Mr Jonathan Porter, the Managing Director of Waasps Flight Training School, has appealed to the government to review the aviation laws to enable engineering firms to build light aircraft with the capacity to carry more than four passengers…
A 25-year-old armed robber who, together with an accomplice, attempted to rob a man near Trinity Theological Seminary in Accra, is in the grips of the Legon Police.
Speaking to the GNA on Wednesday, the Legon District Police Commande…
The Madina Police are tracking down several vehicles whose drivers have committed various motor traffic offences and fled.
The Commander of the Madina Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU), Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP)…
Many residents in Sunyani have called for the carrying out of the death penalty for armed robbers to deter the dangerous criminal practice.
Respondents in an opinion survey by the Ghana News Agency mostly agreed that executing armed…
The Effutu Municipal Assembly has presented 20 bags of cement and 20 pieces roofing sheets to Madam Beauty Amenuvor from Akosua village in Winneba whose building and some personal belongings were destroyed in a flooding incident on June 2…
Armed police officers are to be deployed on long distance buses as part of measures to tackle the growing highway robberies.
A statement signed by Deputy Commissioner of Police Patrick E. Timbillah, Ashanti Regional Commander, sa…
Vodafone Ghana has appointed Carmen Bruce-Annan as Head of Corporate Communications, effective Monday, November 1, 2010.
A statement in Accra, signed by Vicky Osafo, Corporate Affairs Manager, said Carmen Bruce-Annan was a leading …
The Winneba Youth Choir will participate in this year's BUSAN 2010 Choral Music festival and competition in Korea.
The event is intended to bring choirs from across the world and Korea together to compare, collaborate and learn from…
The Industrial and Labour Court (Fast Track Court Division) on Thursday fixed November 12 to deliver its ruling in an application by the National Labour Commission (NLC) to compel members of the Polytechnic Teachers of Ghana (POTAG) to res…
Mr Seth Otchere, the West Akyem Municipal Chief Executive, has commended assembly members for their dedication and selfless contribution to the progress of the district over the past four years.
He said their commitment h…
The four-day national immunization exercise
against measles organised by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) for children entered its second day on Thursday with a visit by health official to
vaccination points.
The exercise aims to vac…
Global Union of Scientist for Peace Ghana, a non-governmental organisation on Thursday called on the government to introduce the practice of Transcendental Meditation (TM) in the schools and prisons.
Dr Ashley Deans, Professor of Edu…
Eight people died on the spot while others sustained various degrees of injury when a 207 bus and a truck rammed into each other at Nsuaem on Thursday at around 2000 hours.
The driver of the 207 bus was among the dead while 9 of the …
The four-day nation-wide mass measles vaccination programme is progressing smoothly with parents and guardians sending their children and wards to immunization centres.
The mass vaccination programme, which is targeting children aged…
Mrs. Christina Kobinah, Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal Chief Executive, on Thursday visited accident victims at the Tarkwa Government Hospital.
She was accompanied by the Divisional Police Commander Superintendent Kwadwo Antwi-Tabi, Isaac S…
Mr Daniel Kirk Mensah, Vice President of Ghana Industrial Trolleys Association, on Wednesday condemned the involvement of foreigners in artisanal fishing, a preserve of local fishermen.
He said foreigners were now constructing wooden…
Dr Kwesi Akyem Apea-Kubi, Deputy Minister for the Interior, has called on the security agencies operating at the Aflao border to function as one unit to ensure the safety of the nation and the travelling public.
Dr Apea-Kubi served n…
A ninety-one-year-old vegetarian, Mr Paul Braku
Kwakyi, has advised Ghanaians to become vegetarians to guarantee their longevity.
Mr Kwakyi said since January 1948, when he switched off from eating meat and depended on plant-based foo…
Mr. Yaw Osei, an HIV/AIDS patient, on Wednesday urged the youth to refrain from premarital sex to avoid being exposed to the virus.
He expressed concern about public discrimination and the stigmatisation of people living with the di…
A London-based recruitment agency for homecare workers, Absolute Recruit Limited (ARL), has opened a branch in Ghana to create direct jobs for the youth.
The agency will train the youth on how to attend to the aged in society, and re…
The Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) is to host this year's international farmers exchange visit in Wa.
Dr. Jesse Naab, Senior Research Scientist and Head of the SARI Station in Wa, who disclosed this to Ghana News Agen…
A non-governmental organisation on Thursday called on the government to introduce the practice of Transcendental Meditation (TM) in schools and prisons.
Global Union of Scientist for Peace Ghana (GUSP) said the introduction of TM wou…
Cabinet has approved $8 million for the procurement of two ferries to aid transportation on the Volta Lake.
Mr Mike Allen Hammah, Minister of Transport who made this known at the floor of Parliament on Thursday said the Millennium Ch…
Ms Anima Wilson, Deputy Ashanti Regional Minster, has said the campaign to end violence against women in society, must be stepped up.
Churches, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and other civil society organizations need to intensify…
The Sefwi-Wiawso Police have arrested two cocoa
farmers, Kwasi Attakpame, 45, and Theophilus Tawiah, 25, for allegedly murdering, Kwaku Kye, a-45-year old cocoa farmer at Sefwi Fuakyekrom in the Western Region.
Speaking to the Ghana…
A ninety-one-year-old vegetarian, Mr Paul Braku Kwakyi, has advised Ghanaians to become
vegetarians to guarantee their longevity.
Mr Kwakyi said since January 1948, when he switched off from eating meat and depended on plant-based fo…
The quadrennial national mass measles campaign for the immunization of children aged between nine months and five years has started in all the 22 districts and municipalities in the Brong-Ahafo Region.
Dr Emmanuel Tinkorang, the Depu…
The Municipal Chief Executive for Komenda-Edina-Eguaafo Abirem (KEEA), The Rev Mrs Veronica Essuman Nelson, on Thursday urged the communities within her municipality to embark on frequent communal labour in order to help prevent disasters …
Amina Mohammed, the woman at the centre of the story of mass rape on an Accra-Bolgatanga bound bus, was on Friday released on bail following a ruling of the Human Rights Court.
The Human Rights Court (Fast Track Division) admitted Am…
Dr Koku Awoonor-Williams, the Upper East Regional Director of Health Services, on Friday said the pace and quantum of reduction in maternal mortality and neo natal deaths was inadequate for the attainment of Millennium Development Goals Fi…
Plans are far advanced for the smooth take off of the proposed Presbyterian Midwifery Training School at Dormaa-Ahenkro in the Brong-Ahafo Region, next year.
The Reverend Dwamena Asirifi, member of the School's Planning Committee, di…
The Third Annual Regional Girls' Leadership Development and Empowerment Conference for 50
selected participants, between 12-15 years from Asutifi and Tain districts of Brong Ahafo Region began in Sunyani on Thursday.
The three-day …
President Barack Obama's tight schedule in Mumbai and New Delhi has prevented him to put Golden Temple and other places in India out of his itinerary when he visits the country later this week, the White House has said.
"We had a very…
The executive secretary of the Ghana Developing Communities Association, (GDCA) Mr Osman Abdel-Rahman, has commended the media for their collaborative efforts and urged them to maintain it towards national development.
He said this i…
Two people were killed and 16 others suffered serious injuries when a Mercedes Benz passenger bus on which they were travelling was involved in a head-on collision with a cargo truck.
The accident occurred at the outskirts of Nka…
Interim Governing Councils of the seven Colleges of Education in the Volta Region, were inaugurated on Wednesday in Ho with a call on members to restrict themselves to roles assigned to them.
The colleges are Akatsi, Amedzofe, Peki, …
Mr Martin Amidu, Minister of the Interior said government has approved funds for the completion of 38 offices and residential accommodation projects for the Ghana Police Service in the 2010 budget.
He said police stations would also …
Ms Sherry Ayittey, Minister of Environment Science and Technology (MEST), on Wednesday warned that the Ministry would not hesitate to apply appropriate sanctions against industries that flout environmental regulations on proper waste manag…
Mrs Juliana Azumah, Minister of Women and Children Affairs, on Wednesday called for the urgent need for Ghanaians to be health conscious to facilitate a positive attitude towards national development.
She said there is a fundamental …
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), on Wednesday called on the government to include supposed witches at the "witches' camps" on the list of beneficiaries of the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) …
A Digital Development Corporation (DDC) in the US and African Development Crusade (AFRIDEC) Ghana, a non-governmental organisation, is partnering Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) to establish an Information, Communication and Telecommunic…
Armed robbers at 0400 hours Wednesday attacked a Kumasi bound Metro Mass Transit (MMT) Bus at Akotoom near Bogoso and took away cash and mobile phones from the travellers.
The victims, mostly traders, were travelling to Kumasi to eng…
The second phase of a four-year international Coastal Fisheries Governance (ICFG) Programme being implemented by the Friends of the Nation (FoN) and other non-governmental organisations in six coastal districts in the Western Region has ta…
The Akosombo Hydro Electrical Dam, on Wednesday experienced the highest water level of 277.33 feet since 1974.
The rise is the highest as compared to 276.00 feet in 1974 and 275.20 feet in 1991 with the lowest level of 234.00 feet o…
The National Road Safety Commission (NRSC) probe into the fatal accident that involved a Metro Mass Transit (MMT) bus on the Ada-Tema highway on August 16, 2010 has identified speeding and driver fatigue as the main causes of that misfortu…
Health Minister Dr Benjamin Kunbuor, has noted that delays in the payment of the National Health Insurance claims have been halted and arrears between 2007 and 2009 paid.
He said what was left to be paid is only a tiny percentage.
…
Dr Anthony Normeshie, Executive Director of 'Health for all Herbal Clinic' at Oworam near Asamankese in the Eastern Region, has called on all traditional healers to educate their clients and relatives on the importance of immunizing their …
Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday called on member countries of the International Society of Pharmacovigilance (ISoP), to institute effective measures that would help detect fake and counterfeit drugs.
He said the use o…
Farmers at the Mile-50-Kentenkren area of the New Juaben Municipality have appealed to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) to re-introduce the Global 2000 loan scheme for farmers to expand their farms and improve their yield.
…
The Kwahu West Municipal Directorate of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA), has raised 4,000 cockerels for sale this year as against 1,000 birds last year.
The day-old birds were purchased from a poultry farmer in Kumasi, re…