Adventist Men’s Organization, a newly created department of the Central Ghana Conference of the Seventh-Day Adventist (SDA) Church for evangelism and other social services has been inaugurated in Kumasi.
Pastor Dr Samuel Larmie, Presi…
The Founder and Leader of the Evangelical Calvarian Church of Ghana, Brother Kingsley Emmanuel Yamoah, has hailed Mills’ Administration for bold economic measures, which he said though harsh and biting, would undoubtedly bring progress to …
Mr Enoch Teye Mensah, Minister of Employment and Social Welfare, has given high marks to “Focal Persons” in cocoa growing districts for the significant in-roads being made in the fight to rein in child labour.
He said their commitment…
The Garu-Tempane District in the Upper East Region would soon benefit from a District Hospital, Mr Dominic Azimbe Azumah, Member of
Parliament (MP) for the area said at the weekend.
He announced this at Kpikpera, near Garu, during …
The Media has been asked to be mindful of issues bordering on national security when reporting.
Lieutenant Colonel Awuah–Mantey, in charge of the Airborne Force Detachment at Bawku, who had met with visiting Journalists at Bawku, sai…
Mr Joseph Whittal, Director, Legal and Investigations of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), on Monday said that Ghana was far from winning the fight against corruption for lack of adequate political commitme…
Dr Kwasi Akyem Apea-Kubi, Eastern Regional Minister, has urged food venders to keep their surrounding in which they prepare and sell foods clean to prevent the spread of diseases.
He noted that diseases like typhoid and cholera were mo…
The Atiwa District in the eastern Region has launched anti-bushfire campaign to sensitize inhabitants on the dangers and effects of bushfires.
Mr Bartholomew Kofi Nketsiah, the Eastern Regional Fire Commander, speaking at the launch …
The Anloga Carpenters Union in Kumasi, has urged the Forestry Commission to endeavour to roll comprehensive training programmes to build the capacity of carpenters to ensure improvement in their work.
Togbe Mawufeame Fugah, the Presid…
Mr Stephen .B. Amponsah, Director of the National Vocational Training Institute (NVTI), has underscored the need to invest in the human resource development of the nation at all levels.
This, he said, would help the country to equip p…
Deputy Majority Chief Whip in Parliament, Mr George Kuntu-Blankson, has advised assembly members to use their non-partisan positions to collaborate effectively with parliamentarians and District Chief Executives to avoid duplication of dev…
Dr Francis Obeng, a lecturer of the Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Development Studies (UDS), has warned that rainfall pattern in
the north would continue to be worsen if people refused to change their negative attitudes towa…
Obosomase Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Ebenezer Congregation, in the Akuapem North District of the Eastern Region, has put up a manse (mission house) worth GH¢250,000.
The construction of the manse which consists four bedrooms, a la…
The Chief Executive Officer of the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH), Dr Ken Sagoe has pledged to make the hospital a centre of excellence in medical care in the country, saying “though we are the youngest among the teaching hospitals, we sha…
The Christian Children's Fund of Canada (CCFC), a Tamale-based international NGO dedicated to offering humanitarian support to needy children and their communities, has supported 233 brilliant, but needy students with full scholarships to …
Vice President John Dramani Mahama has announced that a new Senior High School would soon be established in Bamboi in the Bole District to ease the pressure on the Bole Senior High School.
He said apart from the Bole Senior High and …
Tertiary Institutions have been called upon to introduce courses in Climate Change as a way to help curb problems associated with it.
The Team Leader of the Ghana Ecological Network, Dr Delali B Dovie made the call during a Public Le…
The Brong–Ahafo Regional Minister Mr Kwadwo Nyamekye Marfo, at the weekend reiterated the need to sustain and maintain the reputation of the
Sunyani municipality as the neatest municipality in the country.
He appealed to the people …
Students from five health training institutions in the Upper East Region at the weekend, were jointly matriculated in Navrongo, to start a formal induction into training in health and all associated health care delivery.
The matricul…
The Upper East Deputy Regional Minister, Mrs Lucy Awuni, at the weekend, cut the sod for the construction of a regional office of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) in Bolgatanga.
The Project which is a one-story office c…
The Director, Police Public Affairs Superintendent Paa Kwesi Ofori, on Friday urged the general public to regard the police as their friends and not enemies and report all crimes to them.
He also urged the police to act fast when the…
The Editor-in-Chief of the “Daily Dispatch”, Mr. Ben Ephson, has said that despite some ugly practices, the media had been able to discharge its responsibilities creditably under the fourth republic.
Speaking at a public lecture on the …
The Northern Star Tomato Factory (NSTF) has started buying tomatoes from local farmers in the Upper East Region.
Speaking in an interview with the Ghana News Agency, to find out how MOTI was facilitating the tomato industry in the Up…
The Upper East Regional Minister Mr Mark Owen Woyongo has called on retired teachers in the Kassena Nankana East District to share their rich experiences with the Ghana Education Service to save the falling standards of education in the r…
The Tackling Education Needs Inclusively (TENI) Project is embarking on new strategies aimed at addressing the abysmal performance of basic schools in the Northern Regions.
As part of the measures to help address the problem, TENI Pr…
Mr Sam Quartey, a cocoa marketing clerk of the Produce Buying Company (PBC) has called on cocoa farmers to apply recommended insecticides on their farms.
Mr Quartey said the practice would ensure that the country continued to merit t…
An Author of books in South Africa, Karen Morrison has advised teachers of Mathematics to develop process skills in the classroom to enhance the understanding of learners in the subject.
According to her, teachers of Mathematics the w…
Cocoa farmers at Amanfopong, a farming community between Akim Oda and Breman Brakwa are asking the Produce Buying Company (PBC), a cocoa licensed buying company, to rehabilitate the society’s cocoa shed in the town.
The shed’s roofi…
The Ayeboafo community in the Akyemmansa District of the Eastern Region, has asked the government to assist the town and its surrounding villages in their search for more development projects.
Nene Narkey Ahiakwa II, Odikro of the ar…
Ghana can exceed the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) target of 54 per cent on Sanitation by 2015 through effective implementation of the Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) concept.
Dr Kamal Kar, Founder of CLTS Foundation, wh…
The Defense Ministry on Thursday announced it has abandoned a military satellite that was sent into an incorrect orbit earlier this month.
First Deputy Defense Minister Vladimir Popovkin said a Geo-IK-2 military satellite, which was expec…
Slovenia will introduce the Blue Card, a standardized work and residence permit for highly-skilled foreigners in Slovenia, a government press release said on Thursday.
Under the draft Aliens Act approved by the 122nd regular government se…
Heavy snowfall accompanied by fierce winds paralyzed traffic Friday in the Russian Far East city of Anadyr, an Emergency Ministry official said.
A blizzard warning was issued for the coast of the Bering Sea and Anadyr, capital of the Far …
Disgraced South Korean scientist Hwang Woo-suk had been in Libya at the invitation of a state research institute in the North African nation, sources close to him said Saturday.
Hwang was seen among 198 South Koreans evacuated from Lib…
The number of illegal aliens from South Korea in the United States dropped for the second straight year in 2010, but the number still remained over 170,000, a report by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security released Friday showed.
T…
An Indian-origin doctor has been sentenced to eight years in prison for committing healthcare fraud along with her husband by a US court, which also ordered the couple to forfeit over USD 43 million in cash and property they gained through…
As the tense US-Pak standoff over the arrest of an American for double murder continues, Pakistani security and intelligence operatives have detained yet another US national -- this time on charges of not possessing valid travel documents.…
The US has assured India that hundreds of Indian students affected by the closure of a California-based "sham" university would be given "fair and appropriate" treatment and their interests would be carefully considered.
The assuran…
Ms Akua Sena Dansua, Minister of Tourism on Friday launched the 2011 edition of the Paragliding Festival, pledging to give domestic tourism a further push for more Ghanaians to show interest in the attractions.
She noted that the fes…
The Greater Accra Regional Health Directorate of the Ghana Health Service is focusing on the involvement of the private sector to improve the quality of health delivery in the Region.
To achieve this, the Directorate would ensure tha…
Government has decided to evacuate the estimated 10,000 Ghanaian nationals in Libya by air and sea.
The action is in view of the serious deterioration in the security situation in Libya and the reports of violence.
A statement …
A fourth prosecution witness in the trial of an alleged mass bus rape, on Friday told an Accra Circuit Court that officials of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) influenced him with money to confirm the case.
He claimed that the money was…
Mr Joseph Yieleh Chireh, Minister of Health on Friday launched the African Healthy Lifestyle Day in Accra, with a call on the public to eat healthy food to live long.
He said exercises and eating the right and nutritious food could h…
Personnel of the Ghana Police Service have been advised to ensure effective implementation of laws and regulations pertaining to immigration and related criminal issues in the country.
Chief Superintendent of Police Mohammed Fuseini …
Media practitioners have been urged to promote and support regional integration to ensure economic development in West Africa.
This is because the media is the greatest custodians of information and enlightenment that could be employ…
Participants at a Regional Workshop on Agriculture and Pastoralist Conflicts in West
Africa have agreed that conflicts between farmers and herders should not be ethnicised.
In addition, none of the parties should be demonised agains…
A Kumasi Circuit on Friday granted a bail of GH¢10,000.00 to a 52-year old woman, who allegedly hit her landlady’s daughter with an ice block, causing her to lose a tooth and injuring her upper jaw.
Munuriatu Yussif pleaded not guil…
A Kumasi Circuit Court has ordered Nana Fe Bamoah, chief of Asokwa, a suburb of Kumasi, to pay a fine of Gh¢500.00 for offensive conduct.
Additionally, he would sign a two-year bond to be of good behavior.
Nana Bamoah, who denie…
The Vice President, Mr John Dramani Mahama, on Friday attributed the peace and unity the country has enjoyed over the years to divine intervention and good political leadership.
“Ghana has moved through all kinds of troubles and hard…
Mr Zakari Bukari Anaba, Tano South District Chief Executive (DCE), has called on district/municipal education directors in Brong-Ahafo Region to enforce the School Performance Appraisal Meetings (SPAM) to put teachers on their toes for eff…