With growing importance being placed on climate change and mitigation strategies, India's space agency ISRO is in the process of launching a satellite to study greenhouse gases, "In the next 2-3 years, ISRO will carry out the first
of the…
Three people died and at least 1,000 others rendered homeless following a five-hour heavy downpour in the Agona Swedru Municipality and Agona Nyakrom on Sunday.
The Assemblyman for Agona Nyakrom, Mr Frank Abban, who briefied the Centr…
Four people were arrested in Johannesburg, South Africa, in the shooting of a Rwandan dissident, police said.
A police spokesman said more arrests were likely in the shooting of Lt. Gen. Faustin Kayumba
Nyamwasa, who was recovering in a …
A suicide bombing in a marketplace in Sharqat, Iraq, killed eight people, including six police officers, and wounded 16 others, police said.
Officials said the attacker detonated a belt of explosives around his waist while police officers…
Pakistani fighter jets struck militant hideouts in the Orakzai tribal region, killing 13 suspected insurgents, officials said.
Dawn News reported the jets destroyed four militant hideouts in the Torsmad and Khotak areas.
Five other insur…
Australian mining magnate Ken Talbot and other mining executives were among nine people missing after their plane was lost in West Africa, officials said.
Those on the charted plane, missing since Saturday, include the entire board of Sun…
A corn-miller has been for jailed 10 years in hard labour, by a Circuit Court at Aflao, for defiling a 12 year-old who had gone to his shop to mill some cassava.
Togbe Agbenorxevi, 30, pleaded not guilty.
Mr Akwasi Asafo-Agyei,…
The Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE) has observed that national development would take a giant leap if the majority of girls and women became educated and assertive.
Mr Picconius Ofoe Siameh, FAWE Programme Officer, made…
The National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP)has presented 35 sewing machines to the first batch of trainees under the Programme's Dress Making Module, at Denu, in the Ketu-South District.
Mr Frank Amable, Ketu-South District Chief …
Mr George Smith-Graham, Chief Executive Officer of Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC), on Monday said the 10 per cent increase in workers salaries across board was part of the Single Spine Salary Pay Policy (SSSPP).
He said …
The Sunday's heavy down pour caused floods at Tema Oil Refinery's refined products pump station, resulting in suspension of loading operations.
A statement issued by Ms Aba Lokko, the Public Relations Manager and emailed to the Ghana …
The Upper East Deputy Regional Minister, Mrs. Lucy Awuni, at the weekend stated that government was committed to providing infrastructure facilities for senior high schools and technical
institutions.
She said funds had been alloca…
The Financial Division (High Court) hearing the Ghana International Airline (GIA) case would on July 16, this year, give ruling on the application by the accused persons requesting for relevant documents to the Supreme Court for interpreta…
Two persons who allegedly broke into a vehicle
belonging to a patient of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) Clinic at North Kaneshie and made away with a suitcase containing personnel effects have appeared before a Circuit Court in Accra.
Joh…
About 1,200 students drawn from 15 schools in
the Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis, on Monday begun a four-day workshop in Takoradi aimed at equipping them with the requisite skills and knowledge needed to learn a real life situation, monitor…
Brigadier General Peter Augustine Blay, Chief of the Defence Staff, on Saturday cautioned personnel of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) against abuse of the military uniform to flout the laws of the country.
He said military personnel mu…
Journalists and Scientist would discuss ways of collaborating to educate the people of West Africa on the dangers of climate change for them to appreciate the need to adopt measures to stem the looming danger.
The impact of global cl…
New safety rules have been put in place for VIP operation of planes and helicopters to avoid mishaps like the one which killed former Chief Minister of south Indian state Andhra Pradesh YSR Reddy.
The rules, framed by India's Direct…
Madam Philippa Banson, Nkoranza District Director of Education, has urged teachers to offer selfless and dedicated services in promoting education.
She was addressing teachers in Busunya circuit at a meeting at Busunya as part of he…
Mr. Alexis Ayamdor, Programme Facilitator of Ibis West Africa, non-governmental organisation promoting good governance, has asked District Assemblies and policy makers to incorporate gender issues into their development programmes.
H…
Mrs Sabah Zita Okaikoi, Minister of Tourism, has said that government would collaborate with vocational institutions and adopt pragmatic measures towards the development of the tourism industry.
She said that the Ministry was impres…
Alhaji Abdul-Razak Saani, Tamale Metropolitan Director for the National Commission for Civic Education, has revealed that the Chereponi District has only 53 trained teachers.
They handle 52 schools with about 11,660 students.
…
The Tema Development Corporation (TDC) has set up a Complaints Desk in a bid to effectively address land issues in its catchments areas.
The desk would serve as the central point of contact for customers who have concerns related to land…
Mr. Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, a Deputy Minister of Energy, said government was committed to making health care delivery accessible to all Ghanaians for national development.
He said that government considers the citizen as the most i…
Congress is keen to deploy Microsoft display technologies that enable projection into any surface including walls to interact with rural masses from its headquarters in Delhi, a top official of the software giant's Indian entity has said.
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A farmer accused of raping a woman, eight months pregnant, reportedly admitted before the elders of the village and to the police of committing the offence.
But when he was arraigned before the Asamankese Circuit court, Joshua Asare …
Residents of Agona Swedru in the Central Region are living in fear and panic following a rise in the spate of armed robbery in the area during the past one month.
Within one month, over 20 high profile business executives, government …
The Navrongo Senior High School (NAVASCO) in the Upper East Region, which was established in the 1960s has made a public appeal for support to rehabilitate and expand its infrastructure.
This came to light when the Headmaster of the …
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Cape Coast, Mr Ebo Barton-Odro, has instituted an annual quiz competition for public basic schools in the Cape Coast Metropolis.
The Administrative Officer at the office of the MP, Mr Oduah Sampson …
The perennial water problem at Abutia-Kpota, a farming community in the Ho Municipal area, has become history.
This followed the donation of three water pumps to the community by a UK based power generating, gas storage and distribut…
The proprietress of an orphanage has appealed to benevolent organisations to assist her cater for 14 orphans now under her care.
Making the appeal, Mrs Grace Nabaku, proprietress of Adom Foundation and Child Care at Tapa-Abotoase in t…
The Asamankese Circuit Court on Friday remanded in prison custody, Sylvanus Kofi Kunuya, described by the Police as a self-styled businessman for fraud.
Kunuya was said to have defrauded an old school mate of GHC 12,000.
His pl…
A Child Rights Activist has slammed African policy makers for only paying lip-service to working in the interest of children in their countries.
Mr Julius Kwadzo Ameku, Executive Director, Fact for the Youth of the Southern Sector Or…
Mr. Collins Dauda, Minister of Lands and Forestry, has called on Ghanaians to support efforts aimed at preventing the depletion of the nation's forest resources.
He expressed worry that Ghana's forest cover, which stood at 8.2 millio…
The fight against corruption is a herculean one that needs a concerted effort of all and sundry, the Minority leader, Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has said.
He said the phenomenon, which has become increasingly widespread, had unleashe…
The authorities at Manye Academy, a basic school at Community 25 in the Tema Metropolis has presented pepper seedlings free of charge to some selected educational institutions within the Metropolis
for transplanting.
The beneficia…
The University of Ghana, has debunked the numerous media reportage that has singled out Professor Kwesi Yankah, Pro-Vice Chancellor, as being the source of the University's decision.
It said that on a number of occasions, some perso…
Mr. Mark Woyongo, Upper East Regional Minister, has praised the chiefs and people of the Bawku area for observing peace.
He gave the assurance that government would lift curfew in Bawku if peace is sustained.
Mr. Woyongo made t…
Individuals and organisations have been asked to support the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service.
Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) George Appiah-Sakyi, Ashanti Regional Commander of …
Noted Indian scientist and former director general of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), R A Mashelkar will deliver the inaugural BP Lecture for the Centre for India and Global Business (CIGB) at the Judge Business Schoo…
India is looking at possible tie-ups with Mongolia in the fields of mining, technical cooperation and development of infrastructure, a top official on Friday said.
"We are considering formation of a government of India-backed consor…
Chavan was questioned as to whether in the future any private nuclear operators would be allowed in the country.
To this, he said, "it (the law) has to be amended by Parliament if private players are allowed. I cannot predict what hap…
The Central team of scientists which conducted an epidemiological study on the spread of swine flu in India's southern state Kerala, which has claimed 18 lives since last month, would submit a detailed report to the Union Health Ministry o…
India and Korea will soon commence negotiations on forging a nuclear energy cooperation pact, Indian External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said on
Friday.
Noting that both sides have made "rapid progress" to move towards a framework …
Professor David Millar, Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University for Development Studies (UDS), at the weekend stressed the need for Government and Institutions working in the area of climate change to add grass growing to their strategies.
…
Despite protests in India, a set of 12 rare paintings by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore was Tuesday sold off for a whopping 1.6 million pounds at an auction house here.
The art works of Tagore massively exceeded the
pre-sale comb…
The people of Ellembelle District in the Western Region now have a mobile clinic van to facilitate health delivery in the area.
The 1,000 Ghana Cedis facility, would serve as first aid and emergency health service provider, and preve…
There are about 180 schools in the Upper East Region that hold classes under trees and many Directorates of Education use rented houses as offices.
Some do their administrative work under trees and the worst are the new districts of K…
Seattle police say they've ordered a review of an incident during a jaywalking stop in which an officer punched a 17-year-old girl who shoved him.
Videotape of the Monday altercation was prominently featured on Seattle television news bro…
Some 525 Senior High Schools including technical institutions are to benefit from the government's crash infrastructure programme.
This has become following an increase in the duration of the senior school programme from three to fo…