Swiss rail authorities spent Saturday trying to determine what caused the Glacier Express train to derail, killing one person and injuring 42 others.
The train crashed Friday near Fiesch while traveling between Zermatt and St. Moritz, nea…
Two firefighters died fighting a house fire in Bridgeport, Conn., Saturday, the city's mayor said. Lt. Steven Velazquez and Michael Baik were found unconscious on the third floor of the home, cable news network NECN reported. They were pro…
Healthcare chain Apollo Hospitals will finalise one of the three potential international entities shortlisted to be a partner for its unit, Apollo Wellness, in the ongoing quarter.
"We are close to making a decision...We are looking…
Three years after lighting up electricity deprived remote villages in Indian states Bihar
and Uttar Pradesh with power harnessed through rice husk, the team behind the venture is now looking at a similar task in West Bengal and Tamil Nad…
The Management of Buabeng-Fiema Monkey Sanctuary in the Nkoranza North District of the Brong Ahafo Region, has purchased a 14- seater bus at the cost of GHC 16,500 to facilitate the movement of tourists.
Mr Edward Opoku, Chairman of …
The Brong Ahafo Regional Directorate of Education, has directed all basic school heads to terminate the organisation of the end of term merry making popularly called "our day".
The directorate claimed that during such celebrations s…
Professor Daniel Mireku-Gyimah, Vice Chancellor of the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT), has described the institution's products as people with one of the best brains needed to transform Ghana and Africa.
He said their exper…
Christian Children�s Fund of Canada, (CCFC) is implementing a three year project on a new educational model known as: �Learning Through Play� (LTP) in the Nanumba District of the Northern Region.
CCFC, an international Non Gove…
Mr Kofi Asamoah, Secretary General of the Ghana Trades Union Congress (GTUC), said wage disparity in mining companies does not promote industrial harmony.
He said mining employers should pay their workers well and bridge the gap betw…
A 30-year old farmer , who sneaked into the farm of another person and raped his bird scare employee, aged 15, impregnating her in the process, has been jailed five years in hard labour by an Aflao circuit court.
Dotse Kumordzi Tsifo…
Residents of Akim Adasewase near Akim Anyinam, have appealed to government to rehabilitate a road from Akim Anyinam to Akim Adasewase, a distance of about 4.5km.
The Chief of the community, Osabarima Kwame Tia II, made the appeal thr…
Mr Charles Appiah Aforo, Unit Committee Chairman of Akim Akwaboso in the Atiwa District, has appealed to the Assembly to assist the people to help raise their standard of living.
He told the Ghana News Agency that mining activities …
Her Royal Highness, Make Lamatsebula, First Lady of Swaziland, arrived in the country on Friday evening to attend the fourth Stop Cervical Cancer in Africa Conference in Accra.
The Conference is collaboration between Princess Nikki o…
The Alliance for Reproductive Health Rights (ARHR), has called on President Atta Mills to take concrete steps to address what it described as the unacceptable high rate of maternal mortality in Ghana.
ARHR announced this in an open l…
The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) on Friday inaugurated seven stand pipes under a pro-poor water project at Glefe in the Greater Accra Region.
The pilot project is a collaborative effort between PURC, Ghana Water Comp…
Lieutenant A.K. Gyapong-Osei, Acting Adjutant of Fifth Infantry Battalion on Friday said the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) would continue to assist authorities of basic and second cycle institutions to improve on the training Cadet Corps.
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The National Executive Committee of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), has proposed to hold Media Dialogue with the Police Administration in future as part of measures to promote greater understanding between the Police and Editors.
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Eminent Africans in an open letter to the African Union, have called on leaders on the African continent to take urgent actions to reduce maternal and child death.
The call, which comes ahead of the AU Summit in Kampala next week, is…
Tragedy hit a family at Akim Asiakwa in the East Akyem Municipality when a 70-year-old man was swept away by running waters after a heavy downpour on Thursday.
Madam Akua Attah, a family spokesperson, told the Ghana News Agency (GNA…
Members of Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFAG) on Friday called for a repeal of the law on causing fear and panic because it infringed on the freedom of the Ghanaian.
They noted that pluralism of the media was good, and suppor…
Brighter Futures 2010, the biggest recruitment exhibition and Human Resource Management conference in Ghana has recently ended at the Accra International Conference Centre under the theme, "Developing a Skilled Work Force for Ghana".
The …
Ministry of Health (MOH) has called for
collective redefining of a new niche and repositioning of plant medical herbal practice in the country.
�Huge opportunities exist for us to use the untapped skills in the face of the woefull…
The Ministry of Transport in collaboration with
its agencies on Saturday embarked on a Safety Walk to create awareness on road safety.
The walk has the fundamental purpose of sensitizing the public on precautions that would ensure s…
Four U.S. troops were killed Saturday in a bombing in southern Afghanistan, NATO officials said.
A statement from NATO's International Security Assistance Force said an improvised explosive device was used by the attackers, but offered no…
The University of Education, Winneba (UEW), has received a renewal grant of 1,500,000 US dollars from the Carnegie Corporation of New York to expand distance education delivery, library automation and gender mainstreaming.
The grant …
The Interior Minister has on the advice of the Upper East Regional Security Council, and by Executive Instrument, renewed for a week the curfew imposed on the Bawku Municipality and its environs.
A statement signed by Mr Martin A.B.K…
The Ministry of The Interior has on the advice of the Northern Regional Security Council and by an Executive Instrument, renewed the curfew imposed on the Gushegu Township and its environs for a week, with effect from Monday, July 26.
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The Bureau of National Investigation (BNI),
Saturday night arrested three persons suspected to be manufacturers of illegal mining equipment at Beposo Nkran near Takoradi.
The suspects, who are assisting the BNI in its investigations…
A lecturer from the Business School of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Mr. Gordon Newlove Asamoah, has reinforced appeals by the President, John Evans Mills for banks to reduce interest rates.
Mr. Asamoah says som…
Nutrition-related diseases, particularly diabetes and hypertension, are assuming abnormal proportions in the Dormaa Municipality.
Mr. Charles Kwakye Siaw, Municipal Nutrition Officer, who told the Ghana News Agency, at Dormaa-Ahenkro…
The Future Climate for Development, an Environmental think-tank group, has called on governments and Nongovernmental Oraganisations (NGOs) to build climate change into their
economic paradigms to help low-income countries to manage its im…
The Dormaa Municipal Health Directorate and the Koun-Fao District counterpart in Cote d'Ivoire are
collaborating to guarantee easy access to basic health care services among citizens of Ghana and the neighbouring country resident along th…
The premier of a series of workshops to strengthen competences for monitoring and evaluating HIV and AIDS in Ghana, began in Accra on Monday.
The two-week workshop, to be organised twice a year, were instituted by the Ghana Aids Comm…
The Ashanti Regional Commander of the Police Buffalo Unit, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Nyamekye Adane- Ameyaw, sustained gunshot wounds on his left leg in a shoot-out with
suspected armed robbers.
A suspected robber was al…
David Narh Akotey Adogodzi, an artist, was on Wednesday arraigned at the Asamankese Circuit Court for stealing a quantity of fresh cocoa beans valued at GHC 200.
He pleaded guilty and was remanded in police custody until August 18.
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Mrs Juliana Azumah-Mensah, the Minister of Women and Children�s Affairs (MOWAC), on Wednesday pledged the government�s commitment to strengthen Ghanaian women in senior governance positions to promote gender equality and equity under i…
In a bid to achieve the Millennium Development Goal in Health related issues the John Hopkins Centre for Communication Programs (JHU/CCP) has partnered the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to embark on educational drive on health issues in depri…
The Upper East Regional Director of Ghana Health Service, Dr. John Koku Awoonor-Williams, has said it was against the rules of Service for student nurses to get pregnant while in training or during their orientation.
He told the GNA …
Many Africans blame themselves for the impacts of Global Climate Change, despite being least responsible for the causes, a pan-African research report from the BBC World Service Trust and the British Council, has said.
It said percep…
The Sunyani Municipality was on Friday night hit by a torrential rain that flooded some parts of area and cut off a number of cocoa growing communities from the municipality.
The affected communities are Subonpam, Asamoah shell, Agy…
A youth activist on Thursday appealed to the government to place the National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP) under the Office of the National Youth Council (NYC) to ensure that employment under the programme is equitable and non-partisa…
The Ahafo-Ano North District Education Director, Mr J. A. M. Kor, has said he would strictly enforce the ban on extra classes in basic and second cycle schools in the area.
He said there was no way the directorate would allow any …
The Eastern Regional Multi-Sectoral Committee on the Protection of Children, has raised concerns about the poor conditions at private Early Childhood Development Centres (ECDC) in the Region.
The committee said that some of the facil…
Ghana is hosting the 4th Stop Cervical Cancer in Africa (SCCA) conference on the theme: "Africa unite in action: Mobilising political and financial support to strengthen cervical cancer prevention through integration."
The forum, wh…
Alhaji Mohammed B. Daramy, ECOWAS Commissioner for Trade, Customs and Free Movement of Persons and Goods, on Thursday, observed that, the use of adequate communication skills in a globalize world holds the promise of lifting millions out o…
Parliamentary select committee on Defense and Interior, on Thursday expressed shock at the deplorable living conditions of the police at barracks of the Central Police Station in Accra.
The committee members wondered how the 240 poli…
Before Parliament rises on August 3, the House will pass the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) Bill, to set the pace for the accelerated development of the North.
As soon as the bill is enacted, presidential accent is…
The Central Region Development Commission (CEDECOM), would organise agro-processing and tourism fair in Cape Coast, from 30 August to 6 September, this year.
The fair that seeks to promote trade and investment and boost the
economy …
Mr Joseph Amenowode, Volta Regional Minister, on Thursday called on loan recovery agents of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), to reclaim loans obtained from the Centre by people from the Region.
He said "I want you to…
A Fast Track High Court on Thursday ordered that hearing notice should be served on the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP)so that the case of a 28-year-old man who had been on remand for 10 years for robbery could be heard.
Kwadwo…