The new head of Syria's biggest Christian denomination was enthroned in the capital Damascus on Sunday, amid controversy over the attendance of Lebanese Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi.
Patriarch John X al-Yaziji was officially installed as …
A Kuwaiti court on Sunday released three former opposition lawmakers convicted of insulting the Gulf country's ruler, Kuwaiti media reported.
A court last week sentenced Falah al-Sawagh, Khaled al-Tahus and Badr al-Dahum to three years…
Five people were killed during a rescue drill on a cruise ship in the Canary Islands on Sunday when a lifeboat plunged 30 metres into the sea, Spanish media reported.
Those killed were crew of the MS Thompson Majesty, operated by Thoms…
With barely six weeks to the commencement of the 2013 West African Secondary Schools Certificate Examinations (WASSCE), Okuapemman School Science Resource Centre has no science and laboratory equipment.
The centre has no furniture, pi…
Dr Peter Obeng-Asamoa, Director of Ghana Blind Union, has asked government, Ghana Education Service and other stakeholders in education to treat inclusive education as an urgent tool necessary for national development.
"In spite of t…
The Volta River Authority (VRA) has assured the nation that the Takoradi Thermal Plant 3 (T3) with an installed capacity of 132 MW would be fully operational by the end of February.
The corporation said currently the contractor of the…
Fourteen Workers of the Agona Swedru branch of the Metro Mass Transit (MMT) have been dismissed for alleged ticket racketeering.
Mr Otupiri Darko, Agona Swedru Depot Manager who made this known to the Ghana News Agency in an interview…
Students of Nyakrom Secondary /Technical School (NYASTECH) have appealed to Omanhene of Nyakrom and Agona West Environmental Health to intercede on their behalf to stop people who are burying dead bodies close to the school.
Accordi…
Reverend Doctor Joyce R. Aryee, Executive Director of Salt and Light Ministries, at the weekend urged Christians stay united to facilitate national cohesion, adding: “A nation that stands together is a nation that stays together."
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Muslims at the weekend converged at Akweteman, a suburb of Accra to celebrate the birthday of Prophet Mohammed.
The ceremony, which started at 2200 hours on Saturday ended at 0400 hours on Sunday.
Speaking to the Ghana News Age…
A senior member of Tunisia's ruling Ennahda party called Saturday on government supporters to answer a huge opposition demonstration with a "million man march" on February 15.
Addressing a few thousand party supporters at a rally in th…
Mali's army said Saturday it had foiled a suicide bomb attack, a day after the first such strike targeting Franco-Malian forces who have battled against Islamist militants.
Captain Modibo Traore, an army spokesman, said two men were ar…
The Ghana Federation of the Disabled (GFD) has said that the appointment of a visually-impaired person to a ministerial position is in the interest of total inclusion of Persons With Disability (PWD) in managing national affairs for socia…
Teachers of second cycle institutions in the Sissala East District of the Upper West Region have strongly protested against the publication of research findings on the level of sexual harassment in Senior High Schools (SHSs)in the District…
There's a magic about overseas travel that comes from the anticipation of exploring new places and trying new things, but when something goes wrong far from home, a dream trip can quickly turn daunting for even the most adventurous travell…
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says millions of people could escape poverty, hunger and environmental degradation if countries put more effort into promoting agro-forestry, an integrated approach combining trees with crop or l…
Twenty schools in the Mfantseman Municipality have been supplied with laptop computers to enhance teaching and learning of Information Communication Technology (ICT).
Mr Henry Kweku Hayfron, Municipal Chief Executive, who presented t…
In spite of the fairly liberal abortion law in Ghana, unsafe abortion remains the second most common cause of maternal mortality in the country.
It is estimated that maternal mortality accounts for approximately 11 per cent of mate…
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Paul Mensah Bampo, Prampram District Commander, has urged estate developers to factor security into their development plans.
This, he said, would go a long way to protect lives and property at es…
The Ho township has seen major facelift in the road sector in the last six months resulting in improved vehicular movement, commercial activities and police patrols at night.
Access roads connecting the central market and suburbs hav…
The Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology has (OFAB) urged Africa leaders and other relevant institutions to harness the benefits of biotechnologies to promote food security challenges on the continent.
It noted that the continent…
The World Food Program (WFP) has donated a Toyota Pick-Up at the cost of GH¢50,668.00 to the Upper West Regional Directorate of the Ghana Education Service (GES) to facilitate the effective monitoring of the School Feeding Programme in th…
MTN Foundation Ghana together with Ashcell Limited, distributor of the MTN products, had presented gifts totalling GH¢3,200.00 in support of the 63rd anniversary celebration of the T.I. Ahmadiyya Senior High School (SHS) in Kumasi.
T…
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) and four research institutions signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Thursday aimed at supporting the Pig Breed Improvement Program for the benefit of enhancing research work and increasi…
A two-day workshop on the implementation of the Ghana Integrated Financial Management and Information System (GIFMIS), on Thursday began in Accra.
The workshop is being attended by Heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs…
The General Agricultural Workers' Union (GAWU) of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has embarked on an intensive three-day sensitization programme at Saamang, in the Eastern Region.
The program in the cocoa growing community was to help…
MTN Ghana Foundation on Thursday presented scholarship packages to five polytechnic students worth GH¢10,000 each as part of its 10 Million Merit Award Scheme in Accra on Thursday.
The five awardees are Naa Cosmas Naaba from Wa Poly…
The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) would soon commence work on the construction of an ultra-modern office and laboratory at Danyame in Kumasi to enhance its operations in the Ashanti Region.
Mr Akwasi Owusu Boadu, the Regional Direc…
A total of 320 students were on Thursday admitted to the Martin Luther Health Training School in Accra, to undergo two-year certificate courses in Health Assistance Clinical, Health Care, Laboratory Technology and ICT training.
Mr Ge…
Young Democrats-Ghana, a Pro-National Democratic Congress group, has called on the Police to arrest any individual or group who are bent on disturbing the peace, stability and security of the country.
They called on the Acting IGP …
Grandparents of the 11- year- old victim who had her buttocks submerged in hot water over her constant bed wetting, were on Thursday admitted to bail.
The court presided over by Ms Sedina Agbamava admitted Christina Torkornu and her…
The Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology (MEST), has suspended receipt of fresh applications for the free Better Ghana Agenda rlg laptops.
The ministry said it had received more than enough applications which were processe…
An Accra circuit court on Thursday sentenced Isaac Opoku Kwakye, a musician, to 10-years imprisonment for causing harm to a driver in his bid to snatch his car.
Kwakye, believed to be in his mid 20s, pleaded guilty to the charge of c…
The German Ambassador, Dr Schimkoreit, the Goethe Institute and other Ghanaian partners have signed a declaration of intent to admit Opoku Ware Senior High School to the German PASCH (Partnership School Programme).
A statement issued…
Mr Victor Emmanuel Smith, the Eastern Regional Care-taker Minister, has appealed to heads of schools to stop overcrowding students in one dormitory, saying, it endangers their lives.
He said overcrowding students in one room had many…
Siblinor, an isolated community on a hill in the Upper Manya Krobo District, will soon have electricity, a health centre, portable water, accessible road and a classroom block to salvage it from its current poor state.
Mr Victor Smit…
The Okuapemman School has held a memorial lecture in honour of the late Mr Opoku Akyeampong, Founder of the school, at Akropong.
The lecture was aimed at inculcating in the students the sacrificial, selfless and hardworking lifestyl…
The Right Reverend Kofi Asare Bediako, Methodist Bishop of Sunyani Diocese, has said the future of the country's educational system was in was in jeopardy with the prevailing trend of truancy and absenteeism in many schools
He expres…
The Japanese Embassy in Ghana on Thursday signed a $217,239 grant agreement with the Princess Umul Hattiya Foundation, an NGO, for the improvement of the Basic Education facility in the Zuo Community in the Tamale Metropolis.
The pr…
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Loud and Proud takes viewers into the lives of Ghanaian football players and brothers Jordan and Andre Ayew, who are determined to follow into the footsteps of their father Abedi Pele. The show also gets up…
The Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital is in dire need of medical equipment to enable the hospital to function effectively as the only referral hospital serving the Western Region.
Dr. Paul Ntodi, Medical Director of the Hospital, said the a…
Golden Star Bogoso Prestea has awarded scholarships to 22 brilliant but needy students who have gained admission into second cycle institutions.
The 14 females and 8 males were selected from five out of the six divisional areas and small …
Police rescued a 24-year-old gang-rape victim from a car in New Delhi and arrested four men on suspicion of attacking her, officials said Friday. The car was intercepted after a chase by police in the northern area of Burari on Thursday. T…
A joint study by the World Health Organization (WHO), World Trade Organization (WTO) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) says public health is inherently a global challenge and thus assumes high priority for internation…
A manhunt was under way overnight Thursday for a heavily-armed former policeman with a grudge against his superiors who is suspected of killing three people and shooting three police officers. Christopher Jordan Dorner, 33, released a chil…
Four car bomb blasts killed at least 18 people on Friday in two mainly Shiite Muslim areas of central Iraq, police sources said. Thirteen were killed and 26 injured in central Baghdad's Kadhimiya area. A parked car went off first, followed…
An outbreak of swine flu in northern India has killed at least 95 people this year, officials and news reports said Friday. Nearly 500 cases of H1N1 influenza have been reported from four states including national capital New Delhi and the…
Two robbers who snatched a Toyota Corolla taxi from its driver at gun point have been sentenced to a total of 180 years in hard labour by a Kumasi Circuit Court.
Kofi Owusu, 27, an ex-convict, and John Obeng, 35, is each going in…
A famous painting by French artist Eugene Delacroix which was loaned by the Louvre Museum to a new outpost in the northern city of Lens has been vandalized, the museum announced on its Facebook page Friday. The Louvre-Lens said a woman who…
The Youth for Change Educational Complex (YFC) at Asuofua in the Atwima-Nwabiagya District has taken delivery of educational materials valued at about GH¢6,000.00.
The items are 10 desktop computers, a projector, office furnitu…
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