The Eastern Regional AIDS Committee has appealed to the Regional Co-ordinating Council(RCC) to direct District and Municipal Assemblies in the region to release 0.5 per cent of their Common Funds for HIV/AIDS intervention programmes.
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Authorities need to fix criminal procedures so victims of child sex abuse do not have to repeatedly recall their bad memories before investigators, the state human rights watchdog said Tuesday.
Experts say children who are sexually ass…
The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has reiterated
its support for the process and the work being undertaken by the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) for the smooth implementation of the Single Spine Pay Policy, which seeks to bri…
Residents of Low Cost, a suburb of Dormaa-Ahenkro, woke up to an unusual spectacle- three video decks stolen from a resident's room the previous Friday had been returned and placed at same spot and manner they were before the theft.
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The chiefs and people of Tanyigbe Atidzie in the Ho Municipality have appealed to the government to either prompt the contractor working on the Tanyigbe Kpodzi-Atidzie road to resume work or re-award it to another contractor.
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The Indian Parliamentary panel examining the nuclear liability bill began the final round of
hearing on the controversial legislation and is expected to submit its report early next week.
Top officials of the Department of Atomic E…
The Ghana Oil Palm Development Company (GOPDC), introduced its out growers scheme for Okumaning in 2008 after its success at Kwae.
It was meant for farmers from communities around the company's Okumaning plantation to benefit from oi…
The National Police Agency said Tuesday it will mobilize a total of 400,000 police forces to tighten security against terrorism and illegal protests ahead of the G-20 summit in November in Seoul.
The agency said it will put 400,000 pol…
South Korea's veteran goalkeeper Lee Woon-jae announced Tuesday that he will retire from the national squad next week, ending his 16-year career on the international stage.
The 37-year-old goalie made his national team debut in 1994 an…
South Korean soldiers continued Tuesday to search for North Korean land mines apparently swept here from the North by heavy rains, military officials said.
The widening search operation that has examined riverbanks and islands near th…
Government on Tuesday rolled-out a common electronic platform to promote open access to information, increase transparency and flexibility for transacting business with state agencies.
The electronic platform seeks to provide standar…
Rebecca Aboagyewaa, a 23-year-old trader, on Tuesday appeared before the Asamankese District Magistrate Court for threatening to kill a policewoman, who is a co-tenant, and her baby over electricity bill.
She pleaded not guilty and w…
A landlord at Kukuom in Asunafo South District has given about 35 police personnel occupying his house a three-month ultimatum to quit for non-maintenance of the house.
Mr Kwaku Boateng, the landlord, told the Ghana News Agency at Ku…
The Asante-Bekwai Municipal Director of the National Service Scheme (NSS), Mr William Bediako Asante, has appealed to the rich in society to help create the right environment for effective teaching and learning in schools in deprived commu…
Madam Hawawu Boya Gariba, Deputy Minister of Women and Children's Affairs, has reiterated the responsibility of parents to ensure the welfare and protection of their children and prevention from any forms of abuse or exploitation.
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Alhaji Nabila Mohammed, the Volta Regional Co-ordinator of the National Youth Council (NYC), has appealed to the media to help the Council to polish and raise its public visibility.
Alhaji Nabila said media practitioners o…
The management of Challenging Heights, a Child's Right non-governmental organisation, has said there was child trafficking crisis in Ghana.
It therefore called on government to declare a national crisis on child trafficking, and put…
Communities and farmers living along the White Volta Basin in the Upper East Region have been warned about the possibility of the spillage of the Bagre Dam in Burkina Faso.
Mr Mark Woyongo, the Upper East Regional Minister, told jour…
South Korea's exports ranked ninth largest worldwide last year, three notches up from the previous year, although the global economy suffered a downturn, the country's trade ministry said Tuesday.
The country's exports reached US$364 b…
South Korea's two major airlines are likely to cut fuel surcharges for international routes in September, reflecting a fall in jet fuel prices, industry sources said Tuesday.
Korean Air Lines Co., the nation's largest carrier, and its…
South Korea's power consumption is far higher than that of the world's major economies, a report said Tuesday, pointing to the need to step up efforts to stop the country's waste of electricity.
According to the report compiled by the …
The United States asked South Korea Tuesday to cooperate with its push for financial sanctions on North Korea aimed at isolating those involved in Pyongyang's illicit activities from the international financial system, Seoul officials said…
An Indian woman accused of throwing her 18-month-old daughter into the Hudson River here and then jumping in has been allowed by a Manhattan judge to be released, without bail, for attending a day-long psychiatric counselling at a hospital…
This year's National Service Week in the Dormaa Municipality has been launched in Dormaa-Ahenkro with a call on graduates to venture into self employment rather than chase non-existing white collar jobs.
Launching the week under the …
The Tema Ministers' Organisation (TMO), a group of Ministers of the Gospel in Tema, on Monday launched World Bible Day, a day set aside to send the Word of God, in a very special way, to loved ones throughout the world.
The day is sl…
The Tema Ministers' Organisation (TMO), a group of Ministers of the Gospel in Tema, on Monday launched World Bible Day, a day set aside to send the Word of God, in a very special way, to loved ones throughout the world.
The day is sl…
The management of Ghana International Development Consortium (GIDC) in Germany on Tuesday said in agreement with most well-known German real estate developers, they were ready to contest the STX Korea deal and provide the nation with a bet…
The Reverend Monsignor Bobby Benson, Director of Mathew 25 House, an HIV/AIDS Care Centre in Koforidua, has advised police personnel to invest in their children's education to change the perception of "barrack boys".
He said barrack …
Tune in this Saturday as CNN gives DStv viewers a rare access to tennis legend, Martina Navratilova’s fight against cancer in the documentary, MARTINA: MY TOUGHEST OPPONENT.
It has been almost six months since Navratilova was told she t…
It is with much disgust that once more I have to take on this faceless neophyte who is afraid to reveal his true identity, for he knows that even though we are in a free democratic society, if he does reveal his true identity, the masses, …
Little Flower School Complex, a private school in
the Tamale Metropolis, has established an endowment fund to cater for the educational needs of pupils, who have lost their parents to enable them to continue their education.
The Fun…
The Liberia House of Representatives has set the
pace for West African giants, Ghana and Nigeria, by passing the Right to Information Bill into law last month.
Passage of the Bill by the members was preceded by intense lobbying and …
Parliament on Monday deferred debates on the re-laid Supplier's Credit Agreement between Ghana government and the STX Engineering and Construction Ghana Limited till tomorrow August 3 2010.
At an extended sitting which lasted for abo…
The World Vision Ghana, a non-governmental
organization, has presented 220 blankets, 220 mats, 220 treated mosquitoes nets and 110 student mattresses worth 14,000 Ghana cedis to victims of the recent flood at Swedru and Nyakrom.
Mr E…
A fresh wave of protests in Kashmir Valley of north Indian state Jammmu and Kashmir Monday
claimed six lives and left 250 injured as police opened fire to disperse rampaging mobs who indulged in stone-pelting, attacked government buildin…
First ladies of Africa have committed themselves
as champions of cervical cancer, which they described as "the most critical health issues of our time", and the growing burden of women's cancers in the poorest nations .
Making the …
About 45 per cent of the country's population will be residing in urban cities and towns by 2050, up from 30 per cent now, nullifying the 'India lives in villages' concept, says a study by thinktank NCAER.
"On a conservative estimat…
Ghana has a progressive source of funding for health insurance and the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is performing well.
A report submitted by a research conducted by the management of Strategies for Health Insurance for Eq…
Reverend Stephen Osei Sarpong, Chairperson of the Sekyere Presbytery Council of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, has advised Christians occupying public offices to avoid corrupt practices and set good example at the work place.
He …
A 24-year-old Nigerian has been remanded into
prison custody by a Kumasi Circuit Court for allegedly stealing GH�62,017.00 from his former employer.
Collins Celestine Chijoke has denied the offence and would re-appearon August 1…
Chiefs in the Ahafo-Ano South District have pledged support for the embattled District Chief Executive (DCE), Mr Thomas Kwakwa and condemned the agitation for his removal by National Democratic Congress (NDC) youth in the area.
The c…
The 37 Military Hospital, on Tuesday witnessed a
ground-breaking ceremony to kick-start an expansion project, to make the facility a focal point of health delivery in the West African sub-region.
The project, which is to be executed…
The Indian Railways will introduce a new train, Mother Express, named after Mother Teresa on August
26 to mark her birth centenary.
"We have decided to launch the new train after Mother Teresa as a tribute to her on occasion of her…
Malayala Manorama Chief Editor and a media stalwart K M Mathew was laid to rest with full state honours here on Monday.
Head of Malankara Syrian Orthodox Baselius Marthoama Dydimos-I, senior prelates and priests conducted the funera…
Sanskrit, the mother of all Indian languages is facing tough times in south Indian state Kerala as the number of students learning the classical
language at various levels is dwindling.
As per the figures of Directorate of Public…
An NGO has come up with a striking revelation that migrant job seekers from south Indian state Tamil Nadu are facing severe hardships including sexual abuse, non-payment of wages and confiscation of their passports largely in Middle East a…
A river that runs through the heart of the capital of south Indian state Kerala is heavily contaminated with organic waste and chemical
effluents, according to a recent study.
Around 90 per cent of ground water samples collected f…
The Indian Railways will introduce a new train, Mother Express, named after Mother Teresa on August
26 to mark her birth centenary.
"We have decided to launch the new train after Mother Teresa as a tribute to her on occasion of her…
Alhaji Nabila Mohammed, the Volta Regional
Co-ordinator of the National Youth Council (NYC), has appealed to the media to help the Council to polish and raise its public visibility.
Alhaji Nabila said media practitioners …
Cattle and pig owners in Techiman Municipality have been given a three-month ultimatum to stop rearing their animals in homes or be prepared to face legal action.
Mr Andrews Sam Akakpo, Senior Environmental Health Officer in-charge o…