Nine communities in the Awutu Bontrase-Nfadwen-Ayiresu Electoral Area in the Awutu-Senya District of the Central Region have been connected to the National Electrification grid.
The communities are; Awutu Bontrase, Awutu Kokobeng, Aw…
The total number of those infected with H1N1 influenza in Kerala has risen to 25 with ten more confirmed swine flu cases being reported since
Thursday, officials said on Friday.
Since the outbreak of swine flu last year, 46 person…
With the onset of monsoon in the south, cases of swine flu have resurfaced and as many as 15 deaths have been reported from across the country.
While nine deaths have been reported in the first week of June itself, the month of May sa…
Russia has said it has no immediate plans to sign a joint venture agreement with India's Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) as the work on the fifth
generation fighter aircraft (FGFA), jointly being developed by the two countries, could cont…
As many as 30 people were tested positive for swine flu in the south Indian state Kerala this month, health officials said here Saturday.
The highest number of 16 cases were reported from Thiruvananthapuram, followed by Kollam (7), …
A unique internship programme designed to encourage Indian students to do their research in Canada has attracted two students from the prestigious
Indian Institute of Technology.
Ashwin Raghvan and Ankit Jain are here to participate…
The Wa West District Assembly has hooked 816 beneficiaries of the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme to the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).
This follows a directive by the Minister of Health to all Schem…
Groups and individuals who accessed loans from the MASLOC in the Dormaa Municipality two years ago but have refused to pay back have been asked to repay or face prosecution.
The Dormaa Municipal Chief Executive, Vincent Oppong Asamoa…
SONITRA, a construction firm working on the new interchange close to the entrance of the University of Ghana, has accused the university authorities as derailing plans to complete work on schedule.
Mr Eben Gyampo, Resident Engineer o…
Canoe Owners and Fishermen Association at Elmina have threatened to disrupt the Edina "Bakatue" Festival if the Omanhen of Edina Traditional Area, Nana Kodwo Conduah VI, make any attempt to celebrate it by parading the destooled Chief Fish…
The Campaign for Female Education (Camfed) Ghana, an NGO operating in the Northern Region, has registered a total of 1,384 out of school children in Nanumba South, for enrolment into school for the upcoming academic year which begins in Se…
The Minister of the Interior, Mr Martin A.B.K. Amidu, has on the advice of the Upper East Regional Security Council, and by Executive Instrument, renewed for a week the curfew imposed on the Bawku Municipality and its environs.
A sta…
Azumah Resources Limited, an Australian gold prospecting company operating in the Nadowli and Wa East districts, has provided 150 footballs to 25 schools in the Nadowli District.
The company would also provide community football club…
A 40-year-old mason, who sexually abused an 11-year-old girl, was on Thursday found guilty for defilement and sentenced to seven years imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court.
Earlier, Samuel Segbenu pleaded not guilty but at the end …
A Prophetess and two traders, who allegedly attempted to sell a one-year-three-months-old baby for GH�2,000, on Thursday appeared before an Accra Circuit Court.
The pleas of Cecilia Bali, prophetess, Happy Azasu and Asiedu Ampong b…
The Cape Coast Metropolitan Council of Labour has given a week ultimatum to the Public Utilities and Regulatory Commission (PURC) to reduce the recent increases in utility tariffs.
It said the Council rejects the new tariffs and ask…
Labour in Ho under the aegis of the District Council of Labour (DCL), has threatened strike if government fails to reduce the recent hikes in water and electricity tariffs.
"This street action is the only language government understa…
Fair Play for Africa, a Pan African campaign to promote Africans right to health, has urged African governments to step up efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by the 2015 deadline.
A statement issued on Thursda…
Dormaa Municipal Assembly in conjunction with the Municipal Office of the Department of Social Welfare has launched an essay competition for Junior High Schools in the municipality as part of activities to mark the 2010 Day Against Child l…
The Upper East Regional Police commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police Bright Oduro on Thursday urged officers and men of the service in the region to be of good behaviour and portray good moral standards.
He said the Police Admi…
Seven of the 10 workers of the Akim Oda Branch of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) who allegedly stole an unspecified quantity of electric cables belonging to their employers, have been remanded in prison custody by the Akim Swedru C…
The Upper East Regional Police commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Bright Oduro, has called on police officers in the region to be of good behaviour and portray high moral standards.
He said that the Ghana Police Servic…
A circuit court in Dormaa Ahenkro has granted bail in the sum of GH� 2,000 to Kwadwo Kyeremeh, a chainsaw owner at Diabaa in Dormaa Municipality, for possessing unlicensed fire arm and threatening to kill a police officer.
He plead…
The Tamale District Council of Labour of TUC on Thursday threatened to join the mother organization to demonstrate against the increase in utility tariffs that they said would make the Ghanaian worker poorer.
They therefore called on th…
Former President John Agyekum Kufuor on Thursday wished the Black Stars well in their World Cup Tournament, saying he had no doubt the players would excel to make the Black Star shine again.
"It is with great pride and high hope tha…
Asunafo North Municipal Assembly in the Brong-Ahafo Region has terminated some contracts it awarded two years ago because of delay in their execution.
The projects included roads, school infrastructure and health facilities, Mr. Moha…
The Deputy Western Regional Police Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police Osabarima Oware Asare Pinkro 111, has said the Police Administration was determined to bring innovations into the police administration to meet the challenges c…
Okotwasuo Owarae Agyekum III, Omanhene of the
Akyem Bosome Traditional Area, Nana Kwartema Munkyin II, queen mother and three others on Wednesday appeared before the Koforidua High Court on charges of conspiracy and stealing of stool rega…
Ghanaians have been asked to do away with the wrong perception that technical and vocational education is for the less intelligent.
Mr. Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, Eastern Regional Minister, who gave the advise, said that it was wrong to c…
Two drivers and a mason who allegedly robbed a hairdresser of her GH�130.00 at Buokrom in Kumasi have been arrested by the police.
Yaw Nimoh, 20, and Charles Donkor, 23, both drivers and Kwadwo Kumi, 29, are being held at the Kumas…
It is estimated that about 51 per cent of water produced in urban areas by management of Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) is unaccounted for due to leaking pipelines, illegal water connections and inability to collect bills from consumer…
Mr Ransford Tetteh, President of Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) on Thursday noted that the faith of Journalists in the awards competition was growing judging from the number of entries received.
At a press conference to introduc…
A film highlighting British Government's support for the 1GOAL Campaign for Education, to provide a school textbook per subject for every child was
launched in Accra on Thursday.
It was sponsored by UK Department for International …
Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC) on Thursday launched its report on a survey conducted on educational resources in deprived districts in the country.
The survey was to enable GNECC identify bottlenecks in the educa…
Five cases of H1N1 have been confirmed at the Mater Ecclesiae Basic School Complex at the Sokode-Gborgame in the Ho Municipality but authorities of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) say "there is no cause for alarm".
Dr Atsu Seake-Kwawu…
Kwasi Gyabaah, a driver at Nkrankwanta in the Dormaa Municipality, has appeared before the Dormaa circuit court for stealing a high tension metal rod belonging to the Volta River Authority and escaping from lawful custody.
Gyabaah pl…
Mrs Elizabeth Amoah Tetteh, a Deputy Minister of Education, has donated 25 television sets, electricity generators and streetlight bulbs to some communities in the Attimorkwa Constituency.
The donation will enable the communities, w…
Superintendent (Sup) Darko Offei Lomotey, in charge of Nkoranza District Police, has called on Ghanaians to report criminals in hideouts to the police, to facilitate the arrest.
He said that modern policing was a shared responsibilit…
Dormaa Presbyterian Hospital has held a day's stakeholders' meeting with officials of Dormaa-Ahenkro Local Council of Churches, at Dormaa-Ahenkro under the theme: "Evangelization Through Health Care - the Role of the Church".
Highlig…
The Right Reverend Sampson Yamoah, Methodist Bishop of Wenchi Diocese, has asked Christians to offer selfless and dedicated services to humankind, to obtain God blessings.
He advised Christians to lead healthy and productive lifestyl…
Dr. Donatus Achisiba, Nkoranza North District Director of Health, has expressed concern about the lack of a hospital in the area.
He said major cases at the five health centres in the district were referred to Saint Theresa's Catholi…
Mr Solomon Adiyiah, CEO and Principal Consultant, eSolutions Consulting, on Friday said the increasing rate at which government agencies and businesses were adopting new technologies was a sure way to address the challenges of poverty redu…
The Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitian Assembly (STMA) has called on the Sekondi-Takoradi branches of the Progressive Transport Owners Association of Ghana (PROTOA) and the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) to exercise restraint while…
World Parliamentarians have pledged to mobilize support for legislative actions to ensure the health, dignity and rights of women and girls through access to reproductive and sexual health
in the shortest possible time.
"We are con…
Mr Alexander Mawusi Buadi, the Volta Regional
Chairman of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), has said while the national HIV and AIDS prevalence was going down, the prevalence among education workers was 9 per cent.
…
Ms Elizaberth Agyeman, Member of Parliament (MP) for Oforikrom in the Ashanti Region, has urged Parliament to start exercising its responsibility of holding accountable, those responsible for ensuring that the Millennium Development Goals …
Government would continue to subsidize fertilizer and would discontinue the coupon system because of its high administrative cost and diversion of fertilizers to unintended beneficiaries.
The Upper East Regional Director of Agricultur…
The Fidelity Bank would sponsor this year's best investigative journalist award with GH�2,500 at the Ghana Journalists Association's reward ceremony slated for August 21.
Mr Edward Effah, the Bank's Managing Director, who announced t…
Mr John Awuni, Corporate Affairs Director of Finatrade Group Limited, a rice and beverage importing company, on Tuesday appealed to government to act swiftly on the weather warning from Ghana Meteorological Services Department.
Mr Aw…
The Eastern Regional Police Command has destroyed 46 bags of Indian hemp (wee) weighing about 564,000 grams seized from Huhunya in the Yilo Krobo District.
The action followed a directive by a Koforidua Circuit Court.
The bag…