Senior US and Japanese officials met in Washington, to discuss the relocation of a US airbase on Okinawa.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates held talks with Japanese Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsum…
The Rice Sector Support Programme (RSSP), an initiative of the Ministry of Agriculture (MOFA), that is aimed at increasing rice production was launched at Pusu-Namongo near Bolgatanga.
The RSSP would also promote rice processing and …
More than 600 science journalists, researchers and academics would engage in discussions on a range of critical topics in science writing at the World Conference of Science Journalists 2011 (WCSJ2011) this week.
The conference, whic…
World Vision International has been commended for contributing to combat desertification at the Talensi-Nabdam District of the Upper East Region.
The Upper East Deputy Regional Minister, Mrs. Lucy Awuni, made the commendation during …
Residents of Adinkra Akyi Electoral Area in Nkoranza in Brong-Ahafo are constructing a 20-seater water closet KVIP place of convenience to enhance sanitation in the area.
The project, estimated at GHC60, 000 will be funded through sp…
A delegation from the Liberian Transport Ministry is in Ghana on a four day study tour of the country’s transport sector.
The four-man delegation led by Mr. Ebenezer Kolliegbo, Liberian Deputy Minister of Transport (Administration), …
Huawei Technologies Ghana, a computer firm, has donated 15 laptop computers hooked to the internet to boost the University of Cape Coast’s (UCC) Information Technology Department towards the training of computer science students.
At …
The World Food Programme (WFP) through its Food for Work project, has supported five communities in the Wa Municipality of the Upper West Region, with food items to rehabilitate their dams and dugouts with local labour.
The food pack…
Traditional healers and prayer camp operators have been asked to observe the Traditional Medicine Practice Act, which enjoins them to seek approval from the Traditional Medicine Practice Council before practicing.
This is to enable t…
A Circuit Court in Accra, on Tuesday remanded into prison custody Bernard Asare, a trader, for allegedly stealing a car and mobile phones worth GH¢7,700.
Asare, who pleaded guilty to four counts of conspiracy, unlawful entry, stealin…
A Fast Track High Court (FTHC) in Accra, which was to hear a motion filed by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), seeking permission to dispose of assets of Sima Ibrahim, Chief Executive officer of Exopa Modelling Agency, was on…
The Vice President, Mr John Dramani Mahama, on Tuesday announced that Government would increase the manpower of the Ghana Police Service by an additional 16,000 personnel.
He said Government was also on the verge of procuring major e…
Mr Kosi Kedem, Chairman of Ghana Library Board, on Tuesday bemoaned the country’s fallen illiteracy standards and noted that it had persisted and become the ‘malaria’ of the mind.
He said because “Efforts made were half-heartedly and…
The National Executive Committee (NEC) of University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), on Tuesday said it had not mandated any third party to negotiate its salaries and conditions of service with the Fair Wages and Salary Commission (F…
Two local Trade Unions have at a meeting in Accra on Tuesday expressed dissatisfaction at the way their employers, the Vice Chancellors Ghana (VCG), were handling their migration onto the Single Spine Salary Structure (SSSS).
The Tea…
Alhaji Hafiz Adam, Techiman Municipal Coordinating Director, has called for effective management of conflicts to ensure peaceful co-existence for national development.
He stressed that in any society, there are bound to be conflicts …
Dr Vladimir Antwi-Danso, a Senior Research Fellow at Legon Centre for International Affairs, (LECIA) University of Ghana has urged the government to draw a comprehensive programme that would empower the youth to develop their potentials.
…
Nana Adjei Brempong, Dwirahene of Asante-Mampong Traditional Area, has underscored the need for more determined efforts to address challenges facing the country’s education.
He said countries like South Korea, Malaysia and Hong Kon…
A 35-year-old man, Mr Richard Wiefi, threw passengers in a “trotro” into fits of laughter when he claimed, over his cell phone, that he had experience with “Mame Water.”
Mr Wiefi had a 45-minute chat with a friend on his phone while w…
A new classroom block worth GH¢ 128,000 has been inaugurated for the Roman Catholic Primary at Dzogborve in the South Tongu District.
The building which has a store, office and fitted with furniture was executed by CareNet Ghana, a n…
The Acting Southern Sector Manager of Plan Ghana, Mr George Cobbinah York has said his outfit is working hard to improve the lives of children in the community.
He said Plan Ghana has been constructing school buildings in the most de…
Mr Rockson Deafeamekpor, an aspiring National Democratic Congress parliamentary candidate for South Dayi, has presented 10 plastic chairs to the Volta Regional branch of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA).
Mr Deafeamekpor also …
Official party to celebrate her feat slated for this Thursday
Accra, 20th June 2011: She was given sixty minutes to perform and entertain the inmates of the Big Brother Africa Amplified houses and she delivered on spot, much to the amazem…
After surviving Eviction once and being whisked into Tails, Danny has been Evicted from the Big Brother House after seven weeks in the game but Nic was also not spared.
In true IK fashion, Kim was the first one to be asked to stand, fol…
Mr Mark Woyongo, has cut a sod for the construction of 10 lockable stores and 20 stalls for the Naaga market, the second highest patronized market in the Kassena Nankana East District.
The project is funded from the District Common Fu…
The Heads Housemates did a thorough job of spreading the nomination love on Monday (20 June) on M-Net’s Big Brother Amplified – all but Vina are in danger of being evicted this Sunday!
Zeus, Hanni, Vimbai, Wendall, Lomwe, Millicent, Fel…
The Dededo Community near Ho continues to attract tourists because of its proverbial cleanliness.
Consequently, a guest house has been built to accommodate tourists who visit the community.
A “colony” of members of the Apostles …
The Mobile Telecommunication Network (MTN), on Tuesday presented a cheque of GH¢ 5,000.00 to the Edina Traditional Council to support the celebration of the “Edina Bakatue” festival.
Some items including ‘T’ shirts, vuvuzelas and MTN…
An accused person who appeared before a Magistrate Court in Cape Coast on Monday, on the charges of stealing, unlawful entry and causing damage vehemently implored the court to temper justice with mercy as he had regretted his actions.
…
Thirty-two (32) communities in the Jomoro District of the Western Region are to be connected to the National Electrification grid before the end of the year.
The communities include New Town, New Town wharf, Balegangra, Ezimetianu, M…
The Central Regional Chairman of the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), Mr Kwame Kumah, has urged members not to allow politics to divide.
He said the Union is a Non-Governmental Organisati…
A five-year-old girl, Priscilla Agyei was trapped to death when the wall of the room where she slept with three others collapsed on her after heavy rains at Breman Kokoso in the Central Region.
Priscilla, a Kindergarten One pupil at …
A total of 44 people were killed when a Tu-134
passenger plane crash-landed in Russia's northern republic of Karelie, local media reported Tuesday, citing sources from the Emergency Situations Ministry.
Meanwhile, eight people who were s…
At least 25 people were killed on Tuesday and more than 20 wounded in two car bomb explosions near the house of the provincial governor in Diwaniyah, capital of Iraq's central al-Qadsiyah province, a police source said.
The attack occurre…
During the ongoing Croissment Festival in China, a
special show has grabbed a lot of attention. It features the French new circus, which looks something like a poetical odyssey.
Casacading letters, luminous meteor showers, and poetic dre…
Four days of heavy rainfall have finally started
wane in Jiangxi Province. But even before the downpours began to ease on Sunday night,local residents were already trying to resume their normal lives.
Farmers are starting to clean their …
More than 20 troops from Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces have defected from a brigade based in southern Libya and joined the rebellion.
The defected soldiers and officers said they decided to escape as a group months ago but were u…
The World Heritage Committee of UN Educational
Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Monday formally started the debates about the qualification of 42 sites to enter the World Heritage List, composed of natural and cultural sit…
Libya's official government spokesman says 15 civilians were killed by a NATO airstrike on the home of one of Muammar Gaddafi' top officials in Surman, 70 kilometers west of Tripoli.
The attack came a day after NATO admitted killing civil…
Google and the British Library announced Monday that the Internet search giant will digitize 250,000 out-of-copyright books from the library's collections, making up to 40 million pages from 1700 to 1870 available to the public online.
In…
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday limited the sex discrimination case against Wal-Mart, ruling it cannot proceed as class action.
The ruling overturned a decision by a lower court in San Francisco. The potential class action could involve …
Facebook will launch new music service with a music tab and music dashboard in partnership with other online music services at its f8 annual developer conference in August, U.S. media reported on Monday.
According to technology blog GigaO…
Prabhu Dayal, the Indian Consul General in New York,has been accused of treating a former domestic help as a slave and making sexual advances, charges rejected by him as "complete nonsense".
Santosh Bhardwaj, Dayal's former maid, has …
Authorities in California have given necessary
permission to open a Punjabi charter school in the Sacramento Valley, a move welcomed by a large segment of Punjabi population in the United States.
A charter school is a tuition free, n…
The number of North Koreans who received refugee
status or sought asylum increased last year from a year earlier, a U.N. report showed Tuesday.
In its 2010 Global Report, published to mark World Refugee Day, the U.N. High Commissioner…
Taxi drivers in Sri Lanka's capital held up traffic on Tuesday, demanding the government should stop allowing anymore use of Tata Nano cars on the streets that offer stiff competition to the ubiquitous three-wheelers.
Hundreds of th…
Sergei Ryzhov, the chief designer of the light water VVER nuclear reactors built by Russia in foreign countries, including India, was killed in a plane crash in Russia that claimed at least 44 lives.
Ryzhov was the chief designer of l…
The number of people aged 100 and over in South
Korea nearly doubled over the past five years thanks to enhanced medical treatment and higher health consciousness, government data showed Tuesday.
According to the data offered by Stati…
Police are actively probing the case relating to the alleged sexual exploitation of a minor girl by upto 100 persons in connivance with her father,
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said on Tuesday.
"Strong steps will be taken aga…
A 30-year-old woman professional of Cochin Special
Economic Zone was allegedly assaulted by an autoricksaw driver after she protested against lewd comments reportedly made by him and two others while she was having tea at a roadside shop,…
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