Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak has instructed the army to impose a full closure on the West Bank in light of the Remembrance Day for Israeli soldiers and Independence Day, said an army announcement released on Tuesday.
The clos…
An Islamic Hamas movement militant was killed and another was seriously wounded early Tuesday in an Israeli air-strike in northern Gaza Strip, witnesses and medics reported.
Mo'aweya Hassanein, chief of emergency and ambulance servic…
With the death toll in the Myanmar cyclone now standing at around 15,000, India has dispatched two naval ships loaded with relief supplies to the cyclone-battered nation, with more relief assistance to be sent by air, according to The Time…
Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori on Monday had a minute-long laughing fit during his trial when he heard that his former military aides used to spy on him through a keyhole.
Fujimori, extradited from Chile last September, fa…
Iran will not support any deal that violates its "nuclear rights," Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini said Monday, three days after major powers agreed to offer a new package of incentives to resolve the country's nuc…
Chinese President Hu Jintao on Monday sent a message of sympathy to Myanmar's top leader Senior-General Than Shwe in the wake of a cyclone that killed tens of thousands of people in the southeast Asian country.
As a friendly neighbor,…
A U.S. diplomat said his country is doing homework to remove the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (CPN-M) from the terrorist list and eliminate Nepal from the negative travel advisory, The Rising Nepal reported Tuesday.
According to …
The United States is providing an initial sum of 250,000 dollars in aid to Myanmar, southern and central parts of which were devastated by cyclone Nargis over the weekend, the State Department said Monday.
"The embassy (in Yangon) did iss…
The weather will be cloudy over the southern half of Ghana on Wednesday morning with occasional thunderstorms or rain showers along the east coast.
However, mist and fog patches will occur over forest and high grounds. Later in the a…
Five male traders' sustained cutlass wounds on Tuesday evening, when some traders at the Kotokoraba Market in Cape Coast clashed following a misunderstanding.
Several other people near the scene of the clash were said to have sustai…
Flights were resumed Wednesday at Beirut Rafik Hariri International Airport after a six-hour standstill, the official National News Agency (NNA) reported.
Three flights of Lebanese Middle East Airlines coming from Istanbul, Kuwait City a…
Some military personnel on Friday called on the government to get rid of community police under the National Youth Employment Programme as their operations may pose security problems during the December elections.
The military person…
The Airport Branch of Rotary Club, Ghana in collaboration with their Dutch counterparts on Friday presented Transducer equipment worth 12,000 Euros to the Urology Department of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital to aid in the early detection o…
The Ghana Employers' Association (GEA) on Friday pledged to collaborate with Organised Labour to intensify education and sensitization of workers and employers to ensure peaceful industrial
relations climate.
According to GEA a wel…
Nana Owusu Tenase, Saamanhene of Assin Atandasu Traditional area, has called on the youth to consider current shortage of fish supply in the country as a challenge to invest in fish farming.
Nana Owusu Tenase, known in private life a…
An Accra Commercial Court on April 9, 2008 set aside a default judgment entered against Areeba operated by Scancom Limited with Investcom Consortium Holding as a major shareholder to enable the company file its defence so that the case be …
Mr Ephraim O. Brakatu, Commissioner of Police in charge of Special Duties for the Northern Sector, on Friday called on the public to foster close partnership with the Police to fight crime.
He expressed concern about the high rate of…
Mr Joseph Armah, Youth Organiser of the Bethany Methodist Church has said that, Christians should be ready and willing to invite non-Christians to participate in their activities.
He said this was the only way the Church, through it…
Some military personnel on Friday called on the government to get rid of community police under the National Youth Employment Programme as their operations may pose security problems during the December elections.
The military person…
The Airport Branch of Rotary Club, Ghana in collaboration with their Dutch counterparts on Friday presented Transducer equipment worth 12,000 Euros to the Urology Department of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital to aid in the early detection o…
The Ghana Employers' Association (GEA) on Friday pledged to collaborate with Organised Labour to intensify education and sensitization of workers and employers to ensure peaceful industrial
relations climate.
According to GEA a wel…
Nana Owusu Tenase, Saamanhene of Assin Atandasu Traditional area, has called on the youth to consider current shortage of fish supply in the country as a challenge to invest in fish farming.
Nana Owusu Tenase, known in private life a…
An Accra Commercial Court on April 9, 2008 set aside a default judgment entered against Areeba operated by Scancom Limited with Investcom Consortium Holding as a major shareholder to enable the company file its defence so that the case be …
Mr Ephraim O. Brakatu, Commissioner of Police in charge of Special Duties for the Northern Sector, on Friday called on the public to foster close partnership with the Police to fight crime.
He expressed concern about the high rate of…
Mr Joseph Armah, Youth Organiser of the Bethany Methodist Church has said that, Christians should be ready and willing to invite non-Christians to participate in their activities.
He said this was the only way the Church, through it…
Professor John Evans Ata Mills, National Democratic Congress (NDC) leader and Presidential Candidate on May Day acknowledged the contribution of organized labour to the development of the nation and said "ayekoo" to them.
He said; …
The West Akyem Municipal Assembly and the Education Directorate are taking steps to solve the problems of pupil's poor performance in the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), Mr Kwabena Sintim Aboagye, Municipal Chief Executive …
Barima Obenakwa Kwarifa II, Chief of Akyem Apedwa,
in the Eastern Region has sworn the Oath of Secrecy, Judicial Oath and the Oath of Allegiance in the Koforidua High Court before His Lordship, Justice W.H. K. Addo, Justice of Appeal, si…
The Association of Communities Affected by Mining (WACAM), on Thursday commended government's intention to amend the country's mining law, saying that the stance is in the supreme interest of the nation.
Speaking to the Ghana News Age…
Professor John Evans Ata Mills, National Democratic Congress (NDC) leader and Presidential Candidate on May Day acknowledged the contribution of organized labour to the development of the nation and said "ayekoo" to them.
He said; …
The West Akyem Municipal Assembly and the Education Directorate are taking steps to solve the problems of pupil's poor performance in the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), Mr Kwabena Sintim Aboagye, Municipal Chief Executive …
Barima Obenakwa Kwarifa II, Chief of Akyem Apedwa,
in the Eastern Region has sworn the Oath of Secrecy, Judicial Oath and the Oath of Allegiance in the Koforidua High Court before His Lordship, Justice W.H. K. Addo, Justice of Appeal, si…
The Association of Communities Affected by Mining (WACAM), on Thursday commended government's intention to amend the country's mining law, saying that the stance is in the supreme interest of the nation.
Speaking to the Ghana News Age…
A sensitization workshop on Ghana Environmental Management Project (GEMP) to strengthen institutions and rural communities to reverse land degradation and desertification trends in the three Northern Regions is underway in Bolgatanga.
…
A two-day thematic workshop to identify less toxic local potential micro insecticides for sustainable management of insect pests that damage key crops such as cocoa opened in Accra on Monday.
The workshop has brought together insect …
Yendi Presbyterian Church has been elevated from sub-district to a full district status in the Northern Presbytery of Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG).
Right Reverend Dr Yaw Frimpong-Manso, Moderator of the General Assembly of Pres…
Togbega Gabusu VI, the Paramount Chief of Gbi Traditional Area, has urged government to initiate a national policy backed by legislation on land use to regulate the putting up of residential and institutional buildings.
He explained…
Dr Samuel Asiedu-Addo, a Mathematics Lecturer of University of Education, Winneba, has instituted a dress code for students who attend his lectures.
Speaking to Ghana News Agency at Winneba on Monday, Dr Asiedu-Addo said the men were…
Mr. Emmanuel Kyeremanteng Agyarko, Chief Executive Officer of Food and Drugs Board (FDB) on Monday cautioned consumers to be acquainted with the key characteristics of their popular products and medicines.
This is to enable them to t…
British researchers have found adding cooked tomatoes to the daily diet improved the skin's ability to protect against harmful UV rays, according to a BBC report on Monday.
Researchers at the universities of Manchester and Newcastle foun…
The Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba, Prof Mawutor Avoke, has advised teachers not to be overwhelmed by the initial challenges facing the implementation of new Educational Reforms Programme.
Instead they shoul…
Mr William Addo, Volta Regional Director of the Centre for National Culture (CNC), on Tuesday, called on the Ho Municipal Assembly to relocate all art and craft shops in the municipality to the CNC's craft village near the Regional House …
The African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa) on Tuesday asked unions to work towards mainstreaming occupational safety and health in trade union pursuits.
This, it said, would help to…
Admission to Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital Accident Centre has been suspended with immediate effect until May 1 2008 because of congestion, a statement Mr Mustapha Salifu, Public Relations Officer of the Hospital, signed on Tuesday said.
…
A former agriculture teacher of Infant Jesus School at Penkwasi in Sunyani, R. G. Mawutor, is wanted by the police for allegedly providing answers on the agriculture examination paper to a candidate during the just-ended Basic Education Ce…
A sensitization workshop on Ghana Environmental Management Project (GEMP) to strengthen institutions and rural communities to reverse land degradation and desertification trends in the three Northern Regions is underway in Bolgatanga.
…
A two-day thematic workshop to identify less toxic local potential micro insecticides for sustainable management of insect pests that damage key crops such as cocoa opened in Accra on Monday.
The workshop has brought together insect …
Yendi Presbyterian Church has been elevated from sub-district to a full district status in the Northern Presbytery of Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG).
Right Reverend Dr Yaw Frimpong-Manso, Moderator of the General Assembly of Pres…
Togbega Gabusu VI, the Paramount Chief of Gbi Traditional Area, has urged government to initiate a national policy backed by legislation on land use to regulate the putting up of residential and institutional buildings.
He explained…
Dr Samuel Asiedu-Addo, a Mathematics Lecturer of University of Education, Winneba, has instituted a dress code for students who attend his lectures.
Speaking to Ghana News Agency at Winneba on Monday, Dr Asiedu-Addo said the men were…