An immigration expert attending the second World Summit on Information Society's (WSIS) Africa conference in Accra on Thursday said Africa must strategise to tap the rich resources of its citizens living abroad for the region's socio-econo…
The four diploma-awarding Teacher Training Colleges in the Eastern Region, have appealed to the Ministry of Education and Sports to expedite action on the release of student allowances to help solve the acute feeding problem facing them. …
The Aflao District branch of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church has put in place the necessary arrangements for the construction of an ultra-modern basic school complex as soon as the District Assembly allocates a plot of land for the projec…
The number of French 15 year-olds unable to spell correctly has doubled in the last four years with more than 56 percent scoring zero out of 20 in an exam-level dictation, according to a group that campaigns for a return to traditional tea…
Gunmen shot dead a senior Baghdad judge and his young son on Tuesday and then danced in the street, shouting "This is what will happen to the traitor Shiites", one
of the dead man's colleagues told AFP.
The assailants, driving an O…
Police in Zambia have rounded up around 150 suspected illegal currency dealers, in an operation aimed at wiping out the black market trade.
Police sealed off a main road in the capital's city centre where illegal currency dealers are …
The Chaplain of the Ghana Police Depot, Deputy Superintendent of Police, George Arthur, has stressed the need for the appointment of more chaplains into the security services to offer pastoral care for the personnel and their families to e…
Muslims throughout the country on Thursday celebrated Eid-Ul-Adha, the Festival of Sacrifice.
The Muslims dressed in colourful clothes, held prayers at mosques and a number of open spots.
Eid-ul-Adha commemorates the obedience …
The Government has initiated the process to establish a permanent Hajj Board that would work all year long to eliminate the hardships and inconveniences associated with annual pilgrimages to Saudi Arabia.
Vice President Aliu Mahama, …
A petrol tanker driver who was made to cart premix fuel to Afram Plains, and diverted 13,800 litres pre-mix fuel valued at 46.5 million cedis has been remanded into custody by the Tema circuit court.
Kofi Obeng pleaded not guilty and wil…
Three houses and property worth millions of cedis have been destroyed at the weekend when a bush fire engulfed Zuime-Agabadikope, a farming community near Aflao.
Three bans of corn, goats and undisclosed amount of cash were also lost…
Alhaji Abubakar Sumani, Member for Tamale North, on Tuesday called for a an arrangement whereby Hajj Pilgrims up country would fly from Tamale Airport while those down south used the Kotoka International Airport.
"In the General Ache…
"The woman, whose body was found at the Madina Cemetery, was a Prostitute I killed on New Year's Day in self-defence," one David Bruce has confessed to the Police.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) In-Charge of the Madina D…
A 24 year old hotelier, who used the name of the Acting Minister of Food and Agriculture, Major Courage Quashiegah (rtd) to defraud one Mable Chirapanga, unemployed, was on Tuesday remanded in prison custody for fraud.
Kofi Quashiega…
A gang of thieves who on Saturday tied up two night watchmen and broke into the offices of Customs, Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) with the hope of stealing valuable items and money, left the premis…
Japanese physicians said on Wednesday that they carried out the world's first live transplant of tissue from the pancreas in an attempt to help a severely diabetic woman in her 20s.
They said the operation was successful, with the wom…
Carmella Warren, an American woman, who was extradited from her country to stand trial on drugs charges after escaping from a Police station two years ago, was on Wednesday remanded into Police custody by an Accra Circuit Court.
Carm…
Personnel of the Customs Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS) and the Ghana Immigration Service, at the Ghana-Togo border at Aflao, have arrested one Police Chief Inspector Paul Azaglo for interfering with their work.
Miss Yaa Kesiwaa A…
Any Ghanaian Journalist who wins the prestigious 2005 CNN African Journalist of the Year Award would get a bonus of 5,000 dollars in cash from Global Media Alliance (GMA), the organisers of the awards.
Mr Edward Boateng, the Managing…
The Ofoase-Ayirebi constituency branch of the NPP has held a non-denominational thanksgiving service at Akim Ofoase on Sunday to express their gratitude to the Almighty for the peaceful general elections last December.
Delivering the …
The Department of Meteorological Services,on Sunday says thick harmattan haze will continue to influence the weather over the entire country. The weather will therefore, remain cloudless, chilly, windy and dry with low humidity, poor visib…
The Hare Krishna Movement in Ghana on Saturday reached out to the ordinary people in society, when they feted and entertained about 5,000 people as part of their religious and social responsibility.
Currently, with a national populati…
Some major international airlines operating at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) have cancelled their flights for Saturday, whilst others have delayed flights into Accra due to poor visibility over the Accra Flight Information Region.…
Dr Kwasi Yeboah-Awudzi, Kwabre District Director of Health Services, has called on district assemblies to support the health service to combat environmental sanitation problems in the districts.
He said without that clinics, hospita…
Naba Charles Ayamgah, the Zuarungu Naba, has asked citizens of Zuarungu resident in the Kumasi metropolis and elsewhere in the Ashanti Region to be law-abiding and reciprocate the hospitality of their hosts by respecting their customs and …
The Very Reverend Doctor Jacob Welbourne, Dean of the Saint Andrews Anglican Cathedral said the aged in society should be re-integrated into society to reduce boredom.
He said, while the aged are kept indoors others are denied access to …
The Church must be unique by distinguishing itself and speaking against evil, crime, insubordination and disrespect, Evangelist Samuel N. Vandyke of the Methodist Church, has said.
He said, "even though the Church is expected to be t…
The Nsein Traditional Council has banned the burial of members of the Nsein Methodist Church in the traditional area with effect from January 6, 2005 until a land dispute between the Council and the Church is resolved.
The ban was announ…
Parents have been urged to co-operate with teachers in the training of their children instead of harassing and in some cases assaulting them.
This would help give their children the sort of training that would be of benefit to t…
A driver's mate who was found with two bags of rice at the Tema Harbour and could not explain how he came by it has been remanded into custody by the Tema circuit court 'B'.
Kwaku Yeboah pleaded not guilty and will reappear on January 14…
Divine Dzani, the Managing Director of D-Cube Limited who issued two dud cheques totalling 115 million cedis to a trader, has been granted 100 million cedis bail with a surety by the Tema circuit court 'B'.
He pleaded not guilty and will…
Nana Arkorful Owese II, the Mfantsemanhen in the Ashanti Region, has appealed to parents to ensure that all children of school-going age were enrolled in schools and their basic needs provided.
Speaking to the Ghana News Agency in …
A couple based in the US are building a 487-million-cedi orphanage and a livestock project at Akoefe-Avenui in the Ho District.
Mr and Mrs Eric Vormanns are providing 4,000 cement blocks and some sheep and cattle to start the project.
…
Mr Sekyi Hagan, a tutor at the Winneba Secondary School, has appealed to Ghanaians to respect and to support to pupil teachers in view of the good work they were doing in the rural areas where trained teacher sometimes refused to accept tr…
More than 100 commercial drivers operating under the Agona Swedru-Accra Number Four branch of the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU), have been given annual awards ranging from 100,000 cedis to 200,000 cedis at a ceremony at Agona-…
Mr Alban Bagbin Member of Parliament (MP) for Nadowli West on Monday denounced the adoption of expensive funerals and the preservation of corpses in mortuaries for several weeks before burial.
Such a practice he said was not only 'al…
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 …
info@businessghana.com
