Mfantsipim College on Wednesday unveiled a new school uniform designed to pay homage to the founding fathers of the school, whose struggle and contribution led to the commencement of the academic facility in 1876.
The new uniform com…
President John Evans Atta Mills has instructed the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) to begin discussions with the Volta Regional Minister for work to begin on the establishment of a state university in the region.
Following the direc…
The Ministry of Education and the US-based Microsoft Corporation, on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to build the Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) capacity of teacher trainees in Ghana.
The MOU wi…
Canon Peter Kwadwo Sakyi, Nkoranza District Minister of the Anglican Church, has called for the revival of puberty rites (bragoro) to help check against pre-marital sex and teenage pregnancies.
He said the practice could be modifi…
The Minister of Health, Dr George Sipa Adja Yankey, on Monday gave the Board of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) a 10-day ultimatum to review the National Insurance Act, 2003 (Act 650) to rectify identified anomalies.
H…
Mr Sylvester Mensah, former MP for La Dadekotopon, has been appointed the Acting Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA).
He takes over from Mr Ras Boateng, who until now headed the Insurance Author…
Dr. George Sipa-Adja Yankey, Minister of Health, on Monday commended the medical staff of the 37 Military Hospital for their commitment to stay at post when their colleagues embarked on strike action to press for better conditions of servi…
Research conducted in Bongo District has revealed that most of the children attend school late than the ideal age of six years.
However, with the introduction of Capitation Grant and School Feeding Programme, enrolment has increased …
Mr Joe Akaaba, Acting Managing Director of Busy Internet, a private internet service provider, has stressed the need for Ghanaians to develop interest in computer literacy and be in tune with the current world of ICT.
He noted that a…
The College of Agriculture and National Resources of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), in collaboration with external bodies and agencies funded research projects, totaling GH¢390,000 at the University, last y…
The Ghana National Tailors and Dressmakers Association (GNTDA) in the Upper West Region has appealed to the government to award the sewing of school uniforms on contract to its members in the region.
That would enable members go rou…
A youth forum on Government Policy interventions for Youth Empowerment and Regional Development, has ended in Bolgatanga with the call on government to streamline the award of contracts meant for the North, to fast track the development of…
The Brong Ahafo Regional Health Directorate will soon intensify its social mobilization and education programmes on immunization, in order to curb the perception by some parents that their children are being given over doze medication.
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The Reverend Dr Yaw Frimpong-Manso, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG), has challenged churches to be interested in the welfare of their members.
He said the church should not only be interested in taking offerings an…
Kwabena Wutoh, a fetish priest and three others, on Monday appeared before the Asamankese Circuit Court for assaulting a woman accused of being a witch.
Wutoh and his accomplices, Ben Sackey, a teacher, Kwame Lartey and Forster Gomoe…
A Prosecution Witness (PW) in the case involving six Policemen and five others charged for robbing a Ghanaian businessman of 53,000 dollars and other personal belongings at a Dzorwulu Hotel, on Monday denied claims by the defence.
H…
The Handball team of the Ghana Police Service beat their Prison Service counterparts 23-20 in the Week Six clash of the Handball League on Saturday at the Prisons Handball Court in Accra.
The Police team led by skipper Christian Banl…
Nana Kobina Nketsia V, the Omanahene of Essikadu Traditional Area, has said the Western Region has been neglected in terms of development.
He said the region, which produces natural resources such as gold, bauxite, manganese among oth…
Kwabena Wutoh, a fetish priest and three others, on Monday appeared before the Asamankese Circuit Court for assaulting a woman accused of being a witch.
Wutoh and his accomplices, Ben Sackey, a teacher, Kwame Lartey and Forster Gomoe…
One of Ghana's renowned hip-life artistes, Emmanuel Botchway, aka Kwaw Kese, who is accused of fraud, was on Monday reprimanded for drinking water in the dock.
"Don't be drinking water while in the dock. You can drink the water while sit…
Fire swept though the laboratory of Unilever, Ghana, in Tema on Monday morning destroying quantities of Pepsodent toothpaste.
There were no casualties.
Mr Prince Billy Anaglate, Tema Regional Fire Service Public Relations Offic…
Four people including a woman have been arrested by the Nsawam police, in connection with the murder of Mr Victor Awakye a 67-year-old educationist who was founded dead in his farm at Otukwadjo/Boaheemkrom in the Akuapem South District on …
Millicom Ghana Limited, operators of Tigo Telecommunications Services, on Monday, presented GHC 10,000 to Kumasi Asante Kotoko as winning bonus following their lone goal victory over archrivals Accra Hearts of Oak, at the Ohene Djan Stadiu…
Winneba Windy Professionals on Sunday whipped Elmina Coconut Grove 2-0 in their Division One League match played at the Robert Mensah Stadium, Cape Coast.
After referee David Wamade from Tema signaled the two sides into action it was…
Mr. Chemogo Derl Gregory, District Manager of the Forest Services Division at NKawie in Ashanti, has urged Ghanaians to adhere to laws on environmental conservation.
This, he said, would help to protect the country's forest resources inc…
An Asamankese Circuit Court will give its ruling on June 24 in a case in which Daniel Nkansah 18, and a farmer has been charged with three counts of causing unlawful damage, unlawful entry and stealing goods valued at GH¢7,683 from a shop …
An Asamankese Circuit Court has granted GH¢500 bail to a 32-year-old chainsaw operator, Samuel Cofie, for allegedly injuring his wife Happy Omadzokpe in a fight.
Cofie pleaded guilty to causing harm to Happy Omadzokpe and would re-ap…
The Zimbabwean High Commissioner to Ghana, Mrs. Pavelyn Tenclai Musaka has assured Ghana of her country's desire to strengthen the existing bilateral relationship between the two countries.
A statement issued by the Public Relations …
Isaac Afrane, an 18-year-old junior high School student has been put before the Asamankese Circuit Court charged with unlawful entry into a shop and stealing items valued at GHC 625, 095.
Afrane pleaded guilty but said he stole a few ite…
Some children from North Tongu District who were freed from child-labour in Yeji and other fishing communities have been sold into cattle herding by their parents.
About 120 such children are herding cattle at Atsieve, Dendo, Yorkuti…
The Northern Regional Minister Mr. Stephen Sumani Nayina has urged the people of the North to use drama to resolve the various developmental challenges facing them, especially conflicts and other social ills in society could be dealt with…
The Community College for International Development, a US based non-governmental organisation, has donated educational materials to the Premier Nurses Training College (PNTC) in Kumasi.
The items included 16 teaching stethoscopes, 36 ski…
Dr. Geoffrey R. K. Nyamuame, Medical Superintendent of the Volta Regional Hospital on Monday said: "In our part of the world, between five to ten (5-10) per cent of HIV infections were transmitted through transfusion of contaminated blood.…
Ecuador and Peru agreed to take joint actions to face the spread of the influenza A/H1N1 at bordering zones, Ecuadorian Public Health Ministry said on Monday.
The ministry said technical teams from both countries met in Peruvian ci…
Dr. Gloria Quansah-Asare, Director, Family Health Division of the Ghana Health Service, has said family planning is key to the attainment of the nation's eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
She said this called for an urgent respo…
European Union team will verify three findings of the International Civil Aviation Association ( ICAO) as basis of flight ban revocation for Indonesian airline operators to Europe, the Bisnis Indonesia daily quoted an official as saying o…
River Offin has over flooded its banks and displaced about 1,000 people of Amaada, a farming community following three days of rainfall.
About 400 houses including school blocks have been flooded and people are transporting their persona…
The Teachers and Educational Workers Union (TEWU) has expressed dissatisfaction with the mode of selection for best teacher awards and appealed to the selection committee to actively involve TEWU in the process of selection.
Miss Augusti…
The Bomso congregation of the Church of Pentecost in Kumasi has given scholarships to two needy students in t he community to pursue senior high school education.
The church has also provided street lights for the community.
The Rev Ge…
The Atta Mills Foundation, a pro-democracy non-governmental organisation (NGO), has suggested the establishment of fire stations in markets.
This was contained in a statement signed by Togbui Mawufeame Fugah, Life Patron of the Foundatio…
Mr. Joseph Kwabena Onyinah, the Ashanti Regional Director of Education, has said success of the New Education Reform Programme depended to a large extent on the professional competence, commitment and fair distribution of teachers.
He ha…
Canada has yet to see the peak of the A/H1N1 flu outbreak and the virus will continue to spread rapidly even though the total number of confirmed flu cases surged to 4,049 on Monday, health experts say.
Seven weeks after the detect…
Hewlett-Packard (HP) on Monday said it is funding more academic research projects to boost its collaboration with the world's leading universities.
HP Labs, the central research arm of the world's largest technology company, announ…
India on Tuesday said the United States is the source of the growing number of A/H1N1 flu cases in the country and the lack of proper screening in U.S. has led to an outbreak of the pandemic.
"The U.S. is the main source as far as …
The number of confirmed cases of influenza A/H1N1 in New Zealand rose to 109 on Tuesday, a sign that the flu epidemic was escalating rapidly.
The Ministry of Health said 23 new cases of the H1N1 virus had been confirmed in the prev…
The states of Washington and Connecticut on Monday reported more deaths caused by the A/H1N1 flu virus in their respective state.
The Washington state department of health on Monday said a man in his 70s died of A/H1N1 flu in King …
Jordan discovered its first two A/ H1N1 flu cases, said a statement by the Health Ministry carried by the official Petra news agency late Monday evening.
Minister of Health Nayef Al Fayez said in the statement that the infections w…
Three more states in the U.S. on Monday reported their first death of A/H1N1 flu.
In Boston, director of the city public health commission Barbara Ferrer said at a news conference that a woman in her 30s is the first A/H1N1 flu-rel…
Vietnam's Ministry of Health said that the country confirmed one more influenza A/H1N1 case, bringing the total number of flu patients to 26, local newspaper the New Hanoi reported Tuesday.
The patient, a 14-year-old boy, is living…
The first death of the A/H1N1 virus, commonly referred to as swine flu, occurred in Britain on Sunday, while 59 new cases were confirmed in the country on Monday.
The fatality is the first reported within Europe, but British health…