The National Advisory Council, headed by Sonia Gandhi, Saturday recommended to the Indian
government to grant differential legal entitlement of foodgrains to nearly 800 million people through a reformed PDS network from the next financial…
Afrikids Ghana, an NGO working for the welfare of children in the Upper East Region, on Friday
handed over keys to an administrative Block, Consulting room, X-ray department, children and female wards to the management of Afrikids Medica…
Two hundred poultry farmers in Dormaa have ended a day's workshop at Dormaa-Ahenkro on recommended methods of feeding their poultry for desirable yields.
Experts from Ghana Nuts company, a renowned poultry feed producing company, too…
Mr Alex Tettey-Enyo, Minister of Education, on
Saturday said the development of every society was anchored on the value of education given to its women.
This, in itself, was interlinked with access to modern health facilities and op…
Mr Paul Kofi Adu, an Enumerator in-charge of Kotokrom in the Sunyani Municipality, has pleaded with residents to exercise restraint as each one would be enumerated.
"Now that the authorities have endorsed yet another extension of the…
A N D Haksar, an Indian scholar, has written a revised version of the ancient Kama Sutra by
adapting it to modern lives and relationships and presenting as a 'lifestyle guide for the modern man and woman'.
Haksar's version to be pu…
A 15-year-old boy indicted on charges of beating a girl to death was sentenced to up to seven years in jail while four others were also given jail terms for their involvement in the crime, a
Seoul court said Friday.
The boy, his ident…
Although Ghana was on course to achieving the first Millennium Development Goal (MDG 1) of halving poverty and hunger before the year 2015 the country still faced significant challenges in sustaining and accelerating agricultural growth to…
A medical officer has appealed to men aged 40 years and above to have medical examination annually to test for prostate cancer.
Dr Alfred Adjei of the Volta River Authority Hospital said men aged 40 and above were at a higher risk of g…
The fight against breast cancer begins with the individual's initiative to examine herself on regular basis, Ms Alberta Dela of the Cancer Unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, has stated.
She said early detection is critica…
Mr Issahaku Musah Yamba, Headmaster of Krachi Senior High School, has said the old science laboratories have been partitioned to accommodate its expected 448 fresh students, 150 of whom have reported.
Additionally, the PTA is erecti…
Members of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Education, have commended the Parent Teacher Associations (PTAs) of Senior High Schools (SHS) in the Ashanti Region for their active support and involvement in the provision of school infras…
The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has asked local assemblies to take up the challenge to provide teachers' accommodation in the rural communities to attract and retain qualified teachers.
He said most teachers refuse …
The Dutch government has committed GH�2.8 million grant to sponsor a Social Accountability Project (SAP), aimed at addressing some of the challenges facing the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP).
SAP is expected to create multip…
The Ekye-Amanfrom market, a major yam and fish centre, in the Kwahu North District has been sub-merged following the overflow of the Afram Lake.
A number of buildings along the Afram Lake at Ekye-Amanfrom and Kwahu Adawso in the Kwahu…
The College of Agriculture Education, of the University of Education, Winneba, has introduced new programmes to fulfil its mandate during the 2010/2011 academic year.
The Vice-chancellor of the University, Professor Akwasi Asabere-Amey…
Elephants have invaded Adwoafua, a farming community in the Western Region destroying people's farms.
For the past one month, farming activities had been severely hampered, while economic and other social activities have virtually co…
Water from the rising levels of the Volta Lake has submerged about three-quarters of the Tapa-Abotoase Market.
Offices of the Tapa Boat Owners Association are also under threat with the waters at its precincts.
Mr Charles Bella…
Dr Kwadwo Odei Antwi-Agyei, National Immunization Programme Manager, said the programme had planned to continue with its Supplementary Immunization Activities (SIAs) to ensure a measles free environment.
He said the aim of the exerci…
A Circuit Court at Fiapre near Sunyani in the Brong-Ahafo Region has remanded a 40-year-old taxi driver, Kwame Baffour, for threatening to kill Nana Saa Gyamfuah, Queen-mother of Ayima, near Kintampo.
His plea was not taken and was r…
Technical and scientific support to regulatory and operator practices is vital to ensure safety of nuclear products, a top International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) official said here Saturday.
"Whether in countries with an establis…
The Ashanti Regional Police Command is to push more men on the roads as the Christmas approaches to check indiscipline among drivers, which lead to road accidents.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Patrick Timbila, Regional Commander …
A man who stands as surety for people in Kumasi when they are arraigned and allegedly collects money from them on Wednesday, failed to produce a person he stood surety for at a Circuit Court.
Alhaji Ibrahim stood surety in the sum of…
Abena Yeboah in Dormaa-Ahenkro, collapsed twice in police cells at Wamfie and Dormaa-Ahenkro police stations respectively pending the hearing of a case in which she was charged with causing nuisance.
She pleaded not guilty but jumped…
A Tarkwa Circuit Court has fined 12 nationals of Burkina Faso GHc960 each or in default six months imprisonment each for engaging in illegal "galamsey" operations.
They all pleaded guilty to prospecting for gold without authorisation…
Mr Eric Akumiah, General Manager of Africa Top-Level Domains (AfTLD), an ICT organization, has underscored the need for Ghana to vest the management of her Country Code Top-Level Domain (ccTLD) in an independent state institution.
He…
The pioneer laparoscopic surgeon from India's Capital Delhi, Pradeep Chowbey on Saturday took over as the President of Asia Pacific Metabolic and Bariatric Surgical Society (APMBSS), an organisation for promoting and research of bariatri…
Mr Gilbert Atanga, a representative of the Upper East small scale farmers group, said in as much as farmers appreciated the National Best Farmer award system, the award scheme was not helping to develop agriculture.
Mr Atanga therefo…
Mr Kwame Gyasi, Volta Regional Manager of the Ghana Tourist Board (GTB), on Thursday, called for a conscious public-private interface in the development and expansion of tourism investment portfolios.
He said this partnership would i…
The Mfantseman Municipal Chief Executive, Mr Henry Kweku Hayfron and the Mfantseman West Member of Parliament, Mr Aquinas Tawiah Quansah, have jointly cut a sod for the start of work on six school projects in the municipality.
The sc…
A United Nation Foundation's high-level Session on Ghana's performance on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on Thursday called for renewed strategy and institutional changes to propel faster the wheel for the set goals.
The ses…
Dr Prosper Yao Dzamepe, a policy expert, on Friday called on government to as a matter of urgency abolish all witches camps in the country.
He said this was because the continuous existence of such camps contradicted the laws of the …
A soldier stationed in Tamale had been killed during a robbery attack at Buipe in the Central Gonja District in the early hours of Friday.
Razak Ibrahim, an eyewitness, told the GNA in Tamale on Friday that the incident occurred som…
Management of the Koforidua Regional Hospital has appealed to the public to help identify relatives of seven unclaimed bodies that had been in the morgue over the past two years.
The hospital said in a statement on Friday that that …
The Asuogyaman District Chief Executive, Mr Johnson Ahiakpor, on Friday appealed to the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) to take measures to protect the profession against infiltration by people with dubious character.
He said t…
Mr Kabral Blay Amihere, Chairman of the National Media Commission (NMC), on Friday called on media houses to put in place self regulatory mechanisms to deal with the public outcry over the falling standards of journalism.
"Charity be…
Passion for Needy, a Christian charity, on Friday donated 200 bags of rice worth GHC8, 000 to the Osu Children Home, the Accra Rehabilitation Centre and the Ghana Society for the Socially Disadvantaged.
Osu Children's Home received 1…
A 30 bed district hospital at Ajumako in the Central Region is to be commissioned by December 2010 after three years of construction.
The project is being funded by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and the Gha…
The Ajumako District Magistrate Court presided over by Mr Kwesi Boakye Enimil has sentenced Rockson Acquah, 28, to 15 months each on two counts of unlawful entry and stealing.
The sentence would run concurrently.
The prosecutor…
Mr Emmanuel Arthur Dickson, an energy Consultant, on Thursday, said though standards for importation of electronic goods had been set, the country was yet to procure the right equipment to test such goods.
The equipment according to …
Nii Armah Ashietey, Greater Accra Regional Minister, has said there was the need for a collective responsibility towards achieving a better and quality education especially with the challenges the sector was facing.
"If we as a natio…
The Upper West Regional Coordinating Council (RCC), has provided 1,000 bunk beds and 2,000 mattresses to the Wa Senior High School (SHS), to help address the problem of accommodation in the School.
Mr Jonas N. Maari, Headmaster of t…
Assistant Commissioner of Police Agwunbutoge Awuni, the Northern Regional Police Commander, has said political leaders had failed the police in the Northern Region and this is demoralizing the personnel.
He said there was ineptitude…
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) and the Northern Regional Child Protection Network (NRCP), a Civil Society Organization (CSO), have called on government and other CSOs to intervene in the Central Gonja flood disaster tha…
The Northern Regional Directorate of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) said it had put in place measures to deal with health related problems in the Central Gonja District following floods that have hit the area.
The directorate said th…
The Registrar of the Medical and Dental Council, Dr Eli Atsupui, on Wednesday gave the assurance that the activities of Medical Assistants will be duly regulated and registered by December this year, to enhance their operations.
He s…
The Municipal Chief Executive of Bolgatanga, Mr Epsona H. Ayamga, has called on landlords to release lands for national development.
He said this during a 'Meet the Press' series held in Bolgatanga. The event was organised by the ass…
Fifteen alleged impersonators, including three women, who falsified National Service posting documents have been handed over to the Central Regional Police.
Mr Kwasi Asiedu, Regional Director of the National Service Secretariat, (NSS…
The Xinhua News Agency of China is focusing to become a Media Giant in the World, Mr Zhou Xisheng, Vice President of Xinhua News Agency has declared.
The Vice President disclosed this to journalists from Africa and Asia at the closi…
An Energy Consultant, Mr Emmanuel Arthur, on Tuesday, called on Ghanaians to buy energy efficient appliances, in order to reduce cost of electricity bills and also conserve energy.
Mr Arthur said this at a day's seminar, organized fo…