A group of Physically-challenged children in the Bawjiase Programme Area of Plan Ghana, a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), on Friday made a passionate appeal to parents of physically-challenged children throughout the country not to di…
Three women died on the spot and several others seriously injured, when a Tipper truck collided with a Nissan Urvan bus at Tsopoli in the Dangme West District of the Greater Accra Region on Friday morning.
The bodies of the dead, bel…
The chiefs and people from communities on the banks of Lake Bosomtwe have expressed concern about the deplorable roads in the area.
They pointed out that although the Lake was a major tourist attraction and a major source of revenue …
Light to moderate showers is expected over parts of southern Ghana especially the high grounds and the western coast from early afternoon.
A statement issued by Ghana Meteorological Agency in Accra said it would also be cloudy with s…
An Anyinam Magistrate's court has fined Kwabena Prosper 20, a farmer 500 Ghana cedis for siphoning fuel from a parked vehicle.
Prosper who pleaded guilty would serve 18 months imprisonment with hard labour in default.
Prosecut…
The people of Adjobue in the Birim North District of the Eastern Region, on Saturday organised a massive clean-up exercise to clear filth in the community.
The people, mostly the youth, weeded and swept the surroundings and cleared ch…
Two more victims of the road accident that involved the Takoradi-Accra bound Inter city/STC bus and a tipper truck at Dompoase near Komenda junction on Thursday died at the Central Regional Hospital while on admission, bringing the total d…
Mr Emmanuel K T Osam, headmaster of the Swedru Senior High School, on Friday said the school would not tolerate the use of mobile phones by students because the ban on their usage was still in force.
He, therefore, advised parents to …
About 60 per cent of vocational schools in the country are operating below required standards.
Mr. George Aboagye Okyere, Head of Monitoring and Evaluation of the National Vocational Training Institute (NVTI), who made this known in …
Members of the newly created Agona East District Assembly, have completed a two-day capacity building training workshop aimed at updating their knowledge base in their work.
Mr Dennis Armah-Frempong, District Chief Executive (DCE) sai…
Six communities have benefited from a three-unit classroom block with office and store each worth GH¢216,000, which was provided by the Krachi East District Assembly (KEDA) with collaboration from the World Vision International (WVI), Ghan…
The German Government is to assist 42 communities in Bosomtwe District with 89 bore holes.
Mr Mark Tachie, Bosomtwe District Officer in-charge of water, who announced this said the project would commence next week and being funded th…
About 1,450 children of school going age in the Adaklu-Anyigbe District are not in school.
They are either engaged in light/hazardous labour such as, kente weaving or selling in "chop bars".
Ms Christine Kugbadzor, Adaklu-Anyig…
Mr. Tsatsu Tsikata, Former Chief Executive of Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), says the Accra High Court trying him for causing financial loss to the State has no other legal option than to acquit him.
He said in view of…
A delegation of chiefs from Elimina in the Central Region on Friday called on President John Agyekum Kufuor at the Castle, Osu, to express their appreciation for the government's development interventions that are impacting positively on t…
Innovative Channels (IC), publishers of the Infant Eye, a social and religious magazine has presented assorted novels, certificates and cash prizes to selected pupils of Basic Schools in the Hohoe district.
The gesture was meant to …
Fifteen people died on the spot and 33 others sustained injuries, when an STC bus and an articulated truck collided head on, at Dompoase near the Komenda-Junction in the Central Region at about 04:00 hours on Thursday.
The bodies of …
A two-year-old girl, Mary Nyamekye, was found dead in a plastic water container on Tuesday at Nyinahin in the Atwima-Mponua District.
Briefing the Ghana News Agency on Wednesday at Nyinahin, Lance Corporal James Kalami said on June 1…
Inadequate and high cost of communications infrastructure, lack of consistent and sustained efforts in the implementation of the national ICT policy and ineffective regulatory body have been identified as some of the problems impeding the …
Madam Comfort Adjei, headmistress of Nkoranza District Assembly Model Girls' Junior High School, has attributed the incidence of teenage pregnancies and school drop outs, to the failure of some parents to live up to their responsibilities.…
The prosecution in the trial of Thomas Osei, the
man who drove into the President's car, closed its case on Thursday after 14 prosecution witnesses had testified.
Mr Edward Agyeman Doudu, the Chief State Attorney, told an Accra Fas…
The Institute of Adult Education, University of Ghana at Tsito-Awudome has embarked on a project to promote the commercial cultivation of oil palm in the Volta region.
Under the project, the College would support interested farmers w…
The only vehicle on road at the well-acclaimed Princess Louise Marie Hospital is the 10-year-old ambulance, which also serves as the only "leg" of the hospital.
"It is this same ambulance that takes staffs on outreach programmes and …
Children's Rights International, a non-governmental organization, on Wednesday called on all presidential candidates contesting the 2008 election to present their child development policy to Ghanaians.
In a statement signed by Mr. B…
The International Labour Organisation (ILO), said despite global progress in many areas, it was unacceptable that so many children continued to work for their survival and that of their families.
The organization said for too many c…
The absence of a law to protect informants is a threat to the objective of the Whistleblowers Act, Ms. Anna Bossman, Acting Commissioner on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHIRAJ) said on Wednesday.
"The law is very good but…
Trashy Bags Limited, a plastic waste recycling company, had so far distributed 5,000 free mosquito treated nets to some 15 communities in the Eastern, Greater Accra and Volta Regions.
Mr Kwabena Osei Bonsu, Chief Executive of the co…
An unidentified armed robber, who robbed passengers on a bus with registration number GR 4273 D of several millions of cedis, was later burnt to death by the victims near Banda Nkwanta, in the Bole District.
According to Detective Ch…
Mr. Richmond Aggrey, former Vice Chairman of
Scancom, who has sued Areeba, now MTN, for 20 per cent of the company's shares on Wednesday explained that before his exit from Areeba, Mr. Jamal Ramadan and Ahmed Mikhati, who were members of…
The 10th Quadrennial Conference of the Maritime and Dockworkers' Union (MDWU) of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has ended with the election of Mr R. R. Amponsah as the National Chairman for a four-year term.
The former Deputy-Genera…
Mrs. Diana Appiah, Atwima Nwabiagya District Director of Education, has bemoaned the academic gap that exists between some public and private schools and attributed the cause to ineffective supervision.
She has therefore charged Circu…
Edward Sam, a 22-year-old driver was on Wednesday, remanded in prison custody by a Cape Coast court for stealing a 207 Benz bus carrier belonging to one Mr Michael Quansah.
Sam, who pleaded guilty, was convicted on his own plea but h…
The Nyinahin magistrate's court, has fined a couple; Osei Kofi, 52 and Abena Pokuaa, 38, both farmers from Sreso-Timpon near Nyinahin in the Ashanti Region an amount of GH¢400, for stealing seven bunches of plantain valued at GH¢28 belongi…
A two-day workshop on Chinese Investment in Africa ended in Accra on Wednesday, with a call on African Governments to involve trade unions when negotiating agreements with investors.
Participants at the workshop made up of General Se…
A man who sold Indian hemp to the Asamankese District Police Commander has been sentenced to 12 years in prison by the Asamankese Circuit Court.
Munkaila Musah, 35, pleaded guilty to possessing narcotic drug.
Police Chief Inspector Jos…
Mr. Abraham Dwumah Odoom, Deputy Minister of Health, has stated that, Insurance levy and contributions from the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), contributed 90 per cent of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) op…
Mr Mat Carlson, the outgoing World Bank Representative in Ghana, has praised Ghanaians for their hard work and dedication, which had ensured considerable transformation in the economy.
Speaking at a farewell call on the Asantehene, Otumf…
Five police officers stationed at Techiman in the Brong Ahafo region have been interdicted for allegedly extorting 100 CFA francs from two traders from La Cote D'Ivoire.
They are Sergeant Peter Okantey, Corporal Martin Adjei, Lance C…
Superintendent Ebenezer Lartey, Northern Regional Police Crime Officer has urged students in the region to see themselves as ambassadors of peace, to help make the region a conflict-free area.
The Crime Officer made the call when he …
The Alliance for Mental Health and Development
on Wednesday served about 100 homeless mental Patients in Bolgatanga and Zuarungu a lunch of rice and chicken stew.
They also gave the mental patients clothing from two bales of second …
President John Agyekum Kufuor on Wednesday sworn into office four newly appointed Supreme Court Judges and urged them to ensure even-handedness in the administration of justice.
They are Ms Justice Rose Constance Owusu, Mr Justice …
Nii Allotey Odunton, a Ghanaian, has been elected the new Secretary-General of the International Seabed Authority (ISA).
He would begin his four-year term from January 1, 2009.
His election, according to the ISA press rele…
Four persons alleged to be members of a criminal gang, stealing high tension and street light cables in Agbozume and its environs were on Wednesday remanded in Police custody by an Aflao Circuit Court.
The four whose pleas were not t…
A head-on collision between a Sunyani bound OA bus and an articulated truck loaded with teak in the early hours of Thursday at Atwedie near Asankare in the Asante Akim South District, claimed eight lives with many others sustaining various…
School Health Committees (SHCs) in the Adaklu-Anyigbe District, on Wednesday called for the introduction of hygiene as a co-curricular activity in basic schools.
This they explained would facilitate cleanliness among students and san…
Mr. Albert Akomaning, Birim Central Municipal Cocoa Officer, on Wednesday called for the regulation and control of activities of cocoa purchasing companies.
"The desire of some of the companies to buy even wet cocoa beans, had caused t…
Mrs Leticia Osafo-Addo, Member of the Board of Governors of the Ghana Education Trust Fun(GETFUND), has said that, for any country to make any meaningful progress, it must invest heavily in education.
She noted that, the provision of…
George Mensah, a 38-year-old trader, was on Tuesday fined GH¢100, by a Cape Coast magistrate court for inflicting knife wounds on the head of one Mr Kwesi Ibrahim at Kotokuraba in the Central region.
Mensah, who pleaded guilty with …
A Cape Coast magistrates' court on Tuesday, sentenced a 20 year-old tailor, Mohammed Osumanu, to five years imprisonment for unlawful entry and damage, stealing, and assault.
Osumanu pleaded guilty to all the charges and was convicte…
Mr Emmanuel Victor Asihene, East-Akyem Municipal Chief Executive, has advised people to be careful
of groups claiming to be agents of loan companies.
He said the Micro Finance and Small Loans Assistance Centre (MASLOC) had no agent…
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