The President of the Central Regional House of Chiefs, Dasebre Kwebu Ewusi, has called on the youth to rekindle their communal spirit to help in the development of their communities.
Dasebre Ewusi, a member of the Council of State, w…
Nigeria’s Uti was chosen by Africa as the winner of M-Net’s Big Brother All Stars during Sunday night’s spectacular live Finale Show (17 October at 19:00 CAT on DStv Channel 198) after 91 gruelling days. He beat Zimbabwe’s Munya by…
October is DOCTOR WHO month on BBC Entertainment. the Bafta award-winning time-travelling adventure returns with a special penned by Russell T Davies and featuring guest stars David Morrissey and Dervla Kirwan.
On Monday October 25 (20:3…
The UN Foundation Board of Directors, will meet in Ghana and confer with government and non-profit organisations to learn and share strategies for advancing progress on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
The directors include …
A thirty year old driver, Alex Nartey, has been sentenced to seven years in prison in hard labour by the Asamankese Circuit court for raping a married woman.
He pleaded guilty.
Presenting the facts of the case, Police Detective…
A two- day water forum to create a platform for stakeholders in the water and sanitation sub-sector in Ghana, to review and analyse the National Water Policy and new Environmental Sanitation Policy has opened in Accra.
The second Gha…
The Akropong-Akuapem District Assembly has completed the construction of pavilions and classrooms for second-cycle and basic schools to enhance education in the area.
Mr George Opare Addo, District Chief Executive (DCE) for Akuapem N…
Three persons arrested in connection with the murder of the Reverend Sidney Thomas Barnes, a British/American Missionary at Nsawam, on Tuesday appeared before a District Magistrate�s Court in Accra.
Kofi Seidu, a driver, Goodwill P…
The Ghana National Union of Polytechnic Students (GNUPS), on Tuesday issued an ultimatum to the government to resolve all problems it has with the Polytechnic Teachers Association of Ghana (POTAG).
It said if the ultimatum elapse mem…
Reverend Father Andrews Amankwaa, Parish Priest in-charge of Corpus Christi Church at Baakoniaba in the Sunyani Municipality has called on Christians to lead decent lives to attract more members into Christianity.
Preaching on the th…
Government should incorporate the principles of sustainable use of the forest into the country�s over all development agenda to reverse the degradation of the environment, Togbe Mawufeame Fugah, President, Anloga Carpenters Union, has st…
Five executive members of the Ghana Private Road and Transport Union (GPRTU), who clashed over the collection of tolls with their colleagues at Kotobabi, were granted bail by an Accra Circuit on Tuesday.
They are; Ahmed Gado Osman, D…
Channel O presenter Lungile “Lungsta†Radu will take on the role as 2010 Channel O Music Video Awards host.
Over the years the multi-talented Lungile has made his mark in the entertainment industry through hosting shows like O-Boma, D…
Conservation Foundation, a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), on Tuesday, urged traditional authorities and community members in the country, to actively get involved in the local governance system, to ensure accelerated development.
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The Awutu Bawjiase Health Centre has within the past two weeks, recorded 16 cases of diarrhoea at the facility, Mr Dziwornu Gall, Medical Assistant has said.
Speaking to the Ghana News Agency in an interview at Awutu Bawjiase, Mr Gal…
The President of the National Association of Local Authorities of Ghana (NALAG), Mr Theophilus Aidoo-Mensah, has assured VNG International of the Netherlands that the Logo South Programme, a partnership with some assemblies in Ghana and th…
The Committee set up by President John Atta Mills to look into the concerns of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) and the subsequent strike action, has presented its report.
President Mills who received the report at …
A high level conference on connectivity among West and Central African higher education institutions has ended in Accra, with a call on the Vice Chancellors of the universities to interconnect globally with each other to promote learning a…
The National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP) is to embark on a nationwide distribution of Long Lasting Insecticide Treated Nets to ensure that every person from the age zero slept under treated nets to prevent mosquito bites that cause ma…
The Ghana Museums and Monuments Board (GMMB) in collaboration with Ricerca e Cooperazione, an Italian NGO, have undertaken a cultural heritage campaign in the Cape Coast Municipality.
The campaign, which is being held on pilot basis i…
Students of Sunyani Polytechnic, on Tuesday joined their colleagues in a nationwide demonstration to register their protest about the intermittent strike actions by their lecturers over conditions of service.
Wearing red and black dre…
The Asante Presbytery, of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, has inducted the Reverend Benson Osafo Kantankah, as its new Clerk, with a call on the leadership to work hard in deepening the spiritual renewal programmes of the church.
The R…
The Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) has completed the construction of a three-storey girls' dormitory block for the Jachie Pramso Senior High School (SHS), in the Ashanti Region, to accommodate more than 600 first year students.
Eac…
Kwabena Adeanyamebeye, a labourer and his uncle, John Essumang on Tuesday appeared before a Sekondi District Magistrate's Court for allegedly conspiring to commit crime and attempted murder.
Their pleas were not taken and were remand…
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has called for the immediate halt of the partisan politicization of health and educational issues in the country.
He said health and education are the cornerstones of development of every nation,…
Clients of mobile phone services have been warned against registering the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards of their dead relatives, because it is against the law.
Mr Abed A. Bandim, Customer and Co-operate Affairs Manager of th…
The Bawku Mutual Health Insurance Scheme (BMMHIS) has embarked on a special mass registration for people in the Bawku Municipality, Garu-Tempane and Bawku West Districts of the Upper East Region.
The exercise is an initiative of the …
Human and animal health researchers in Africa are meeting in Accra to build their research capacity for the betterment of human and animal health.
Under a consortium codenamed "Afrique One", made up of six African countries namely Gh…
North Korea could have developed nuclear warheads small enough to be mounted on ballistic missiles with the help of China or Pakistan, a U.S. expert on nuclear weapons said Tuesday.
"(It) could have transferred from Khan to North Korea…
North Korea should bring international inspectors back to its nuclear facilities and declare a moratorium on its nuclear activities before stalled multilateral denuclearization talks can resume, a senior South Korean foreign ministry offic…
Three police officers had been shot at Nakpanduri in the Bunkpurugu/Yunyoo District by Johnson Kombian alias 'Borger' killing one on the spot and two are in critical condition and are on admission at the Nalerigu Baptist Medical Centre.
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A notorious criminal, Johnson Kombian Kakum alias "Burger" on Sunday killed a Policeman and wounded two others on patrol duties between Nakpanduri and the Gambaga Scarp in the Bunkpurugu/Yunyoo District of the Northern Region.
Gener…
Major Rex Nuamah (rtd), the President of Western Regional Sachet Water Producers Association, has appealed to members of the association to co-operate with regulatory bodies to minimize indiscriminate disposal of used plastic sheets or sac…
Bahrain police are investigating the death of Indian national Satheesh Kumar Pettarveedu Unnikrishnan, who apparently stabbed himself to death after an argument with one of his roommates.
30-year-old Unnikrishnan, a resident of Cochin…
The Mankessim Programme Area of Plan Ghana has marked the Global Hand Washing Day with a call on Ghanaians to take their health into their own hands by observing good hygienic practices.
October 15 is observed as Global Hand Washing …
The Association of Private Security Organizations, Ghana, (APSOG) on Monday condemned the activities of a group of persons who were arrested at Adjiri Ganno, near East Legon, on Tuesday October 5, claiming to be members of the Association.…
The New York tri-state area's premier monthly magazine for black professionals, corporate executives and small business owners, The Network Journal (TNJ), is to hold its inaugural 40 Under Forty Achievement Awards Dinner in Accra to honour…
The Agona Swedru High Court, has imposed a fine of GH�5,000 on the Queen Mother of Mankessim, Nana Ama Amissah for contempt.
In default she would serve 18 months imprisonment.
Mr Clement Kwesi Adjei, Counsel for the Regent of…
Nana Agyewodin Adu-Gyamfi Ampem, Chairman, Ghana Education Service Council, has observed that the nation had the capacity to solve the current problem of finding classroom and dormitory space for first year students in the Senior High Scho…
Mr Alfred Oko Vanderpuije, the Mayor of Accra, on Monday called on beneficiaries of the National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP) under health extension to take advantage of the opportunity given them to acquire productive skills.
H…
The weather will be cloudy on Monday morning with mist over sheltered areas, according to the weather forecast issued by the Ghana Meteorological Agency in Accra.
It said the afternoon would be warm and sunny with late afternoon sho…
Dr Agatha Bonney, Bosomtwe District Director of Health Services, has said the country should embark on a conscious effort to promote reproductive health to enhance safe motherhood at all levels.
She said it was unfortunate that the natio…
Mr. Ernest Caesar Asiedu, Communication Director of Zoomlion Ghana Limited, has advised Ghanaians to change their lackadaisical attitude towards the management of waste.
He stressed that if people changed their attitude towards sanit…
Madam Queronica Quarteley Quartey, Action Aid Ghana (AAG) Policy Advisor, on Saturday stated that the right to food was a common human right issue in Africa.
She said the type of food one chose and the time the food was needed were t…
The National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP), has insisted that chloroquine has lost its efficacy for the treatment of malaria and urged the public to desist from using it for the treatment of malaria.
According to the NMCP, chloroq…
The Brong-Ahafo Regional Secretariat of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has since 2008 received GHC 72.4 million from the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) for the payment of claims to service providers in the region.
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Mr Kwesi Ahwoi, Minister of Food and Agriculture, on Monday noted that the commercial cultivation of cassava as an alternative source of bio-energy, would not compromise Ghana's agricultural lands or threaten its food security.
The …
Pastor Patrick Kwadzo Agbevem, Pastor of Apostolic Church of Ghana, Odorkor Central Assembly in Accra, on Sunday urged Christian to let their beliefs reflect in their daily lives to help to reduce social vices that were gradually gaining r…
The University of Education, Winneba, is in collaboration with Chicago State University, University of Cape Coast and the Ghana Education Service to produce textbooks from pre-school up to basic level three.
The Vice-chancellor, Prof.…
Vice President John Dramani Mahama, on Monday, called on African leaders to exhibit a level of good governance, leadership and accountability that would pave way for integration and economic independence.
"We as Africans can never su…