Four staff of the Osu Children�s Home have been invited by the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service for questioning following the release of a video tape on activities in the home.
Mrs Sh…
Nii Armah Ashietey, Greater Accra Regional Minister, on Thursday asked parents not to relent in making good investment in their children.
�As parents we should not allow any hindrances in discharging our responsibilities towards o…
An 11-feet statue of Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's First President, was on Thursday unveiled at the entrance of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi.
The monument was designed by th…
Managers of education and the Ghana Education Service have been asked to ensure that the youth study courses that will enhance their entrepreneurial skills to enable them to employ themselves instead of depending on the State for employmen…
Government on Thursday donated unspecified amount of money to victims of the Sege-Road Metro Mass Transit (MMT) accident, to cover their medical expenses.
Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, a Deputy Minister of Information, on behalf of gov…
African leaders on Thursday called for new commitments to strategise towards the transformation of agriculture potentials on the continent to make it a food basket of the world.
They made the call at the opening session of the on-goi…
Mr. Donatus Achisiba, Nkoranza North District Director, Ghana Health Services, has urged pregnant women to dutifully and consistently attend ante-natal and post-natal clinics in order to prevent maternal and infant deaths.
He stresse…
Mr. Joseph Yieleh Chireh, the Minister of Local
Government and Rural Development, says the government has injected $20 million dollars into the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP)
Programme to enable many vulnerable people to b…
The District Coordinating Director of Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam, Mr Philip K. Asamoah, has called on all religious leaders, traditional rulers, assembly members and opinion leaders to take
active part in the upcoming population and housing cen…
Two media personnel, Mr Edward Gawuga, the Eastern Regional correspondent of Radio Gold, an Accra based FM station, and Mr Takyi Boateng, cameraman of Graphic Communication Group, were allegedly beaten by some supporters of the New Patriot…
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Some 5,763 field workers have been recruited in the Volta Region for the 2010 Census scheduled for September.
The field workers include 4,696 enumerators, 970 supervisors and 97 senior supervisors.
Madam Augusta Okantey, Region…
The Eastern Regional Command of the Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU), bagged a GH�28,228 as court fines from offending drivers in the first half of 2010.
The fines were slammed on 153 drivers found culpable of road traffic o…
The Gomoa West District National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), has donated relief items worth over GH�250,000 to victims of flood that hit Gomoa Antseadze and its environs since 2009.
Three hundred and seventy-one victi…
Kwabena Frimpong, a 35-year old ex-convict, who managed to escape from lawful custody, is heading back to prison after being sentenced to 11 years imprisonment in hard labour by the Juaso Circuit
Court.
The convict, who was sentence…
The Paramount Chief of Gomoa Akyempim Traditional Area, Obrifo Ahunako Ahor Ankobea II, has appealed to the media to limit reportage on politics and sport in order to shift some attention to other sectors such as education, agriculture and…
The Eastern Region Motor Traffic and Transport
Unit (MTTU) has bagged GHC 28, 228 as court fines from drivers during the first half of 2010.
The fines were slammed on 153 drivers who were arrested breaking road traffic regulations. …
Participants at the New Juaben Municipal
Governance Issues Forum Network (GIFNET) Citizens' Dialogue with Municipal officials have suggested the encouragement of parents to contribute towards the provision of infrastructure and learning m…
Mr Kofi Annan, former United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, on Friday called for new commitment from African governments to help transform agriculture on the continent.
Mr Annan who was speaking at the opening of the African Green Rev…
About 339 people have been recruited for training in the Gomoa West District to conduct the upcoming Population and Housing Census.
The Ghana Statistical Service is collaborating with the Assembly to ensure that the exercise slated S…
Mrs Mariama Yaya, the National Director of the Department of Children, has called on the legislature to set aside part of the constituency development fund to cater for children.
She said all forms of abuse and violence against child…
Participants at this year�s New Juaben Municipal Governance Issues Forum Network (GIFNET) citizen�s dialogue with Municipal officials, have urged parents to support infrastructural
development and learning in public schools.
The…
A total of 5,763 field workers have been recruited
in the Volta Region for the 2010 Census scheduled for the end of September.
The field workers include 4,696 enumerators, 970 supervisors and 97 senior supervisors.
Madam August…
The Ministry of Highways has been asked to as a matter of urgency erect road signs on the
Nkoranza-Kintampo highway to reduce road accidents.
Mr. Joseph Kwabena Nyamaah, Vice Chairman of Nkoranza District branch of the Progressive T…
Oseadeeyo Akumfi Ameyaw IV, Omanhene of Techiman Traditional Area, has appealed to Government to support the people complete their self-initiated police barracks project in Techiman.
He explained the construction of the barracks woul…
The General Council of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA), has expressed concern about the recent upsurge in lawyers using the media, particularly, the airwaves to grant interviews and discuss cases pending before the courts in which they are…
The Judicial Service on Friday asked the public to offer useful suggestions, fair and constructive criticisms that would improve qualitative justice, the rule of law and boost public confidence in the judiciary, not otherwise.
This w…
Madam Francisca Bagne, Lambussie/Karni District Director of Health, has called on health workers to render quality services at all levels to clients and patients to meet their health needs
and aspirations.
She said it was the duty …
The Community Development Vocational Institute, formerly Panfokrom Women's Training Institute, has introduced a programme to equip school drop-outs and those who could not go to senior high schools with employable skills within eight weeks…
Mr Al-Sahil Osman Alhassan, headmaster of the Ve-Koloenu Senior High School, has appealed to major actors in the education enterprise, including the Ghana Education Trust Fund, to assist in upgrading the infrastructure of the school.
…
Madam Marta Santos Pais, UN Special Representative of the Secretary General on Violence against Children, has urged government to put in place laws to abolish corporal punishment in schools.
"If Ghana would put in place the needed laws…
The Coalition of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Water and Sanitation (CONIWAS), on Wednesday commended government for it decision to prioritise water and sanitation but urged the authorities to fulfil all commitments made in the …
Quality education to children is a major step to fighting moral decadence in the Ghanaian society, the Guidance and Counselling Coordinator of the Ghana Education Service, Mr Vincent Agidi, has said.
He said with the right education …
Mrs Dzifa Ativor, Deputy Minister of Transport, on Wednesday inaugurated a five-member committee to investigate the fatal accident, involving a Metro Mass Transit bus and a Togolese articulated truck on the Ada-Tema Highway, last month.
…
Three white tiger cubs in the Vandalur Zoo in the south Indian metropolis have been adopted by Tamil Nadu Tourism Development Corporation (TTDC) under the 'Adopt an animal' programme of the Forest Department.
State Tourism Secretary…
Indicating a habitat shift of marine species due to climatic change, a rare black-banded sea snake was found washed ashore on a local beach here in the south Indian state Kerala capital.
The reptile, with 30 cm length and a 'U' mark…
A Kumasi Circuit Court has jailed a Kumasi-based herbalist for ten years for possessing a quantity of cannabis without lawful authority.
Baba Yidana pleaded guilty to the charge.
Deputy Superintendent of P…
Stakeholders in education within the Ashaiman Municipality have been charged to get actively involved in the administration of schools to help promote education in the area.
The call is contained in a paper jointly prepared by the As…
Dr. Wendy Arnolds, President of Peer Education Programme (PEP) of Los Angeles, on Wednesday urged the international community to continue to prioritise issues on HIV and AIDS.
She noted that it seemed the international community was …
The Ghana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) on Wednesday commended Parliament for the opportunity to comment on the Petroleum Exploration and Production Bill before its enactment.
However, it encouraged Parliament to offer interested sta…
Construction workers engaged on the OLA Senior High School project at Gaane in Navrongo in the Kassena East District were on Tuesday threatened and beaten-up by locals because �they have stolen their jobs�.
Some of the community …
Government is working around the clock to provide Ghanaians the requisite energy with emphasis on public-private participation to address deficiencies in the sector, Mr Joseph Oteng Agyei, Minister of Energy on Tuesday said.
…
A mechanic apprentice, Denyo Yawtse, was on Wednesday convicted to a fine of GH�360 by the Kade District Magistrate Court on charges of causing unlawful damage, unlawful entry and stealing.
Yawtse, who was convicted on his own plea…
A farmer who is standing trail for being at a place for wrong reasons had himself jailed for spitting on a witness.
Yaw Appiah who was charged with being on a premises for unlawful means was granted a GH�1,000 bail with one surety …
A Tarkwa circuit court has sentenced a 20 year old galamsey operator, Steven Ampunmah alias Yaw to 15 years imprisonment for defilement.
He pleaded guilty.
Prosecuting Police Inspector Florence Tawiah told the court presided …
Right Reverend James Baffour-Awuah, Methodist Bishop of Sunyani, at the weekend said immorality was seeping into the fabric of the church in recent times.
He said fornication, indecent dressing and other immoral acts should not be ac…
The National Executives of the Ghana Cocoa, Coffee and Sheanut Farmers Association (GCCSFA), have expressed gratitude to government for supplying to farmers, solar torch lights to enable them meet the one million tonnes targeted for 2011.
…
The President of the National Association of Local Authorities of Ghana (NALAG), Mr Theophilus Aidoo-Mensah, has called for amendment of the Act that established the district assembly concept to enable district chief executives to be appro…
The Ghana Statistical Service, in collaboration with Mfantseman Municipal Assembly, has recruited 414 people for training to handle the 2010 population and housing census.
Alhaji Ishaq Asuru, Municipal Coordinating Director who brief…
An International Labour Organisation (ILO) consultant has appealed to Metropolitan, Municipal and District assemblies to identify problems facing small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and help them to solve them.
Mr Emmanuel Baisie, an…