A 14-member National Task Force on Sustainable Public Procurement, was on Wednesday launched in Accra to steer government's efforts at ensuring transparency and accountability in the public procurement system.
The launch follows the …
The seventh Going Green Premier Walk for Health and Security will come on in Accra on Saturday, December 4.
Mr Noah Acolatse, Country Manager of Mepha Limited, a pharmaceutical research development and manufacturing company, who made…
The British and Europeans suffered another round of snow and freezing temperatures Wednesday as a powerful winter storm refused to let go, forecasters said.
Wicked weather was reported in Germany, Poland and many parts of the United Kingd…
A 76-year-old Florida woman, missing for five days, was found alive in the trunk of her car in a hospital parking lot, authorities said. Mary Doretich Mitchell of New Smyrna Beach had her purse, money and keys with her when police opened t…
A Florida nudist camp could be stripped of some of its home sites after the incorporation of its surrounding community, authorities said. Sunsport Gardens has 133 tent and trailer pads, but as part of Loxahatchee Groves, incorporated in 2…
A Florida judge has rebuffed Donald Trump's attempt to shoo airplane flights away from his Palm Beach club. Circuit Court Judge Joseph Marx dismissed Trump's lawsuit claiming that noisy flights from the county airport were harming Mar-a-La…
The father of three missing Michigan boys appeared in an Ohio court Wednesday in chains and in a wheelchair.
John Skelton, 39, has been charged with parental kidnapping, the Detroit Free Press reported. But investigators fear the three br…
Improving the delivery of quality education was only possible by strengthening the governance framework in education management, an African Education Watch (AEW) report has said.
The report recommended among others that Ministries of…
Mr Joseph Yieleh Chireh, Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, said the application for a Legislative Instrument (LI) to back the re-demarcation of electoral areas across the country was what delayed the district assembly el…
The Kwahu West Municipal Chief Executive, Mr Alex Somoah Obeng, has appealed to health professionals to use their health facilities to educate patients and the public to register with the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).
He w…
Three students who were successful out of 28 students of the Junior High School at Ayerede who took part in this year's Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) cannot enter senior secondary schools because their parents cannot affor…
Mr. Conrad Balig, Upper East Regional Program Manager of Youth Alive, a non-governmental organization, has said achieving the universal Primary Education by 2015 could not be realised if the disabled were sidelined.
Mr Balig said thi…
More than 500 people, including children at Adaklu Kodzobi in the Adaklu Anyigbe District have been screened and treated for various ailments free of charge by a medical outreach team of the Church of Pentecost.
The 10-member team, inclu…
Mr Henry Kamel Ford, Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, has said the government would uphold its pledge to involve civil society organizations and other stakeholders in the
management of Ghana's forest resources.
Sustainab…
Mr. Kwadwo Nyamekye Marfo, the Brong- Ahafo Regional Minister, has expressed concern about the use of foul, abusive language and unsavoury remarks by some panelists and callers during radio discussions against certain personalities in the …
Mr. Eric Addae, Asutifi District Chief Executive on Tuesday asked churches and prayer camps to desist from linking the theology of sin to HIV infection.
He explained that HIV/AIDS was currently a manageable disease like high blood pr…
The construction industry in Britain needs a massive overhaul in order to keep pace with the country's low-carbon agenda, a government report said.
The British government tasked the Innovation and Growth Team with finding ways for the con…
The New Juaben Municipality has been hit by an acute shortage of chemical fertilizer, especially Nitrogen, Potassium and Phosphorus (NPK) compound and ammonia sulphate.
Due to the shortage, some agro-chemical shops have started re-ba…
The Otumfuo Education Fund has added another dimension to its scope of activity with the introduction of water and sanitation components.
It would now be assisting in providing potable water to basic schools in deprived communities natio…
India on Thursday successfully test-fired the 290-km range BrahMos cruise missile from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur off the Orissa coast.
The supersonic cruise missile with precision strike capability was test-fired from a…
The Eastern Regional Police Command on Thursday appealed to owners of 15 vehicles which were impounded at Okorase near Suhum on November 15 to report at the Regional Police headquarters in Koforidua with their drivers.
A statement si…
Mr Collins Dauda, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, on Wednesday called for concerted efforts from chiefs and other stakeholders to save the forests from being depleted.
He noted that if efforts were not made to prevent th…
Dr Anthony Normeshie, Executive Director of Health For All Herbal Clinic at Oworam near Asamankese in the Eastern Region, has said that hypertension was now the leading cause of maternal death in the country.
At a press briefing at O…
Mr Haruna Iddrisu, Minister of Communications, has reiterated that Government has no reasons to sabotage Nigerian businesses from operating in the country.
He was reacting to a report that Government was stopping Nigerian businessmen…
The Ministry of Information is to review all agreements and policies on its assets, which have been leased to private individuals and organisations.
This, according to Mr John Tia Akologu, the sector Minister, would enable the Minist…
Members of the Food and Beverages Association of Ghana on Thursday commended Vice President John Dramani Mahama for pledging the Government's support to review the proposed abolition of the bonded warehouse system for rice and sugar.
"…
Mr Haruna Iddrisu, the Minister of Communications, on Thursday reiterated the government's support for the establishment of Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) parks at selected places in the country to create jobs.
He …
Dr Victor Agyeman, the Director of the Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG), has given high marks to retired research scientists of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for their contribution to scientific and…
South Korea confirmed three more cases of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) on Thursday, all in the area where the latest outbreak was first reported, raising concerns over its further spread.
In desperate efforts to stem the disease from s…
A senior Russian diplomat told South Korean officials Thursday that North Korea's alleged uranium enrichment program constitutes a violation of U.N. resolutions and its own commitment to give up nuclear programs, an official said.
Mosc…
Top diplomats for South Korea and the United States said talks should resume only after North Korea shows it's serious about giving up its nuclear program.
The agreement reaffirmed that the two countries can't accept China's proposal to r…
French energy company GDF Suez outlined plans to build a new 400 megawatt power in southern Peru through a subsidiary.
GDF Suez said its Peruvian subsidiary EnerSur, the second-largest private electricity company in the country, would ins…
Energy conservation is an obvious way to reduce
emissions, though a report from Paris found paying for carbon would help even more.
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development found that of the 63 companies taking part in …
The Upper East Region has a HIV prevalence rate of 2.2 per cent, exceeding the national average of 1.9 per cent, Dr Ernest Opoku, Deputy Regional Director in charge of clinical care, said on Wednesday.
He said there were spots in the…
Dr Kodwo Edusei, a lecturer at the College of Arts, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has called on teachers to help the youth and students to appreciate the nation's rich cultural heritage.
He said the disr…
A cross-section of students in the Sekondi/Takoradi Metropolis have said they are unwilling to voluntarily undergo HIV and AIDS testing.
About 50 students from Takoradi Senior High School, SDA SHS, Bompeh Technical Senior, Methodist …
Two out of six children crossing the 30-metre wide River Ochi in a canoe from Enyan Amoanda to Assin Ochiso for Muslim worship last Friday, November 26, got drowned at 12:30 pm.
The two sibblings, Yaw Amoanu, 6, and Kojo Essuon, 3 ye…
The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has appealed to teachers who have threatened to go on strike if government fails to implement the Single Spine Salary Structure (SSS) by December to rescind their decision.
Mr Ahenakwa…
Biosafety regulatory systems are essential in
realizing the benefits of the safe application of modern biotechnology, Mr Samuel Timpo, the Deputy Director of the AU-NEPAD African Biosafety Network of Expertise (ABNE), has said.
Sp…
The Omanhene of Asante-Asokore, Nana Susubiribi
Krobea Asante, has given 5,000 dollars to the Ahmadiyya Senior High School to build an assembly hall.
He has additionally given out GH¢3,000 towards the rehabilitation of Asokore Metho…
Japan has provided a grant of $104,212 to the
Centre for Integrated Education and Development (CIED) to improve water supply systems in six communities in the South Tongu District of the Volta Region.
Under the project pipe lines wo…
Mr Mark Woyongo, Upper East Regional Minister, on Wednesday called on the people to support the Ghana AIDS Commission and other stakeholders in the fight against HIV and AIDS.
He said that the Commission was spearheading the nationa…
Mr Nurudeen Quaye, Greater Accra Regional Imam of
Ghana Muslim Mission on Thursday called on Muslim leaders to map out strategies, to help curb the menace of domestic violence in Muslim communities.
He said domestic violence was a …
The Western Regional Police Command has intensified patrols to combat armed robbery and other crimes in the Region ahead of Christmas.
Alhaji Hamidu Mahama, the Regional Police Commander, in an interview with GNA in Sekondi on Wednes…
Stanbic Bank, Ghana on Tuesday donated a double cabin pick-up to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture towards this year's farmers' day celebration, in the Eastern Region.
The pick up worth GH¢ 42,000 is to be presented to the third b…
China's strategic partnership with Africa,
received a boost on Thursday when the Asian giant renewed it commitment toimprove the viability of African trade unions on the continent.
"China is ready to support all regional and sub-reg…
The University of Ghana, Legon recorded four armed
robbery and 18 theft cases from January to June this year.
Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Amadu Salifu (Rtd), Head of Security Services of the university who made the crime…
The Navrongo Health Research Centre has said it was feasible and beneficial to introduce sexual and reproductive health education in basic schools and communities, targeting young people.
At a meeting to present research findings on …
Mr Lawrence Essuman, Vice President of the Psycho Health Foundation, a mental health oriented NGO, has urged Ghanaians not to shy away from epileptic patients since the disease is not infectious.
He said epilepsy was a neurological d…
Mr Dan Botwe, the Member of Parliament for Okere, has expressed worry about increasing crime rate in the country despite large presence of churches and other religious organizations.
"It is unfortunate that at the time that church and ot…