The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has arrested nine persons, comprising three adults and six juveniles, for allegedly indiscriminate bush burning.
The nine culprits whose names had not been disclosed for security reasons, wer…
Governments risk adopting policies that increase people’s vulnerability to climate change due to general prejudice against migration.
Instead social and economic factors play a bigger role in who moves, where they move to and for how…
Addressing the problem of price rise and helping the people overcome the ill-effects of inflation are the important challenges before the Left
Democratic Front government in the southern Indian state of Kerala, Governor R S Gavai said on …
The Upper West Regional Police Command says it has been recording a decline in criminal cases in the region since 2008.
Total number of crime cases reported in 2008 was 2,035 but this was reduced to 1,431 and 1,319 in 2009 and 2010 r…
The country’s Polytechnics have cautioned the Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAG) against what they say is the coercive attempts to migrate them unto its payroll system.
A resolution read by the Chairman of the Conf…
The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Afigya-Kwabre, Mr Kwaku Oppong-Kyekyeku Kaakyire, has repeated the government’s determination to ensure equity and fairness in the distribution of the nation’s resources.
He said no commun…
The Ga Traditional Council (GTC) on Friday pledged its support for the Accra Metropolitan Assembly in its quest to make Accra one of the finest cities in Africa.
The Traditional Council said it appreciated the level of sanity in the me…
The Ministry of Health on Friday declared its “full and unflinching” support for all its regulatory agencies in the implementation of appropriate regulatory measures to achieve the highest standard of quality in the health care delivery sy…
Mr Shadrack Amaton, a philanthropist, on Friday donated a set of jerseys, two footballs, an inflator and assorted books.
Presenting the items, Mr Amaton said the donation was aimed at boosting the moral of the pupils to study hard.
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Osabarima Kwaku Okoampa, Chief of kyem Banso in the Fanteakwa District, on Friday urged parents to take greater responsibilities in the education of their children.
He said the falling standards of education could not be attributed t…
Thirty Peer educators on HIV and AIDS drawn from the Kwahu West Municipality on Friday ended a
two-day workshop on Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD), at Nkawkaw.
The workshop, which was organized by Tinacom Foundation and Precious…
Mr Maxwell Awuku, Managing Director of Metro Mass Transit Limited, has commended drivers of the
Company for recording fewer accidents in recent times.
He said road accidents involving Metro Mass buses had reduced drastically since la…
The National Hajj Committee on Friday held strategic discussions with the Hajj Agents Association to map out modalities for an incident-free 2011 pilgrimage to Mecca.
In an interview with Ghana News Agency after the meeting, Alhaji A…
The National Accreditation Board (NAB)on Friday confirmed the legal status of Meridian Pre-University as dully registered and accredited to run pre-tertiary education in Ghana.
A statement signed by Mr Kwame Dattey, Executive Secreta…
Dr Joseph Oteng-Adjei, the Energy Minister, has pledged the resolve of the Mills Administration to
ensure that about 80 per cent of the country’s population enjoys electricity within the next four years.
In line with this, a loan fac…
The Gomoa West District Assembly has rehabilitated Apam Methodist Primary School block, which was hit by a rainstorm on June 9, 2010 injuring 14 pupils.
The building, which was fixed at the cost of GH¢31,000 has been handed over to t…
Eleven out of the 14 people who died in a motor accident at Gomoa Onyaadze, near Winneba on January 19, will be given a mass burial at Mumford on Friday, February 4.
Speaking to the Ghana News Agency at Mumford, Mr Ebenezer Adoko, He…
Mr Rashid Pelpuo, Deputy Majority Leader has advised the Youth and Sports Minister designate, Mr Clement Kofi Humado to use “his head and not his heart” in the discharge of his duties.
“Use your head more than your heart,” he stresse…
Fishermen and fish-mongers at Mumford in the Gomoa West District of the Central Region, on Wednesday demonstrated against the ban on fishing with light.
The demonstrators petitioned the government to quash the ban, which they said ha…
MTN Ghana has presented three laptops, internet routers and free data to Apam Senior High School (SHS).
Nana Asantewaa Amegashie, Consumer Segment Manager of MTN who made the presentation to the school said the items were prizes for …
Mr Alban Bagbin Minister of Water Resources Works and Housing, on Wednesday said government had sought funding to increase the capacity of Barekese Dam from 24 million gallons per day (MDG) to 30 mgd.
He said the proposal was current…
Students of Apam High School, has donated used clothing to the inmates of the Village of Hope Orphanage at Gomoa Fetteh in the Central Region.
The philanthropic gesture initiated by the Headmaster of the School, Mr Archibald Kobena F…
The people of Gomoa Abora near Apam have celebrated their annual Akwanbo festival with the inauguration of a number of development projects.
The projects included toilet facilities donated by Nana Hammah V, Chief of the town and his …
An Accra based radio station, Joy FM and a member of the Multi-media Group will from Thursday, February 4 February start airing a half-hour radio show dubbed: “Hotline.”
The programme to be aired at 0830 hours as part of the morning …
More than forty tailors and seamstresses engaged by the government to produce free school uniforms for pupils in the Ellembele District of the Western Region are demanding payment for their services.
Speaking to the Ghana News Agency…
The Tema Metropolitan Office of the Birth and Death Registry, recorded a total of 10,506 births last year.
Mrs Hannah Twumasi-Ankrah, Metropolitan Birth and Death Registrar who disclosed this to the Ghana News Agency in an interview o…
Reverend Michael Asenso, General Overseer of The Way Chapel International, has called on the youth to lead moral lives and unearth their talents to facilitate national development.
Speaking in an interview with the Ghana News Agency …
Mr Mark Owen Woyongo, Upper East Regional Minister on Wednesday inaugurated an ultra modern 12-unit classroom block, built at a cost of GH¢571,150.35 for Bawku Senior High School (SHS) in the Upper East Region.
Inaugurating the facil…
Dr Kojo Appiah-Kubi, Member of Parliament (MP) for Atwima Kwanwoma, has underlined the need for Ghana to step up reproductive health education.
He said although Ghana had made giant strides towards achieving the Millennium…
Ebenezer Tham, a 38- year-old man from Djankrom-Nsawam in the Eastern Region, was on Tuesday jailed eight months on his own plea for defrauding by false pretence by the Nsawam Magistrate Court.
Prosecuting, Police Inspector Francis A…
Mr Emmanuel Nyaaba, Environmental Protection Officer of the Bawku Municipality, has called on the people of Bawku and the entire nation to cultivate good attitudes towards the protection of the environment.
He said the environment wa…
The Tamale Metropolis recorded 56 deaths in 168 road accidents last year.
For the month of January this year alone, 11 deaths were registered from 11 accidents, bringing the total number of deaths to 67.
A total of GH¢6,876.00…
The Gomoa West District Assembly last year gave scholarships to 86 needy but brilliant students to continue their education at the Secondary, vocational and tertiary levels.
Mr Theophilous Adu-Mensah, the District Chief Executive for G…
Christ the King Community Co-operative Credit Union at Anaji in Takoradi in the Western Region on Wednesday donated assorted building wares in support of the community’s police station project.
They comprised 20 bags of cement, 500 c…
The Central Regional Chairman of the Progressive Transport Owners Association (PROTOA), Nana Yaw Fayah, has appealed to the Minister of Transport to weed out driving license contractors operating at the Driving and Vehicle Licensing and Au…
The President of the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs, Dzetse Nene Abram Kabu Akuaku III, has called on chieftaincy contractors who instigate disputes in the various traditional areas of the Region to desist from the practice.
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The people of Gomoa Abora near Apam have celebrated their annual Akwanbo festival with the inauguration of a number of development projects.
The projects included toilet facilities donated by Nana Hammah V, Chief of the town and his …
The Ghana Road Operators announced on Thursday that it has agreed with the police for a temporary hold on the implementation of the law that bans a certain category of vehicles from plying the roads between 6.00 pm and 6.00 am.
It sa…
Reverend Michael Asenso, General Overseer of The Way Chapel International, has called on the youth to lead moral lives and unearth their talents to facilitate national development.
Speaking in an interview with the Ghana News Agency …
Officials of the Food and Drugs Board, in
cooperation with the Ghana Police Service, has resulted in the arrest of one Patience Kabla in connection with the sale of fake Exeter
Corned Beef on the market.
A statement issued in Accra…
The Suhum-Kraboa-Coaltar District Mutual Health Insurance Scheme had ended a one-and-half-month special exercise to register people in the rural areas.
The District manager of the scheme, Mr Stephen Kafui, told the GNA that the exerc…
The police in Techiman have destroyed 51 large and mini-bags of Indian hemp (Wee) intercepted at various points in the municipality.
The hemp was contained in 15 large sized bags, eight mini-bags and 28 parcels.
The police also…
Fifty Teaching Assistants employed under the National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP) in the
Suhum Kraboa Coaltar District had not been paid for the past eight months.
Mr Joseph Brafo, a Teaching Assistant, told the GNA after a em…
The East Akim Cocoa District of the Produce Buying Company Limited (PBC) has distributed items to
38 Cocoa Purchasing Clerks operating with the Company in the District.
The District Officer of the PBC, Mr Emmanuel Manukure, told the…
Cocoa farmers at Abamkrom, a poor farming community in the Central Region, have appealed to
the Produce Buying Company Limited (PBC) to renovate its society’s shed in the town without delay.
A spokesperson for the farmers, Opan…
The police on Thursday cautioned the public against the use of privately registered vehicles for commercial business.
Assistant Superintendent of Police Alexander Kweku Obeng who is in charge of Education, Research and Training at th…
Professor William Otoo Ellis, Vice Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has counselled students to use dialogue and non-violence as a tool for addressing grievances.
He said deviant behaviour …
Workers of the Eastern Regional Zoomlion Company who were employed under the Regional National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP), have not received their December, 2010 and January, 2011 salaries.
The workers who spoke to the Ghana N…
Residents of Salman in the Nzema East Municipal Assembly of the Western Region, on Tuesday expressed concern about the operations of Adamus Resources Limited, which they said posed a health hazard to them.
Speaking at a press confere…
A murder suspect and small scale miner (Galamsey operator), Kwaku Viloba alias Red Dagarti, 24, has pleaded with the Tarkwa Circuit Court to release him to go and bury his dead father.
The suspect who made his second appearance befor…