Free Africa From Mosquitoes (FAFM), a Non- Governmental Organization (NGO), on Friday fumigated Chorkor community in the Ablekuma South Constituency, in commemoration of this year's World Mosquito Day.
The exercise served as a platfo…
The Western Regional Office of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) on Friday assured the general public that, the HINI vaccines injected against contracting the HINI swine flu is very safe.
Dr Kwaku Karikari, Deputy Medical Director, in c…
Naa Seidu Braimah, a Member of the Council of State, has expressed concern about the alarming rate of child trafficking in the Upper West Region.
Naa Braimah, who expressed the sentiment at the second ordinary meeting of the Jirapa D…
The remains of the late Mr Kwesi Annoh Ankama, Member of Parliament for Atiwa in the Eastern Region, was on Friday flown home from London.
It was on board a KLM flight, which touched the tarmac of the Kotoka International Airport at …
The Jirapa District Assembly, has from January to July this year spent over GH�10,000 on motivational allowances for both residents and Cuban doctors serving in the District.
A monthly motivational allowances of GH�500 and GH�1…
The Mankrado of Awutu Traditional Area, Nai Kow Kurabi Clottey III, has praised the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) for putting in place effective measures to settle outstanding bills of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Mutu…
The fourth edition of the international military communication exercise �African Endeavour 2010� ended in Accra on Friday with a call on participating countries to use that platform to forge
Thirty-six countries, two sub-regional…
Maternal mortality in the Bongo District has reduced and ante-natal attendance by pregnant women increased in the past year, the District Director of Ghana Health Services, Miss Rufina Asuru, said on Thursday.
She said this at a mid …
Alhaji Issahaque Salia, Upper West Regional Minister, says he would work harder to bring development to the new districts to encourage workers to accept postings to those areas.
He said due to the lack of electricity, district hospi…
The Tema Regional Office of the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service recorded a total of 630 cases in the first half of this year.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Rebecca Nya…
The Coalition on the Right to Information has reiterated its call on civil society organizations and individuals to join the advocacy train and demand for the Right to Information (RTI) bill to be passed into law.
"The coalition main…
The United Nations (UN) System in Ghana is to
formulate a multi-year programme framework under the UN Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) for development projects for 2012-2016.
The strategic framework would be based on human r…
The Mobile Telecommunications Network (MTN) would sponsor this year�s Oguaa Fetu Afahye Festival at a total cost of GH�50,000, Mr. Samuel Appiah, the Western and Central Regional Manager of
the MTN, has said.
He said this when …
The Right Reverend Dr Yaw Frimpong-Manso,
moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, has exhorted leaders to utilize their positions to the advantage of their people.
"Effective leaders are hum…
Mr Joseph Jones Amoah, Ahanta West District Chief Executive, (DCE) has encouraged traditional authorities to use their expertise to encourage the youth to uphold the national cultural
heritage.
He noted that it is only when today's …
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture is embarking on a programme to bring about agricultural revolution and ensure dynamism in the sector for improved yields and sustainable food security for the nation.
Consequently, it has taken a …
Ghana�s bid to become the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) hub for English Speaking West Africa would receive a boost when delegates from around the world converge in Accra for the Ghana
Outsourcing Leadership Summit 2010.
The I…
Mr Saaka Akati, Member of Parliament for Bole/Bamboi Constituency, has renovated one of the abandoned wards of the Bole District Hospital at the cost of GH�60,000 to be used as the children�s ward.
The MP, who used part of his Na…
Mrs. Sarah Akrofi- Quarcoo, President of Women in Broadcasting, on Thursday urged the media to highlight women�s experiences of governance and gender sensitivities to increase women participation in governance.
�Women should cont…
MTN Ghana on Thursday presented a cheque for GHC70, 000.00 to be used for the purchase of 40 brand new laptops in aid of the Ghana Journalist Awards celebrations.
In addition to that, MTN Ghana also presented 40 modems, 40 data sim c…
A Kumasi Circuit Court has ordered a 32-year old scrap dealer, charged with cable theft, to be held in prison custody for two weeks.
Inusah Musah faces additional charges of unlawful entry and causing damage. He pleaded not guilty.
…
The Ghana Journalists Association on Thursday unveiled its 31 award winners for its 15th awards celebration in Accra.
Speaking at the ceremony, Mr. Edward Ameyibor, a member of the Awards Committee, said the winners were selected fro…
The Akyem Abodom Students and Associates (ABOSA), has improved conditions at the Akyem Abodom Market by concreting the floor of the market.
Speaking at the second anniversary celebration of ABOSA on Thursday, Mr Clement Adjei-Ofori, …
The Civil and Local Government Staff Association, Ghana (CLOGSAG) on Thursday declared it intention to undertake a four-day nationwide strike starting August 24, 2010 to press home their demand to negotiate on their conditions of service.
…
Millicon Ghana Limited, operators of Tigo communication network, has presented a cash amount of GH�4,000 as well as assorted drinks and souvenirs to the chiefs and people of the Oguaa Traditional Area, in support of the �Fetu Afahye�…
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has appealed to the media to seek its views before filing stories and comments on issues regarding the forthcoming Housing and Population Census.
This is necessary to protect the sanctity of the Ce…
The Vodafone Ghana Foundation (VGF) on Thursday, launched and sent off 30 volunteers to provide technical and professional expertise to some selected Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) to help effect change in the lives of people.
…
The Deputy Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Brigadier General Santi Bonfanti, has commended the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) for its valuable contribution to the quest for peace in South Lebanon and to t…
Isaac Afenya, a driver, was on Thursday, convicted to a fine of GHC 120 by the Kade District Magistrates� Court, for failing to report an accident in which he was involved.
In default, Afenya, who pleaded guilty, would serve four m…
Over 450 people were rendered homeless at Asubone Rail in the Kwahu-West Municipality when their houses were flooded following a five-hour torrential rain in the area on Tuesday.
Seventy-three buildings were affected, which developed…
An Accra Fast Track High Court on Thursday ruled that there was no substance in the allegations raised by Ibrahim Sima, Chief Executive Officer of Exopa Modelling Agency, that his master and visa cards were being used although he was in re…
As Pakistan reels under the impact of the worst floods in its history, leading rights activist Ansar Burney has exhorted the government to accept India's offer of USD five million in aid for the affected people, saying it is not the time "…
The Ministries of Information and Women and Children's Affairs in collaboration with Clinical Psychologists and the media are to roll out a behavioural change campaign to reverse the prevalence of abusive acts against women and children in…
The Greater Accra Regional Directorate of Ghana Health Service (GHS) on Wednesday received clinical training models worth over 50,000 dollars to facilitate the development of clinical skills in maternal, new born health and family planning…
Mr Mark Woyongo, the Upper East Regional Minister Municipal, has asked district assemblies in the region to set aside a percentage of their allocation of the Assemblies' Common Fund to establish and strengthen sub-district structures as di…
Cancer has now become a global economic problem and also a leading cause of death, according a new report by the American Cancer Society.
The report to be discussed at the World Cancer Congress in Shenzhen, China, and made available …
South Korea will soon launch talks with the U.S. and Iran about sanctions on the Middle Eastern nation amid Washington's accelerating moves to curb Tehran's nuclear weapons program, a government official said Friday.
The U.S. has been …
The Eastern Regional Branch of the Red Cross Society of Ghana on Friday donated relief items valued at GHC 3,000 to flood victims at Bosuso in the Fanteakwa District.
The items included blankets, toiletries, sleeping mats, tarpaulin…
A cold store operator at Hohoe, Margaret Kekesi Fodome-Ahor, has been sentenced to a fine of 100 Ghana Cedis by a Hohoe Magistrate Court for selling consumables without medical certification.
Kekesi pleaded guilty to the charge and w…
Dasebre Kwadu Kyerefo Ampanim Amuah 111, Omanhene of Sekyere Traditional Area, on Thursday called on the Ghana Tourist Board (GTB) to develop the site of the Pra River rock formation into an attractive eco-tourism destination.
He made…
The Adjabeng Court �2� on Thursday fined a cattle owner, Alhaji Issifu, GH�600.00 or in default one year imprisonment in hard labour for non-compliance of an order to relocate his animals from the Accra Metropolis.
The court pr…
The Kade District Police Headquarters, which is in deplorable state, is being given a facelift.
The Kwaebibirem District Chief Executive, Mr George Agyemang Duah, told a meeting of the district assembly that the assembly was partneri…
A Seoul court on Friday sentenced a 45-year-old man to life in jail for raping an elementary school girl in a high-profile case that outraged the country.
Kim Soo-cheol was arrested on June 13 on charges of kidnapping 8-year-old girl f…
South Korea said its Red Cross sent North Korea on Friday another message calling for the release of the crew of a fishing boat that Pyongyang is holding amid high tension between the divided states.
The 41-ton South Korean boat Daeseu…
Dr. Patrick Bompoh, the Ghana Health Service HIV Focal Person in the Northern Region, has blamed the spread of HIV/AIDS on the increasing rate of promiscuity and immorality in the country.
He said the situation was compounded by people…
The Effutu Municipal Chief Executive, Nii Ephraim has handed over 2000 school uniforms from the Government to the Municipal directorate of the Ghana Education Service (GES) for distribution to basic school pupils in the Municipality.
…
The Executive Director of Rescue Foundation Ghana, a child advocacy non-governmental organisation, (NGO) Mrs Sylvia Hinson Ekong, has appealed to religious leaders to help stop child trafficking in their localities.
She said as people …
Two school children who went swimming unaccompanied in River Rapaloma drowned on Wednesday afternoon.
The victims, Joseph Aidoo, 14, and Eric Kweku Asamoah, 13, were all class six pupils of the Anglican Primary and Akoon Primary Sch…
Authorities of the Bethel Children's Orphanage Home at Achiase in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region has appealed to Non- Governmental Organizations, local and foreign donors to assist in the up-keep of the inmates.
Mr. Fr…
A Tarkwa Circuit court has jailed Abudu Razak, a 19-year-old unemployed to three years imprisonment for stealing.
He pleaded not guilty.
Prosecuting, Police Inspector Florence Tawiah told the court presided over by Mr Samuel …