Members of the Civil and Local Government Staff Association in the Upper West Region, on Thursday, demonstrated against the implementation of the Single Spine Salary Structure, (SSSS) which they said, did not favour its members.
The …
The Kwabre District branch of Ghana National Association of Private Schools (GNAPS) has launched a tax education campaign to encourage its members to honour their taxes to the Government.
The association has been holding public …
Dr K. Boakye Boateng, the Director Kwabre District of Health Service, has called for active male involvement in family planning decisions.
He said the situation where women are generally seen as the key actors, regarding family pla…
The Upper East Regional Minister, Mr. Mark Owen Woyongo, on Wednesday said government was very worried about developments in Bawku and would do everything in its power to restore hope
and confidence in the people to go about their normal…
Mr Chris Wilmot, a renowned world business leader, would address young Ghanaian professionals and youth leaders on leadership and transformation in Accra on Thursday, July 15.
The event is part of the monthly Young Professional and Yo…
Mr Victor-Hermann Condobrey, Hohoe Municipal Chief Executive, on Thursday disclosed that government's development agenda of providing the requisite infrastructure for sports development was unwavering.
He said work for the constructi…
Mrs. Betty Mould-Iddrisu, Attorney General and Minister of Justice, on Thursday said that 50 courts had been fully automated with 15 other courts partially automated in the country.
Twenty-two circuits and district courts have also b…
A circuit court at Tarkwa has sentenced Kweku Mensah, a 30-year-old unemployed man, to three years imprisonment for possessing Indian hemp.
Mensah, who pleaded guilty, was also fined 120 Ghana cedis or in default another eight months…
A High Court at HO, on Monday refused an application for a Judicial Review of the decision of the Judicial Committee of the Hokpe Traditional Council on a chieftaincy dispute in the Dzolo Traditional Area.
Mr. Justice Anthony Abada,…
A circuit court in Tarkwa has granted bail to Solomon Eduful, a 28-year-old driver taxi driver, for reckless driving.
Eduful, who pleaded guilty to the charge, would re-appear before the court on July 26.
Police Inspector Flore…
The World Bank has approved 1,113.8 million dollars to support Ghana's development efforts within the last 12 months because of Government's prudent economic management , Mr Ishac Diwan, the
Bank's Country Director, has said.
Mr Di…
Noted BBC travel writer and brother of the Duchess of Cornwall, Mark Shand has flagged off the Kerala Carnival 2010 at Riverside walkway here.
In addition to traditional dance and music, the
Carnival will also feature Ayurvedic stall…
An American Muslim of Indian origin has been elected as the mayor of a Jewish dominated township in New Jersey, across the Hudson river from New York.
Mohammed Hameeduddin, whose roots have been traced to Hyderabad city in south…
An e-mail threat to trigger bomb blasts in three cities in Kerala has been received at the police headquarters here.
Police said the message, received recently, has been traced to a Gulf country and efforts were on to identify its sou…
The prestigious 'Time' Magazine has apologised to Indian-Americans following the Publication of a column by journalist Joel Stein which offended and outraged the large community, especially those
in New Jersey.
"We sincerely regret t…
An international recruitment fair and human resource management conference, on Thursday opened in Accra to allow exhibitors to showcase their job vacancies and career opportunities.
The fair also focussed on training programmes, recr…
Placard bearing members of the Western Regional Branch of the Civil and Local Government Staff Association (CLOSAG), on Thursday demonstrated through the principal streets of Sekondi-Takoradi
against the Single Spine Salary Structure (SS…
Dr Vladimir Antwi-Danso, a Research Fellow at the University of Ghana, Legon on Thursday urged authorities of the universities to establish an advanced academic research agenda to help solve the country's developmental problems.
"Ide…
The Kade District Magistrate Court, presided over by Mr E.A Awuah, on Thursday granted a GHC 2,000 bail with a surety to Stephen Appiah, a taxi driver, charged with driving his vehicle recklessly and causing an accident, which a woman sust…
The District Chief Executivefor the Talensi-Nabdam, Mrs Vivian Anafo, has commended Rev. Brother Francis Sebo for sponsoring 45 brilliant but needy students in the Talensi-Nabdam District.
Rev. Brother Sebo, a Presentation Brother w…
An Accra Fast Track High Court (FTHC)on Thursday
ordered an Accra Circuit Court to furnish it with some documents on Nana Kofi Yirenkyi's aka "Jesus One Touch" trial to enable it adjudicate on the
matter.
Yirenkyi, charged with de…
The Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA), on Thursday presented items worth GH�7,000 to the God's Love Society, a non-governmental organisation, for distribution to the Aged at Kpone near Tema.
The items included 16 bags of rice, five …
Mr Offei Ayisi, a retired civil servant at Atibie in the Kwahu South District in the Eastern Region on Monday described the recent increases in electricity and water tariffs as "a big blow to workers".
He said the tariffs were just t…
The Akim Swedru Circuit Court in the Birim South District, on Thursday remanded Yaa Boadua, a trader, in prison custody for causing harm to the left eye of a perceived rival, Madam Abena Kumiwa.
Boadua's accomplices, Agnes Addo, a fa…
Mr Kwamena Ahwoi, a Principal Lecturer at GIMPA, on Thursday proposed that the power vested in the president to make thirty percent appointees to the metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies should rather be vested in traditional ru…
The Akim Swedru Circuit Court in the Birim South District, has granted bail to a farmer who allegedly stole a cat to prepare a meal and threatening the life of his wife for disclosing the act.
Kwadwo Appau alias Wakiki, who pleaded n…
Bella Issaka Tahiru Adams, 32, who while in the employment of the South Birim Rural Bank falsified accounts and stole GHC 24,000 belonging to a customer, was on Thursday sentenced to three years in prison in hard labour by the Asamankese C…
Six out of the nine charges preferred against Adamu Daramani, Member of Parliament (MP) for Bawku Central over triple nationality have been dropped by an Accra Fast Track High Court (FTHC).
This was after the court in its ruling on a…
Mr Enoch Teye Mensah, Minister of Employment and Social welfare, on Thursday inaugurated a five-member committee to investigate petitions submitted by aggrieved persons concerning operations of Integrated Community Centres for Employable S…
A GHC 13,000 community library facility has been commissioned at Esiama in the Ellembelle district.
The library is christened after a school in the United States of America (USA) "Granville Saint Mary's" which stocked the library wit…
The Central Regional branch of the Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG), on Thursday undertook a three-hour peaceful demonstration to press home their grievances on government's failure to honour agreements made …
Members of Civil and Local Government Staff Association, Ghana (CLOGSAG) on Thursday embarked on a demonstration to draw government's attention to their right to negotiate.
The demonstration was undertaken simultaneously throughout t…
The Ministry of Health on Tuesday said the Tobacco Control Bill which formed part of the Public Health Bill was before Cabinet for consideration and onward submission to Parliament for approval.
A statement issued by the Ministry in …
The Minister for the Interior, 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 …
Nana Bonyiah Kofi, Chief of Basake in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region, has made a passionate appeal to government to provide the community with a classroom block and a toilet facility.
He also called for the constructio…
The smoking rate among men in South Korea slightly decreased but it remained high compared with other advanced nations, the health ministry said Wednesday.
The ministry reaffirmed its strong will to push for "comprehensive" anti-smokin…
Government has earmarked 1.6 million school uniforms for distribution to 66 deprived districts.
Mr Alexander Narh Tettey-Enyo, Minister of Education made this known in Parliament on Wednesday during questions time.
"The governm…
A 4-year-old girl who was abducted from the front yard of her Missouri home has been found alive, St. Louis County police say.
Alisa Maier was seen wandering at a gas station car wash in Fenton, Mo. Tuesday night more than 24 hours after …
The Volta Regional Police has realized a total of GHC 21,905 from motor offences in the first half of the year.
This represented fines imposed on 132 motor offenders in the region, Mr David Nenyi Ampah-Bennin, Volta Regional Police C…
Mr. Benedict Louis Anyelom Anaba, Western Regional Director of Centre for National Culture (CNC), has announced that the National Festival of Arts and Culture (NAFAC 2010) would be held in
Tamale from November 20-27 this year.
He s…
Mr. Moses Bukari Mabengba, the Northern Regional Minister, has blamed Fulani herdsmen for committing highway robberies in the region.
He said the Regional Security Committee had of late noted with concern highway robberies on the Tam…
The Inspector-General of Police, (IGP) Mr Paul Tawiah Quaye, has advised police personnel to perform their legal duties diligently and faithfully to serve the public.
"Protect all persons against illegal acts, do not instigate or tol…
Farmers in several communities in the Upper West Region heaved a sigh of relief when a moderate rainfall on Monday night rekindled their hopes for a better farming season after three weeks of drought.
Prior to the rainfall early crop…
The Women's Ministry of the Church of Christ, Mamprobi Branch, has donated items valued at GH�700 to the Countryside Orphanage Home at Awutu Bawjiase.
The items included bags of rice, soft drinks, cooking oil, gari, bars of key soa…
Mr mike Hammah, Minister of Transport, has appealed to the people of Effutu constituency to weed their surroundings and desilt chocked gutters to ensure free flow of water and prevent flooding.
Mr Hammah, Member of Parliament (MP) fo…
Emmanuel Appiah, unemployed, was on Wednesday jailed three years in hard labour for unlawful entry and stealing by the Kade District Magistrate Court.
The prosecution told the court that on June 21 so witness in the case accompanie…
Communities in Zorko-Kanga in the Bongo District of the Upper East Region have begun cultivating rice under the block farming system introduced by the government.
Mr. Alexis Ayamdor, Assembly man for Zorko-Kanga Electoral Area, in an…
Government on Tuesday asked the management of Joy FM, a private radio station in Accra to substantiate its claims that the Ghana Real Estate Developer's Association (GREDA) withdrew its petition against the STX Housing Project from Parliam…
Eric Nyarko, a farmer who hit the face of a woman resulting in a cut on the eye, has been sentenced to six months imprisonment in hard labour by the Kade District Magistrate Court.
Nyarko pleaded guilty and was ordered to pay a comp…
Professor Francis K. Amedahe, the Dean of the Faculty of Education, University of Cape Coast, has announced that the Faculty had developed Master of Philosophy sandwich programmes for tutors of the Colleges of Education.
He said the …