Fire gutted the second hand clothing dealers section at Kantamanto market in Accra on Monday night destroying goods worth several millions of Ghana cedis belonging to traders.
However, there were no casualties.
The fire which b…
The fight against an outbreak of the deadly Hepatitis E in war-ravaged northern Ugandan has made substantial progress as the number of new cases and deaths are declining by half, an official said in Kampala on Monday.
Stephen Malinga…
The Minister of Health, Major (retd) Courage Quashigah, on Monday stressed the need for Ghanaians to revert to eating time-tested local foods, which contain a lot of nutrients, as well as healthy lifestyles, in order to reverse the current…
Internet usage in Ghana is a mere 2.7 per cent as compared to 5.3 per cent in Africa, Mr. Eric Akumiah, General Secretary, Internet Society, Ghana, said on Monday.
He said the figure was a low because of some policies and called on g…
Alpha and Omega International, a non-governmental organization based in the U.S., on Monday conducted free oral cavity exercise for pupils of Bishop's Mix Primary School.
The Reverend Dr. Godfrey Nunnoo, leader of the five-man medical…
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) on Monday appealed for 460 million dollars to feed 9.6 million hungry people affected by drought and high food prices in Ethiopia through to March next year.
"The Horn of Africa region is facing t…
Lack of reliable statistical data on substance
abuse in the country is undermining the needed attention to address the magnitude of substance abuse.
Despite the lack of national data, various regional and district surveys suggest t…
Local small scale manufacturers of "Alata" soap, have appealed to government to intervene in the rising cost of materials especially copra, which they said was killing the sub-sector.
Making the appeal on Tuesday, Ms Nerissa Nortey, …
Monday night is Nomination Night on M-Net's Big Brother Africa and this week, Zambia's TK, Angola's Ricco and Nigeria's Uti received the most
votes (4 each) from their fellow housemates in the latest nomination show, screened on DStv.
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A four-day workshop for 12 members of Ghana Scout Association (GSA) throughout the country has ended in Accra.
The Ghana Scout Association, in collaboration with Danish Scout Group, organized the program under the theme "How to market…
The Winneba magistrate court has fined a 42-year-old fisherman from Winneba 360 Ghana cedis for assaulting his wife, Madam Ama Adomah.
Ekow Neeyi pleaded guilty and would go to prison for 12 months if he fails to pay the fine.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert arrived at President Shimon Peres' residence on Sunday evening and was scheduled to submit his resignation letter.
Olmert's office said in a statement released hours earlier thatthe prime minister, …
Alhaji Aliu Mahama, Vice President, has said government would build casualty wards, out-patient departments, laboratories and provide modern equipment for all district hospitals to enhance health care delivery in the country.
He said…
The Agona Swedru High Court has adjourned till November 1, the case in which Mr. Philip Patrick Quartey, a former Agona Swedru Branch Manager of the Union Rural Bank Limited, has filed a civil suit against his employers for wrongful indefi…
Mr Robert Adokoh, Assemblyman for the Adukrom Electoral Area, has expressed grave concern about the delay on the part of the Agona West Municipal Assembly, to refurbish the Community Based Health Planning Service (CHIPS) at Otsenkorang, wh…
Mr. Abdul Karim Boakye-Yiadom, District Chief Executive (DCE) for Asante Akim South, has expressed concern about low school attendance by pupils in the district, blaming the situation on parents.
He said the refusal of some parents to ei…
Children's Rights International, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) in collaboration with the Ministry of Manpower, Youth and Employment and three district assemblies have rescued 360 children from child labour in cocoa growing areas.
…
Authorities of schools in communities affected by the recent tidal waves in the Keta area have agreed to allow pupils to attend classes in other dresses as many of them lost their school uniforms in the disaster.
The waves washed aw…
Lady Julia Osei-Tutu, wife of Otumfuo Osei-Tutu II, Asantehene, at the weekend joined the Asanteman Chiefs' wives Association to donate assorted items to the inmates of the Kumasi Children's Home.
The items, worth GH¢4,000 were made up o…
The Department of Social Welfare (DSW), has instituted training programmes for care givers of day care centres, to equip them with skills required for the performance of their task.
This was necessitated by the fact that reasoning an…
The Department of Social Welfare (DSW), has instituted training programmes for care givers of day care centres, to equip them with skills required for the performance of their task.
This was necessitated by the fact that reasoning an…
The Chief and elders of Whindo near Takoradi, have launched a peace programme to educate the people on the need to refrain from acts and utterances that could result in violence in the run-up to Election 2008.
It would involve the de…
Two persons on a motor bike, who were knocked down by a Hyundai Haice, near Menzesor died later on admission at the St. Martin De Porres Catholic Hospital at Eikwe in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region.
They were Mr Stephe…
Reverend Christian F.W. Gbekor, Accra Presbytery Chairman of the Global Evangelical Church, on Saturday reiterated the call on Ghanaians, especially Christians to ensure that peace and unity prevail in the run-up to elections in December.
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Professor Kwabena Frimpong Boateng, Chairman of Public Utility Regulatory Commission (PURC) on Friday stressed the need for Government to come out with a policy directive on rainwater harvesting.
He said God had blessed Ghana with a …
Twenty-eight pupils, made up of 15 males and 13 females have constituted the pioneering class for the newly-opened Bishop Belany Academy at Dormaa Ahenkro.
The establishment of the school was facilitated by the Catholic Bishop of Sun…
Vietnam has reaped initial results from the macro-economic control measures and the economy will soonbe stabilized, said Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung here Friday.
"Amid the declining world economy, rising petrol…
A Reverend Minister has called on Ghanaians to pursue the truth in order to help move the country forward in development.
Reverend Daniel T.K Doe, Founder of New Jerusalem Healing Church at Odobeng in the Asikuma Odobeng Brakwa Distr…
Mr Owiredu Dwamena, an elder at the Asylum Down Presbyterian Church of Ghana on Sunday advised the Christian youth to rely on the loyalty of God in everything they do.
He said most children are pressured by their peers to do what is …
Papa Owusu Ankomah, Member of Parliament for Sekondi has called on the National Executive Committee of Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) to expose fake Journalists in the society.
He said "These individuals use the freedom of spe…
A nine-member delegation from Zambia on a five-day study tour to Ghana has commended Ghana for the tremendous achievement in the Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS).
The delegation was in the country to learn from Gha…
The United States condemned on Saturday the terrorist attack in the Pakistani capital Islamabad that reportedly left at least 60 people dead.
"The United States strongly condemns the terrorist attack that took place in Islamabad, Pak…
Eastern Region is gradually coming out of self stigmatization as more and more People Living With HIV/AIDS (PLWH) are coming out openly to join programmes to fight the spread of the pandemic in the Region.
Currently, under a programm…
Members of Medical Assistants Association of Ghana have appealed to Government, Ministry of Health and Ghana Health Service to upgrade the Rural Health Training School at Kintampo in Brong Ahafo Region which trains Medical Assistants to a…
Estate developers and the Ghana Hostels Limited (GHL) of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) have been urged to develop affordable hostels in the various campuses of the University for Development Studies (UDS) to prov…
The Coalition of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Water and Sanitation (CONIWAS) in the Upper West Region, said sanitation delivery in the country was at a cross road and needed political will to address the situation.
The co…
Potable water in the Ashanti Region will improve from its current capacity of 23 million gallons a day to 27 millions when the on-going expansion works on the Barekese and Owabi head works project is completed in October next year.
M…
The Department of Children in Upper East Region on Thursday organized a day's workshop to sensitize stakeholders on violence against children.
It was attended by participants from Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), Judicial…
Mr. Raymond Okudzeto, a businessman, on Thursday donated relief items valued at GHc6,500 to people recently displaced by tidal waves in four coastal communities in the Keta Municipal area.
The items included 100 bags of rice, 20 cart…
Mr Anthony Dogbatse, Assembly member for Amanfrom Electoral Area at Akwatia, and the Unit Committee of the area have resolved to resist further indiscriminate mining activities in the community.
They said those activities posed dange…
A circuit court at Goaso has sentenced a 31-year-old unemployed, Kwabena Asante, to 12 months' imprisonment for posing as a forestry technical officer and defrauding some timber merchants.
Asante pleaded guilty and was convicted on h…
Farmers living in the environs of the Ashaiman Irrigation Dam have appealed to stakeholders to take immediate steps to check unsanitary conditions of the scheme, saying it had become a waste dump for residents.
At a sensitization sem…
A second batch of 16 dressmakers made up of 12 females and four males in Asunafo North Municipality have taken project examinations held by the National Vocational Training Institute (NVTI).
A first group had already taken the exams …
Mr. Daouda Toure, UN Resident Coordinator on Friday lauded women's contributions towards the achievement and sustenance of peace worldwide.
"Women pay the higher price when democratic systems are broken, where conflicts thrive and I a…
Nana Oye Lithur, Human Rights Activist on Friday reiterated the need for government to deliver on its pledged by passing the Right to Information Bill (RTI) as a legacy for its tenure of office.
Speaking in an interview with GNA in A…
A Kade District Magistrate's Court has fined Fuseini Ayeru, a labourer 500 Ghana Cedis for assaulting his girl friend over a mobile phone.
Ayeru who pleaded guilty would in default serve six months imprisonment in hard labour.
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The Local Government Workers Union (LGWU) of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) on Friday held a workshop to enable the union to reposition itself in its work with the government to ensure that the decentralization programme succeeds.
D…
The Asogli Yam festival street carnival scheduled for Ho on Friday September 26, is expected to draw the youth out of their homes to listen to talks by traditional leaders, health educators and other counsellors.
The management of Ka…
The Kade Magistrate's court has remanded Fuseini Issaka, a labourer in prison custody for allegedly causing damage to soft drinks and alcoholic beverages estimated at 7.70 Ghana Cedis.
He pleaded guilty and would re-appear on Septemb…
Nana Oye Lithur, A Regional Coordinator for Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), on Friday said her organisation was not satisfied with compensation paid to some drivers and their mates who were recently molested by military guards at the 37 Mi…
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