Mr Kofi Opoku-Manu, the Ashanti Regional Minister, has saluted personnel of the National Service Scheme (NSS) for the tremendous contribution they have been making to the nation's development.
"We need to acknowledge the significant …
Madam Teresa Abugah, Head of the Women's Desk of the Ghana Trade Union Congress (GTUC), on Tuesday, urged women to pursue challenging professions, towards raising their profiles for leadership in society.
"We have to break those pe…
Cutting the supply of natural gas to Venezuela isn't under consideration for now, said Colombian President Alvaro Uribe.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez declared an energy emergency in February as pervasive drought caused problems for hi…
Scientists are predicting climate change could prompt mass migrations into the United States.
A study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences says between 1.4 million and 6.7 million Mexicans could migra…
Energy security in the United Kingdom depends on investments and technology as much as alternative energy, research from Chatham House suggests.
A report from British policy center Chatham House warns that the United Kingdom is facing an …
The South Stream gas pipeline to Europe will top the agenda during bilateral talks between Greek and Bulgarian officials Tuesday in Sofia, officials said.
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou arrived in the Bulgarian capital Tuesday to …
Operations to clean up the giant oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico could take at least a year, Russian scientists contracted to help with the effort said.
Efforts are under way in the Gulf of Mexico to stop the oil spill. An attempt to cap …
The completion of the acquisition of Ugandan oil assets from Heritage Oil is a step in the right direction for the energy sector, Tullow Oil announced.
In December, Heritage agreed to sell its holdings in Uganda to Italian energy company …
The US gave a heads up to India,besides
Afghanistan and Pakistan, on the leak of more than 90,000 classified US military documents on the war against terrorism, a senior administration official said.
The documents released by Wi…
A nine-member delegation from the Ugandan Local Government Ministry, on Tuesday called on the Central Regional Minister, Mrs. Ama Benyiwa-Doe in Cape Coast.
The leader of the delegation, Mr. Otekat John Emilly, a Ugandan Member of Pa…
The University of Ghana (UG), on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), to promote academic work and research into petroleum.
The five-year MOU would pave way for GNPC to …
Dr Isaac Morrison, a medical practitioner on Tuesday bemoaned the deficiencies and failings of medicine supply chain in developing countries.
Their failings often have crippling effects on public health and impedes access to affordab…
Dr. Aaron Ofei, the Brong-Ahafo Regional Director of Health Services, has appealed to health service administrators and managers to strive to develop their health institutions into centres of excellence in spite of logistical shortfalls.
…
Mrs Justice Georgina Theodora Wood, the Chief Justice (CJ), has said there was a need for a credible judicial system that would provide protection in the event of a dispute.
Speaking at a stakeholders' conference for the development…
Indian insurance companies Tuesday told a Parliamentary panel that they could help nuclear operators setting up power plants in the country to secure insurance from international players to enable them pay compensation in case of an accide…
The Effutu Municipal Assembly in collaboration
with the Member of Parliament for the area, Mr Mike Hammah, has presented relief items worth 5,000.00 Ghana cedis to support the Walababa flood
victims.
The items include five bags of…
A priest has appealed to the Local Council of Churches, comprising the Christian Council of Ghana and the National Catholic Secretariat, to create centres where the aged and the destitute could be catered for.
The Very Rev Ebo Walter…
The National Institute of Information Technology,(NIIT), has put in place a plan to support Ghana's strategic human resource development through Information and Communication Technology (ICT) training.
Mr. Vivek Verma, a general mana…
The Jomoro District Chief Executive, Mr Victor Kabenlah, has appealed to service personnel to accept postings to the rural areas.
He expressed regret that while US Peace Corps volunteers and doctors accepted postings to the rural area…
Alhaji Alhassan Umar, Vice Chairman of the Association of Principals of Technical Institutes, has commended Nkoranza South District Assembly for providing infrastructure to help promote effective teaching and learning at Nkoranza Technical…
Participants at a learning forum for older people organized by Help-Age Ghana, an NGO, have called for more state protection for women, especially those accused of witchcraft.
They said the practice, where some of them are banished f…
The Omanhen of Gomoa Akyempim Traditional Area, Obrifo Ahunako Ahor Ankobea II, has appealed to the Environmental Protection Agency, (EPA) and the Gomoa East and West district assemblies to ban sand winning in Gomoa.
Addressing a mee…
The International Centre for Enterprise and Sustainable Development (ICED), a non-governmental organisation, has supported farmers in the Sissala West and East Districts with guinea fowls and pigs to enhance their livelihoods.
The su…
Scholars in Transit, a non-governmental organisation in Nkoranza in partnership with the Ghana Bible Society, has launched a programme, �Show the child the right way to God� under which it bought English Bibles to be distributed to Jun…
The two-week 2010 Population and Housing Census (PHC) scheduled for October is estimated to cost about GH�70 million, Dr Grace Bediako, the Government Statistician, has said.
She said government had released funds for 60 per cent…
The Tema Regional Police Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Augustine Gyening, has advised expatriates not to make themselves easy targets for armed robbers.
The Regional Police Commander, expressed concern that some e…
Point Hope Ghana, a benevolent non-governmental organisation founded in the US, has presented medical equipment worth about 500,000 dollars to two health facilities in the Central Region.
St Gregory Catholic Clinic at Buduburam and C…
Seventeen outboard motors at a total cost of GH�83,300 had been distributed to fishermen in Gomoa West District on a hire purchase.
The beneficiaries deposited half of the cost whilst the rest would be spread over 12 months.
…
Numo Adinortey Addison, Ashaiman Municipal Chief Executive, has presented school uniforms and exercise books to the Ashaiman Government Cluster of Basic Schools in Ashaiman.
He expressed regret that there were some children in the Mu…
The Kpando District is to benefit from a pilot-pepper project under the Micro-Finance and Small Loans Grant Scheme (MASLOG), Mr Joseph Z. Amenowode, the Volta Regional Minister, has said.
He said the seeds, which were imported from B…
Mr Mohammed Ahmed Baba Jamal, Deputy Eastern Regional Minister, has challenged stakeholders in the development of children, including parents, teachers, and opinion leaders to lead exemplary
lives children see them as role models.
H…
A 100,000-Euro water project at Akyem Gyadam in the Birim Central Municipality was inaugurated on Tuesday with an appeal to the people to desist from negative practices that pollute the environment.
Ms Ophelia Koomson, the Birim Cent…
Departments and Agencies including both public and private have been advised to cut down on the dependency on the services of National Service personnel and engage their services permanently to reduce the high graduate unemployment in the …
Staff of the Department of Social Welfare drawn from the Eastern, Volta and Ashanti regions on Wednesday began a three-day capacity building training on rehabilitating victims of trafficking.
The workshop was being organized by the I…
Mr Paul Evans Aidoo, Western Regional Minister, on Tuesday said efforts to attain a better Ghana is not a preserve of only the government and the working class but also includes the youth who form a majority of the total population of the …
An Accra Circuit Court on Tuesday handed down a eight year jail term to a 36-year-old cobbler for defiling and impregnating a 15-year-old girl.
Moses Alusika pleaded guilty to defilement and was convicted on his own plea.
Prose…
Archbishop Desmond Tutu has praised South Africans for their contribution to the world during the World Cup soccer tournament, officials said.
"We surprised ourselves in how we accomplished the World Cup with panache," said Tutu, during …
A thirty seven year old female farmer, Adwoa Darkwa, has been remanded in police custody by the Kade District Magistrate�s Court for assaulting a trader, Ms Felicia Anokyewaa.
Darkwa pleaded guilty with explanation and will re-appe…
Yesterday Biggie upped the stakes and gave Sammi a task that would test his ability to keep a secret. Asking "Can you keep a secret" Biggie told Sammi to pull a fast one on his fellow Housemates.
Sammi agreed that he could keep a secret a…
An 11-member committee to plan the golden jubilee celebration of the installation of the Paramount Chief of Ajumako Traditional Area, Okokodurfo Ogyeabuo Nana Kwamena Hammah Ababio II, has
been inaugurated under the chairmanship of Mr Joh…
The case of the two soldiers standing trial over the death of Alhaji Issa Mobilla, Former Northern Regional Chairman of Convention Peoples' Party (CPP), was on Wednesday adjourned sine die
(indefinitely) pending a directive from the Chief…
Mr Samuel Sarpong, the Kumasi Metropolitan Chief Executive, (MCE) has called for the deepening of
inter-ethnic cooperation and cultural consciousness among Africans all over the world.
"We can only assert our dignity as a…
An Accra Circuit Court on Tuesday sentenced Seth
Mensah, a 24-year-old mechanic, to seven years imprisonment for defiling a 13-year-old girl.
Mensah pleaded guilty to defilement saying "I did defile the victim but I am praying the c…
The Brong-Ahafo Regional Secretariat of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) recorded more than 100 domestic fires and 30 cases of flood from January to June.
The disasters displaced more than 3,000 people, Mr. Josep…
Members of Internal Audit Agency (IAA) would hold
their two-day Fifth Annual Internal Audit Forum on August 10-11 in Accra.
A statement issued in Accra on Tuesday and signed by Mr Lawrence Kwarteng-Ashia, Head of Public Relations, s…
A magistrate court in Sunyani has remanded a
26-year-old pregnant woman into prison custody for killing her one-and-half-year old baby girl.
The plea of Ama Tusor was not taken and was ordered to re-appear on August 20.
The pres…
All Basic School structures under construction within the Ashiedu Keteke Sub-Metropolitan Area are to be completed before the next academic year to end the shift system.
This was stated by the Chief Executive of the Accra Metropolitan…
Mr Jerry Oku, a New York (NY)-based Ghanaian
lecturer, on Tuesday donated 1,000 books to Da Awatul Islamic School and Larterbiokorshie Primary �2� and �3� Schools at Sabon Zongo in Accra.
The books, mainly on social science,…
A couple of U.S. congressmen Monday called on President Barack Obama to engage North Korea more actively to ease tensions on the Korean Peninsula after the North's torpedoed a South Korean warship.
"If North Korea presents some kind of…
A Korean-American organization Monday called on Japan to apologize and take responsibility for atrocities it committed to hundreds of thousands of sex slaves during World War II.
In a statement, the Korean American Voters Council (KAVC…