Mr Robert Bennett Forkuoh, District Chief Executive (DCE) of Amansie Central, has called on Ghanaians to bury all political differences and unite to build the nation.
He said the tendency of those in the opposition party to run down an…
Panelists at a military leadership discourse have
called for the overhaul of the officer training programmes of the Ghana Military Academy (GMA) to reflect current trends in the global security
sphere.
They argue that the interfac…
The people of Dunga, a settlement in the Tamale Metropolitan Area, drink from a dam which is usually polluted with human excreta.
Due to the poor source of water, several members of the community have been afflicted with diseases whi…
The Ghana Medical Assistants� Association had called for the upward review of the tariffs given to them by the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) to save health centres from collapse.
The Association said even though they s…
Maalsun Association, a United Kingdom based group interested in promoting education in northern Ghana, has adopted Goli Roman Catholic Primary School in the Nadowli District to help meet challenges confronting the delivery of quality educa…
A trader, Martha Yakubu, who allegedly mixed a local concoction known as �Okumadada� with acidic battery water and gave an enema to an eight-year-old girl on Tuesday appeared before a Circuit Court in Accra for negligently causing harm…
Mr Alex Tettey-Enyo, Minister of Education, on Tuesday said government would collaborate with Korean Government to establish technology centres to train vocational and technical school teachers.
He said the training would be undertak…
The Ghana National Association of Teaches (GNAT), on Tuesday expressed concern about the deduction of 15 per cent professional allowance paid to teachers in July, and its non-payment in August.
A statement issued in Accra and signe…
Dr David Amoah, National Coordinator of Ecumenical Association for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development (ECASARD), a non-governmental organisation (NGO), has called on development agencies to give more attention to women farmers.
…
The Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam District Assembly (AEEDA) with the consent and approval of the National Headquarters of the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) would open school feeding centres in two schools in the area.
The new benefici…
The Bagre dam is almost its maximum level of 235 metres following continuous heavy rainfalls, The Ghana Embassy in Burkina Faso has warned.
Managers of the Burkina Be dam would be compelled to spill more water from the dam which will…
A medical officer at the Kwahu Government Hospital, Dr Francis Addae, has urged the adult population to undertake regular exercise to reduce weight and other unwanted materials such as fats and cholesterol from the body to enhance their he…
The Atwima-Mponua District Assembly has sunk 120 boreholes as part of an aggressive push towards the expansion of potable water supply to people in the area.
Additionally, it has completed 1,000 household toilets to boost environme…
International Centre for Soil Fertility and Agricultural Development (IFDC), is implementing a project to address marketing and post-harvest problems affecting farmers.
The three-year project being financed by Alliance for Green Revo…
Madam Marta Santos Pais, Special Representative of UN Secretary-General on Violence Against Children, on Tuesday called on the Government to ratify the UN Protocol on Child Pornography and Prostitution.
"If Ghana would be the first c…
Mr Theophilus Tetteh Chaie, Member of Parliament (MP) for Ablekuma Central, has urged parents to give their children quality education and protect them from exploitation and abuse.
He said government had continually committed itself…
The University of Mines and Technology (UMaT) at Tarkwa will next academic year admit students into its new Environmental Science, Social Responsibility and Safety Engineering programmes.
Additionally, preparations are underway to s…
The General Transport, Petroleum and Chemical Workers� Union (GTPCWU) of the Ghana Trades Union Congress on Tuesday called on social partners in the oil and gas industry to create conditions for the unionisation of its workers.
�…
Over 93 percent of hospital attendance in the Northern Region are card bearing members of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) and now enjoy better service due to prompt payment of claims in the region.
Registered members of t…
Commercial banks operating in the Wa Municipality in the Upper West Region, have for the past one week been flooded with students from the University for Development Studies (UDS) Wa campus making it extremely difficult for workers to coll…
The Kumasi Institute of Tropical Agriculture (KITA), has organised a workshop for students and farmers at Domeabra in the Ejisu Juaben District.
It was aimed at aimed educating participants on agro-forestry technology and sensitise t…
Mr. Evans Adade, a Senior Mines Inspector, on Tuesday called on extractors of industrial minerals to comply with regulations in order to protect the environment, lives and property.
He made the call at a one-day workshop on "Responsi…
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 over…
A 26-year-old mason, Nana Ohene Boamah, who sent audience at an Accra Circuit Court, laughing when he admitted defiling a 14-year-old girl in a room and not in the kitchen, has been freed.
This was after a medical report signed by Dr…
The national population census exercise is not intended for taxation, Dr. Joseph Annan, Deputy Minister of Education and Member of Parliament for Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abream (KEEA), has said.
People should therefore feel free to offe…
The Hohoe Municipal Environmental Office has generated GH�840 through insanitary environmental related-issues between January and August this year.
Mr Daniel .A. Otoo, Municipal Environmental Officer, who spoke to the Ghana News Ag…
The chiefs and elders of Shama, a fishing community near Sekondi in the Western Region, have appealed to the government to pay them compensation for a large track of land it acquired for development projects about three and half years ago.…
Two suspected armed robbers who were sharing their booty at the Nana Bosoma Market in Sunyani have been arrested by the Police.
They had allegedly robbed a woman at gun point last Friday at Berlin Top in Sunyani.
The police ret…
Mrs Stella Korkor Adjumah, Nkwanta North District Girl Child Education Officer of the Ghana Education Service (GES), at the weekend appealed to parents in Konkomba to reform the culture of forcing young girls into early marriage.
…
A 36-year-old Accra-based businesswoman, Mrs Abena Essilfie, has been enstooled Asafoanye (queen of
Asafo company) of Breman Essiam Traditional Area.
She has the stool name Asafoanye Abena Aframaa in succession to her late grandmoth…
A three-day seminar for 23 members of the Men's Division Buddhist of Soka Gakkai International (SGI) in Brong-Ahafo ended in Dormaa-Ahenkro at the weekend.
It was organised by the Brong-Ahafo Regional Chapter of SGI, a lay organisati…
The Central Regional Minister, Mrs. Ama Benyiwa-Doe on Monday said the nation is on a brink of "manpower crisis" because university teaching was no longer a cherished job.
"Most of the lecturers and professors are almost close to the…
A Kumasi Circuit Court has sentenced a 33 year-old mother of five, who cruelly beat her five-year daughter with electric wire for stealing her GH�2.00 to 36 months imprisonment.
Vivian Badu, a single-mother, pleaded guilty to the …
After a fascinating day of nominations on Monday (30 August), Uti, Code and Munya are up for eviction from M-Net’s Big Brother All Stars this week. Munya is now up for eviction for a fifth consecutive week after Head of House Mwisho save…
Mr. Kwadwo Nyamekye-Marfo, the Brong-Ahafo
Regional Minister, has directed all the 22 Municipal and District Chief executives in the region to contribute GHC 1,000 each to the Centre for National Culture (CNC) in support of the celebratio…
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 app…
South Korea will seek to nurture the livestock
and medical equipment sectors as the country is set to sign a free trade deal with the European Union, officials said Wednesday.
The two sectors are expected to be hard hit by the free t…
Former Ghana Airways staff on Wednesday called on
government to investigate how $2 million dollars being the collection of KLM royalties by Ghana Airways between 2005 and 2008 was handled.
The government must also investigate the li…
South Korea plans to inject more than 5 trillion
won (US$4.2 billion) into pushing its technology capabilities up to 96 percent of those of advanced industrialized countries, the government said Wednesday.
The Ministry of Knowledge E…
A colourful ceremony of net-casting was held on the banks of the Fosu Lagoon on Tuesday to signify the lifting of the ban on fishing and noise making imposed about a month ago to commence activities
of the Oguaa Fetu Afahye Festival of th…
A farmer who jumped bail, got re-arrested but managed to outwit the Police and bolt away in handcuffs, has finally been arrested at Akim Manso.
Kwaku Tawiah, 27, described by the Police as a stubborn criminal, has been charged for es…
The International Organization for Migration (IOM), a non-governmental organisation, on Tuesday donated some relief items to the Ashaiman Municipal branch of the National Disaster
Management Organization (NADMO) for distribution to flood …
A Korean group, designing a strategic development
planning for the Ahanta West District, on Wednesday presented its final draft report on the first phase of the project, to the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development and Rural…
The National Labour Commission (NLC) on Wednesday
directed members of Accra Polytechnic branch of Polytechnic Teachers Association of Ghana (POTAG) to call off their strike because it is illegal.
They embarked on the strike action t…
Two brothers of Telugu film actor Ravi Teja and their friend, arrested for allegedly striking a
deal to purchase drugs from Nigerian, were granted bail by a court in the south Indian city.
Raghunatha Raju and Bharath Raju, brothe…
Providers of laundry services in the country have
been asked to form associations to sustain their activities.
Mr. Kofi Ankama-Asamoah, Chief Executive Officer of Cleaning Solutions Limited, an industrial cleaning organisation, who…
Kia Motors Corp., South Korea's No. 2 automaker, will recall 18,272 vehicles for defective courtesy lights stemming from poor electrical wiring, the transportation ministry said Wednesday.
Subject to the recall are 5,920 units of the S…
At least 70 human skulls, touted to be 150-200 years old, have been found at the construction site of a drain in Dharwad district of south Indian state Karnataka.
The skulls were found from a drain in Annigiri on the outskirts of th…
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has come out against battery hen farming and appealed to
people to switch to eggs of chickens kept outside cages.
The statement from the Nobel peace laureate comes amid an intensified campaig…
Seventeen Indian workers on death row in Sharjah for the murder of a Pakistani man Wednesday
pleaded not guilty and told an appeals court that the police extracted their confession after torturing them.
The accused were brought into …