About 339 people have been recruited for training in the Gomoa West District to conduct the upcoming Population and Housing Census.
The Ghana Statistical Service is collaborating with the Assembly to ensure that the exercise slated S…
Mrs Mariama Yaya, the National Director of the Department of Children, has called on the legislature to set aside part of the constituency development fund to cater for children.
She said all forms of abuse and violence against child…
Participants at this year�s New Juaben Municipal Governance Issues Forum Network (GIFNET) citizen�s dialogue with Municipal officials, have urged parents to support infrastructural
development and learning in public schools.
The…
A total of 5,763 field workers have been recruited
in the Volta Region for the 2010 Census scheduled for the end of September.
The field workers include 4,696 enumerators, 970 supervisors and 97 senior supervisors.
Madam August…
The Ministry of Highways has been asked to as a matter of urgency erect road signs on the
Nkoranza-Kintampo highway to reduce road accidents.
Mr. Joseph Kwabena Nyamaah, Vice Chairman of Nkoranza District branch of the Progressive T…
Oseadeeyo Akumfi Ameyaw IV, Omanhene of Techiman Traditional Area, has appealed to Government to support the people complete their self-initiated police barracks project in Techiman.
He explained the construction of the barracks woul…
The General Council of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA), has expressed concern about the recent upsurge in lawyers using the media, particularly, the airwaves to grant interviews and discuss cases pending before the courts in which they are…
The Judicial Service on Friday asked the public to offer useful suggestions, fair and constructive criticisms that would improve qualitative justice, the rule of law and boost public confidence in the judiciary, not otherwise.
This w…
Madam Francisca Bagne, Lambussie/Karni District Director of Health, has called on health workers to render quality services at all levels to clients and patients to meet their health needs
and aspirations.
She said it was the duty …
The Community Development Vocational Institute, formerly Panfokrom Women's Training Institute, has introduced a programme to equip school drop-outs and those who could not go to senior high schools with employable skills within eight weeks…
Mr Al-Sahil Osman Alhassan, headmaster of the Ve-Koloenu Senior High School, has appealed to major actors in the education enterprise, including the Ghana Education Trust Fund, to assist in upgrading the infrastructure of the school.
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Madam Marta Santos Pais, UN Special Representative of the Secretary General on Violence against Children, has urged government to put in place laws to abolish corporal punishment in schools.
"If Ghana would put in place the needed laws…
The Coalition of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Water and Sanitation (CONIWAS), on Wednesday commended government for it decision to prioritise water and sanitation but urged the authorities to fulfil all commitments made in the …
Quality education to children is a major step to fighting moral decadence in the Ghanaian society, the Guidance and Counselling Coordinator of the Ghana Education Service, Mr Vincent Agidi, has said.
He said with the right education …
Mrs Dzifa Ativor, Deputy Minister of Transport, on Wednesday inaugurated a five-member committee to investigate the fatal accident, involving a Metro Mass Transit bus and a Togolese articulated truck on the Ada-Tema Highway, last month.
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Three white tiger cubs in the Vandalur Zoo in the south Indian metropolis have been adopted by Tamil Nadu Tourism Development Corporation (TTDC) under the 'Adopt an animal' programme of the Forest Department.
State Tourism Secretary…
Indicating a habitat shift of marine species due to climatic change, a rare black-banded sea snake was found washed ashore on a local beach here in the south Indian state Kerala capital.
The reptile, with 30 cm length and a 'U' mark…
A Kumasi Circuit Court has jailed a Kumasi-based herbalist for ten years for possessing a quantity of cannabis without lawful authority.
Baba Yidana pleaded guilty to the charge.
Deputy Superintendent of P…
Stakeholders in education within the Ashaiman Municipality have been charged to get actively involved in the administration of schools to help promote education in the area.
The call is contained in a paper jointly prepared by the As…
Dr. Wendy Arnolds, President of Peer Education Programme (PEP) of Los Angeles, on Wednesday urged the international community to continue to prioritise issues on HIV and AIDS.
She noted that it seemed the international community was …
The Ghana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) on Wednesday commended Parliament for the opportunity to comment on the Petroleum Exploration and Production Bill before its enactment.
However, it encouraged Parliament to offer interested sta…
Construction workers engaged on the OLA Senior High School project at Gaane in Navrongo in the Kassena East District were on Tuesday threatened and beaten-up by locals because �they have stolen their jobs�.
Some of the community …
Government is working around the clock to provide Ghanaians the requisite energy with emphasis on public-private participation to address deficiencies in the sector, Mr Joseph Oteng Agyei, Minister of Energy on Tuesday said.
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A mechanic apprentice, Denyo Yawtse, was on Wednesday convicted to a fine of GH�360 by the Kade District Magistrate Court on charges of causing unlawful damage, unlawful entry and stealing.
Yawtse, who was convicted on his own plea…
A farmer who is standing trail for being at a place for wrong reasons had himself jailed for spitting on a witness.
Yaw Appiah who was charged with being on a premises for unlawful means was granted a GH�1,000 bail with one surety …
A Tarkwa circuit court has sentenced a 20 year old galamsey operator, Steven Ampunmah alias Yaw to 15 years imprisonment for defilement.
He pleaded guilty.
Prosecuting Police Inspector Florence Tawiah told the court presided …
Right Reverend James Baffour-Awuah, Methodist Bishop of Sunyani, at the weekend said immorality was seeping into the fabric of the church in recent times.
He said fornication, indecent dressing and other immoral acts should not be ac…
The National Executives of the Ghana Cocoa, Coffee and Sheanut Farmers Association (GCCSFA), have expressed gratitude to government for supplying to farmers, solar torch lights to enable them meet the one million tonnes targeted for 2011.
…
The President of the National Association of Local Authorities of Ghana (NALAG), Mr Theophilus Aidoo-Mensah, has called for amendment of the Act that established the district assembly concept to enable district chief executives to be appro…
The Ghana Statistical Service, in collaboration with Mfantseman Municipal Assembly, has recruited 414 people for training to handle the 2010 population and housing census.
Alhaji Ishaq Asuru, Municipal Coordinating Director who brief…
An International Labour Organisation (ILO) consultant has appealed to Metropolitan, Municipal and District assemblies to identify problems facing small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and help them to solve them.
Mr Emmanuel Baisie, an…
Mr Peter Light Koomson, the District Chief Executive for Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam, has advised Community Education Teacher Assistants to count to study hard and upgrade themselves.
Mr Koomson was addressing 60 pupil teachers who are unde…
Mr. Martin Dassah, Chairman of the Sissala West District Census Implementation Committee, has said the delay in the release of logistics and funds to districts could affect the smooth take-off of the 2010 population and housing census.
…
The Ghana office of the West African Examination Council has been advised to consider alternative options to give unsuccessful candidates of the Basic Education Certificate Examination the opportunity to re-sit their examination, the next …
Ato Kwamena, a barber in Kumasi, who robbed a trader and inflicted cutlass wounds on her, has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by a Kumasi Circuit Court.
Kwamena pleaded guilty to the offence.
Deput…
The Ajumako District Directorate of the Ghana Education Service in collaboration with the District Assembly is organising a 21-day in-service training for 60 participants under the National Youth Employment Programme's (NYEP) Community Edu…
The Environment Ministry of India has set up a panel to study the impact of radiation from mobile towers on bees and birds and formulate guidelines for regulating installation of such structures.
This has come in the wake of reports …
The Indian government seems to have had its way with the 3G spectrum-winning telecom operators, who have agreed to pay higher charges for using the radio waves as part of the amended licence rules.
As a result, the operators, includ…
In an effort to promote and streamline the process of organ donation to help hundreds of needy patients, the south Indian state Andhra Pradesh government has launched a unique scheme to boost the humane practice.
'Jeevandan', a comp…
The Indian government is "firm" in expecting BlackBerry phone maker to give security agencies lawful access to their encrypted data within the next 60 days and there is no uncertainty over this stand, says Union Home Minister P Chidambaram…
Switzerland will host an informal summit of 40 countries, including India, on global warming on
Friday to discuss modalities for a new Climate Fund that is expected to unblock the stalled negotiations on the issue.
Since the Copenh…
Heads of state, private sector leaders and agricultural experts are arriving in Ghana for the inaugural African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF).
Meetings between more than 800 senior government and corporate leaders, members of the internat…
About 2,200 rural agro dealers in Ghana have benefited from a 2.5 million dollar credit facility from the Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and the International Centre for Soil Fertility and Agricultural Development (IFDC).
…
Gideon Kusekpor, 30, a farmer of Alavanyo-Dzogbedze in the Hohoe Municipality, has been sentenced by the Kpando Circuit court to 10 years imprisonment for cutting a high tension pole ostensibly to steal cables.
Kusekpor, pleaded gui…
A local farmer has invited geologists to investigate the cause of a strange sound which emanates from a rocky field near his village, in the eastern part of Kwamikrom.
Mr David Kwasi Sai, who extended the invitation through the press…
Mr Tony Oteng-Gyasi, Managing Director (MD) of
Tropical Cable and Conductor Limited (TCCL), has called on corporate Ghana "to go beyond the complaints about the quality of graduates" and initiate moves to improve the educational system.
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Tune in this month as Channel O brings DStv viewers yet another exclusive – this time in the form of Snoop Dogg’s original movie MALICE N WONDERLAND. The mini-movie was created by the hip hop icon and creative chairman of priority reco…
The Sissala West District Director of Health Services, Mrs. Grace Tanye, has said lack of residential accommodation for health workers in the district was affecting the quality of healthcare delivery in the area.
She said health prof…
About 2,200 rural agro dealers in Ghana have
benefited from a 2.5 million dollar credit facility from the Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and the International Centre for Soil Fertility and Agricultural Development (IFDC).
…
The National Cancer Coalition (NCC) of the US in
conjunction with the Breast Care International (BCI) on Wednesday presented drugs worth about 23 million dollars to the Ministry of Health.
The drugs are for cancer related diseases i…