The Afigya-Kwabre District Chief Executive (DCE), Mr Kwaku Oppong-Kyekyeku Kaakyire, has given the assurance that road projects initiated in the area by the Kufuor Administration would not be abandoned.
He said the District Assembly …
Highway robbers on Tuesday subjected commuters to intimidation on two occasions on the same segment of the Jasikan-Hohoe road network seizing cash and mobile phones.
The first robbery occurred at about 0230 hours and the other betwee…
The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) on Wednesday said the invasion of the larvae of caterpillar in the Keta and its environs in the Volta Region has abated.
This was achieved with the collaboration of Ghana Armed Fo…
The Hohoe North Constituency of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), in conjunction with Zoomlion Waste Management group, on Tuesday undertook a clean-up exercise as prelude to Ghana’s 56th Independence Day celebrations.
The teemi…
Tax relief for workers including relief for children and dependents have been enhanced as part of the negotiation for the new minimum wage, Mr. Ellis Ankomah, Western Regional Secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), said on Wednesday…
Mr. Ameen Salifu, the Wa East District Chief Executive, has distributed free school uniforms to 48 pupils of Kataa L/A Primary and Junior High School (JHS) on Tuesday at Kataa in the Wa East District.
He said the distribution of the …
Mobile Web Ghana (MWG) a community of Ghanaian mobile entrepreneurs and people interested in the Mobile Web, is organising a training course in mobile technology and business for 20 young local entrepreneurs.
The four-week course is …
An International Labour Organisation (ILO) report indicates that over 200 million children are involved in child labour globally.
Over 100 million out of them are involved in its worst form such as child prostitution, stone quarrying…
Twenty adult illiterates had been trained to read and write the Dagme Language by the Dagme Literacy class of the Bible Society of Ghana at Manyakpowunor in the Lower Manya Krobo District.
This was disclosed by Reverend Samuel Boinor…
The Eastern Regional Hospital in Koforidua recorded a total of 41 maternal deaths last year, as against 36 recorded in 2009.
Speaking to the Ghana News Agency in Koforidua on Thursday, Dr Anim Boamah, Head of the Department of Obstet…
Mr Francis Kinsley Obeng, the Eastern Regional Director of the Center for National Culture (CNC), has called on Ghanaians not to associate the country’s rich culture with unacceptable practices such as ritual murders, idol worship, juju an…
Muslim elites and leaders in positions of power and fame have done very little to correct the challenges and problems that confront their youth in Ghana, Miss Laurat E.P. Passah, Chief Executive of the Premium Debit Consult, a local event …
Nearly 1,200 Tigo Mobile subscribers have won various cash prizes amounting to GH¢570,000 comprising daily, weekly, seasonal text and win promotion, which started November last year.
Mr Enoch Vanderpuye, the Media Manager of the Tigo…
The Central Region branch of the Progressive Road Contractors Association of Ghana (PROCSAG) has appealed to the government to be specific and come out with the categories of contractors to be covered when it releases monies for the paymen…
Professionals providing Surveying, Valuation and Land Administration services were on Thursday charged to be innovative to attain standards that would instil professionalism for the effective growth and development of the nation.
Pr…
Mr Mark Woyongo, the Upper East Regional Minister, on Thursday sympathized with nine shop owners in the Kassena Nankana East District whose shops were gutted out by fire in the early hours of last Monday.
Mr William Anobiga, District…
Mr. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing, has said that the Water Resources Commission is setting up a Tano Basin Board in Brong Ahafo as the key coordinating body to ensure the proper management of…
Professor Ablade Glover, Director of the Artists Alliance Gallery has encouraged young artists to paint rather than rely solely on computers to create art.
Prof Glover who is also a Painter explained that computers were taking the cr…
Malaria remain the number one cause of morbidity and mortality especially in children under five in the Upper West Region.
In 2009 the Region recorded a total of 232,866 cases and 247,704 in 2010 while the fatality rate reduced from …
Brong Ahafo Region recorded a decline in the rate of maternal mortality from 94 in 2009 to 68 in 2010, Dr. Emmanuel Tinkorang, acting Regional Director of Health Services, has said.
He said it was a very encouraging achievement and a…
The rainfall that was experienced in several parts of the country last night was as a result of an interaction between two air masses as well as heating in the atmosphere.
"What we are experiencing is due to interaction between dry air …
Mr. Cezar Kale, Deputy Upper West Regional Minister, has on behalf of the people of the Region expressed gratitude to the Catholic Education Unit for its pioneering role in partnering the state to make formal education more accessible to m…
The Northern Regional Health Directorate has increased healthcare facilities and these include construction of five new polyclinics in Chereponi, Janga, Karaga, Kpandai and Tatale in 2010.
A new hospital is under construction at Zabz…
The Adjabeng District Magistrate Court “Two” on Thursday revoked the bail granted to three members of the People’s National Convention (PNC) who were accused of breaking into the party’s headquarters.
They are Dr Somtim Tobiga, Baba G…
The vigilance of members of the Anti-Trafficking Unit of the Ghana Immigration Service at the Elubo border saved a 12-year-old girl from being sent to Cote d’Ivoire to serve as a maid-servant.
Mr Albert Ahajie, Assistant Superinten…
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba, Prof. Akwasi Asabere-Ameyaw, has said quality of graduate and undergraduate teaching would be enhanced by the participation of faculty in research and other creative work in fiel…
The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has petitioned the Presidency against the Ministry of Finance’s directive to discontinue the payment of the Professional Allowance for Teachers once they were rolled into the Single Spine S…
Four heavy truck drivers have been fined a total of 1,860 Ghana cedis by a Tarkwa Circuit Court for parking on the main Tarkwa/Takoradi highway or in default a prison term ranging between 10 and 24 months.
They pleaded guilty.
They …
Three illegal miners have been remanded in prison custody for using explosives that led to the destruction of a high tension electricity cable at Nkamponiase near Tarkwa.
They pleaded not guilty and will re-appear on March 26.
Th…
The Builsa District Assembly has embarked on building educational infrastructure to meet the needs of the District.
Whilst some of the projects have been completed and are in use, the constructions of others are ongoing.
Speakin…
The Ayieta Azantilow Royal family of the Builsa Traditional Area has settled its differences and has set a date for the funeral of Nab Ayieta Azantillow, the late Paramount Chief who died in 2006.
This would pave way for a new chief …
An event to educate the public and users of Toyota spare parts has been launched in Accra on Thursday.
Dubbed: “Anti-Counterfeit Educational Campaign” is to educate customers on the dangers of the influx of non genuine Toyota parts i…
Live from the Red Carpet 2011: Cameras flashing, dazzling white smiles, designer suits, trend setting dresses, international accolade, icon awards, showbiz gossip and of course there’s the speeches… the A-listers are about to embark on the…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday quizzed a paralegal officer of Vodafone Ghana, Maame Asomaniwaa, as whether or not there were only two lawyers attending court for the company.
Asomaniwaa had brought a letter to the SC that counsel handl…
Squatters along the Tetteh Quarshie–Apenkwa–Mallam road have been given up to Sunday, February 27, to quit or their unauthorised structures would be demolished.
Mr Alfred Okoe Vanderpuije, Accra Mayor, who gave the ultimatum, said …
Vice President John Dramani Mahama, on Tuesday called on the Ghana Education Service to allocate funds for the construction of 1,500 classrooms by the end of the year to reduce the number of schools under trees.
Vice President Maham…
Ghana Police Service has appealed to Ministry of Transport and Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) to create more congenial parking areas in the Metropolis.
This would help curb congestion as well as prevent drivers from flouting traff…
Mr James Appiah-Berko, President of Ghana Printers and Paper Converters Association (GPPA) on Tuesday called on the Government to support and promote local printing industries.
He said the award of 60 per cent of the printing of text…
The Indian Government will take five years to eradicate chronic and potentially fatal Kala-azar, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad informed the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
"The National Health Policy target of Kala-azar elimination by 2010…
Drivers and operators of heavy duty vehicles have been advised to drive responsibly in order to avert road accidents and their resultant lost of lives.
Mr Matthew Adzesi Danomah, Chairman of the West Africa Transporters Association o…
The Eastern Regional Minister, Dr Kwasi Akyem Apea-Kubi has appealed to the traditional authorities to support the Regional
Co-ordinating Council, to fight illegal mining along the Birim River to save the water body from destruction.
…
The Ghana Institution of Surveyors, on Tuesday presented food items worth GH¢2,000 and cash of GH¢500 to inmates of the Weija Leprosarium in the Ga South Municipality.
The donation, made up of onions, maize, charcoal, rice, soap, gar…
Research has revealed that a number of candidates of the Basic Education Certificate Examination
(BECE), are not able to make it because they cannot read the instructions and questions written in the English language.
Evidence from …
An Accra Circuit Court on Tuesday declined a plea by defence counsel of Amina Mohammed, who alleged mass rape on an Accra-Bawku bus last year, to promote reconciliation and settle the matter out of court.
The court presided over by M…
The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday adjourned sine die the case in which two soldiers have filed an order prohibiting Mr Justice Senyo Dzamefe, a Court of Appeal judge, from hearing their case.
This was because Ms Penelope Mamattah, th…
Peruvian President Alan Garcia said Monday that culture is essential to economic development when he met an official from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
At a short press conference after…
Chinese President Hu Jintao has urged education institutions across the country to attach great importance to the all-round growth of students in a bid to cultivate more talents for the country's development.
Hu made the remarks Monda…
Some 35 religious groups from Protestant, Catholic, Buddhist, Cheondo Religion and Won-Buddhist organizations on Wednesday criticized the government for burying animals alive and called for improvement in the burial process as the nation i…
South Koreans seeking to marry foreign spouses will now have to go through more close screening on their marital state and financial statement under guidelines that enter into force next month, the Ministry of Justice said Wednesday, an ef…
Korean Air Lines Co., South Korea's top carrier, said Wednesday that it will not consider resuming its flights to Cairo until April as unrest continues to sweep Arab countries.
Korean Air has stopped its flights between Tashkent, Uzbek…