A three-year computer training programme for graduates selected from various Senior Secondary Schools (SSS) and staff from organizations and institutions would be given free training in computer software, scheduled to take off in July next…
The youth in the East Akyem District in the Eastern Region has appealed to the District Assembly to enact by-laws to deal with parents, who neglect their responsibilities towards their children.
According to the youth, due to parenta…
Mr John Kwesi Agyabeng, District Chief Executive for Agona and chairman of the District Security Council (DISEC) has assured the people that the council would do everything possible to flush out "ritual murderers" in the area.
He said …
The Vice President, Alhaji Aliu Mahama has reminded parents that even though the school is a unique place to educate their wards, it would be wrong to assume that the responsibility solely rests on teachers.
He made it clear that pa…
The Right Reverend Dr Sam Prempeh, the outgoing Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana on Saturday cut the sod for work to begin on the construction of the Presbyterian Centre for Vocational Instructors' Deve…
Mr Sampson Kwaku Boafo, Ashanti Regional Minister, has advised business executives in the region to take advantage of computer literacy and acquire more information in order to improve and expand their businesses.
He said knowledge …
The Health Services Workers Union (HSWU) of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), has congratulated Professor A. B. Akosa, Director General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) on his election as President of the Commonwealth Medical Association (…
Mr Stanley Nii Agyiri-Blankson, the Accra Metropolitan Chief Executive (AMA) on Saturday joined other AMA personnel, and market women to clear filth at some parts of the business centre of Accra.
The exercise, which started about 081…
A sod-cutting ceremony was on Friday performed at Kyerebuoso near Asokwa in the Adansi North District for the construction of a modern market estimated at 170 million cedis.
The project is to be funded by the people with the support…
Mr Steffen Rasmussen, Regional Director of IBIS responsible for the Northern sector, on Friday appealed to the government to invest more in rural areas to enhance social development.
He said people in the rural areas suffered most in
te…
Plan Ghana, an International non governmental organisation (NGO) this year supported 220 farmers with a total of 117 million cedis to step up production in maize, sorghum, soya-beans and cowpea.
The farmers who were made up of 200 men…
The Kwaebibirim District Chief Executive (DCE), Mr Yaw Boakye Yiadom on Friday warned Ghanaians against the politicisation of the Mutual Health Insurance Scheme, to ensure that the less privileged in the society had access to quality healt…
Parliamentary Candidates contesting the Suhum seat have pledged to make education and employment generation their priorities if they were each voted as the member of parliament.
The candidates were Mr Jacob Kwaku Arkoh, PNC, Mr Alber…
The Ministry of Manpower Development and Employment (MMDE) is to grant 2.5 million cedis to each person who gets training from the Skills Training Employment Placement (STEP) programme to start business.
The Deputy Minister of Manpow…
The Stewards of Grace Incorporation, Ghana, an inter-denominational musical youth centred group, would organise a musical concert to launch an orphanage support project dubbed "Akyedie Ben 2004" on December three, in support of orphans and…
The Reverend Dr Yaw Frimpong-Manso, Moderator-elect of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana on Friday cut the sod for work to begin on a 6.6 billion-cedi hostel complex at the Ramseyer Vocational Institute at Kyirapatre…
The Ashanti Regional Director of the Centre for National Culture (CNC), Mr S.F. Adjei on Thursday stressed the need for Ghanaians especially the youth to avoid over-indulgence in foreign cultures.
He observed that many Ghanaians had…
A Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Mr Yaw Agyemang-Manu has said the New Patriotic Party (NPP) could confidently ask Ghanaians to renew its mandate for the next four years, taking into account the giant strides it had made…
About 51 trainees including a woman on Friday passed out from Skilled Training and Employment Programme (STEP) initiated by the Ministry of Manpower Development and Employment in Sunyani.
Mr Adu Ayeh, Principal of the Community Devel…
The Dormaa District Chief Executive Nana Emmanuel Duku has performed separate sod cutting ceremonies to commission two classroom blocks valued at 660 million cedis for Asikasu and Masu near Dormaa Ahenkro.
A six-classroom block value…
The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Sheik I.C. Quaye, has appealed to chiefs to support the district assemblies and all sub-district structures to attain its developmental objectives.
In this way, chiefs could initiate poverty redu…
The Tema Circuit Court "B" has sentenced a security man of Kuottan Construction Company to 18 months imprisonment with hard labour for stealing two crates of Coca-Cola, valued at 180,000 cedis from the premises of the Coca-Cola Bottling Co…
Mr Albert Kan-Dapaah, Minister of Communications, on Thursday launched Ghana Telecom's (GT) ultra-modern call centre at Ghana House in Accra Central to provide customers with up-to-the-minute information on enquiries and complaints.
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Dr Akwasi Twumasi, Northern Regional Deputy Director of Health Services on Wednesday, advised all stakeholders and
collaborators to work tirelessly to ensure total elimination of Trachoma Blindness from the society.
He said trachoma was…
Mr Ernest Opoku, Ahafo-Ano South District Electoral Officer, has stated that it was the responsibility of all Ghanaians to ensure peaceful, free and fair elections.
Addressing an Inter-party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting at Mank…
Pastor James Kofi Abbrey, General Overseer, Deeper Christian Life Ministries, on Thursday asked Ghanaians to seek the welfare and progress of the nation.
"You lose everything making trouble and gain everything making peace. Let us be …
The Ministry of the Interior reminds the public that Friday, December 3, 2004, which is Farmers' Day, is a statutory public holiday and should be observed as such throughout the country.
This was contained in a statement on Friday s…
Ms Baaba Brew Fleischer, Central Regional Coordinator of the Ghana NGO Coalition, on Thursday appealed to the media to champion the activities of aspiring women parliamentarians to facilitate the election of more women MPs.
She stre…
Ghana's sentinel surveillance report on the prevalence rate of HIV on adults, indicates that the pandemic has increased from 2.6 per cent to 3.6 per cent in 2003, representing a 50 per cent rise since 2000.
Sex between males and fema…
The Kumasi South Hospital at Kyirapatre will be turned into a Centre of Excellence for Maternal and Child Health Care, Dr Frank Abebrese, the Medical Superintendent has announced.
He said the hospital was being supported with funds f…
Eight communities in Bowiiri Kyirahi in the Volta Region and the Ghana Forestry Commission on Friday signed an agreement to implement a collaborative management of the Odomi River Forest Reserve for five years.
Representatives of th…
Mr Ernest Opoku, Ahafo-Ano South District Electoral Officer, has stated that it was the responsibility of all Ghanaians to ensure peaceful, free and fair elections.
Addressing an Inter-party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting at Man…
Alhaji Mustapha Ali Idris, Minister for Works and Housing, on Tuesday advised local institutions helping to address some of the multi-faceted challenges confronting the Water Sector to establish the necessary linkages that would check the …
A two-day training programme for 50 mushroom farmers drawn from 13 districts of Brong Ahafo has started at Techiman.
It is being organised by BENOOM Mushroom Complex and sponsored by Opportunity Industrialization Centre (OIC) an Inte…
It will be fairly cloudy over southern Ghana in the morning with mist and fog over the forest and high grounds,
the Meteorological Services Department said on Wednesday.
The afternoon is expected to be warm and sunny with rain …
Mr Richard Hinneh, Nkoranza District Director of Health Services (DDHS), on Monday expressed concern about the high rate of maternal deaths prevalent in developing countries including Ghana.
He cited that between January and June thi…
The Adventist Development Relief Agency (ADRA) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have worked together to undertake development projects at Sikaa in the Nkoranza District of the Brong-Ahafo Region to improve…
A one-day Participatory Forest Management (PFM) workshop and off-reserve management ended at Nkawie in the Atwima district on Monday.
The participants were drawn from the seven districts under the Nkawie forest district, comprising …
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on Tuesday presented a total of 288 boxes of disposable medical items to three hospitals in Ho.
The items included surgical drapes, culture tubes, absorbent pads surgical masks, hot and col…
About 1.27 million children in Ghana aged between five and 17 years are engaged in activities classified as child labour, Mr Emmanuel Otoo, an International Labour Organization (ILO) representative in Ghana said on Tuesday.
He noted…
Mr. Albert Kan Dapaah, Minister of Communications on Wednesday launched a new Internet Service Provider (ISP) - Busy Access, operated by Busy Internet Ghana to deliver broadband Internet connectivity to corporations in Accra and surroundin…
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has asked the electorate to go into the election on December 7 and vote according to their conscience and not allowing themselves to be influenced by financial or material doles.
It…
A forum on the Abidjan Convention for Cooperation in the protection and development of the Marine and Coastal Environment on Wednesday opened to discuss papers that gave general overview of issues including fisheries, oil and gas, coastal …
Mr. Paul Okoh, Member of Parliament (MP) for Asutifi North on Tuesday spoke against the poor structures constructed at Ntotroso by the Newmont Ghana Gold Limited to resettle affected people due to the execution of the project.
If the…
The Government has between 2001 and 2004 spent a total of 7.9 billion cedis on the construction of 55 schools in the Amansie West district of Ashanti.
Mr Ben Kwakye-Adeefe, the District Chief Executive who disclosed this, said fundi…
Takoradi, Nov. 24, -GNA Madam Sophia Horner-Sam, Deputy Western Regional Minister has advised the Police personnel not to allow emotions to take the better part of them in the performance of their lawful duty.
She said, as professi…
Mr Clement Eledi, Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture, on Wednesday stressed the need for different farmers' organisations in Ghana to form a single platform to promote economic development and eliminate poverty and food insecurity.
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Mr Emmanuel A. Akuffo, Acting Chief Director, Ministry of Lands and Forestry, on Wednesday said the legal regime on land comprised hydra-headed of laws and in such a pluralist legal system, there was bound to be conflicts in the rules and …
Elders of the three clans around the Songor Lagoon on Tuesday declared that they did not want a monopoly in the production of salt in the area.
"We wish to assure you and all Ghanaians that we are not against the development of the …
The Department of Meteorological Services, on Saturday says the weather will be generally cloudy with high humidity, giving way rise to mist and fog patches forming over forest and valleys in the morning. The day will be hot and sunny with…
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