The Fountain Gate Chapel has called on Government to strictly enforce the Rule of Law in Bawku to curtail the conflict and said this should be done without fear or favour.
This was contained in a communiqué on Peace and Development iss…
Mr. Stephen Kunsu, MP for Kintampo North, has donated 120 bags of cement and 10 trips of sand towards the construction of a fence wall around Kintampo Municipal Hospital.
He said he would liaise with some non-governmental organisatio…
The new Paramount Chief of the Tumu Traditional
Area, Kuoro Richard Babini Kanton VI, has assured the people that his administration was committed to the values and ideals of peace, unity and
hard work.
He said he was committed …
Kuoro Richard Babini Kanton VI, Paramount Chief
of the Tumu Traditional Area, has said lack of farm inputs and access to credit facilities was hampering food production in the Sissala East
District.
He said with the availabilit…
Mrs. Regina Obeng Somuah, Co-ordinator in charge of Examinations at the Asante Akim South District Directorate of Education, has suggested enactment of bye-laws by the district assembly to punish men who impregnate pupils preparing to writ…
Mr. Kwasi Kyeremateng, a businessman and philanthropist, is single-handedly funding the construction of a four-unit classroom block with office and store for the Atwedie D\A Primary School at Atwedie in the Asante Akim South District.
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Mr Haruna Iddrisu, Minister of Communications, on
Friday advised Ghanaians not to engage in destructive politics since multiparty democracy was just about expressing alternative opinions.
He noted that regardless of which political …
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday organised a national public hearing on the Environmental Impact Assessment of phase one of the Jubilee Oil field Project in Accra.
The hearing was organised by the EPA to enable gov…
A member of parliament (MP) on Friday called on school authorities to wake up to the task of monitoring and supervising the activities of students' associations, in order to weed out the negative practices creeping into the campuses.
Prof…
The Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) is to attract investment into the country's green economy to ensure that corporate entities adopt environmentally friendly practices in their
activities.
The move is to reduce emission of …
"The 2009 Exercise Fire Blast," an inter-service shooting competition of the Ghana Armed Forces, (GAF) ended in Sunyani on Friday with a call on the media to join the GAF and other stakeholders to help bring peace to Bawku and other confli…
A leading U.S. expert on strategy has given the United States government a tick for its efforts to reform the country's healthcare system.
"In the context of the history, given the complexity and the political sensitivity of U.S. hea…
Five oil tankers carrying fuel for North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces in Afghanistan were set on fire by unknown persons Friday in southwest Pakistan's Balochistan province, local TV channel reported.One driver of an oil tank…
Catholic Bishops have appealed to both sides of the Dagbon family to listen to the advice and follow the direction of the Committee of the Three Eminent Chiefs appointed to help resolve
amicably the current state of impasse in the peace …
The Ghana Evangelical Society (GES), on Friday
launched a five-day event to celebrate the contribution of its Founder, the Reverend Enoch Immanuel Agbozo, to the revival of Christendom in the country.
The celebration, which begins f…
Management of Tullow Ghana Limited (TGL), a multinational oil and gas exploration and production company, on Friday, organized a workshop for major players in the industry to build their capacity on offshore disaster preparedness.
Th…
Superintendent David Eklu of Community Policing Unit, has called on parents and teachers to educate children about the negative effects of crime.
He said armed robbery and other crimes were committed by children who were not repriman…
A police patrol team on Friday night shot and killed four armed robbers in a gun battle at Kromoase, near Atasomanso in the Kumasi Metropolis.
Three of the deceased have been identified by the police as Fiifi and Rashid, ex-convicts and …
They are new, fresh and full of life, this weekend two new exciting personalities join the well-known M-Net lifestyle program, STUDIO 53.
Viewers will be delighted to learn that the charming Zimbabwean born Lebo Mzwimbi, who first app…
Twenty-six students of the Saint Monica' cluster of schools in Asante-Mampong sustained various degrees of injury when an Urvan mini-bus ran into them whilst on procession along the principal street of the town.
Except for two who we…
A magistrate's court at Nyinahin in the Ashanti Region, has sentenced a 27-year old farm labourer to 24 months imprisonment for stealing a ram.
Attingana Atongo pleaded guilty to the offence.
Police Chief Inspector Napoleon Isa…
Individuals and organizations engaging in peace building and conflict management, particularly in the Northern part of Ghana have been urged to involve women in their programmes.
Mrs. Cate Bob Milliar, Upper West Regional Director of …
Two United States based companies have expressed interest in setting up a biosphere plant to convert all kinds of waste into electricity and water in various locations in the country.
Mr. John Monteiro, President of ASEC Corporation a…
Two men suspected to have been involved in the firing of gunshots were on Wednesday arrested by the Police in Bawku.
Children, who were on their way to school, were scared. Other people, who were preparing to start their business at abou…
A-16-year old Ivorian refugee at the Krisan Refugee Camp near Eikwe in the Ellembelle district, has been arrested by the Police for having sex with a female goat.
The suspect, who is a primary 6 pupil and an orphan, has been charged with …
Zoomlion, an Environmental and Sanitation Company in the country had donated 20 motorbikes to some district Environmental and Sanitation Officers in the Northern Region to facilitate their monitoring activities.
The Northern Regional …
Some students from the Mathematics Department of the University of Education, Winneba, have said they were comfortable with wearing a prescribed uniform to lectures and lauded its introduction by a lecturer.
The students said the dign…
Zoomlion, a waste management company and its subsidiary ZOIL Ghana Limited, have jointly presented ten motor bikes and ten bicycles to the Ministry of Transport and its agencies for regular surveillance and patrols, to promote safety on th…
Mr Mike Hammah, the Minister of Transport, has said the government would establish a fund to be spent on a programme that would ensure safety on the Volta Lake.
He said this in an address read for him by her Deputy, Mrs Dzifa Attivor,…
Association of Health Services Administrators, Ghana (AHSAG) has joined in the crusade to ensure that Ghana attains the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 4, 5 and 6 by 2015.
Speaking in an interview with the Ghana News Agency in Ac…
The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources would launch a national afforestation programme early next year to increase the country's forest cover, Mr Henry Ford Kamel, a Deputy Minister at the Ministry, announced on Wednesday.
He wa…
The Kwahu West Municipal Director of Education, Mr Noah Agyare Dwamena, has urged teachers to instil self-discipline in school children and inculcate the virtues that would help raise the image of
their schools and the community.
H…
High cost of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) equipment, lack of zeal on the side of students and lack of realistic policies governing ICT in the country have been identified as some of the major challenges facing ICT in the …
The government had been urged to increase the decentralization pace to give the people popular participation in local government process.
The Programmes Manager of ActionAid Ghana, Mr. Saani Yakubu, called on state actors and institut…
The latter part of 2010 has been fixed for the implementation of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) one-time premium payment.
Currently, a proposal has been tabled for the one-time payment and there are on-going consultation…
Stakeholders at the forest sector have called on government to promote cross-sector coordination in the implementation of policies to ensure sustainability of the country's forest reserves.
They also called for strong enforcement of …
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…