The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), on Sunday, expressed concern about the increasing spate of fire disasters in the country and urged the general public to observe fire safety precautions, to minimise fires.
In a wide-ranging se…
Speakers at the just ended Springboard Africa 2011 road show, have urged the younger generation to be passionate and focus on perusing their career development.
The speakers urged them to be determined, persistent and consistent abou…
The Medical Superintendent of Margret Marquart Catholic Hospital Reverend Sister Dr Lucy Hometowu, has said that delays in the re-imbursement of the National Health Insurance claims constituted a major setback for the provision of quality …
The Okyenhene, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin, has appealed to the judiciary to support efforts at stopping illegal mining in the Eastern Region.
He noted with concern that, any time excavators being used by illegal miners in Kyebi we…
Water supply to twenty-nine communities in the Gomoa East and West that has been disconnected for the past eight months would resume on Friday, February 11.
This follows the completion of the connection of new pipelines to the main l…
The West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) says it has completed investigation into alleged malpractices in the Nov/Dec examination for private candidates and would soon release the remaining results.
Candidates who took the examinat…
The Savannah Agriculture Research Institute (SARI) has been commended for its research findings which has greatly contributed to enhance food production in the country.
The Institute has over the years carried out research work on a …
Eleven out of the 14 casualties in a motor accident involving a bus and a cargo truck at Mumford in the Central Region, were given mass burial on Friday, February 4.
One of the victims Abeka Ibrahim; a Muslim, was buried earlier at G…
The Mankessim Central Market in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region, is to benefit
from an 810,000 Euros assistance to initiate a number of sanitation projects.
The African Water Facility initiative is being implemente…
Mr Kwame Quandahor of the Policy Planning Monitoring and Evaluation Division of the Ghana
Health Service (GHS), has advocated the use of the Rapid Diagnostic Test to ascertain malaria cases reported in the country’s health facilities.
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Ms Georgina Yvonne Graham Hayford, Mfantseman Municipal Director of Health Service, has declared 2011 an action year to produce healthy people in fulfilment of President John Atta Mills aspirations.
Speaking at the Annual Performance…
Fishermen and fish-mongers at Ankaful near Saltpond in the Central Region, have opposed the demonstration of some of their colleagues against the ban of the use of light for fishing.
They have therefore pledged their unflinching supp…
President John Evans Atta Mills is expected to carry out two ground breaking ceremonies on February 7 and February 8, for the construction of two universities in the Volta and Brong Ahafo Regions.
The Brong Ahafo University, which wo…
As many as 11 lots of Mahatma Gandhi memorabilia, including signed notes, letters and a khadi cloth, will hit the auction block in the US this month and is expected to rake in over Rs 15 lakh.
The items will be offered in Bonhams …
An ambitious global project to bridge the "achievement gap" among students has been launched
by an Indian-American family here by connecting schools in India with those in the US using Internet, new methodologies and cutting-edge technolo…
The US Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) has indicated that it is ready to consider reinstating the immigration status of those
Indian students, who have lost their student visas due to the closure of a California-based "sham" univ…
A mystic Indian has successfully documented the ancient science of Anthro-Biometry, the science
that incorporates a universal system of Sacred Geometry to predict the rise and fall of man's activities and that of civilisations.
Chenn…
Amid uproar over treatment meted out to Indians duped by a "sham" American university, the US
Sunday said it was "very sensitive" to the issue and will be attentive to the problems of the students from the country.
"The US is very …
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…