A lecturer, has identified rote learning as the bane to educational development and has advised students to adopt new approaches to studying, to make Ghana a player in the global economy.
Dr Robert Baffour, Vice President of the Ghan…
The dead body of an unidentified black young man believed to be between the ages of 33 and 35, has been found lying near the La Palm Royal Beach Hotel in Accra.
Sources close to the police say the body which was found around 0800 hour…
Ms Trudy Kernighan, Canadian High Commissioner in Ghana, on Friday stressed the need for a mutually beneficial relationship between non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and journalists in order to achieve their common goals.
Ms Kern…
A prophetess of the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), has observed that media practitioners wield a lot of power and influence, hence the need for them to be morally responsible in shaping ideas and influencing behaviour.
Prophetess Qua…
Ms. Trudy Kernighan, Canadian High Commissioner in Ghana, on Friday stressed the need for a mutually beneficial relationship between Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and journalists in order to achieve their respective goals.
Ms…
The Government on Friday dismissed alleged payment of thousands of dollars to media owners and spokespersons describing it as a “spurious and absurd publication authored by a faceless group claiming to be ‘Media Watch Research Associates’”…
Central Regional Minister, Mrs Ama Benyiwa-Doe, on Friday suggested to the National Service Personnel Association (NASPA) to set up skills development centres for service personnel to undergo technical, entrepreneurial and vocational train…
The government has made available Gh¢75 million for work to start on some key water supply facilities in the Upper East Region.
The amount would be channelled into the construction of a number of boreholes, the construction of water …
The sale of St Valentine Day items are on a low side as compared to last year’s sales, some traders in the Sunyani Municipality have told the GNA.
"People often ask for the price of chocolate but when you tell them they say the price…
The Paramount Chief of the Nandom Traditional Area, Naa Dr. Puore Puobe Chiir, has appealed to government to consider increasing the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority Board from nine to 11 to cater for the representation of chiefs…
Vice President John Dramani Mahama has called on northerners to use their festivals as the springboard for unity and development, rather than nurturing negative tendencies that undermine peace and prosperity.
“Festivals are meant for ta…
The people of Bredi Number One in the Nkoranza South District have launched a two-year development programme that would include the construction of a police barracks, a hospital, a Senior High School (SHS) and a Community Bank.
The p…
Alexander Kwabena, a farm labourer at Nkrankwanta near Dormaa-Ahenkro, has been remanded for stealing a motor cycle valued at GHC800.00.
Kwabena allegedly stole the motor-bike belonging to Nana Asare Bediako at Aboabo Number Two with…
Mr. Sylvester Amankwaa-Koranteng, Nkoranza North District Deputy Coordinating Director, has urged National Service Personnel to exhibit good morals in the communities they operated in.
He told them to use the knowledge and skills the…
Police at Yefri in Nkoranza North District have arrested Kwadwo Yeboah, a 32-year-old chainsaw operator, for allegedly setting fire to a two-bedroom house at Kranka, near Baafi in Brong-Ahafo.
Three sewing machines, quantities of wax…
Mr. Evans Osei-Worae, Nkoranza South District Coordinator of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), has said any group of people found hunting would bed prosecuted.
Mr. Osei-Worae told the Ghana News Agency at Nkoranz…
The Dormaa Circuit Court presided by Mr. Alexander Osei Tutu has remanded Ibrahim Mahamadu, a Sunyani-based sawmill operator into prison custody for allegedly stealing eight cell phones valued at GHC375.00 at Dormaa-Ahenkro.
Mahamadu…
The Asuogyaman District Assembly on Friday presented 1,000 dual desks to the District Directorate of Education for distribution to 23 basic schools in the district.
The desks, which cost 50,000 Ghana cedis, were funded from the D…
The Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, internationally recognised for its role in celebrating ground-breaking works from both new and established authors, on Friday said female writers dominate the Africa regional shortlist for the 2011 Prize.
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A Kumasi Circuit Court presided over by Mr Justice Emmanuel Amo-Yartey has ordered a businessman, and an apprentice mechanic, standing trial for alleged car theft to be held in prison remand.
Mohammed Yakubu, the businessman, and A…
A Takoradi Circuit Court on Friday remanded Albert Cobbinah, Mustapha Nkrumah and Philip Awortwe for mining illegally in the Neug South Forest Reserve at Tarkwa Nsuaem in the Western Region.
Their pleas were not taken and they would …
A 27-year-old electrician, Fatawu Mumuni, was on Thursday sentenced to four years imprisonment in hard labour by a Kumasi Circuit Court for stealing electrical cables worth GH¢1,200.00.
Mumuni was also ordered to pay the full cost of…
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is to undertake a USD$1.5 million ecological project to protect and manage Bosomtwe Lake and other natural resources in its basin.
The project, the brainchi…
The rainfall being experienced in some parts of the country currently is not an indication that the major rainy season has begun.
“On the contrary, we are still in the dry season, which may become more severe at certain times than ot…
Four hundred and forty people tested HIV/AIDS positive in Nkoranza South District of Brong Ahafo last year, a report by the District Health Directorate has indicated.
The report said the figure was realised after 4,799 people had und…
The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) has finally installed one of the two lifts at the Maternity Block.
The installation of the new one paves the way for the second one to be installed.
The Hospital, through the National Healt…
The Ghana Education Service is to support the promotion of environmental cleanliness and the fight against HIV and AIDS through the school system.
Under the programme, 600 focal persons from each of the Senior High and Technical scho…
The Nadowli District Director of Health Services, Madam Florence Angsomwine, has said over 90 percent of diseases reported at health facilities in the district were preventable.
She said these preventable diseases, most of which eman…
The Regional Health Directorate of Ghana Health Service (GHS) on Friday cautioned residents to observe personal hygiene and adhere to advice provided by health professionals as the number of deaths from the cholera outbreak in Accra rose t…
The Medical Director of the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital, Dr. Paul Nkwaw Ntodi, has said there was an urgent need to build a modern hospital in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis to adequately meet the health challenges of the people.
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Former President John Agyekum Kufuor on Thursday condemned the loss of millions of lives, especially in developing countries, because of the lack of nutritious and sufficient food.
“In the 21st century, this is a scandal which must s…
The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) in its determination to transform the Takoradi Port, on Friday inaugurated new sets of equipment to facilitate its operations.
The equipment worth GH¢11,473,582 comprised three each of re…
Mr. Asher Nkegbe, the Acting Upper West Regional Director of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has said bushfires were a major threat to the successful implementation of the Ghana Environmental Management Project (GEMP) in the three n…
Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Abdulahi Mohamed on Thursday said the government forces will fight foreign Islamist fighters while calling on local rebels to abandon extremism.
Mohamed made his statement during a visit to the base of 500 ne…
A teenager suicide bomber dressed in school uniform Thursday attacked army recruits at a parade ground in a northwestern Pakistani city, killing at least 31 soldiers, police said.
The deadly attack in Mardan, a main city some 60 kilometer…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Thursday condemned the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) for the rebel group's kidnapping of two people on Wednesday evening after it released one hostage.
Santos said that the new kid…
The Chinese American population has increased rapidly over the past decade, and has shown greater diversity and even bimodalism, a new study showed.
Through a non-profit-academic partnership, the National Council of Chinese Americans (NCC…
Pirates off the coast of Nigeria's Lagos have attacked a chemical tanker in attempt to board the ship in the Gulf of Guinea, media reports said Friday.
The report quoted sources from the International Maritime Bureau as saying that the at…
A headquarters of the central security forces in the Egyptian border town of Rafah was attacked late Thursday by rocket-propelled-grenade, according to Al Arabiya channel.
An Egyptian citizen was wounded in a shootout between the Egyptian…
The seven Somali pirates arrested by the Malaysian navy in the Gulf of Aden in January were charged in Malaysia Friday, and could be sentenced to death if convicted.
The Malaysian Attorney-General Abdul Gani Patail said in Kuala Lumpur on…
Taliban insurgents were behind the brief kidnapping of South Korean workers and the attack on a South Korean-operated construction site in Afghanistan in December, an official said Friday, sparking concern about security for Koreans stayin…
The number of young men applying to join the Navy's special forces rose to a record level, following a naval commando team's daring raid on Somali pirates last month to free a hijacked South Korean ship, a report said Friday.
South Kor…
The South Korean captain of a boat recently released by Somali pirates described his four-month captivity as "hell," saying he always feared for his life under the captors' death threats.
The 54-year-old captain, Kim Dae-geun, was one …
A senior U.S. diplomat met with South Korean officials Friday to discuss Seoul's planned accession to an international convention on the custody of children from international marriages.
The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of Int…
North Korea has intensified propaganda for its people saying that the South is to blame for the collapse of this week's military talks, with state media repeatedly broadcasting a lengthy statement in what appears to be an attempt to solidi…
South Korea's defense ministry is investigating a U.S. arms broker suspected of swindling millions of dollars out of the Army by supplying faulty barrels for anti-aircraft guns safeguarding the skies of the nation's capital, officials said…
South Korea's military has not spotted any unusual activity from North Korea's armed forces following the North's walkout on inter-Korean military talks this week, but is closely monitoring the situation, officials said Friday.
The fir…
Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) announced Thursday the Islamic Republic has manufactured a machine to produce nuclear fusion laser.
In an announcement posted on its website, AEOI said that researchers have conducted researches i…
The Canadian government announced Thursday it will require all diesel fuel and home heating oil sold in the country to contain at least 2 per cent oil from renewable sources.
Environment minister Peter Kent and Agriculture minister Gerry …
A U.N. agency handling agricultural matters will send a group of experts to North Korea next week to help the country contain foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), the Radio Free Asia (RFA) said in a report Friday.
The Food and Agriculture Org…