The chief of a non-governmental organization has appealed to the media to galvanise ECOWAS citizens into pushing their governments towards faster integration of the sub-region.
“The new vision, which seeks to move ECOWAS from an E…
The former Central Regional Minister, Nana Ato Arthur, has filed his nomination to contest the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) parliamentary seat on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
As at the close of nomination on Sund…
Mr. Alex Kofi Kyeremeh, Techiman Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), has asked Ghanaians not to allow past failures to discourage them from contributing to national development.
He called on the people to support Government to enable it…
Mr Theophilus Aidoo-Mensah, Gomoa West District Chief Executive (DCE), has called on Ghanaians not to regard the “Better Ghana Agenda”,as a programme for the ruling National Democratic Congress alone.
Addressing a parade of school ch…
Founding Members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Central Region, have appealed to the National Executive to amend the
party’s constitution to give them recognition and vital roles to play.
At a meeting in Winneba in…
Mr Henry Kweku Hayfron, Mfantseman Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) has noted that a nation which is not disciplined cannot expect to develop and Ghana is no exception.
He said years of indiscipline in Ghana, has had serious consequen…
Mr Anthony Bassaw,Mpohor Wassa East District Chief Executive (DCE), has called on Ghanaians to exhibit discipline and hard work, which he said were the essential prerequisites for the better Ghana agenda.
He observed that the last t…
Madam Emelia Arthur, out -going Shama District Chief Executive on Sunday called on Ghanaians to exhibit discipline in all sphere of national life, in order to promote the better Ghana Agenda.
She said the promotion of work etiquette …
Mr Paul Evans Aidoo, Western Region Minister on Sunday asked for discipline and hard work among the citizenry to propel the country into a great and prosperous nation.
He acknowledged the contributions of the country’s forefathers, w…
Some prominent Ghanaian entrepreneurs have been nominated to receive awards at the maiden Ghana Entrepreneurs Awards, scheduled for Friday,
April 15, in Accra.
The awards are meant to commemorate World
Entrepreneurship Day (WED) wh…
Japan's chief nuclear envoy was due in Seoul on Monday for talks on North Korea and bilateral relations, a day after Tokyo's foreign minister made a surprise resignation over allegations of illegal political donations.
Shinsuke Sugiyam…
President Lee Myung-bak is carefully considering using his veto power against a controversial revision to the political fund law that practically legalizes lobbying toward lawmakers, a ranking presidential aide said Monday.
The Nationa…
Indian Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, who had negotiated with the DMK on seat sharing for Tamil Nadu assembly polls, on Monday said there
was no breakthrough in the deadlock as of now.
"As of now there is no breakthrough. Le…
Contrary to threats from some teachers that they would boycott the 54th Independence Anniversary parade, teachers and school children turned up in their numbers in Cape Coast, Elmina and Twifo Praso for the parade.
In Cape Coast 80 t…
The DMK-Congress alliance Appeared headed for a break with six Union Ministers of the Regional party set to resign on Monday even as India's Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee appealed to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi to reconside…
Mr. Eramaus Baidoo Cudjoe, constituency Chairman of the New Patriotic Party at Sekondi, on Monday urged all aspiring parliamentary candidates to carry out descent campaigns.
This would ensure that any member of the party who emerges …
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has secured seats for 220 Ghanaians fleeing the political crisis in Libya and they would fly home in two batches on Egypt Air from Cairo on Tuesday and Friday.
The Evacuation Liaison…
Public school teachers, particularly those at the basic level, stayed away from the 54th Independence Anniversary parade in the Ejisu-Juaben Municipality.
This notwithstanding, the school children were there to fully participate in t…
Hundreds of school children in the Asante-Akim South District, on Sunday, took part in the 54th independence anniversary parade held at the Juaso Senior High School (SHS).
They were drawn from both the public and private schools.
Am…
A parade of over 850 students and pupils, from 30 public and private school, was held on Sunday, at Kodie, in the Afigya-Kwabre district, to mark the 54th anniversary of Ghana’s independence.
In attendance were chiefs, teachers, secur…
The 54th Independence Day celebration in the Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai was marked with a parade of school children at the district capital, Bibiani.
More than 3,000 children drawn from both the public and private schools participated.
…
A colourful parade of school children, marked the 54th Independence Day celebration in the Ashanti Region on Sunday.
In all, 1, 023 pupils and students, drawn from 41 public and private basic and Senior High Schools (SHS) took part.
…
Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Sunday joined pupils, students, teachers and people of Tamale to celebrate the 54th Independence Anniversary with a call on Ghanaians to unite and sustain the tempo of progress and development.
“…
Hundreds of Afghans held a massive protest against the United States in the downtown area of Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, on Sunday, demanding an end of the U.S. role in Afghanistan.
Holding banners "Permanent US military bases equa…
Ireland's Fine Gael (United Ireland Party) and Labour parties, who between them control 113 of the 166 seats in the Dail Eireann, lower house of parliament, have reached an agreement on forming a coalition government, leaders of the two pa…
Jordan said Saturday that the region's recent turmoil should not direct attention away from the core and central issue of Palestine.
Nothing would justify suspending the efforts to create an independent and viable Palestinian state and re…
The head of Spain's Basque Autonomous Parliament called on the country's top court to legalize Sortu so that the newly-founded Basque nationalist party could participate in elections.
"I hope that the tribunal legalizes Sortu, becaus…
Finland on Saturday sent a batch of relief supplies to Tunisia to help Libyan refugees who fled to the country recently, Finnish media reported.
According to the report, the relief goods, including 60,000 blankets, over 50 tents and …
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas headed for Britain Sunday for an official visit to discuss the future of peace talks with Israel, a Palestinian official said.
Abbas will meet British Prime Minister David Cameron and senior officials. …
A Cuban tribunal is deliberating on a pending verdict for a U.S. contractor accused of spying after a trial, local radio reported on Saturday.
The Board of Crimes has concluded the two-day trial of Alan Gross for his "acts against th…
The presidents of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia on Saturday concluded their eighth round of tripartite talks on the Nagorno-Karabakh issue in Sochi and issued a joint statement which stresses on solving all disputable matters peacefully.
…
Oman's Sultan Qaboos sacked two ministers, the officials who have been asked by protesters to quit, state-run ONA news agency reported on Saturday.
Qaboos fired Sayed Ali bin Hmud al-Busaidi, minister of the royal court, and General …
The Algerian police on Saturday banned several marches organized by the National Coordination for Change and Democracy (CNCD), to demand wide political reforms.
The major opponent Said Sadi, President of the Gathering for Culture and…
A senior Palestinian official said Saturday that he had received a promise from France that it will in September recognize a Palestinian state on the territories occupied by Israel in 1967.
Palestinian negotiator Nabil Shaath, who wr…
The Palestinians rebuffed on Saturday a partial peace plan, to be presented by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his scheduled visit to the United States, saying they reject any political plan based on establishing a state w…
Somali government on Saturday said it recaptured the southern border town of Beledhawo from Islamist fighters of Al Shabaab following days of fierce battles.
"Our forces are now fully in control of Beledhawo. We have succeeded in driv…
When three Ghana Air Force planes flew past the Independence Square in Accra on Sunday, a milling crowd of celebrants raised their heads to acknowledge the jets that went in the direction of the sea.
The mission was part of the celeb…
The African Union (AU) peacekeeping forces in Mogadishu on Saturday said that they have foiled a suicide car bomb attack by Islamist rebels on the forces base.
The attack targeted a recently established base for the AU peacekeeping f…
More than 260 Nepalese returned to Nepal from Libya on Sunday morning, at the Nepali Tribhuvan International Airport.
Most of the returnees are staff from Sino Hydro Company in Libya. With the efforts of the Nepali government and the…
The Algerian army has heavily deployed troops to guard the borders with Libya, which has been swept by a two-week protest against Muammar Gaddafi's 42-year rule, local daily el-Khabar newspaper reported on Sunday. The paper said a military…
Troops loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi sent tanks to storm into the town of Misurata, 200 km east of the capital Tripoli, on Sunday in an attempt to retake the city, which reportedly was still controlled by rebels, Al- Jazerra news …
President John Evans Atta Mills on Sunday addressed the 54th Independence Day Parade in Accra and stressed discipline and hard work as essential elements for the nation’s accelerated progress and the personal development of the youth.
…
History came alive at the Old Polo Grounds, now the Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum, on the eve of the country’s 54th independence anniversary, when the Ghana Actors Guild re-enacted the declaration of Independence.
The grounds were the exac…
As Ghana celebrates its 54th independence anniversary, the Vice President John Dramani Mahama has written an article that sees a link between the country’s liberation struggle and the civil rights movement of the United States (U.S).
…
A state-run North Korean paper on Saturday called on Seoul to unconditionally come to the negotiating table to diffuse cross-border tensions.
The Rodong Sinmun, an organ of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, said that if South Korea w…
Amid escalating violence in Libya, the Indian embassy in the Egyptian capital is continuing its
efforts to evacuate Indians stranded there for the second consecutive week.
A chartered ship Scotia Prince carrying 1,188 Indian nation…
Former President, Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings has praised the late National Democratic Congress (NDC) Matriarch, Regina Akua Wenyonu for her respect for values and dedication to principles.
“We must always pay our respects to such peo…
Alhaji Muhammad Mumuni, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration on Friday expressed government’s commitment to ensure the safe return of all Ghanaian Nationals from Libya.
Alhaji Mumuni said a six-member team including m…
The debate on President John Evans Atta Mills State of the Nation address in Parliament, ended on Friday with the caution to members not to take the peace Ghana is enjoying for granted.
Mr Cletus Avoka, Majority Leader, in his conclu…
Dr Kwaku Agyeman-Mensah, Ashanti Regional Minister, has called for genuine commitment by all Ghanaians to the fight against corruption.
Corruption, he noted, had become so pervasive that it was affecting every fabric of both private a…