Some 12,042 babies were delivered at public and private health facilities in the Tema Metropolis in 2009.
Out of the total, 11,905 were live births, while 137 were still births, Mrs Judith Amo-Mensah, Public Health Nurse in-charge of Rep…
The Effutu Municipal Assembly has completed nine projects and handed them over to the beneficiary communities.
Nii Ephraim, the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) who said this at the second meeting of the Assembly in Winneba on Tuesday…
Twelve pregnancy cases have been recorded at seven examination centres in the Agona West Municipality and the Agona East District at the on-going Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).
The Agona West also recorded four absent…
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), dispelled rumours about an alleged directive made by the Assembly for all market within the metropolis to remain closed on Saturday, April 24 2010 from 6am to 12 noon to make way for a funeral celebra…
The Ghana National Fire Service on Thursday opened a competition in Accra for its personnel nationwide dubbed; "National Fire Extrication Challenge 2010".
Two-day competition was to adequately prepare them to participate in an intern…
The Management of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) on Thursday announced that the distribution of Cocoa Hi-Tech fertilisers to farmers of the crop is expected to begin in May this year at GH¢57.99.
A statement issued in Accra said COCOBOD…
Ghana is to host the fifth Africa forum for the Blind in 2011, a recognised event of the African Union of the Blind, which would seek to deliberate on issues affecting people with visual impairments.
The event, which would on the …
Lieutenant General Joseph Henry Smith, Minister of Defence, on Thursday said a new garrison had been established at Bawku to control violence in the area.
He said each region would have a permanent garrison and an air strip to speed …
Australia on Thursday warned its citizens to exercise a high degree of caution and avoid some of the shopping areas and markets in India's national capital New Delhi because of the high
risk of terrorist activity.
The Australian war…
An eight-member Management Board for National Bamboo and Rattan Artisans Association (NBRAA), to develop a regulatory framework to make it a result-oriented sector, was inaugurated in Accra on Thursday.
It was to ensure acquisition o…
An appeal to set aside a default judgment filed by Adamu Daramani, Member of Parliament (MP) for Bawku Central, was struck out on Thursday by the Court of Appeal (CA).
The CA noted that it could not countenance an appeal rendered mut…
Against the backdrop of attacks on Indian youths, a key inter-governmental forum in Australia has announced a slew of initiatives, including setting up of an information portal, to improve safety and well-being of international students.
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The United States on Wednesday issued a fresh warning to its citizens in India asking them to refrain from visiting congested areas of Delhi following "increased indications" of terrorists planning attacks.
"There are increased indi…
Tennis star Sania Mirza and her cricketer husband Shoaib Malik will be "ambassadors of goodwill gesture" both for India and Pakistan, a Pakistani minister said on Wednesday.
"We are branding Sania and Shoaib together for India and P…
Indian society should initiate a campaign against the plea bargain of terror suspect David Coleman Headley and the government seeks his extradition to establish links between Lashkar-e-Taiba
(LeT) and Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligen…
United States has "credible information" about terrorists planning to carry out strike in some Indian cities and target American nationals, and US Embassy in New Delhi has issued a warning alerting its citizens, a senior Obama administrati…
The Obama Administration has asked Pakistani-Americans to emulate Indian-Americans in improving relations between Pakistan and the US just like the latter are instrumental in taking Indo-US ties in recent years.
"The Pakistani Diaspor…
The US and Indian authorities are holding discussions on providing New Delhi access to LeT operative David Coleman Headley who has confessed to his role in the Mumbai terror attacks and agreed to be interrogated by foreign agencies.
"…
Praising New Delhi's reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan, a top US Senator Thursday said India plays a critical role in Afghanistan where the United States has been fighting war against terrorism in the last eight years.
"As it stan…
Indian government's two flagship programmes to combat rural unemployment and provide health insurance cover on Thursday received appreciation from Labour and Employment Ministers of G-20 countries, who showed keen interest in the innovativ…
Dr Alexis Nang-beifubah, the Upper West Regional Director of Health Services, has appealed to all non governmental organisations (NGOs) operating in the health sector to register with the Ghana Health Service to avoid problems.
He sa…
The Koforidua Regional Hospital has put in measurers to reduce the time spent patients spend at the Out-Patient Department (OPD).
Under the programme, each department of the hospital is to ensure the presence of a medical offic…
Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty has said that he would be attending a long-running Sikh parade in downtown Toronto on Sunday despite calls for him to skip the plan.
A group calling itself the Sikh Activist Network, in a meeting with p…
Pakistan may slip over nuclear weapons to the Taliban for use against India in the event of escalated tension or war between the two neighbours, a non-proliferation US commission has said.
"If something broke out in Kashmir that reign…
Asserting that Lashkar-e- Taiba (LeT) is a threat not only to India and America but also to Afghanistan and Pakistan, a top Obama Administration official said counter-terrorism is the central pillar of US' strategic dialogues with all thes…
Vowing to cursh the activities of Sikh terrorist organisations in India, a top Foreign Ministry official said Canada will not allow its soil to be used by the separatists.
"The government of Canada will not tolerate any
separatist Si…
One more person has been arrested from Hyderabad in connection with the spurious drug racket case in Tamil Nadu.
Vallamdas Ramu, a native of Nalgonda District, was arrested in Saifabad locality on Wednesday by the state CB-CID police…
Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Malik says he was "overwhelmed" by the frenzied reception he got on his arrival with wife Sania Mirza.
"I knew that the people were excited and happy with this union but I never realized we would get such a…
A new variety of rice that can withstand flood and developed by India has received praise from Microsoft founder Bill Gates, who said it is helping farmers to have higher productivity.
Gates, a frequent visitor to India, had a firstha…
The Ho Municipal Assembly says property rates in the Municipality are to be increased and the range will be between 50.00 Ghana cedis to 600.00 per annum.
The Assembly gave the notice during the discussion of its Executive Committee re…
The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) is collaborating with Scan Style Bio-fuel Company Limited, a waste management firm and some experts to recycle saw dust generated at the Sokoban Wood
Village in Kumasi into fertilizer.
The Vi…
Lucien Hunkpe, a storekeeper of the Jasikan College of Education, has been remanded into prison custody by a Jasikan Circuit court for defiling a 15-year-old pupil.
Hunkpe pleaded not guilty to defilement and would reappear on May 06…
Deputy Commissioner of Police Stephen Andoh-Kwofie, the Eastern Regional Commander, on Friday urged personnel of the service to be professional in their dealings with the public.
That, he said, would build public confidence in the po…
Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, the Eastern Regional Minister, on Friday expressed displeasure at the performance of Zoomlion Ghana Limited, a waste management company, especially in Koforidua.
He said Koforidua was being engulfed in filth a…
In spite of the efforts by the Talensi-Nabdam District Assembly and the District Directorate of Education to discourage parents from withdrawing their children from school for marriage, some parents especially fathers in some communities s…
The Anglican Diocesan Development and Relief Organization (ADDRO) is to train about 280 volunteers to take up the distribution of Long Lasting Insecticide Treated Nets (LLINS) in two districts in the Upper East Region.
The Organizati…
The Ashaiman Municipal Assembly, in collaboration with the Ashaiman Fire Service and the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), on Thursday launched a fire prevention campaign programme at Ashaiman.
The beneficiaries of…
The Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa (AOB) District Chief Executive, Mrs Georgina Nkrumah Aboah has called on traditional authorities in the area to sensitized their people to register with the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), to enable them …
The Ashanti Regional Council of the Assemblies of God (AG) Church is to launch its five-year development plan to deepen its contribution to the nation's socio-economic progress.
The church would roll out an education endowment fund, …
A member of Council of State, Dr Ato Essuman, has blamed parents and the community for the high rate of school dropouts in the country.
"It is the responsibility of parents and the community to ensure that children attend school and …
Support for Community Mobilization, Projects and Programmes (SCMPP), a non-governmental organization (NGO) based at Daboase has distributed bicycles to 189 Junior High School (JHS) pupils in 10 communities in the Mpohor Wassa East District…
The National Co-ordinator of the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP), Alhaji Sulemana Abdul- Rahaman on Wednesday refused to comment on media reports that he has been relieved of his post.
"No comments," he told the Ghana News Agen…
Two public officials accused of misappropriating funds of the defunct Ghana@50 Secretariat on Thursday appeared before an Accra Fast Track High Court charged with four counts of willfully causing financial loss to the state.
They are…
The United States Embassy in Ghana, on Thursday joined the global celebration of Earth Day in Accra with the focus on the preservation of biodiversity.
The celebration of the Day brought together Junior High School students from PRES…
A ten-year-old girl who lost her way during a church crusade held at the Tamale Sports Stadium on 16 April, has been defiled by a man who offered to help her find home.
Twenty four year-old Issah Yahaya, a driver and resident of Tama…
Policy makers have been asked to assist smallholder farmers to apply their energy, creativity, knowledge, technological innovations and other resources to increase farm productivity.
Dr. Obeng Sakyi-Dawson, Senior Lecturer, College …
Pharmacist Noah Acolatse, Chairman of the Community Practice Pharmacists' Association (CPPA), on Thursday appealed to government to do something about the sudden upward revision of Drug registration and renewal by the Food and Drugs Board …
Members of Projects Abroad Ghana Office (POHA) on Thursday called on management of AngloGold Ashanti (AGA) to relocate residents living in villages around Obuasi, rendered uninhabitable by its mining activities.
They also recommended…
Traders operating near Novotel and Tema Lorry Station in Accra, on Thursday threatened to march through the principal streets of the Accra Metropolis naked.
This would be in protest of alleged resettlement at the Pedestrian Shopping …
A citizen of Akoase based in New York, Nana Omane Ababio, has presented over 2,000 books to the Akoase Community Library and the St. Michael Senior High School.
The books consist of novels and books on mathematics, science, geography…