Mr Oseghale Emmanuel Aighalua, President of God's Kingdom Society (GCS), on Wednesday urged political leaders to seek the interest and welfare of the electorate while in office.
"Political leaders should rule with the fear of God so …
Management of the Ghana Post Company Limited on Wednesday took to the counters of some post offices in Accra to serve and interact with customers as part of World Post Day which falls on October 9.
The day on the theme; "Stay Connect…
Togbega Gabusu VI, Paramount Chief of Gbi Traditional Area has called for the rigid enforcement of environmental and sanitation regulations by Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to keep the environment clean.
He …
Public transportation in Belgium has been seriously affected and many schools and municipal services are closed Monday as three Belgian trade unions called a nation-wide strike to protest falling purchasing power.
Public transportati…
A total of 28 African countries have affirmed their commitment to sign the convention on banning the use of cluster munitions by
the end of the year.
The Convention on Cluster Munitions is an international treaty that bans cluster …
Operations of Ghana News Agency (GNA) are to be decentralised to make it more vibrant and credible in news gathering and reporting in the country.
Nana Rex Owusu-Ansah, Chairman of Board of Directors of the Agency announced this duri…
Mr Andrew Barber, Managing Director of Aqua Vitens Rand Limited (AVRL), on Monday said the company was in the process of introducing new 15ml water meters to capture all flat rate customers into the metering system to ensure fair and equit…
Mr Ignatius Baffour-Awuah, Brong-Ahafo Regional Minister, last weekend advised students to shun their reliance on occultism and drugs to enhance learning.
He said such vices would undermine and derail their good intentions for academ…
A new 100,000 Ghana cedis church building for Kyebi Saint Mark's Anglican Church was dedicated at Kyebi on Sunday.
Right Reverend Francis Benjamin Quashie, Anglican Bishop of Koforidua Diocese in a sermon called on the electorate to …
Six Junior High Schools in the Greater Accra Region, are to compete for honours in essay writing on Malaria eradication and the Environment, in Accra next month.
The event, being initiated by Add Your Voice Now, a Non-Governmental O…
Deputy Commissioner of Police Kweku Ayesu Opare-Addo, the Ashanti Regional Police Commander, has appealed to police personnel to be open minded during the December election.
He said as peace officers they needed to conduct themselves wel…
A Convention People's Party (CPP) Government would ensure clean environment and better sanitation to minimize diseases and create healthy atmosphere for Ghanaians, Mrs Yvonne Nduom, wife of CPP Flag bearer Dr Paa Kwesi Nduom, said at Obuas…
More than 1,000 suspects have been arrested in a three-week federal crackdown on criminal aliens, immigration fugitives and immigration violators in California, authorities said on Monday.
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement…
Dr Eric Palmer Amaning, head of surgery at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), said excessive consumption of salt and salt related products, fatty foods, smoking and alcohol had led to increasing high blood pressure cases.
H…
The Tema/Battor Council of the Society of St Vincent de Paul (SSVP), on Saturday inaugurated a day care centre for the aged, at Tema, with a call for formulation of policy for the integration of the aged into society.
The GH¢ 245,000 cen…
One hundred and fifty-three artisans in the West Akyem Municipality have undertaken the National Vocational Training Institute (NVTI) trade test examination at Asamankese.
Masons, carpenters and mechanics participated in the test, wh…
Chinese taikonauts completed the country's first spacewalk on Saturday, a feat that immediately became the focus of attention around the world.
Vladimir Soloviev, Flight Control Director of Russian Space Mission Control Centre and a …
At least six people have been injured in the fire that broke out Saturday evening in the Egyptian National Theater in downtown Cairo, the state MENA news agency reported.
Four of the injured, including two policeman, a fire fighter a…
Alhaji Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak, Member of Parliament (MP) for Asawasi, has presented items worth 4,000 Ghana cedis to the Asawasi Sub-Metro Education Office of the Ghana Education Service (GES), to help facilitate the monitoring and super…
Nana Afua Serwaa Kobi Ampem, Asantehemaa, has said it was important that political parties embarked on campaigns in a peaceful manner ahead of the December elections.
This, she said, was necessary if the nation was to consolidate her…
The people of Teleku-Bukasu, have called on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to educate them on the impact of mining before a mining company, the Adamus Resources Limited starts operation in the area.
The call was to enabl…
The Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa District Assembly has recorded an improvement in its internal revenue generation this year, the District Chief Executive (DCE), Mr Emmanuel Adjei Domson had said.
Mr Domson said this at the second ordinary m…
The Association of Methodist Men's Fellowships in Kumasi has paid tribute to the late Mr Kwadwo Baah-Wiredu, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, describing him as a hard-working man whose death had dealt a big blow to the nation.
…
An official of the Ministry of Health (MOH) has said membership registration cards, issued by the Association of Traditional Healers to its members, were not operational licenses.
Only the MOH could issue operational licenses.
…
The Kenyan Government said on Saturday it would not negotiate with ransom demanding Somali pirates that hijacked Ukrainian ship off the coast of the war-torn nation late on Thursday carrying military equipment destined for the East African…
Apostle Kodwo B. Denson, General Secretary of the
Apostolic Church, Ghana, on Sunday said a nation's progress largely depended on the unity of her citizens.
He said: "Fake unity shrinks in the cause of time and for that reason
Chri…
Apostle Kodwo B. Denson, General Secretary of the
Apostolic Church, Ghana, on Sunday said a nation's progress largely depended on the unity of her citizens.
He said: "Fake unity shrinks in the cause of time and for that reason
Chri…
The Emmanuel Presbyterian Church at Dansoman, on Sunday awarded scholarships to seven Junior High School graduates, under its Annual Scholarship Awards Scheme, at a ceremony in Accra.
This is to enable the beneficiaries, five boys an…
About 140,000 Ghana cedis has been realised for Asogli Education Endowment Fund established five years ago and would soon begin awarding scholarships to brilliant and needy students in the Asogli Traditional Area.
This was announced …
Enrolment in the country's public universities has been increasing yearly, since 2002 and 2003 academic year, representing an increase of 117 per cent.
Vice President Alhaji Aliu Mahama, who disclosed this at the University of Cape C…
Graduates of the Distance Education Programme of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) on Saturday expressed disappointment at "unfair treatment" by the UCC authorities.
They said they were not allowed to shake hands with officials on …
The Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana has organised an open day to expose research and other activities undertaken by the substation in Bole, to the general public, as part of activities marking its 70th anniversary celebrations.
In …
Vice-President Alhaji Aliu Mahama on Friday called for the establishment of a strong pharmaceutical manufacturing base, which would lead to a significant reduction in the cost of drug importation.
"Our ability to do this will reduce …
Mr. Stephen Padmore Owusu, Executive Director of God's Love Evangelism, Counseling and Rehabilitation Ministry (GOLCERM), a Christian Organisation, in the Ejisu Municipality, on Friday presented educational items to 45 orphan pupils select…
Personnel of Accra North-East Divisional Police Command in Madina have arrested four people for allegedly printing large quantities of fake Ghana cedis and dollar.
The suspects are Joseph Sarfo 26, a graphic designer and ring leader …
Some of Ghana's eco-tourism sites would on Saturday, September 27, 2008, World Tourism Day, be beamed live for the first time from the Kakum National Park Canopy Walkway onto Japanese public television, a statement from the Wildlife Divisi…
The Akim Swedru Circuit Court on Friday sentenced Kwabena Ebo Dadzie, a basket weaver to six years imprisonment for stealing railway shanks, property of the Ghana Railway Company (GRC).
Dadzie, 45, pleaded guilty to stealing the shanks…
Seth Mantey, a farmer at Ayirebi near Akim Swedru who sneaked into his daughter's room in the night and sexually assaulted her, has been remanded in police custody by the Akim Swedru Circuit Court in the Eastern Region.
Mantey pleaded …
Mr Alex Hughes, Central Regional Fire Commander of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), on Friday suggested the provision of built-in underground water reservoirs in all major markets, to enable firemen to have ready access to water to …
Mr. George Hikah Benson, Upper West Regional Minister has observed that any meaningful poverty reduction strategy in the Region would require the availability of good feeder road network to facilitate the movement of goods and services.
…
Dr. Richard Anane, Minister of Roads and Transport has indicated that levy on fuel and the other road user charges would be increased to sustain the Road Fund.
He said, at present, the Fund could only cater for 60 per cent of the roa…
The Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana has organised an open day to expose research and other activities undertaken by
the substation in Bole, to the general public, as part of activities marking
its 70th anniversary celebrations.
…
Dr Samuel K. Hayford of the Department of Special Education, University of Education, Winneba said Inclusive Education would improve access to quality education by children with physical disabilities.
He was speaking in Ho on Thursda…
A circuit court at Dormaa Ahenkro has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Stephen Kwabena Kabo and Job Adu, both from Antwirifo near Dormaa-Ahenkro for allegedly molesting two soldiers serving at the Kofi-Badukrom border post.
T…
European leaders attending a day's High-Level Event on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in New York on Thursday called for more assistance to poor countries to help them combat poverty.
European Commission President Jose Manue…
At least 12,000 civilian residents of Mogadishu have fled their homes in the Somali capital since last weekend because of a surge in fighting between Islamist insurgents and government forces, the United Nations refugee agency said on Thur…
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Wednesday that 21 refugees were feared to have been drowned on Tuesday night when their overloaded boat capsized in the Atbara River, near the Shagarab refugee camp in eastern Sudan.
The corpses…
Britain's Department for International Development (DFID) announced on Wednesday an additional 50 million dollar package to help Ethiopia cope with the ongoing humanitarian crisis.
In a news release, the British embassy said the s…
An Egyptian official source said on Wednesday that efforts were still underway to secure the release of 11 foreign tourists and their Egyptian companions, who were kidnapped last Friday in southern Egyptian desert near the border with Suda…
Cocoa farmers at Ebenezer near Anum Apapam have reiterated their call on the government to ensure regular supply of pesticides for mass cocoa spraying.
Mr. Daniel Ohene, a prominent cocoa farmer and a spokesman for the farmers in the a…
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