Government is expected to launch a National Youth
Policy that is expected to give focus and direction to the country's youth, on August 12, this year.
It also seeks to promote, improve and maintain an enlightened and progressive sta…
The Office of the President, on Monday said media
reports that President John Evans Atta Mills and his administration did not favour the appointment of Professor Ernest Aryeetey, as new Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana, were unt…
South Korean companies are increasingly concerned that Seoul's worsening ties with Libya and Iran may deal a blow to their businesses in the countries, industry sources said Wednesday.
The deportation of a South Korean diplomat suspec…
North Korea has added corn and rice to the
list of items to be monitored for price hikes at markets in Pyongyang, a South Korean official said Wednesday, suggesting the staples are
increasingly traded privately in the capital as its rati…
Production of automobiles by South Korea's
five carmakers jumped 21.7 percent on-year last month on strong exports, marking their ninth straight month of increasing output, an industry body said Wednesday.
The five automakers, led by …
Eminent Indian American physician and philanthropist Dr Sudhir Parikh, who was awarded with the prestigious Padam Shri this year, has been recognised in the US Congress for his extraordinary contribution.
"I applaud Dr Parikh's achi…
Volta Region is to host to this year�s Cocoa Day on October 1st at a place yet to be named, Alhaji Abubakar Alhassan, National Chief Cocoa, Coffee and Sheanut Farmer has announced.
He said the Day, instituted by the Ghana Cocoa Boa…
Journalists in the Upper East Region were on Friday, called upon to adopt due diligence and rake up intelligence information, before making any publication or broadcast on the Bawku conflict.
At a workshop to train journalists and br…
A colourful durbar interspersed with traditional drumming and dancing, commemorated the emancipation Day celebration at Assin Manso in the Assin South District of the Central Region on Sunday.
The day is celebrated on August 1, each …
Opanyin Kofi Gyimah, the Chief Farmer at Akuapem Sankofa, has appealed to the Ghana Cocoa Board and the Ministry of Food and Agriculture to educate cocoa spraying gangs on the right time to undertake the exercise.
He said when the cr…
The Head Pastor of the Creator's Blessing Church at Abeka in Accra, Prophet Philip Akuffo Addo, has advised young Christians to remain committed to the word of God in the face of hardship.
He said the only source of wealth and happin…
A lecturer on respiratory therapy at the Weber State University, United States (US), has encouraged nurses to uphold the values of discipline, empathy and sacrifice to bring comfort to the sick.
Professor Lisa Trujillo underlined th…
Right Reverend Professor Osei Safo-Kantanka, Methodist Bishop of Kumasi, has asked churches to work in strong partnership with the state to address the socio-economic needs of people.
The church as an important component of the comm…
Mr Joseph Kwabena Onyinah, Ashanti Regional Director of Education, has expressed worry about the influence of western culture on the country's youth.
He said that practices, norms and traditional beliefs that held the people together…
The Brong�Ahafo Regional Office of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has cleared all outstanding claims it owed its 400 service providers over the period of April and May, 2010.
The Regional Health Insurance Manager, F…
Up to a quarter of the Korean population can safely receive locally engineered human embryonic stem cell lines for medical treatment purposes, scientists claimed Monday.
Scientists from the Cha University Research Center in Seoul said …
Vice President John Dramani Mahama, on Monday said that government under the Northern Rural Growth Programme would support farmers to increase livestock production on commercial scale.
"Increased production will also make livestock a…
Dormaa recorded exponential increases in HIV positive mothers in the first half of 2010 than the same period in 2009.
Forty-four out of 1690 pregnant women tested in the municipality in the first half of this year were HIV positive a…
South Korea will host a meeting of global information and communication technology (ICT) standardization leaders in Seoul this week to discuss ways to enhance eco-friendly growth in the industry, the government said Monday.
The one-day…
Participants at a National Youth Leadership Conference were on Monday called upon to have burning desire, persistence and perseverance towards investment and the ability to acquire entrepreneurial skills.
"Success is based on principl…
Private and commercial drivers in the Ashanti Region would from August 15 receive training in the administration of "First Aid" as part of an initiative to bring down deaths through poor handling of road accident victims.
…
Ayirebi Nkansah, a retired police officer, has appealed to the government to tackle the accommodation problem facing police personnel especially those working in deprived areas.
"The accommodation problem facing the police personnel …
Personnel of the National Service Scheme (NSS) in the Bosomtwe District have donated blood to support the blood bank of the Pramso Saint Michael's Hospital.
This formed part of the NSS' week celebration in the area.
Mr Isaac Ya…
Mr Ford Henry Kamel, Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, on Saturday urged teachers to aspire higher academically, since the world has become highly competitive demanding value addition.
He said teachers should avoid…
Dr Owusu Achaw Duah, a medical consultant, has invited corporate bodies and individuals to invest in juvenile soccer to help unearth more talents for the nation.
He noted that there are a lot of football potentials in the country, pa…
Management of MTN Mobile Company, has donated GH�5,000 cash, call cards worth GH�500, drinks, hampers, and souvenirs to the chiefs and people of the Ada Traditional Area towards this year�s
Asafotufiam festival.
Making the pr…
Professor Ernest Aryeetey, a Development Economist, was on Monday inducted into office as the eleventh Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana to lead its transformation agenda for the next four years.
The induction makes Professo…
Mr. Joseph Amenowode, Volta Regional Minister, has advised the people of the area not to allow their individual local interests to stall the decision to establish a public university in the region.
He asked them not preoccupy themsel…
The Ghana Police Service has expressed satisfaction with the implementation of the Single Spine Salary Structure (SSSS), saying it had raised the morale of the personnel and that the move would engender discipline and professionalism in th…
Parliament on Monday passed the Education Amendment Bill, 2010, thus reversing the four-year Senior Secondary School education to three years.
The bill which is to amend education Act 778 was at the consideration stage had members de…
Kwame Korankye, 37, unemployed, was on Tuesday sentenced to 12 months imprisonment in hard labour for stealing two drums of palm oil valued at GHC 500 by the Kade District Magistrate Court.
He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to steal an…
The Eastern Regional AIDS Committee has appealed to the Regional Co-ordinating Council(RCC) to direct District and Municipal Assemblies in the region to release 0.5 per cent of their Common Funds for HIV/AIDS intervention programmes.
…
Authorities need to fix criminal procedures so victims of child sex abuse do not have to repeatedly recall their bad memories before investigators, the state human rights watchdog said Tuesday.
Experts say children who are sexually ass…
The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has reiterated
its support for the process and the work being undertaken by the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) for the smooth implementation of the Single Spine Pay Policy, which seeks to bri…
Residents of Low Cost, a suburb of Dormaa-Ahenkro, woke up to an unusual spectacle- three video decks stolen from a resident's room the previous Friday had been returned and placed at same spot and manner they were before the theft.
…
The chiefs and people of Tanyigbe Atidzie in the Ho Municipality have appealed to the government to either prompt the contractor working on the Tanyigbe Kpodzi-Atidzie road to resume work or re-award it to another contractor.
…
The Indian Parliamentary panel examining the nuclear liability bill began the final round of
hearing on the controversial legislation and is expected to submit its report early next week.
Top officials of the Department of Atomic E…
The Ghana Oil Palm Development Company (GOPDC), introduced its out growers scheme for Okumaning in 2008 after its success at Kwae.
It was meant for farmers from communities around the company's Okumaning plantation to benefit from oi…
The National Police Agency said Tuesday it will mobilize a total of 400,000 police forces to tighten security against terrorism and illegal protests ahead of the G-20 summit in November in Seoul.
The agency said it will put 400,000 pol…
South Korea's veteran goalkeeper Lee Woon-jae announced Tuesday that he will retire from the national squad next week, ending his 16-year career on the international stage.
The 37-year-old goalie made his national team debut in 1994 an…
South Korean soldiers continued Tuesday to search for North Korean land mines apparently swept here from the North by heavy rains, military officials said.
The widening search operation that has examined riverbanks and islands near th…
Government on Tuesday rolled-out a common electronic platform to promote open access to information, increase transparency and flexibility for transacting business with state agencies.
The electronic platform seeks to provide standar…
Rebecca Aboagyewaa, a 23-year-old trader, on Tuesday appeared before the Asamankese District Magistrate Court for threatening to kill a policewoman, who is a co-tenant, and her baby over electricity bill.
She pleaded not guilty and w…
A landlord at Kukuom in Asunafo South District has given about 35 police personnel occupying his house a three-month ultimatum to quit for non-maintenance of the house.
Mr Kwaku Boateng, the landlord, told the Ghana News Agency at Ku…
The Asante-Bekwai Municipal Director of the National Service Scheme (NSS), Mr William Bediako Asante, has appealed to the rich in society to help create the right environment for effective teaching and learning in schools in deprived commu…
Madam Hawawu Boya Gariba, Deputy Minister of Women and Children's Affairs, has reiterated the responsibility of parents to ensure the welfare and protection of their children and prevention from any forms of abuse or exploitation.
…
Alhaji Nabila Mohammed, the Volta Regional Co-ordinator of the National Youth Council (NYC), has appealed to the media to help the Council to polish and raise its public visibility.
Alhaji Nabila said media practitioners o…
The management of Challenging Heights, a Child's Right non-governmental organisation, has said there was child trafficking crisis in Ghana.
It therefore called on government to declare a national crisis on child trafficking, and put…
Communities and farmers living along the White Volta Basin in the Upper East Region have been warned about the possibility of the spillage of the Bagre Dam in Burkina Faso.
Mr Mark Woyongo, the Upper East Regional Minister, told jour…
South Korea's exports ranked ninth largest worldwide last year, three notches up from the previous year, although the global economy suffered a downturn, the country's trade ministry said Tuesday.
The country's exports reached US$364 b…