Ghana Navy boats arrested a number of canoes engaged in illegal fishing along the coastline between December 26 and 30, according to a statement issued in Accra on Friday by the Ghana Armed Forces.
The statement signed by Lieutenant …
A farmer and a mason are on trial at the Akim Oda Magistrates Court, for allegedly stealing nine bags of cocoa estimated at GH¢1,800.00, belonging to the Produce Buying Company (PBC).
Kojo Ayensu, the farmer pleaded guilty and was…
A health walk on new year’s eve in Ho under the auspices of “No Tribe Foundation” (NTF), a local non-governmental organisation (NGO), attracted the political representatives of the people in the Municipality.
Mr Isaac Kodobisah, Muni…
Contingents from all the security services in Ho on Friday marched through the principal streets of Ho to demonstrate camaraderie among them throughout the closing year.
The groups include the Ghana Armed Forces, Ghana Police Service…
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) on Friday donated a set of furniture worth GH¢14,000 to the Ga Traditional Council (GTC).
Mr Alfred Oko Vanderpuije, Chief Executive Officer of AMA, said it was the responsibility of the Assembly…
There was marginal reduction in motor accidents in the Asante-Mampong Municipality during the year, according to statistics provided by Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Edward Oduro-Kwateng, Divisional Commander.
The total numbe…
The Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service on Friday expressed appreciation to the media, stakeholders and partners for their support.
In a statement it said “we express appreciation to the med…
Voting ended in the remaining 23 Electoral Areas in the Upper West Region that could not exercise their franchise in the District Level Elections scheduled for December 28.
Investigations by the Ghana News Agency (GNA) revealed that n…
A 40-year-old Ghanaian, Dominic Owusu-Ansah, has been jailed for four years in the UK following the discovery of a forgery factory in Milton Keynes, the British High Commission said in a statement issued in Accra on Thursday.
It sai…
A San Antonio police helicopter lost power and had to land on a busy highway, the police chief said.
The pilot and an observer aboard the chopper were not seriously injured in the Thursday evening incident, Chief William McManus told the …
A New York man whose family is in the fireworks business was charged with assault for firing on his grandson during an argument about noise, police said.
Police said Christopher Giresi was hospitalized Thursday after being struck by shotg…
The Hard Rock hotel and casino in Las Vegas has agreed to pay $650,000 to settle a variety of claims involving sex and drugs, officials said.
Nevada's Gaming Control Board, which filed a complaint against the hotel, said despite warnings …
A Texas surgeon says he is suing Houston's Strake Jesuit College Preparatory for the return of donations he made to the school, which refused to admit his son.
Michael Bardwil told ABCNews.com he was promised his son, Travis, would be acc…
An Illinois couple said their 12-year-old daughter was shocked to find the tablet PC she received for Christmas was pre-loaded with pornographic applications.
Jay Hardin of Marion said he and his wife bought a pair of Coby Kyros pads, tab…
A North Carolina county official, faced with criticism that has spread nationwide, says he is standing by his denunciation of gay people as "sexual predators."
"People are entitled to their opinion and that includes me," Mecklenburg Count…
The New York murder trial of former mob boss Vincent Basciano will begin on March 2 with no more delays, a judge has ruled.
"This case is over 5 years old," U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis said Thursday. "… No further requests to po…
Residents in Rockhampton, in Queensland, will be forced to evacuate if they don't move voluntarily out of the flood-affected region, Australian officials said.
Officials said up to 4,000 parcels in the city could be flooded by Tuesday whe…
A strike was called across Pakistan Friday to protest against possible changes to the country's blasphemy laws, media reports said.
Public transport was at a standstill in Karachi, where demonstrators blocked traffic as part of the indust…
A Florida woman whose resolution for 2011 was to look good died after undergoing liposuction to remove fat from her waist, her husband said.
Osvaldo Vargas said his wife, Lidvian Zelaya, went to Strax Rejuvenation Center in Lauderhill to …
The daughter of an Arizona county supervisor has been accused of molesting the same boy her mother was accused of abusing, police said.
Court documents indicate Rachel Katherine Brock, 21, the daughter of Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton…
An editorial in a U.S. journal argues that patients should have notice that their physician may be sleep-deprived.
First author Dr. Michael Nurok, an anesthesiologist and intensive care physician at Hospital for Special Surgery, says in a…
A rise in birth defects in the Iraqi city of Falluja could have been caused by weaponry used in U.S. assaults that took place six years ago, a report says.
The report, to be published next week in the International Journal of Environmenta…
Massachusetts officials have announced a plan to reduce greenhouse gases emitted in the state by 25 percent below 1990 levels during the next decade.
The Wednesday announcement of the planned reduction in emissions by cars, homes and busi…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued warnings about drinks sold as supplements for sexual enhancement that could dangerously lower blood pressure.
The FDA says tests indicate the products, Rock Hard Extreme and Passion Coffee,…
A risk for alcoholism also may put individuals at risk for obesity, addiction researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis say.
The researchers say the association between a family history of alcoholism and obesity…
University at Buffalo researchers have come up with 10 health and wellness New Year's resolutions based on their research.
For example, Michael J. Poulin, a UB assistant professor of psychology, says helping sick family members can reduce…
A device with radioactive materials was recovered from a stolen car, Connecticut police said.
The nuclear density gauge, which is used to measure soil density at construction sites, was in a car that was taken in a holdup Wednesday night …
Exploding champagne corks add a dramatic flair to a holiday party but they can also cause serious eye injuries, an ophthalmologist warns.
Dr. Preston Blomquist, an ophthalmologist at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in …
Scientists in France report their study found pouring champagne in an angled, down-the-side of the glass motion is best for preserving its taste and fizz.
Gerard Liger-Belair of the University of Reims and colleagues note that tiny bubble…
Over the past year, over 60,000 submissions (and counting) have been made to the Constitution Review Commission. While in-depth analysis of the data is ongoing, a group of 17 researchers at the Commission have had an initial scan of the da…
Ghanaian-born Oxfordshire Publisher, Mrs. Becky Nana Ayebia Clarke, has been appointed an Honorary Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in recognition of her services to the UK publishing industry.
A statement issued by the …
The Head of the Muslim Community in Saltpond Zongo, Sariki Mama Nomabo V, has commended Mr Aquinas Tawiah Quansah, the Member of Parliament for Mfantseman West, for sponsoring two Muslims at Saltpond to perform the 2010 pilgrimage to Mecca…
Pastor Peter Okyere of Global Salvation Foundation, a non-governmental organization (NGO) based in Kasoa, has organised a party for about 60 aged people at Kasoa.
He also gave them used clothing, slippers and shoes.
Pastor Okyere…
The Women and Men's Ministry of Mamprobi Church of Christ in Accra has donated items worth GH¢10,500.00 to Countryside Children's Welfare Home at Bawjiase.
The items included rice, gari, five bails of used clothing, tins of tomato pas…
The Awutu Senya District Coordinating Director, Mr Musah Foko, has called on parents to use their limited resources to groom their children rather than on things that would not bring them progress.
He said this when he inaugurated nin…
Bright Hope for Tomorrow, a local non-governmental organization, in conjunction with the Gomoa West District Assembly, has feted about 500 children during the Christmas festivities at Apam.
Ewurabena Koomson, the Executive Director of…
Former Minister of National Security, Kofi Totobi Quakyi, on Thursday said he does not "covet" the position of Chief of Staff.
In a statement issued by Mr Kofi Rockson, Personal Assistant, the former Minister said he had followed with…
Mr. Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, the Eastern Regional Minister, said on Wednesday that it is not a crime for a Christian to be a politician.
“It is not a crime for the Christian to be in politics since politics is about people and Christian m…
Mr Jonathan Adabre, a policy analyst with Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC), has appealed to the government to set up a sustainable funding system for the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) instead of relying on …
A 40-year-old Ghanaian, Dominic Owusu-Ansah, has been jailed for four years in the UK following the discovery of a forgery factory in Milton Keynes, the British High Commission said in a statement issued in Accra on Thursday.
It sai…
Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, the Eastern Regional Minister, has said there was the need for the Domestic Violence Act to include facilities that would capture challenges of Persons living With Disabilities (PWD) to enable them to access justice…
The Apam Catholic Mission Hospital in the Central Region, recorded seven births made up of three boys and four girls on Christmas and Boxing Day.
The Senior Midwifery Officer in charge of the Maternity Ward, Ms Paulina Holdbrook, mad…
Former President Jerry John Rawlings on Wednesday denied reports that he had a crunch meeting with President John Evans Atta Mills and a number of people on matters involving the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
A statement in Accr…
The Executive Committee of Passion for Needy, a charitable organisation of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (Ghana branch), on Wednesday presented a cheque for GH¢ 3,000 to the Surgical Ward of Korle Bu Teaching Hospital to settle bills…
Tragedy struck Atweakor, a hamlet in the Jomoro Distrcit, last Saturday night when an unknown assailant shot and killed a 75-year-old tenant farmer and wounded his wife.
The body of Mr Abanga Yariga has been deposited at the morgue of…
Voting in 149 out of 572 electoral areas in the Central Region has been rescheduled for Thursday because ballot papers for the District Level Elections (DLE) were not ready when the exercise began on Tuesday.
Mr Samuel Tettey, Regiona…
Some of the ballot papers for the District Level Elections, deferred from Tuesday to Wednesday in the Volta Region, had been received in Ho and dispatched.
Miss Laurentia Kpatakpa, the Volta Regional Director of the Electoral Commiss…
More than 1,000 children, most of them needy from the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem Municipality, celebrated Boxing Day in grand style when they were feted by Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom, the 2008 presidential candidate of the Convention People's Par…
Kuoro Alhaji Iddrisu Bamie Yesseh III, Paramount Chief of the Lambussie Traditional Area, has appealed to the government, donor agencies and non-governmental organisations to assist in addressing some of the development challenges of the a…
The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Sefwi-Wiawso, Mr Stephen Wilks Kofi Mensah, has advised unemployed university graduates in the country, to go into agriculture to improve their lot.
He said the assembly had targeted areas such a…