Indian poet and standup comedian Kumar Vishwas is on a mission to spread "peace around the globe" through his brand of light-hearted language-based
entertainment.
Kumar, who hails from Ghaziabad in northern state of Uttar Pradesh, sa…
In a phenomenon that is "baffling" American border authorities, "thousands" of immigrants from
India, "mostly young men from poor villages", entered the US illegally last year, crossing from Mexico into Texas, according to a media report.…
Indian telecom giant Airtel has adopted a primary school in Nigeria as part of a programme launched by the company to support the growth and development of education in the country.
The company recently launched 'Adopt a School' p…
The fishing town of Mumford was on Friday thrown into a state of mourning when 11 victims of the Gomoa Onyaadzi motor accident victims were laid to rest.
The people lost their lives around 0545 hours on January 19, when a cargo vehic…
An interim Governing Council for the three teacher training colleges in the Central Region was on Friday inaugurated by the Regional Minister, Mrs Ama Benyiwa-Doe in Cape Coast.
The three academic facilities are Komenda, OLA and Fosu…
Mr Mark Woyongo, Upper East Regional Minister has called on the media to focus on rural reporting in order to provide information on development issues taking place in local communities.
Mr Woyongo stressed that a number of important…
Mr Musah Abdulaih, Bawku Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) has proposed stringent disciplinary codes for schools in the area, to stem indiscipline.
He observed that the phenomenon was becoming a canker and impacting negatively on stude…
Life in the Sunderbans, the mangrove forests in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal, has
undergone a sea change after Cyclone Aila swept through it with some locals altering their farming methods and others rearing non-traditional liv…
Animal rights group 'People for Ethical Treatment of Animals' (PETA) has launched a campaign to promote vegetarianism, featuring internationally
renowned 92-year-old Yoga guru B K S Iyengar.
The campaign with the slogan "energise you…
Seeking to woo more farmers to 'apiculture'(honeybee rearing) and increase honey
production from the state, the Kerala Agriculture University (KAU) here has chalked out plans to promote the rearing of stingless bees.
According to KAU…
There is a pressing need to fill up the gaps in research and scientific knowledge about prevention
and treatment of HIV/AIDS, as number of people living with the disease has grown to alarming proportions, an expert with the Indian Council…
A swoop by the Bimbilla Police on Friday dawn to unearth the missing of the two AK47 rifles has resulted in the arrest of two persons.
They are; Mohammed Bonadoo, 31 and Osman Naatongman, 27 who were arrested at Kpatihi, a suburb of B…
The police on Friday placed Thomas Adjei, driver of a mini-bus, before a Kumasi Circuit Court for careless and inconsiderate driving.
Mr Adjei who pleaded guilty to the charge was granted a bail in the sum of GH¢600.00 and o reappear…
Stanbic Bank has donated medical equipment valued at 5,000 dollars to the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH).
The donation is made up of three boxes of Ambu Mark IV resuscitators with single patient valves, an instrument designed to prod…
Mrs Christina Kobinah, Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipal Chief Executive on Wednesday inaugurated a number of development projects in the Municipality, valued at GH¢301.768.52.
The projects comprised a six- unit- classroom block at Mile 5, a r…
Mr Reuben Jefferson Ocansey, Assemblyman-elect for Homowo Electoral Area in Tema New Town, has listed a number of priority development needs for the locality, which spans health and other social amenities.
Speaking to the Ghana News …
Construction works has begun on a steel bridge to replace the weak and narrow one over the Offin River on the Boamang-Ahenkro road in the Afigya-Kwabre District of the Ashanti Region.
The project is being funded through a Spanish gra…
'3D' is the new buzzword in the world of animation and the Indian industry is fast emerging the favourite of filmmakers looking for the midas touch.
Oscar shortlisted Hollywood film 'Alpha and Omega', which was animated by the Mumbai …
Asia is leading the afforestation activity in the world with a significant contribution from India which is adding 300,000 hectares of forest every year, a senior UN official said.
"I would highlight India, which still has important p…
The captain of a ship hijacked by Somali pirates and rescued by the Navy last month regained consciousness 13 days after being shot in the stomach by pirates during a military operation, hospital officials said Thursday.
The 11,500-ton…
The Brong Ahafo Regional Health Directorate, recorded 68 cases of maternal death in 2010 as compared to 94 cases the previous year, Dr Emmanuel Tinkorang, Deputy Regional Director of Ghana Health Service (GHS) said on Thursday.
He at…
Personnel of the Ghana Armed Forces and the Forest Services Division, have arrested Rose Mark, a 36-year-old Russian and three Ghanaians for engaging in illegal mining in the Neung South Forest Reserve, near Tarkwa.
The four suspects…
A Magistrate Court at Duayaw-Nkwanta has again remanded into prison custody four persons accused of murdering one Kwasi Yeboah, a citizen of Yamfo in the Tano District of the Brong Ahafo Region.
The court is waiting for the advice of…
The UN on Thursday launched the International Year of Forests under which the Universal Postal Union (UPU) will contribute to raising awareness of the importance of protecting forests through its 40th International Letter-Writing Competiti…
The Ghana Customer Service Advocates (GCSA), a non-profit organisation, on Thursday honoured two distinguished individuals from the public and private sectors for their contributions to good customer service delivery in the country.
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Personnel of The Drug Law Enforcement Unit of the Ghana Police Service, in the early hours of Thursday, arrested Samuel Fosu, 28, when a large consignment of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp was found in his warehouse at Tarkwa.
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Aggrieved members of the Elmina branch of the Ghana Inshore Fisheries Association (GIFA) and canoe fishermen from Abandze and Komenda, on Thursday appealed to the Government to allow them to use flash light to fish at least three months in…
An ex-convict, Eric Tetteh, 20, has been sentenced to another five-year prison term by a Tarkwa Circuit Court for stealing 11,000 Ghana cedis from a cocoa buying agent at Prestea.
The suspect, who has already served a five-year jail …
A Tarkwa Circuit Court has remanded in prison custody three palm-wine tappers for kidnapping and defiling a 15 year old girl for four days.
They pleaded not guilty and will re-appear on February 14.
Prosecuting, Police Detectiv…
Mr Bukari Shaibu Ibn Abu-Daiyan, Bawku Municipal Secretary for Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), on Thursday called on teachers to be proactive since the better Ghana Agenda begins with the teacher.
Mr Abu-Daiyan said ed…
Almost a month after the recent fuel price increases, drivers and passengers continue to wrangle over fares in the Kumasi Metropolis.
It was quite a disturbing scene at Atonsu, a suburb of Kumasi on Wednesday, when the driver and pa…
Ghana Free Zones Board (GFZB) on Thursday denied media reports that 500,000 dollars disappeared from the Board’s account from May 2009 to November 2010.
A statement from the Board and signed by the Chairman of its Finance Committee, A…
Mr. Michael Pentsil, Assistant Regional Manager, Forest Services Division of the Forestry Commission, on Friday said the spate of illegal mining activities particularly in forest reserves across the country was worrying.
He told the G…
Some young people, mostly fisher folks from Elmina, on Wednesday evening demonstrated against the government for banning fishing with light and failing to rehabilitate the Benya Lagoon at Elmina.
The youth, numbering about 100, also c…
A Human rights course designed by the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) for health workers was on Thursday inaugurated at the Nurses and Midwives Training College (NMTC) in Cape Coast.
It aims at enlighte…
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has arrested nine persons, comprising three adults and six juveniles, for allegedly indiscriminate bush burning.
The nine culprits whose names had not been disclosed for security reasons, wer…
Governments risk adopting policies that increase people’s vulnerability to climate change due to general prejudice against migration.
Instead social and economic factors play a bigger role in who moves, where they move to and for how…
Addressing the problem of price rise and helping the people overcome the ill-effects of inflation are the important challenges before the Left
Democratic Front government in the southern Indian state of Kerala, Governor R S Gavai said on …
The Upper West Regional Police Command says it has been recording a decline in criminal cases in the region since 2008.
Total number of crime cases reported in 2008 was 2,035 but this was reduced to 1,431 and 1,319 in 2009 and 2010 r…
The country’s Polytechnics have cautioned the Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAG) against what they say is the coercive attempts to migrate them unto its payroll system.
A resolution read by the Chairman of the Conf…
The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Afigya-Kwabre, Mr Kwaku Oppong-Kyekyeku Kaakyire, has repeated the government’s determination to ensure equity and fairness in the distribution of the nation’s resources.
He said no commun…
The Ga Traditional Council (GTC) on Friday pledged its support for the Accra Metropolitan Assembly in its quest to make Accra one of the finest cities in Africa.
The Traditional Council said it appreciated the level of sanity in the me…
The Ministry of Health on Friday declared its “full and unflinching” support for all its regulatory agencies in the implementation of appropriate regulatory measures to achieve the highest standard of quality in the health care delivery sy…
Mr Shadrack Amaton, a philanthropist, on Friday donated a set of jerseys, two footballs, an inflator and assorted books.
Presenting the items, Mr Amaton said the donation was aimed at boosting the moral of the pupils to study hard.
…
Osabarima Kwaku Okoampa, Chief of kyem Banso in the Fanteakwa District, on Friday urged parents to take greater responsibilities in the education of their children.
He said the falling standards of education could not be attributed t…
Thirty Peer educators on HIV and AIDS drawn from the Kwahu West Municipality on Friday ended a
two-day workshop on Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD), at Nkawkaw.
The workshop, which was organized by Tinacom Foundation and Precious…
Mr Maxwell Awuku, Managing Director of Metro Mass Transit Limited, has commended drivers of the
Company for recording fewer accidents in recent times.
He said road accidents involving Metro Mass buses had reduced drastically since la…
The National Hajj Committee on Friday held strategic discussions with the Hajj Agents Association to map out modalities for an incident-free 2011 pilgrimage to Mecca.
In an interview with Ghana News Agency after the meeting, Alhaji A…
The National Accreditation Board (NAB)on Friday confirmed the legal status of Meridian Pre-University as dully registered and accredited to run pre-tertiary education in Ghana.
A statement signed by Mr Kwame Dattey, Executive Secreta…
Dr Joseph Oteng-Adjei, the Energy Minister, has pledged the resolve of the Mills Administration to
ensure that about 80 per cent of the country’s population enjoys electricity within the next four years.
In line with this, a loan fac…