The Students Representative Council of the African University College of Communications (AUCC) on Monday expressed worry about indiscriminate pasting of campaign posters in the country and asked the various assemblies to enforce the bye-la…
Six thousand, three hundred and thirty-two pregnant women have been registered under the Free Maternal Health Care (FMHC) Policy in the Upper West Region.
The policy was implemented on July 1, this year, aimed to reduce maternal and …
A Circuit court at Dormaa Ahenkro in the Brong Ahafo Region has sentenced Joseph Atia, a farm labourer at Nkrankwanta to two years imprisonment in hard labour for stealing electronic gadgets valued at 275 Ghana cedis.
Atia, 18, ple…
The Dormaa Traditional Council is to mobilize funds from religious organisations operating under its jurisdiction to support its education endowment fund.
A statement issued from the office of the council's president, Osagyefo Oseade…
The Right Reverend Dr. Yaw Frimpong-Manso, Moderator of the General Assembly of Presbyterian Church of Ghana, has appealed to political parties to focus their campaigns on issues and present ideas and solutions to obstacles retarding natio…
Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin, Okyehene, has said traditional rulers owed it a duty to help preserve the environment and its eco-system for posterity.
He said chiefs as custodians of the land must rise to the occasion to protect the e…
Mr Freeman Madzi, Executive Director of the Abibiman Sankofa Cultural Movement (ASCUM), on Saturday said some religious and cultural practices impeded the fight against HIV/AIDS.
He stated that some people had misinterpreted some rel…
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) on Monday called for the release of two Western journalists and their local assistant after they were abducted on Saturday near the Somali capital, Mogadishu.
The media rights watchdo…
Palestinian fisherman Abu Mohammed al- Hissi, 52, was called by his friends "the Sindibad of Gaza" for his great adventures and baldness to sail out tens of miles off Gaza Sea, chasing swarms of fish and sardines.
But things have dra…
A blast was heard in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on Monday night and a policeman was injured, according to private DAWN NEWS TV channel.
The blast reportedly occurred near a police station in Mingora in Swat valley…
Americans who lack health insurance would spend about 30 billion dollars out of pocket on medical care this year, but others -- mainly the government - would end up covering another 56 billion dollars in costs, The Wall Street Journal repo…
The World Bank announced on Monday the launch of a world-wide documentary competition that would highlight the social aspects of climate change as experienced and/or observed by the film-maker(s).
"There is a need to see climate chan…
The Accra Regional Fire Service on Monday
embarked on the first enforcement exercise since the coming into force of the Fire Precaution Regulation in 2003 to demand for fire certificates and apply sanctions on owners whose premises have …
Mr. Bernard Guyiri Dery, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) in-charge of the Volta Region has stated that the Police Service is capable of handling any security problems that might arise during this year's elections.
He therefore a…
The Police at Adenta in Accra have arrested a 42-year-old man who had posed as an official of the Bureau of National Investigations and extorted money from some members the unsuspecting public.
Police said David Kwashiegah sometimes …
The weather will be mostly cloudy and highly humid in the morning with chances of light rain in places along the coasts.
Northern Ghana, hilly and forest areas of the South will also experience some rain showers and thunderstorms.
…
The Western Regional office of the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service, has recorded 1,208 cases between January and July this year as compared to 1,452 cases for the whole of 2007.
The seve…
One hundred and eighty-five thousand four hundred (185,400) persons, were registered in the just-ended voter registration exercise in the Western region.
Mr Steve Opoku-Mensah, Regional Director of the Electoral Commission (EC), who…
The Asset Protection Department (APD) of AngloGold Ashanti obuasi, scored 421.8 points to place first in the company's Fourth Inter-Departmental First Aid and Safety Competition, held at obuasi on Saturday.
This is the third consecut…
Raphael Kofi Agbozo, 36, a farmer at Hohoe, was shot dead by a fellow hunter during hunting expedition last Wenesday in the Abudome forest, behind the Akpatanu ranges in the Hohoe Municipality.
According to Mr Daniel Ablordey, Hohoe …
Police in Dormaa have arrested two suspected members of an armed robbery syndicate that has been terrorising residents along the Dormaa-Cote D' Ivoire boundary.
Dramani Djalo, alias Sergeant and Abubakar Siddique were arrested on Mon…
Mr Akita Abel Okoe, a National Youth Representative of the Ghana Red Cross Society (GRCS) has urged government to invest in the youth to build upon their capacity.
He said the youth needed to be encouraged and motivated to unearth th…
A survey conducted in eight regions has revealed that food adulteration is common in big markets in urban communities and towns.
The survey conducted jointly by the Food Research Institute (FRI) and the Food and Drugs Board (FDB) fou…
A veteran musician and composer, Mr Isaac Kwesi Anin, has appealed to the Office of the Presidency to recognise the contributions of old musicians and honour them accordingly.
He said even though President John Agyekum Kufuor did well by…
A group calling itself "Concerned Serial Callers Association" in the Ashanti Region, has deplored the increasing use of abusive language on radio stations in Kumasi, especially during phone-in programmes.
The group has therefore, cal…
A circuit court at Dormaa Ahenkro has remanded a sand winner, Kwame Akanchaab, alias "Quataphy", for stealing from a drugs warehouse.
The court, presided by Mr Justice V. C. Senu, ordered Akanchaab who pleaded guilty to three courts …
Executives of Anyindamane (Ahantaman) Development Association (ADA), a Western Region-based organisation, on Tuesday said it was poised to assist the youth with relevant skills necessary to meet the demands of the emerging oil and tourism …
Health facilities under the Tema Metropolitan Health Directorate recorded a total of 43,733 malaria cases in the first half of the year.
The number of cases reported at the Out Patient Departments (OPDs) of the various health facilit…
Members of the Public Health Technical Officers/Nurses Group (PHTOG), has been advised to make agitations for salary increment a thing of the past, and rather make themselves relevant to quality health service delivery to build a healthy n…
Barack Obama has no intention to transform and challenge the one-China policy should he be elected as the U.S. president, his senior foreign policy advisors said Monday.
Gregory B. Craig, a long-term advisor of Obama on foreign affai…
A nine-member Micro, Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (MSMEs) Development Sub-Committee, has been inaugurated at Nkawie in the Atwima-Nwabiagya District of Ashanti.
The district is the first among the 66 beneficiary districts to be ina…
The Church of Light Mission at Bohyen-Asuogya in Kumasi on Sunday donated foodstuff worth GH¢400 and a cash of GH¢400 to the Kumasi Children's Home.
The items included bags of rice, sugar and gallons of cooking oil.
Reverend Sa…
At least about 150 households have been displaced in the Builsa District following three days of rainfall.
The people are putting up with relatives and friends and may have to be relocated to schools, churches and other public facili…
A Bolgatanga District Court on Tuesday remanded in prison custody Nyaaba Atubga, a driver, and his fiancée Asaah Mohammed for beating a woman and wounding her eleven-month old baby.
Atubga was charged for abetting crime while Mohamme…
The Hohoe Municipal Environmental Health Inspectorate is seeking the promulgation of more penal laws and byelaws to check environmental degradation and abuses in the municipality.
Mr Daniel Ayitey Otoo, the Director of the Inspectora…
The UK branch Women Fellowship of the Ghana Methodist Church on Wednesday presented items worth 3000 GHC to the Accra Psychiatric Hospital to help maintain patients there.
The items which were presented at a short ceremony in Accra i…
As UN climate talks enter their next round in Accra, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) says it is encouraging governments to have the Olympic spirit in mind when meeting at the negotiation table.
It says in order to protect people and nat…
A one-month training programme on computer hardware maintenance and network equipment technology opened in Guiyang in the Republic of China on Thursday as part of the Chinese government's training programmes and seminars for staff of gover…
President John Agyekum Kufuor on Thursday reaffirmed that Dr Sam Ghartey Amoo was the substantive National Security Coordinator and he had no plans of replacing him.
President Kufuor said the Presidency was satisfied with Dr Amoo's p…
Members of Pordenone branch of Mfantsiman Korye Kuw in Italy on Thursday presented assorted medical items valued at 20,000 Euros to the Central Regional Health Directorate at Cape Coast.
The items comprised 52 mattresses, 26 iron bed…
Mr Michael Nsowah-Mensah, Coordinator of the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP), on Thursday warned that government would not tolerate civil servants who were bent on sabotaging the programme.
"I want to send a warning to all dist…
Mr Felix Owusu-Agyapong, Minister of Energy, on Thursday called on the Chinese government to partner local banks to inject more capital into the Ghana's rural electrification projects.
He noted that south-south cooperation especially…
The President of the Universal United Youth Organisation (UUY), a non-governmental organisation, on Wednesday called on Ghanaians to be conscious of the reality that HIV/AIDS does not respect persons.
Mr. Eric Pinaman Asare, who was sp…
The UK branch Women Fellowship of the Ghana Methodist Church, has presented items worth 3000 GH cedis to the Accra Psychiatric Hospital for the upkeep of patients.
The items, which were presented to the hospital in Accra, included ba…
A team of surgeons at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) last Wednesday, retrieved 73 pellets of cocaine from the stomach of a patient during a surgery.
Sources close to KATH told Ghana News Agency (GNA) that Mohammed Joojo Mensah…
A 42-year old driver, Akwasi Bosomprah has been installed as the new Omanhene of the Goaso traditional council, under the stool name Nana Akwasi Baffour Bosomprah.
Nana Bosomprah has since sworn the oath of allegiance to the people a…
A circuit court at Goaso in Asunafo North Municipality has convicted two persons to serve two years jail term each
for stealing personal items of a neighbour.
Akwasi Falimbo, 32, a driver and Kwadjo Awuah, 20, a farmer pleaded gui…
The newly formed Gadangme association of Switzerland was formally launched in Zurich last Saturday by Mr Kwabena Baah-Duodu, Ghana's Ambassador to Switzerland and Austria and Permanent Representative to the UN Offices in Geneva and Vienna.…
A Kumasi Circuit court on Tuesday remanded Nana Osei Kwadwo 41,a trader into prison custody for allegedly duping a police officer and five others of several hundreds of Ghana Cedis between July 2007 and August, this year.
Nana Kwadwo…
Mr James Fosu, Bosomtwi District Chief Executive (DCE), on Wednesday presented 3,751 mathematical sets to the District Education Directorate.
Government donated the sets to be distributed to all schools in the district to enhance te…
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