Professor Jophus Anamuah-Mensah, an Educationist, has stressed the need to combine effectively spiritual education and academic endeavours to help raise a generation of youth who were God-fearing, disciplined and patriotic to the country's…
The Rev. Daniel Opong Wereko, Akyem Oda District Minister of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, has urged the Essam Presbyterian Congregation in the Eastern Region, to co-operate with each other for an improvement in their socio-economic ac…
Education is the backbone of the survival and development of any community, Nana Obutu Frimpong, Chief of Essaso in the West Akim Municipality, has stated.
He made the statement when he met elders of Essaso and a cross-section of the p…
The Gomoa East District Assembly has formed a taskforce to check illegal sand winning in the area to avoid land degradation, Mr M.C. Jewell Joseph Annan, District Chief Executive(DCE) said on Friday.
He said the formation of the task…
Dozens of journalists, sponsors and politicians who honoured the 13th Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) Awards night at the Banquet Hall on Saturday went home disappointed as the top award, Journalist of the Year, was not awarded because…
Syria summoned on Sunday the US and Iraqi envoys to Damascus to protest against a US military helicopters attack on its civilians and demand Iraq to prevent the use of its territory to attack Syria, the official SANA news agency reported.
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Syria on Sunday summoned the US Charge d'affaires to Damascus and protested against a US helicopters attack on its civilians earlier in the day.
Eight Syrian civilians were killed in a US helicopters attack in a Syrian farm near its …
Women from both Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities gathered in central Nicosia on Sunday, calling for a speedy solution of the Cyprus problem and the reunification of their island country.
Greek Cypriot leader and President Demetr…
Okatakyie Kusi Amoyaw, chief of Aseseeso in the Eastern Region, launched a "Big Goat" research centre, aimed at improving goat and sheep breeding in the town, to expand the economic base of the people.
The event took place during th…
Five suspected militants have been reportedly killed by Nigeria's naval unit of the military force at Cawthorn Channel in Degema Local Council of Nigeria's south-eastern Rivers State as the State Government became tougher on militancy in t…
At least 58 people have been killed by floods which hit south-eastern Yemen following two days of heavy rainfall, the official SABA news agency reported on Saturday, citing the Interior Ministry.
Up to Saturday morning, at least 58 p…
Okatakyie Kusi Amoyaw, Chief of Aseseeso in the Eastern Region, at on Saturday advocated the establishment of an Upper House of Parliament, which should comprise chiefs and eminent citizens of the country.
He said this would give tra…
The Police District and Divisional headquarters project, being executed at in the Kumasi Metropolis is progressing steadily.
The project including the provision of offices and barracks, which was commenced five months ago, was being fund…
Members of the Ashanti Regional Branch of the Ghana Haulage Transport Drivers' Association has expressed concern about the re-introduction of the Legislative Instrument (L.I.) that banned the movement of all vehicles above three tones betw…
Right Reverend Dr Robert Aboagye-Mensah, Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church, has pledged the commitment of his Church to the education of disabled children.
He said the Methodist Church, which is one of the pioneer churches tha…
Mr Adams Imoro, General Director of Mums Love Rural Orphanage Foundation at Duayaw-Nkwanta in Brong-Ahafo Region has appealed to the general public to assist it in the proper upbringing and development of the children.
Mr Imoro told …
Kosmos Energy, one of the companies involved in the exploration of Ghana's oil resources, on Thursday presented a cheque for GH¢2,500 to the Ghana Journalists' Association (GJA) in support of the 13th GJA Awards Night scheduled for October…
Shekeena Needy Trust, a non- governmental organisation in Kumasi, in collaboration with Ghana AIDS Commission under the M-sharp programme (a multi-sector AIDS programme) have donated education materials valued at 1, 500 Ghana cedis to orph…
The national road network portfolio has increased from 37,321 kilometres in 2000, to 68,114 kilometres in 2007, while the percentage of good roads has been expanded from 29 per cent in 2000,
to 39 per cent in 2006.
Vice President A…
Madam Grace Obeng-Donkor, Nkoranza North District Chief Executive, has urged the youth in the area to exercise tolerance during the electioneering campaign.
She said this at a durbar of chiefs and people of Dromankese to climax their…
A 14-member delegation from the Vanguard Newspapers of Nigeria on Thursday paid a visit to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) to acquaint itself with the operations of the Agency.
Nana Appau Duah, General Manager, GNA, who briefed the dele…
A new prosecutor from the Attorney-General's Department has taken over the case of Isaac Abeiku Aidoo, aka Goodies, a popular music producer who is being held for drug related offences.
When the case was called before the court, pres…
Rev Dr. Alfred Ofosu Asante, Director of Solid Rock Baptist Mission, has said the only way the youth could receive blessings from God "is when they are disciplined, law abiding and honour the elderly in society."
He appealed to the y…
A group of South Korean officials would leave for Somali waters next week to determine whether the country should dispatch naval forces to help to thwart attempts by Somali pirates to abduct South Korean ships, the Defence Minister said on…
The Upper East Regional Minister, Mr. Alhassan Samari, on Wednesday called for a practical and achievable approach to the country's sanitation problems to fully check and prevent the occurrence of controllable diseases in the country.
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French Marines patrolling the pirate-infested coast of Somalia have handed over nine Somali pirates they have captured to the authorities of the north-eastern Somali region, senior Somali official said on Thursday.
Ports and fisherie…
Mr Kwadwo Osei Owusu, Fanteakwa District Director of Education has urged Circuit Supervisors of Education to intensify supervision of schools to improve academic standards in the district.
He said laxity in supervision by head teache…
The Food and Drugs Board (FDB) in collaboration with the Public Health Department of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), have put in place stringent measures to ensure proper hygiene and sanitation at all the markets in Accra.
The…
The Supreme Court will on Friday give reasons why it dismissed an application for certiorari brought before it by Tsatsu Tsikata, former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC).
Tsikata is currently…
India, Japan, Germany and France were among 18 nations elected by the United Nations General Assembly to serve on the 54-member Economic and Social Council (E.C.O.S.O.C.) for a period of three years, beginning January 1, next year.
C…
A group of South Korean officials will leave for Somali waters next week to determine whether the country should dispatch naval forces to help thwart attempts by Somali pirates to abduct South Korean ships, the defense minister said Thursd…
Mr Clement Ayinbire Adazabre, Acting Headmaster of Kongo Senior High School near Bolgatanga, was yesterday killed in a motor bike accident, while riding with a colleague.
Mr Andrews Dagbamah, his colleague, who is teacher at the scho…
Mr Kwabena Agyemang-Badu, Nkoranza District Director of Education, has urged heads of basic schools to ensure transparency in the financial management of their institutions, especially in the utilization of the capitation grants.
Add…
The Ministry of Harbours and Railways on Thursday denied media reports that it has suspended the contract between the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority and Meridian Port Services (MPS) to shorehandle containers in Tema Port.
A state…
The Director of the Air Traffic Services at the Kotoka International Airport, Mr Adjei-Darko, has commended Air Traffic Controllers for doing an excellent job during the year.
"Although you have performed excellently, I urge you not …
Alhaji Yusif Ibrahim, Board Chairman of Guaranty Trust Bank (GT Bank), has promised to build and donate a Central Administration Block at the University of Ghana, Legon, to the College of Health Sciences.
Alhaji Ibrahim, who is also …
The Chief Justice, Mrs Justice Georgina Wood on Tuesday charged magistrates to be guided by their professional ethnics and live above reproach.
She said the integrity of the judiciary was key and as such should not be compromised sin…
About 132,000 persons, have registered with the Kwaebibirem Mutual Health Insurance Scheme.
With an estimated District population of 248,000, the figure represented about 70 percent of people who have joined the scheme.
This w…
Dorothy Oboubi of A.M.E Zion Girls Senior High School, Winneba in the Central Region emerged winner of the Ghana Oil Limited (GOIL) Homowo National Cadet Open Championships held at the D.G Hathiramani Sports Hall of the Ohene Gyan Sports S…
A Ghana-German Sewing Centre has been inaugurated by Mamaga Akosua 1, Paramount Queen of SASADU Traditional Areas.
The SASADU communities are Akrofu, Saviefe and Alavanyo in the Volta Region.
Mamaga Akosua, a German known in p…
Ghana's population is growing at about 2.6 per cent per annum but expansion in the water sector is hovering around one per cent per annum, the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) indicated on Tuesday.
The current performance trends sh…
Major Courage Quashigah, (Rtd) Minister of Health, on Tuesday called for the introduction of Health and Nutrition subjects in schools to lead the way in the country's Regenerative Health Programme.
He said it would have an immediate …
Government has concluded negotiations with the Government of Brazil to finance the Juale River and Pwalugu hydro power plants at the cost of 555 million dollars.
The Energy Minister, Mr Felix Owusu-Agyapong, said upon completion of a…
Mad Patricia Appiagyei, Kumasi Metropolitan Chief Executive, on Tuesday inspected some projects in the metropolis to acquaint herself with the progress of work on them.
She was accompanied by Mr Mathew Addai, Co-ordinating Director of th…
Major Courage Quashigah (RTD), Minister of Health, has appealed to the Ministry of Education, Science and Sports as well as the Ghana Education Service (GES) to put the study of health science in the syllabus of basic and second-cycle inst…
Sunyani Polytechnic is to host the 3rd edition of the West African Polytechnic Games Association (WAPOGA) scheduled for September 2010 and will last 12 days.
Eight countries are expected to participate in football, volleyball, badmin…
The Regional Advisory and Network Systems (RAINS), Tamale based NGO dedicated to providing care and support to needy communities and people, has presented a 10-seater bus to the Yumba Special School for the mentally disabled in Tamale.
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The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Patrick Kwarteng Acheampong, on Tuesday reiterated the readiness of the Police Service to assist the Electoral Commission (EC) to ensure that the forthcoming elections were conducted smoothly and peacefu…
The Police Administration spends more than GH¢100,000.00 a year on hotel bills to accommodate officers who are unable to secure official accommodation after furthering their education at the Tertiary Institutions.
Mr Patrick Kwart…
Mr David Quaye Annang, Tema Metropolitan Chief Executive, on Tuesday appealed to individuals and corporate organizations to appreciate the contributions of farmers and fishermen and contribute towards this year's National Farmers' Day.
H…
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