Mr Theophilus Tetteh Chaie, Member of Parliament (MP) for Ablekuma Central, has called on stakeholders to work towards creating a conducive environment to ensure quality education in the country.
He said if all stakeholders did what …
The Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology (MEST), on Monday met stakeholders, including the diplomatic corps, security agencies, women groups and the academia, to discuss ways of finalising a draft policy framework on Climate Cha…
Professor Reginald Fraser Amonoo, President of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences (GAAS), on Monday painted a gloomy state of the earth due to climate change.
He said the dominant fear now is that through the misdeeds of men, emi…
The Hope For Future Generation (HFFG) in collaboration with the Ghana AIDS Commission, the Adventist Development Relief Agency (ADRA) and the Global Fund, have taken HIV/AIDS and Voluntary Counseling Testing education into local Churches.
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The Ghana Standards Board (GSB) would strictly enforce the ban on the importation, distribution and sale of used undergarments from February next year, Mr. Kofi Nagetey, Director of the Inspectorate Division of the Board, said on Monday.
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Labour unions, associations, institutions and other stakeholders have agreed to a two-week moratorium to study a report on standardisation and harmonisation of Categories Two and Three allowances and other remunerations in the public servi…
Mr Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah, Deputy Minister for Energy, on Monday said the Ministry's investigation into the theft of materials by the contractor executing on electrical installation for fifteen communities in the Awutu Senya constituency…
Dr Nii Oakley Quaye Kumah, Deputy Minister of Roads and Highways on Monday called on road safety experts to participate in the national sensitisation and enforcement efforts to reduce overloading of heavy duty vehicles.
He said the …
A well built unidentified man was on Saturday evening shot dead in a shoot-out between suspected robbers and the personnel of a Joint Police and Military Patrol Team at Zongo Laka, a suburb of Ashaiman.
Assistant Commissioner of Pol…
Two persons, including an 18-year-old pregnant woman, Djolo Dargati died on the spot when a truck in which they were travelling with 30 other passengers to Asueyi in the Techiman Municipality ran into a ditch.
The passengers were ret…
The Tree for the Future, a non-governmental organization (NGO) based in the United States has planted 150 trees at New Abossey Okai Primary and Junior High Schools at Mataheko.
The Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology dona…
The Wa Municipal Assembly has started distributing 2,000 free school uniforms and over 79,388 exercise books to basic schools in the Municipality as promised by the government.
Mr Yakubu Duogu, Wa Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) dist…
There are 700 million cellphone connections in India but only half this number of Indians have access to private toilets.
The UN figures show the poor focus the country has on the most important measure to prevent communicable diseas…
Eight people, including five children, were killed and 11 others injured when a bomb planted by Maoists went off Sunday morning in the Naxal-hit Aurangabad district in eastern state of Bihar, a day after the final phase of Assembly polls i…
World record holder shotgun shooter Ronjan Sodhi finally provided the golden touch to Indian marksmen's campaign when he won the men's double trap individual event here Sunday.
Sodhi clinched the top honours with a score of 186 afte…
South Korea is seeking to unite Asia around its bid to host the 2022 World Cup tournament, FIFA vice president Chung Mong-joon said Monday, with the world body's vote set for next week.
Four nations in the Asia-Pacific region -- South…
A 16th-century female mummy discovered in a family graveyard last year has been reburied in a decision by her descendants after they were alarmed by recurring dreams that they believed to be a message from beyond.
The mummy was excava…
Aiming to prevent any 9/11 type attack in the country, the Indian Air Force is planning deploying detachments of fighter aircraft close to major cities to thwart any such attempts of terrorists by using the aerial route.
Under its pla…
Johnson Kombian, a two-time jail breaker and alleged assassin of two policemen at Nakpanduri, was on Monday arraigned before an Accra Circuit Court.
Kombian, who also wounded a policeman, was charged with escaping from lawful custody…
Assistant Commissioner of Police Alex Isaac Quainoo, Deputy Brong-Ahafo Regional Police Commander, at the weekend warned that any driver caught for careless driving would be made to face the full rigours of the law.
ACP Quainoo gave …
A principal witness in the alleged mass rape on a Yutong bus on Monday told an Accra Circuit Court that although they were attacked by armed robbers nobody was raped.
Mr Samuel Asiedu-Sasu, driver of the Yutong bus involved in the ca…
The Brong Ahafo Regional Secretariat of the National Commission on Women and Development (NCWD), has organised a day's sensitisation workshop on the need for women to seek early treatment for cervical and breast cancer.
Madam Salamat…
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and Japan's opposition party leader agreed Monday that ethnic Koreans in Japan should be granted voting rights, Lee's office Cheong Wa Dae said.
In his meeting here with Lee, Natsuo Yamaguchi, head …
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture on Wednesday launched a Farmers Business Book at Sandema in the Builsa District.
The Minister of Food and Agriculture, Mr Kwesi Ahwoi, said the book, which was developed by the ministry, is aimed a…
The Ghana Tourists Board (GTB) is doing the necessary consultation to institutionalise the training of lifeguards or pool attendants, a requirement for the operation of all swimming pools in the country.
Mr Frank Kofigah, Director of…
The Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Mr Joseph Yieleh-Chireh, on Monday urged Metropolitan, Municipal and District assemblies to be serious with the street naming exercise towards improving their tax collection.
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In an effort to reduce the landfill waste in the capital, a few environment-conscious individuals are composting their organic daily waste through a system, which helps reduce emissions of methane, the powerful greenhouse gas produced fro…
South Korea will consider redeploying U.S. tactical nuclear weapons on its territory in consultation with Washington, the country's defense chief said Monday following reports of North Korea's uranium enrichment.
Asked by a lawmaker if…
A one-day workshop on records management for 36 farmers drawn from Techiman Municipality has ended at Forikrom.
The workshop organised by Abrono Organic Farming Project and sponsored by Concern Universal was aimed at equipping the fa…
Researchers have discovered a bright-coloured squid, a marine creature with eight arms and light-producing organs which are sometimes used by it to lure preys.
The squid, belonging to the Chiroteuthid family, was identified by sci…
North Koreans are expected to live 11 years less than the average South Korean due mainly to malnutrition that adversely affects births and causes more people to die earlier than normal, a government report showed Monday.
The Statistic…
Mr Joseph Yieleh-Chireh, the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, on Monday inaugurated a three-unit two bedroom teachers' quarters at Jumapo under the Urban Poverty Reduction Programme of the Social Investment Fund (SIF).
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The Ghana Gender Centre Project has in collaboration with two local NGOs in Nkoranza South and North Districts organised a three-day workshop to sensitize 70 local peer educators on
socio-cultural practices fuelling the spread of HIV/AID…
Mr Abu Kuntulo, General Secretary of Health
Services Workers' Union (HSWU) has appealed to the Government to provide appreciable incentive packages to attract and retain medical personnel.
He said the continuing global shortage of …
Two Ghanaian Medical Practitioners have been
elected to the Executive Council of Commonwealth Medical Association (CMA) during its 22nd Triennial Conference held in Tal-Qroqq, Malta.
A statement issued in Accra by Dr Sodzi Sodzi-Te…
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Obuasi, Mr
Edward M. Ennin, has so far donated over 3,000 dual and mono desks to a number of public basic schools in the municipality to help address shortage of furniture in the schools due to over-enro…
Lieutenant Colonel Abass Seidu, Commanding Officer of the 66 Artillery Regiment, Ho, has assured the civilian population of the military's friendliness and protection.
He was addressing a forum of officers, heads of departments and t…
Early childhood care providers in the Upper East Region on Tuesday called on government to consider including children between the ages of four and five years enrolled in pre-school in the
Capitation Grant and the School Feeding Program…
The Cabinet on Tuesday approved a bill allowing people with minor mental conditions to get licenses and certificates, a government spokesman said.
The bill separates those suffering from temporary or minor mental conditions from those …
South Korea expressed its "grave concern" over North Korea's latest nuclear revelations when its chief nuclear envoy visited China, Pyongyang's top benefactor, earlier this week, a foreign
ministry official here said Tuesday.
Wi Sung…
The National Theatre in collaboration with Action Aid Ghana, Care International and the Swedish National Theatre, have embarked on a nationwide drama show to educate parents about the need to
send their children to school, particularly t…
The Central and Upper East regions thrilled
fans at the National Festival of Art and Culture (NAFAC 2010) at Tamale on Tuesday with spectacular performances of music and dance.
Many of the fans, including the Northern Regional Min…
UK's Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for International Development, Mr. Stephen O'Brien, passed a night at Gupanerigu in the Tolon/Kumbungu District.
The town has no electricity and Mr O'Brien's intention was to understand the l…
As part of activities to mark the 10th anniversary of Stanbic Bank Ghana operations, staff and their families participated in a socialization trip to the Wli Waterfalls over the weekend.
Mrs Sandra Osei Amoako, Head, Service Centre of…
The Ghana Commission for United Nations
Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), has been commended for propagating and implementing programmes towards the education
and development of people with disabilities and spe…
Users of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) have been advised to place their gas cylinders on wood outside the kitchen instead of placing them directly on the kitchen floor.
This is to avoid correlation of both the outside and inside of t…
Government will continue to protect its partnership with philanthropic institutions which are complementing its efforts at providing vital social needs of the citizenry.
This is because such support in the areas of water and sanitati…
Mrs. Elizabeth De-Souza, Northern Regional Director of Education, has alleged that some headteachers of basic schools in the Region were not properly disbursing the Capitation Grant and were using it for their personal development.
S…
President John Evans Attah Mills had directed all Regional Administrations to begin work on the setting up of regional museums, art galleries and exhibition complexes to redeem the nation's culture.
He said that these institutions wo…
Brazil has committed a grant of $13.66 million to Ghana, for the construction of a Blood and Sickle Cell Centre in Kumasi to facilitate the fight against the disease.
The project would include a blood transfusion centre and out-patie…