The Government has released 4.5 billion cedis to resource six Youth Leadership Skill Training Institutions throughout the country to enable them to effectively play their expected role in the nation's socio-economic development.
Mr. …
The District Chief Executive for Gomoa, Madam Joyce Aidoo has assured Ghanaians that the government has put in place a machinery to make "Primary Education Fee-free with meals" in most of the poorly and deprived communities.
The DCE g…
A welder, who is known to be involved in sheep and goat stealing has been arrested for stealing a flock of 15 sheep, and has been granted 50 million cedis bail by the Tema circuit court 'B'.
Yaw Nsiah pleaded not guilty and will reappear…
Mr Abdul Karim, the Techiman Municipal Officer of the Environmental Health, has called on Environmental Health personnel to turnover a new leaf and seek the co-operation and support from the general public to bring about good sanitation in…
Transparency International (TI) says a survey it conducted across the world showed that the public perceived political parties as the institution most affected by corruption.
However, indicators on Ghana put the Police as most corrup…
Ghanaians have been urged to give due respect and full recognition to teachers operating in basic schools, just as they do to their counterparts
in higher institutions in the country.
The Very Reverend Charles K. Ekubban, Minister …
Hanny Sherry Ayittey, Treasurer of the 31st December Women's Movement (DWM), on Wednesday told an Accra Fast Track trying her and two others on charges of corruption that three of the Prosecution Witnesses told lies to the Court.
She…
Miss Elizabeth Baffoe, the Comptroller of immigration Service at the Aflao Border, has said movement of people in and out of the country through the Aflao border on election eve has not be unusual "for this time of the year".
"It is the u…
The Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) district has decided to commit 1.5 per cent of its share of the district assemblies' common fund towards the control of HIV/AIDS and other diseases like malaria.
This is to help ensure the effect…
The Chairman of the GHACEM Foundation and a member of the Council of State, Nana Prah Agyensaim VI, has promised to allocate the Winneba Secondary School with 200 bags of cement, valued at 10 million cedis to help provide a fence wall for …
President John Agyekum Kufuor on Tuesday inaugurated a 370- million cedi one-storey headquarters of the Ga West District Police Service at Amasaman.
The Assembly provided 300 million cedis for the building from the Common Fund while …
The Senior Minister, Mr Joseph Henry Mensah on Monday applauded Ghanaian health professionals and urged them to place education at the centre of their service.
He observed the rapid growth of population in Kasoa in the Central Region, an…
The Mankessim Programme Area Manager of Plan, Ghana, a child-centred community development organisation, Mr Jacob Turkson, has called on parents and teachers to jointly educate children to have a better understanding of HIV/AIDS and sexual…
A French Navy Ship "LV Lavallee" has completed a six-day routine call to Ghana as part of her regular missions along the West African coast, a statement from the French Embassy said in Accra on Wednesday.
The statement said the visit…
The Wassa Association of Communities Affected by Mining (WACAM) on Wednesday said several people in the Bogoso community have developed various health related problems due to cyanide spillage into water bodies in the area by the Bogoso Gol…
The Libyan Embassy on Wednesday presented ten sets of computers and accessories costing 150 million cedis to the Electoral Commission to enable it to conduct a successful election and to ensure speedy counting of votes in the forthcoming e…
Mr Kwabena Agyemang-Badu, Nkoranza District Director of Education has urged School Management Committees (SMCs) and Parent-Teacher Associations (PTAs) in the district to ensure that schools are provided with sanitary facilities.
Mr A…
A School Performance Improvement Plan (SPIP) has been signed by the Nkoranza District Directorate of Education and the District Assembly with the objective of addressing challenges that militate against improvement of education in the area…
Mr. T. K T. Agban, District Chief Executive for Dangbe West, on Wednesday commissioned a new three-classroom primary school block for the people of Nyapienya near Kasunya in the district.
The school block was built to cut short the …
Mr Joe Donkor, Deputy Minister of Education Youth and Sports on Wednesday urged staff of the ministry to voluntarily go in for voluntary HIV counselling and testing to enable them to know their HIV status.
He said getting to know you…
The Techiman Abotareye Cooperative Credit Union recorded 51.1 million cedis profit in 2004 as against 30.5 million cedis in 2003 representing 67.7 per cent.
Mr. James Okyere, Techiman Municipal Cooperative Officer, said this while pr…
The Movement for Economic and Political Awareness (MEPA), a nongovernmental organisation (NGO) based in Kumasi has entreated Ghanaians to make Ghana the beacon of hope and encouragement to those nations in Africa and elsewhere still strugg…
The Youth Ministry of the El-Shaddai Baptist Temple at the weekend presented items worth about one million cedis to the Kumasi Children's Home.
The items included a bag of gari, half bag of rice, bars of soap, a gallon of cooking o…
The Association of Health Services Administrators of Ghana (AHSAG) has said the Ghana Health Service, (GHS) would continue to experience strikes if the authorities failed to administer the Additional Duty Hours Allowances (ADHA) properly.…
The Management and Board of Directors of the Export Development and Investment Fund (EDIF), Monday presented facilities worth 2.6 billion cedis to the University of Ghana (UG), Legon for research, development and promotion of non-tradition…
Madam Hawa Yakubu,MP for Bawku Central on Monday presented about 80 half pieces of wax materials and a cash of 2 million cedis to the Girls' dormitory at the Tamale Girls International school in Tamale.
The students of the house would us…
Hope for African Children Initiative (HACI) Ghana has granted about 500 million cedis to several nongovernmental organisation (NGOs) to intensify their education on HIV/AIDS and related problems.
The grant was shared among six implem…
Mr Eddy Obeng-Darko, the National President of Conference of District Directors of Education (CODDE), has advised teachers to exhibit a high sense of professional discipline and competence to win the confidence and sympathy of the public.
…
The Parent-Teacher-Association (PTA) of the Pope John Secondary and Junior Seminary at Effiduase-Koforidua, on Saturday handed over a 1.2 billion-cedi two-storey dormitory to the school.
It was funded from a levy of parents over a fi…
The Right Reverend Emmanuel G.L Twum-Baah, Bishop of the Koforidua Diocese of the Methodist Church, on Saturday urged all eligible Ghanaians to massively turn out to elect their leaders on December 7.
He reminded Christians that it …
The Director of EKGS Catering Institute, Mrs Efua Goode-Arthur on Sunday called on the government to create an enabling environment for the sustainable development, marketing and promotion of the hospitality industry in the country.
"…
Vice President Aliu Mahama on Sunday attended the funeral of late Sylvannus Ganfaa, former Lawra District Chief Executive, who died last month with a call on the family to accept the mishap as divinely.
He described the late DCE as a p…
Mr Isaac Edumadze, Central Regional Minister, has asked the electorate to vote massively for the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) to ensure rapid socio-economic transformation of the country.
The Minister who said this in an addres…
A Dutch Volunteer, Miss Petra Septer, has donated a number of items valued at over 12 million cedis to the Offinso Training Centre for the Physically Disabled.
The items include 15 double-decker wooden beds; 30 mattresses; 100 plast…
Mr Philip Titriku, Brong-Ahafo Regional Director of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, has called for concerted efforts to boost the production of sunflower as a cash crop.
Mr. Titriku who represented the Minister of Food and Agr…
Barima Asumadu Sakyi II, Paramount Chief of the Kumawu Traditional Area, has praised Nana Kwabena Abebrese, Traditional Priest of the 'Black and White' powers shrine at Medoma near Kumasi, for his unrelenting efforts to end the perennial w…
The Rev. Sam Korankye Ankrah, General Overseer of the Royalhouse Chapel International, has called on Ghanaians to protect the peace of the country before, during and after the December 7 elections.
"We must as of necessity ensure tha…
The Meteorological Services Department on Sunday said it would fairly misty over Southern Ghana in the e morning becoming light and sunny by mid morning.
However, few rain showers and thunderstorms are expected over the coastal and …
Government will continue with the Distant Education Programme to help upgrade the knowledge and capabilities of teachers to improve education in the country.
Diploma holding teachers will by the end of 2010 be made to handle almost all J…
The Movement of Collective Associations (MOCAS), a civil society group, in Navrongo has organized a forum for all aspiring Parliamentary Candidates in the Chiana/Pagan constituency to present their manifesto to the constituents.
The Cor…
Former Porters at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) have appealed to the authorities at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) to reinstate their services.
They said the ban on their activities had brought hardship to their fami…
The second batch of the American Peace Corps Volunteers trained to help community and eco tourism in deprived areas of the country were on Friday sworn in at Techiman in the Brong-Ahafo Region.
The 30 volunteers were trained in diffe…
A Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Mr Yaw Agyemang Manu has stressed that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has every right to ask Ghanaians to renew its mandate for the next four years, taking into account the giant strides i…
The Executive Secretary of the St. John Ambulance Ghana, Mrs Hilda Commey has observed that the lack of knowledge and skills in first aid techniques had resulted in the unfortunate deaths and maiming of many accident victims in the country…
Mr Christian Adu Atiemo, Chief Director at Office of the President, on Saturday called on Ghanaians to support the new education reform programme to enable the nation to meet the challenges of the 21st century.
"Government cannot do …
Even though the Ghana Standards Board (GSB) has developed standards for products, these are not properly implemented, understood or appreciated by the public.
Mr Lawrence Ezuah Yankey, Acting Executive Director of the Board, said tha…
The Reverend Professor Emmanuel A Obeng, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast, has appealed to the government to support registered private institutions training people in information technology.
He noted that the cost of …
Vice President Aliu Mahama on Sunday charged all District Assemblies in the Upper West Region to enact by-law on bushfires and enforce it vigorously to serve as punitive measures against offenders.
He said that would deter people fr…
Mr. Micheal Nsowah, the Director General of Ghana Education Service (GES) on Friday cautioned students in second cycle institutions that they would pay for the full cost of their school's property destroyed during violent demonstrations.
…
A Deputy Director of Nursing Services at the Kumasi Metropolitan Health Directorate has stated that the Adolescent Reproductive Health (ARH) problems needed a multi-disciplinary approach for solution.
Mrs Theresa Oduro Acheampong th…