Late night talk show host David Letterman continues with his brand of talk show next week when he interviews musicians, actors and rounds them off with live performances.
Highlights in the week starting November 16 include interviews wi…
CARE International, Ghana, working through its agricultural and natural resource portfolio, has launched a 15-year Forest and Natural Programme (FNRP) in Takoradi.
The programme will work with key stakeholders such as development act…
Attempts to neglect the private sector in the commencement of dividend lottery in Ghana will affect local capacity for job creation and impact on revenue generation to support district assemblies and national development.
Mr Seth Amo…
Major stakeholders in the School Feeding Programme in the Eastern Region, attended a day's sensitization workshop on the programme in Koforidua on Thursday.
They participants who included Municipal and District Chief Executive (MDCE'…
A nutritionist, Mrs Irene Boate, on Thursday advised that the use of microwaves should be minimised to help reduce the rate of cancer infections.
"When the heat from the microwave that warms the food enters the body, the wave locates …
Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Thursday said government was worried about the rising chieftaincy disputes in the Upper West Region which was retarding progress and development of the area.
He said chieftaincy disputes in Wa,…
Professor Clifford Nii Boi Tagoe, Vice-Chancellor
of University of Ghana, on Thursday said a fair distribution of the national cake was the only incentive that could motivate people to contribute towards the achievement of the country's …
Government has acceded to restore its assistance to the African Universities Association (AUA) and honour a four-year old grant "arrears" to the Association.
The Ministry of Education is also in the process of renting a new office wi…
UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Director-General Jacques Diouf on Thursday called for increased input from the private sector to help fight hunger and ensure food security.
The FAO estimates that the amount of investment…
Palliative Care (PC) is to relieve suffering, whether physical, spiritual or emotional, and to promote quality of life for the terminally ill.
Unfortunately this is absent from the health agendas of most countries especially in Afric…
Mr. Mark Woyongo, Upper East Regional Minister on Thursday called on the private sector to assist in the development of tertiary schools to facilitate the manpower needs of the country.
He made the call during the celebration of Afri…
A Russian Progress M-MIM2 cargo spaceship has
successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday, said the Mission
Control Center outside Moscow.
At around 6:41 p.m. Moscow time (1541 GMT), the freighter dock…
NASA will start its plan to free its Mars
exploration rover Spirit from its Martian sand trap, it was announced here Thursday.
Spirit has been lodged on Mars at a site scientists call "Troy" since April 23 this year.
NASA anno…
Intel Corp. on Thursday agreed to pay Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) 1.25 billion U.S. dollars as part of a settlement to end all antitrust litigation and patent cross license disputes between the two chip makers.
Intel and AMD an…
The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA),on Tuesday organised voluntary Counselling and Testing for HIV for media personnel as part of activities to usher in this year's World AIDS Day, which falls on December 1.
According to the vice…
Alhaji Lateef Majduoub, Adansi North District Chief Executive (DCE), has expressed worry about the state of development at Obuasi and the entire Adansi state after over 100 years of active gold mining.
He also questioned what had bee…
About 50 communities in the Atwima Mponua District, which have their roads in deplorable state, have appeal to government through the district assembly to rehabilitate the roads to ensure easy transport of foodstuffs in the area.
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The death is announced of Kofi Akumanyi, a Versatile Writer and Former Features Editor of the "Daily Graphic", on Sunday November 8, 2009 at the Good Shepherd Hospital, New Weija, Accra. He was 64.
Kofi Akumanyi started his very dist…
Two US based companies have expressed interest in setting up a biosphere plant in Ghana to produce electricity and water from all kinds of waste.
Representatives of the companies, Mr John Monteiro, President of ASEC Corporation and M…
A new U.S. study has shown that green tea may help reduce the risk of oral cancer, although scientists are reluctant to officially endorse green tea as an effective way of cancer prevention.
The study was published in the November is…
Ten of the world's most climate vulnerable nations met in the Maldives on Monday to adopt a common stand in international negotiations on climate change.
The meeting, held in Bandos Island about 7 km northwest of the capital Male, co…
Some members of Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) on Tuesday took a bold decision to participate in a Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) for HIV, at the Ghana International Press Centre (GIPC) in Accra.
It was organised by the…
Nadia Buar a 26-year-old unemployed woman, who posed as Ghanaian actress and allegedly stole a piece of gold valued 10,000 Ghana cedis,was on Tuesday remanded by Accra Circuit court.
The plea of Ruth Dorbi also known as Naa Natasha w…
Two Hundred and sixty six Muslim pilgrims left the Kotoka International Airport(KIA) aboard an Egypt Air flight at about 2000hrs this evening for Mecca, Saudi Arabia, for the annual Islamic Hajj.
They form the first batch of about 30…
Joseph Nyabiase, a farmer, has been remanded in custody by a Hohoe Circuit Court for stealing, possession of firearms without authority, causing harm and resisting arrest.
He pleaded not guilty to all the charges, and is to be brough…
Ten needy but brilliant students in the Effutu Municipality, have been given scholarship to complete their Senior Secondary school education, under the Mike Hammah (MIHA) Education Trust Fund.
The students, eight boys and two girls, …
The Ministry of Communications, as part of its objective to promote "an all inclusive information society," is pursuing a programme to provide one model Community Information Centre (CIC) in each of
the 230 constituencies of Ghana to be…
Young Professionals Transformational Leadership Conference(YPTLC), to build the capacity of the youth and equip them with modern leadership tools, has been scheduled for the Accra International Conference Centre on Friday.
The day's …
The Northern Regional Chairman of the Musician Union of Ghana (MUSIGA), Mr Delali Alormenu has called on government to see the music industry as a potential sector to reduce unemployment rate.
He said musicians are partners of nation'…
The Gomoa West District AIDS committee, in collaboration with heads of departments, have drawn up an AIDS workplace policy to guide departments to sensitize their workers and people they often com into contact with.
Mr. Eric Akobeng, …
Residents of Anogyan, a suburb of Twifo Praso,have appealed to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to stop Zain, a mobile phone service provider, from putting up its antenna close to their buildings.
As much as we need an improv…
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has inaugurated its Sub-committee on Production and Gainful Employment (SPGE) in Gomoa West District of the Central Region.
SPGE is an ILO intervention to address inadequate employment oppo…
The Upper West Regional Brach of Zoomlion has embarked on a mass mosquito spraying exercise aimed at preventing the breeding of mosquitoes and to reduce their population in the region significantly.
The exercise was carried out in …
Nearly 90 per cent of people in Africa remain without meaningful protection from second-hand smoke, according to a global report launched in Dar es Salaam on Wednesday.
The report, "Global Voices: Rebutting the Tobacco Industry, Winn…
Dr William Ahadzie, Chief Executive Officer,
National Identification Authority, has appealed to the country's development planners and managers to come together to form a strong association to bring back planning to Ghana.
He said t…
The Angolan ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Emilho Jose de Carvalho Guerra, says his country has suspended air transport to the DRC because of security concerns.
"The resumption of air transport between the two …
The Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Ghana Education Service will soon launch a campaign to combat Tuberculosis (TB) in the country.
This was disclosed by Mr. Joe Hagan, Secretary General of the Ghana Society for Preventio…
The Asamankese circuit court on Wednesday granted a GHC 400 bail to Solomon Osei Sarkodie, a farmer, charged with destroying a fence.
He pleaded guilty with explanation and will reappear on November 16.
Two others who conspired…
The Central Regional Minister, Ama Benyiwa Doe, on Wednesday said the Central Regional Development Commission (CEDECOM) would work hard to expand the basic parameters of its operations to facilitate the development of the region.
Sh…
Ghana can lay a firm foundation for a giant industrial stride if customary lands are surveyed, demarcated and well documented, a land officer has said.
Mr Justice Morgan, Eastern Regional Land Officer, who said this at a day's worksho…
On 5 November, CNN International and MultiChoice officially launched the 2010 CNN MultiChoice African Journalist of the year competition by inviting journalists from across the continent to submit their work. The winners will be announced…
Trade unionists have appealed to the government to ensure that the country's oil and gas industry comes under the full control for Ghanaians to enable the people to benefit from it.
This is contained in a resolution by the National E…
The Traditional Medicine Practitioners Council (TMPC) has lined up training workshops for members of the Ghana Association of Faith Healers (GAFH) to build their capacity on the rules and the code of ethics of the association.
Mr. Ma…
The Eastern Regional Minister, Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, has threatened to sanction public servants who absent themselves from seminars organized to give them insight into their job.
He was speaking at the opening of an orientation sem…
Samuel Dunyo, a farmer who threatened to kill a woman over the acquisition of a building plot was on Wednesday granted a GHC 3,000 bail with one surety by the Asamankese Circuit court.
Dunyo pleaded guilty with explanation and was re…
The 64th Remembrance Day celebration was on Wednesday marked in Sekondi-Takoradi to honour the world gallant soldiers, who took part and shared their blood in the Second World War.
Reverend Lieutenant Noah Boahen of the Armed Forces U…
Mr Alex Tettey-Enyo, Minister of Education on Wednesday said the Ministry would develop a policy on Recognition of Prior Learning and National Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) qualifications to harmonise the delivery of q…
Globally, Ghana ranks 42 out of 191 countries with respect with mortality of children under five years old.
Children under five years old are still the most vulnerable to illness and death and morbidity and mortality rates among youn…
The Tema Regional Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service, has arrested a suspected paedophile at Kpone-Kokompe near Tema for performing oral sex on boys.
Mawuli Amegaji, a 45-year-old mason, and a…
South Africa expects legally binding carbon emission reduction targets to emerge from the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December, the country's Environmental and Water
Affairs Minister Buyelwa Sonjica said on …