Mr Andrew Petta, a seminarian of the Nashotah House Seminary, Wisconsin, USA, on Friday advised priests to teach their congregation how to grow spiritually.
He explained that, with such training, members of the congregation would no…
The Rev Frank Peprah Twumasi, Chief Executive Officer of Scholar In-Transit, a non-governmental organisation, has appealed to the government to help the youth to engage in income-generating ventures to save them from illegal migration.
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A 25-year old mason, Gabriel Komlatse has been convicted by a Hohoe Circuit Court presided over by Mr Edward Apenkwa to a 12-month jail term in hard labour for his inability to raise a fine of 600 Ghana Cedis imposed on him for misconduct.…
Over 600 children from four deprived primary schools in the Effutu Municipality have benefited from a four-day programme to improve their reading skills and ability.
The programme was undertaken by the Ghana Library Board in collabor…
Aprahwem Junior High School (JHS) in the Kwahu West Municipality scored zero percent in last year's Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) when the entire 35 candidates failed in all subjects.
Mr Benjamin Addo, Director of Co…
Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) in-charge of Community Policing, Ms Florence Arthur, on Friday advised community leaders to find ways of supporting volunteers who offer themselves to serve in their neighbourhood watch committees.
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Mr. Kofi Opoku-Manu, Ashanti Regional Minister has assured that the development of the Community Health Nursing School at Fomena in Ashanti was at the heart of the government and the Ashanti Region administration and that positive step wou…
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has drawn a three-month Action Plan to guide the implementation of activities to decongest the Central Business District, Ceremonial Roads, Kwame Nkrumah Circle, Kaneshie Market Area and Tema Station.
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The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), and the Swiss-based Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture (SFSA), have signed an agreement to strengthen the capacity for safe biotechnology management in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Ms Moky Makura, a Nigerian Author, on Thursday called on Africans to cherish their entrepreneurs and recognized them as role models.
Launching her book "Africa's Greatest Entrepreneurs" in Accra, Ms Makura said Africans should cel…
An Accra Circuit Court presided over by Mr Mahamadu Iddrisu on Friday sentenced Elijah Nuamah Osang, a driver to 15 years imprisonment for conspiracy and robbery.
He pleaded guilty while his accomplice one Yaro is on the run.
A…
The Ghana Mines Workers Union (GMWU) on Friday, congratulated Peace FM, on the occasion of its 10th anniversary, saying the Accra Radio station had carved a reputable image through hard work.
Mr Eric Gyima, Deputy General Secretary of …
Mr. Kofi Essuman, Co-ordinator of Anti-Counterfeiting and Anti-Piracy Campaign, on Friday called on the government to review or update existing laws on counterfeiting and piracy or enact new ones to curb the menace.
He suggested tha…
A 15-member United States Medical Team arrived in the country on Monday to provide free health care and distribute over 200,000 dollars worth of medical supplies to selected deprived communities in the Greater Accra and Ashanti regions.
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South Korea's health authorities said Wednesday they have confirmed two more cases of Influenza A/H1N1, raising the number of infection here to 29.
According to the Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs, one American Englis…
There has been significant improvement in the total goitre rates in Jirapa District in the Upper West Region and Bongo in the Upper East Region, a Biological Impact Assessment Study on Salt Iodization Programme in Ghana has revealed.
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Mr Emmanuel Amoako Yirenkyi, Ashanti Regional Commander of the Ghana Immigration Service, has advised the public not to engage the services of unaccredited agents popularly known as "connection men", but must go through the right channel t…
Teacher Training Institutions in the Eastern Region have resolved to admit people from deprived districts to the colleges, as a measure to fill empty classrooms in the deprived areas.
Under the arrangement people who completed Senior…
A man who chose to adhere to his religious beliefs at the expense of the life of his wife, abandoned her at the Juaso District Hospital in protest to the doctor's decision to give her blood.
Mr Kwadwo Atta, a farmer at Nnadieso in th…
A Cape Coast-based legal practitioner, Mr. Kofi Lamptey, on Wednesday expressed worry over the "acute shortage" of lawyers in the metropolis due to the "financially non-rewarding" venture of the practice in the area.
He said the numb…
Three cashiers of Mumuadu Rural Bank at Suhum have been arrested by the police on suspicion of stealing large sums of money from the bank.
A source close to the Suhum police told the GNA that the exact sum of money stolen would be determ…
The Asante-Mampong Municipal Assembly Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) Advisory committee has appealed to the Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) to come out with specific physical projects meant for beneficiary communities in the mu…
Mr. Joseph Blankson Nyarko, Acting Brong-Ahafo Regional Coordinator of National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), has cautioned the Sunyani Municipal Assembly against giving permits to developers with plots in flood prone areas.
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Assistant Superintendent of Police Yaw Asubonteng, Berekum Municipal Police Commander, has urged internet operators in the Brong-Ahafo Region to be extra cautious of the sakawa phenomenon that is gaining prominence in Ghana.
Briefing…
An Australian company, International Permaculture Services, is to organise a two-week international training course in Techiman to educate people on the need to sustain the environment.
The course slated for August 10 to 22 will cove…
Madam Salamatu Abdul-Salam, Chief Director of the Ministry of Health on Wednesday said the success in efforts to build capacity for African countries to deal with emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases depended on the political will …
The District Manager of Adwumapa Cocoa Buyers Limited at Adabokrom in the Western Region has been remanded in police custody to assist in the investigation of his alleged embezzlement of GH¢30,600 from his employers.
Patrick Nyarko, …
The Convention People's Party parliamentary candidate for Aburi-Nsawam in the 2008 elections, Mr Isaac Opare-Addo, has said the duration for the senior high school should revert to three years.
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The Timyumtaba Association of North America (TANA), a social group of Northern Ghanaians in North America, has donated five motorcycles valued GH¢ 6,000 to the Cuban medical brigade in Tamale, in appreciation of the selfless medical servic…
Dr. Senyo Attimpo, North Tongu District Director of Health Services, has appealed to men to go in for vasectomy as the safest way of planning their families.
He assured men in relationships that vasectomy did not constitute castratio…
The Public Accounts Committee of Parliament is to consider the report of the Auditor-General on the Public Accounts of Ghana's Consolidated Fund as at the year December 31, 2006 and report back to the House on its findings.
Other doc…
Police Constable Francis Opoku, stationed at Drobo police station in Jaman South District, on Tuesday shot and killed himself allegedly over a missing AK 47 assault rifle.
He shot himself at the entrance of the station charge office.…
Dr Alfred Nii Okoe Vanderpuije, Chief Executive Officer of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), on Thursday chided staff of the Assembly for their negative attitudes that had brought the name of the Assembly into disrepute.
"The at…
Mrs Theresa Adomako-Tawiah, Atwima Mponua District Chief Executive, has called on Heads of Departments to refrain from lateness, absenteeism and cultivate the habit of punctuality, commitment and hard work to enhance development in the dis…
The Rev Isaac Kankam-Boadu, the Founder and Leader of the Grace Community Church Kumasi, said on Thursday that debate on the duration of country's Senior High School (SHS) system would be cosmetic if it failed to address the gaping loophol…
The melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet this century may drive more water than previously thought toward the already threatened coastlines of New York, Boston, Halifax and other cities in the northeastern United States and Canada, according…
An Accra Circuit Court on Thursday remanded Issahaku Adam, a Spiritualist and land guard into prison custody for allegedly trespassing and threatening to kill one Sibiru Musah, a member of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) Task Force.
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Dr Alfred Nii Okoe Vanderpuije, Chief Executive Officer of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), on Thursday chided staff of the Assembly for their negative attitudes that had brought the name of the Assembly into disrepute.
"The at…
President John Evans Atta Mill, on Thursday said that government would do its best to carry out all developmental activities, outlined in the National Democratic Congress (NDC), manifesto, to make Ghana a better place to live in.
He …
The Chief of Chiribra-Odumase near Amasaman in the Ga West District, Nii Kwame Perbi II, has appealed to the district assembly to re-roof the only primary school in the area that was blown off in a rainstorm in March 2007.
Speaking to …
Residents near the Osu Cemetery have been living in constant fear of robbery at night over the past few months and they are have appealed to the police to arrest a group of Indian hemp smokers operating in the cemetery.
They snatch m…
Basic Needs International, a non-governmental organisation in mental health, on Tuesday presented 1,000 copies of "Essential Skills for Mental Health Care" to the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to boost mental health care.
Mr Peter Yaro,…
A Ghanaian non-governmental organization, Integrated Development In Focus (DIF), has won the 2009 WHO -Geneva Stop TB Partnership programme under the Challenge Facility for Civil Society Organisations.
The Stop TB Partnership challeng…
The Central Regional Minister, Mrs Ama Benyiwa-Doe has appealed to Ghanaians to avoid unhealthy criticism of their chiefs and contribute to the development of their home towns.
She expressed worry that some people seldom visited home…
The executive committee of the Kaasi Neighbourhood Watch Committee in the Kumasi metropolis has been reconstituted with Mr Samuel Adu-Poku as its chairman.
Other members are Mr Richard Osikani-Afriyie, secretary and Mr Christian …
As part of Ghana's preparedness, to address an outbreak of Swine Influenza, should it occur, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health are enhancing the capacity of health facility staff for effective case…
Reverend Father Mark Withers, a lecturer at the Spiritan University College, has appealed to leaders to be people-centred in the discharge of their duties.
He said being committed to the welfare of the people was a hallmark of g…
The Denu police have arrested three persons in connection with the beating to death of a woman suspected to have stolen some pieces of cloth.
Two other suspects are being sought by the police.
The three including a woman whose ide…
About 40 people were displaced when fire razed down 16 thatched houses at Kubakope village near Denu on Friday.
Personal effects, food items and cash were destroyed in the fire the cause of which is being investigated by the Ghana Na…
Asante Mampong Divisional Police Commander, Chief Superintendent Edward Oduro-Kwarteng, has appealed to Government and other stakeholders in education to design programmes in the universities for police personnel to up-grade their professi…