Mr Daniel Amlalo, Acting Executive Director of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has expressed worry about the continued negative activities of mining companies that degraded the environment.
He said the country’s river bodies w…
The Glorious Vision Orphans (GLOVO),a non-governmental organization, has presented 12 computers to three schools in the Agona West Municipality to improve teaching and learning of Information Communication Technology (ICT).
The schools…
Two men are facing charges of conspiracy to export narcotics and attempted export of marijuana at a Hohoe Circuit court.
Anum Gyartey and Arimyao Anyass, both traders at Hohoe Zongo, have been remanded in prison custody.
They p…
The Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFAG), has appealed to the Government to support the three Eminent Chiefs in their efforts to chart a lasting road map towards peace in Dagbon.
They are the Asantehene, Nayiri and Yagbonwura.
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A couple, who allegedly poured hot water on a tenant, on Wednesday appeared before an Accra Circuit court for causing harm and disturbing public peace.
Abdul Mumuni, businessman, 38, and his wife Safuratu Abdul Mumuni, trader, 35, to…
The James Town Government Junior Boys’ School, on Wednesday launched its 125th anniversary with a vision to rekindle its past academic excellence.
The school presently called Accra Sempe Primary was the first Government primary schoo…
A 31-year-old trader, who smashed a bottle of beer on his girlfriend’s face thereby causing harm to her was on Wednesday remanded in police custody by an Accra Circuit Court.
Prince Adarkwa had his plea reserved after a charge of cau…
Mr Godwin Adzidogah, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Ave-Avenor aspiring parliamentary candidate for the 2012 elections, on Monday expressed worry about the frequent damages to school and other public building due to poor construction.
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Mr Mark Woyongo, Upper East Regional Minister, on Wednesday called on Ghanaians from Libya to bring their skills and expertise to bear on the country’s developmental agenda.
Mr Woyongo said whilst the government sympathized with them…
No Ghanaian soldier was involved in Monday’s fatal plane crash near Ndjili Airport in DR Congo, the Ghana Armed Forces said on Wednesday.
“Ghanaian troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo as part of the United Nations (UN) Mission…
Portuguese political instability is taking its toll on the country's economy. The interest rate on the Portuguese debt in the secondary market is near 10 percent Tuesday for the five year Treasury bills, as the rating agency Moody's downgr…
Thirteen Palestinian prisoners arrived Tuesday night in the Gaza Strip from Egypt, where they had spent different periods in custody, security sources said.
Officials of the deposed Hamas government in Gaza and families of the prisoners r…
The Philippines has partnered with the international community to address the growing need for under- aged laborers in child labor intensive "industries," the government said Wednesday.
In a press briefing at the Malacanang presidential p…
Fishing vessels in the Sea of Okhotsk are still searching for the Amethyst trawler that disappeared there on Feb. 11 with 23 crewmembers on board, a Russian official said Tuesday.
Eighteen fishing vessels, aircraft from the armed forces o…
A blast at an ammunition depot in Lipetsk region in the central federal district of Russia has killed three people and wounded several others, local reports said on Wednesday.
Citing a source from the regional emergencies department, the …
Over 100 people are missing at sea after a boat carrying refugees from Libya sank in waters near the southern Italian island of Lampedusa early Wednesday.
"We fear that many people may be dead," the ANSA news agency quoted a source from t…
The ban on drumming and noise making to usher in the celebration of this year’s Homowo would be from Monday, May 9 to Thursday, June 9.
A statement in Accra by the Ga Traditional Council signed by MsMercy Asante, the Registrar, appea…
Assistant Superintendent of Police Kwame Tawiah as said that policing is a shared responsibility between members of the service and the general public.
“Since the Police cannot fight crime alone, there should be a collaborative eff…
Mr Alex Asamoah, the New Juaben Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), has expressed worry at women’s low representation in national policy making structures which, he said, remained below the minimum United Nations (UN) recommended threshold of…
The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) together with the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has signed an agreement with UK-based Medical Trust, Mid Cheshire Hospital Foundation Trust (MCHFT), to boost specialis…
Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) and the Kumasi Children’s Hospital, on Tuesday took delivery of 1,000 units of cholera infusion as part of contingency plans to deal with any outbreak of the disease.
Valued at about GH¢5,000.00…
The Upper East branch of the Ghana National Association of Teachers–Ladies (GNAT-LAS) has held a day’s seminar on breast cancer for its district and municipal executives in Bolgatanga as part of this year’s World Women’s Day celebration.
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Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Monday called on African leaders to rise up and join hands to address the plastic waste menace that had bedeviled African cities.
“Plastic waste would continue to be a major cause of flooding in …
One’s chosen career or profession must provide relief for a large number of people in the community, Dr Fritz Beverage, Senior Lecturer at the Archaeology Department of the University of Ghana, Legon has observed.
Dr Beverage made th…
Corporate bodies have asked to complement government’s efforts at improving the standard of education in the country by supporting schools with needed facilities.
All should accept to do a little bit to create the right environment …
The Upper West Regional Council of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), has warned that it would not allow any group of teachers or faceless personalities to destroy the structures of the Association.
The Regional Counc…
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology branch of the Anlo Students Union (ANSU) on Tuesday called for an end to the succession dispute following the installation of a new paramount chief for the Anlos.
It therefore ca…
The Cape Coast Metropolitan Committee on HIV/AIDS has intensified its educational campaign to remind communities that the prevalence rate of the pandemic was still high in the metropolis and therefore they needed to guard against contracti…
Stephen Asamoah-Boateng, Former Information Minister, his wife Zulieka Lowria and six others standing trial for alleged malfeasance, have to answer new charges against them.
They have pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to commit crimin…
An unemployed, who stabbed a driver with a broken bottle and stole his mobile phone and money on the road to the Institute of Professional Studies in Accra, was on Tuesday sentenced to five years imprisonment by an Accra Fast Track High Co…
Student films from the National Film and Television Institute (NAFTI) would be screened on cinema vans by the Information Services Department (ISD) as part of government’s drive to promote educational programmes.
Mr John Tia Akologu,…
The Executive Committee of University of Ghana has set up a fact-finding committee to investigate the alleged molestation of a woman on campus on Thursday, March 31.
A statement signed by Mr J.M. Budu, Registrar, said the committee w…
The Bawku Municipality and its environs, a onetime conflict zone, has recorded no crime for the past eight months, signifying the prevalence of peace in the area.
Assistant Commissioner of Police for Bawku Divisional Command, (ACP) K…
Osu Mantse, Nii Okwei Kinka Dowuona VI, the elders and people of Osu, have held special traditional prayers for the Government and people of Japan in respect of the recent disaster that hit Japan.
The grand prayer ceremony attended by…
Two more persons, including a pilot, were arrested in Ahmedabad (in India's Western state of Gujarat) by Delhi Police for allegedly using forged marksheets to procure licence from the country's airline regulator Directorate General of Civi…
Several Indian professionals will be adversely affected by Britain's new immigration rules that come into effect on Wednesday as part of the David Cameron government's efforts to reduce migration from non-European Union countries.
The…
Bangladesh's Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday lost his final legal battle to remain as the chief of the microlending Grameen Bank he founded nearly three decades ago as the Supreme Court rejected his appeal against the sacking, cap…
The US has invited India along with more than a dozen other countries for an international meeting on offshore drilling and blowout containment.
US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said this is part of America's commitment to reduce th…
Thailand Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Tuesday said India should grant visa on arrival to Thai tourists to boost two-way travel.
"We hope that we will be able to get visa on arrival which is something that will boost the numbe…
One more pilot has been arrested in the Indian capital here for allegedly using forged marksheets to procure a licence from the country's airline regulator.
A senior Delhi police official said Avinav Kaushik from private airline Indig…
Over 50 young ones of different species were born in the Bannerghatta Biological Park here in the capital of the south Indian state of Karnataka, after the recent deaths of big cats, park authorities said today.
Eleven-year-old tigres…
One more pilot was arrested in the Indian capital here for allegedly using forged marksheets to procure a licence from the country's airline regulator DGCA, taking the total number of arrests in such cases to nine.
With this, four p…
The White House has termed the burning of the Quran as "un-American" while stressing that "absolutely nothing" justified the killings of UN personnel in Afghanistan following protests over the destruction of the holy text.
"We absolut…
India on Tuesday said it is committed to concluding negotiatons with Thailand for the proposed comprehensive free trade pact by this year-end, a step which will help in doubling bilateral trade by 2014.
"We are currently engaged in …
A "moderate" intensity earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter Scale with its epicentre at the Indo-Nepal border region shook North India Monday evening but there was no immediate report of any loss of life or property.
Indian Meteo…
Hyderabad, the capital of the south Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, will soon become an integrated hub for aerospace industry with the setting up of advanced engine MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) facilities at the Rajiv Gandhi Inte…
Arguing strongly in favour of the H1-B visa programme, an umbrella body of Indian and American industrialists has asked the US Congress to stop targeting Indian companies with discriminatory fees as they have brought investment and quality…
Members of the Agona East District Assembly on Tuesday confirmed Mr Martin Luther Obeng as the District Chief Executive.
Mr Obeng, 30, a lecturer at the Takoradi Polytechnic, polled 20 out of the 29 votes cast with one abstention while …
Mrs Lucy Awuni, the Upper East Deputy Regional Minister, has said there are several interventions being introduced by the government to ensure that women got involved in decision making for development.
She urged assembly women to ta…
The Eastern Regional Minister, Dr Kwasi Akyem Apea-Kubi, has appealed to tender boards of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to award contracts to competent contractors.
He also urged members of the tender boards a…