The management of Accra Psychiatric Hospital is to repatriate about 600 cured inmates by the end of June this year.
The exercise which is to be conducted on regional basis, would begin on Wednesday, January 19, with inmates from Grea…
The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) at the weekend appealed to the general public to handle all forms of naked fire with caution during the harmattan season.
Assistant Division Fire Officer, Mr Ransford Ababio Aikins, the Public R…
Six container shops at the Oda Market in the Birim Central Municipal Assembly, were engulfed in flames, destroying property estimated at GH¢60,000.
Personnel of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) used buckets and other small cont…
Mr Tom Budu, Akyemmansa District Chief Executive has called on traditional rulers to use annual festivals as a platform to fight indiscipline.
This, he said, would help to promote the national crusade to eradicate indiscipline from …
An HIV and AIDS awareness campaign has been held in four communities in the Birim Central Municipality, to inform the people about the causes, effects, symptoms and the dangers associated with the pandemic.
The week-long programme by…
The Akim Oda Magistrate Court on Friday sentenced two people to a total of 48 months in prison for stealing the property of Master Isaac Fiagbomeh, a student, valued at GH¢1,700.
Prosper Gblenyoh, unemployed and Prince Asiedu, a dri…
Participants of the 62nd Annual New Year School and Conference at the weekend recommended the change of the National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP) to the National Youth Empowerment Scheme.
They argued that such a change would re-…
The Council for Afrika International, a UK-based think-tank, has appealed for calm on the African Continent following the political instability in Tunisia, Algeria and Cote d’ Ivoire.
The council called for “uncosmetic, comprehensive…
The President would cut the sod for work to begin
on the Western Region Railway line on January 27 this year, Madam Betty Busumtwi-Sam, Deputy Western Regional Minister said at the weekend.
She said the rehabilitation project was taking…
The University of Education, Winneba (UEW), on Saturday matriculated a total of 5,216 fresh students from the Southern Sector to undertake Diploma and Bachelor in Basic Education through Distance Learning.
A total of 5,688 students f…
HIV/AIDS cases in the Agona West Municipality increased from 103 in 2008 to 141 in 2009, Mr Eric Akobeng, Municipal HIV/AIDS Focal Person, has said.
According to him, between January to June 2010, 555 people were screened for HIV in …
A Disease Control Officer of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) on Friday called for some form of modification of the local names of HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis (TB).
He said the current local derivatives or names exudes grimness, somberne…
The Acting Chief Fire Officer, at the weekend urged personnel of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) to make judicious use of resources available to them to sustain the effective and efficient management and prevention of fires.
M…
Nearly half of H-1B work visa holders in the US were from India, who were mostly hired for
technology-related positions, according to an official report.
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) said that between 2000 and 2009, 4…
Brazilian Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota Friday shrugged off Wikileaks revelations about his country's commander of the UN peacekeeping force in Haiti,saying Brazil is more concerned about the rebuilding of the quake -devastated Caribbe…
Kim Jong Il, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), stressed the significance of science and technology, state media reported Saturday.
According to the Rodong Sinmun newspaper, Kim Jong Il made the statement d…
Kwame Asiedu, a small-scale gold miner, who bit off the ear of another gold miner, Nana Adu, was on Friday fined GH¢600 by the Kade District Magistrate Court.
In default, Asiedu who pleaded not guilty for causing harm, will go to pr…
The newly elected President of the Civil And Local Government Staff Association (CLOSGAG), Alhaji Mahamadou Azonko, has called on government to as a matter of urgency address the single spine pay policy of civil servants.
He was de…
One of the victims of the Kwesimintin accident is to air lifted to the 37 Military Hospital in Accra for treatment.
Mr. Paul Evans Aidoo, Western Regional Minister had personally been to the Air force base in Takoradi to facilitate t…
A cardinal principle of the Government’s new pay policy - “not to make workers worse off” - was violated when some workers of Ghana News Agency were paid less than their previous salaries under the Single Spine Salary Structure (SSSS) in J…
Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, out-going Eastern Regional Minister, has urged the media to be professional when reporting on activities of the security agencies and avoid reportage that could hinder their efforts to serve the nation.
He sai…
Reverend Samuel Adjei, President of the Christian Friends of Democracy, a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) has cautioned Ghanaians against “pushing” the Government to support the proposed military action in Cote D’Ivoire.
He expla…
National Democratic Congress (NDC) supporters in the Agona West Municipality and Agona East District of the Central Region have expressed their sincere thanks to President John Evans Atta Mills for dismissing the municipal and district chi…
Some customers of the Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB) have expressed worry over delays in transacting business with the bank at some of its branches in the country.
The concerns were expressed by the customers of the Nkawkaw branch of th…
Mr Fritz Plange, Municipal Director of New Juaben Municipality of the National Service Scheme (NSS), on Friday reminded service personnel that the national service exercise was an opportunity to learn new things at their respective posting…
India has rushed humanitarian ssistance to Sri Lanka, where devastation due to heavy floods
has claimed 27 lives and affected over one million people.
The death toll in the floods has climbed to 27 while another 12 persons are still …
Against the backdrop of Somali pirates capturing 14 more Indians in yet another strike, the
government Friday said it is taking all possible steps to ensure secure maritime movements of vessels including help of the Navy for escort.
…
Flood levees protecting the Australian state of Queensland's border town of Goondiwindi are being severely tested as the Macintyre River is closing in on its record breaking flood peak, said a senior hydrologist on Friday.
Ian Rocca sa…
A ship carrying 2,400 tons of sulfuric acid capsized on the Rhine River in Germany early
Thursday, causing two crews missing and a halt on vessel traffic,authorities said.
The ship overturned on the river near the famed Loreley Cliff,…
The Director General of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano, who will begin his two-day visit to India on January 17, will meet Indian nuclear scientists and visit various institutions of the Department of Atomic Energy.…
A string of neolithic posthole sites, considered to be used by ancient people for the construction of pillared halls, have been found in Palakkad district in south Indian state Kerala.
A group of researchers, led by V Sanal Kumar, Dir…
Most parts of China will experience snow or rain over the next three days, as freezing weather continues, the National Meteorological Center forecast Friday.
Light-to-medium snowfalls, rain or sleet will hit eastern and western parts o…
The construction of a dual carriage road from Aflao to Denu on the Accra-Aflao highway, would be impossible because of the huge compensation to be paid to property to be affected.
Mr Joe Gidisu, Minister of Roads and Highways who mad…
Women representation in the Asante-Akim South District Assembly has dropped despite the intensive public education campaign to increase their number ahead of the recently held District Level polls.
Out of the 18 women, who put themse…
The President of the Apostolic Church-Ghana, Apostle John Annan Adotey, has noted that road accidents are not caused by witches but rather indiscipline on the part of drivers.
He therefore urged the law enforcement agencies and other…
Mr Robert Baka Wavei, Sissala West District Chief Executive (DCE) has suggested the establishment of a district education endowment fund to assist brilliant but needy students including the vulnerable in the area.
This he noted would…
Eight hundred and seventy one (871) youth in the Tamale Metropolis were supported with an interest- free facility of GH¢ 220,620 under the Youth in Agriculture Programme last year.
The project which started in June 2010 was made up o…
We are pleased to announce the Ninth RRI Dialogue on Forests, Governance and Climate Change, co-organized by the Rights and Resources Initiative, Forest Peoples Programme, Forest Trends and Tebtebba.
This meeting will take place on Tuesda…
The Ashanti Regional Police Command has called on the public, especially motorists, to be more alert amidst the increasing sophistication of car jacking syndicates operating in the Kumasi metropolis.
They should remain vigilant and s…
The Principal of the Women’s Training Institute at Panfokrom, near Agona Swedru, Ms Rebecca Ampah-Korsah, has appealed to the government to reconstruct the bridge spanning River Ayensu at Panfokrom.
Ms Ampah-Korsah said the bailey bri…
Mr Fred Kwadwo Anorld, Chief Patron of Apeguso Citizens Association, has observed that that the chieftaincy disputes in Apeguso would affect the development of the area.
He has therefore urged the youth to stay away from such dispute…
A project to involve all sectors of the economy in the fighting against HIV and AIDS in the Agona Municipality, was launched at Agona Swedru, on Wednesday.
The project dubbed: “Multi Sectoral HIV and AIDS Project (MSHAP)”, is being i…
Mrs Frema Osei Opare, Member of Parliament for Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency, on Thursday charged Ghanaians to inject patriotism in their activities by rekindling the spirit of volunteerism to move the country forward.
She was con…
Four school children, and an adult, died in a tragic road accident, at Kwesimintin, a suburb of Takoradi, in the Western Region.
Confirming the story to the Ghana News Agency, on Thursday, DSP Daniel Dzakah, Regional MTTU boss said o…
When vaccinating children against varicella (chicken pox), researchers at Yale School of Medicine have found, two doses are better than one. The study will appear in the February 1 issue of Journal of Infectious Diseases.
The U.S. Cent…
The health benefits of some organic farm produce are not as great as scientists may expect, a new study suggests.
Researchers at the National Food Institute in Denmark said they have found new evidence that organically grown onions, ca…
Qualcomm Inc. on Wednesday announced that it has agreed to buy fellow semiconductor maker Atheros Communications Inc. for about 3.1 billion U.S. dollars.
The deal will be the largest acquisition ever for Qualcomm, which is based in San…
Hong Kong researchers generated animal product-free new human stem cells which can be derived into different human cell types and tissues, providing insights for clinical applications of stem cell therapy, according to the University of Ho…
The city of Los Angeles drew 20 percent of its power from renewable sources in 2010, meeting its goal set six years ago, authorities said on Thursday.
That means that the city now supplies customers with 4,500 gigawatt hours of cleane…
Canadian Minister of Industry Tony Clement announced on Thursday that the government will invest 13 million Canadian dollars (about 13.17 million U.S. dollars) in a project to develop new fly-by-wire systems for business and commercial air…
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