Mr Kwadwo Baah-Wiredu, Minister of Education, Youth and Sports, on Friday asked all schools that wished to solicit assistance from Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) to go through the right procedures and channels.
The Minister sai…
Mr Eric Akorbeng, Gomoa District Focal Person on HIV/AIDS, has commended the Queen-Mothers Association and two paramount chiefs in the District for their role in the campaign against the spread of the disease.
He said the involvement …
Chiefs have been urged to use durbars and other cultural events to educate their people on forestry polices to help check the high rate of deforestation and protect the forest reserves.
They have also been advised to monitor the obse…
The Most Reverend Peter Akwasi Sarpong, Catholic Archbishop of Kumasi on Saturday presented assorted items to prisons in Ashanti and Tarkwa in the Western Region as part of his yearly donations to the prisons.
He also donated cash o…
Reverend Father Philip Opoku Nyame, parish priest of Saint Paul's Catholic Church at Amakom, has called on traditional rulers, religious organisations, non-governmental organisations and all peace-loving individuals in the Northern region …
Merry-making must not be allowed to overshadow the true essence of the birth of Jesus Christ, which represented a combination of greatness and humility.
The Right Reverend Professor Kwesi Dickson, Former President of the All African …
A 32 year-old driver drunk-driver who recorded an excessive alcohol level of 177-percent while driving passengers, has been banned from driving for six months by the Tema Circuit Court 'A'.
Ben Nortey with eight years driving experience,…
The Atwima District Early Childhood Educators Association has held its third annual conference with a call on pre-school teachers not to allow financial difficulties, culture, gender issues and conflict affect the child's Right to quality …
The University of Cape Coast (UCC), is seriously considering the holding of seminars and lectures, to prepare its staff for enjoyable retirement.
The Vice-Chancellor of the UCC, the Reverend Professor Emmanuel Adow Obeng, who announ…
The Right-Reverend Thomas Kwaku Mensah, Catholic Bishop of Obuasi, has advised parents to invest in their children's education and to encourage them to study hard to enable them to pass their examinations.
He said all Catholic parish…
It is estimated that 30 per cent of people in any community would suffer or show symptoms of mental illness in the course of their lives, Dr Sammy Allotey, Medical Director, Pantang Hospital, said on Thursday.
He said 10 per cent of th…
Sterling cultural performances spanning three continents took centre stage as the Accra International Children's Festival (KIDDAFEST 2004) kicked off on Thursday.
Kids from Ghana, Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Liberia and the other parts of …
A two-day workshop to identify research priorities in aquatic ecosystems and fisheries in the Volta River Basin and to enhance livelihoods through improved management of living aquatic resources opened in Accra on Thursday.
Research …
Mr Michael Boamey, the Ashanti Regional co-ordinator and National Trainer of HIV/AIDS/STD's, on Saturday called on animators and counsellors in the fight against HIV/AIDS to adopt prevention strategies that could change people's behaviour …
Members of the Builders Club, a non-governmental organisation, looked on with surprise and fired a barrage of questions on baby adoption, as they presented gift items to the Countryside Orphanage at Awutu Bawjiase at the weekend.
Their a…
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…
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