The ruling Grand National Party (GNP) said Wednesday that it will open official discussions on a constitutional revision at its general meeting slated for late this month, as arguments for and against the matter have heated up within the p…
South Korea's foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is spreading rapidly from cattle to pigs, raising the need for a more extensive use of vaccines to stem further outbreaks, the government said Wednesday.
The farm ministry and local government…
The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Wednesday it has reduced staff and consolidated some of its operational divisions as part of a reorganization to prepare for the country's retaking of wartime command from the U.S. in 2015.…
The calendar, not politics, may limit U.S. House Republicans' options to pass separate spending bills for fiscal year 2011, congressional aides said.
A continuing resolution that keeps the federal government operational expires March 4, l…
U.S. Rep. John Boehner, ousted from the Republican House leadership a dozen years ago, accepts the speaker's gavel Wednesday to lead the lower chamber.
With his 11 siblings watching from the chamber, Boehner will outline his plans for run…
The immediate past Presiding Member of the Ejisu-Juaben Municipal Assembly, Mr Owusu Sekyere has been returned to the Assembly by voters in his Apromase electoral area.
He polled 437 votes out of 661 votes cast in the elections condu…
The Police on Tuesday arrested David Mensah, a candidate of the District Level Elections (DLE) for the Nsadweso Electoral Area in the Western Region and his three polling agents for allegedly stealing a booklet of ballot papers at the Odum…
All the three women candidates in the District Level Elections in the Jomoro District failed lost.
They are Madam Victoria Nyanzu, Grace Blay and Victoria Ocran of New Kabenle Suazo, Bonyire-Akrasuazo and Beyin electoral areas respect…
Regional Chairmen of the Peoples’ National Convention (PNC) on Wednesday endorsed the Interim Management Committee (IMC) led by Mr Basili Waisai that had assumed leadership of the party.
The seven-member IMC mandated to organise a Na…
Mr Martin Amidu, Minister of the Interior, has noted that government would fulfil its campaign promises to bridge the development gap between northern and southern Ghana.
Speaking during a visit to the Upper East Region, where he int…
The ruling and opposition party lawmakers will put their heads together later this week to discuss ways to root out violence within the National Assembly, which has been stained with repeated annual physical bouts over bill passage, party …
A thaw in inter-Korean relations will only come when North Korea reaches out to South Korea with a genuine willingness to account for its acts of provocation, Seoul's point man on Pyongyang said Monday.
In his New Year's speech -- whic…
The U.S. point man on North Korea will embark on a tour of South Korea, China and Japan this week to discuss ways to ease tensions and resume the six-party talks on the North's denuclearization, the State Department said Sunday.
The tr…
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said Monday that the door for inter-Korean dialogue remains open but North Korea should first show its seriousness about the talks.
"I remind the North that the path toward peace is yet open. The do…
About 30 exporters in Ghana have lost an estimated $72,000 as a result of the grounding of 7,000 flights in Europe, due to the excessive snow that hit the continent during the yuletide.
They also lost an estimated $148,000 in freight…
The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) on Monday adjusted petroleum prices with effect from Tuesday January 4, citing the rise of crude oil on the world market.
Gas oil and gasoline were increased by 30 per cent in the ex-pump price…
The Indian Army will start DNA profiling of its soldiers this year for their identification
in case of mutilation of bodies during an operation, attack or mishap.
"We will begin DNA profiling of soldiers from this year as the profi…
Sophisticated assault rifles capable of firing 1,000 rounds per minute, currently used by
the Army's Special Forces, have been procured to equip the elite anti-Naxal unit CoBRA.
Official sources said the personnel of Commando Batta…
Mr Kwadwo Nyamekye Marfo, Brong Ahafo Regional Minister, at the weekend called for a concerted effort by all Ghanaians this year and beyond towards the rapid achievement of national goals.
He explained that President Mills’ declarati…
Dr. Joseph Annan, Member of Parliament for Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) weekend, declared his intentions to contest the seat for the second time in 2012.
Dr. Annan who is also the Deputy Minister of Education, made the declarati…
The chiefs and opinion leaders in the Akwatia Constituency in the Eastern Region, has called on Government to make the constituency a substantive district.
They argued that the Kwaebibirim District made up of Kade and Akwatia consti…
India, which has joined the UN Security Council after a gap of 19 years, is most likely to
be given a key responsibility by this powerful 15-membered body in fight against terrorism; thus acknowledging New Delhi's prominent role in the gl…
India, regarded as a key emerging political and economic power, would be the president of the powerful United Nations Security Council in August and again later next year, most likely in November 2012, during its two-year term.
Accord…
Ignoring India's concerns and veiled warning that it would drag the US to the World Trade Organisation, President Barack Obama has signed into law a bill that would provide free health care to the first responders of the twin-tower terrori…
The Ashanti Regional Executive of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has denied that there was a rift between the party and the Regional Minister, Mr Kofi Opoku-Manu.
A statement signed Mr Yaw Owusu Obimpeh, the Regional Chair…
Two electoral areas could not vote in the second phase of the district level elections conducted in the Jomoro District of the Western Region on Sunday January 2,2011.
The electoral areas are Anlomatuope and Effasu/Mangyea electoral …
The Ahanta West District Electoral Officer, Mr. Nathaniel Quaye, said on Monday that voter apathy in the ongoing district level elections should not be attributed to the postponement of the election.
He said generally, the Ghanaian e…
The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Yaw Owusu Obimpeh, has expressed disapproval of the conduct of the district level polls by the Electoral Commission (EC), particularly in the Ashanti Region…
Mr. John Tia Akologu, the Minister of Information, has said the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government had brought more development to the three northern regions than the previous New Patriotic Party (NPP) government.
He said …
In a forthright message to Pakistan, India Sunday said its posture of "compulsive hostility" will not help a "serious and sustained" dialogue
between the two countries.
Noting that the country "walked the extra mile in reaching out…
China's ruling Communist party has invited BJP (Bhartiya Janta Party) President Nitin Gadkari for
a visit to further strengthen party-to-party ties.
The invitation, which has been accepted, was extended by the Central Committee of …
Pakistan Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani has said dialogue is the only way to resolve outstanding issues with India as the two countries "cannot
afford wars."
Gilani made the remarks Sunday night during the debut episode of the live sho…
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il could give his heir-apparent son the rank of a marshal and elevate him as the supreme commander late this year, a state-run think tank in Seoul said Sunday in an analysis of Pyongyang's New Year's message.
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The Indian government is likely to deploy nearly 50,000 paramilitary force personnel to ensure
peaceful polls in the four states and Puducherry in southern India where Assembly elections will be held in April-May.
The Home Minist…
Police continued their search on Sunday for a man suspected of stealing 530 million won (US$472,760) in cash from a armored van in this southeastern city on New Year's Eve.
The suspect, thought to be in his 20s or 30s, is still at larg…
The Reverend Father Oscar Amoah, Priest in-charge of the Saint Mary’s Anglican Church at Chirapatre, Kumasi, has urged the leadership of political parties to stop the blame game and find common ground to move the nation forward in 2011.
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President John Evans Atta Mills on Saturday released a New Year message to Ghanaians. The following is the full text.
Full Text:
"Fellow Ghanaians, my brothers and sisters, sons and daughters, as we begin this New Year, 2011, let us …
President John Evans Atta Mills on Saturday
praised Ghanaians for their invaluable contributions to national progress and called for more commitment and hard work for the realisation of national aspirations.
He said Ghana is the only…
Mr Yakubu Salifu, Eastern Regional Secretary of the People’s National Convention (PNC), on Friday advised party supporters to respect the party’s structures, bury their differences and come together to enhance the fortunes of the party in …
The Western Regional Crime Officer, Mr. James Kofi Abraham, has said one of the ballot boxes containing the ballot papers was snatched at Adjuah electoral area in the Ahanta West District of the Western Region.
He said the attacker was…
President John Evans Atta Mills could not exercise his franchise on Friday as a result of a Supreme Court ruling.
On December 24, the court suspended the conduct of District Level Elections in four electoral areas in the Ledzokuku-Kr…
A wreath laying ceremony was held at the Revolution Square, opposite the Flagstaff House, to mark the 29th anniversary of the 31st December Revolution.
The ceremony was attended by former President Jerry John Rawlings, his wife, Nana…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Friday pledged its commitment to make Ghana a safe, peaceful, united and truly democratic country.
“Ghana should be a country where the rule of law, human rights, and the principles of democratic acc…
Twenty-two people were injured when a taxi cab drove through a large crowd of supporters celebrating the victory of an Assemblyman at Ajumako on Tuesday.
The Ajumako District Police Commander, Assistant Superintendent of Police Seth …
The Right Reverend Francis Lodonu, Bishop of the Ho Diocese of the Catholic Church, on Friday appealed to ECOWAS to consider using dialogue instead of force to restore calm in Cote d’Ivoire.
He said in a New Year message that the use …
The Volta Regional Branch of the United Cadre Front of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Friday pledged its support for President John Atta Mills led NDC in pursuance of it “Better Ghana” agenda.
This was contained in a state…
President Lee Myung-bak on Friday nominated a three-term lawmaker as his new culture minister and a presidential aide as knowledge economy minister, Lee's office Cheong Wa Dae announced, in a minor Cabinet reshuffle viewed as aimed at main…
The Electoral Commission (EC) on Friday said Tuesday January 4, 2011 has been fixed for the conduct of all outstanding District and Unit Committee Elections throughout the country.
“We wish to inform the public that voters in elector…
Indian-origin Louisiana leader Bobby Jindal is the most popular serving governor in the United States, an opinion poll has said.
Jindal has an approval rating of 58 per cent approval rating, along with 34 per cent disapproving of his …
Voting in the Unit Committee and Assembly Elections is underway in 37 out of the 50 Electoral Areas within the Tema Metropolis.
Mr Gabriel Manu, Tema Metropolitan Electoral Officer, who made this known to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) …
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