The University of Cape Coast (UCC) is to
nurture all the 38 Colleges of Education in the country into stronger
tertiary institutions to turn out quality teachers to meet emerging manpower
needs in the education sector.
Profess…
A Hohoe Circuit Court has sentenced four
commercial drivers to a fine of 100 Ghana cedis each for carrying passengers
over the required number on their vehicles.
Divine Seddoh, Humphery Agbekudzi, Abdul Latif and Shahu Lalli were…
Superintendent David Eklu of the Community Policing Unit of the Ghana Police Service, on Friday said communities were credible partners to the Police in detecting, investigating and preventing crimes.
"The police will not be alone in…
The Secretary-General of the Ghana Trades Union Congress (TUC), Mr Kofi Asamoah has noted that the deplorable conditions in which some workers find themselves after retirement is because they do not plan for their future before retirement.…
Ms Sherry Ayittey, Minister of Environment, Science and Technology on Thursday said improper use of pesticides could pose risks to human health and the environment.
She said although pesticides had become an essential means for achie…
Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings, former First Lady and President of the 31st December Women's Movement (DWM) on Thursday urged women to embrace formal or non-formal education, to acquire knowledge to better their lot.
She also asked th…
The Government of Denmark and the Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology on Thursday signed an agreement to organise a workshop for women and the youth on climate change.
The workshop will sensitise the people at the grassro…
A circuit court in Kumasi, on Thursday remanded Brenda Baffour-Awuah into prison custody, for swindling Madam Grace Adoma, her mother, of GH¢4,000.
Madam Adoma, who returned to the country from Germany, sent her daughter to lodge the…
The Ellembelle District Director of Health Services, Mrs. Elizabeth Corney has urged peer educators on HIV/AIDS to intensify public education against the stigmatisation of People Living With HIV/AIDS in order to prolong their life span.
…
The Accra Metropolitan Chief Executive, Dr Alfred Vanderpuije, on Thursday said the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) would soon rid the city of unauthorised structures and activities and make Accra a city befitting its status.
In an…
Mr Simon Peter Asirifi, East Akim Municipal Chief Executive, has warned that illegal mining, popularly known as "galamsey", was threatening the environment and the lives of human beings and animals in the area.
He also expressed worr…
Urban water issues are going to be the most important subject in the 21st century, says Andras Szollosi-Nazy, Rector of the UNESCO Institute for Water Education, on Wednesday.
Addressing about 50 science experts from the globe, at th…
The International Cyanide Management Institute (ICMI) in collaboration with Ghana Chamber of Mines (GCM) on Thursday organised a workshop to build the capacity of stakeholders in the gold mining industry.
The workshop, which was the…
Svani Motors has donated a vehicle to the Ghana Navy in recognition of the navy's tremendous role in national development and for its Golden Jubilee.
The Managing Director of Svani Motors, Mr Thomas Svanikier, said the donation was a…
The European Commission issued warnings to nine European Union (EU) member states on Wednesday, saying their rising budget deficits are set to breach EU rules.
The commission, the EU's executive arm, Wednesday adopted reports initiat…
A circuit court in Kumasi, on Wednesday sentenced Baba Kanjarga, 43, to 10 years imprisonment in hard labour for peddling drugs.
He pleaded not guilty to possessing a quantity of Indian hemp.
The court, presided over by Mr Jus…
The Ghana Petroleum, Transport and Chemical Workers Union (GPTCWU) has on the occasion of the International Transport Workers Federation's (ITF) Weeklong Action Campaign to sensitize road users on road safety, renewed its call on parliamen…
The Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFAG) on Thursday said it was wrong for President John Evans Atta Mills to send only the Attorney General (A-G) to investigate the Mabey and Johnson's (M&J) bribery scandal in the UK.
It said …
The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) on Thursday said 59 legal and 108 implementation and operational issues have been identified in the operations of the Scheme.
In a presentation to the Parliamentary Select Committee on H…
President John Evans Atta Mills, has on the advice of the Police Service Council asked the Police Service to recall from leave, former Police Director of Operations, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Kofi Boakye and institute a servic…
The administrative head of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) has appealed to heads of directorates and unit managers of the hospital to discharge their duties diligently by instilling discipline in those they supervise to improve o…
Reverend Father Patrick Offin of the Apam Catholic Church has called on Christians not to distant themselves from the chieftaincy institution and politics.
Rev. Fr. Offin urged them to disregard some allegations that chiefs are idola…
Ghana and Brazil on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Accra to construct a 9,000 megawatt (MW) capacity hydroelectric dam on River Oti, at Juallay near Pwalugu in the Upper East Region.
Construction of the dam,…
The Ejura-Sekyedumase District Assembly has appealed to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to act quickly to end the upsurge in armed robbery attacks in the area.
Mr Mathew Kojo Njourkone, Chairman of Justice and Security Sub-Comm…
Land security could only be attained through genuine titles but many land owners in the country had no documented titles to their properties.
The absence of this has resulted in many missed opportunities for investment into farming, …
The Dean of Students Affairs of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) Dr. Ernest Awanta has called for peaceful co-existence among religious groups for accelerated national development.
He said without honesty, stability and rel…
Dr. Francis Appiah, Executive Secretary to the National African Peer Review Mechanism-Governing Council (NAPRM-GC), has expressed worry that the politicisation of national issues was affecting the country's development.
He called fo…
Ms Sherry Ayittey, Minister of Environment, Science and Technology, on Saturday noted that climate change was a 'silent disaster' affecting all Ghanaians and called on the media to pay more attention to issues pertaining to climate change.…
The Northern Region between 2006 and June 2009 recorded 3,100 HIV/AIDS cases and the patients have been put on Anti-retroviral drugs.
Three hundred persons tested positive in 2006, while 800 were recorded in 2007. Another 1,100 were …
Mr W. Baah-Boateng, Lecturer at the Department of Economics, University of Ghana (UG) on Monday urged graduates to be innovative by developing their entrepreneurial skills to improve their livelihood.
He said through such innovation, …
Ghana and Brazil on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Accra to construct a 90-megawatt (MW) capacity hydroelectric dam on River Oti at Juallay, near Pwalugu, in the Upper East Region.
Construction of the dam, w…
A total of 400 school Children at the Minnesota Christian Academy primary in the Agona West Municipality of the Central Region have received free dental treatment.
The exercise which aims at reducing dental related problems among schoo…
The Ghana Education Service, the Kwahu East District Assembly and the authorities of Nkwatia Senior High School (NKWASCO) have suspended 400 third year students of the school following a demonstration against the school authorities for not…
The National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) in conjunction with the United Nations Development programme (UNDP) has inaugurated a 30 member disaster platform committee to, among other things, take charge of disaster risk reductio…
The Effutu Municipal Chief Executive, Mr. Nii Ephraim, has urged people in the Municipality to form watch dog committees to monitor the activities of thieves and also help to apprehend them.
The MCE said reports reaching his outfit …
Mr Paul Evans Aidoo, the Western Regional Minister, has appealed to insurance companies to make their policies flexible, affordable and appealing.
He said this in an address read for him at a public lecture on "Insurance, an industry …
Over 200 children from the Bisease Anglican Development Centre in the Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam District were given health screening.
They were taken through physical, eyes, throat, nose, dental, laboratory and medical examination, while a…
The police in Aflao have expressed frustration at the refusal of mortuaries in Keta, Akatsi, Ketu-North and Ketu South district to accept corpses of people who died under suspicious circumstances.
"As they reject bodies from us on t…
A differential mineral right fee structure which requires Ghanaians to pay an average of at most 10 per cent of what foreign applicants would pay is in place to address the difficulty of Ghanaians to initiate investment in mining, Mr. Kofi…
Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, the Eastern Regional Minister, has advised journalists to shift from creating platforms for politicians to undermine each other to the creation of platforms for economic development and the fight against poverty, th…
The Bonsaaso Millennium Villages Project Cluster has appealed to trained teachers to accept posting to the area to help upgrade the standard of education.
Mr Samuel Asare Afram, the Cluster Manager, said the physical and economic co…
Mr Iddisa Adams, the District Chief Executive (DCE) for Kwabre, has called for the creation of an environment that would enable disabled people to be integrated into the society.
He said this would enable them to participate actively in …
The Secretary-General of the Ghana Trades Union Congress (TUC), Mr Kofi Asamoah has noted that the deplorable conditions in which some workers find themselves after retirement is because they do not plan for their future before retirement.…
An eight-member Ministerial Tender Review Board of the Ministry of Tourism was on Thursday inducted into office with a call on members to strictly adhere to lawful procedures.
Mr. Kwabena Owusu-Acheampong, Deputy Minister of Tourism,…
A Circuit Court in Accra on Thursday sentenced Isaac Kofi Boakye, a second hand clothes dealer to four years imprisonment for posing as a police officer.
Boakye found with two self made police identity cards was facing four charges of fo…
Israeli scientist Ada E. Yonath was declared on Wednesday as one of the winners of the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry, becoming the fourth woman to be awarded this honor.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Science said in a statement that Y…
Telecommunications giants, MTN on Thursday donated items worth GHc 5,000 for the upkeep of orphans at the Good Shepherd Orphanage at Odupong-Ofankor near Kasoa in the Central Region.
The items included quantities of rice, maize, cook…
Mrs. Sophia Duker, Proprietress of Adjiriganor Otano Learning Skills Centre, on Thursday called for the establishment of more of such centres to enhance and sharpen the skills of children.
"Children with such skills end up well equip…
The Member of Parliament (MP) for New Juaben North, Mr Hackman Owusu Agyeman, has called for tolerance and co-operation among members of all political groupings in the country.
He said irrespective of one's political affiliation, it …
The Eastern Regional Director of Education, Mrs Rene Boakye-Boateng, has ordered the indefinite closure of the Kwahu Ridge Senior High School at Obo, in the Kwahu South District, following a three-day demonstration by the students deman…