Russia is interested in partnership and cooperation in the field of energy with countries of South-eastern Europe, but also with Europe as a whole while respecting high ecological standards, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in the Cr…
Angola's National Assembly has recently given the government the green light for the legislation on the exploration of gas within the framework of the "Angola LNG" gas project and on oil award for appraisal, development and production of …
Apostle Schambach Amaniampong, Head of the Christian Redemption International Ministry, has predicted an economic boom for Ghana during the jubilee year.
"From the realms of the spirit I can see the line up of major investors to Gha…
The Western Regional Zonal Office of the Food and Drugs Board (FDB) on Tuesday advised the public not to transact business with an unidentified person who has been posing as an enforcement officer of the board.
A press release from the …
Guinea worm prevalence in the Northern region remained high due to insufficient potable water, partly because some water supply systems in that part of the country have broken down.
For instance the supply systems in both the Tamale …
Vice President Alhaji Aliu Mahama at the weekend hailed the revised edition of the Laws of Ghana 2004, as reader friendly book that will appeal to a wide variety of people from different backgrounds.
"This is the strength of the law…
The Academic Board and authorities of universities in the country have been urged to encourage post-graduate studies.
Professor Kwasi Kwafo Adarkwah, Vice-Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST),…
Dr. Seidu Korkor, National Coordinator of the Guinea Worm Eradication Programme has observed that the ever rising reported cases of the disease in the Northern Region is as a result of the constant breakdown of water supply sources to inh…
Professor Paul Nyame, Rector of the College of Physicians and Surgeons on Friday advocated the establishment of Medical Research Council to regulate and supervise research activities.
"There is no regulatory mechanism for the contro…
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon unveiled his revised report on the hybrid UN-African Union (AU) mission in Darfur.
In a letter dated June 5 transmitting the report to the president of the Security Council, Ban said that during the di…
Berekum Arsenal played a highly determined game to hold defending champions, Hearts of Oak to a one all drawn game in their Onetouch Top Four encounter at the Robert Mensah Sports Stadium.
After a goalless first half, it was Hearts …
The Social Investment Fund (SIF) has since its inception some 10 years ago disbursed a total of 25 billion cedis to micro-finance institutions for on-lending to the poor, who are engaged in income generating activities.
Out of a tot…
A 45 year old woman, Akua Boaduwaah, was shot dead when armed robbers attacked passengers in a bus at Akyem Asantemang on the Akyem Oda - Agona Swedru road.
The armed robbers succeeded in robbing them of undisclosed sums of monies, …
Two alleged armed robbers on their way to Wenchi to rob had been arrested by the Sunyani police at a police checkpoint at Yahima near Sunyani.
Deputy Commissioner of Police Kwaku Ayensu Opare Addo told the Ghana News Agency that t…
Fierce clashes broke out overnight between Iraqi security forces and Shiite militiamen loyal to radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in the southern city of Nassriyah, killing 10 people and wounding some 50 others, local police and official sou…
Mr Edwin Barnes, Chief Director at the Office of the Head of the Civil Service, urged civil servants to see themselves as government agents helping to formulate and implement policies geared towards the development of the country.
H…
Mr. Duut Sebastian, Nkoranza head of the Business Advisory Center (BAC) at Nkoranza has urged the unemployed youth to engage themselves in income-generating activities to become self sufficient.
Mr. Sebastian told the Ghana News Age…
International bodies, especially the African Union have been asked to work towards the realisation of the Dakar Declaration against racism, discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance.
The declaration, reached in 2001 at the W…
Right Reverend Nuh Ben Abubakr, Bishop of the Kumasi Methodist Diocese, urged Ghanaians to eschew laziness and work harder to increase productivity towards national development.
He said, "We have to discard the attitude that distance us …
The Federal Ministry of Air Transportation has approved N17,158,150 for the on-going bird hazard management implementation programme at the nation's 21 airports.
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) General Manager, Publi…
A rainstorm that hit Nkrankwanta near Dormaa-Ahenkro has caused extensive damage to property worth millions of cedis.
The worst hit was the town's Presbyterian Junior Secondary School that was in a bad shape before the storm.
T…
National Aeronautics Space Agency (NASA) scientists have warned that greenhouse-gas warming may raise average summer temperatures in the eastern part of United States by nearly 10 degrees Fahrenheit by the 2080s.
"There is the poten…
This morning, the weather will be humid, cloudy and misty over sheltered areas of southern Ghana. From mid-morning, it will become bright, sunny, slightly windy and partly cloudy. By afternoon, southern Ghana, especially the middle portio…
A High Court Judge, Justice Senyo Dzemafe has appealed to the people seeking justice at the courts to bear with the current situation of frequent adjournments by the courts as a result of the energy crisis.
He assured them of consta…
Thirty-five people were killed on the spot in a fatal accident involving seven vehicles near Awutu Beraku in the Awutu-Effutu-Senya district in the Central Region.
Several other people who received various degrees of injuries were rus…
The British Council of Ghana would host the world's renowned leadership guru, Professor John Adair, in a three-day leadership development workshops scheduled from May 21 to 23, 2007.
Prof. John Adair, who arrives in Ghana on May 20,…
The Special Assistant to the Eastern Regional Minister, Mr Owusu Agyepong had called on students to use their knowledge to fight for the advancement of the country and their communities.
He said the days when ethnic groups went to…
The government of the Netherlands has spent more than 80 million euros over the past five years to improve and expand water supply in the Central Region to help solve the perennial water problem of the Region, particularly Cape Coast and …
Professor John Evans Atta Mills, Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) made a cash donation of 200 million cedis to the Tamale Metropolitan Assembly to help resettle the Tamale rainstorm disaster victims.
…
Alhaji Baba Salisu, Director, Ghana Identification Board has urged Moslem youth to aspire to higher heights by increasing their crave for knowledge.
Alhaji Baba who was speaking at the 41st National Islamic Youth Camp at Kadjebi said sat…
Professor Kenneth A. Attafuah, an International Human Rights Consultant has stressed the need for human rights education in secondary schools to instil the cardinal values of integrity, discipline, self-respect and democratic practice amo…
President John Agyekum Kufuor in consultation with the Council of State has nominated Mrs Justice Georgina Theodora Wood for appointment as the new Chief Justice of Ghana.
A press release signed by Mr Andrew Awuni, the Press Secreta…
Contrary to expectations Dormaa-Ahenkro, the hub of the poultry industry in the country, last Wednesday received reports of the appearance of the Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) in Tema with relative calm.
Investigations conducted by Ghan…
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) have launched a joint handbook for lawmakers to help them devise the necessary strategies, from introducing legislation to allocating public funds, to pro…
Cash and property worth millions of cedis were destroyed when the house of a 62-year-old widow caught fire at Acherensua in the Asutifi North District of the Brong-Ahafo region.
The whole compound house consisting of about 14 room…
Volta Region recorded 53.1 per cent passes in the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in 2006.
Six out of the 15 districts in the region improved in their performance over 2005.
They were Kpando, Krachi West, Nkwant…
A thirty-eight-year-old pregnant mother of four, died on the spot when a truck she was travelling on somersaulted at the outskirts of Garu on Tuesday.
Asiini Laari was said to be returning home on board the truck together with othe…
The Civil Society Coalition on Land has presented a communiqué to the Ministry of Lands, Forestry and Mines to support the smooth implementation of the Land Administration Project (LAP) in Accra.
The communiqué draws attention to so…
Mr. Kwabena Agyemang-Badu, Nkoranza District Director of Education, has urged candidates for the West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) to avoid examination malpractices or would be made to face the full rigours of…
The authorities of Saint Anne's Anglican School Complex in Kumasi have been accused of preventing three candidates of the school from writing their last paper of the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), which ended last Friday.…
Alhaji Mustapha Ali Idris, Northern Regional Minister has urged radio stations in the region to be circumspect about drug related advertisements.
He asked them to broadcast such advertisements in accordance with the ethics of advert…
An American couple, Mr. Kirt and Hilda Bromley, Chief Executive Officers of 'Books for Africa', an NGO, has presented 15,000 assorted books to a new library complex at Drobo in Jaman South district of Brong Ahafo.
The library comple…
Mr. Peter Tenganabang Nanfuri, former
Inspector-General of Police (IGP), was outdoored as the Paramount Chief of the Jirapa Traditional Area with the skin name, Naa Ansoleh Ganaa II.
Naa Ganaa, who is the grandson of the first Chi…
The authorities of the Juaso District Hospital in the Asante-Akim South District have expressed grave concern about the increasing public outcry about fees charged by Hospital to convey patients to referral health facilities in its ambula…
The Asante-Akim North District Assembly has taken steps to boost the NEPAD School Feeding Programme in the District.
The Assembly has taken advantage of the vacation of basic schools to assemble the various cooks engaged under the pr…
The Methodist University College (MUCG) unveiled a five-year strategic plan, which gives the school a blueprint to undertake specific development projects between 2006 and 2011.
It is also designed to enable the university to take a …
The Eastern Regional Minister, Mr. Yaw Barimah has observed that recent crimes in the country were becoming sophisticated and the country seems to be overwhelm by crime.
He said the country therefore, needed a sophisticated police …
A delegation of Provincial Commissioners from the office of the President of Kenya arrives in Ghana on Saturday to understudy Ghana's conflict prevention approaches.
A statement in Accra on Friday signed by Mr Iddrisu A. Siddiq, Pub…
The Right Reverend John Harvey-Ewusi, Methodist Bishop of the Sekondi Dioceses, said moral education was necessary for the nation's growth and poverty reduction.
He said moral growth could be achieved through the assistance and recognit…
The Most Reverend Dr Justice Offei Akrofi, Archbishop of the Church of Province of West Africa and Anglican Bishop of Accra, urged society to be circumspect and not play politics with peoples names and dignity.
He said it was import…