It was all joy at Kwamekrom in the Biakoye District of the Volta Region on Monday when President John Dramani Mahama inaugurated a Community Day Senior High School (SHS) in the predominantly farming community.
Community members, in t…
Hundreds of anxious customers of the liquidated DKM Microfinance Company Monday converged in front of the Ghana Commercial Bank in Sunyani as the official liquidator begins payments of their deposits.
A number of canopies were erected i…
A one-week training programme to equip managers of healthcare institutions in the sub-region has been held in Accra.
Organised by the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), the training programme was to expose …
Mr Victor Oppong Adjei, President, Ghana National Association of Poultry Farmers (GNAPF) has urged Ghanaians to eat eggs on daily basis for healthy living. He said eating eggs regularly played a key role in disease prevention and contribu…
The Ghana Standard Authority (GSA) has marked the 47th World Standards Day on the theme: “Standards Build Trust.”The day is set aside to honour people who worked to develop standards that facilitate trade, technological advancement, and al…
The headmaster of the St Augustine’s College in Cape Coast in the Central Region, Mr Joseph Connelly, has been interdicted for allegedly charging unapproved fees, the Deputy Minister in charge of pre-tertiary Education, Mr Alex Kyeremeh, h…
The maiden Care and Action for Mental Health sports event has been held in Accra, with a call on government to allocate sufficient funds for the mental health sector.
Mr Eben Akonnor Fianko, the Founder of Care and Action for Mental Hea…
Hitachi Data Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE:6501), announced three new ways to improve and accelerate digital transformation initiatives. Current market offerings lack flexibility and choice for customers, forcing…
More than 17,000 people in Ghana die annually as a result of exposure to air pollution, with children and women being the most affected victims, Mrs Gina McCarthy, a US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator, had said.
Mor…
Mr Bom Kofi Dy-yaka, District Chief Executive of the Lambussie-Karni District, has said the district has attained 76 per cent water coverage for the area. “If the region has water coverage of 79 per cent and Lambussie-Karni District has 76…
The Government, through the Ministry of Petroleum, has so far distributed over 60,000 free gas cylinders and cooking stoves to households across the country, since 2013. Mr. Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, the Minister of Petroleum, who announce…
Mrs Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong, Minister of Justice and Attorney-General, says government had accepted the report of the Constitutional Review Commission to abolish the death penalty from the country’s laws.
She said on June 15, 2012 g…
The Government has laid before Parliament a Legislative Instrument (LI) aimed at regulating activities of tobacco use in Ghana.The Instrument, would among others, allow for the full implementation of Chapter Six of the Public Health Act (A…
The Centre for Road Safety and Accountability (CROSA) has called on the Ghana Police Service to reverse its decision to suspend the inspection of driver license and vehicle insurance because the directive would create safety problems for r…
The Upper East Regional House of Chiefs has pledged its support for the implementation of the Ghana National Household Registry (GNHR). The exercise, which commenced in the Upper West Region, is being extended to the Upper East Region to b…
Mr Worlanyo K. Siabi, the Upper West Regional Director of the Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA), has said the Sustainable Rural Water and Sanitation Project (SRWSP) is facing some implementation challenges.
He said the SRWSP …
The Adentan Municipal Assembly has commenced work on a two–storey court complex to improve access to justice delivery in the municipality.
The project is estimated at GH¢3 million and is expected to be completed in 12 months.
When co…
The insurance Industry in Ghana is gradually shifting dominance to the Life sector.
Provisional production figures available to the Business and Financial Times have indicated that in 2015 gross premium income earned by the top three li…
More than 40 of girls who dropped out of school due to teenage pregnancy in the South Tongu District of the Volta Region have gone back to school. The girls, between the ages 14 and 20, were sensitised by Seek To Save Foundation (STSF), a…
The United Nations (UN) has urged Governments and development partners to work with UNICEF’s “Global Girl Data Movement” to address gender gaps in data collection, analysis, dissemination and use, to ensure that no girl is left behind in s…
October 15th is recognised as Global Handwashing Day but we all agree now that for handwashing to be effective its must be a habit that we practice all the time especially after using the toilet, before contact with food or snacks, af…
More than 190,000 Ghanaians are blind, the acting Head of the Eye Care Unit of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr James Addy, has disclosed.
According to him, four out of five of the cases become blind from preventable causes.
At a m…
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Madam Hannah Serwah Tetteh has donated two ambulances to Awutu Bawjiase and Bereku Health Facilities.
Presenting the equipment Madam Tetteh Member of Parliament (MP) for Awutu We…
The Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG) has threatened to withdraw services by October 21 if the government fails to address issues concerning the implementation of their consolidated salaries.
Members of the Association…
The Chief Executive Officer of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA), Mr Samuel Sallas-Mensah, has stated that criticisms of the use of restricted and single-source methods of procurement are ill-informed.
He said what was disheartenin…
Nana Oye Lithur, Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection has stated that the School of Social Work is ready to commence tertiary programmes and start awarding degrees and post graduate diplomas.
The Gender, Children and Socia…
Second and Third Year Community Health Nursing students of the Nurses Training College, Ho, are demanding a refund of monies they were charged for lessons in motor-cycle riding.
Investigations by The Ghanaian Times showed that last year…
Five new Community–based Health and Planning Services (CHPS) compounds in the Upper West Region (UWR) have been completed and handed over to the regional directorate of the Ghana Health Service (GHS).
The five CHPS compounds were constr…
The director-general of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), Ms Irina Bokova, has expressed concern about the increasing cases of early marriage in developing countries, stressing that limited prog…
The board chairperson of the Hope for Future Generation (HFFG), Ms Dorothy Maame Donkoh, has called on the public to collectively work together to provide a voice for the voiceless, including women and girls.
She encouraged Ghanaians to…
The Japanese government has provided a grant of US$240,000 to three organisations to embark on development projects in their respective communities.
The beneficiary organisations are the Institute for Sustainable Democratic Development …
The Ministry of Finance in collaboration with the Greater Regional Coordinating Council on Wednesday organised its annual regional budget hearing of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in Accra.
The hearings, institu…
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) on Wednesday said it has not given any market authorisation for any medicine for the cure of HIV and AIDS.A statement signed by Mr Hudu Mogtari, Chief Executive Officer of the FDA and copied to the Ghana …
The Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) has begun facilitating the formation of regional, district and community social protection structures to ensure effective targeting and delivery of the Government’s social interventions…
The Department of Social Welfare (DSW), has inaugurated the Greater Accra Regional Better Care For Children Committee, to facilitate the implementation of the National Plan of Action for orphan and vulnerable children.
The Department is…
Togbe Koku Dzaga XI, the Fiaga of Klefe Traditional Area, has appealed to the Government to absorb the Klefe Technical Vocational Training School as a public institution.
He said the community school had grown rapidly, but it could not …
Osei-Kusi Foundation (OKF), a non-governmental organisation in Accra is inviting applications from tertiary students in Ghana to participate in its 2017 Community Service Award (CSA).
The award, which was launched last month, is aimed a…
Ghana Anti-corruption Coalition (GACC) has called on Ghanaians to get themselves involved in decentralization process so as to improve transparency and development at the local level.
Mr Ericson Kodjo, Research Officer of GACC, who was …
A former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), Professor Akwasi Asabere-Ameyaw, has been inducted as the new Principal of the Methodist University College (MUCG).
The ceremony was held on the premises of Mount O…
The University of Ghana Teaching Hospital (UGTH) is currently 96 per cent complete and expected to be handed over to the government in November 2016.
The $217-million medical facility is expected to commence operations in January 2017.
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The Ghana Haulage Transport Association has accused some Francophone countries in the West Africa sub-region of constantly harassing and showing very little respect for the ECOWAS Brown Card Insurance issued by insurance companies in Ghana…
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has banned the posting of paper notices on campus with immediate effect. The new policy is in line with the university’s decision to operate a paperless system.
A number of …
Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates who have not yet been placed in senior high schools (SHSs) and technical institutes (TIs) will from this week be given the opportunity to choose SHSs and TIs they want to attend.
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The Vice Chancellor of the University for Development Studies (UDS), Professor Gabriel Ayum Teye, has encouraged young people to cultivate the habit of reading for the acquisition of knowledge.
He said reading afforded young people the …
Mr Charles Njeru, the Financial Controller, Labadi Beach Hotel says Management is focused on innovative and creative strategies to serve both the international and domestic clients. He said the Hotel would continue to serve its clients wit…
Young Female Parliamentarians (YFP), a group of female students of the Yendi Senior High School, has appealed to the Yendi Municipal Assembly to build a toilet facility for the girls’ dormitory to end the resort to open defecation.
Ms. …
A local government expert on Tuesday encouraged Ghanaians to report cases of corruption and stealing of public funds to the appropriate quarters without fear or favour.
Mr Fred Oduro, lecturer and resource person from the Institute of L…
Zonta Club of Accra Metropolitan, one of the four clubs of Zonta International in Ghana, on Tuesday joined individuals and organisations all over the world to commemorate the United Nations International Day of the Girl.
The global them…
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in collaboration with Oglie Model 1 Basic School, in Kpong in the Greater Accra Region, has planted 100 trees as part of the agency’s integrated schools outreach and tree planting programme to crea…
The University of Ghana over the weekend held the 2016 Matriculation ceremony at which over 10,000 students were formally welcomed to the University for the 2016/2017 academic year.
Delivering his address, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ebe…
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