Industrialists in the Western Region on Wednesday held a one-day dialogue with officials of the World Bank led by Mr. Ishac Diwan, Resident Country Director of the Bank, at Takoradi.
The Dialogue, organised by the Nana Kobina Nketsia…
Vice President Alhaji Aliu Mahama on Tuesday urged African governments to produce a workforce that is
disciplined, honest, responsible, innovative and receptive to new ideas.
"As Ghana is going through its strategic priority of Hum…
The Ghana Stock Exchange continues its impressive
run on Wednesday with the (GSE) All-Share Index, the benchmark measure of the bourse, going up by 29.16 points.
The index rallied on the back of price gains in the various financial…
Ghana will host a two-day meeting for more than
250 senior level financial sector champions from over 30 countries at the Partnership Forum for Making Finance Work for Africa in Accra from June
17-18 2008.
Mr. Kwadwo Baah-Wiredu,…
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…
The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Joe Ghartey, on Tuesday called for national will to fight corruption.
He said national commitment was paramount in any anti-corruption strategy because though political will was important…
Mrs. Mary Chinery-Hesse, Chief Advisor to the President on Tuesday stated that the general public now have the opportunity
to report public officers who mishandle them in the course of doing their work. by calling the following telephon…
Over speeding has been the main cause of accidents, contributing to about 80 per cent of all road accidents in the Ashanti Region.
Other causes of road accidents however are over loading, use of mobile phones whilst driving, mechanic…
A Cape Coast magistrates' court on Tuesday sentenced Mohammed Osumanu a 20 year-old tailor to five years imprisonment for unlawful entry, stealing, assault and causing unlawful damage.
Osumanu pleaded guilty to all the charges and was …
"Right to Play", a child centred Non-Governmental Organization, has recruited and trained 25 basic school teachers from the Adaklu-Anyigbe District to implement the organization's "live safe, play safe" module.
The module teaches chi…
Four people died and three sustained various degrees of injury on Monday in a fatal accident involving three vehicles at Adansi near Asankare in the Asante Akyem South District.
The dead and the injured persons, who are yet to be identi…
Children working under worst forms of child labour, particularly as head porters at the Techiman Central Market, have been withdrawn and enrolled in schools and vocational centres.
Mr. Davis Boamah-Asumadu, Project Coordinator of Bur…
Ninety-Three Municipal and District Directors of Education on Tuesday received 4X4 Scorpio pick-up vehicles valued at 2,519,580 US dollars from Government.
Government provided the vehicles with funds from the Ghana Education Trust Fu…
The Government's programme of enhancing the efficiency of the road transport sector to promote economic growth was on Tuesday given further push with the start of construction work on the GH¢ 61.2 million Nsawam by-pass road project.
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An Accra Circuit Court on Tuesday sentenced a 45 year-old worker with a private security company to 20 years' imprisonment for having a child with his 16 year-old daughter.
Laud Ford Mensah, who was charged for incest, pleaded guilty…
Dr. Lawson Ahadzie, Deputy Director and Head, Disease Surveillance Department, Ghana Health Service, has proposed the setting up of a multi-sectoral Epidemic Management Committee at the national level to coordinate the management and contr…
A 31 year old Policeman constable is facing trial at the Sekondi High Court, charged with assault and robbery.
He pleaded not guilty and has been remanded in prison custody to re-appear before the court on June 23. His other accompli…
Eight organizations on Tuesday offered sponsorship in cash and kind to support this year's National Tourism Awards to be held on August 2.
The organizations are Golden Tulip Hotel which offered GH¢ 1,000, Latex Foam Company, GH¢ 800;…
Sitting for less than 30 minutes on Tuesday, Parliament passed a law, which after the President's assent, would make it
obligatory for any person who makes profit or repatriates the profit to
withhold a final tax on the gross amount in…
The Ghana Export Promotion Council (GEPC) is compiling a new register of non-traditional exporters in the various product categories to enable it to build an accurate data on all members and to stem fraud.
As part of the registration…
Mr. John Dramani Mahama, running mate of Professor John Evans Atta Mills of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has told the people of his hometown that he would deliver and would not disappoint them when he becomes the Vice President.…
Dr Edward Mahama, Flagbearer of the People's National Convention (PNC), on Tuesday said until government developed rural areas, rural-urban migration would continue.
Briefing the press in Accra on an extract of the party's manifesto …
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