Paving the way for start of extradition proceedings, a Delhi court has sent to Tihar jail, fugitive Surgey Valeryevich Storchak, who is wanted in the USA for his alleged complicity in
financial frauds there.
Storchak, a dual citize…
A group of Leicester-based human rights campaigners has flown to the UAE to support 17 Indians who have been sentenced to death for killing a Pakistani man.
The delegation from Sharjah Prisoners Justice Group has travelled to the Midd…
The Brong-Ahafo Regional Office of the Department of Social Welfare recorded 92 cases of child maintenance in the first quarter of the year, Mrs. Olivia Avudzega, programme head of the Department, has said.
She said the Department re…
A Proprietress at Anum Apapam in the Eastern Region, on Tuesday urged the business community and churches to help provide skill training to people in deprived areas.
Prophetess Elizabeth Quayeba Apradu, Proprietress of Maa Lizzy Fut…
Members of Environmental Awareness Association,
an Accra-based NGO, have appealed to Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) to retain containers for refuse collection in the communities.
Mr Theophilus Neequay Djanie Mogah, National Orga…
The Dormaa Municipal Assembly would soon de-silt all choked streams under its purview to facilitate their free-flow and to prevent their use as breeding grounds by mosquitoes.
Mr. Vincent Oppong Asamoah, Municipal Chief Executive, an…
A 49-year-old farmer, Kwadwo Asomah, was on Monday sentenced to 17 years imprisonment by the Dormaa Circuit Court at Dormaa-Ahenkro for shooting his ex-wife's sister at close range over his refusal to reverse a curse he had earlier invoked…
Residents of Bonya in Koforidua have appealed to the Department of Urban Roads and the New Juaben Municipal Assembly to assist them repair and tar their road.
Mr Samuel Teye Oprem, an opinion leader, told the GNA in an interview th…
Relief items worth Gh� 29,500 have been purchased by the Ketu-South District Assembly to augment supplies received from the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) for flood victims in the area.
The consignment includes …
The Cape Coast Circuit Court has sentenced
Daniel Bekoe, 20, 18 years imprisonment in hard labour for defiling a three-year-old girl.
He pleaded guilty.
Police Inspector Daniel Agbe said on July 02 someone who was on her way to th…
Mr Kwesi Ahwoi, Minister of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has observed that Ghana�s socio-economic development is at the cross-roads and needs a timely �push� to enable the country to overcome its problems.
�I am convinced that…
The Ashanti Regional Minister, Mr Kofi Opoku-Manu, has urged managers of the school feeding programme to ensure efficiency and transparency in the management of funds for the programme.
They should also see to it that the school chil…
President John Evans Atta Mills on Thursday reiterated government's commitment to development and said his administration would stick to its mandate to do what was necessary to ensure better lives for Ghanaians.
Consequently, governm…
Every worker in the public service is to be provided with a handbook on the "Code of conduct For Public Servants" soon.
The book is handy enough to be carried around for quick references.
Mrs Janet Fofie, Commissioner of the Pub…
Two Indian brothers, one of them a pilot instructor, have died along with an American
national in a plane crash in the US, reports here said.
The two brothers -- identified as Kartik Kalaichelvan (22) and Pratik Kalaichelvan (19) -- …
Mr Richard Quayson, Deputy Commissioner, Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has urged public servants to refuse to obey "unlawful instructions" from their superiors.
"You must not obey instructions which …
The University of Education, Winneba, will get
assistance from the Carnegie Corporation of New York to start a postgraduate programme in Mentoring to develop supervising teachers and mentors for all schools.
The University therefore e…
The foreign ministry on Friday expressed its condolences to the family of a Vietnamese woman killed by her South Korean husband in Busan last week and to the people of Vietnam, vowing to
ensure no similar incident happens again in the fut…
The number of foreign wives mulling divorce due to conflicts with their Korean spouses surged over 40 percent this year, highlighting the rising social problems of international marriages, an activist group said Friday.
The Seoul-based…
Six military officials and two businessmen were sentenced to death Thursday for plotting to overthrow the Gambian government.
Radio France Internationale reported the eight were convicted of obtaining weapons in Guinea and conspiring to c…
Four oil tanker rigs were gutted after coming under attack while heading toward Afghanistan to deliver supplies to NATO forces, officials said.
An attack party opened fire on six tankers, setting them on fire as they were passing through …
Fire swept through a hotel in northern Iraq, killing at least 29 people and wounding at least 40 others, hospital personnel said.
Some of the victims were seen jumping from their windows to escape Thursday's fire at the Soma Hotel in Sule…
A web-browser exclusively targeting Indians, providing user access to the latest national and regional entertainment services, has been
launched by a group of engineers of Bangalore-based software startup Hidden Reflex.
The browse…
In yet another ceasefire violation, Pakistani troops on Thursday night targeted six Indian posts with mortar and small arms fire in Poonch and R S Pora sectors along the border but there were no reports of any casualties.
The Pakistan…
Indian authorities need to look into the death of journalist Hem Chandra Pandey who was killed early this month in an encounter with police in
south Indian state Andhra Pradesh, a top UN official said.
"I am concerned about the circu…
Lawyers of Indian-born surgeon Jayant Patel who was sentenced to seven years' jail for manslaughter in Australia are preparing to appeal against his conviction, saying that the verdicts were 'unreasonable'.
Lawyers lodged papers appea…
The National House of Chiefs (NHC) has called for an amendment of the 1992 Constitution to allow for chiefs to be represented on the Ghana Education Service (GES) Council.
Wulugu Naba Pugansoa Naa Professor John Nabila, Pr…
Ofori Christian, an unemployed, was on Friday arraigned before the Asamankese Circuit Court charged with impersonation, by claiming to be a member of a National Security and a policeman.
Christian was also facing another charge of s…
Mr Fabian Belieb, Upper West Regional Director of
Education, has suggested the involvement of local people in the training of arts and culture in schools to avoid adulteration.
He said some aspects of arts and culture taught in scho…
Fifty-five people were rendered homeless at Nkawkaw Newtown (Moala), when the area got flooded following two days of torrential rain.
There were no casualties but the affected people are now putting up with friends and relatives.
…
Mr Tony Asante-Gyinae has been elected the new
Chairman of the Ashanti Regional branch of the Association of Building and Civil Engineering Contractors of Ghana (ABCECG).
He was returned unopposed in the Association's regional ele…
A new three-classroom block with store and office for the SDA Junior High School at Kwapong in Asunafo South district of Bong Ahafo has been inaugurated.
The block, estimated at GH�30,000.00 was funded by the Member of Parliament f…
The Federation of Universities Senior Staff Association of Ghana (FUSSAG), has opened its annual national delegates' congress in Kumasi with
a reminder to members to strive for excellence and work hard to raise productivity.
…
Workers in the public sector are to be provided with a handbook on the "Code of Conduct" for public servants soon, Mrs Janet Fofie, a Commissioner of the Public Service Commission (PSC) has said.
Mrs Fofie announced this at a workshop…
Dr Dong-Hae Kim, Chief Executive of Vision Care Service (VCS), a Korean non-governmental organisation, committed to restoring sight and sharing vision, on Tuesday embarked on a free medical care in Tema.
The organisation is targeti…
The government has presented relief items valued at 35,000.00 Ghana cedis to people in eight communities in Gomoa East District displaced by floods during a heavy downpour on June 20.
The items included 105 bags of rice, 40 bags of be…
The National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) has recommended the immediate resettlement of flood victims in the low lying areas at Enchi and Dadieso in the Awowin-Suaman District of the Western Region.
The Western Regional o…
Mr. Patrick Tangbanyire, the Upper East Regional Chairman for Conference of Heads of Assisted Senior High Schools (CHASS), has expressed concern at the rate of indiscipline in Senior High Schools in the Region.
The Navrongo Senior Hi…
The Right Reverend Dr Yaw Frimpong- Manso, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, has appealed to the nation's Leaders to learn to control their passions and maintain their integrity.
He said they shou…
Some teachers have complained about the poor
performance of students in English Language examinations due to technology.
A GNA survey in some schools in Accra indicated that the poor performance in the English Language was due to th…
Mr John Afful, an 85-year- old farmer at Obayeboe, near Aiyinase in the Ellembelle District, has shot and killed his 25-year old son, Mr Erzuah Afful for allegedly stealing his coconuts on his farm.
The body of the deceased, also a f…
Ghana needs to maintain its political momentum to attain the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) four and five set for 2015, Mr Robert Joseph Mettle-Nunoo, Deputy Minister of Health has observed.
Mr Mettle-Nunoo made the observation …
The Ketu South Constituency branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has denounced calls by a group calling itself National Democratic Congress Youth for Development, for demanding the dismissal of the District Chief Executive (DC…
Mr Alan Kyerematen, an aspiring New Patriotic Party (NPP), presidential candidate for 2012, received tumultuous reception, on Tuesday, when he met polling station executives in the Akwatia and Kade constituencies.
He was widely app…
The Ashanti Regional Minister, Mr Kofi Opoku-Manu, has urged managers of the school feeding programme to ensure efficiency and transparency in the management of funds for the programme.
Additionally, they should see to it that the s…
The police in the Central Region have re-arrested Kweku Amoah, a 24-year-old hunter who was remanded in prison custody for allegedly killing his elder brother, but bolted when he reported
sick and was receiving medical care at the hospita…
A High Court in Cape Coast on Wednesday sentenced one Kofi Arhin, a 50-year-old farmer, to death for murdering his wife.
Arhin, who pleaded not guilty, was found guilty by a seven-member jury.
According to a witness who t…
Ghana YMCA and Fuhrlaender Company, a German technology firm, have signed a 2.5 million Euro deal to provide technological based skills training to Ghanaian youths to enable them meet the demands of the job market.
Under the deal, thr…
An evangelist of the Methodist Church, Ghana, Evangelist Kenneth Amofa Owusu, is constructing a GH�100 million vocational institute complex at Abitotia near Nkawkaw to train physically challenged persons in employable skills.
They…
Mrs Adjoa Darko, Public Relations Officer of Water Resource Commission, said on Wednesday that water borne diseases could be minimized or eradicated if proper care is taken to manage and maintain water.
She said this during a program…