The Catholic Church, in collaboration with Catholic Relief Services, International Soil Fertility and Agricultural Development (IFDC) and Savannah Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) are supporting 10,000 farmers to increase rice produc…
Mr. Mark Woyongo, Upper East Regional Minister, on Tuesday assured contractors in the Upper East Region that the process of awarding contract would be open and transparent.
"You will be given a level playing field to tender and since…
A 41-year old Marketing Implementer of Shell Ghana and Togo has been installed as the Paramount Chief of Breman Asikuma Traditional Area, under the stool name Amoakwa Baidoo VIII.
The Chief known in private life as Mr Michael Baidoo,…
A 26-member planning committee, headed by Mr Emmanuel Antwi-Boasiako, Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa (AOB) District Coordinating Director, has been instituted to plan the celebration of Odwira, a festival of the chiefs and people of Breman Baako.
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Fuel filling stations in Tema have not experienced shortages of petroleum products despite complains about shortages in parts of the country.
A visit to the stations by the GNA in Tema on Tuesday showed that the attendants were servi…
Brigadier-General Martin Kwaku Gamiel Ahiaglo, General Officer Commanding the Southern Command of the Ghana Army, has appealed to soldiers to respect the country's constitution and the civilian population.
He made the call at a durba…
Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, Eastern Regional Minister, on Wednesday commended the private sector, especially the 31st December Women's Movement, on their efforts to promote pre-school education.
He said government placed premium on pre-s…
The status of the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC) is to be changed to an authority to empower the agency to demand compliance with road safety laws and regulations.
Consequently, the Ministry of Transport, would soon put an am…
The Kasoa District Police Command has given a two weeks ultimatum to owners of unauthorized sign boards erected at Kasoa, to remove them or face full prosecution.
The District Police Commander, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Jo…
The National Lotto Authority (NLA) has filed an application to invoke the supervisory jurisdiction of the Supreme Court to quash the orders of an Accra Fast Track Court (FTC) in a matter between the authority and the Ghana Lotto Operators …
The media have been urged to give greater publicity and support to women in diverse leadership positions in the country, to help push the national development agenda forward.
The capabilities of women who form half of the population when…
About 200 school children absent themselves from school daily to engage in all manner of jobs at illegal mining (galamsey) sites in the Asutifi District, Mr. George Amanor-Kyeremeh, the District Director of Education, said at a one day e…
People who were injured and relatives of those who lost their lives during the Ashaiman police shooting incident are yet to be compensated one year after the incident.
Two persons, Moses Kassim and Moses Ofori, died and several people su…
An educationist, Madam Dorothy Eghan has cautioned the youth against immoral behaviour and persistent acts of indiscipline, stressing that such vices could compromise their future.
She said teenagers who succumbed to peer- pressure t…
Mr Alex Asum-Ahensah, Minister of Chieftaincy and Culture has stressed the need for a clear-cut policy to determine the nature of the relationship that should exist between state institutions and traditional authorities, especially at the …
A new study has identified a specific class of pharmaceutical drugs that could be effective in treating babies vulnerable to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), because their mothers smoked during pregnancy.
The findings were publi…
The UN General Assembly adopted on Wednesday a resolution that called on relevant UN organs to give attention to the security implications of climate change.
The resolution, approved by consensus by the 192-member body, called on rel…
The 56-member house of the Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) have requested for an increase in their allowances as motivation for them to work effectively.
They complained that allowances given to them were woefully inadequate to enco…
The Volta Regional Police Highway Patrol Squad has intercepted quantities of dried leaves suspected to be cannabis stashed in the rear compartment of a Taxi cab belonging to Nana Kwame Ansong, a sub-chief of Worawora.
Briefing the Gh…
A total of 472,871 children aged below five years were immunized against poliomyelitis in the Brong-Ahafo Region during the just-ended immunization exercise.
Mr. Opoku Agyemang, the Brong-Ahafo Regional Coordinator of the programme, …
A senior Islamic Hamas official on Wednesday expressed his movement's readiness to resume the indirect negotiations in Cairo to finalize a prisoner exchange deal with Israel.
Osama al-Muzeini, who is involved in the file of captive I…
A circuit court in Techiman in the Brong Ahafo Region has remanded a refrigerator mechanic in police custody for two weeks for allegedly stealing GHc 4,700 (47 million old cedis) belonging to a returnee from Libya.
Kwaku Addom, 26, p…
Mr Ebenezer Akuoko Frimpong, District Chief Executive (DCE) for Sekyere Central in the Ashanti Region, has called for the support of all stakeholders to help achieve the set goals for the district.
The DCE said in spite of his leader…
A Circuit Court in Accra on Thursday sentenced two Police Constables to 10-years' imprisonment each on charges of conspiracy and robbery.
Joseph Frimpong, 25 and Frank Boakye 27, who pleaded not guilty to the charges, intercepted a Mali…
Mr Michael Cudjoe Ntumy, Techiman Circuit Court Judge, has exhorted Christians to respect and obey the country's laws.
Speaking on the theme; "The Christian and Contemporary Law," at the Fountain Gate Chapel International in Techiman…
An Accra Fast Track High Court on Thursday sentenced a 45 year-old businessman Theophilus Eugene Afari Bossman to 15 years' imprisonment for attempting to export 2,174 grammes of cocaine to the United Kingdom.
Bossman reportedly conceale…
Nana Ofori Owusu, Community and Public Outreach Officer of the Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) on Thursday said the Authority would rehabilitate 30 classrooms in five communities in the Akuapim South Municipality to improve teachin…
The Minority in Parliament on Wednesday observed that "the detention" of Mr Kwadwo Mpiani, former Chief of Staff, by the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), amounted to the constriction of "the frontiers" of democracy.
"We ass…
The Student Representative Council (SRC) of the University of Education, Winneba, and the Chaplaincy of the University have presented a cash for GH¢2,000 to support as a female student having kidney problems.
Madam Augustina Amponsah, …
Most Reverend Philip Naameh, the Metropolitan Archbishop of Tamale, has appealed to Catholics in politics and in positions to influence policy to let their faith guide them in making decisions.
He said they should ensure that decisio…
Emmanuel Amenyo, a 20-year-old farmer, was on Wednesday sentenced to a jail term of 12 months for stealing GHC 260.
He pleaded guilty.
Police Inspector Wisdom Nuworkpor told the court that a petty trader, Bismark Frempong-Manso, met an…
Staff and students of Methodist Primary 'B' School at Akumsa Domase in Nkoranza South District on Tuesday demonstrated in the town to protest against the use of the school's premises by some residents as a place of convenience.
Mr. A…
The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources is calling a national forum to seek appropriate compensation for farmers whose crops are destroyed by mining activities, the sector Minister, Alhaji Collins Dauda, has said.
Alhaji Dauda be…
The Nutrition Department of the Ghana Health Service has reiterated the need for adequate intake of vitamins and minerals as a strong source for a well-developed brain and better performance of children in school.
Addressing a gather…
Professor Christopher Ameyaw-Akumfi, Member of Parliament for Techiman North on Thursday urged the government to seriously tackle the problem of the environmental challenges, which he said has reached an "explosive level."
He said al…
Mrs Theresa Adomako Tawiah, District Chief Executive (DCE) for Atwima Mponua, has urged the people in the district to help ensure proper maintenance of all projects.
The DCE made the appeal during an inspection of some borehole and hand-…
The Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology is to restore the natural eco-system of the Fosu Lagoon in Cape Coast, through a comprehensive programme, including the relocation of the Siwdu Garage operators and the dredging of the la…
Dr Mustapha Ahmed, Member of Parliament (MP), Ayawaso East and Chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Health, on Tuesday said efforts should be made to lay before Parliament, the Tobacco Usage Bill to help control the use of tob…
President John Evans Atta Mills on Tuesday extended an open arm to the youth of Ghana, to feel free to interact and team up with Government to propel higher, the national development drive.
He said Government would continue to regard…
The national HIV prevalence rate has declined from 1.9 per cent in 2007 to 1.7 in 2008, indicating a stabilizing condition, Dr Nii Akwei Addo Programme Manager of the National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) said on Tuesday.
The highest…
The aim of establishing the Christian Messenger Newspaper 121 years ago in Gold Coast (Ghana) was as relevant as today since the newspaper, funded by the Basel Mission under the United Trading Company (UTC) was to convert readers to Christ…
The Commercial Division of the High Court, has no records indicating that top executives of BPI Bank, who should be cited for contempt following the change of name of BPI Bank to UT Bank, had been served.
This was after Mr David Kuj…
Mr Paul Tawiah Quaye, Inspector General of Police (IGP), has cautioned senior police officers to exercise the requisite degree of supervision over their subordinates, to ensure that the Code of Conduct governing the service is obeyed.
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A Circuit Court in Accra, which was to deliver its verdict in the case of the three Chinese busted for transporting and trafficking 10 Chinese girls, to engage in the sex trade in Ghana, on Tuesday adjourned the matter to June 22.
Judgme…
The Reverend Dr Robert Ampiah-Kwofie, General Overseer of the Global Revival Ministry has called on the government to introduce a policy that would help the youth to develop their talents and make them resourceful.
He said the youth …
Mr Cletus Avoka, Minister of the Interior, on Tuesday assured the business community, particularly foreign investors, that government has put in place adequate measures to deal appropriately with the current spate of armed robbery targeted…
Mr Mahmud Khalid, Upper West Regional Minister has called on church leaders to establish clear cut standards by which churches in the country would operate.
He said that would help nib in the bud churches that sprung up to satisfy th…
Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Patrick Timbillah, Ashanti Regional Police Commander has called on the media to partner the police in fighting crime in the region.
He explained that since the media was knowledgeable in issues co…
Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) on Wednesday explained that the loss of electricity supply being experienced countrywide, since Tuesday (June 2), was due to the difficulties being experienced with transmission equipment at the Tema Swi…
A Tamale High Court presided over by Mr Justice Lawrence Mensah on Wednesday, transferred the trial of the alleged killers of Alhaji Issah Mobilla, former Northern Regional Chairman of the Convention People's Party (CPP), to Accra followin…