Aqua Vitens Rand Limited (AVRL), on Sunday asked its debtors to settle their arrears or they would be disconnected and prosecuted.
A statement signed by Mr. Stanley Martey, External Communications Manager of AVRL, said "customers wh…
Ghanaians have been asked to consider the case in which Mr Enoch Nii Lamptey-Mills, Proprietor of Great Lamptey-Mills Institute, impregnated and forcibly married a girl as a litmus test for the country's fight against child abuse.
Th…
The Ghana Highways Authority (GHA), has been asked to rehabilitate the Koforidua-Mamfi road to facilitate the movement of vehicles and prevent motor accidents.
Adequate road signs should also be provided, especially along the Mamfi H…
Mr Peter Simon Asirifi, East Akyem Municipal Chief Executive, on Thursday inaugurated a 10-seat KVIP toilet estimated at GHC 10,000 for the people of Wirenkyiren-Amanfrom.
He advised the chiefs and people to unite to enhance the rapi…
A non-governmental organization, Cleen Foundation, in collaboration with the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), has paid a day's visit to 10 police stations in the Adenta area.
Speaking to GNA the team leader, Mr Charles As…
Prophet Francis Koomson, General Overseer, the Church of Patmos, at Amasaman in the Ga West District, has called on the youth to take their education seriously to enable them contribute to national development.
He said education pla…
A Coalition aimed at providing a collective voice in championing the cause of quality basic education in deprived communities in the Wa Municipality in the Upper West Region was launched on Saturday at Wa.
The Coalition known as the …
Many people in the Wa Municipality are yet to appreciate the usefulness of trees to man's existence and social development.
They do not plant but they destroy to make economic gains to hold brief for themselves and those of their fam…
Zoomlion Ghana Limited, an Environmental and Waste Management Organisation, would soon weed out lazy workers to make way for dedicated hard workers, Mr. Francis Atayure Abirigo, Zoomlion Communications Officer for the three northern region…
Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, Eastern Regional Minister, has appealed to religious bodies, individuals and institutions to help promote peace.
He said the absence of peace was not limited to a geographical location on the planet therefore t…
The University of Education, Winneba (UEW) would soon mount postgraduate programmes in English, Mathematics and Science through the distance learning mode.
The Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the University, Professor Akwasi Asabere-Ameyaw s…
A driver with a Nissan Terrano vehicle loaded with terrazzo gravels, heading toward the Cape Coast-Takoradi highway on Monday morning, narrowly escaped falling into a stream, when he burst a tire and crashed into a palm tree.
Station…
Mr Paul Evans Aidoo, Western Regional Minister has reiterated government commitment to expanding telecommunication infrastructure to make information and data accessible to every Ghanaian.
He said the government considered the mobile …
A roadside bomb killed a senior military commander and wounded four others on Sunday in the northwestern Somalia region of Somaliland, local media reports said.
Osman Yusuf, commander of the 12th infantry division, was instantly kill…
Nana Kumi Akyeaw II, Kyidomhene of the Dormaa Traditional Council and chief of Abesim, near Sunyani, at the weekend raised concern about the upsurge in the peddling and smoking of Indian hemp among the youth in the area.
He noted tha…
Sporadic shooting has been going on in Bawku since Sunday night after unidentified men shot at mourners in a funeral house and injured two people.
Speaking in an interview with the Ghana News Agency on Monday, Mr Musah Abdulai, Bawku…
The Ministry of the Interior has imposed a curfew on the Bawku Municipality and its environs effective 1400 hours on Monday, November 2 to 1800 hours on Tuesday, November 3.
A statement issued by Mrs Zita Okaikoi, Minister of Informa…
Work on the restoration of the dilapidated Wa Naa's Palace to its original status as a World heritage monument is progressing smoothly, under the supervision of the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board.
The project which started in Febr…
Three border guards were killed when a Polish border guard helicopter crashed on the Belarussian side of the border, a spokesman for the Podlaskie fire-brigade rescuers said on Sunday.
The wreckage of the helicopter that disappeared …
The state's critical institutions including the cabinet, ministries, embassies, security organs and many other agencies are likely to be paralyzed from this month on as the Nepali government has failed to get the budget for the current fis…
Greek and Turkish Cypriot children, accompanied by their parents and teachers, toured together historical monuments located in both sides of the divided capital Nicosia on Sunday as part of effort to enhance bi-communal understanding and …
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Monday rejected calls for a more humane approach to asylum seekers, saying the government's current policy is the responsible course of action.
Unions have called on Rudd to order a customs ves…
A fire broke out pre-dawn Monday in a row of shanties in a central Philippine city, killing 14 people, local police said.
The blaze was put out two hours later at around 3 a.m. local time (1700 GMT Sunday) after gutting around 50 sha…
Zambian police and local authorities over the week-end embarked on a crackdown on night clubs, arresting hundreds of teenagers who were found drinking beer, the Zambia Daily Mail reported on Monday.
The authorities arrested more than…
Algerian police killed a suspected extremist in a fire exchange with a radical Islamic group following the kidnapping of a bar owner in northern Algeria, local daily el-Khabar reported Sunday on its website.
The police engaged in a f…
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon arrived in Afghan capital Kabul Monday morning, spokesman of Foreign Ministry Ahmad Zahir Faqiri said.
His visit to Kabul took place in the wake of Taliban attack on a UN guest house last …
The U. N. mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) has confirmed the improvement of the situation in the conflict-striken central African country, especially in its unstable east.
Despite occasional reports of violence by …
South Africa should learn from China's effective fight against corruption, an official said over the weekend.
Home Affairs Deputy Minister Malusi Gigaba, who is also a member of the national executive committee of the ruling African …
The Spanish Civil Guard detained 159 undocumented African immigrants who arrived aboard 10 small ships at the coasts of Alicante, Granada, Murica and Almeria over the weekend.
Most of the detainees are from Algeria and are in stable …
United States based Health Cure Foundation Project has donated a 40-foot container of medical equipment in support of two heath facilities in the Ahafo-Ano North District - the Tepa Government Hospital and the Anyinasuso Health Assistants…
President John Evans Atta Mills has appointed Mr Suleiman Ibn-Mahmud Abdulrahaman as the National Co-ordinator for the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP).
The president has also appointed Mr Francis Yaw Gyarko as the Deputy Nation…
The Rural Enterprise Project (REP) has presented basic tools and equipment to 30 trained pprentices in the Amansie West District to help them start their own businesses.
They had completed training in hairdressing, barbering, dressmaking…
The Gomoa West District Director of Education,Mr Fred Dunyoh, has appealed to parents and philanthropists to assist girls in the district who were found to be pregnant during the Basic Education Certificate Examination this year to continu…
The Ghana Scout Association (GSA) would host the 14th Africa Scout Conference and the fifth Youth Forum from November 4 to November 12.
The conference, the first ever to be hosted by Ghana on the theme: "Empowering Young Lives, Crea…
A man who posed as a medical officer and practised medicine illegally for 20 years was on Monday brought before an Accra Circuit Court for causing abortions.
He was also charged with practising medicine without authority contrary to …
The Upper East Regional Health Directorate has complained of frequent interference of oliticians, influential public officials and spouses in the postings of newly trained nurses in the Region.
It urged all those who would like to us…
Paul Evans Aidoo, Western Regional Minister, on Monday inaugurated the Board of Governors for Health Training institutions in the region at Sekondi.
The institutions are the Nursing and Midwifery Training School at Sekondi, Midwifery…
The quick response of the Ho branch of the Ghana National Fire Service last Friday night saved a number of motor repair shops near the Rehabilitation Training Centre (RTC) from raging fire.
Mr. Felix Butame, a motor repair shop owner…
Dr Peter Quartey, a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Statistics, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), on Monday called on government to establish a special fund for revenue from the oil sector.
He explained that such a fun…
Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Monday said most experts identify prevention and personal choices as the ultimate keys to defeat the deadly HIV and AIDS.
Speaking at the launch of this year's World AIDS Day in Accra, Vice Presi…
The Ghana Registered Nurses' Association (GRNA) on Monday appealed to government to speed up negotiations on the conditions of service to motivate nurses and enhance quality health care delivery in the country.
It said government sh…
The sale of Ghana Telecom to Vodafone received several public oppositions and criticisms in view of the perceived massive improprieties that coupled the deal. It has been recently established by an Inter-Ministerial Committee report that …
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Nigerian superstar entertainer D'Banj is set to make a very special two hour appearance on M-Net's BIG BROTHER REVOLUTION on Friday October 30 at 20.00 CAT! The multi award-winning music icon will meet the housemates of the 91-day reality…
Four light armoured cars, four Senior Police Officers and 200 bullet-proof vests have arrived in Bolgatanga en-route to Bawku following a distress call the Upper East Regional Security Council (REGSEC) sent to Accra on Monday.
The RE…
Mr. John Ferguson Dzineku, the Upper West Regional Commander of the Motor Traffic and Transport Union (MTTU), has expressed concern about the spate of fatal accidents involving motor bikes in the Wa Municiaplity.
He told the Ghana Ne…
The Greater Accra Regional Health Directorate has for the first half of this year, recorded 1,322 cases of Tuberculosis (TB) as against 1,675 cases recorded for the same period last year.
In 2008, the region recorded a total of 2513 …
The Motor, Traffic and Transport Unit of the Ghana Police Service, recorded 39 accidents with 17 deaths in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region, from January to September.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Emmanuel O…
Twenty-eight communities in the Upper and Lower Manya Krobo and the Yilo Districts are to benefit from the Koforidua Water Project with the intake source at Oterkporlu at a total cost of GHC 2, 339,950.
The beneficiary communities ar…
Vice President John Dramani Mahama, on Friday said government would equip the Ghana Navy to carry its mandate efficiently and effectively, despite the constraints of the economy and other competing
national development needs.
Addre…