A 49-year-old trader, Ernestina Osei, on Friday appeared before the Asamankese Circuit Court, charged with stealing 60 gallons of palm oil valued at GHc108.
She pleaded not guilty and was granted bail in the sum of GHc600 with one su…
The Ashanti Regional Voltarian Co-ordinating Council (VCC) has extended its warmest felicitations to Ghanaian women on the occasion of the commemoration of this year's 'Mothers Day' celebration.
It said since pre-colonial era, women …
Hajia Ramatu Bunkata, Magajia of the Ghanaian Zongo community in the United States of America (USA), has decried the low level of educational development in Zongo communities.
She said it was high time stakeholders worked hard to imp…
The Sissala West District Assembly is to embark on a quarterly "Operation meet the people" programme soon, so that leaders in the area could account for their stewardship to the people.
Assembly members, chiefs, heads of department, …
Vodafone Ghana has decided to establish a 45-megabite high speed internet bandwidth at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), in Kumasi.
The facility is to help improve Information and Communalisation Technology …
Mr. Samson Abu, Lawra District Chief Executive (DCE), said that the Assembly was collaborating with traditional leaders to prevent the sale and consumption of food and alcoholic drinks at funerals.
He said the Assembly would also edu…
Rotary Club International has donated about
10,000 long lasting mosquito treated nets to Western Regional Health Directorate for free distribution to communities.
Dr. Linda Vanotoo, Regional Director of Health, made this known on F…
The decision by the University of Ghana to convert the Commonwealth Hall of the University into a mixed gender graduate hall would result in the displacement of about 5000.
Mr. Joshua Laari, President of the Junior Common Room (JCR) …
The weather will be cloudy with patches of mist and fog over Southern Ghana and becoming sunny in the afternoon with isolated thunderstorms and rain showers over forest and high grounds.
The 24-hour forecast from the Ghana Meteorolog…
India's first carbon fibre manufacturing facility to produce light weight material for use in sectors as diverse as aerospace to infrastructure was commissioned here on Sunday.
Former President of India A P J Abdul Kalam inaugurated…
India bailed out China from isolation during the Copenhagen climate talks and saved it from getting
ambushed by the US and EU which wanted it to sign an agreement on verification of emission levels much against its wishes, Environment Min…
The Old Vandals Association (OVA) of the University of Ghana in the Upper East Region has warned that it would use all means to fight against the decision of the Executive Council of the University to make Commonwealth Hall, presently a ma…
Schooling under trees and sheds is to end for basic school pupils in the Techiman Municipality by the beginning of the 2010/2011 academic year.
This follows the completion of three and six unit classroom blocks with library and kinde…
The Old Vandals Association (OVA) of the University of Ghana in the Upper East Region has warned that it would use all means to fight against the decision of the Executive Council of the University to make Commonwealth Hall, presently a ma…
Schooling under trees and sheds is to end for basic school pupils in the Techiman Municipality by the beginning of the 2010/2011 academic year.
This follows the completion of three and six unit classroom blocks with library and kinde…
The Management of Mobile Telecommunication Network (MTN) on Tuesday presented a cheque for 3,000.00 Ghana cedis and some recharged cards and souvenirs worth 20,000.00 Ghana cedis, to the chiefs and people of the Effutu Traditional Area, fo…
The Eastern Regional Minister, Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, has urged District Assemblies and the Ghana Tourist Board to mount billboards along major roads in the country to direct people to
tourist sites along those routes.
He explaine…
The Sustainable Land and Water Management (SLWM) project will be implemented in the Northern, Upper East and Upper West regions, to reverse land degradation and enhance agricultural productivity.
The five- year project being funded b…
Mr Patrick Timbilla, the Ashanti Regional Police Commander has said the Obuasi Police would not relent on its effort to deal with criminals in the region.
At the first Obuasi Divisional Police Command Wassa held at the Anglogold Asha…
A Kumasi Circuit Court presided over by Mr Justice Emmanuel Amo-Yartey, has sentenced two drivers to a total of 80 years imprisonment in hard labour for robbery.
Osei Yaw alias "Yaw Broni", 28, and his nephew, Charles Amponsem, alia…
The Inspector General of Police, Mr Paul Quaye, has said the strategic management approach the Ghana Police Service has adopted would rid the Service of ineptitude and shadiness.
He listed training and retraining, proactive intellige…
The Akim Swedru Circuit Court in the Eastern Region on Friday sentenced Kofi Kumi, a 35-year-old mason, to three years imprisonment for stealing a dog, a piece of cloth and a cash of GH¢100.00.
The items belonged to Pastor Mercy Kumi…
Mrs. Juliana Azumah-Mensah, Minister of Women and
Children's Affairs (MOWAC), on Friday paid tribute to mothers who toiled to nurture and support their children to grow to become responsible adults.
"They have worked hard over the …
John Ahiale, the 36-year-old proprietor and Headmaster of a Junior High School (JHS), who was arrested at Akwatia while sitting this year's Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), was on
Friday arraigned before the Asamankese Cir…
Right Reverend Sampson Yamoah, Methodist Bishop of the Wenchi Diocese, on Thursday expressed concern about organizational rivalry, ethnocentrism, partisan politics and chieftaincy
disputes that have engulfed the Church in recent times.
…
The Upper East Regional Co-ordinating Council (RCC), on Friday denied a publication in the Daily Dispatch that the council awarded contracts for the provision of school infrastructure without going through the tendering process.
A st…
The Bishop of Cape Coast Methodist Diocese, Bishop Nicholas Asane, on Friday called for the formation of credit unions and welfare schemes to support Christians in Churches.
He said the products when made available in Churches would …
In a bid to thwart hacking, the Indian government has started keeping secret files in stand-alone computers devoid of any external links and storage devices.
Official sources said the step has been taken after frequent attempts by int…
Alex Moro, unemployed, who demolished a bathhouse, a property of an adjoining landlord, the complainant, has appeared before a circuit court, presided over by Mr Kofi Akrowiah, at Akim
Swedru in the Birim South District of the Eastern Re…
Mr David Asante, an educationist, has appealed to government to support less endowed private schools to promote teaching and learning especially in the rural communities.
Mr Asante, who is the proprietor of the Sun Rise Preparatory S…
Old Vandals Association, the alumni of Commonwealth
Hall of the University of Ghana, Legon, is to hold a crisis meeting on Sunday to be followed by a press conference on Monday.
The gathering would be as a result of the outcome of a…
The Chairman of the Prisons Council, Air Marshal John Asamoah Bruce has announced that the Council would ensure that expansion of the country's Prisons and introduction of formal and informal education.
He explained that this would he…
A proposal for the banning of importation, sale and use of second-hand lorry tyres has been submitted to government for consideration, as part of measures to reduce road accidents in the country.
Mr. Elvis Gbesemate, Volta Regional …
Mrs. Ama Benyewa-Doe, Central Regional Minister, has called on the people of Effutu Municipality to let peace to prevail in the area to avoid lost of lives and properties.
She said development and progress could take place in the are…
Youth and Sports Minister, Ms. Akua Sena Dansua,
said on Tuesday that Africa's hope of renewal would remain a dream unless adequate investment was made in the youth to properly empower them for the future.
She said a significant po…
A nine-member Ashanti Regional disciplinary committee of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has been inaugurated with a call on the members to ensure fairness in the application of the rules.
Mr Joseph Kingsley Onyinah, Regional Direc…
The Police on Thursday nabbed two men for
possessing a knife and other implements when they turned up in the Court trying Nana Darkwa Baafi, a radio commentator.
Nana Darkwa is said to have accused former President Jerry John Rawlings …
The President of the Central Regional House of
Chiefs, on Thursday expressed concern about the high incidence of teenage pregnancy in the Region and appealed to his colleagues to lead the campaign against pre-marital sex.
Daasebre …
Mr. Mahmud Khalid, Upper West Regional Minister, has charged the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) to embark on educational programmes, that should be geared towards eliminating bribery and corruption from all sectors of publi…
The College of Art and Social Sciences (CASS)
of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has rewarded 23 individuals and corporate bodies for hard work and outstanding contribution to the development of the College…
Two loan facilities have been sourced from the Exim Banks of India and America to procure fire controlling appliances and equipment for the country's fire stations.
The India Exim Bank is supporting the Ghana National Fire Service (G…
The Council of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) at its meeting in Kumasi on Friday appointed the Pro-Vice Chancellor, Professor William Otoo Ellis as the new Vice Chancellor for a four-year term.
A statement …
The Kassena-Nankana West District in the Upper
East Region, has organised a two-day workshop at Paga for stakeholders on the validation of the assembly's medium term plan to forge the development
pattern of the area.
The district …
Muslim clerics and scholars have welcomed the capital punishment awarded to the Mumbai terror
attack convict Ajmal Amir Kasab saying the court verdict has reiterated the faith of all countrymen in Indian judicial system.
"There cou…
World Red Cross Day is being marked on Saturday in Ghana, with the call on the citizenry to treat environmental sanitation as a top priority for posterity.
The day, under the theme "Urbanization and its Impact on communities" is cele…
Members of Food and Beverages Association of Ghana (FABAG), has cautioned the government to tighten its security networks at Ghana's entry points or risk losing millions of cedis to illegal alcohol dealers.
"Their activity is not only …
The Ministry of Health (MOH), on Wednesday, took
delivery of 345 vehicles, valued at 7.3 million dollars, to assist in the health delivery of people in deprived communities.
The vehicles, which were supplied by Auto World Limited, …
Computer Aid to Ghana, a Danish-based Non Governmental Organisation (NGOs), on Friday donated items worth GH¢35,000 to some educational institutions in Akropong-Akwapim in the Eastern Region.
The items presented in Accra included com…
A prophetess of the Christ Apostolic Church of the Suhun circuit, on Saturday called for State-Church collaborate to find solutions to the country's problems.
Prophetess Elizabeth Quayebea Bradu of a prayer camp of the Church at Anum…
The National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP), on Friday launched two new modules in Navrongo in the Kassena-Nankana East District and Sirigu in the Kassena-Nankana West District, all in the Upper East Region.
The Trade and Vocation…