensitise their children, especially the girl-child, on the need to place education first before marriage.
He said education would not only enable them to b…
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA)
said on Thursday that the Millennium Development authority (MiDA) did not import any maize variety for distribution to farmers.
ADRA said all seed maize given to farmers in the MiDA…
The Central Regional Minister, Mrs Ama Benyiwa-Doe, on Thursday stressed that, it is time to stop the numerous killings on the country�s roads by reckless drivers, because several innocent lives have been lost on the Cape Coast-Accra Hig…
Mr Bismark Doku-Nettey, a former acting chairman of the Premix Committee, has expressed his dissatisfaction with the frequent allusion to mismanagement and embezzlement of revenue from premix fuel by past managers of the produce.
…
OrphanAid Africa, a non-governmental organization
that supports orphaned children, has advocated for kinship and extended family care systems to replace the institutionalization of children at
orphanages.
The international NGO said…
Mr Alex Tetteh-Enyo, Minister of Education, on
Thursday launched the 16th Edition of the National Best Teacher Award Scheme, aimed at appreciating and motivating teachers in the country.
The award scheme, which was instituted in 199…
Dr Sheikh Ismael Saeed Adam, an Islamic Scholar,
has encouraged Muslims to actively participate in the Population and Housing Census, scheduled for September this year.
He said the exercise was a key to the development agenda of gov…
A day�s sensitisation programme, to enable the
youth to take a centre stage in the effective implementation of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the communities, has opened in Kumasi on Thursday.
The event, facilitated b…
Top United Nations officials on Thursday called
for more funding and advocacy to improve literacy rates among the world�s women, who comprise two out of every three adults who cannot read or write.
In a message marking Internation…
The National Coalition on Mining (NCOM) on Friday
asked the Minerals and Mining Law Review Committee to ensure that stability clauses are removed from any new law.
Mr Abdulai Daramani, Head of Environment Unit, Third World Network, sa…
The number of Haitians treated by South Korean troops surpassed 10,000 people about six months after the contingent began its mission in the earthquake-hit country, Seoul's military officials
said Friday.
About 240 troops, including …
The government abhors any form of religious
persecution in the country and would, therefore, not be part of the degradation of any religion, Mr Joseph Amenowode, Volta Regional Minister,
said on Friday.
At the regional celebration o…
The Vice President, Mr John Dramani Mahama, on
Friday, assured Muslims of the government's determination to support and promote their welfare.
He said the government would also not discriminate against any section of the people esp…
The Voltarian Co-ordinating Council (VCC) has
appealed to Muslims to let the virtues of peace and humility that guided them through the 30-day fast reflect their daily lives and all their
endeavours.
It said by continuou…
The government has decided to establish three Marine Police Stations in the Jomoro District of the Western Region to beef up security for the oil industry.
The stations will be established at New Town, Jewi Wharf and Ellenda wha…
Faith healers and traditional birth attendants, have been urged to support implementation of the Traditional Medicine Practice Act to regulate their activities in the country.
Mr Kweku Owusu, General Secretary of Ghana Association of…
The management of MTN, Ghana�s leading mobile
operator, has donated a set of medical equipment to the management of Wassa Dunkwa Health Post in the Western Region as part of efforts to improve
health care delivery.
A statement i…
Mr. Emmanuel Kwadwo Agyekum, Nkoranza South District Chief Executive, has advised religious leaders against placing their personal interest above the welfare of their followers.
He also reminded the leaders that they are " to ensure …
Kintampo South District Assembly, on Thursday presented 400 poly mats and 100 bags of rice and sugar to 30 Muslim communities in the area, to support the Ramadan fasting.
Mr. Kwadwo Nyamekye Datiakwa, District Chief Executive, told G…
Mr. Alexander Anyetei, Dormaa Municipal Statistician, has predicted that the conduct of the 2010 Population and Housing Census would be successful in the Municipality.
He said the level of preparations by stakeholders and commitment …
Passion for Needy, a charitable organisation, set up by Prophet T.B Joshua, Head Pastor, Synagogue Church of All Nations, on Thursday donated food items worth GHc 500 cedis to Muslims in Accra.
The items, which would be distributed …
Religious organisations in Dormaa-Ahenkro have been asked to encourage their members to participate in the 2010 Population and Housing Census.
The Reverend Felix John Yeboah, Chairman of Dormaa-Ahenkro Local council of Churches, who …
A South Korean pastor who was arrested last month after making blistering critiques of his
government during an illegal trip to North Korea was indicted on charges of violating the National Security Law, prosecutors said Thursday.
Re…
Mr Yaw Asante-Anyimadu, an Assistant Chief Nutrition Officer, has advised Ghanaians to add fruits and vegetables to their nutritional repertoire to ensure good health at all times.
Mr Asante-Anyimadu at the Akim Oda Municipal Health …
The Muslim brethren have been advised against the
habit of making devout worship and the recitation of the Quran a seasonal affair for Ramadan alone, but urged to continue to allow such acts of
devotion to permeate their lifestyles alway…
The Ministry of Chieftaincy and Culture would continue to facilitate the traditional councils and Houses of Chiefs to enable the Nananom to perform their roles towards national development.
The Minister for Chieftaincy and Culture, M…
The Eastern Regional Statistician, Mr Francis Awortwi, has indicated that the region is ready and well-prepared for the smooth take-off of the 2010 Housing and Population census slated for September 26.
He said so far the compilation…
The Effutu Municipal Assembly has ejected from their official residences six workers and their families who have either been transferred or retired.
This followed the striking-off of a suit filed by the workers against the Assembly by …
Dr (Mrs) Linda Vanotoo, Western Regional Director of Health, on Tuesday called on the country's health workers to intensify the sensitisation and education on the prevention of maternal mortality.
She also asked them to educate the …
South Korea's human rights watchdog said Wednesday that a new administrative decree asking Korean citizens to present their entire history of mental disorders before marrying a foreign partner can constitute discrimination against those wh…
Equatorial Guinea has solicited Ghana�s expertise to co-host the 2012 edition of the African Cup of Nations with Gabon.
The oil-rich nation recognises Ghana�s prowess in sports and is counting on her assistance for the football …
Pastor Annor Boafo, Health and Temperance Director of the Ghana Union Conference (GUC) of the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Church, has expressed serious concern over the rate at which the youth of the Church are leaving.
He has there…
A circuit court in Cape Coast on Wednesday, sentenced a 20-year-old cobbler, to 15 months imprisonment in hard labour, for stealing two mobile phones.
Richard Oduro, a native of Adansi Fomena in the Ashanti region, lives with his acc…
The Police Administration on Wednesday, assured the public that, security would be beefed up at the courts, to ensure affairs are conducted, devoid of fear and insecurity.
In a statement issued in Accra and signed by Superintendent K…