Mr Ben Kofi Nyatefe, Western Regional Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), on Wednesday called on the public to desist from assaulting personnel of the company in the course of their duties in the communities and premises.
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The number of people who died through motor accidents in the Nzema-East municipality of the Western Region, rose slightly from 12 in 2008 to 14 in 2009.
Also, 32 persons sustained various degrees of injury in 2008 compared to 173 in …
The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has begun rationing water to its 1,890 customers in the Wa Municipality, due to the low level of under ground water, which is as a result of the dry season.
Mr Ahmed Tahiru, Upper West Regional …
Canoe fishermen and fishmongers operating at the Tema Canoe Beach, had expressed their displeasure at an alleged attempt by the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) to take over a parcel of land at the beach.
The land in questio…
The MP for Ellembelle, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah has sponsored the first mock examinations for students in all public and private Junior High Schools (JHS), who are preparing to write this year's BECE in the district.
About 1,269 stud…
Mr Justice Francis Emile Short, Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) on Friday, expressed disgust at the conditions of the Ashaiman Police cells.
"I just do not understand why the authorit…
About 100 pupils from the Anyaa Roman Catholic Basic School, were on Friday,treated to a Cocoa Trail, jointly organised by the Cocoa Processing Company (CPC) and the Ghana Tourist Board (GTB), at the chocolate factory premises in Tema.
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After much consultations, the Indian government has finalised the sharing of funds in the ratio of 65 to 35 between the Centre and the states for implementing the law making education a fundamental right.
The Right of Children to Free…
US automaker Ford sees great opportunity for its fuel efficient 'EcoBoost' engine technology for cars in India, which it considers a key market,a top executive said.
The Detroit-based firm showcased its Ford Edge 2011 crossover, fea…
Grammy award winning singer, Lady Gaga took the stage here in a bid to raise funds money to combat HIV/AIDS in India through MAC AIDS, the philanthropic initiative of the Estee Lauder-owned MAC Cosmetics.
Dressed in her signature pr…
Mayor of Accra, Dr Alfred Okoe Vanderpuije on Friday launched an endowment fund to enable the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) meet the critical challenge confronting public schools.
It would also help to put an end to the shift sys…
Enactment of the first fisheries regulations is
in the offing, Mr. Mike Akyeampong, Chairman of Fisheries Commission announced at Dodowa in the Greater Accra Region.
He noted that several offenders under the Fisheries Act were not …
Mr George Eric Gyamfi-Osew, Marketing Director, National Lottery Authority (NLA), is one of the newest professionals selected for inclusion in International WHO'S WHO Historical Society.
He would be listed in the 2009 edition of Inte…
Mr John Lipsky, First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), would visit Ghana on February 16-17 as part of a two-nation West African tour that begins in Monrovia, Liberia,
on February 14-16.
A press rel…
The Legon District Police Command has arrested a 36-year-old cook, Bogar Zonoo, who is assisting in an armed robbery case that occurred at the Mempeasem, near East Legon, on Thursday.
Speaking to GNA on Friday, the Legon District Pol…
The water crisis that hit Accra West recently is finally over, thanks to the ingenuity of local expertise alone, Dr Hannah Bissiw, Deputy Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing said on Thursday.
"The work on the three pumps w…
The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) and Amnesty International (AI)have appealed to the United Nations to demand improvement in Gambia's human rights record.
The NGOs have requested the United Nations' Universal Periodic …
A group of 14 organisations has asked the Government to revoke the mining lease and permit granted to Newmont Gold Ghana Limited (NGGL) to destroy the Ajenua-Bepo Forest Reserve in the Eastern Region.
Mining in the Reserve would lea…
The Tema Regional Office of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), is investigating 12 foreigners, suspected to be illegally staying and working in the country.
Assistant Director of Immigration, Emmanuel Otchere-Boakye, Tema Regional …
A total of 574 completed passports at the Tema Regional Immigration Office, have not been collected by their owners, Assistant Director of Immigration, Emmanuel Otchere-Boakye, Tema Regional Immigration Commander, disclosed this in an inte…
Low patronage of family planning contraceptives in the Upper East region has been cited as one of the key factors responsible for the growing poverty and malnutrition in the region.
Male dominance in decision- making and their dictat…
Emmanuel Kofi Anyane, a farmer, who was charged with stealing, a child, his step son, in September 2007, was on Thursday sentenced to five years imprisonment in hard labour by the Asamankese Circuit Court.
Kwabena Appiah, a coconut s…
Upper East branch of the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) of the Ghana Trade Union Congress(GTUC), has inaugurated a modern office complex in Bolgatanga, built at a cost of 140,000 Ghana cedis.
Mr. Mark Woyongo, Upper East …
Low salaries and poor working conditions have been identified as the major reasons why teachers leave for "greener pastures" in other fields, a nationwide draft research survey conducted in public schools in Ghana has found.
The resea…
Massive public education is required to get people to understand and appreciate the court connected Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) programme, a District Magistrate has said.
This is because the major challenge is public misunder…
President John Evans Atta Mills on Thursday requested the European Union (EU) to continue its support to Ghana to build on the modest economic gains it achieved last year.
He said though Government chalked some successes last year, t…
Two persons who threatened a student with a knife and robbed her of a handbag containing two mobile phones, a towel and GH¢149 cash were on Thursday sentenced to 10 years imprisonment each by an Accra Circuit Court.
Jeremiah Quarshie…
A motor mechanic was on Thursday sentenced to six months imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court for causing harm to a police officer and tearing his uniform.
Theophilus Quarcoe, who was riding on an unregistered motor bike, was arre…
Four people, who were charged with the murder of a remedial student at Power College, a private Senior High School in Ho on Thursday, appeared before a Ho Magistrate Court.
They were Patrick Agbeve and Joshua Dzorgbedor, both students, J…
Mr. Bukari Moses Mabengba, Northern Regional Minister-designate on Thursday pledged peaceful co-existence of the people and non-interference in the operations of the security agencies in the Region.
Mr. Mabengba was answering questio…
A call has been made for public-private partnership in enhancing the research outputs of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) to help maximise their benefits.
Ms. Sherry Ayittey, Minister of Environment, Science …
The Tema Health Directorate, recorded a total of 108,417 top 10 Out-Patient Department (OPD) cases in the Tema Metropolis last year.
The top 10 OPD cases included Malaria, Hypertension, Acute Respiratory Infections (ARI), Skin Diseas…
Former President Jerry John Rawlings has called on the government and health authorities to restore "the sense of responsibility" of health personnel at all government hospitals in the country.
He bemoaned the situation where health …
The Food and Drugs Board (FDB), in collaboration
with the National Security and the Customs,Exercise and Preventive Service (CEPS), on Wednesday, seized three containers at the Tema Port,suspected to be containing turkey-tails.
When…
A team of health experts from the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), has been deployed to test samples of food, vomit and stool of victims of suspected food poisoning at Archbishop Porter Girls Senior High School.
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Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) announced on Thursday that there will be a 30MW shortfall in power supply to consumers in Accra during peak time on Saturday, February 13 and Sunday, February 14, 2010.
The shortfall, which constit…
The Committee probing the Metro Mass Transit Limited (MMT), has recommended that government compel the management of the company to pay a certain percentage of the cost of rehabilitating the broken down buses.
It also recommended tha…
Professor Seth Opuni Asiamah, Provost, College of Architecture and Planning, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has urged government to give more attention to post-graduate education to boost the country's human re…
Ghanaian journalists have been reminded about the need to ensure high sense of responsibility in the discharge of their duties so as not to lose public trust and support.
Nana Yaw Osei, Ashanti Regional Chairman of the Ghana Journal…
A 10-day workshop organized by the Presbyterian Women's Centre for 54 participants on grasscutter rearing ended at Abokobi in the Ga East Municipality on Thursday.
Sponsored by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), th…
A 43-year-old assembly member for Bomso, Kumasi, has been installed the Krontihene of Kwanwoma in the Atwima-Kwanwoma District under the stool name Nana Kwame Kyem.
Known in private life as Mr William Kwame Fordjour, he succeeds his…
Breman-Asikuma, the capital of the Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa District has the highest number of syphilis cases in Ghana, a survey conducted by the Central Regional Health Directorate has revealed.
Mr. Ebenezer Koomson, Regional HIV/AIFS C…
Vice President John Dramani Mahama, on Thursday expressed grave concern at the high rates of the hospitality industry in the country.
"Hotel rates in the country are extremely high compared to rates in other countries on the African c…
About 300 people are expected to be employed in the West Akyem Municipality as part of a National Afforestation Programme.
The Municipal Chief Executive, Mr Seth Otchere, says in all about 150 hectares of land would be re-afforested …
The Eastern Regional Police Command has arrested a driver and his mate for running their vehicle into a group of people at a drinking spot resulting in the death of one.
According to Police Superintendent James Sarfo Peprah, MTTU Reg…
Ghana has been selected to host the second Pan-African Competitiveness Forum (PACF) this year to provide a focus on innovation and cluster based competitiveness approaches.
The conference, tailored for national and regional economic d…
Mr. Nelson Ayamga Mba, Regional Information Officer in charge of the Upper East Region has stated that the introduction of the Biometric Passport which would commence on April 1, 2010 would help protect the image of the country.
He s…
The Ghana Health Services(GHS), Afrikids Ghana and Southampton University Teaching Hospital in the United Kingdom are to partner to provide quality healthcare delivery to the people in the Upper East Region.
The Programme is to fost…
The Chairman of the 2005 Education Review Committee, Professor Jophous Anamuah-Mensah on Thursday called on graduates in science-oriented disciplines to create their own employment avenues.
Professor Anamuah-Mensah, the immediate pas…
The Eastern Regional Police Command has intercepted 78 bags of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp.
The items were earlier intercepted by the Ehiamankyene Police in the Fanteakwa District and were sent to the regional command.
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