The Centre for Sustainable Development Initiatives (CENSUDI) and Afrikids Ghana, non-governmental organizations operating in the Upper East Region, on Friday organized a one day breast cancer awareness creation forum.
It was part of …
The Central Regional office of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) says it is enforcing the use of the new warning triangles with reflective lights to help curb road accidents in the region.
As a result, it has made it …
Diesel-driven road users in other U.S. states on Wednesday hove their sighs of relief as California back-tracked its diesel emission rules by delaying implementation.
California, the only U.S. state having the right to adopt its own …
The Public Works Department (PWD) said on Friday that estimates for the renovation of seven ministerial bungalows were yet to be considered by the Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing.
A press release by Mr Rockson Yeboah, …
A veteran credit union practitioner has urged parents to use donations at the outdooring of their babies to open accounts for them.
Mr Albright Opoku-Kyeremeh, acting manager of Dormaa Chance Brothers Cooperative Credit Union, said t…
The Akuapem South Municipal Director of Agriculture, has called on agricultural officers to improve on food and product safety by enhancing their technical capabilities to face the emerging challenges of pest and agro-chemical management.
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Mr Samuel Asare Koram, Engineer of UNIHYDRO Consultancy firm, has urged managers and heads of businesses to open up to subordinates and allow their views and opinions.
He said such cordial working relationship would encourage the wor…
President John Evans Atta Mills on Friday commended the Ghana Police Service for working hard to reduce crime in recent times.
He however urged them not to be complacent in combating crime and criminal activities.
He stressed t…
Apostle Dr. Kwadwo Safo, Founder of the Kristo Asafo Church, on Friday donated food items, home appliances and 2,000 Ghana cedis to the Ghana Air Force as part of his contribution towards their
annual end of year party of the Force.
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The Most Reverend Peter Kwasi Sarpong, Emeritus Metropolitan Catholic Archbishop of Kumasi, on Friday celebrated his 50 years in the priesthood with a special thanksgiving for God's immense blessings.
At the thanksgiving mass at the …
The Ministry of Tourism and the Ghana Tourists Board, on Friday, denied allegations by an Accra based newspaper that the sector ministers had taken bribe from Zakhem limited, a company developing a hotel at the Accra Race Course.
Mr J…
The modest achievements of Sunyani Senior High School have impacted positively on the overall development of education in Brong Ahafo Region, Mr Eric Opoku, Deputy Regional Minister, said on Friday.
He said the school had chalked cou…
A headmaster has appealed to the Ministry of Education to set up a fund to support and promote the organisation of excursions in schools, especially in deprived institutions.
Mr Sulemana Alhassan, the headmaster of the Wa Islamic Seni…
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) on Friday
presented two cheques for GHc 1,700 to the Pediatric Surgery Unit of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, paving way for a surgical operation to be conducted on two children suffering from anore…
A five-member executive of the Polytechnic Teachers Association of Ghana (POTAG), has been elected and sworn into office at their 15th delegates' conference in Koforidua on Friday.
Mr Godfried Kwame Abledu was elected President, Mr O…
Some governmental and non- governmental organisations have blacklisted Kwahu West Municipal Assembly, for the failure of the assembly to contribute its counterpart funding for
development projects.
The organisations comprised Commu…
Dr S. A. Adjetey of the 37th Military Hospital on Friday advised Ghanaians to take care of themselves by keeping track of their hypertension and diabetes status regularly.
He urged them to also check their eyes periodically.
Sp…
Bekamas Medlabx and Diagnostics Centre in Kumasi on Friday undertook a free medical screening in Hepatitis 'B' for people in and around the Kumasi Metropolis.
There was in addition a free screening for Blood Pressure (BP) and Body Ma…
Nana Kwaku Dwuma Ankoana II, Paramount Chief of Seikwa Traditional Area in the Brong Ahafo Region on Friday suggested the establishment of a regional educational and development endowment fund, to put the Region on stronger pedestal of dev…
Brazil's consumer expectations reached an all-time high in December, exceeding pre-crisis levels, the
National Consumer Expectations Index (INEC) showed on Friday.
The index was calculated by the Brazilian National Confederation of…
The historic financial regulatory overhaul, not surprisingly, passed the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday. However, the fate of this reform is hardly sealed and the package is
still faced with three exacting challenges if not insu…
Tragedy struck Sefwi-Wiawso in the Western Region on Friday when a female cashier of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and one other person were killed in two separate incidents during the
funeral rites of the chief of Sefwi-Wiawso, Nan…
South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Friday launched working-level talks on the anti-A/H1N1 drug aid provided by Seoul to help Pyongyang stem the spread of the new contagious disease.
Unification Minist…
People should not worry about solar storm that is expected to peak in 2012 because the incident would not extreme, detikcom online news quoted an official at Indonesian space agency on Friday.
Head of Science Utilization Center of At…
The Deputy Director of Technical and Vocational Education Division of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Mr Issac Ezeh, has said the desire to transform the economy from agricultural base to industrialization would be an illusion if politi…
Two illegal miners (Galamsey operators) were trapped to death in a pit at Sikaa Aminaso near Kenyase in Asutifi District of the Brong Ahafo Region.
Deputy Superintendent of Police Richard Appiah, District Police Commander confirmed t…
Mr Noble Appiah, Executive Director of the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC), has urged Ghanaians to continue to play their respective roles in road safety to minimize vehicular accidents.
He said road safety was a collective res…
Police at Goaso are looking for two women and a man, who together with a Cocoa Purchasing Clerk allegedly stole fermented cocoa beans belonging to Nana Agyemang Duah, Chief of New-Sawireso in
Asunafo South Municipality of Brong Ahafo.
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The Ministry of Energy is sponsoring a representative of the Ghana Association of Science Teachers (GAST) to participate in this year's International Junior Science Olympiad (IJSO) slated for December 2 to 11 in Azerbaijan.
This fol…
The office of the Nkwanta South District Chief Executive, Mr. Joseph Nicab, was razed by fire on Tuesday,Mr. Mathias Nugborlo, Nkwanta South District Co-ordinating Director, told the GNA.
This was shortly after a meeting in that offic…
The Deputy Minister for the Upper East Region, Mrs. Lucy Awini, has advised the youth to use positive ways in transforming their lives for a better future.
She said this at a sexual and reproductive health programme organized by You…
A total of 1,303 farmers in the Upper West Region has cultivated 2,754.9 acres of maize and rice this year under the Expanded Crop Production Programme (ECPP).
The Programme covered all the nine districts which have comparative adva…
ABANTU for Development, a women's right advocacy organization, and the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) at the weekend organized a Regional Consultative Forum on Climate Change for
women at Takoradi.
The Forum was …
Prof Samuel Kwadwo Amoako, the Member of Parliament of Akim Abuakwa North, donated 450 Psychology books to the University of Education, Winneba.
The books costing 11,500.00 Ghana Cedis include Psychopath, Adult Clinical Psychology, C…
A 26-year-old taxi driver who stole a sheep, valued at GH¢60 and belonging to an electronic technician, has been sentenced to a fine of GH¢400 by a magistrate court at Akim Oda.
The driver, Michael Kofi Owusu, would serve 18 months i…
The Bongo Civic Union (BODCU), a non-governmental organisation in the Bongo District, has organised a sensitization programme on health for two communities,Adaboya and Awukabisi.
It was to educate them on their rights and responsibi…
A district magistrate's court at Kade, has remanded into prison custody, Kwadwo Isaac, who allegedly stole a mobile phone belonging to a female student, after he attempted to rape her.
The plea of Isaac also known as "Kukula Man" was…
The Omanhene of Bechem, Nana Akwasi Ofosu Akoto-Gyaebour II, has urged the elites in society to help preserve Ghana's rich cultural heritage.
He said it was time they showed keen interest and participated in traditional and cultural even…
The Ashanti Regional Education Director, Mr Joseph Kwabena Onyinah, has called on society to join the campaign for Girl-Child Education in order to enable them to develop self-confidence.
He said by do doing girls would become compe…
The South Korean government has made available to Ghana a multi-billion cedi housing project that will roll out 200, 000 housing units over a five year period, beginning April 2010.
The deal will also lead to the construction of 300 …
The Ministry of Health has commended the exemplary conduct of Dr. Abbas Adam, a neuro-surgeon, who returned to Ghana after his specialised training in Germany to take up a post at the Tamale Teaching Hospital.
Apart from taking up th…
Kwabena Osei, a farmer at Assin-Foso, who stole a quantity of items valued at GH¢85.00, from the local branch of the Christ Apostolic Church, has been sentenced to 18 months imprisonment by the District Magistrate's Court at Assin-Foso.
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Kwame Job, a farmer at Assin Foso who stole a pregnant sheep, strangled it and took it home to eat, has been fined GH¢240.00 by a District Magistrate's Court at Assin Foso.
Job, who pleaded guilty to stealing and cruelty to an animal…
The Reverend Dr Joseph Ekow Ghunney, Bishop of the Winneba Diocese of the Methodist Church-Ghana, has stressed the need for religious tolerance and peaceful co-existence.
He said as much as "we have diverse tribes, languages, and opin…
The Suhum Magistrate's Court, presided over by Miss Kokuvie Tay, on Thursday, sentenced a house wife to a fine of GHC160 for committing an environmental offence.
In default she would go to prison for three months in hard labour.
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Mr. Robert Wavei, the Sissala West District Chief Executive, has expressed concern about the high rate of smuggling of agricultural inputs such as subsidized fertilizer and fuel through the district to Burkina Faso.
He appealed to p…
The Kasoa Police have directed owners of uncompleted buildings and Kiosks in the area to furnish them with particulars and information on occupants of those structures.
The Kasoa District Police Commander, Deputy Superintendent of Pol…
The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) has taken delivery of medical equipment worth over US$500,000 to help raise the quality of services to patients.
These include X-Ray equipment, electrocardiogram machines, temperature sensors, bl…
Prof Kwame Afreh-Nuamah, Director of the Institute of Agricultural Research of the University of Ghana, Legon, has appealed to the youth to use their skills acquired in agriculture to produce enough food to feed the people.
Prof Afre…
The al-Qaida in Iraq network claimed Thursday its responsibility for Tuesday's massive bombings that killed and wounded hundreds of Iraqis, the group said in a statement posted on the internet.
The self-styled Islamic State in Iraq (…