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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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…
South Korea's two major airlines are likely to cut fuel surcharges for international routes in September, reflecting a fall in jet fuel prices, industry sources said Tuesday.
Korean Air Lines Co., the nation's largest carrier, and its…
South Korea's power consumption is far higher than that of the world's major economies, a report said Tuesday, pointing to the need to step up efforts to stop the country's waste of electricity.
According to the report compiled by the …
The United States asked South Korea Tuesday to cooperate with its push for financial sanctions on North Korea aimed at isolating those involved in Pyongyang's illicit activities from the international financial system, Seoul officials said…
An Indian woman accused of throwing her 18-month-old daughter into the Hudson River here and then jumping in has been allowed by a Manhattan judge to be released, without bail, for attending a day-long psychiatric counselling at a hospital…
This year's National Service Week in the Dormaa Municipality has been launched in Dormaa-Ahenkro with a call on graduates to venture into self employment rather than chase non-existing white collar jobs.
Launching the week under the …
The Tema Ministers' Organisation (TMO), a group of Ministers of the Gospel in Tema, on Monday launched World Bible Day, a day set aside to send the Word of God, in a very special way, to loved ones throughout the world.
The day is sl…
The Tema Ministers' Organisation (TMO), a group of Ministers of the Gospel in Tema, on Monday launched World Bible Day, a day set aside to send the Word of God, in a very special way, to loved ones throughout the world.
The day is sl…
The management of Ghana International Development Consortium (GIDC) in Germany on Tuesday said in agreement with most well-known German real estate developers, they were ready to contest the STX Korea deal and provide the nation with a bet…
The Reverend Monsignor Bobby Benson, Director of Mathew 25 House, an HIV/AIDS Care Centre in Koforidua, has advised police personnel to invest in their children's education to change the perception of "barrack boys".
He said barrack …
Tune in this Saturday as CNN gives DStv viewers a rare access to tennis legend, Martina Navratilova’s fight against cancer in the documentary, MARTINA: MY TOUGHEST OPPONENT.
It has been almost six months since Navratilova was told she t…
It is with much disgust that once more I have to take on this faceless neophyte who is afraid to reveal his true identity, for he knows that even though we are in a free democratic society, if he does reveal his true identity, the masses, …
Little Flower School Complex, a private school in
the Tamale Metropolis, has established an endowment fund to cater for the educational needs of pupils, who have lost their parents to enable them to continue their education.
The Fun…
The Liberia House of Representatives has set the
pace for West African giants, Ghana and Nigeria, by passing the Right to Information Bill into law last month.
Passage of the Bill by the members was preceded by intense lobbying and …
Parliament on Monday deferred debates on the re-laid Supplier's Credit Agreement between Ghana government and the STX Engineering and Construction Ghana Limited till tomorrow August 3 2010.
At an extended sitting which lasted for abo…
The World Vision Ghana, a non-governmental
organization, has presented 220 blankets, 220 mats, 220 treated mosquitoes nets and 110 student mattresses worth 14,000 Ghana cedis to victims of the recent flood at Swedru and Nyakrom.
Mr E…
A fresh wave of protests in Kashmir Valley of north Indian state Jammmu and Kashmir Monday
claimed six lives and left 250 injured as police opened fire to disperse rampaging mobs who indulged in stone-pelting, attacked government buildin…
First ladies of Africa have committed themselves
as champions of cervical cancer, which they described as "the most critical health issues of our time", and the growing burden of women's cancers in the poorest nations .
Making the …
About 45 per cent of the country's population will be residing in urban cities and towns by 2050, up from 30 per cent now, nullifying the 'India lives in villages' concept, says a study by thinktank NCAER.
"On a conservative estimat…
Ghana has a progressive source of funding for health insurance and the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is performing well.
A report submitted by a research conducted by the management of Strategies for Health Insurance for Eq…