Cyprus has identified its first case of A/H1N1 influenza,the island state's health minister Christos Patsalides said on Saturday. "We have confirmed the first case of the new flu virus, a female foreigner, permanent resident of Cyprus," h…
A European health agency said Monday that 45 new A/H1N1 flu cases were reported in European countries within the last 24 hours.
Of the new cases, 24 were confirmed in Spain, 14 in Britain, three in Germany, two in Switzerland, on r…
Nominations for elections to fill executive positions in the Ghana Journalists' Association (GJA) open on Monday, June 1, 2009.
The positions are President; Vice-President; General Secretary; Organising Secretary; Treasurer and Publi…
Professor Daniel Buor, Provost of the College of Art and Social Sciences at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) on Saturday called on educational institutions to reward moral excellence as they do for academic ex…
Church service at Ashongman Global Evangelical Church in Accra came to a temporary halt on Sunday when three macho men intruded the hall to enforce the traditional ban on drumming and noise-making.
They crept into the congregation d…
Mr Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, Deputy Minister of Energy has called for attitudinal change for the rapid development of the nation
He said, unless Ghanaians change their attitude, no leader can produce a better Ghana the nation was y…
Nii Nikoi Joseph, Acting Chief of Nkwantanang, a suburb of Madina near Accra, has called on the inhabitants to unite for the total development of the community and Ghana as a whole.
He said unity played a very important role in t…
The Divine Healers Church in the Suhum Kraboa Coaltar district is spending GH¢ 8,500.00 for the construction of a mission house and a chapel.
Speaking to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) shortly after communal work on the mission house b…
The Akim Sowedro Circuit court in the Eastern Region, has sentenced Seth Kwame, a farmer from Akim Ayirebi to a fine of GH¢350.00 for stealing a goat valued at GH¢50.00.
Kwame, 42, who pleaded guilty to the offence will go to priso…
Vice-President John Mahama on Saturday gave the assurance that that government would henceforth ensure the prompt and regular release of scholarship grants and subsidies to educational institutions.
He said this would bring to a stop…
A Circuit court at Fiapre near Sunyani has sentenced a 25-year old cobbler, Charles Amponsah to 10 years imprisonment with hard labour for raping a 16-year old student at Odumasi in Sunyani Municipality.
The accused pleaded not gui…
Mr. Richard Stanley Quarshie, National Chairman of the Association of Methodist Men's Fellowship, has called on the Church to seek divine intervention in the economic crunch that has brought about global economic recession, hardships and l…
At least 44 prisoners escaped from the San Humberto de Bagua Grande prison in Utcubamba province, in northwestern Peru early Saturday morning.
According to local daily "El Comercio," the flee occurred at 06:10 local time (1110 GMT)…
The economic recession has forced thousands of wealthy British people out of the club of millionaires, and the trend is only likely to turn around in two years, a British independent research group says.
The number of millionaires…
Bhutanese refugees have launched a campaign in all the seven camps of Jhapa and Morang districts in eastern Nepal demanding repatriation.
According to Sunday's The Himalayan Times daily, some 8,000 refugees from 916 families have b…
While being hailed as the world's top outsourcing destination, India has eight of its cities named as among the world's 25 riskiest places for offshoring due to terrorism, pollution and geopolitical issues, reported the local daily Hindust…
Ho Polytechnic was on Saturday declared the 2009
Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) Champions in a competition which saw 16 tertiary institutions from across the country participate.
University of Ghana which was the defending champ…
Reverend James Noble Tulasi, Head Pastor of Jubilee Christian Centre at Ho on Sunday called on Christians, especially Pastors to declare war against cyber fraud also known as "sakawa" and all other forms of crime in the society.
He a…
Myanmar's military official said here on Sunday that the legal action against Aung San Suu Kyi is an internal affair which is in accordance with its domestic law.
Speaking at the eighth Asia Security Summit (Shangri-La Dialogue), …
The rehabilitation and resettlement of nearly 280,000 persons who are displaced by the conflict is one of Sri Lanka's foremost priorities, Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Affairs Rohitha Bogollagama said here on Sunday.
Speaking at …
A kidnapped Chinese national was released by her captors Sunday morning in the southern Philippines, the military said.
Afen Ma, abducted on May 27 in the southern province of North Cotabato, was turned over by the kidnappers to lo…
Costa Rica joined the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) after 10 years of absence, Costa Rican authorities said on Thursday.
Costa Rican Science and Technology Minister Eugenia Flores said fro…
The police had been cautioned against all tendencies that could bring the image of the Ghana Police Service into disrepute.
Deputy Commander of Police, (DCOP) James Oppong-Boanuh, Director General, Legal and Prosecution at the Police Hea…
The Brazilian Space Agency (AEB) on Friday launched a rocket to test the facilities at the Alcantara Launching Center, the AEB said.
The launching, which took place on Friday afternoon, was "a complete success", AEB said in a state…
A report on a survey, to assess the levels of Second Hand Smoke (SHS) in selected places, has indicated that 80 per cent of workers in smoking and non-smoking establishments were in favour of smoke-free laws, citing health as a reason.
…
The United Nations on Friday commemorated International Day for Peacekeepers with a wreath laying and flag raising ritual to honour fallen peacekeepers including 10 Ghanaians who died during peacekeeping.
In 2002 the General Assembl…
Mr Isaac Owusu-Mensah, Senior Programme Manager of the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation, (KAS) on Friday, expressed dissatisfaction about the wanton destruction of lives and property in the North, as a result of conflicts.
He said such con…
Ghana's Nana Adjoa Baiden-Amissah was among the best performers on the night of the preliminary rounds of the 2009 National Spelling Bee at the Grand Hyatt Washington, but with a total score of 19 points, she could not make it to the semi-…
Mr Yu Wenhze, Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, on Friday commended Ghana for her good leadership example in terms of her thriving democracy, peaceful transition of government and
stable environment for business opportunities.
Mr Yu sai…
Lebanese Minister of Agriculture Elias Skaff announced Saturday that the ministry decided to forbid the import of pork into Lebanon due to the appearance of influenza A/H1N1.
"The ministry of agriculture and centers of animal heal…
The Kantamanto Traders Association has appealed to the government to stop the Ghana Railways Corporation (GRC) from leasing lands at the Accra Railway Station to individuals.
Speaking to the Ghana News Agency in Accra, the Chairman of…
The NDC Action Women on Thursday urged Ghanaian women to give President J. A. Mills time to deliver his promise of giving appointment to 40 per cent of women in his government.
A statement signed by Doris Addo for the Action Women sa…
Dr. George Sipa Yankey, Minister of Health, on Thursday said government would construct maternity sections at four polyclinics in the Accra metropolis to reduce the pressure on the maternity departments of Korle-Bu and Ridge Hospitals.
…
The Chairman of Friends of the Earth (FOE), a non-governmental organisation, has challenged African leaders to kick against attempts by the West, to use the Jatropha plant and agricultural-based renewable energy generation alternatives, at…
A Coalition of non-governmental organisation and civil society organisations has congratulated the Council of ECOWAS Foreign Ministers on the conclusion of the adoption process of the ECOWAS Directive on the Harmonisation of Guiding Princ…
Mr Kwesi Blay, Member of Parliament for Prestea/Huni Valley, has called for a review of the Minerals and Mining Act 703 which has many loopholes that empower mining companies to destroy the environment and those who depend on it for their…
A study conducted by a Cape Coast-based NGO, Youth Aid Foundation for Winners (YAFOW), on the prospects for an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Park in Cape Coast has concluded that the region has the necessary features and i…
Vice President John Mahama on Thursday assured labour unions, some of whom are showing increasing agitation over the delay in implementing the single spine pay policy that government remains firmly committed to putting the policy into acti…
Some traders at Kumasi Central Market on Thursday afternoon wailed uncontrollably as blazing fire which gutted the market destroyed property worth several millions of Ghana Cedis.
The fire was so intense that some of the affected tra…
Vice President John Dramani Mahama, on Wednesday said the challenges facing Ghana's education system were more fundamental than the duration of Senior High School (SHS).
He, therefore, charged participants at a two-day national foru…
The Management of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), has banned the operations of hire purchases, private loans and non financial companies on all its campuses with immediate effect, an official statement has said.
The author…
The Canadian government would this year provide one hundred and ninety thousand Ghana Cedis (GH¢ 190,000.00) to each district in the three Northern regions to undertake development projects of their choices.
It would also give technica…
A young American Peace Corps, Miss Carolyn Abdenour has trained inmates of the Gambaga Witches' Camp [GWC] in soap making and modern techniques in charcoal production.
Miss Abdenour stationed at Nalerigu in the East Mamprusi Distric…
The national maternal mortality survey for 2007 has revealed that for every 100,000 live births, 451 women die as against 378 in 2006.
The overall documented maternal deaths for the year 2007 were 996 women as against 837 in 2002 and…
A Coalition of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and civil society organisations have called on Government to revoke the permit given to Newmont Akyem Project to mine in the Ajenua Bepo Forest Reserve in the Eastern Region.
It sa…
A Kumasi Circuit Court has sentenced Kofi Adu, a 22 year-old labourer to 10 years imprisonment in hard labour for possessing quantities of Indian hemp and fire arms without authority.
Adu pleaded not guilty.
Prosecuting, Polic…
The debate on either three- or four-year duration of Senior High School (SHS) took centre stage at the ongoing national forum on Thursday with proponents of either of the views advancing reasons to support their positions.
Those in s…
Government has set up a five-member committee to review the Draft Youth Bill to make it satisfy the current needs of the youth, Alhaji Muntaka Mohammed Mubarak, Minister for Youth and Sports, said on Thursday.
He said the review was …
A Circuit Court at Goaso in Brong Ahafo Region presided over by Mr Osei Kwame Gyamfi has sentenced Josephine Abenaa Minta, a 35 year-old woman to three years imprisonment for causing harm to Madam Akosua Birago a neighbour.
Josephine…
The trial of Nana Azumbe, aka Motia father, a self-styled spiritualist alleged to be behind the famous Sakawa syndicate and five others continued at an Accra Circuit Court on Thursday.
Azumbe, his father Samuel Akanboe Adongo, and his as…