Mr. Alex Kyeremeh, the Techiman Municipal Chief Executive, has urged parents to take advantage of the provision of educational infrastructure by the government and enrol their children, especially girls, in school.
He said quality e…
Mr. Alex Kyeremeh, Techiman Municipal Chief Executive, has called on parents to take advantage of the provision of educational infrastructure by government and send their children, especially the girls to school.
He said this would e…
The Accra-Tema branch of the Bonwire Residents Association has initiated a number of development projects at Bonwire in the Ashanti Region to give the town a new face-lift.
Some of the projects included the building of the chief's pa…
Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Rev. Fr. Gabriel Edoe Kumordji, a priest of Society of the Divine Vocation (SDV) in the Catholic Church as the first Apostolic Vicar, with Episcopal character for the Donkorkrom Apostolic Vicariate.
T…
Mr. Sumaila Biebil, a Bawku-based herdsman on Tuesday narrated to an Accra Fast Track High Court how he lodged complaint over the citizenship of Adamu Daramani, the embattled Member of Parliament (MP) for Bawku Central.
Daramani is …
Madam Aduko Akagile, the Bolgatanga Municipal Second Best Farmer for 2009, has appealed to the Bolgatanga Municipal Assembly to extend electricity to Tampuurum to facilitate economic activities in the area.
Madam Akagile in an interv…
A narcotics control officer on Tuesday said Sima Ibrahim, Chief Executive Officer of Exopa Modelling Agency, who is being tried for drug-related offences allegedly told him about the mission.
He said the decision of the accused perso…
The Japanese government has provided a grant of 93,890 dollars for the construction of a clinic and a furnished two-bedroom medical staff bungalow at Tinsungu/Kotangu in the Bawku Municipality in the Upper East Region.
Mr Keiichi Kat…
The National Identification Authority (NIA), on Tuesday reiterated that the national registration exercise is free and those who were unable to take advantage of the mass registration would not pay for the process in future.
A statem…
The Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service has initiated a five-year strategic plan from 2010-2015 to improve on its operations.
The plan hopes to mobilise resources for expansion capacity and …
A GH¢5.5 billion modern solid waste disposal facility is to be constructed at Kpone Landfill site to improve upon waste management and disposal in the Tema Metropolis.
The construction of the facility, which is expected to commence next …
In a bid to ensure responsible electronic waste disposal, CARE Computers for Developing Countries (CARE Ghana), recently shipped more than 300 computers and accessories back to the United Kingdom for recycling.
The spoilt items included …
Dr Kwame Amezah, the National Director of Extension of the Ministry Of Food and Agriculture, has said the sector would introduce Electronic (e) Extension Services by April.
The e-Extension Service, which the World Bank will support, wou…
The Academy of Christ the King Senior High School situated in the heart of Cape Coast is to be relocated from its present location to Abura near Cape Coast.
Mr. Victor Kofi Mensah-Adator, the Headmaster, said the relocation had beco…
Access to painkillers containing codeine may be restricted within months, following concerns about the increasing rates of misuse and addiction.
New Zealand Medicines Classification Committee has recommended that pack sizes of medici…
Turkish police arrested 13 suspected members of the Islamic fundamentalist group al-Qaida in an operation in the Turkish capital Ankara on Tuesday, the semi- official Anatolia news agency reported.
Acting on a tip-off, police raided …
Fishermen operating in the Western Region have expressed their dissatisfaction at Tullow Oil for its inability to clearly outline the direct benefits that will accrue to them when oil drilling begins later in the year.
They said the …
The National Identification Authority (NIA) has said the mass registration exercise was free and opportunity would be given to those who could not register later.
It also dispelled rumours that persons who did not register during the…
The Headmaster of the kotintabig Primary and Junior Secondary School in the Talensi-Nabdam District, Mr. Zure Sobre Baba, has commended the Parent/Teacher Association of the school for assisting to motivate the volunteer teachers in the sc…
The Central Regional Commander of the Motor Traffic and Transport Unit, Deputy Superintendent of Police Paul Aduhene, has said three people were killed through motor accident between Christmas eve and Boxing Day last year.
He said se…
Four communities in the Adaklu Traditional Area have banned bare-buttocks trousers (Otto Pfister) by boys and "I am aware" by girls in their communities.
The communities are Kodzobi, Vodze, Have and Dzakpo.
Togbe Dzegblade IV, Chief of…
The National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) on Wednesday asked the public to abide by the national building regulations in building and construction.
They should also build earthquake resistant structures by seeking profess…
The Central Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police Akayare Kamparah, has appealed to Metropolitan, Municipal and District assemblies to use their five percent quota from the Common Fund meant for security to provide accom…
An Agona Swedru circuit court has jailed a 40-year-old woman from Winneba three years for trafficking two children from the town to Yeji for fishing in the Volta Lake.
Comfort Sam pleaded guilty.
The husband, Mr Kofi Sammy, who w…
International criminals have netted millions of dollars as part of a nationwide card skimming scam, Australian police revealed on Wednesday.
New South Wales (NSW) Police said every Australian state capital city and some regional cen…
Thirty people were wounded when a suicide car bomber struck an Iraqi army and police compound in the northern city of Mosul on Wednesday, while another car bomb detonated in a crowded area and a third one was defused by the police, a local…
At least five people were injured Wednesday as a bomb blast took place near a house of a member of provincial assembly (MPA) in northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar, the capital of North West Frontier Province.
Witnesses told Xinhua …
A security meeting of army chiefs from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), Rwanda and Burundi took place on Tuesday in Matadi, the provincial capital of Bas Congo, 365 km southwest of Kinshasa, Radio Okapi reported.
Citing t…
The dominant U.S. role in earthquake-hit Haiti has been questioned by some countries. A French minister claimed Monday that international aid efforts should not "occupy" Haiti, while Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez accused the U.S. of occ…
A local lawmaker in the semi- autonomous region of Puntland in northeast Somalia was shot and killed overnight by unknown gunmen, police said.
The gunmen attacked Mohamed Ahmed Jabril, a lawmaker in the Puntland's local assembly, as …
The Haitian government Tuesday raised the death toll in last week's devastating earthquake to 75,000.
Some 250,000 people were wounded and a million more left homeless, the Haitian Civil Defense Department said in a statement.
…
Eight people were killed in the shooting spree in U.S. state of Virginia on Tuesday, local media reported.
Apart from the fatalities, the report quoted law enforcement officers as saying several more were injured.
A lone gunman…
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono agreed with a plan proposed by the Ministry for Law and Human Right to grant amnesty for certain convicts that are considered decrepit, sickly and children below 12 who have convict status, the…
The aftershock of the global financial crisis threatens to deprive millions of children in the poorest countries of education, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) warned Tuesday.
UNESCO said …
Peruvian doctors have been conducting 80 surgeries daily at a hospital near the border between quake-stricken Haiti and the Dominican Republic, the Peruvian health ministry said Tuesday.
Peruvian doctors, along with their partners fr…
U.S. State Department on Tuesday designated al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) as a foreign terrorist group, offering legitimacy for the administration in taking financial and judicial actions on the group.
The designation was …
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres expressed full support for Greece's efforts to tackle the migration issue on Tuesday during an official visit in Athens.
After a meeting with Greek Prime Minister George Papandr…
Lebanese cabinet stressed Tuesday that the country's sovereignty is "non-negotiable" and that the Palestinian factions outside the refugee camps should be disarmed.
"The government stressed that Lebanon's sovereignty is non- negotiab…
The planned early release of more than 40,000 inmates in the U.S. state of California was put on hold after the Supreme Court put off a ruling on the matter on Tuesday.
The judge's order had been put on hold and would remain so " pen…
The European Commission's Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Tuesday signed an agreement for stepping up cooperation in fighting against organized crime, the European Commission …
Afghan forces have killed four militants and detained seven others over the past 24 hours in the war-torn country, a press release of Defense Ministry said Wednesday.
These insurgents were killed and arrested in Kandahar, Kunduz, Lo…
Lebanese army foiled an attempt by Fatah al-Islam prisoners to escape from a jail, the local TV channel al-Manar reported Tuesday.
Al-Manar quoted security sources as saying that "the Lebanese army arrested four people after an inves…
The National Assembly (Parliament) of Nicaragua on Tuesday approved a presidential decree for 70 soldiers to be sent to Haiti for humanitarian missions in quake- ravaged Haiti.
Deputy of the ruling party Gustavo Porras said that oppo…
Italy will soon establish a new agency in the south of the country to better handle confiscated Mafia assets in a bid to intensify the fight against the Mafia, Interior Minister Roberto Maroni said on Tuesday.
The agency will be the …
An Agricultural Extension Officer has suggested to traditional authorities to reserve land for Fulani herdsmen to settle on with their animals to avoid clashes with local farmers.
Mr Hillary Anku, an Agriculture Extension Officer in …
Although the number of newborn babies in 2009 in France slightly declined compared with the previous year, the rate of 1.99 children per woman still took the lead among the European countries, the official statistic institute Insee said on…
The German-Ghanaian Friendship Association (GGFA) is constructing a GH¢195,000 ultra-modern kindergarten at the Denkyemuoso Vocational Centre in Kumasi.
Mr Joseph Kwabena Onyinah, Ashanti Regional Director of Education, announced thi…
The Right to Information (RTI) Coalition is to hit the streets of Accra on January 27 with a public awareness march dubbed "Thousand-Man March," to register their protest at the continuous delay in the passage of the RTI Bill.
The Th…
The government has been vigorously pursuing programmes and activities towards the elimination of domestic violence and trafficking in persons, according to a statement on Wednesday signed by Mrs Adiza Ofori-Adu, Public Relations Officer of…
A 25-year-old shoe maker has been sentenced to 25 years imprisonment by a Kumasi Circuit Court for raping a porter.
Abdulai Aziz pleaded not guilty to the offence.
Police Chief Inspector Comfort Baffour-Kyei told the Court presided ove…