The current Miss Ghana Mawusi Apea has called on the Ghana AIDS Commission to add Hepatitis B to its HIV campaign.
Ms Apea, who wants to start a foundation to help raise awareness to help people living with the disease, is embarking…
Mr Michael Kusi Wiredu, Wenchi Municipal Director of Education, has appealed to traditional authorities to help track down people who steal government properties in schools.
He told GNA in an interview that 25 theft cases had been re…
A-four day capacity building course for 30 Keep Fit Instructors drawn from the ten regions has ended at the C.K. Gyamfi Sports College in Winneba.
The course was organized by the National Sports For All Association-Ghana (NASFAAG) un…
The Eighth Rural Enterprise Project Clients' Exhibition and Trade Show opened at Mankessim in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region on Tuesday.
Two hundred and sixty enterprises (260) from 66 districts in all the 10 Regio…
Mr. Alphonsus Arthur, the Assin South District Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), has called on political parties to educate their supporters on voting procedures to ensure smooth polls on 7 December.
He …
The Pension Reform and Implementation Committee is embarking on a nation-wide outreach programme to educate the public on the new pension scheme, and to rally support from prospective beneficiaries.
Addressing workers from both forma…
Dr Rose Mensah-Kutin, Regional Programmes Manager of ABANTU for Development, has charged Women to explore the numerous opportunities available, since they are the agents of development in society.
Women, she said, needed to be empowe…
Vice President Alhaji Aliu Mahama observed on Tuesday that the active engagement of the youth was essential for the attainment of the objectives of the Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy (GPRS) and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
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The Public Accounts Committee of Parliament has recovered 40 million Ghana cedis, misapplied by public servants.
Mr. Sillas Mensah, chairman of the Committee made this known at a rally, organised by the Adeiso Zongo Ward of the Natio…
The Rotary Club of Kumasi East, has donated furniture to the St. Joseph's International School at Kunsu-Domeabra in the Ashanti Region.
The group also gave stationery including exercise books and mathematical sets to the students.
Rota…
More than two hundred teachers in the Sekyere East District of Ashanti Region have threatened to embark on a sit down strike if the Ghana Education Service (GES) fails to put them at the right the salary scale by the end of this month. …
A Rotary club in Sweden, UMEA CITY FFRIC, on Tuesday donated books worth 1,500 dollars to the Akyem Apaaso Salvation Army School complex in the Birim South District.
Presenting the items, Mr Samuel Appiah- Kubi, Chairman of the Ghana…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Wednesday congratulated US president elect, Barak Obama, on his historical electoral victory in Tuesday's elections, describing it as a "watershed event that would change the world".
In a sta…
Each Regional Co-ordinating Council, with the exception of the Greater Accra, was allocated 400,000.00 Ghana cedis to construct a Jubilee Park for Ghana's golden jubilee celebrations, Mr Kwadwo Mpiani, Minister of Presidential Affairs, sa…
A young man was in the early hours of Wednesday lynched at Lebanon Zone One, a suburb of Ashaiman for allegedly stealing a goat.
An eye witness account said the deceased was unknown in the community and might have been lynched somewh…
A 27 year-old unemployed who allegedly hid a missing 13 year-old girl in his room and defiled her on several occasions on Wednesday appeared at a Circuit Court in Accra charged with abduction and defilement.
Kumah Kuzah, who pleaded not …
The management team of Zain Ghana, led by its Corporate and External Affairs Director, Ms. Ursula Owusu, has paid a courtesy call on the Okyehene, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin II, and the Okyeman Traditional Council, to formally introduce…
Fifty-four more Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) have signed new charters to commit themselves to improve productivity and service delivery in the public sector, bringing the total number of MDAs that have signed the charters so…
A Fast Track High Court on Wednesday tasked the prosecution in the case of the 380 slabs of cocaine seized at Ataabadze Junction last June to expedite action on the Ghana Standard Board (GSB) report on the substance.
The court gave the o…
The Association of Ghana Industries has donated communication equipment to the Ghana Police Service.
The equipment includes two radio transmitters and 53 Motorola handsets valued at GH¢ 45,200.
The donation will provide effecti…
The visiting President of Trinidad and Tobago, Professor George Maxwell Richards on Wednesday toured the Cape Coast and Elmina Castles as part of his visit to the Central Region.
Professor Richards, accompanied by his wife, Dr Jean …
Dr Yaw Okyere, Birim Central Municipal Director of Health, has advised the public to go in for Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) to know their HIV/AIDS status.
He said the advantages in knowing ones status early, far outweighed…
Mr Asamoah Duodu, Director for Technical and Vocational Education (TVET) at Ghana Education Service (GES), has expressed concern about public apathy towards technical education, despite its relevance to employment creation in the country.
…
Professor Haruna Yakubu, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of University of Cape Coast, on Monday said it was prudent that African leaders made conscious efforts to develop their countries by making provision for the basic necessities of life for their …
Managements of most filling stations in and around Cape Coast Metropolis have since Sunday posted "no petrol" signs on their premises, resulting in the shortage of fuel in the area.
Since the announcement of the reduction in fuel pri…
A food safety management system based on the principles of the World-wide Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) has been inaugurated at Ghana Oil Palm Development Company (GOPDC) at Kwae.
HAACP is a systematic approach for t…
An Afghan Government official Has been kidnapped by unidentified armed men from Pakistan's North West Frontier Province, officials said on Monday.
Akhtar Kohistani, adviser to the Afghan rural
rehabilitation and development Minist…
Barekese Headworks is to increase water production from 18 to 24 million gallons per day (MGD) after the on-going rehabilitation and expansion.
Mr Tony Moroney, Project Manager of Taysac Construction Limited, contactors executing the…
The Media has been urged to promote activities and campaign of the 69 women Parliamentary Candidates contesting Election 2008 to achieve some level of fair women representation in Parliament.
Mrs Charity Binka, a Journalist and Medi…
Mr Isaac Osei, NPP Parliamentary Candidate for Subin has presented 60 locally manufactured aluminium smoke ovens worth 3,600 Ghana cedis to fish mongers whose equipment were destroyed during a recent fire outbreak at Asafo in Kumasi.
…
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, has presented 750 wheel chairs worth 100,000 dollars to the Department of Social Welfare for distribution to disabled persons in three regions of the country this year.
They are Ashan…
A Sekondi magistrate court has sentenced Yaw Kudagari, a 20-year-old unemployed, to six months imprisonment in hard labour for stealing a mobile phone valued at 200 Ghana cedis.
He pleaded guilty.
Assistant Superintendent of…
Alhaji Asoma Banda, a Muslim elder and an Accra businessman, on Monday told the Fast Track High Court that the tussle between the National Hajj Council (NHC) and four members of the Interim Hajj Management Committee (IHMC) has been settled…
Professor David Millar, Pro-Vice Chancellor of University for Development Studies (UDS) has called on parents to invest in quality education for their children to enable them gain admission to higher institutions of learning.
He expl…
Members of Temple of Praise Ministry with branches in the United Kingdom, United States of America and Italy on Monday presented a 5,500 Euros ambulance to Sunyani Municipal and Sunyani West District Assemblies.
Reverend Adu Kyeremeh…
The Brong-Ahafo Regional Police Command has retrieved an Opel Kadett Taxi cab with registration number GT 6918 T allegedly abandoned near the Department of Parks and Gardens in Sunyani.
A statement issued by the Command and signed b…
Mr J.C Amoah, Deputy Ashanti Regional Director of Education has called on Board of Governors of Teacher Training Colleges to support College authorities to instil discipline and morality in teacher trainees.
He said this was the sure…
Voices for Malaria-Free Future Ghana, a malaria advocate group, on Monday asked politicians, especially presidential candidates, to make malaria a campaign issue in the 2008 general elections.
Malaria is the leading cause of morbidit…
The Reverend Kennedy Kwasi Odzafi, president and founder of Help Africa Incorporated, a non-governmental organization based in the US, has presented assorted items worth over US$35,000 dollars to three institutions.
The items include…
A delegation from the Carter Centre that assessed the pre-electoral environment in Ghana last week, has concluded that problems arising from the limited registration, including the registration of minors and multiple registrations, have re…
Two bills that would regulate Information Communication Technology (ICT) operations in the country were taken through Second Reading in Parliament on Monday, where the merits and principles of the bills were discussed.
The first bill,…
The Domestic Violence and Victims' Support Unit (DOVVSU) is part of the Ghana Police Service and not a Non-Governmental Organisation where people sort out their private issues which were not criminal.
Assistant Superintendent of Poli…
The European Union would not rule out the possiblity to send troops to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to help the UN to head off the worsened conflict between rebels and government forces, EU officials said here on Monday.
"W…
Apostle Kadmiel Agbelenyoh, General Overseer of the Seventh-Day Church of Theocracy, has urged Christians to be tolerant of all shades of opinion and views to help promote peace and unity in the society.
"As Christians, we have the o…
The Ghanaian Community in Dubai has called on the Government to open a Consulate in Dubai to cater for the needs of the large number of Ghanaians, both residents and travellers that frequent the Emirate.
An e-mail received from t…
A circuit court in Cape Coast on Tuesday granted GH¢ 2,000 bail to Aba Badu, a 28-year-old trader, who allegedly bit the nose of a neighbour.
Badu, who pleaded not guilty to the charge of causing harm, would re-appear at cour…
The Kade Magistrate's Court in the Eastern Region, has remanded a 28-year-old unemployed in police custody, for allegedly stealing a distribution van with registration number ER 1247 Z, property of a herbal medicine dealer.
Eric Af…
Students have been urged to refrain from acts that could lead them into contracting Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) including the deadly HIV/AIDS.
Dr Bortier Nignpense, Principal Medical Officer at the Ghana Health Service, who made…
As part of the National Road Safety Commission's annual week celebration, it has organized a quiz competition for five selected Junior High Schools (JHS) in the Kumasi metropolis.
The competition was to campaign against roads accid…
Mr Mike Senoo, a former Deputy General Secretary of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has donated three building plots to the Hohoe Municipal branch of the Association towards the construction of its multi-purpose Secretari…
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