Members of Offinso Municipal Assembly on Tuesday rejected Mr Freddie Kwaku Amponsah, nominated as Municipal Chief Executive.
Mr Amponsah, Ashanti Regional Manager of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) polled 24 votes as against 13 of the vo…
Members of Offinso Municipal Assembly on Tuesday rejected Mr Freddie Kwaku Amponsah, nominated as Municipal Chief Executive.
Mr Amponsah, Ashanti Regional Manager of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) polled 24 votes as against 13 of the vo…
Nana Ansah Kwadwo, Mankrado of Topease in the West Akim District of the Eastern Region, has urged Ghanaians not to undermine the role of the unit committees in the local government system.
Nana Ansah affectionately called Akora Ofor…
Nana Ansah Kwadwo, Mankrado of Topease in the West Akim District of the Eastern Region, has urged Ghanaians not to undermine the role of the unit committees in the local government system.
Nana Ansah affectionately called Akora Ofor…
It would be up to two Democratic Presidential candidates whether Florida could seat their delegates at the party's nomination convention, the Democratic National Committee announced on Wednesday.
The Chairman, Howard Dean, said that…
It would be up to two Democratic Presidential candidates whether Florida could seat their delegates at the party's nomination convention, the Democratic National Committee announced on Wednesday.
The Chairman, Howard Dean, said that…
The UN General Assembly on Monday adopted a resolution that calls on member states to further increase cooperation on improving road safety.
In the resolution, the 192-member body expressed its concern at the "continued increase in …
The UN General Assembly on Monday adopted a resolution that calls on member states to further increase cooperation on improving road safety.
In the resolution, the 192-member body expressed its concern at the "continued increase in …
A Sekondi High Court on Monday adjourned to April 9 a case in which the National Labour Commission (NLC) has instituted legal action against the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Ghana Railway Company (GRC) for not calling off an i…
A Sekondi High Court on Monday adjourned to April 9 a case in which the National Labour Commission (NLC) has instituted legal action against the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Ghana Railway Company (GRC) for not calling off an i…
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) involved in the Bawku Peace Initiative, on Wednesday appealed to factions in the Bawku dispute to stop the killings in the community.
They said it was not possible to evolve a strategic plan that w…
The Catholic Relief Service and the Community Corroborative Care and Support Project (COMCASUP), an NGO, of the Secondi-Takoradi Diocese of Roman Catholic Church has presented education materials worth GH¢250 to 20 Orphans and Vulnerable …
Authorities of the Wulensi Senior High School in the Nanumba South District have appealed to the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) to come to provide them with infrastructure to enhance teaching and learning.
Mr Gershon Aflakpui, …
Eric Agbanu Demordzi, a commercial driver who drove carelessly and knocked down a 10-year-old girl on the Tema-Aflao road has been fined a total of GH¢600 by the Tema Circuit Court 'A'.
The court, presided over by Mr Charles Asiedu, …
The police will close roads leading to the Independence Square to vehicular traffic on Thursday, March 6, from 0600 to 1000 hours for the 51st independence anniversary celebrations.
A statement signed by DSP Kwesi Ofori, Director of…
A Principal Assistant Registrar with the Obuasi Office of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has called on women groups to work towards the promotion of women rights in the society.
Mr Gordon Nuworkpor…
President John Agyekum Kufuor on Tuesday granted audience to a delegation of chiefs from the Manya Krobo Traditional Area in
the Eastern Region which called to convey their appreciation for the creation
of the new Upper Manya District…
Drama unfolded at a circuit court at Fiapre near Sunyani, when three alleged armed robbers arraigned before it jumped over the dock and attempted to escape from the court room.
The commotion that followed the daring move by the robb…
A two-day workshop on Agricultural Information System (AGRIS), designed to help the Asante Mampong College of Agriculture (CAGRIC) of the University of Education of Winneba (UCEW) to establish an institutional repository on Agriculture, u…
A District Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has noted with concern the practice where some assembly members use their positions to lobby for contracts instead of holding the executive in check.
…
Mr. Samuel Fiakye-Amporful, Ghana Telecom (GT) Area Manager for Cape Coast and Elmina, on Friday presented a cash of GH¢1,000 to six car washing attendants in Cape Coast for causing the arrest of a cable thief at Mepeasem near Cape Coast.…
Ghana will on Saturday, March 1, join the international community to celebrate World Civil Defence Day on the theme: "Civil Defence and Basic First Aid Techniques" under the auspices of the
Geneva-based International Civil Defence Organ…
Prof Samuel K. Adjepong, Principal of the Methodist Education College, has called for Moral and Citizenship education to be the umbrella of the new education reforms "if we are to see a positive change in attitudes and behaviour in the co…
Mr Kofi Dzamesi, Volta Regional Minister, at the weekend said the government has put in place concrete pro-poor programmes and policies aimed at improving the standard of living of the citizenry.
The Regional Minister made the obser…
Results from monitoring by the SEND Foundation indicates that the irregular funding of the School Feeding Programme was affecting the frequency of feeding in schools in some districts of the Northern Region.
Mr. Issahaku Ibrahim, Fo…
The Northern Region Office of the Ghana Tourist Board (GTB) on Friday donated a quantity of chocolate drink, Cerelac and Geisha to the Nyohini Children's Home in Tamale.
Mr. William Ayambire, Northern Regional Director of the GTB sa…
The Ghana Tourist Board (GTB), in Ashanti Region, on Thursday in Kumasi feted and entertained the aged in the craft industry in the region.
The programme, which formed part of GTB's initiative to acknowledge and honour the aged with tale…
Two people on Friday donated GH¢ 2,500 to assist victims affected in the Koforidua market fire disaster.
Daasebre Professor Oti-Boateng, Omanhene of New Juaben Traditional area, donated GH¢ 2,000 and Ms Bernice Beatrice Boateng, As…
Nana Ampadu Addo II, Krontihene of Asubone Rail near Nkawkaw in the Eastern Region, has appealed to government to rehabilitate the Kwahu Nsabaa-Asubone Rail road and the bailey bridge over river Asobone to facilitate socio-economic activi…
President John Agyekum Kufuor on Thursday said a robust health delivery programme was integral to Human Resource Development
and the achievement of the UN's Millennium Development Goals.
Delivering his last State of the Nation ad…
Mr. Inusah Fuseini, Member of Parliament (MP) for
the Tamale Central Constituency, has stressed the need to foster peace in the Tamale municipality to propel the development of the Constituency.
He said as a cosmopolitan commun…
President John Agyekum Kufuor on Thursday gave high marks to the private sector, saying it was "doing very well" after various laws and measures had been put in place to facilitate its growth.
These measures include capacity building…
A GH¢13,000 block of three classrooms, an office and store jointly executed by the Atwima Nwabiagya District Assembly and the people of Nkonteng near Kobeng has been in inaugurated.
Mr. Thomas Ofori Donkor, Atwima Nwabiagya District Chi…
The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) have put all entry points into the country on high alert as human trafficking syndicates following the smashing of two human trafficking syndicates operating between the Middle East, Togo and Ghana.
…
The British High Commission on Thursday announced that its visa section would be temporarily closed on February 21 for a staff training day.
In a statement issued in Accra by the High Commission, it said the Visa Application Centre …
Chief Superintendent of Police Slim Opoku Manford, Tarkwa District Police Commander, has appealed to media houses to be careful when employing stringers.
He said some of those employed as stringers did not exhibit professionalism and …
Monsignor Anthony Kornu, Parish Priest of the Sacred Heart Cathedral, Ho-Bankoe, on Wednesday called on the youth in the country and the general public to celebrate this year's Valentine's Day decently.
The Day should be celebrated …
Mr. Nicholas N.N Acheampong, head teacher of Bechem Islamic Junior High School, has appealed to the Minister of Education, Science and Sports, to take urgent measures to halt the practice by authorities of some basic schools in Brong-Ahaf…
The Wa East District is making progress in its guinea worm eradication programme as the district recorded only 12 cases of the debilitating waterborne disease in 2007 as against 64 cases the previous year.
The number of guinea worm cas…
The African University College of Communications (AUCC), formerly the African Institute of Journalism and Communications (AIJC), has been listed by a UNESCO study as one of nine potential Centres of Reference among journalism and communic…
About 15,000 Certificate "A" Teachers leave the classroom each year for further studies, thereby creating vacancies that are difficult to fill, Professor Akwasi Asabere-Ameyaw, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba, has …
The Ministry of Health is putting in place measures that would compel students in health training institutions to sign bonds to serve for a period of time before they could be on their own.
In breach of this contract, there will be …
An accused person, shortly after receiving a seven-year jail sentence for stealing at a Circuit Court at Juaso on Monday stirred the emotions of the audience when he broke down in tears and pleaded with the judge to pardon him.
Yaw …
The Bolgatanga Technical Institute in the Upper East Region, has been selected to run pilot courses in the Presidential Special Initiatives (PSI) on Distance Learning Open Schooling in Technical and Vocational Education programme.
Te…
The United States Thursday said
it will "continue cooperation" with India to achieve the goal
of getting the Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement completed.
White House Deputy Press Secretary Tony Fratto was asked
in his briefing as…
Mahatma Gandhi neither uttered
the widely believed "Hey Ram" nor the recently claimed "Ram...
Ram" after he was shot from close range by Nathuram Godse, a
former aide of the Father of the Nation claims.
The death also came as the final…
Concerned over reports that
Pakistan has been misusing funds meant for the war on terror
for armaments against India, a US Senate panel has asked
Defence Secretary Robert Gates to prepare his findings on the
issue, to be presented befo…
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has
begun the installation of prepaid metres to its customers in the Cape Coast municipality.
Mr Eric Asante, public relations officer of the Central Region branch of
the Company, who made thi…
The Suhum Magistrate's court, presided over by Mr C. M. Essandoh have sentenced one Abdul Razak to a fine of GH¢1,000 or in default two years imprisonment for stealing a DVD, a 24-inch colour television set and a mobile phone.
Razak…
The Wassa West District Directorate of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) recorded 59 still births out of the total births of 1,526 babies last year.
Dr. Jack Gale, Wassa West District Director of Health Service said this at the end of …
info@businessghana.com
