The Kyebi Police have mounted a search for some members of the Okyenhene Task Force for allegedly shooting a galamsey operator on Monday at Habitat, a suburb of Kyebi.
The victim, Samuel Agyekum, was shot in the leg by one Kofi Wayo, a m…
Police sought an arrest warrant for a 19-Year-old woman with HIV who had sexual intercourse with 20 men without telling them of her condition, investigators said Tuesday.
The woman, identified only by her last surname Ahn, was diagnose…
The U.S.-led United Nations Command (UNC) and North Korea will hold another round of colonel-level talks Wednesday after making little progress in a series of meetings during the past three months, a military source said.
Since July, t…
South and North Korea began Red Cross talks Tuesday as the sides sought to draw concessions from each other ahead of the upcoming reunions of families separated by the Korean War.
South Korea has made it clear that it won't take into c…
The Police Administration has offered a GH�2,000 to any informant whose information will lead to the arrest of the assassins of the Mr Louis Beddu, the CEO of Louis Gas Company.
The late Beddu killed was shot dead recently by two a…
The 30-bedroom district hospital at Ajumako in the Central Region which was started in 2007, would be commissioned by December 2010.
Mr Francis Laryea, OPEC/Project Implementation Unit (PIU) quantity surveyor, said the project was b…
A Goil filling station manager in Koforidua, Mr Kwadwo Osei, 31, has been arrested by the Eastern Regional Police Command on suspicion of murdering a man.
The deceased was alleged to have deceived the suspect to burn his car and also …
Police in the Eastern Region have arrested three persons for attempting to murder a 14-year- old Junior High School pupil from Awukugua at a shrine at Asenema in the Akuapem North District.
The suspects are Kofi Larbi, alias Kiki, 42…
Poor road network is one major problem confronting the Upper Manya District and has retarded the development agenda of the area, Mr Joseph Tetteh Angmor, the District Chief Executive (DCE), has complained.
He indicated that with the exce…
Economic activities in parts of the Lawra District of the Upper West Region have been disrupted by the collapse of a steel bridge that links communities along the Domwini-Nandom road.
The bridge, which was constructed in 1996, fell a…
Alhaji Tamimu Zaid, Upper West Regional focal person on HIV/AIDS, says prevalent rate of the disease in the region has been higher than the national average for the past four years.
He said currently, the region had an average of 3.…
Smoking among Junior High School students has not increased over the years, though more needs to be done to reduce the trend among young smokers, a study by Ghana Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS), said on Tuesday.
The survey theref…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) in collaboration with the German Technical
Co-operation and Ghana Community Network Systems Limited (GCNet), on Tuesday launched an "employee wellbeing programme" and policy for its personnel in Accra.
…
Atukpai, a rulership area in the Ga Mashi State in Accra, on Saturday performed special rite to finally send home their departed ancestors on a peaceful journey to the ancestral world.
The final remembrance rite, traditionally known i…
Mr Kofi Annan, a former Secretary General of the United Nations (UN), has underscored health as an important ingredient in the sustenance of life and productivity.
He therefore stressed the need for the government to adopt effective …
Professor Mrs Florence Ama Dolphyne, a former Lecturer of the University of Ghana, said most child mortality cases in the country were as a result of overdose of medicines given the children by their "uneducated" mothers.
She said su…
India is confident of signing a "win-win" civilian nuclear deal with Japan and is looking forward to a comprehensive economic partnership agreement to boost bilateral trade, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said.
"I am confident th…
Mr Kobina Pra Annan, Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Chief Executive, at the weekend said waste management in the Metropolis had become a serious challenge to the Assembly.
�This is because the contingency monies from the Central Gover…
Healthcare service providers have been urged to uphold the ethics of the profession by treating patients with compassion and love.
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Odododiodioo, Mr Jonathan Tackie Komme, gave the advice at the begin…
The Church of Christ, University of Ghana branch, has donated food and non-food items valued at GH�2,100 to the Pantang Psychiatric Hospital in Accra.
The Church members also weeded, removed cobwebs and de-silted gutters in and aro…
The Police Administration has offered a GH�2,000 to any informant whose information will lead to the arrest of the assassins of the Mr Louis Beddu, the CEO of Louis Gas Company.
The late Beddu killed was shot dead recently by two a…
Pope Benedict XVI, has conferred on former President John Agyekum Kufour, the Papal Award of Knight Commander of St. Gregory the Great, for his dedicated service to mankind and the Catholic Church in general.
Also honoured…
The Western Regional Division of the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU), has recorded 81 defilement and 11 rape cases out of 757 crime cases received from the public from January to September, this year.
In an interv…
Mr Sam Nasamu Asabigi, Deputy Northern Regional Minister has expressed satisfaction with ongoing works on the Senior High School (SHS) projects in the region.
He expressed the hope that work on the projects would be completed by the …
South Korea's military computer networks have been under siege by ever-increasing cyber attacks, with the military countering a daily average of nearly 100,000 hacking attempts or virus infections, a lawmaker said Friday.
The average d…
Military leaders of Asia-Pacific nations agreed that North Korea's nuclear program poses the gravest threat to the region and renewed their commitment to prevent the communist state from developing nuclear weapons, South Korea's top genera…
Yonhap News Agency, South Korea's key news service, is moving to join an association of 18 news agencies from advanced Western countries, as part of efforts to further upgrade its multimedia news service and exchange, Yonhap's visiting pre…
Chances of a third nuclear test in North Korea are low but cannot be ruled out, South Korea's point man on the communist state said Friday.
The comments by Unification Minister Hyun In-taek during a parliamentary audit came a day after…
Ghana's current experience of heavy rainfall may continue well into February 2011 as a result of a current global weather phenomenon called La Nina, a senior forecaster has predicted.
Togbui Gbebie Fiamekor I, Deputy Officer at the Gh…
Ghana's current experience of heavy rainfall may continue well into February 2011 as a result of a current global weather phenomenon called La Nina, a senior forecaster has predicted.
Togbui Gbebie Fiamekor I, Deputy Officer at the Gh…
With Japan playing hard ball in the negotiations on the civil nuclear deal, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday said he would not "force" it on Tokyo as he recognises its sensitivity on the subject.
However, Singh, who is he…
Mr Alhassan Hussien, the Gushiegu District Chief Executive, has warned people in the district, especially the district capital, Gushiegu, against burying their dead in homes.
He said that such burials were likely to bring about the ou…
The Food and Drugs Board (FDB) is warning the public of two Chinese companies based at East Legon, Accra, that are engaged in activities which pose serious threat to public health and safety.
It said Tasly Co. Ltd and Qunloon Gh. Ltd…
The Central Gonja District has taken delivery of relief items from the government through the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) to be distributed to flood victims, Mr Salisu Be-awuribe, the District Chief Executive, has sa…
Kuoro Barecheh Nlowie Baninye II, the Acting President of the Zini Traditional Council, has proposed to the government to institute mandatory national service for Senior High School graduates instead of allowing them to sit at home for one…
The Chairman of the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU), Mr Samuel Sackey was overcome with emotions and shed tears when he visited the Tarkwa Central Prisons and saw Drivers serving various jail terms.
Mr Sacke…
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The Dormaa Municipal Assembly and the Municipal directorate of Education are to put in place drastic measures to control activities of video operators to minimize school children's patronage.
The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Mr V…
Mr Joseph Amenowode, Volta Regional Minister, on Friday said government's commitment to improving quality of education through increased investment in infrastructure and methodology was inviolable.
He was speaking at a ceremony at Kp…
Mama Attratoh II, Queen of Ho-Dome on Friday reiterated the need for government to create a "House of Queens" to make up for the absence of queens in the Regional and National Houses of Chiefs in the country.
Mama Attratoh made the c…
Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, Eastern Regional Minister, has called on religious leaders to use the pulpit to preach for peace and unity to help check the polarization of the country.
He was speaking at the Church of Pentecost Men's Fellow…
Final year students of the All Nations University at the weekend donated a set of computers with accessories, toys, detergents and biscuits valued at 2,000 Ghana Cedis to the Children's Ward of the Koforidua Regional Hospital.
The ge…
Identifying tourism as an "opportunity area", ayurveda and the serene backwaters were chosen to build and promote brand Kerala, thus creating a "stand alone" destination, a top official said Saturday.
The south Indian state of Keral…
The National Road Safety Commission (NRSC) and
Promasidor Ghana Limited, producers of Cowbell, have organised a walk to raise awareness on road safety in Tamale.
The event dubbed, �Walk for Health - Stay with Cowbell,� seeks to …
The Gushegu District Assembly in the Northern Region has spent over GH� 250,000.00 to construct four school blocks and other health facilities to serve deprived communities in the
district.
The Assembly, under the GETFund Schools …
Actress-Producer Trupti Bhoir whose recently released debut Marathi film 'Agadbam' depicted the
story of an overweight, obese woman has sent an entry to the Guinness Book of World Records.
The entry pertains to the title song 'Agad…
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…