A chief has appealed to the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) and the Commission on Human Rights Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to collaborate with traditional rulers on issues bordering on women's rights violation.
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A 286-paged book titled "Sociology and Spirituality" that provides deeper insight into the emergence and development of sociology, social integration and moral regulation has been launched in Kumasi.
It was authored by Dr Kojo …
The government of north Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir Wednesday granted a month's extension till December 31 to the judicial commission probing the killings of 17 civilians during the recent unrest in Kashmir Valley as it has not been …
The Apostolic Nuncio in Ghana, the Most Rev. Leon B. Kalenga has appealed to Ghanaians to avoid ethnicity and unite and work for sustainable peace.
He said peace should be seen governing the path of all Ghanaians irrespective of thei…
Parliament on Tuesday endorsed the agreement between Government, Volta River Authority and Clark Sustainable Resources Development Limited (CSRD) a Canadian firm for the phase II of harvesting, processing and marketing of timber from the V…
An Accra District Magistrate's Court on Wednesday remanded in Police custody three persons accused of murdering the Reverend Sidney Thomas Barnes, a British American Missionary.
Inspector Peter Yaw Manu, who represented Assistant Sup…
Nene Sackitey II, Konor (Paramount) of the Manya Krobo said the Parliamentary Committee on Subsidiary Legislation erred to secede Akuse Electoral Area to the Greater Accra Region.
He said the path set out by the committee was a consp…
A long standing land dispute between Mr Samuel Awuye, complainant and Alex Ablorh, accused person's father, has compelled the 24-year-old mason, Yaw Adu, to pull a pistol on the complainant.
For that act, Adu was arraigned before a C…
The Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Mr Joseph Yieleh Chireh, has reiterated Government's commitment to improving urban transportation towards the realization of its better Ghana agenda.
He said that public transp…
A biblical theme park sponsored by Answers in Genesis will give an economic boost to northern Kentucky, Gov. Steve Beshear said Wednesday. Beshear said the project, a joint venture by the non-profit group behind the Creation Museum in Boon…
MS Tamara Aku Dzormeku, "Ms Malaika 2008", has called on stakeholders in the fight against HIV and AIDS to adopt more effective mechanisms to keep the prevalence of the disease down.
She said interactions with the public indicated th…
A 36-year-old Indian national has been accused of molesting a teenage Moroccan girl on board a Dubai-bound Emirates flight, a charge he has denied.
Prosecutors accused the man of consuming liquor and sexually molesting the 15-year-old…
A 31-year-old plumber, Kojo Eyi, has appeared before a Circuit Court in Cape Coast for inflicting multiple razor blade wounds on one Mr Samuel Awuye, whom he suspected of having an affair with his ex-wife.
He pleaded not guilty to th…
A labourer standing trial in a Kumasi Circuit Court for causing harm was on Wednesday sentenced to three years imprisonment in hard labour.
Kofi Nketia pleaded guilty to the charge.
Police Chief Inspector Mary Nana Adwoa Affanyi told t…
An 18-year-old storekeeper was on Wednesday jailed seven years in hard labour by a Kumasi Circuit Court for stealing computers and accessories valued at GH¢1,936.00 belonging to his employer.
Desmond Pepprah pleaded guilty to the c…
The Ministry of the Interior on Wednesday announced that Friday, December 3, which is National Farmers' Day, is a statutory Public holiday.
This is contained in a statement signed in Accra by Mr Martin Amidu, Minister for the Interio…
Mr Albert Brown-Gaizie, Acting Chief Fire Officer of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), on Wednesday stressed the need for fire personnel to be equipped with the requisite knowledge and skills for effective and efficient operations.
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The National House of Chiefs on Wednesday congratulated farmers and fishermen and appealed to government to continue to create an enabling environment for sustainable development of the agricultural sector.
A statement signed by Wulu…
The National Identification Authority (NIA) will begin mass production of National Identification Cards for residents of Greater Accra Region from Monday, December 6.
Dr William Ahadzie, NIA Executive Secretary, told newsmen in Accra…
A 14-member National Task Force on Sustainable Public Procurement, was on Wednesday launched in Accra to steer government's efforts at ensuring transparency and accountability in the public procurement system.
The launch follows the …
The seventh Going Green Premier Walk for Health and Security will come on in Accra on Saturday, December 4.
Mr Noah Acolatse, Country Manager of Mepha Limited, a pharmaceutical research development and manufacturing company, who made…
The British and Europeans suffered another round of snow and freezing temperatures Wednesday as a powerful winter storm refused to let go, forecasters said.
Wicked weather was reported in Germany, Poland and many parts of the United Kingd…
A 76-year-old Florida woman, missing for five days, was found alive in the trunk of her car in a hospital parking lot, authorities said. Mary Doretich Mitchell of New Smyrna Beach had her purse, money and keys with her when police opened t…
A Florida nudist camp could be stripped of some of its home sites after the incorporation of its surrounding community, authorities said. Sunsport Gardens has 133 tent and trailer pads, but as part of Loxahatchee Groves, incorporated in 2…
A Florida judge has rebuffed Donald Trump's attempt to shoo airplane flights away from his Palm Beach club. Circuit Court Judge Joseph Marx dismissed Trump's lawsuit claiming that noisy flights from the county airport were harming Mar-a-La…
The father of three missing Michigan boys appeared in an Ohio court Wednesday in chains and in a wheelchair.
John Skelton, 39, has been charged with parental kidnapping, the Detroit Free Press reported. But investigators fear the three br…
Improving the delivery of quality education was only possible by strengthening the governance framework in education management, an African Education Watch (AEW) report has said.
The report recommended among others that Ministries of…
Mr Joseph Yieleh Chireh, Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, said the application for a Legislative Instrument (LI) to back the re-demarcation of electoral areas across the country was what delayed the district assembly el…
The Kwahu West Municipal Chief Executive, Mr Alex Somoah Obeng, has appealed to health professionals to use their health facilities to educate patients and the public to register with the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).
He w…
Three students who were successful out of 28 students of the Junior High School at Ayerede who took part in this year's Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) cannot enter senior secondary schools because their parents cannot affor…
Mr. Conrad Balig, Upper East Regional Program Manager of Youth Alive, a non-governmental organization, has said achieving the universal Primary Education by 2015 could not be realised if the disabled were sidelined.
Mr Balig said thi…
More than 500 people, including children at Adaklu Kodzobi in the Adaklu Anyigbe District have been screened and treated for various ailments free of charge by a medical outreach team of the Church of Pentecost.
The 10-member team, inclu…
Mr Henry Kamel Ford, Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, has said the government would uphold its pledge to involve civil society organizations and other stakeholders in the
management of Ghana's forest resources.
Sustainab…
Mr. Kwadwo Nyamekye Marfo, the Brong- Ahafo Regional Minister, has expressed concern about the use of foul, abusive language and unsavoury remarks by some panelists and callers during radio discussions against certain personalities in the …
Mr. Eric Addae, Asutifi District Chief Executive on Tuesday asked churches and prayer camps to desist from linking the theology of sin to HIV infection.
He explained that HIV/AIDS was currently a manageable disease like high blood pr…
The construction industry in Britain needs a massive overhaul in order to keep pace with the country's low-carbon agenda, a government report said.
The British government tasked the Innovation and Growth Team with finding ways for the con…
The New Juaben Municipality has been hit by an acute shortage of chemical fertilizer, especially Nitrogen, Potassium and Phosphorus (NPK) compound and ammonia sulphate.
Due to the shortage, some agro-chemical shops have started re-ba…
The Otumfuo Education Fund has added another dimension to its scope of activity with the introduction of water and sanitation components.
It would now be assisting in providing potable water to basic schools in deprived communities natio…
India on Thursday successfully test-fired the 290-km range BrahMos cruise missile from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur off the Orissa coast.
The supersonic cruise missile with precision strike capability was test-fired from a…
The Eastern Regional Police Command on Thursday appealed to owners of 15 vehicles which were impounded at Okorase near Suhum on November 15 to report at the Regional Police headquarters in Koforidua with their drivers.
A statement si…
Mr Collins Dauda, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, on Wednesday called for concerted efforts from chiefs and other stakeholders to save the forests from being depleted.
He noted that if efforts were not made to prevent th…
Dr Anthony Normeshie, Executive Director of Health For All Herbal Clinic at Oworam near Asamankese in the Eastern Region, has said that hypertension was now the leading cause of maternal death in the country.
At a press briefing at O…
Mr Haruna Iddrisu, Minister of Communications, has reiterated that Government has no reasons to sabotage Nigerian businesses from operating in the country.
He was reacting to a report that Government was stopping Nigerian businessmen…
The Ministry of Information is to review all agreements and policies on its assets, which have been leased to private individuals and organisations.
This, according to Mr John Tia Akologu, the sector Minister, would enable the Minist…
Members of the Food and Beverages Association of Ghana on Thursday commended Vice President John Dramani Mahama for pledging the Government's support to review the proposed abolition of the bonded warehouse system for rice and sugar.
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Mr Haruna Iddrisu, the Minister of Communications, on Thursday reiterated the government's support for the establishment of Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) parks at selected places in the country to create jobs.
He …
Dr Victor Agyeman, the Director of the Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG), has given high marks to retired research scientists of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for their contribution to scientific and…
South Korea confirmed three more cases of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) on Thursday, all in the area where the latest outbreak was first reported, raising concerns over its further spread.
In desperate efforts to stem the disease from s…
A senior Russian diplomat told South Korean officials Thursday that North Korea's alleged uranium enrichment program constitutes a violation of U.N. resolutions and its own commitment to give up nuclear programs, an official said.
Mosc…
Top diplomats for South Korea and the United States said talks should resume only after North Korea shows it's serious about giving up its nuclear program.
The agreement reaffirmed that the two countries can't accept China's proposal to r…