The Nyinahin Magistrate Court has ordered a 42-year- old driver, who knocked down and injured a pedestrian with his vehicle, to pay a fine of GH¢900.00.
Additionally, he is to pay GH¢1,000.00 compensation to the victim or in default s…
The Breman Asikuma District Magistrate Court has sentenced a 22-year-old driver to 10 months imprisonment in hard labour for stealing five bags of dried cocoa beans valued at GHC 600 belonging to the Produce Buying Company.
Kofi Bent…
The Afigya-Kwabre District Chief Executive, Mr Kwaku Oppong-Kyekyeku Kaakyire, has appealed to commercial drivers to ensure that they charge the approved transport fares.
He said they should not hide behind the recent fuel price incr…
One of the three Living Human Treasures recognised by the Ministry of Chieftaincy and Culture, Mr Dakura Sangbagu, was reported dead at the Nadowli Hospital on Thursday, January 13.
The Ministry of Chieftaincy and Culture awarded the…
The Eastern Regional Commanding Officer of the Motor Traffic and Transport Unit, Superintendent of Police James Sarfo-Peprah, said on Friday that people should stop attributing road accidents to witches and wizards.
“If road accidents…
The Eastern Regional Police Command has mounted a search for 22-year-old Amadu, a Niger national, for murdering one Hamadu Musah.
Briefing the Ghana News Agency in Koforidua on Friday the Eastern Regional Police Public Affairs Officer…
The Upper West Regional Police Command has arrested 40 drivers and riders for violating road traffic regulations.
Out of those arrested, 22 were sent to court and fined various sums of money ranging from GH¢100 to GH¢720.
The p…
Ms Ophelia Koomson, Birim Central Municipal Chief Executive, on Friday said the assembly was determined to have “Value for Money” in its dealings in the procurement sector.
She said it was the wish of the assembly to see participatory…
Commercial sex workers in the Tema Metropolis have increased fees they charge their clients and said the upward adjustment was a result of the recent fuel price increases.
Speaking to the Ghana News Agency on condition of anonymity,…
Brong Ahafo Regional Co-ordinator of the Guinea worm Eradication Programme, Mr David Menka, has stated that Ghana was on course to eradicate the disease if it does not record any case by July this year.
Speaking in an interview with …
Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Friday announced that government would commit adequate resources towards the fight against HIV and AIDS and other diseases in the country.
"In our new National Strategic Plan, we are focused on elim…
The Ministry of Health on Friday congratulated Dr Ken Sagoe, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH), for being honoured by the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) with its highest award, Fellow of the GMA.
He was…
Dr Kwasi Bowi Darkwa, President of Ghana Veterinary Medical Association, has said about 60 per cent of well known and emerging human infectious diseases had their sources from both domestic and wild animals.
He said the emergence and…
Mr Daniel Amlalo, Executive Director of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has called on stakeholders to support efforts by the Agency to stop the use of lorry tyres by butchers for the singeing of meat in the country.
He express…
The Eastern Regional Division of the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) recorded a total of 2,403 criminal cases last year.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Mrs Eunice Annor, the Regional Director of the DOVVSU…
A 28-year computer technician has been remanded in prison custody by a Kumasi Circuit Court for allegedly threatening to kill a phone card vendor.
David Forkuo pleaded not guilty to the offence and would re-appear on Friday, January 2…
Professor Dominic A. Agyeman, Chairman of the Planet Three Peace Programme (P3PP), an international non-governmental organisation that foster peaceful democracy, on Thursday urged Ghanaians to be tolerant of each others’ view irrespective …
The Bawku West District Assembly in the Upper East Region on Thursday distributed another consignment of educational materials to deprived basic schools as part of Government programme to improve education.
Presenting the items made …
Mr David Adoliba, Assemblyman-elect for the Gingande Electoral Area in the Bawku Municipality, has called on the people of area to revamp their communal spirit, which united them in the past.
Mr Adoliba noted that communal spirit ove…
Twenty-four (24) teachers and three non-teaching staff of the Ghana Education Service, received awards at the 2010 Western Regional Best Teacher and Worker Awards Presentation ceremony at Fijai near Takoradi on Thursday.
The recipien…
The Afigya-Kwabre District Chief Executive (DCE), Mr Kwaku Oppong-Kyekyeku Kaakyire, has threatened to terminate jobs awarded to non-performing contractors.
He said the Assembly would not hesitate to take away projects from contra…
An Accra Circuit Court on Thursday remand a 31- year-old farmer, Kwasi Akoedzsu, a native of Hohoe in the Volta Region, into custody for allegedly possessing dried leaves suspected to be Indian Hemp without authority.
Akoedzu pleaded…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Thursday launched a survey to collect data on Non-State Actors (NSAs), including non governmental organisations, aimed at building a comprehensive database and assess their contribu…
A delegation of German Industries and Commerce in Ghana, led by Mr Patrick Martens has expressed interest to invest in the water sector.
Mr Martens, who led a 40-member delegation, said the entrepreneurs were market leaders in water …
The Public Utilities and Regulatory Commission (PURC) has asked the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) and Aqua Vitens Rand (AVRL) to provide the public adequate notice of its water rationing programme.
They must also ensure that the…
An 11-member committee to oversee the efficient management of the Sokoban Village, an enclave built for wood workers in Kumasi, has been inaugurated.
It is made up of representatives from the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), wood …
As part of measures to address shortcomings of the current provider payment under the National Health Insurance Scheme, a capitation payment system is to be piloted in the Ashanti Region.
It involves advance payments to primary care …
The World Health Organisation (WHO) would be issuing guidelines recommending against the use of serology tests for tuberculosis because they may be causing more harm than good in high burden countries.
This is the first negative reco…
Ghana’s 0.05 contribution to the greenhouse gases (GHG) such as carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and methane has been described as minimal, yet, it is one of the countries to suffer the greatest impact of climate change.
This is due to …
The Human Rights Advocacy Center (HRAC) on Friday described the judgment in the case the Republic verses Nana Kofi Yirenkyi ‘Jesus One Touch’, as a positive step in ensuring that the rights of all children are protected in Ghana.
“We…
The Pest and Insect Infestation Committee of National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has unveiled a new chemical receptive to aquatic life to help eradicate the worms that have invaded some communities in the Volta Region.
…
As a powerful earthquake struck southwestern Pakistan in the small hours Wednesday, tremors were felt in parts of northwestern India, including the national capital, reported the Press Trust of India.
People in New Delhi rushed outsid…
China on Tuesday officially launched a state sponsored mapping website aimed to offer an "authoritative, credible and unified" online mapping service.
The online service, called MAP WORLD, is overseen by the State Bureau of Surveying …
Government on Thursday launched a job creation project aimed at engaging hundreds of unemployed youth across the country.
The Government through the National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP) and the National Youth Council (NYC) is u…
A Nissan pick-up which usually conveys lotto coupons from Tumu to Wa was set ablaze by an angry mob for killing a three-year-old boy at Gwollu in the Sissala West District.
Speaking to the GNA on phone Chief Inspector Douglas Asaana,…
The Deputy Brong-Ahafo Regional Minister, Mr Eric Opoku, on Wednesday urged Ghanaians not to rush to obtain new the biometric passports introduced by the government.
He said there was a considerable time frame available for phasing o…
An oil expert, Mr Ian Philips of the Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, Scotland, has said Ghanaians should be competent enough in 10 years time to operate the oil industry without foreign tutelage.
“In 10 years time there is no r…
Naba Sigri Bewong, Paramount Chief of the Sekoti Traditional Area, has said the challenges confronting education cannot be solved by any government other than the people themselves.
Naba Sigri Bewong said children as young as eight …
Shop owners around the Tarkwa Central Market have expressed their displeasure at the sudden increase in store rents in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality by the assembly without consulting or informing the traders.
Speaking to the Ghana …
Tullow Ghana Limited (TGL), major operators at the Jubilee Field, has begun a three-day workshop on the oil and gas industry for 60 stakeholders in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis.
Participants include representatives of the media, ch…
Mr. Mike Hammah, the outgoing Minister of Transport, has visited the victims of the road accident that occurred on January 19 at Mpunem near Winneba.
The victims are on admission at the Winneba Government Hospital.
The accident…
The Aflao/Denu portion of the Accra/Aflao highway would be expanded into a dual-carriageway, Mr. Alex Segbefia, Deputy Chief of Staff, has said.
“The dual-carriage would not pass through the beach again”, he said.
Mr. Segbefia …
A nine-year-old girl committed suicide by throwing herself from the fifth floor of a building in the southern city of Lyon, local media reported Wednesday.
"There is no doubt it was a suicide attempt, even though it's a rare case for a…
China on Wednesday will begin its annual Spring Festival travel rush, with an expected 2.56 billion passenger trips in the coming 40 days.
Airlines and trains have been added to cope with the passenger surge, which is 11.6 percent up y…
Around 816 people in Bangkok who have allegedly connected to illicit drugs have been arrested during the two-day drug crackdown operations, metropolitan police said Tuesday.
According to Pol Lt Gen Chaktip Chaijinda, chief of Metropoli…
Afghanistan asylum seekers taking part in protests and hunger strikes at the Curtin detention center in Western Australia, on Tuesday demanded the federal government to grand "freedom or death" to them.
The move came one day after Immi…
At least 72 competitors were hurt, 11 of them seriously, in the popular Jallikattu (taming the bull) event here in Madurai district of South
Indian state Tamil Nadu, yesterday, which was cut short after a section of spectators turned viol…
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The Madina Police Command is investigating the circumstances that led to the alleged kidnapping of one Richard Koomson, a 24-year-old storekeeper by three unidentified persons on Tuesday, January 18.
The captives were driving an unr…
A total of 27 suspected criminals including two women were arrested at Pentua Wala in Koforidua about 0630 hours on Thursday following a special operation conducted by the New Juaben Municipal Police Command.
Superintendent of Police …
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