Academic excellence without discipline is meaningless, Dr. Joseph Annan, Deputy Minister of Education has said.
He therefore urged authorities of Senior High Schools in the country to give utmost attention to co-curricular activiti…
Mr Emmanuel Kingsley Osei, Principal of the
Presbyterian College of Education (PCE) has appealed to government to
increase the quota of students enrolled to the teacher training colleges in order
to "step up" the number of teac…
The Executive Board members of the Yendi Municipal Students Union of the Yendi Municipal Assembly of the Northern Region have pledged support for the Yendi Municipal Chief Executive, Mr Mahama Adama Hudu Walvis, welcoming his nomination an…
The Ashaiman Municipal Assembly in collaboration with the Local Council of Churches on Sunday held a post election non-denominational thanksgiving service with a call on the NDC government not to concentrate its activities on holding semin…
The Omanhene of Gomoa Akyempim Traditional Area, Obrifo Ahunaku Ahor Ankobea II, has called on Ghanaians not to use politics as a platform for corruption or indiscipline.
"We must not encourage the assertion that politics is a dirty …
The African Peer Review Oversight Committee of the Gomoa West District has commended the continent's Heads of State for embracing the mechanism which aims at ensuring good governance.
In a message to commemorate African Union Day, wh…
President John Evans Atta Mills has stated that, government would continue to think of ways of motivating and ensuring retention of teachers in the teaching service to enable them to play the expected role in the educational system.
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The Head of the Gurune Language Department of the University of Winneba, Mr. Ephraim Avea, has stated that the Gurune Language has been developed with sufficient teaching and learning materials that could be examinable at the Basic Educati…
The Eastern Regional Minister, Mr Samuel
Ofosu-Ampofo has observed that
the government of the National Democratic Congress(NDC) would do
everything meaningful to partner religious organizations and other stakeholders
to impro…
The Vice President John Dramani Mahama has
challenged teachers from the Presbyterian Training Colleges of Education to
bridge
the gap between the private and public schools.
He said with their background of Presbyterian disc…
Members of the Seed Producers Association of Ghana (SEEDPAG), has called on the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) to incorporate the use of certified seeds purchased from registered seed growers
in all agricultural projects in the …
A medical team of seven doctors, 15 nurses and seven paramedics on Friday screened and treated around 600 people within and on the periphery of the vast Kalakpa Game and Forest Conservation in the Ho Municipal Area.
The programme was…
Reverend Gabriel Wolanyo Nugba of the Agona Swedru branch of the Bethel Presbyterian Church of Ghana has advised supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) not to exert financial pressure on the, Municipal, Metropolitan and Dist…
South Korean health authorities reported Saturday that it has confirmed an American resident infected with the new type-A influenza virus.
It is the fifth case of the virus confirmed in the nation, local media said.
The 23-year…
Personnel of the security services, apart from the Armed Forces, will be members of the new National Pension Scheme under the new pension law.
Addressing over 300 police officers at the national headquarters of the Ghana Police Servi…
The Archbishop of the Accra Diocese, Mr. Charles Palmer-Buckle, has called on law students not to hesitate to draw the attention of the Church when they believed it was going wrong.
Inaugurating the Catholic Law Students Guild (CALS …
We reproduce below a release from the Ministry of Information purported to have been signed by Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Deputy Minister of Information:
"GOV'T HAS NO DEALING WITH YAHUDA SECURITY
Government says its attention has be…
Personnel of the security services, apart from the Armed Forces, will be members of the new National Pension Scheme under the new pension law.
Addressing over 300 police officers at the national headquarters of the Ghana Police Servi…
The President of the Kingdom of El Elyon, a spiritual movement, Ghana chapter, King Eric Abaka has called on ministries of the entire Gospel to intensify their evangelism that will make people lead healthy life, rather than chasing materia…
A five-member technical team set up to assess the current organizational structure of the Central Region Development Commission (CEDECOM) and make preliminary proposals for its restructuring, on Thursday presented its report to the Regiona…
Mr Joe Gidisu, Minister for Roads and Highways on Friday ordered the police to clear the road between Secaps Hotel and Okponglo Junction of all hawkers.
He gave the order after inspecting the road that has been completed and due to …
Personnel of the Customs Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS), have been urged to acquire higher professional qualifications to raise their competitiveness and skill diversities needed for Customs practice in the modern world.
He sai…
The Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam District Co-ordinating Director, Mr J. K. Kussiachin has appealed to the government, the Ministry of Education and the Ghana Education Service to consider reintroducing the thirty percent community admission in the…
The Ajumako district magistrate's court, presided over by Mr. Kwasi Boakye Enimil on Thursday sentenced Kwasi Mubarak
to 12 months imprisonment in hard labour for inflicting deep cutlass wounds
on Mr Kofi Atta, a farmer at Obuon near E…
Police in Tema, acting on a tip-off on Saturday morning intercepted quantities of premixed fuel on the Accra-Tema Motorway, allegedly being smuggled out of Tema.
The premixed fuel, contained in 11 big barrels and 12 jerry cans have b…
The Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA) on Friday said the authority would purchase three patrol boats to control operations and practices of overloading and drunkenness by operators on the Volta Lake.
The authority is also going to construct…
A traditional ruler has called on development oriented Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) to adopt organisational and implementation approaches that would bring real and sustainable changes in the lives of the people they worked with.
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The Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana (PSGH), has called on the public especially those who tested negative to Hepatitis B virus to take full dose of vaccination to avoid being infected with the
disease in future.
Miss Nwaana Aboagye-…
Professor Victor Yao Gadzekpo, President of the Central University College (CUC) on Thursday called for a ban on the production of plastic sachet water in the country.
He said the plastic bag, which is not biodegradable, posed real d…
Professor Atsu Ayee, Dean of Social Studies of the University of Ghana on Wednesday said despite the highly intense political environment, public servants could remain neutral and apolitical by following laid down rules and regulations wit…
Professor Emmanuel James Flolu, Dean of the School of Creative Arts, University of Education, Winneba, has urged government to adopt a national policy on lifelong education in order to integrate existing formal and non-formal educational s…
Mr. Kodjo Yankah, President of African University College of Communication (AUCC), has called on the 15-member Steering Committee of Ghana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (GHEITI), to consider the media as a partner in the se…
Mr Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah, Member of Parliament for Takoradi, has observed that education was the only way to improve the socio-economic development of any country.
He has therefore appealed to the youth to take their education …
Mr Richard Quartey, Acting Auditor-General, said on Thursday that Assets Declaration Forms would
henceforth be enclosed in the appointment letters of all qualified public office holders.
This is in incompliance with Public Office Holde…
The Kasoa District Police Command has expressed concern about the rate at which men are assaulting their wives and girlfriends with 221 cases reported in four months.
The District Police Commander, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP…
The traditional authorities at Awisa, a farming community in Wenchi, are investigating a linguist, Kwabena Degyaw, who is accused of having sex with his three daughters and impregnating the youngest aged 14.
Information gathered fro…
A 16-member Child Protection Committee (CPC) responsible for the elimination of the worst forms of child labour in cocoa growing areas in the Mampong Municipality, has been inaugurated at Asante-Mampong.
Mr Kwasi Attakorah, Mampo…
The Village Savings and Loan Associations in Jawia in the Upper West Region has requested to go into small ruminant production in their community to challenge the age-long tradition that women cannot rear animals.
With the help of P…
A Ghanaian living in the United Kingdom, Mr Timothy Afful, has questioned the credibility of Yahuda Security Management Consulting which last Tuesday told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that it was ready to assist the national security agenci…
Dr Grace Bediako, Government Statistician, on Thursday projected that about 25 million people would be counted during the Fifth Population and Housing Census expected to be conducted in March 2010.
She said the census, which is expec…
Mr. Joseph Ankomah, Wenchi Municipal Secretary of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), has lauded the single spine salary structure, saying its implementation would enhance the financial status of teachers.
Mr. Ankomah …
Eighteen out of the 1,113 female candidates who wrote this year's Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE) in the two Dormaa districts were pregnant.
One of them delivered barely 72 hours after taking the last paper, Mrs. Char…
Dr. Sebastian N. Sandaare, Medical Director in charge of the Nadowli District Hospital, says inadequate infrastructure, staffing challenges and equipment inadequacies are affecting the hospital's ability to expand and provide quality healt…
The Bolgatanga, Nangodi, Bongo and Tongo (BONABOTO) union in the Upper East Region has denied allegations that it was influencing transfers from the region.
A statement signed by the regional executive of the union on Thursday denied…
Six persons assisting the security personnel in the 71.45 kilogram's of substances believed to be cocaine seized at the Tema Port last Tuesday, have been put before an Accra Fast Track High Court.
Augustine Abu, importer, Yaw Attah Nkans…
Teachers in the Wa Municipality on Thursday had started to wear red bands to signal the government to implement the Single-Spine Salary Structure (SSSS) without any further delay.
At a meeting of School/Office representatives, the te…
Barclays Bank of Ghana and the Academy for Educational Development (AED), a non-governmental organization, have launched a £20,000 educational project to improve literacy and numeracy in the Queen of Peace Basic Schools in the Ga East Dist…
Gender activists, labour groups and other key stakeholders have commenced a campaign aimed at supporting the ratification and application of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention 183 on Maternity Protection.
The new …
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Odododiodoo Constituency, Mr Tachie Kommey on Friday urged China Railway Corporation (CRC), the contractors working on the Accra Central District roads and the Korle bridge project to speed up work on the …
The Dawson Primary School in Manchester, United Kingdom (UK) has presented one computer, its accessories and other school materials worth GH¢1000 to the Nkawie-Panin Anglican Primary School in Atwima-Nwabiagya District.
Presenting th…