The Peace Building Committee, a community-based organization at Asawasi in Kumasi, has honoured four police officers of the Asawasi Police Station for their commitment to duty.
They are Deputy Superintendent of Police George Andrews Kuma…
Local players in the ICT sector have expressed pessimism over the liberalization of trade in ICT services saying, West Africa stands to lose heavily unless national policies were reviewed to promote indigenous creativity and innovation. …
Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, the Eastern Regional Minister, has directed officials of the Ghana Highways Authority (GHA) to take legal action against drivers who carry weights above the acceptable tonnage across the Adomi Bridge.
He ha…
Mr Mike Allan Hammah, Member of Parliament (MP) for Effutu has appealed to teachers to identify talent and potentials in children during their early days in school and encourage them to develop it.
He said children, being future lead…
The Nyinahin Traditional Council was awarded 100 Ghana cedis to Miss Portia Twumwaa for obtaining the best result in last year's Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the Atwima-Mponua District.
Currently attending the …
Miss Alberta Kuofie, a staff nurse in charge of the Gomoa Oguaa Health Centre, with other health workers, has expressed concern about the low number of registered people under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in the Gomoa West D…
Mr Paul Adu-Gyamfi, Chairman of the National Media Commission (NMC), on Wednesday pointed out that good journalism sells and, therefore, lauded the practice of high quality journalism by the Ghana News Agency.
He said there were many…
An eight-member delegation led by the British Minister for Women and Gender Equality, Ms. Harriet Harman on Wednesday met
with officials of the Judiciary in Accra.
The delegation includes Dr Nicholas Westcott, British High Commiss…
Mr. Alex Tetteh-Enyo, Minister of Education on Wednesday said government was keen in enacting the Freedom of Information Bill to promote a robust research environment and greater freedom that would ensure that adequate information was avai…
Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday announced that government was adopting additional measures to tackle and stamp out the drug trade in Ghana.
As part of the measures, the Narcotics Control Board is to be restructured un…
Nurses training college entry application forms which are meant to be free are allegedly being sold for 4.00 Ghana cedis each in Ho.
Some prospective applicants told the Ghana News Agency that they bought the forms at the Ho Nurses Train…
Government is taking steps to assist the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) to patent all research findings by securing intellectual property rights for innovations, Ms. Sherry Ayittey, Minister of Environment, Science a…
The Heavy rainfall which was experienced in most parts of the country on Easter Monday, is an indication that, the country is about to enter its first and major rainy season.
The northern part of the country however would experience the…
The maiden Zenith Bank Ghana Limited Service Fair opens at the Aviation Social Centre in Accra on Friday, April 17.
The two-day fair would offer the bank the opportunity to showcase their products and services.
Mrs. Eva Richt…
Dr Nii Moi Thompson, an Economist, on Tuesday urged Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to collaborate with stakeholders of the informal sector and exploit opportunities to boost activities of the sector in their locali…
Mr Mike Hammah, Minister for Transport, on
Wednesday said rail transport would be developed to address the recent spate of road accidents.
He said education, enforcement and engineering alone could not fully address the problem of…
Ms. Akua Sena Dansua, Minister of Women and Children's Affairs, on Wednesday commended the Ghana Institute of Management
and Public Administration (GIMPA) for the initiation of a draft gender policy for the training of public service off…
Executive members of Tema Motorway branch of the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) have placed a three-week ban on one of their drivers for using wrong diesel in his vehicle.
The driver, whose name was given as Dela and driv…
The Acting Director of Health Services for Wassa Amenfi East District, Mrs. Mary Magdalene Authur, has appealed to landlords and landladies in the Wassa Amenfi East District to reduce rent charges for nurses.
She told journalists tha…
Vodafone's promotion in Tarkwa, which started on Tuesday, ended up in a brawl between its workers and that of Tigo.
According to onlookers most of the workers of Vodafone were found pasting their posters on that of Tigo's, replacing…
Ms Sena Akua Dansua, Minister of Women and Children's Affairs, has appealed to the clergy, chiefs and social commentators to speak against domestic violence and encourage families to respect the dignity of each member.
Ms Dansua said…
Armed robbers on Sunday attacked a Benz Bus travelling from Tamale to Bolgatanga and shot and killed two women, injuring four other passengers, near Karminga in the Northern Region.
The Bolgatanga Municipal Crime Officer, Assistant S…
The Electoral Commission of the Accra City Campus (ACC), University of the Ghana, has declared Mr Francis Agilinko, a Level-300
B. Sc. (Administration) student, winner of the Students' Representative Council presidential elections held o…
The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, has urged the Government to consider re-arranging the computerization system of the Senior High School Admissions so that orthodox churches could be given a quota in the system.
Brother Th…
The Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) Ghana, is embarking on a 'Help Women Help the World' campaign, to urge the United Nations (UN), to create a new women's agency with to be given adequate resources and support to help women harness their…
The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church has intensified education on domestic and environmental health, increasing acts of indiscipline among the youth, and other social evils that retard progress in its areas of operation throughout t…
Mr Paul Adu-Gyamfi, Chairman of the National Media Commission (NMC), on Wednesday pointed out that good journalism sells and, therefore, lauded the practice of high quality journalism by the Ghana News Agency.
He said there were many…
The Winneba Municipal Office of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) in collaboration with the Municipal Directorate of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), has carried out a one-month intensive fire prevention education in…
The Reverend Chris Hindell, International Director for Partnership for General Association of Regular Baptist Churches (GARBC), has called on Christians not to regard their challenges as insurmountable.
Rev. Hindell said if they had …
Sulemana Mohammed, a teacher and Teye Emmanuel a carpenter, on Wednesday, appeared before the Kade District Magistrate court charged with unlawful entry and stealing mobile phones, other items and cash, totalling GH¢824.
They pleade…
The Apam Catholic Mission Hospital recorded a total of 16 deliveries, including three caesarean sections during the Easter festivities.
These were made up of 9 boys and 7 girls.
Ms Rose Sackey, Staff Midwife of the maternity …
The Director for Quality Assurance of the University of Education, Winneba, (UEW) Professor Jonas Apkanglo-Nartey has stressed the need for the University to set a good track record so that potential clients would select UEW as a preferred…
Twenty-two Community-Based Growth Promoters (CBGP) in Gomoa Oguaa in the Gomoa West Directorate of the Ghana Health Services were on Tuesday presented with logistics to aid their work.
The package which included bicycles, Wellington b…
A GH¢ 300,000 fund to build and equip a computer laboratory and library at Atito in the Keta Municipality of the Volta Region was launched as part of the Easter activities.
The project, to be sited at the Evangelical Presbyterian Pri…
Mr Paul Adu-Gyamfi, Chairman of the National Media Commission (NMC), on Wednesday pointed out that good journalism sells and, therefore, encouraged the practice of high quality journalism.
He said there were many decent Ghanaians, wh…
The Upper East branch of the Ghana Journalist Association (GJA) has appealed to the Member of Parliament for Nabdam, Mr. Moses Asaga, to apologise to Mr. William Jelula, a Chronicle Reporter, who was assaulted by some National Democratic C…
Mr Joe Osei-Owusu, Member of Parliament (MP) for Bekwai, has urged people in the area to rekindle their self-help spirit to help quicken the pace of socio-economic progress of the area.
This, they should do through the implementati…
Leading mobile phone operator MTN has pledged commitment to sponsoring the 14th GJA Awards scheduled for Saturday, August 15, 2009.
The event will climax activities marking the 60th anniversary of the Ghana Journalists Association (G…
The chiefs and people of Zabzugu/Tatale District are inviting investors to mine the iron ore in the Sheini community, in the Zabzugu/Tatale District, of the Northern Region for their mutual benefit.
Ghana would increase its forex ear…
Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, Eastern Regional Minister, on Wednesday reiterated the commitment of government to address factors that threaten progress in education delivery to pave way for the creation of a better Ghana through education.
…
A severe rainstorm that hit parts of the Suyani Municipality and surrounding communities caused extensive damage to
three classroom blocks of the Mmeredane Municipal Assembly Primary/ Kindergarten School building, ripping off roofs and d…
Unilever Ghana Foundation for Education and Development (UGFED), has awarded scholarships totalling 500,000 Ghana cedis to 440 senior high students and 87 undergraduates in the past nine years.
Mr Andrew Quayson, Chairman of the UGFE…
The Headmistress of the Biriwa Vocational Training Institute, Ms Jackline Appah, has appealed to the Ministry of Education and the Ghana Education Service (GES) to intervene as a matter of urgency to save the school from collapse.
Acco…
Obaabun Ogyedom Obrenuwa Adwoa Yankey I, the development queen of Afransi, on Saturday observed that the high infant mortality and poverty rates were some of the challenges impeding development in the area.
She has therefore promised…
The local agents for Parlmalat Pure Joy, an Italian-based company, T.T. Brothers, on Monday, donated food items worth GH¢1,000 to the SOS Children Village at Tema.
The items include 15 bags of rice, a quantity of cooking oil and bisc…
Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, Eastern Regional Minister, on Monday urged lands surveyors to come out with proposals to reform land acquisition and tenure system.
This, he noted, would ensure easier access to land for entrepreneurs for esta…
The Asamankese Circuit Court on Tuesday remanded into police custody, Daniel Bampoe, unemployed, charged with defiling a 14 year-old Pastor's daughter and impregnating her.
Bampoe whose plea was not taken will re-appear on April 22.
…
Mr. Mahmud Khalid, Upper West Regional Minister, has urged members of the Yarisi/Saamune/Kantosi Association (YASAKAG) to co-exist peacefully with other ethnic groups in the country.
He urged them to be law abiding and exhibit good…
The UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) said
there were about 774 million illiterate adults in the world with 64 per cent of the figure being women.
The report also indicated that majority of the illiterate adults were found in …
Nii Armah Ashittey, Greater Accra Regional
Minister on Tuesday called on the United States government to support the Regional Coordinating Council (RCC) to manage the excessive waste
engulfing the Accra metropolis.
He said waste …
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