The Department for International Aid (DFID), a British humanitarian organization, is to train 46,000 teachers for basic schools in the country by 2015 as part of its measures to improve education at the basic level.
It will also seek…
The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Yendi, the Most Rev. Vincent Sowah Boi-Nai, has appealed to chiefs to release more land for the construction of schools.
He said this would enable religious bodies to put up more schools to supplem…
The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) Court has remanded a mechanic into police custody to assist in investigation for allegedly possessing 156 wrappers of substances believed to be Cannabis.
The plea of Shaibu Mohammed, 20, was …
The Headmaster of Bisease Senior High School, Mr Mark Mensah, has said the school registered 130 final year students for the West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) and that special classes had been planned for the can…
The Secretary of State for Foreign and Iberoamerican Affairs of Spain, Mr Juan Antonio Yañez-Barnuevo García, starts an official visit to Ghana from Wednesday March 30.
A statement from the Spanish Embassy in Ghana said Yañez-Barnu…
The Volta Regional Executive of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) on Wednesday cautioned its members in the region to be wary of “a group calling itself coalition of concerned teachers”.
A statement signed by Mr …
The Asante Akim North District Assembly failed to elect a Presiding Member (PM) for the second time after three rounds of voting, apparently due to sharp political polarization of the Assembly.
Not even a one hour break after the se…
Madam Joyce Mensima Aidoo, Assistant Headmistress of Bisease Senior High School, has advised final year students of second cycle schools to comport themselves, stick to their books and avoid truancy and deviant behaviour.
Addressing …
The chiefs of Akrokerri in the Adansi North District have expressed their unhappiness at the Ministry of Education for ignoring Asare Bediako Senior High School in the recent distribution of buses to schools in the country.
Nana Kwas…
The Juabeso District Police Commander, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP)Ofori Donkor has advised passengers who sit on front seats of vehicles to abstain from engaging the drivers in prolonged conversation or having unnecessary argumen…
Nana Osu-Wiredu IV, the Tufuhene of the Adonten Division of the Ajumako Traditional Area, has appealed to the Ghana Education Service and the
Ministry of Education to compel the contractor to start work on a six-unit classroom block for t…
The Support for Community Mobilization Projects and Programmes (SCMPP),a non-governmental organization (NGO) based at Daboase, has completed family life education in 70 communities in the Mpohor Wassa East and Shama districts.
Mr Agy…
Government has increased the NYEP share of the talk time tax from 20 to 60 percent as part of its efforts to establish a firm source of funding for the operations of youth employment programmes in the country.
The increase, which tak…
A 10-day intensive workshop to deliberate on the use of Compressed Earth Bricks (CEB)for building projects aimed at minimizing the cost of building and providing affordable housing has ended on Monday at Don Bosco Technical Institute at O…
r. Moses Bukari Mabengba, the Northern Regional Minister, has urged students of second cycle
institutions to use ICT for learning instead of using the facility to engage in criminal and other anti-social activities.
He said it was…
Mr Mahama Ayariga, the Deputy Minister of Education, is in a stable condition after undergoing surgery at the Tamale Teaching Hospital, Dr Ken Sagoe, the Chief Executive Officer of the Hospital, said on Monday.
Mr Ayariga’s vehicle g…
The Mfantseman Municipal Chief Executive, Mr Henry Kweku Hayfron, has appealed to Ministries,
Coordinating Councils, Departments and donor agencies to involve Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) in the award of …
Paulina Agborku, 47 and, Yawtse Kwashie, 30, mother and husband respectively of Abigail Agborku, 28, who died in a botched illegal abortion, have been arrested by the Aflao Police.
“Dr” Efo Atsu, a self-styled medical doctor, said to…
Mr Joseph Amenowode, the Volta Regional Minister, on Monday presented 20 vehicles to the Ghana Education Service (GES) meant for some educational institutions in the region.
They were the outcomes of requests made two years ago by the…
The Reverend Dr Paul Frimpong-Manso, the General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God church in Ghana, has urged his colleague Pastors to serve their congregation with humility and commitment.
He said they should see their calling…
The Regent of Dagbon, Kampakuya Naa Abdulai Yakubu Andani, has urged the people of Dagbon to make a firm commitment to peace and stability in the area.
Making the call in an address read for him at the ninth anniversary of the murder…
The East Gonja District Assembly and the District Disaster Management Committee (DDMC) is preparing to help reduce the impact of floods in the area which is expected due to the onset of the rainy season.
Mr Alhassan Mumuni, District …
The Board of Directors of Newmont Mining Corporation has approved the funding of the Akyem gold mining project.
Newmont views its Africa Region as a growth engine for the company and so the Board’s decision on Akyem reflects confiden…
Mrs Betty Mould-Iddrisu, Minister of Education, has called on teachers to develop disciplinary
skills needed to imbue good morals in children for effective academic work in schools.
She said Ghana’s education would only develop smoo…
The Brong Ahafo regional office of the National Health Insurance Scheme, has launched a new product dubbed: “Ndoboa” for 10 schemes in its Zone Three at Dormaa Ahenkro as part of measures to increase patronage of the Scheme in the Region.
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The President of NALAG, Mr Theophilus Aidoo-Mensah, has commended the government for a successful transfer of 10 departments with a working force of 30,000 civil servants to the Local Government Service.
He said the transfer had solv…
The National Association of Local Authorities of Ghana (NALAG) has praised a proposal the Chief Justice, Mrs Justice Georgina Theodora Woode, made that new lawyers should do National Service.
Mr Theophilus Aidoo-Mensah, President of …
The Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) has invested over 5.3 million dollars in the Tamale
Water Extension Project (TWEP) to improve water supply to the Tamale Metropolis and some districts that fall under MiDAs intervention zone in …
The Evangelical Presbyterian Students Union (EPSU) of Accra Newtown has donated items worth GH¢
1,000 to Village of Hope Orphanage at Gomoa Fetteh.
The items donated include bags of rice and maize, cartons of milk and kalypo, sugar,…
Students from various senior high schools in the New Juaben Municipality were over the week-end educated on how to prevent unsafe abortion of pregnancy at a workshop at Koforidua.
The p…
He has been often derided for his formulaic approach to filmmaking but director David Dhawan says he is happy and proud to take forward the legacy of Manmohan Desai in Bollywood (Indian film industry).
With a career spanning 20 years …
Somalia on Monday assured India that it will do everything possible to get 53 Indian hostages released from pirates in that country,Indian External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said.
He said India has also offered to help Somalia impl…
Russia's population has dwindled by 2.2 million, or 1.6 percent, to 142.9 million since 2002, according to the preliminary results of a latest nationwide census released by the federal statistic agency Rosstat Monday.
The preliminary data…
The tiger population in India has risen to 1,706 compared to 1,411 in 2006 - a 12 per cent increase that excludes the big cats of Sundarbans, the latest Tiger Census said Monday, thanks to sustained conservation efforts.
Environment M…
A young man identified as Rasheed Musa,believed to be in his middle twenties, was on the dawn of Monday butchered to death by some unknown assailants at Ahinsan Bedieso in Kumasi.
Three other people who were also suspected to have…
A Kumasi Circuit Court has slapped two thieves with a two year jail term for stealing car doors and an auto starter.
Seth Dzi Nbunu, a 24-year- old carpenter was gaoled for one- and- a- half years while Osei Kwadwo, 33, a car wash…
Nana Wiafe Akenten III, Omanhene of Offinso Traditional Area, has challenged Christians to commit themselves fully to the work of God so as to make the needed impact on the society.
He said they should at all times aspire for hol…
Ghana needs to be innovative to generate new and improved products and processes to meet the challenges of Climate Change, Mr George Scott, Chief Director of the Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology, said Tuesday.
He said …
The World Organisation for Early Childhood Development and Education Programme (OMEP) Ghana Chapter, on Tuesday donated some items to the Princess Marie Louise and the Korle Bu Teaching Hospitals in Accra.
The item included toys, tea…
Dr Paa Kwesi Nduom, Convention People’s Party (CPP) presidential candidate in Election 2008, has called for the establishment of a petrochemical industry in the Western Region to boost industrialisation in the area.
He was addressing…
Alhaji Dr Ibrahim B. A. Bonsu, a renowned Ahmadi Muslim scholar and preacher, has appealed to Christian organisations to help weed out false prophets since they were causing more harm than good in the society.
He said these prophe…
Alhaji Salia Issahaque, the Upper West Regional Ministers, has said the government had awarded 257 projects in the education, health, water and sanitation, roads and local government sectors between January 2009 and 2011.
Some of th…
Mrs Betty Mould-Iddrisu, Minister of Education, has called on teachers to develop disciplinary skills needed to imbue good morals in children for effective academic work in schools.
She said Ghana’s education would only develop smoot…
The Ejisu-Juaben Office of the Ghana Education Service (GES), has commended the Juaben Development Association, a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), for its immense contribution to promoting educational development at all levels in the M…
The Kumasi Diocese of the Association of Methodist Men’s Fellowships, has developed a website dubbed www.kdmmf.org.gh to help to promote its activities locally and abroad.
Mr Bright Osei Agyemang, the Diocesan Chairman, indicated …
The Dormaa Circuit Court presided by Mr Alexander Osei Tutu, has convicted two persons for possessing lumber illegally sawn with chain machine.
Mike Alogba and Kwamena Arthur pleaded guilty and were fined GH¢360.00 and GH¢240.00 fine…
Mrs Betty Mould Iddrisu, Minister of Education, has called on teachers to develop disciplinary skills needed to imbue good morals in children for effective academic work in schools.
She said Ghana’s education would only develop smoot…
Tragedy struck residents of Egyam in the Ahanta West District of the Western Region on Saturday when a 38-year-old hunter, Kobena Moshie, mistook a man for a game and shot and killed him.
The body of Kwasi Eric, 36, had been deposite…
Right Reverend Frederick Nnuroh,Bishop of the Koforidua Diocese of the Methodist Church, has called on Akyems to fight for the protection of the Birim River.
He explained that if efforts were not made to save the Birim River now, ver…
A severe rainstorm that hit Dormaa Ahenkro and its environs at the weekend caused extensive damage to property.
Some buildings had their roofs ripped off and these include Kaaseman Rural Bank, Agape Church chapel, Ohenewa Memorial C…