Pupils in Sissala East District of the Upper West Region, have expressed appreciation to the commitment of Mrs Suleman Alijata, Sissala East District Chief Executive for improving teaching and learning in the district.
They said she …
Government in collaboration with the Poly Technologies Incorporated of China would sign an agreement to complete all abandoned military and Police projects throughout the country, Vice
President John Dramani Mahama has announced.
He …
The Office of the National Chief Imam on Thursday protested that he was not invited to the pouring of the nation's first commercial oil in Takoradi on Thursday and demanded an apology from the Government and organisers.
A statement s…
All 99 people accused of assaulting ambulance workers were punished this year, some with jail terms, the National Emergency Management Agency said Thursday.
Three of them were sentenced to prison terms ranging from four months to three…
Pupils of Teacher Mota Primary School at Osu RE, in Accra on Thursday joined the lucky trail of the few privileged schools in Accra Metropolis to receive support for its Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Centre.
The cent…
The Reverend Dennis Atiega, Chairman of the Tarkwa Local Council of Churches, said Ghanaians must work to improve on the dignity of each other.
He said the lack of interest in the activities of others had contributed to the increasin…
The departments of Children and Social Welfare has organized a one-day workshop at Wa to orient members of Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) district teams in the Upper West Region.
The workshop is to enhance their knowledg…
The Metro Mass Transit's (MMT) recent "Operation Show Your Ticket" programme is working effectively in the Upper West Region.
Passengers who patronize the services of the MMT buses now know they have a duty to demand their tickets an…
The Supreme Court on Thursday declared a 1974 emergency decree proclaimed by the military government of Park Chung-hee as unconstitutional because it excessively violated people's basic rights, in a landmark ruling that acquitted a Seoul m…
Nearly four decades after the 1971 war, Pakistani school textbooks continue to focus on conspiracy theories involving India, Russia and the US regarding the creation of Bangladesh while glossing over the Pakistan Army's atrocities in the e…
A group of South Korean religious leaders paid a visit to Pope Benedict XVI and exchanged views on promoting inter-faith harmony with the Vatican, their organization in Seoul said Thursday.
Representatives of the Korean Council of Reli…
The Seoul education board said Thursday it paid 15.5 million won (US$13,450) in rewards for whistleblowers who reported bribery and other irregularities at schools, the first such payments under a system adopted earlier this year.
The …
South Korea's military said Thursday it plans to hold a live-fire artillery drill this week or early next week on a front-line island devastated by North Korea's bombardment last month.
North Korea justified its Nov. 23 attack on Yeonp…
The dispute between the European Union and India over the transit of generic drugs through Europe has been resolved, EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht said on Wednesday.
"We have discussed this in detail with our Indian counterpa…
The Enforcement Unit of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has arrested 51 foreigners involved in small-scale illegal mining in the Central and Western Regions.
Mr Francis Palmdeti, Head of Public Affairs of GIS, said in an intervie…
Dr. Anthony Nsoh Akunzule, Deputy Director of Veterinary Service Directorate of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA), has expressed concern about the collapse of smallholder poultry breeding.
He said this had paved way for the…
North Korea should first halt nuclear development if international negotiations with the communist nation can resume, a senior Seoul official said Thursday as Pyongyang expressed its willingness to return to the negotiating table.
"We …
North Korea said Thursday it supports dialogue aimed at preventing war and denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula, but will "never beg" for it, as New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson landed in the communist state with the hope of defusing ten…
The Ghana Police Service Administration on
Thursday launched a programme dubbed: "Operation Father Christmas" to assure Ghanaians of their commitment to be active during the Christmas and New Year season to ensure the safety of all law a…
Two accused persons on trial for their alleged
roles in the murder of the former Northern Regional Chairman of the Convention People's Party, Alhaji Issah Mobilla, were on Thursday taken into prison custody following an order by the pres…
The incidence of carjacking is fast becoming more
disturbing with the Electoral Commission (EC) having become the latest victim.
The Commission's Toyota Hilux vehicle with the registration number GV 48 Z, was last Friday snatched…
Coming under attack after his reported statement that "radicalised Hindu groups" posed a bigger threat than outfits like Lashkar-e-Taiba, Rahul Gandhi on Friday diluted his comments saying that terrorism and communalism of all types are a …
The Co-ordinator of the General Agricultural
Workers Union, Mr Karim Saagbul, has said that Ghanaians need to plant more trees and grow temperature resistance crops to minimise the effect of climate change.
Mr Saagbul said if nothi…
Ex-workers of Goldfields Ghana Limited (GGL) have threatened to invade the company's premises if their grievances are continually ignored by the company.
According to them, the mining company refused to pay them interests on their pr…
Ghana Developing Communities Association (GDCA), a Non Governmental Organisation, involved in the development of rural communities in the Northern Region, on Wednesday held a day's workshop for journalists to solicit their support towards …
The Ghana Police Service with the help of UNICEF has established an Anti-Human Traffic Unit at Wa to operate as an intelligence heart beat on human trafficking in the region.
A three-day workshop designed to hone the skills of 35 po…
Isaac Opare, an elder of Pentecost Grace Assembly, Koforidua, was on Wednesday remanded into police custody for allegedly defrauding two policewomen by a Koforidua Circuit Court.
Elder Opare who pleaded not guilty to a charge of defr…
Four teenage pupils of the Richard Greame School near Samahu who were knocked down by an Opel Vectra with registration number AS 113 G are in a stable condition at the ABA Goldfields Hospital.
They are; Vida Oppong, 15, Joyce Ayensu,…
Mr Collins Dauda, Minister for Lands and Natural Resources has urged the security agencies must act decisively to flush out galamsey operators from the country.
He said, the activities of galamsey operators, apart from the environmen…
Mr Rojo Mettle-Nunoo, Deputy Minister of Health, has said government recognizes the immense contributions by the private sector towards the training of health personnel.
For this reason, government, in partnership with private instit…
A 1,300-year-old Buddhist temple in the southern coastal city of Busan was partly damaged in a night fire believed to be an act of arson, police said Thursday.
The fire broke out Wednesday night on a main wooden gate of Beomeo Temple a…
The Central Regional branch of the Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation is to establish a disaster fund.
The fund will be used to cater for victims of disasters, Daasebre Kwebu Ewusi VII, the Chairman of t…
FIDELITY BANK WOWS KUMASI CUSTOMERS WITH FANTASTIC PRIZES
Kumasi, 15th December 2010: Fidelity bank brought lots of excitement to the streets of Suame; a suburb of Kumasi came to a standstill when ten lucky customers of Fidelity Bank were…
Also on DStv this December, audiences can tune in for the premier of season six of EXTREME MAKEOVER HOME EDITIONS SPECIALS on BBC Lifestyle. Screening form Monday December 20 (19:00 CAT), the series sees Ty Pennington and his Extreme Makeo…
A 23-year old farmer, who shot and killed a suspected cocoa beans thief, at Ohiampeanika, near Bibiani, has been remanded in prison custody, by a Bibiani Magistrates' Court.
The plea of Yaya Fuseini was not taken and he would re-appe…
An intercessory prayer had been held by the Muslim community in the Ashanti region, to seek the face of Allah, as the country's oil begin pouring out in commercial quantities from Wednesday.
The prayers, organized by the Tijanniya Mu…
A circuit court in Cape Coast, presided over by Mr Samuel Asare Nyarko, has sentenced a 37 year-old labourer to 13 years imprisonment for stealing.
Alexander Appiah, a resident of Anokyi, a town near Mankessim, pleaded guilty and was…
A section of ex-casual workers of AngloGold Ashanti (AGA) had staged a protest against the mode of payment of their compensation by the company.
The workers numbering over 1,000 were laid off some time ago without any reason, even th…
The Tema Regional Police Command has received a
quantity of Impulse Energy Drink worth GHC 2,500, from the Management of Direct Health Network (DHN), importers and distributors of Impulse Energy Drink from the United States.
It is …
The Ho Municipality is yet to stir up to the Christmas mood with just ten days to the Yuletide.
The atmosphere in town is drab, bereft of the colours and carols but for the occasional Christmas jingles on local radio stations.
…
The Chiefs and people of Ntiribuoho, in the Afigya-Kwabre district, have appealed to the Government to ensure that the eight-kilometre Afrancho-Ntiribuoho-Sasa-Bomso road is tarred.
The road is currently under construction but the wo…
A 27-year-old mechanic was on Tuesday jailed 24 months in hard labour by a Kumasi Circuit Court, for stealing GH¢900 belonging to his uncle.
Atta Bobie pleaded guilty to charges of unlawful entry and stealing.
Police Chief Insp…
The Government has signed an agreement with a Chinese company for the construction of the proposed ECOWAS railway line and modernisation of the Eastern line.
The railway line when completed would ease congestion at the main Tema Harb…
The European Union says it welcomes the positive results of the Cancun climate conference.
"The balanced and substantive package of decisions adopted December 11, 2010, known as the Cancun Agreement, represents an important further s…
Rejoice Donkor, a 44 year-old a woman used by his fiancée Gilbert Ray Agbenyegah, 63, a retired teacher to clandestinely claim his late wife's social security entitlements amounting to 13,500 Ghana cedis has absconded.
Agbenyega who …
Dr Kwaku Aning, a Ghanaian Scientist has been
appointed Deputy Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), effective January 1, 2011, making him the first African to assume the exalted IAEA position.
Dr Aning, …
Nii Armarh Ashitey, Greater-Accra Regional Minister, on Tuesday, challenged farmers in the region, to do all they could to keep the National Best Farmer's title in subsequent years.
Nii Ashitey said winning was one thing, while stayi…
The Upper East Regional Co-ordinating Council has set up a team to monitor the sale and use of agro -chemicals in the Region and check the illicit sale of the products across the borders with Togo and Burkina Faso.
The team is made u…
A Kumasi Circuit Court, presided over by Mr Justice Emmanuel Amoh-Yartey, has sentenced two friends to a total of 30 years imprisonment, for gang raping a teenage girl.
Isaac Yeboah, 20, and Kwadwo Owusu, 25, denied the charge and wo…
A 28-year old man, who allegedly inflicted multiple deep cutlass wounds on his estranged wife, at Ahyiresu Number Five, is now in the firm grips of the laws.
Kwame Adjei was ordered to be held in prison custody when he appeared befor…