Mr Godwin Ocloo, the Eastern Regional Director of the Ministry of Food And Agriculture, on Monday urged staff of the ministry to educate farmers on the need to modernise agriculture.
He said with the growth rate of about 3.1 percen…
The Legal Aid Board in collaboration with the Federation of International Women Lawyers (FIDA), Ghana, has drawn a comprehensive outreach programme to help educate citizens in all the districts 0f the Ashanti Region on legal matters.
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The Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Ghana Health Services (GHS) on November 1 to 5, would undertake a national immunization exercise of children under the age of five.
The children would be immunised against measles and polio, admi…
A philanthropist resident in the United States, at the weekend, donated medical equipment worth 10,000 dollars to the Tema Manhean Health Centre at a ceremony at Tema Manhean.
The items, made up of infusions, disinfectants, pace maker ma…
Captain James Owusu-Koranteng, the Acting Director of the Takoradi Port, has said that stowing away is one of the major challenges facing the port.
He said the Ghana Ports Harbours Authority (GPHA) was likely to loose many of its busine…
The US population, which is set to hit the 300-million mark in October, is one third minorities, with one in three people either Hispanic, black, Asian or, less often, indigenous Native Americans.
Minorities account for 33 percent (9…
Typhoon Xangsane barrelled into central Vietnam Sunday, forcing tens of thousands to flee and cutting electricity and many telephone lines after killing scores of people in the Philippines.
Six people died and 51 people were injured …
European Union member states have agreed to restrict the amount of liquid allowed to be taken onboard planes in hand luggage in order to increase security, the European Commission announced Wednesday.
The proposed new rules, with som…
The following is the water level of the Akosombo Dam as issued by the Volta River Authority (VRA) on Thursday, September 28, 2006.
Current Level (28th September, 2006) - 240.60 feet
Previous Level (27th September, 2006) - 240.40 feet…
About 120 Supervising Consultants offering essential services at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital have since September 15, 2006, embarked on strike to demand better conditions of service.
The industrial action by the Consultants comprising…
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Reverend Professor Emmanuel Adow Obeng, on Tuesday announced that the university would within the next two years, establish a school of languages at its faculty of arts, to promot…
Reverend Nii Nmai Ollennu, Head of Security and Printing Department at the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on Tuesday said students should not be deceived into thinking that they could pass their exams if they failed to learn.
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The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) is to construct a two-billion-cedi modern veterinary laboratory at Dormaa-Ahenkro in Brong Ahafo to cater for the fast growing poultry industry in the Dormaa District.
Dormaa District is a…
The Ark Foundation Ghana, an advocacy-based human rights nongovernmental organization, called on churches to adopt a proactive approach in dealing with victims of abuse.
Mrs Jane Christie Donkor, a volunteer with the Ark Foundation,…
NASA on Wednesday gave a green light for the return of Space Shuttle Atlantis to Earth on Thursday after determining the orbiter was undamaged by debris floating nearby.
"We are cleared for entry -- nothing was found missing or damag…
Two people who were arrested in connection with an attempt to export drugs through DHL, a courier service, made their second appearance before the Greater Accra Regional Tribunal on Wednesday and were remanded in Police custody once more.
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The Member of Parliament for Odododiodioo, Mr Jonathan Nii Tackie-Komme expressed dismay at last Sunday’s demolishing of parts of Kantamanto in Accra and expressed the hope that the Ministry of Harbours and Railways would deal promptly wit…
The Central Regional Minister Nana Ato Arthur stressed the need for all Ghanaians to lead healthy life styles to enable the nation to have the desired human resources to meet her development aspirations.
According to him a healthy, …
Nab Ayieta Azantilow, the Paramount Chief of Builsa Traditional Area, has expressed concern over the rising spate of chieftaincy disputes in the country.
He said it was worrying that unqualified persons paid their way into the chief…
Amnesty International-Ghana on Sunday joined calls for the immediate deployment of a strong United Nations Peacekeeping force to protect life and property in the war ravaged Darfur region of Western Sudan.
Mr Prize F Y McApreko, Dir…
Mr. Maxwell Kofi Jumah, Member of Parliament (MP) for Asokwa constituency has pledged to construct a 300 million cedi surgical ward for the Kumasi South Hospital to help boost its status as a Regional Hospital.
The MP, who made the p…
The world faces a crisis in water management rather than a water shortage, an international water conference heard on its opening day.
"Let me disagree with established opinion. ... The world is not facing a water crisis. We have eno…
The bodies of five would-be illegal immigrants have been spotted in the sea off the Italian island of Lampedusa by a naval military aircraft, after a second ship carrying immigrants sank in the area in two days, the ANSA news agency repor…
Ethiopia braced Sunday for more damage from deadly nationwide flash floods as the government warned that unusually heavy seasonal rains could force the release of water from dangerously swollen dams.
A task force set up to deal with …
President John Agyekum Kufuor expressed absolute confidence in the Georgina Wood Committee set up to unravel the recent cocaine scandal that has hit the country.
Neither the President nor the Government would do anything to undermi…
Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene assured Asantes of rectitude when he addressed the Asanteman Council on his return to Kumasi from Morocco.
He said: “I want to send a clear and unambiguous message within the constraint imposed by our…
President John Agyekum Kufuor has given the assurance that the Government will never, for any short-time benefit, tamper with the chieftaincy institution.
He said they were aware of the worth of the institution and would therefore, …
Parents have been advised to re-heat left-over foods very well before they give to their school-going children for breakfast.
Madam Fati Gariba, a Community Health Nurse at Bekwai, who gave the advice, said left-over foods, which we…
Like generals locked in strategic debate about how to prosecute a war where no end is in sight, campaigners in the global AIDS pandemic broadly divide into two camps.
On one side, there are the "treaters," those who demand action for…
Mr. Sylvester Adongo Northern Regional Director of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) has urged Agricultural Extension Officers (AEO) in the region to adopt innovative ways to make farming attractive and rewarding in order to boo…
The Controller and Accountant General has explained the cause of non-payment and under payment of salaries of some Health Workers for July 2006.
A statement Mr Kwabena Adjei-Mensah, Deputy Controller and Accountant General Financial Ma…
All valid omissions on the Health Sector payroll submitted to the Controller and Accountant-General (C&AG) have been processed for inclusion in the August payroll.
A circular signed by Mr Kwabena Adjei-Mensah, Deputy Controller & Ac…
The government has channelled colossal financial resources through the banks to strengthen the operations of the Rural Enterprise Project (REP) toward the economic empowerment of rural communities.
Mr Kofi Adusei-Poku, Deputy Minist…
New efforts show AIDS and HIV treatments can succeed in war zones, where people fear bombs and bullets more than a distant death from disease, non-governmental groups said Saturday.
Ahead of the 16th International AIDS Conference, do…
The war on AIDS may last decades, the head of the agency UNAIDS warned here, as experts gathered for the biggest-ever conference on a disease that has claimed 25 million lives in a quarter century.
Peter Piot, UNAIDS's executive direc…
The Justice Georgina Wood Committee investigating two major cocaine-related cases that hit the country late last year and early this year began sitting in camera on Monday to hear testimonies from some key witnesses.
Mr Ransford Tet…
China will offer special students discounts on tickets sold for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, state media reported Sunday.
The measure is meant to promote the Olympic movement among youngsters, Xinhua news agency reported, citi…
Dr George Ofori-Atta, Presiding Arch Bishop of the International Council for the Clergy, at the weekend slammed Christian leaders who condone wrong doing in society because of their quest to acquire material wealth.
He said God had c…
Medical doctors have been admonished to refrain from leaving the country after their training to seek greener pastures abroad since the practice thwarted efforts to enhance health care delivery in the country.
Professor Kwesi Andam…
Mr Daniel Dugan, the Deputy Minister of Fisheries, at the weekend said government would ensure that only people with verifiable project plans benefited from credits under the Youth In Agriculture programme.
He said this would elimin…
Somali pirates on Saturday released a South Korean fishing boat with 25 Asian crew, hijacked in April, after a ransom of hundreds of thousands of dollars was paid, elders and militiamen said.
"The illegal fishermen who unlawfully ent…
The Most Reverend Robert Aboagye-Mensah, Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church of Ghana, on Saturday urged authorities of educational institutions and the Church to ensure that students combined higher academic achievements with moral …
Dr. Kwame Ameyaw Domfeh, a Lecturer at the Business School Department of Public Administration and Health Services Management of the University of Ghana, Legon, on Thursday expressed concern about the rate of exploitation of natural resou…
Drinking bar operators and food vendors who fail to obtain medical certificates before operating will be sanctioned, a district environmental officer has warned.
Mr George Afranie Buadi, Twifo-Hemang-lower-Denkyira district environm…
The Ashanti Regional Co-ordinator of the Integrated Community Centre for Employable Skills (ICCES), Nana Boateng, has appealed to the Ministry of Manpower, Youth and Employment to adequately resource its youth training institutions to ena…
Dr Henrietta Odoi-Agyarko, Deputy Director of Public Health, Ghana Health Service, on Monday called for a multi-disciplinary as well as multi-dimensional approach to curb the high maternal mortality and child morbidity rates in Africa.
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Mr Hackman Owusu Agyeman, Minister of Water Resource, Work and Housing has cut sod for the commencement of a multi billion water and sanitation project for three Dangme districts.
The project, which would provide potable drinking wat…
The Eastern Regional Minister, Mr. Yaw Barimah, has urged motorists, pedestrians and road agencies to play their expected roles effectively to ensure a reduction in accidents from now to December.
He cautioned that posterity would n…
About 40 members of the Birim South District Assembly, opinion leaders and Chiefs on Wednesday, attended a workshop on Social Auditing at Akyem Oda.
It was organised by the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) to get the el…
Mr Alban Sumanu Kingsford Bagbin, the Minority Leader in Parliament, on Wednesday urged his colleagues to show discipline by example for the citizenry to copy.
"We should stop preaching. We should practise and the people will follow. If…
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