The Ho Polytechnic branch of the Pentecost Students Association (PENSA) Sunday presented 300 Ghana cedis worth of second-hand clothes, Wellington boots and shoes to 56 new converts at Gadaka near Kwamwkrom.
Deacon Samuel Kokroko, Vic…
Kwame Gyamfi alias ‘Akoto’ has been granted bail in the sum of GHC5,000.00 and two sureties of substance and reliability to be justified for allegedly defrauding four farmers in Jaman South District under false pretence.
Gyamfi, a fo…
Young people are on the move. Improvements in transportation, technology development and increased international trade, as well as issues such as unemployment, war, health and economic hardship have prompted more young people to migrate wi…
Multichoice Ghana recently held and event to commission Rankos Enterprise, an accredited Multichoice dealership at the forecourt of the SSNIT building at Adum in Kumasi.
The event was chaired by the Adum Hene, Nana Baffour Adjei Kesseh I…
A memorial lecture in honour of Dr. John Kofi Turkson, a Senior Energy Economist, who died in a plane crash in January 30, 2000, has been held in Koforidua.
He was the younger brother of Cardinal Peter Appiah Turkson, the President o…
The Eastern Regional Co-ordinating Council (RCC) denied on Thursday that a Land Cruiser is missing from their outfit.
A statement issued in Koforidua signed by Mr Samuel A. Bawa, Regional Co-ordinating Director, described as mischievo…
Ghanaian International Evangelist, Dr Lawrence Tetteh, and his US counterpart; Dr Peter Gammons, would host a five-day crusade in Accra to commit the development efforts of Ghana into the hands of the Lord.
The landmark crusade, dubb…
SSNIT Pensioners in the Effutu Municipality have appealed to the authorities of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) to increase the monthly pension pay of the pensioners, particularly contributors who retired on low sa…
The Christian Children’s Fund of Canada (CCFC), a non-governmental organisation, has donated drugs worth GHc37, 784.83 to the Ghana Health Service.
The drugs include 506,000 units of albendazole to be distributed to children alongsid…
Thirty-three communities in the Ahanta West District would be connected to the national electricity grid by the end of this year, Mr Joseph Jones Amoah, the District Chief Executive, has said.
Speaking at a meeting with the Ahanta Tra…
Mr Joe Gidisu, Minister of Roads and Highways, says the government views provision of good road infrastructure as key to the rapid socio-economic development of the country and as a right to be accessed by all Ghanaians.
According to…
The wife of the Vice President, Mrs. Lordina Dramani Mahama, has on behalf of her organization, the Alternative Source of Income Programme (ASOIP), presented a quantity of hospital items to four constituencies in the country.
The equ…
Members of the New Juaben branch of the Governance Issues Forum Network (GIFNet), had identified noise pollution as a destructive phenomenon in the municipality and appealed to the Municipal Assembly and other non-governmental organization…
The Ghana Evangelical Society (GES), in collaboration with the Church in Kumasi, will crown Jesus Christ as King of Glory at a three-day congress to be held in the Garden City.
Dubbed the “Kingdom Glory Congress,” the event is schedu…
A male head porter, Francis Yeboah, was on Thursday arraigned before the Kade District Magistrate Court charged with stealing a mobile phone.
He pleaded not guilty and was granted GH¢1,500 bail.
However, as Yeboah could not get…
Members of the Upper East Regional Chapter of the National Lottery Receivers Union have joined their counterparts nationwide to protest against the reduction of commission paid to them by the National Lottery Authority (NLA).
They…
Mr John Tia Kolgo, Minister of Information, on Tuesday said the vision of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is to ensure alternative sources of livelihood for the youth who do not progress beyond Junior High School.
Mr Tia Kolgo…
A 10-year old primary four pupil of the Martyrs of Uganda Jubilee School in Kumasi, has cut a slice of history for himself, obtaining Credit in the 2010 November West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) core Mathemati…
A total of 169 children between the ages of 10-14 years reported pregnant to the various health facilities in the Central Region last year
Dr. Samuel Tetteh Kwashie, Regional Director of Health Services revealed on Tuesday and said: …
Two persons died on Monday when their vehicle rammed into the rear of an articulator truck at Techire, near Duayaw Nkwanta in the Brong Ahafo Region.
Assistant Superintendent of Police Samuel Latebu, Duayaw Nkwanta District Police Co…
A sixty-year old farmer, Nana Owusu, who posed as a Police officer and defrauded some people at Asankrankwa has been fined 240 Ghana cedis or in default to jail for 12 months.
He pleaded guilty.
Prosecuting, Deputy Superintende…
A 34-year-old man was on Tuesday ordered by a Kumasi Circuit Court to be held in prison for 25 years for the disappearance of his own biological daughter.
Amidu Saiba, a native of Kurugugu in the Upper East Region, pleaded not guilty …
As the Chinese Lunar New Year hoilday ended Tuesday, waves of Chinese residents began their journey back to work, as they boarded trains, airplanes and buses.
The China Meteorological Administration announced Tuesday that a cold fron…
A massive fire has hit Samba City, in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro, local media said Monday.
The fire destroyed the warehouses where Rio de Janeiro's samba groups store the props and costumes for Brazil's largest Carnival parade, accordin…
More than 40,000 cases of cancer among children are being reported in India every year, the Indo-Asian News Service Sunday said.
Experts were quoted as saying that only a fraction of them manage to receive proper treatment.
"Th…
China had around 130,000 registered Internet cafes by the end of last year, an official with the State Administration for Industry and Commerce said Sunday.
More than 100,000 unlicensed cyber cafes were shut down over the past five y…
Iran unveiled four domestically- manufactured satellites on Monday, two years after it launched the first self-developed satellite into orbit, the local satellite Press TV reported.
Four national satellites, Fajr (Dawn), Rasad (Obser…
Russia's leading anti-malware company, Kaspersky Lab, planned to invest 10 million U.S. dollars in the Chinese software market, Moscow's RBC Daily reported Tuesday.
The Company would develop its Nanosemantics artificial intelligence (…
Nearly one third of internet users in the European Union (EU) caught a computer virus last year, according to figures released by the EU's statistics office Eurostat on Monday.
The virus infections had caused either loss of informati…
Cancer rates are increasing in developing countries due to changing lifestyles linked with economic growth, the American Cancer Society (ACS) said on Friday.
The majority of the world's annual new cancer cases and deaths (7.1 million…
Eating chocolate may boost the body's production of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL) -- the "good" form of cholesterol that protects against heart disease, according to a new study released by the American Chemical Society (ACS) …
A Myanmar child has claimed the Guinness world record for having more fingers and toes, the local weekly Messenger News reported Monday.
Lei Yadi Min, over 1 year-old baby girl, possesses 12 fingers -- six each hand, and 14 toes -- 7…
U.S. researchers have found that feeding babies with solid foods too early was associated with increased odds of obesity later.
Among children who were never breast-fed -- or who stopped breast-feeding before the age of four months, …
Fire on Tuesday afternoon gutted furniture and few items in one of the rooms on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) fourth-floor building in Accra, sending scores of the staff running for safety outside the edifice.
The cause…
A two-day customer care and complaint software training to enhance the capacities of Public Sector Client Service Executives in some selected districts, ended in Accra on Tuesday.
The training, the second under Phase Two of the Priva…
A Tarkwa Circuit Court has sentenced Yaw Sekyi, a labourer, to 15 years imprisonment for defiling his nine-year old daughter.
He pleaded guilty.
Prosecuting, Police Detective Chief Inspector Oscar Amponsah, told the court, pre…
A Tarkwa Circuit Court has fined Waham Dinko, a 31 year old farmer, 5000 Ghana cedis for stealing seven bags of cocoa.
In default, Dinko, who pleaded guilty, would serve 12 months imprisonment.
Prosecuting, Police Detective Chi…
Government must consider setting up a focal Ministry to be in charge of urban development in the country, Mr Alfred Kwesi Opoku, Director of Jeavco Associates, a local architectural firm advocated on Tuesday in Accra.
Speaking on the…
Amnesty International and some other civil society organisations, on Tuesday appealed to the Government to stop the forced eviction of people living in informal settlements along the railways in Accra.
A statement issued and copied t…
The essence of being in Government is not for self-seeking interest, but to make life worth-living for the people, President John Evans Atta Mills, said on Tuesday in Sunyani.
The President, who was speaking at the sod-cutting ceremo…
Stakeholders under the Behaviour Change Support Project (BCSP) that promotes the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals health targets, met in Accra on Tuesday to brainstorm among other issues on the implementation of the second ye…
A mechanic accused of abducting and defiling his five- year-old daughter on Tuesday appeared before an Accra Circuit Court.
John Koka whose plea was not taken is facing charges of abduction, defilement and incest.
The court pre…
Member states of the Interim Guinea Current Commission (IGCC) who share the Guinea Current Large Marine Ecosystem (GCLME) begin a two-day meeting with potential development partners on February 17 in Cameroon, according to a statement issu…
Parents in the Bongo District of the Upper East Region were on Tuesday called upon to monitor their children’s progress in school to improve on the declining standards of education in the district.
Mr Clement Akugre, Bongo District …
Mrs Grace Adu Appiah, Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese (AAK) District Director of Education, on Tuesday expressed concern about the lackadaisical attitude of most parents at Moree, a fishing community in the district towards the education of their c…
A one week training workshop on counselling on feeding of infants and young children opened on Monday at Takoradi.
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) is organizing the workshop with support from the United States Agency for international…
The Peki Union on Tuesday rolled-out an annual educational programme to celebrate the exploits of German Bremen Missionaries who introduced formal education into the Volta Region.
The annual celebration would be used as a platform to…
The Tamale Metropolitan Chief Executive, Alhaji Abdulai Haruna Friday, has re-affirmed government’s determination to invest heavily in education including support to vocational and technical institutions.
Alhaji Friday said this dur…
The Finland Ambassador to Nigeria, Ms Anneli Vuorinen, has said there was a need for political leaders and authorities in education to create a good environment for the education sector.
She said this when she delivered a lecture at t…
The Member of Parliament for Gomoa East, Mr Ekow Okyere Panyin, and District Chief Executive for Gomoa East, Mr Kingsley Ehunu-Armah, on Monday joined officials of the Ghana Water Company to witness the first test pumping of water from the…