Authorities in California have given necessary
permission to open a Punjabi charter school in the Sacramento Valley, a move welcomed by a large segment of Punjabi population in the United States.
A charter school is a tuition free, n…
The number of North Koreans who received refugee
status or sought asylum increased last year from a year earlier, a U.N. report showed Tuesday.
In its 2010 Global Report, published to mark World Refugee Day, the U.N. High Commissioner…
Taxi drivers in Sri Lanka's capital held up traffic on Tuesday, demanding the government should stop allowing anymore use of Tata Nano cars on the streets that offer stiff competition to the ubiquitous three-wheelers.
Hundreds of th…
Sergei Ryzhov, the chief designer of the light water VVER nuclear reactors built by Russia in foreign countries, including India, was killed in a plane crash in Russia that claimed at least 44 lives.
Ryzhov was the chief designer of l…
The number of people aged 100 and over in South
Korea nearly doubled over the past five years thanks to enhanced medical treatment and higher health consciousness, government data showed Tuesday.
According to the data offered by Stati…
Police are actively probing the case relating to the alleged sexual exploitation of a minor girl by upto 100 persons in connivance with her father,
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said on Tuesday.
"Strong steps will be taken aga…
A 30-year-old woman professional of Cochin Special
Economic Zone was allegedly assaulted by an autoricksaw driver after she protested against lewd comments reportedly made by him and two others while she was having tea at a roadside shop,…
Extending a helping hand to the cyclone prone country,India on Tuesday dedicated 10 modern and disaster-proof rice silos here in Myanmar to ensure that no one goes hungry during natural calamities.
Indian External Affairs Minister S M…
A Malaysian court on Tuesday sentenced a 27- year-old ethnic Indian man to death for kidnapping and brutally murdering his nephew at
an oil palm plantation near here in 2009.
N Sukhvinder Singh from Medan, Indonesia, kidnapped his 21…
Resorting to cost-cutting measures, the Malaysian
government has asked teachers to manually change the words and phrases in a controversial textbook which had contents considered offensive by the minority ethnic Indian community.
Dep…
An Indian national has been sentenced to death by a court in Tanzania for murdering a Tanzanian, media reports said on Tuesday.
Vinoth Nadhesan accused of killing a man and stuffing his body parts in the boot of a car last year in Dar…
Aiming to showcase vibrant Indian art in the
outlying areas of the country, a two month long Festival of India in South Africa has started here.
"South Africa is no stranger to Indian culture. I see a lot of activity taking place thr…
The 20th Greater Accra annual rally of the Majlis Ansarullah or Ahmadyya Muslim Elders Association, has ended with a call on husbands to endeavor to meet the needs of their wives in order to avoid domestic violence.
Mr Ibrahim Iddrisu…
The Tanzanian city of Dar-Es Salaam will host the United Nations Public Service Day on Thursday at which the world body will pay tribute to public servants from all over the world and acknowledge public service institutions for their achi…
An assessment of the implementation of the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GFSP) by the Sissala Literacy and Development Programme (SILDEP) in the Wa East and Sissala East Districts of the Upper West Region has revealed that though majorit…
Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Dr Peter A. Wiredu, Acting Director of Immigration, on Monday called on staff at Ghana’s frontiers to continue to diligently collaborate with the UNHCR, to professionally screen asylum seekers.
“R…
The Ghana Association of Medical Herbalists (GAMH), has called for policy reforms and more commitment by stakeholders to mainstream herbal medicine practice into the country’s health delivery system.
They said it had become necess…
The Ghana Muslim Mission Women’s Fellowship in collaboration with Al-Hayaat Foundation, an NGO that promotes healthy lifestyles has organised a workshop in Accra to educate members on the prevention of cervical cancer.
It was to enli…
Dr Kwesi Owusu, Co-Director of the Seventh Environmental Film Festival in Ghana, has stressed the need for more education and awareness creation on the menace of environmental degradation in Ghana.
While lauding clean environments fo…
The Sunyani Municipal Assembly has warned it would demolish all structures erected at unauthorized places in the municipality by the end of the year.
Mr Kwasi Oppong-Ababio, Municipal Chief Executive disclosed this in an interview wi…
Governments, employers and workers attending the 100th International Labour Conference (ILO) in Geneva, Switzerland, on Monday adopted the first convention and accompanying recommendation on Decent Work for Domestic Workers.
This was…
Nkoranza North District Assembly has proposed to construct an Information Communication and Technology (ICT) Centre and a Library at Busunya, headquarters of the district.
The projects would help encourage the youth to read and also …
Alhaji Nurudeen Issah, Deputy Central Regional Co-ordinator of the National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP), has warned health extension workers posted to health facilities to work hard and deliver quality health care to the people.
…
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II on Monday reiterated the call for a non-partisan debate on the funding of higher education.
Speaking at the opening of the 45th congregation of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Techn…
Mr Samuel Jones Tawiah, District Chief Executive (DCE), for Tain, in Brong-Ahafo, on Friday, appealed to district assembly members to place the general interest of the populace first, when implementing projects and programmes.
He sai…
A Circuit Court in Accra has fixed Thursday, July 14 to hear the case of 13 students of the University of Ghana, Legon who have been accused of sexually abusing a Madina-based petty trader, Amina Haruna at Mensah Sarbah Hall, Annex ‘B’.
…
The chiefs and elders of five communities in the Tano North District of Brong-Ahafo, have warned they would not tolerate any illegal mining activity, commonly known as “galamsey,” in their traditional areas.
The five chiefs from Yamf…
The Benso Oil Palm Plantation (BOPP) purchased 11.933 metric tonnes of fresh palm fruits at an estimated cost of 11.8 million Ghana Cedis from 438 smallholder farmers in 2010.
Mr Samuel Avaala, Estate Manager of the company, announce…
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has charged refugees in the country to abide by the laws of the land and desist from engaging in any act of criminality.
“As far as they are living in the country, they are boun…
Right Reverend Professor Emmanuel Martey, Moderator of the General Assembly of Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG) on Monday condemned activities of homosexuals in the country.
He said homosexuality spiritually affected perpetuators o…
Professor Kwamena Ahwoi, a Lecturer at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), on Monday stressed the need to differentiate the three forms of decentralisation to avoid creating problems with their implementati…
The Minister of the Interior has renewed the curfew imposed on Gushegu Township and Bawku Municipality and their immediate environs with effect from Monday, June 20, 2011.
The curfew hours for the Gushegu Township are 1200 midnight t…
China's top drug authority ordered the recall at the weekend of an antibiotic medicine that is laced with a banned plasticizer as public concern about plasticizer-tainted products builds.
Test results showed that amoxicillin and clavulana…
American Cancer Society discloses that higher education appears to be a game changer when it comes to cancer, according to foreign media reports on Sunday.
The research indicates that the gap is widening in cancer death rates between coll…
Celebrity Fashion Show To Be Staged In Kumasi.
Accra, June 20, 2011: Garden City based radio station Anigye 102.5 FM will on Friday, July 1 hit the streets of Kumasi with the first and largest Celebrity Fashion Show to be staged in the G…
The Effutu Municipal Chief Executive (MCE),Nii Ephraim, on Friday called for a tree planting exercise in the country to prevent desertification.
He said trees when planted either in communities or the forest, must be nurtured to grow…
A Research Scientist, has acknowledged the crucial role root and tuber crops played in enhancing the livelihood of the people and called for more to be done to increase production.
Dr Stella Ama Ennin, Deputy Director of the Crops Re…
The problem of waste management in the Accra metropolis, could be turned into a source of wealth and employment creation, through carefully planned projects.
This was stated by the Chairman of the Odododiodioo constituency of the Nat…
Mr Seth Alifui, Kadjebi District Chief Executive, has advised illegal chain-sawn lumber operators in the area to consider abandoning their illegal activities or face the law.
He warned truck owners of equal punitive action when such …
Kissi in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem Municipality, came to a standstill at the weekend when jubilant residents gave President John Evans Atta Mills and his two brothers- Cadmen and Samuel, a tumultuous welcome to the town.
The ent…
The Central Region, recorded a drop in fire outbreaks in the first quarter of this year, witnessing 95 incidents as against the 152 during the same period last year.
The Regional Commander of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS,) A…
Mr Dramani Mahama, Central Regional Population Officer, has called on the youth to be at the forefront of curbing the menace of HIV and AIDS in the country by acting as change agents.
He made the call at a youth colloquium in Cape C…
A 24- year-old unemployed, Emmanuel Koomson has been sentenced to 12 months imprisonment in hard labour by the Tarkwa Circuit Court for stealing GH¢28, a mobile phone and pen drive valued at GH¢65.00.
He pleaded guilty.
Prosecu…
The Food and Drugs Board (FDB) has warned the public about the sale of counterfeit Artesunate tablets on the market.
A statement issued by Dr Stephen Opuni, Chief Executive of the FDB at the weekend said laboratory analyses conducted…
The Yendi Municipal Chief Executive, Mr Issah Zakaria has commended members of the Municipal Security Committee (MUSEC) for the commitment in handling security issues.
He said Yendi in particular and Dagbon as a whole needed to devel…
Mr Alhassan Mumuni, East Gonja District Chief Executive (DCE) has said the nation’s decentralisation process mandated assembly members to deliberate and decide on what projects to be undertaken locally.
“According to the tenet of the…
Sheikh Ishaq Nuamah, Islamic Scholar and Author at the weekend expressed the need for a conceptual approach to reorient the Muslim youth to facilitate national development.
This, he said would help deepen the faith of Allah in the yo…
The Presbyterian Church Of Ghana, in Collaboration with the Presbyterian Relief Service and Development (PRS&D), has presented educational support to Church’s JSS and primary schools at Agona Swedru.
The items include, 180 dual desks…
Compassion International, Ghana, (CIG), a Non-
Governmental Organization (NGO), at the weekend, advocated for a comprehensive policy for child protection, which will spell out the responsibilities of all stakeholders in the country.
…
The Executive Director of Young and Lonely Foundation, Ghana, a non-governmental organisation has urged parents to show commitment to the education of their children.
“As stakeholders, you have to help to redeem the falling standard …
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