The Member of Parliament (MP) for Cape Coast, Mr Ebo Barton-Odro, has instituted an annual quiz competition for public basic schools in the Cape Coast Metropolis.
The Administrative Officer at the office of the MP, Mr Oduah Sampson …
The perennial water problem at Abutia-Kpota, a farming community in the Ho Municipal area, has become history.
This followed the donation of three water pumps to the community by a UK based power generating, gas storage and distribut…
The proprietress of an orphanage has appealed to benevolent organisations to assist her cater for 14 orphans now under her care.
Making the appeal, Mrs Grace Nabaku, proprietress of Adom Foundation and Child Care at Tapa-Abotoase in t…
The Asamankese Circuit Court on Friday remanded in prison custody, Sylvanus Kofi Kunuya, described by the Police as a self-styled businessman for fraud.
Kunuya was said to have defrauded an old school mate of GHC 12,000.
His pl…
A Child Rights Activist has slammed African policy makers for only paying lip-service to working in the interest of children in their countries.
Mr Julius Kwadzo Ameku, Executive Director, Fact for the Youth of the Southern Sector Or…
Mr. Collins Dauda, Minister of Lands and Forestry, has called on Ghanaians to support efforts aimed at preventing the depletion of the nation's forest resources.
He expressed worry that Ghana's forest cover, which stood at 8.2 millio…
The fight against corruption is a herculean one that needs a concerted effort of all and sundry, the Minority leader, Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has said.
He said the phenomenon, which has become increasingly widespread, had unleashe…
The authorities at Manye Academy, a basic school at Community 25 in the Tema Metropolis has presented pepper seedlings free of charge to some selected educational institutions within the Metropolis
for transplanting.
The beneficia…
The University of Ghana, has debunked the numerous media reportage that has singled out Professor Kwesi Yankah, Pro-Vice Chancellor, as being the source of the University's decision.
It said that on a number of occasions, some perso…
Mr. Mark Woyongo, Upper East Regional Minister, has praised the chiefs and people of the Bawku area for observing peace.
He gave the assurance that government would lift curfew in Bawku if peace is sustained.
Mr. Woyongo made t…
Individuals and organisations have been asked to support the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service.
Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) George Appiah-Sakyi, Ashanti Regional Commander of …
Noted Indian scientist and former director general of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), R A Mashelkar will deliver the inaugural BP Lecture for the Centre for India and Global Business (CIGB) at the Judge Business Schoo…
India is looking at possible tie-ups with Mongolia in the fields of mining, technical cooperation and development of infrastructure, a top official on Friday said.
"We are considering formation of a government of India-backed consor…
Chavan was questioned as to whether in the future any private nuclear operators would be allowed in the country.
To this, he said, "it (the law) has to be amended by Parliament if private players are allowed. I cannot predict what hap…
The Central team of scientists which conducted an epidemiological study on the spread of swine flu in India's southern state Kerala, which has claimed 18 lives since last month, would submit a detailed report to the Union Health Ministry o…
India and Korea will soon commence negotiations on forging a nuclear energy cooperation pact, Indian External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said on
Friday.
Noting that both sides have made "rapid progress" to move towards a framework …
Professor David Millar, Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University for Development Studies (UDS), at the weekend stressed the need for Government and Institutions working in the area of climate change to add grass growing to their strategies.
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Despite protests in India, a set of 12 rare paintings by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore was Tuesday sold off for a whopping 1.6 million pounds at an auction house here.
The art works of Tagore massively exceeded the
pre-sale comb…
The people of Ellembelle District in the Western Region now have a mobile clinic van to facilitate health delivery in the area.
The 1,000 Ghana Cedis facility, would serve as first aid and emergency health service provider, and preve…
There are about 180 schools in the Upper East Region that hold classes under trees and many Directorates of Education use rented houses as offices.
Some do their administrative work under trees and the worst are the new districts of K…
Seattle police say they've ordered a review of an incident during a jaywalking stop in which an officer punched a 17-year-old girl who shoved him.
Videotape of the Monday altercation was prominently featured on Seattle television news bro…
Some 525 Senior High Schools including technical institutions are to benefit from the government's crash infrastructure programme.
This has become following an increase in the duration of the senior school programme from three to fo…
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Wednesday appealed for increased local and international support for children in war-torn Somalia, where basic services such as education,
health, nutrition and clean water are limited as a res…
More than 300 people have been displaced and property worth thousands of Ghana Cedis destroyed after fire had razed about 35 thatched houses at Dromankuma.
It is a farming community in the Nkoranza North District of Brong-Ahafo.
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Mr. Richard Kwasi Hinneh, Nkoranza South District Director of Health Services, has expressed concern about inadequate health workers in health facilities in the district.
He told the Ghana News Agency at Nkoranza that the district ha…
Air India is set to open an engineering base in Dubai to help streamline the airline's operations in the Gulf sector, its chairman and managing
director Arvind Jadhav has said.
Jadhav said the airline proposes to put five aircraft on…
The Most Reverend Professor Emmanuel Asante, Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church of Ghana, has been elected Chairman of Christian Council of Ghana (CCG).
He was elected at the Council's annual general meeting held on Wednesday, …
A 28-year-old messenger at the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Mr David Yorke, was on Wednesday granted bail of GH�2,000 with one surety for allegedly raping an 18-year-old hairdresser.
Yorke pleaded guilty with explanation and …
The Ministry of Health (MOH) is establishing a unit to integrate traditional medicine into the mainstream health delivery system.
The General Secretary of the Association, Elder Kwaku Owusu who made this known at Ajumako in the Centr…
A Police investigator on Thursday denied claims by Colonel Alex Johnson (Rtd), Counsel for Daniel Charles Gyimah that his investigations on the 15,000 metric tonnes (300,000 bags) of rice imported from India was not complete.
Mr Godf…
The Rights and Voice Initiative (RAVI) Project, on Thursday ended its five-and-a-half years support to vulnerable groups to exercise their rights to be heard on issues affecting their development and livelihoods.
The project initiate…
A campaign inspired by the first FIFA World Cup in Africa was on Thursday given full support by FIFA and World Cup legend Roger Milla in Johannesburg, South Africa.
A statement issued and signed by Lorraine Baldwin; Africa Representa…
Collection and documentation of indigenous names, had enlarged considerably in recent years, becoming an important academic resource gaining international recognition and support.
Mr Daniel Appiah-Adjei, Programmes Officer of the Cul…
A Youth Advocacy Assembly has been held at Ekumfi Otuam in the Central Region, to introduce students in Junior High Schools to the operations of the district assemblies.
National Youth Council in collaboration with Plan Ghana, a non-…
A Senior Police Officer cited for contempt following his refusal to execute a bail bond in respect of an accused person on Thursday appeared before an Accra Fast Track High Court.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Isaac Kweku Asa…
The Ghana National Association of Teachers Ladies Society (GNAT-LAS) has appealed to the government to extend the current three months maternity leave being given to female teachers to four
months to enable them to exclusively breast fee…
Nana Kwame Arhin, Mankrado of Gomoa Manso in the Central Region, has called on parents and guardians to use their scarce resources to promote their children's education rather than
spend it on litigation concerning land and chieftaincy.
…
A Sunyani-based auto mechanic and spare parts dealer, Mr. James Osei-Assibey, has donated GHC 350.00 for National Health Insurance Scheme registration of 35 children of the Hanukah Orphanage in Sunyani.
The amount will cover each of …
Dr. Benjamin Kunbuor, Minister of Health, on Wednesday said that Insecticide Treated Nets would be distributed free of charge in line with the Global Malaria Action Plan of attaining universal
coverage.
He said that 2,700, 000 mi…
The Kenyan police are holding three suspects for interrogation in connection with Sunday's multiple explosions in central Nairobi that has left at least seven people dead and more than 100 injured.
Sources within the police force confirme…
A circuit court in Cape Coast presided over by Mr. Richard Asiedu Badu on Wednesday sentenced a 45-year old farmer to a 10 years in jail in hard labour for defiling a five-year old KG 2 pupil.
The convict Yaw Seidu, a resident of Enyan A…
Dr Timothy Letsa, the Volta Regional Director of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), on Thursday said free tuberculosis treatment is available to patients irrespective of whether they were registered under the National Health Insurance Scheme …
Joseph Vorsah, a 65-year-old palm wine taper was at the weekend found dead in a pit-latrine at Ahodjoketewa, a suburb of Nsawam in the Akuapem South Municipality.
The Nsawam District Police Commander, Deputy Superintendent of Police …
The Global Institute of Business and Information, Communication and Technology Study (GIRIDTS), an educational institute at New Abirem, on Friday presented a computer worth GHC 800 to the Birim North Umbrella Youth Association (BNUYA), at …
The Ejisu-Juaben Municipal Assembly has voted GH�518,478.24 for the development of education in the area.
Mr Mohammed Boakye-Agyeman, the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), said that the amount would be spent on scholarships for bril…
Ghanaians have been encouraged to urgently work towards the removal of factors which inhibit the development of children.
These include: Ignorance, Poverty, Poor Environmental Conditions, Outmoded Socio-Cultural Practices, Deprivatio…
An Israeli soldier has been asked to answer charges he killed two Palestinian women during an operation in Gaza in January 2009, a military advocate says.
Maj. Gen. Aviachai Mandelblit said Wednesday he will hold a special hearing for the…
Mr. Mark Woyongo, the Upper East Regional Minister, has appealed to people of the north to stop getting their tribesmen victimized.
He said they should avoid backbiting and the tendency to destroy one another bcause this retarded the…
Mr Samuel Asamoah, Kwahu East District Chief Executive, has advised basic school teachers to use part of their teaching periods to educate school children on the HIV/ AIDS pandemic and the HINI diseases.
He said that would enable sch…
A Global Institute of Business and Information, Communication and Technology Study (GIRIDTS), an educational institute at New Abirem, on Friday presented a computer worth GHC 800 to the Birim North Umbrella Youth Association (BNUYA).
…