India and Russia have called for the consolidation of global action against terrorism, including the terror threat emanating from Afghanistan and Pakistan, reported local daily The Asian Age on Tuesday.
During their talks in the Indi…
Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene, has urged students in the country to study hard to enable them to acquire knowledge and skills needed for national development.
He reminded them that they were responsible for their future and th…
Afghan police shot dead two would-be suicide bombers in Afghanistan's southern Ghazni province on Monday, a press release of Interior Ministry said.
"Two suicide bombers driving an explosive-laden car heading from Andar district to the pr…
A 17-year-old boy was successfully rescued from an ice floe Monday after two technicians parachuted onto the ice in northern Canada's Nunavut Territories, reports reaching here said.
The two rescuers landed on a huge chunk of driftin…
The European Union (EU) supports Indonesia in leading combat against climate change despite the country's status as the third largest polluters, an official said here on Tuesday.
"I welcome and encourage the development of a leadersh…
More than 130 Taliban insurgents including 10 foreign fighters have been killed during a joint Afghan-NATO operation in Kunduz province north of Afghanistan, a local military officer Abdul Wakil Ahsas said Tuesday.
"The operation involvin…
Increasingly expensive United States housing is leaving many more people homeless at a time when the financial crisis is hitting hard, an independent United Nations expert said.
"Millions of people in the U.S. are spending high perce…
The government of Japan on Tuesday announced that it would send a maximum of around 450 billion yen (5 billion dollars) in aid to Afghanistan over the next five years.
Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) a…
Envelopes containing white powder were delivered Monday to three missions to the United Nations in midtown Manhattan, touching off the security scare in the central New York City, officials said here on Monday night.
There was no imm…
Three hundred youth in the Kwaebibirem District would gain employment when the National Afforestation Project takes off in the area.
Announcing this at a meeting of the assembly at Kade, Mr George Agyemang Duah, the District Chief Ex…
The Upper West Regional Branch of the Ghana
Journalists Association (GJA) has called on the Regional Police Command to as a matter of urgency
investigate the alleged manhandling of its member by the Police in Wa.
Mr. James Donkor, …
The Reverend Dr Kojo Osei-Wusuh, Senior Pastor of the Grace Baptist Church (GBC) at Amakom in Kumasi, has filed a suit at a Kumasi High Court against the editor and publishers of Kumasi Mail, a weekly
newspaper in Kumasi.
The paper is …
The Tepa District Police Command has arrested a 30-year-old cobbler, who has been raping women at knife point in the area.
Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Emmanuel Adu Boahen, District Crime Officer, told the Ghana News Agency …
A United Nations-backed gathering of experts kicked off on Monday in Panama to initiate for the first time an assessment of the effect climate change has on the future threat of natural disasters and how nations can better manage an expect…
The Ministry of Tourism is currently working to hit one-million dollar target as annual foreign exchange earnings for the tourism, Mr Kwabena Acheampong, Deputy Minister of Tourism, said on Tuesday.
He said Ghana was targeting the ex…
A National Data Centre is to be established to
support the development of the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry in the country.
It would be the nation's information hub as well as data for Ministries Departments and Agenc…
Girls taking two or more sweetened drinks daily may have more body fat later, a new study suggests.
Researchers at the Pennsylvania State University in University Park came to the conclusion after analyzing what 166 non-Hispanic white gir…
Ms Esther Cobbah, Board Chairperson of the National Youth Council (NYC) on Tuesday called for the active involvement of the youth in decision-making to tap their experience for national development.
She said: "I do not believe that t…
The management of Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) on Tuesday announced planned outages on its Akosombo-Tafo lines in order to raise the height of its transmission lines running at a road
crossing at Oyoko, near Koforidua on Friday, N…
Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Tuesday unveiled the next stage of reforms of the National Health Service in an effort to create patient-centered services.
The plan will guarantee that everyone between the ages of 40 and 74 will have the l…
Government under its agricultural mechanisation
programme would establish a mechanisation centre in each at the 170 metropolis, municipalities and districts.
In addition, 500 boreholes for irrigation would be constructed in all the…
Manufacturers, distributors as well as various
health institutions violate the Breastfeeding Promotion Regulations in the country.
This was revealed in a monitoring assessment conducted by the management of Food and Drugs Board (FD…
The Visiting Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt,
whose country currently holds the European Union (EU) rotary presidency, said on Tuesday that EU would support the new Afghan government to fight corruption and helps bring stability in th…
Strong rains brought over by hurricane Ida have killed 175 people in El Salvador, the Civil Protection office said on Tuesday.
Apart from the confirmed 175 deaths, 60 others remain missing, said Civil Protection
director Jorge Melen…
Somali government security officials on Tuesday denied media reports that an abducted commercial ship off the coast of the war-torn country was carrying weapons for government forces.
Somali pirates this week hijacked a ship heading …
Mrs Zita Okaikoi, Minister of Information, on Tuesday condemned the screening of movies containing pornographic material on television during the day and urged television stations to desist from the act.
She was speaking at the inaug…
The Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) is being impeded by lack of information about the roles and responsibilities of its key stakeholders and how they are expected to collaborate with each other.
This came out when officials from…
The Volta Region Chapter of the Coalition of the Right to Information Ghana, has urged Parliament to scrutinize and expedite action on the passage of the Right to Information Bill when it comes before it.
The Coalition made the call …
Kudjo Ansah, a farmer, who defiled a 14-year-old Junior High School (JHS) girl, was on Tuesday remanded by a circuit court at Asamankese.
The plea of Ansah was not taken and he would to re-appear on November 18.
Police Chief In…
The Northern Accelerated Intervention for Development Children, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) staged a show in Tamale to sensitise children in the Metropolis about the need to wash their hands with soap before and after meals.
…
Members of the Northern Patriots in Research and Advocacy (NORPRA), a civil society organisation, have expressed shock about the alleged government's withdrawal of feeding grants to second cycle schools in the Northern, Upper East and Uppe…
The Fountain Gate Church at the weekend, inaugurated an ultra modern Junior High School in Bolgatanga, at the cost of 443,238.98 Ghana cedis.
The school complex called Fountain Gate International School, has 27 classrooms, administra…
Contractors who were engaged by the Ministry of Education to reconstruct schools that were affected by the 2007 Northern floods, have given ultimatum for the payment of their contract certificate money.
They have therefore given the …
Pastor Emmanuel Denteh, President of the Central Ghana Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Church has commended the media for its immense contribution towards the political and socio-economic development of the country.
He note…
Ms Betty Bosomtwi-Sam, Deputy Western Regional Minister said government was determined to resource the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) to enable it to fulfil its mandate to fight and prevent fire.
Speaking at the inauguration of the F…
Students of the University of Hong Kong would initiate a computer laboratory project at Hain in the Jirapa District next year.
The students are expected to start the project with 10 computers and mobilise resources towards the comple…
District Directors of Education from 14 districts in the Northern Region have committed themselves to improving the falling standard of education in their areas but complained about insufficient and unreliable funds to carry out annual pla…
The weather will be partly cloudy on Monday over the country in the morning becoming bright and sunny with isolated thunderstorms or rain occurring over high grounds later in the day.
The weather forecast released by the Ghana Meteor…
The Polytechnic Teacher's Association of Ghana (POTAG) on Monday urged the government as a matter of urgency to release the salary arrears to them to forestall any disturbances on campuses.
"POTAG cannot guarantee the industrial peac…
The fifth annual conference of Africa Science Academies Development Initiative (ASADI) opened in Accra on Monday to deliberate on the latest key trends in maternal, newborn and child health in sub-Saharan Africa.
It would also highligh…
Female teachers have been urged to re-orientate
themselves and design appropriate self-development plans to improve on their
professional competence to take up challenging leadership roles.
Mrs Irene Duncan Adanusa, General Secre…
The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) in Sunyani is in short supply of relief items, Mr Kwasi Lampo, Sunyani Municipal Coordinator of the organisation said on Monday.
He has, therefore, appealed to people living in fl…
Gabriel Onyekachi Igwe, a 47-year-old suspected Nigerian armed robber, was shot dead at dawn on Monday, when he together with others, attempted breaking into a gas filling station in Tema.
Igwe was killed while his accomplices escaped af…
John Brown Shamallah and his brother Collins Maikuva, who were born albinos, would not be alive today had superstitious villagers convinced their parents to boil them in a pot of steaming water "so that they would become like other normal …
The European Union (EU) was optimistic that the upcoming Copenhagen climate change summit would end up successfully with many climate change deals being approved by participating countries, EU Council President Carl Bildt said here on Mond…
In the United States, children with disabilities are guaranteed by law to have education, and an individualized education plan is designed for each of these children, a special education
expert said.
"We call it free appropriate pub…
Teachers of the Fuveme Basic School, in the Keta Municipality, have expressed dissatisfaction about the virtual takeover of classrooms of the school by domestic animals after classes.
The teachers claimed that hundreds of goats, shee…
Mr Evans Klutse, Assistant Commissioner of the Customs Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS), has formally taken over command of the Aflao CEPS Sector.
Receiving the baton of office from his predecessor at Aflao on Friday, Mr Klutse c…
Brong-Ahafo Regional Office of Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Police last Wednesday rescued a kindergarten one pupil who was found locked up in a room by the father instead of being in school.
A team of po…
Mr Joseph Amenowode, Volta Regional Minister, has advised residents in the area to contribute their quotas to augments government's effort and hasten the development of the region.
Addressing a meeting with the Ewe Community in Ku…