The National Steering Committee of organized labour has given the government ultimatum to respond to the Ghana Trade Union Congress (GTUC) recent press statement on utility tariff increases to avoid imminent mass street demonstration or in…
Ghana needs about 96 million dollars to achieve the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) on universal access to primary education.
Ms Marian Kpakpah, acting Executive Director of the National Population Council, stated this at an advoca…
Mr James Amissah, Acting General Secretary of the Civil and Local Government Staff Association (CLOGSAG), said in Accra on Wednesday that members of the Association were opposed to any negotiations for salary increment under the Ghana Trad…
Some 61.1 per cent of schools in 60 districts in the Greater Accra, Northern, Upper East and Upper West regions still charge school fees, according to a survey conducted by SEND Ghana, a non-governmental organisation.
The survey, whic…
Ghana in collaboration with the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), would in September 2011, host the first All Africa Science and Technology Fair (AASTF) in Accra.
The five-day bi-annual fair is …
The first ever GFA/CAF Licence 'B' coaching course will be held at Ghanaman Soccer Centre of Excellence at Prampram from August 9-24, 2010.
A statement signed by Mr Emmanuel Gyimah, Deputy General Secretary (Administration) of the
G…
The Chief of Kofiase, a farming community in the Asante-Mampong Municipality, has threatened to lead a boycott of the upcoming district level elections unless government rehabilitate the 13-kilometre road linking the area to Mampong.
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The Central Regional branch of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA), on Wednesday held the 28th remembrance service for the three High Court judges murdered 28 years ago.
They were Mr. Frederick Poku Sarkodie, Mr. Kwadwo Agyei Agyepong an…
Ghana's post harvest losses hit GH�700,000
annually due to inadequate post harvest management particularly of perishable produce, Ms Sherry Ayittey, Minister of Environment, Science and Technology stated in Accra on Wednesday.
Gh…
The government has asked an independent consultant to undertake vulnerability assessment of the impact of cyanide that spilled from the plant site of Ahafo Mine of Newmont Ghana Gold Limited at Kenyasi in Asutifi District, into to River Ya…
The management of World Vision Ghana, an international non governmental organisation, on Tuesday held an awards ceremony for students to commemorate African Union (AU) Day of the African Child in Accra.
The awards were presented to s…
The Minority in Parliament at a press conference on Wednesday in Accra, condemned as arbitrary and un-constitutional the arrest and detention of Mr. Bashiru Mohammed.
Mr Mohammed, who is said to be a New Patriotic Party (NPP) activis…
The Ashanti Regional Zongo Caucus of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has commended the Ghana Black Stars, for qualifying to the quarter final stage of the on-going 2010 FIFA World Cup tournament in South Africa.
It said the Stars…
Mr Xavier Mintier, Executive Vice President of Shell Oil Products Africa (SOPA) has commended President John Evans Atta Mills for improving Ghana's business environment.
He announced that SOPA was making a strategic downstream divest…
The National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) is supporting 100 households in the Builsa District to go into maize farming.
The Upper East Regional Director of NADMO, Mr. Patrick Akake, said this when he briefed the Regional P…
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) with its stakeholders will derive information from the meteorological centres to inform farmers on the rainfall patterns to guide their farming schedules for good harvest.
El Hadj Dramane C…
Mr Hammond Kwarteng, Brong-Ahafo Regional Director of the Department of Children on Thursday expressed concern about the maltreatment of children with disabilities by some parents.
He noted with regret that reports gathered by the De…
Cinema enthusiasts thronged to a theatre here Thursday to watch some of the best films offered
by India in recent years, at a 10-day festival that will showcase movies like Harishchandra Factory and Taare Zammen Par.
Inaugurating the…
In a move to ensure compliance with noise regulations, the Indian Central Pollution Control
Board has initiated the process of developing a noise monitoring network across the country.
Initially, the pollution watchdog plans to in…
The Vodafone Ghana Foundation has launched a Red Alert campaign to assist victims of the recent floods that have hit parts of the country, resulting in the loss of lives and property and displacement of some people.
Red Alert is a pl…
President John Evans Atta Mills arrived in Accra early Monday morning, from an official visit from South Africa, with a prediction of a handsome win of the Blacks Stars over Uruguay in the quarter finals of the FIFA World Cup Tournament.
…
The Reverend Seth Mawutor, the Resident Pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church, Ho, has advised parents to treat their children with dignity and respect.
He said children were gifts from God and must not be used as objects for seeking m…
The Child Care International School at Cape Coast has supported the Children's Ward of the Saltpond Government Hospital with items valued at about GH�500.
The items, which were bought with voluntary contributions from the children …
Mr. Alex Asum-Ahensah, Minister of Chieftaincy and Culture on Saturday, joined the bereaved family and people of Zini to perform the final funeral rites of the late Zini Kuoro, Kuoro Doctorwie Niinia IV, Paramount Chief of the Zini Traditi…
Deputy Commissioner of Police Ransford Ninson, the Eastern Regional Police Commander, has appealed to police personnel to be conscious of their dressing to win the confidence of the public.
He said these days, it was common to see yo…
Nana Ameyaw Yeboah, Chief of Sikaa in Nkoranza North District, has appealed to the district assembly to support the community to in the rehabilitate the four boreholes in the area.
He said the boreholes, fitted with pumps, were provi…
Mr. Alex Kyeremeh, Techiman Municipal Chief Executive, has stated that the government assistance to communities would largely depend upon how the communities helped themselves.
He said this at a sod-cutting ceremony to commence the c…
The authorities of the Ekumfi T.I. Ahmadiyya Senior High School at Essarkyir in the Mfantseman Municipality have converted some classrooms into dormitories because of insufficient dormitory facilities.
Some students of the school tol…
Mr. Benjamin Whyte, Western Regional Population Officer, on Monday called on metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies to integrate population issues into all aspects of their development planning.
In an interview with the Ghan…
Mr Ebo Barton Odro, Member of Parliament for Cape Coast, has inaugurated a seven-member Management Committee to man a new Science Resource Centre, he has initiated to encourage students to take keen interest in science.
The committee co…
Frank Arthur, a driver, charged with careless driving and negligently causing harm has been fined GH�300.00 by the Akim Oda Magistrate Court in the Birim Central Municipality.
Arthur, who pleaded guilty to the charge, would go to p…
Speaker of Parliament, Justice Joyce Bamford-Addo, on Monday called on senior citizens in the country to catalogue their public service memoirs to preserve the values and rich cultural ancestry of the country for posterity.
"It is ou…
The National Ambulance Service (NAS) needs support from government and Non Governmental Organisations to build an emergency medical service for the country, Mr Rojo Mettle-Nunoo, Deputy Minister of Health said on Monday.
At the prese…
Most Reverend Emmanuel Kwaku Asante, Presiding
Bishop of the Methodist Church, has reminded ministers of the Gospel that their calling was not as a result of their spirituality or theological acumen or worthiness.
Rather, he said, …
Government on Monday affirmed Thursday, July 1,
2010 as definitive commencement date for the implementation of Single Spin Salary Structure (SSSS) for public sector workers.
"The Government of President John Evans Atta Mills is comm…
Woongjin Energy Co., a South Korean solar-battery parts maker, will list its shares on the country's main stock market this week, the bourse operator said Monday.
The company will list 62 million shares on Wednesday and the starting sh…
Ending a 36-year-old freeze in nuclear cooperation, Canada signed a landmark civil nuclear deal with India with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh assuring that imported uranium and atomic technology will not be used for "any unintended purpose…
India and Japan on Monday began crucial talks to clinch a deal to cooperate in the civilian nuclear energy that would allow sales of advanced technology by Japanese majors like Mitsubishi and Hitachi.
Japan has so far been aloof to nu…
The Ghana Developing Communities Association (GDCA) and its Danish counterpart, the Ghana Friendship Groups in Denmark (GV) is to invest over 4 million dollars over a two-year period to
strengthen and empower communities in the Northern …
Government will commit resources to support
13,000 farmers, in the Upper East Region, to do dry season farming and livestock production during the next farming season, which begins in
October.
The Executive would also assist the …
Three of four deaths in a house explosion in Edmonton, Alberta, during the weekend have been ruled homicides, officials said.
The Sunday afternoon explosion in a residential neighborhood leveled the house and a nearby dwelling, knocked tw…
Mr Anthony Egyir Aikins, Cape Coast Metropolitan Chief Executive, has warned that the assembly would not favour anybody in pulling down unauthorised buildings and structures within the
metropolis.
Mr Egyir Aikins gave the warning o…
Compassion International, a child centred Non-Governmental Organisation, based in Unites States, has spent GH�108,545.76 on the Apam Mount Zion Child Development Centre, since its inception in 2008.
Mr Eric Kwesi Koomson, Project C…
The Tema Metropolitan Directorate of the National
Disaster Management organisation (NADMO) has presented relief items worth 2,500 Ghana cedis to 35 fire victims in Tema New Town.
Most of them, living in wooden structures in the Homo…
The Upper West Regional Police Command in collaboration with the Regional Road Safety Committee and the Driver and Vehicular Licensing Authority (DVLA) will soon embark on a massive road safety enforcement exercise to arrest and prosecute …
Thousands of highly skilled Indian professionals will not be able to take up jobs in Britain after the David Cameron government Monday announced a
limit of 24,100 for non-European Union professionals to be allowed until April 2011.
O…
The Registrar of College of Physicians and Surgeons, Mr Adams Owusu, has advised secretarial staff not to be afraid of losing their jobs because of the introduction of computers and modern technologies.
They should rather take advantag…
The Northern Regional Coordinator for the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), Alhaji Mahama Abdulai Silimboma, on Monday suggested the inclusion of NADMO in the planning of towns and cities to be able to avert building in un…
The Abossey Okai Circuit of the Methodist Church
of Ghana, at the weekend honoured the Member of Parliament for the Ablekuma Central Constituency, Mr. Theophilus Tetteh Chaie, in appreciation and
recognition of his meritorious and dedic…
Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday
reiterated the call on Ghanaians to volunteer information on criminalities to enable the Police to get to the bottom of cases under investigation.
He pointed out that crime detection an…