The 48th Annual National Conference of the Women�s Fellowship of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG), is underway at Konongo-Odumase Senior High School in the Asante Akim North Municipality.
The weeklong conference, which is on …
A Christian non-governmental organization, Storehouse for Jesus, on Friday organized a medical outreach programme at Adukrom Akuapem during which a number of people were offered free medical care.
The programme was collabo…
Mr John Tia Akologu, Minister of Information, on Friday appealed to the Chinese government to support government in upgrading the Ghana News Agency (GNA) to help it to market Ghana in the international arena.
He said the GNA which …
The Upper Regional Minister, Mr. Mark Woyongo, has said education was the key to development and the government was determined to provide logistics to ensure that the sector was fully supported.
He said in view of this the governmen…
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) on Friday indicted the Department of Social Welfare (DSW) for managerial negligence leading to the dehumanizing and degrading treatments being meted out to the inmates of th…
The Central Regional Minister, Mrs. Ama Benyiwa-Doe, on Friday presented GH�10,000 in support of the celebration of the Oguaa Fetu Afahye of the chiefs and people of Cape Coast.
She also presented 100 tubers of yam, 10 bags of ric…
DJ Kwame a.k.a DJ Killer-Fingers and Sammy Forson of Ghana’s leading urban radio Y107.9FM have been nominated as two of Africa’s best DJs on MNet’s brand new show, Studio 53 Extra.
The two were nominated after a rigorous selection p…
The chiefs and People of Kaira in the South-Dayi District have appealed to the Roads and Highways Minister, Mr Joe Gidisu, to facilitate the transformation of the rough road from Todome to Toh-Kpalime into a tarred road.
T…
An educationist, Madam Barbara Abban of the Ghana Education Service (GES) office in Cape Coast, has appealed to Municipal, Metropolitan and District Assemblies as well as traditional rulers to implement and enforce bye-laws that would prot…
The Director General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Elias Sory, on Thursday appealed to churches, mosques and other stakeholders to use their platforms to educate the public on safe motherhood.
He said education of mothers and communi…
Atlas Copco Austria GmbH has acquired Hartl Anlagenbau GmbH, Austria, a company that manufactures and sells mobile crushers and screeners.
The acquisition will enable Atlas Copco to enter the growing mobile crushing and screening m…
The Dormaa Office of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), has stepped up the campaign to educate the people on the need to get counted during the 2010 National Population and Housing Census.
Mr. Amankwa Boateng, Munici…
Former UN Secretary-General, Mr Kofi A. Annan was on Thursday, awarded the Borlaug Medallion by World Food Prize Foundation in recognition of his global leadership and commitment to improving food security in Africa.
The Former UN S…
Ghanaians living within the oil catchments area can report any environmental hazards caused by the oil and gas drilling to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) regional offices.
The Ministry of Environment, Science and Techno…
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), on Thursday appealed to the Government, Department of Social Welfare and all stakeholders to put in cogent and pragmatic measures to ensure the safety, security and well-be…
Ghanaians living within the oil catchments area can report any environmental hazards caused by the oil and gas drilling to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) regional offices.
The Ministry of Environment, Science and Techno…
More than 80 children drawn from West Africa and the world have appealed to regional governments to take concrete steps to end Violence Against Children (VAC), which had become widespread.
In a recommendation presented at the ongoing…
Health workers and other stakeholders in the H1N1 vaccination exercise in and around Dormaa-Ahenkro have been urged to more friendly in order to woo more people for the second round of the vaccination.
Mr. Mark Kwadwo Atuahene of the…
Mr Vincent Oppong Asamoah, the Dormaa Municipal Chief Executive, and Mr Stephen Amponsah, the Director of National Vocational Training Institute (NVTI), have jointly cut the sod for work to start on a GHC40,000 girls� hostel for Dormaa V…
A circuit court at Fiapre near Sunyani on Thursday sentenced Opoku Agyemang, 29, a mason and Constant Sovor, 20, also known as Kwasi Ayivor, unemployed, to 15 years each in prison for robbery, causing damage to gates and conspiracy to comm…
Some 113 girls from eight districts of the Northern and Brong-Ahafo regions are attending a week-long girl�s educational clinic aimed at making them assertive and confident.
It also aimed at increasing school survival and achievement…
The Wa West District is being provided with 12 school blocks Mr. Joseph Yieleh Chireh, Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, said at Wa on Wednesday.
The Community Based Rural Development Project (CBRDP) had also drille…
Four staff of the Osu Children�s Home have been invited by the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service for questioning following the release of a video tape on activities in the home.
Mrs Sh…
Nii Armah Ashietey, Greater Accra Regional Minister, on Thursday asked parents not to relent in making good investment in their children.
�As parents we should not allow any hindrances in discharging our responsibilities towards o…
An 11-feet statue of Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's First President, was on Thursday unveiled at the entrance of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi.
The monument was designed by th…
Managers of education and the Ghana Education Service have been asked to ensure that the youth study courses that will enhance their entrepreneurial skills to enable them to employ themselves instead of depending on the State for employmen…
Government on Thursday donated unspecified amount of money to victims of the Sege-Road Metro Mass Transit (MMT) accident, to cover their medical expenses.
Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, a Deputy Minister of Information, on behalf of gov…
African leaders on Thursday called for new commitments to strategise towards the transformation of agriculture potentials on the continent to make it a food basket of the world.
They made the call at the opening session of the on-goi…
Mr. Donatus Achisiba, Nkoranza North District Director, Ghana Health Services, has urged pregnant women to dutifully and consistently attend ante-natal and post-natal clinics in order to prevent maternal and infant deaths.
He stresse…
Mr. Joseph Yieleh Chireh, the Minister of Local
Government and Rural Development, says the government has injected $20 million dollars into the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP)
Programme to enable many vulnerable people to b…
The District Coordinating Director of Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam, Mr Philip K. Asamoah, has called on all religious leaders, traditional rulers, assembly members and opinion leaders to take
active part in the upcoming population and housing cen…
Two media personnel, Mr Edward Gawuga, the Eastern Regional correspondent of Radio Gold, an Accra based FM station, and Mr Takyi Boateng, cameraman of Graphic Communication Group, were allegedly beaten by some supporters of the New Patriot…
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Some 5,763 field workers have been recruited in the Volta Region for the 2010 Census scheduled for September.
The field workers include 4,696 enumerators, 970 supervisors and 97 senior supervisors.
Madam Augusta Okantey, Region…
The Eastern Regional Command of the Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU), bagged a GH�28,228 as court fines from offending drivers in the first half of 2010.
The fines were slammed on 153 drivers found culpable of road traffic o…
The Gomoa West District National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), has donated relief items worth over GH�250,000 to victims of flood that hit Gomoa Antseadze and its environs since 2009.
Three hundred and seventy-one victi…
Kwabena Frimpong, a 35-year old ex-convict, who managed to escape from lawful custody, is heading back to prison after being sentenced to 11 years imprisonment in hard labour by the Juaso Circuit
Court.
The convict, who was sentence…
The Paramount Chief of Gomoa Akyempim Traditional Area, Obrifo Ahunako Ahor Ankobea II, has appealed to the media to limit reportage on politics and sport in order to shift some attention to other sectors such as education, agriculture and…
The Eastern Region Motor Traffic and Transport
Unit (MTTU) has bagged GHC 28, 228 as court fines from drivers during the first half of 2010.
The fines were slammed on 153 drivers who were arrested breaking road traffic regulations. …
Participants at the New Juaben Municipal
Governance Issues Forum Network (GIFNET) Citizens' Dialogue with Municipal officials have suggested the encouragement of parents to contribute towards the provision of infrastructure and learning m…
Mr Kofi Annan, former United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, on Friday called for new commitment from African governments to help transform agriculture on the continent.
Mr Annan who was speaking at the opening of the African Green Rev…
About 339 people have been recruited for training in the Gomoa West District to conduct the upcoming Population and Housing Census.
The Ghana Statistical Service is collaborating with the Assembly to ensure that the exercise slated S…
Mrs Mariama Yaya, the National Director of the Department of Children, has called on the legislature to set aside part of the constituency development fund to cater for children.
She said all forms of abuse and violence against child…
Participants at this year�s New Juaben Municipal Governance Issues Forum Network (GIFNET) citizen�s dialogue with Municipal officials, have urged parents to support infrastructural
development and learning in public schools.
The…
A total of 5,763 field workers have been recruited
in the Volta Region for the 2010 Census scheduled for the end of September.
The field workers include 4,696 enumerators, 970 supervisors and 97 senior supervisors.
Madam August…
The Ministry of Highways has been asked to as a matter of urgency erect road signs on the
Nkoranza-Kintampo highway to reduce road accidents.
Mr. Joseph Kwabena Nyamaah, Vice Chairman of Nkoranza District branch of the Progressive T…
Oseadeeyo Akumfi Ameyaw IV, Omanhene of Techiman Traditional Area, has appealed to Government to support the people complete their self-initiated police barracks project in Techiman.
He explained the construction of the barracks woul…
The General Council of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA), has expressed concern about the recent upsurge in lawyers using the media, particularly, the airwaves to grant interviews and discuss cases pending before the courts in which they are…
The Judicial Service on Friday asked the public to offer useful suggestions, fair and constructive criticisms that would improve qualitative justice, the rule of law and boost public confidence in the judiciary, not otherwise.
This w…
Madam Francisca Bagne, Lambussie/Karni District Director of Health, has called on health workers to render quality services at all levels to clients and patients to meet their health needs
and aspirations.
She said it was the duty …