A petroleum tanker with registration number GW 4056 P, on Thursday, crashed a BMW saloon car and a KIA taxi at the Pedu traffic light, Cape Coast, when its driver ignored signals to stop.
The BMW, with registration number GN 3020 Z,…
Mrs Gifty Kwansa, Tema Regional Director of the
Ghana Tourist Board (GTB) has underscored the need for hoteliers to meet the basic standards in the Tourism Industry.
To this end, he asked the hoteliers to endeavour to treat tourists…
Mr Nii Armah Ashittey, Greater Accra Regional
Minister, at the weekend challenged civil society and non- governmental organisations and the Media to create awareness about hunger and the need to
control or eliminate it.
He said fac…
Three years prior to the 2008 Mumbai attacks in India, the FBI was warned of the strikes and David Headley's links with the LeT by the wife of
the Pakistani-American terrorist, says an investigative report.
"Three years before P…
Ahead of President Barack Obama's visit to India next month, a top US official has said the rise of India's civilian power on the global stage will complement its efforts at rationalising foreign policy and emphasizing US civilian power ov…
The direction issued by Kerala High Court asking the police to conduct an independent enquiry into the 'genuineness' of students admitted in all aided schools, has not been taken well by School Teachers Association here, which dubbed it as…
The onset of Alzheimer's disease may be linked to low levels of the male sex hormone testosterone in older men, U.S. and Chinese researchers say.
Dr. John Morley of Saint Louis University in Missouri and Dr. Leung-Wing Chu of Queen Mary H…
Fibromyalgia patients may benefit from a comprehensive yoga program, U.S. researchers suggest.
James W. Carson of the Oregon Health & Science University in Portland led a study of a yoga program tailored to address the symptoms of fibromy…
French health officials say an anti-obesity drug
pulled from the market in 2009 because of concern about heart problems may have killed as many as 1,000 people.
Studies have shown that benflourex, the main component of the drug Mediator,…
Waist circumference is the best predictor of a child's future cardiovascular risk, Australian and U.S. researchers suggest.
Researchers at the University of Georgia in Athens, the Menzies Research Institute in Hobart, Australia, and the M…
The U.S. Army says it has developed a simple blood test that can diagnose mild traumatic brain damage, a hard-to-detect injury that can affect combat troops.
Young athletes and infants with "shaken baby syndrome" also suffer this concussi…
Outbreaks of the deadly parasitic disease dengue fever are now a major threat to global public health, the World Health Organization says.
WHO say the number of cases of the disease has more than doubled in the last 10 years, and unless c…
Watermelon contains a compound that may help lower blood pressure, U.S. food scientists say.
Florida State University researchers Dr. Arturo Figueroa and Bahram Arjmandi say watermelon contains the amino acid L-citrulline/L-arginine, whic…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has begun honoring schools that have students consuming more fruits and vegetables and increasing physical activity.
Kathleen Merrigan, deputy secretary at the USDA, says the Healthier US School Challeng…
Nurses who to Britain came from overseas say they have felt undervalued and disrespected, researchers found.
Julia Nichols and Jackie Campbell of the University of Northampton, England,
say nurses from overseas had a number of negative e…
Two U.S. physicians suggest an innovation
could help reduce complications of balloon angioplasty to treat peripheral artery disease.
Dr. Robert Dieter of Chicago's Loyola University Health System and Dr. Aravinda Nanjundappa of West Virg…
Spanish researchers say they identified four kinds of compulsive gamblers, but only oneof the four has a significant concurrent addiction or abuse.
Researchers at Barcelona's University Hospital of Bellvitge and the Autonomous University …
A type of over-the-counter product sold as a
treatment for autism, heart disease and other conditions is dangerous and illegal, health officials say.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued the warning Thursday as part of an announc…
Nearly one-third of the 597 districts received deficient rains this monsoon season in India, which otherwise saw excess to normal falls across the country after a drought year.
Out of 597 meteorological districts for which data are …
The 12th edition of Mumbai Film Festival organised by the Moving Academy of Moving Images (MAMI) will focus on the work of young independent filmmakers worldwide with premieres of 11 movies in the west Indian city of Mumbai.
The wee…
India's Tata Group has given a whopping USD 50 million to the prestigious Harvard Business School here to fund a new academic and residential building on its campus, the largest gift received by the institute from an international donor in…
AngloGold Ashanti (AGA) has been asked to assume responsibility for effects of its Pompora Treatment Plant on residents of nearby communities.
The Obuasi based Pompora Treatment Plant (PTP) AngloGold Ashanti (AGA) Smoke Effect Associ…
Biblical Discipleship and Growth Ministry (BDGM), a Ho-based quasi-church organization, has within the past three years constructed 12 rainwater harvesting tanks and seven open pavilion classrooms for 12 communities in the North-Tongu and …
President John Evans Atta Mills has said the three-year duration of Senior Secondary education was decided without any intent to sacrifice the quality of education.
The problem of textbooks, equipment and lack of teachers, he said, an…
The unidentified body of a white lady,suspected to have drowned in the sea near a beach resort in Cote D' Ivoire, has been washed ashore the New Town beach at the Ghana-Cote D' Ivoire border.
The Jomoro District Police Commander, Deput…
Mr Woode Asamoah, headmaster of the Awukugua United Junior High School, (JHS) has urged parents and guardians to place a high premium on their children's education for their future prosperity.
He observed that if parents w…
Mr Kwesi Ahwoi, Minister of Food Agriculture, noted at the weekend that although the country is self- sufficient in the production of staple foods it is deficient in the cultivation of cereals.
"We produce 35 per cent of our rice re…
The Adjabeng Magistrates� Court Two has slapped a fine of GH�120 on a cleaner who stole items worth GH�240 belonging to his employers.
Derik Baba, 18 who pleaded guilty will serve six months imprisonment in default.
The …
Ghana Support, an international non-governmental organization, has constructed an ultra modern clinic with staff accommodation at Leklebi-Worgbe on the peak of the Togoland Atakora Mountains to address the health needs of the farming commu…
India may seek easing of US rules that deny dual-use technology with both civil and military applications to foreign buyers during President Barack Obama's visit to New Delhi next month.
"The issue of dual technology is likely to cr…
A 21 year-old Indian shop assistant was physically and racially attacked by a group of five men leaving him with a broken jaw after he tried to stop them from misbehaving with a young woman in Edinburgh in the UK, in what police described …
A string of festival packages by Kerala Tourism Development Corporation (KTDC), offering memorable holidays in various unexplored destinations in the south Indian state of Kerala, is attracting a large number of visitors.
The pack…
In a major breakthrough, Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of Karnataka Police has arrested a suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba militant allegedly
involved in various cases, including the 2008 Bangalore serial bomb blasts.
Suspected LeT 'command…
Life in Kashmir Valley returned to normal on Saturday, after authorities lifted curfew from all parts and the hardline Hurriyat Conference decided to exempt the day from the purview of its protest calendar.
The markets in Srinagar a…
Former Indian President APJ Abdul Kalam celebrated his 80th birthday in a subtle way at the government guest house here on Friday, with just his close associates present at the occasion.
Kalam, who was here to attend two functions, …
To mark the millennium year celebrations of the Thanjavur shrine in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu, State Bank of India has brought out commemorative gold coins with the engraved
picture of the shrine on it.
To make it a…
The following is the weather forecast for Ghana
valid between 0300 hours on Saturday October 16 to 0300hours, on Sunday, as issued by the Meteorological Services Department.
It would be fair and sunny for most part of the day over the…
Mr Alban Bagbin, Minister of Water Resources,
Works and Housing, at the weekend noted that surface mining in the Western Region is wrecking havoc on water bodies.
Addressing a stakeholders meeting in the water and sanitation sector …
John Essuman, 49, alias 'Soccer' is in the grips of the Kwesimintsim Police for allegedly shooting one John Amoah, a 38-year- businessman in the stomach at Assakae, near Takoradi.
The victim, who is in critical condition, is receivin…
The Rotary Club of Kumasi and Kumasi East Club on Friday organised a mini ball in the metropolis, to usher into office new presidents and directors of the charity organisation.
The personnel were inducted into office by Mr…
Professor George Hagan, former Chairman of the National Commission on Culture, has underscored the need for Ghanaians to change their mind set about witchcraft.
Witchcraft, he explained, is the belief in the internal logic…
The Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCO) has reiterated its call on the public to desist from encroaching on its lands and facilities since they can endanger their lives in the process.
Mr Charles Darku, Chief Executive Officer of …
The London School of Economics will collaborate with Reliance Foundation, run by the promoters of India's largest corporate house, for setting up
world-class universities in the South-Asian nation.
Reliance Foundation is the phila…
India has asserted that the international community is nowhere close to the goal of eliminating nuclear weapons by the year 2010 under an action plan presented by former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi to the United Nations over two decades ag…
A senior North Korean diplomat, who served as Pyongyang's chief nuclear negotiator, visited Beijing Tuesday for talks with China's nuclear envoy, a source here said.
It was the first time that First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye-gwan h…
Management of newspaper industries in Africa have been advised to devise better strategies of packaging news to enable them to compete with the Internet world.
This is because many people do not read newspapers and prefer using the In…
The Ghana Armed Forces in collaboration with the Veterans Association of Ghana (VAG), on Thursday launched activities to commence the commemoration of the 2010 Remembrance Day, on Thursday in Accra.
The activities launched at a metho…
The Savannah Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and the Kansas State University in United States of America, are jointly undertaking a food security research project in the Upper We…
There are 314 million visually impaired persons, 45 million blind people and more than 200 million persons have moderate or severe visual impairment in the world, according to the "Blindness and Visual Impairment: Global Facts", document. …
Dr. Oscar Deborah, Head of Eye Care Unit at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, on Thursday said that cataract was the leading cause of blindness, recording 50 per cent of the disease among Ghanaians.
She announced that 106 people in the Upp…