A third year female science student of Mawuli School in Ho has suggested that measures to limit population growth in the country should go beyond mere exhortations.
Christine Dabo, was among 30 Mawuli School students taken on a guide…
Mr Joseph Yieleh Chireh, Minister of Health said on Tuesday that his sector Ministry has initiated steps to provide every district, municipality and metropolis with a public hospital.
Mr Yieleh Chireh who made this known on the flo…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) is committed to improving water supply to end the perennial water crises by significantly expanding and upgrading water infrastructure in the country.
This would be achieved through a comprehensi…
Kwabena Twum, an ex-serviceman, popularly known as Old Soldier, was on Tuesday, arraigned before the Kade District Magistrates’ Court for stealing a goat valued at GH¢60.
He pleaded not guilty and was remanded in police custody to re…
A 43-year-old mechanic,Michael Akwasi Agyapong, who impregnated his 18-year-old daughter, was on Tuesday sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court.
Agyapong pleaded not guilty to incest before the court presided ov…
The National Executive Committee of the Ghana National Canoe Fishermen Council (GNCFC) on Tuesday called on the government to enforce
the Fisheries Regulation Law 2010 (L.I. 1968) in totality to bring sanity into the industry.
“The…
Despite the reasonably sufficient water resources, access to good drinking water is gradually eluding Ghanaians, Mr Daniel Muomaala, Western Regional Director of the Aqua-Vitens Rand Limited, operators of Ghana Water Company, has stated.
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Out of the recorded 4, 586 cases and 64 deaths recorded from the cholera outbreak in the country since September 2010, the Greater Accra Region is leading with 2, 756 cases and 31 deaths.
This had been attributed to the high rate of …
The Ghana Health Service in the Northern Region has recorded 16 deaths of cerebrum spinal meningitis (CSM) this year out of 95 cases reported at the various health facilities across the region.
This brings to 235, the total number of…
The Food and Drugs Board (FDB) on Tuesday warned the public against Morindy Noni Juice drink which its promoters say has medicinal values.
It said in a statement signed by Dr Stephen Opuni, Chief Executive Officer, that its Post-Mark…
The Municipal Chief Executive of Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem Municipality, the Rev Mrs. Veronica Essuman Nelson, has inaugurated a fully equipped medical centre worth about $100,000 for the people of Bando and its surrounding communities in…
A traditional chief has appealed to teachers in the country to heed Government’s plea to return to the classroom, in the interest of school children.
Nana Kwaku Dwuma Ankoana II, Paramount Chief of Seikwa Traditional Area, said the G…
The authorities of the Akuse Methodist Senior High Technical School (AMEST), at the weekend
appealed to Ghana Education Service (GES) to equip the educational facility with technical and vocational workshops to facilitate teaching and lea…
Mr Kwesi Ahwoi, Minister of Food and Agriculture, has said the government was committed to developing the rice industry into a major income earner to contribute to rural poverty reduction.
He, therefore, appealed for investments, par…
The Reverend Lawrence Oduro, head of the Ateiku branch of the Church of Christ, at the weekend cut
the tape amidst praises, to inaugurate a modern hospital for the Church at Ateiku.
The GHC 1,200,000.00 hospital, initiated by Re…
The chiefs and people of Ateiku in the Western Region at the weekend honoured Ms Christina Adcock, a Philanthropist from Dallas, USA, for providing funds for the construction of an Ultra Modern hospital at Ateiku.
Ms Adcock was in…
Ms Christina Adcock, a philanthropist from Dallas, USA, has donated 25 desktop computers and 15 laptops to the Ateiku Church of Christ Senior High School, at Ateiku.
The items worth GHC25,000.00 were received by the Reverend Lawre…
Mrs Benedicta Afesi, headmistress of the OLA
Senior High School, (SHS) Ho, has expressed disapproval about parents seeking permission for their to attend family events such as funerals
and weddings.
She said the practice, which was…
The District Chief Executive (DCE) of the Twifo Heman-Lower Denkyira District Assembly, Mr. Foster Joseph Andoh, has cautioned operators in community water supply to desist from politicizing the sale of water.
These include vendors, …
Solomon Martey, a lotto writer, and Kennedy
Korankye, unemployed, were on Friday arraigned at the Kade District Magistrate’s Court for assaulting a woman.
They pleaded guilty with explanation but the Magistrate, Mr Abdul Majid Ilias…
Mr Mike Hammah, Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, has said the legislation of the Ghana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (GHEITI) is critical for demanding revenue data from the extractive companies.
He identified…
The Ajumako Traditional Council has installed Nana Afrasi Brempong VII, Odikro of Ajumako Assin
(Tweikrom) as the first Sanahene of the Traditional Area.
He was carried in a palanquin through the principal streets of the Ajumako to…
The Government has secured 80 million dollars to undertake massive infrastructural development in the Polytechnics towards developing the requisite manpower to sustain the middle income economy the country has achieved.
Consequently,…
Apostle Dr Stephen Kwame Amoani, Chairman, Christ Apostolic Church International (CACI), on Saturday urged Christians not to allow excessive leisure to disrupt the pursuit of their personal and national goals.
“Do not rest more than y…
President John Evans Atta Mills at the weekend urged Ministers of the Gospel not to compromise the unique positions they occupy in society.
He said Men and Women of the Gospel must stay committed to their calling, warning that the nat…
The International Central Gospel Church’s (ICGC) annual life walk event ended successfully with the prospect of good health for the over 10,000 excited participants.
Led by Dr Mensah Otabil, the general overseer of the church, the pa…
The low patronage of antenatal care and normal delivery care services at the lower level health facilities in Ghana could affect the sustainability of the free maternal health services.
Cost of free maternal services have been consis…
Two persons, Yaw Asuming, an auto-electrician and Kwame Agyiri, were on Friday arraigned at the
Kade District Magistrate’s Court charged with deceiving a public officer.
Prosecuting, Detective Corporal Owusu Achiaw told the court pr…
A Circuit court at Tarkwa granted bail to three galamsey operators, who damaged 33 kilovolt transformer cables, belonging to the Electricity Company of Ghana.
Kwaku Mensah 26, Gideon Danso Mensah, 28, and Kwasi Tom, alias uncle lucky,…
A Circuit Court at Tarkwa has remanded in prison custody, two unemployed persons for possession fake currency.
Agyekum Ntim Gyakari, 30, and Samuel Taylor, 23, pleaded not guilty and they would re-appear before the court on March 28.…
Christendom has been asked to call to order unethical pastors, who abused vulnerable people with the excuse of exorcising them from witchcraft.
Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Augustine Gyening, Tema Regional Police Command…
The wife of the Asantehene, Lady Julia Osei Tutu has donated items valued at GH¢4,200.00 in support of the Paediatric Department of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) and Child Welfare Centre (CWC).
The gifts included bed sheet…
Kwame Nyamekye, a 28 year old ex-convict has been remanded in prison custody for stealing a carton of Rothmans cigarettes by a Tarkwa Circuit court.
He pleaded not guilty and will re-appear on April 20.
Prosecuting Police Chief I…
A Tarkwa circuit court has granted a total GH¢1,040 bail for four security officers for stealing a heavy duty lorry battery belonging to Mantrac Ghana Limited at Tarkwa.
In default, they will spend two years imprisonment. They all pl…
A 60-year old farmer, Ama Aziaho, has been granted GH¢6,000 bail by a Tarkwa circuit court for unlawfully assaulting one Margret Eshun, 45, at Koduakrom in the Western Region.
She pleaded guilty and will re-appear on March 28.
…
Mr Paul Adu-Gyamfi, a legal practitioner has observed that ensuring an independent judiciary and rule of law under the 1992 Constitution is a shared responsibility.
He noted that because by their vocation judges could not defend them…
Teachers at Nyinase Local Primary School in Nkoranza South District have identified child labour as a major challenge facing education in the community.
Mr Charles Damah, a Teacher, disclosed this at a community stakeholders meeting …
The Reverend Philip Obeng Adjei, Brong-Ahafo Regional Manager of Methodist Schools, on Friday said the rate at which sexual immorality had
gained prominence among the youth in the country needed an urgent divine intervention.
He ent…
Although the striking teachers in the Kumasi Metropolis have returned to the classroom, school attendance is low.
A tour of some of the schools’ by the Ghana News Agency including the AME Zion, Atwere M/A Basic, T.I. Ahmadiyya ‘B’ and…
The National Islamic Education Unit Council has reiterated the demand that Arabic be made an examinable subject at the Basic Education
Certificate Examination.
This the council said was necessary to open up more educational oppor…
Braving the risk of radiation exposure, emergency workers at the quake-stricken Fukushima nuclear plant Friday battled to cool the overheating reactors, as Japan sought the US help to contain
the atomic crisis described by the IAEA as "ex…
Dismissing reports that radioactive material blowing from Japan's damaged atomic plants could reach US, a top American nuclear official has
said that radiation is unlikely to reach anywhere near the United States including Hawaii.
"T…
The Water Resources Commission (WRC) under the auspices of the Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing at the weekend, organised a health walk and medical screening to mark
World Water Day.
The programme was on the theme: “Wa…
South Korea will send a radiation specialist to Japan to better protect its earthquake rescue team from radioactive fallout, the government said
Friday.
The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology said Chang Jai-kwon, a senior r…
Senators in Chile on Thursday asked Chilean President Sebastian Pinera to put a stop to the development of all nuclear energy activities in the South American country.
They also asked the president that all official plans for Chile to mee…
As radiation from the damaged nuclear plants in Japan is expected to reach California soon, state and local officials rushed to calm the public on Thursday that the radiation would not pose any
threat.
Amid reports that winds could deliv…
The South Stream pipeline and energy are expected to top the agenda when Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin makes an official visit to Belgrade on March 23, according to the Serbian news agency Tanjug.
Putin is expected to share detail…
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Yukiya Amano on Friday urged Japan to provide more information on its "extremely serious"
crisis, as the battle to regain control of a failing power plant in northern Japan enters a second w…
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said the nuclear crisis in Japan has underlined the need for revisiting strategies for safety of atomic plants and that he has already ordered a "thorough review".
"The tragic nuclear i…
The Supreme Court has quashed a prohibition and
injunction restraining Nana Kwame Baafi, the Atipimhene of New Juaben, from beating the gong-gong in pursuance of his chiefly function as
acting chief of Suhyen pending the nomination, elec…