Felix Frimpong, unemployed, who was found guilty of stealing by an Akim Oda circuit court in the Birim Central Municipality, has been fined GH�500.00.
Frimpong, 24, who pleaded not guilty to unlawful entry and stealing electronic g…
An Akim Oda Magistrate Court has sentenced a self-imposed night patrol man who attacked and succeeded in snatching two mobile-phones valued at GH�250.00 from two persons, to 24 months imprisonment in hard labour.
Zakaria Rahamani, …
The Jomoro District Director of Education, Mr Bartholomew Ofori, has appealed to the youth especially students to desist from practicing occultism, lesbianism and other social vices.
Mr Ofori said this at a five-day 10th Biennial sen…
Mr Mumuni Sulemana, the Upper West Regional Coordinator of the National Youth Council (NYC), has lauded government for launching the long awaited national youth policy document.
He said the policy would not only provide a sense of di…
The Volta Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police David Neenyi Ampah-Bennin, has appealed to citizens of the Awutu-Senya District to put aside their political sentiment and come together as one people to develop the area.
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Mr Osei Kwame, Co-ordinator of Techiman Mosquito Control Programme, has called on house owners to dislodge stagnant waters in their areas to avoid breeding of mosquitoes.
He said the indiscriminate dumping of waste into gutters and t…
Professor Sitsofe E. Anku, President of Ghana Mathematics Society, has challenged students to fully embrace mathematics to ensure efficiency in their daily activities.
He said students must have positive attitudes and creativity in s…
Ghanaians have been urged to embrace the use and application of modern biotechnology to effectively solve food insecurity and the likely impact of climate change on farming.
Professor Walter Sandow Alhassan, Project Coordinator for S…
The Housemates have spoken – and Munya and Sheila are up for eviction from M-Net’s Big Brother All Stars this week after Monday’s (23 August) nominations.
Munya has now been up for eviction for four consecutive weeks – twice as a …
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter arrived Wednesday in North Korea, the communist state's official media reported, as he sought to secure the release of an American imprisoned there amid a deepening nuclear standoff between the two countr…
Some of the suspected highway robbers arrested at Pampawie in the Kadjebi District recently have been identified by their victims.
They were Abu Osmanu, 30, Nigerian, Mohammed Bube, 30, Nigerian, Fuseini Bubakari, 42, Nigerian and To…
Ending months of wrangling between treasury benches and the opposition, the Lok Sabha Wednesday passed the civil nuclear liability bill after Indian government dropped the contentious provision of "intent" in case of accidents, adopting a …
Britain Wednesday justified the new cap on immigration from non-European countries but assured that it will not affect Indian business interests in that country.
"We will be flexible and responsive," British Immigration Minister D…
Noting that it's ships and seafarers were impacted by piracy, India has underlined the need for Somalia to be primarily in-charge for combating the problem supported by international community.
Pointing out that, bilateral agreement…
Conflicting claims were made Wednesday about the visit of USAID's Indian-origin chief Rajiv Shah to a relief camp, run by a front organisation of Jamaat-ud-Dawah, in Pakistan's flood-hit Sindh province and his handing over of aid to it.
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In an apparent reference to Pakistan, India and Afghanistan Wednesday said the terror groups targeting them should be denied safe havens as terrorism is the main threat undermining peace and stability in the region.
The problem of t…
Bangalore, known as the silicon capital of India, has joined the global network of World Trade Centres with the establishment of a World Trade Centre, a global hub for international business in the city.
The Bangalore-based leading …
The Pakistan government is yet to decide on modalities for India's offer to provide USD five million to help victims of the country's worst floods though Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi had last week announced the acceptance of the a…
Mr Robert Tetteh, President, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology branch of AISEC, has advised the youth to acquire employable skills to end their over-dependence on government for jobs.
AISEC, a student-run organizati…
Captain George Nfodjo (rtd), the Member of
Parliament for Ho Central, on Wednesday presented Wellington boots and cutlasses to over 300 farmers in the constituency as part of his initiative to encourage the farmers to reactivate their coc…
China Geo-Engineering Corporation that is working on a component of the Damanko-Kpassa Water Supply Scheme has been cited for failure to comply with designs and engineering specifications and
this is delaying the project.
The …
Deputy Ashanti Regional Minister, Madam Anima
Wilson has called on persons with physical disabilities to take advantage of the two per cent Common Fund allocation and acquire vocation to enable them to become economically self-supporting.…
Generic anti-retroviral drugs manufactured by
Indian companies have brought down the cost of first line treatment for HIV patients from USD 800 to USD 10 per year even as the HIV epidemic in the country has shown some stabilisation.
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Ghanaians have been urged to embrace the use and
application of modern biotechnology to help deal effectively with issues of food security and the impact of climate change on farming.
Professor Walter Sandow Alhassan, Project Coordi…
Cancer experts have called for the provision of a
universal pain control medication that will help reduce the suffering for all cancer patients worldwide.
The call was made at a press conference organised by a strong group of leaders…
The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) on Thursday
said despite the challenges confronting the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), it remains the best health policy that must be supported by all stakeholders to make it sustainable.
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The Ministry of Health (MOH) and its Chinese
counterpart on Friday signed an agreement to begin clinical trials in Chinese traditional medicine in the country.
The agreement between MOH and Chinese State Agency for Traditional Medic…
The Bibiani District Hospital through its internally-generated funds is building walkways at the facility at a cost of about GH�55,000.00.
Mr Allen Seth Anku, the Hospital Administrator, told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that mate…
John Biney, alias Kwame Tawiah, on Thursday
stunned a circuit court in Cape Coast with confession that he carried an eight-year-old girl home after defiling her because she could not walk
properly.
The 20-year-old driver's mate, wh…
The first ever Fisheries Regulations, 2010 (L.I.
1968), to provide interpretation of technical expressions associated with the fishing industry and enable operators learn and appreciate their
meanings for compliance, was launched in Accr…
Nearly two million children under the age of five die every year in India, but, shockingly, 80 per cent of people are unaware of the country's alarming child mortality rate, according to a survey.
The survey commissioned by the Glob…
Nii Laryea Afotey-Agbo, a Minister of State, has reiterated the need for Ghanaians to continue to live in peace in efforts to develop the nation.
He said the nation�s progress could only be guaranteed if the people co-existed in pe…
A 28 year old unemployed, Bawa Abdulai, has been imprisoned for seven years for stealing a motorcycle belonging to the Tarkwa-Nsuaem National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).
He pleaded guilty.
Prosecuting, Police Inspector Fl…
The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority on Wednesday, donated GH�15,000 to three health institutions in Accra to enhance their operations.
The Ghana Heart Foundation (GHF) of the Cardiothoracic Centre at the Korle Bu T…
Members of Nkoranza Students Union have organised a two-month remedial and vacation classes for about 120 junior high school and senior high school students at Nkoranza.
Mr Stephen Kwaku Duah, the President of the Union, told the Gha…
The Food and Drugs Board (FDB), on Wednesday said that some companies and individuals were importing and distributing medical devices, which it claimed were been used for the diagnosis and treatment of various ailments in the country.
…
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter arrived Wednesday in North Korea, the communist state's official media reported, as he sought to secure the release of an American imprisoned there amid a deepening nuclear standoff between the two countr…
Reverend Veronica Noukpe, Chief Executive Officer of Effective Counselling Ministry International (ECoMI), has asked people with psychological and emotional problems to seek psychosocial counselling services.
ECoMI is a non-government…
The Women's Wing of the Volta Regional branch of the Ghana Blind Union (GBU), on Wednesday bemoaned the absence of an optometrist at the Volta Regional Hospital.
The group contended that the absence of the specialist was increasing b…
Alhaji Issahaque Salia, Upper West Regional Minister, has suggested the formation of a committee to look into the problems of the Regional Hospital to help attract medical personnel and other paramedics to the hospital.
He said it wa…
Participants at a workshop on the oil and gas industry have stressed the need for an immediate government�s attention on livelihood security and protection of the environment.
In addition, government should put in place the necessa…
The Men�s Fellowship of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana have resolved to put together an action plan to arrest indiscipline in the society.
In a resolution, they said, �The Fellowship is worried about the spate of acts of indis…
The authorities of Customs, Excise and Preventive Service, (CEPS) on Wednesday, donated GH�15,000 to three health institutions in Accra to enhance their operations.
The Ghana Heart Foundation (GHF) of the Cardiothoracic Centre at …
An Indian national has been arrested in Nepal for his alleged role in the abduction of a 13-year-old boy.
Pintu Mukhiya of Bhimnagar, India along with Gokarna Mukhiya of Sakarpur village of Saptari, Nepal were arrested by the police…
The Ghana Police Service would deploy 1,200 personnel at the 113 polling stations in the Atiwa constituency during the bye-election on August 31.
Deputy Commissioner of Police Ransford Ninson, the Eastern Regional Commander, told the …
Alhaji Issahaku Salia, Upper West Regional Minister, says there is no amount of money that can be given to the Security Agencies to reward them for services they render.
�The work of the security man is sacrificial and we cannot gi…
The United States Agency for International
Development (USAID) under its Focus Region Health Project (FRHP) is assisting health institutions in the Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions with 300,000 dollar training materials to help …
Bawjiase Rural Bank made a net profit of GH�571,626.00 on its operations last year, an increase of GH�222,484.00 over the previous year�s figure.
Total assets during the period also rose to GH�7,403,771.00 from GH�5,524,212…
Stakeholders in agriculture on Wednesday appealed to Government to increase investments in the smallholder agricultural sub-sector, to improve food production and eliminate poverty among Ghanaians.
They were participating in the op…
Vice President John Dramani Mahama, on Wednesday gave the assurance that government was ready to partner any investor to ensure speedy realisation of the Boankra Inland Port project to facilitate trade and economic activities.
The po…