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…
Mrs Lucy Awuni, Upper East Deputy Regional Minister, on Wednesday, said the government deepen the concept of primary health care through the Community-Based Health Planning and Service,(CHPS) which sends healthcare close to the client.
…
Professor Kwame Ninsin, Scholar-in-Residence at the Institute of Democratic Governance (IDEG) has proposed a Proportional Representation (PR) to replace Ghana's current electoral system to foster political stability.
He said the PR s…
Togbe Akliku Ahorney II, Volta Regional Director of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday observed that science as a "double-edged knife" had contributed negatively to the destruction of the world's ecosystem.
He said mo…
Fifteen out of 33 auxiliary staff of Sankore Health Centre at Asunafo South District of the Brong Ahafo Region have been laid off, making the work load extremely difficult for the remaining staff.
This came to light when Lovers Club …
Pakistan has asked India to send its police officers and magistrates who recorded the statement of Ajmal Kasab, the terrorist sentenced to death for his role in the 26/11 attacks, to testify in a local court.
The request was conveyed …
Professor Akwasi Asabere-Ameyaw, Vice Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), said the university would increase the total post-graduate admissions to 4,000 by 2012.
He said it was envisaged that 50 percent of this …
Thirteen African Heads of State have appealed to governments in donor countries for financial support to make Education for All (EFA) a lasting legacy of the World Cup 2010 for the benefit of Africa's children.
A press statement issu…
Operators of pharmacy shops in the country have been advised to buy drugs from qualified and recognized pharmaceutical companies.
Mr Noah Acolatse, Chief Executive Officer of Pharma Information Consult,said the operators
must ensure…
A chlorine gas leak from a corroded canister in Mumbai sickened at least 98 people as it drifted through a nearby college building, officials said Wednesday.
Mumbai's chief fire officer Uday Tatkare said 84 people -- most of them students…
Alhaji Muhammad Mumuni, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, on Wednesday inaugurated a 12-member Ministerial Advisory Board to provide a forum for constant interaction
between the Ministry and its principal stakeholders …
Richard Kwesi Dwofuor, Pastor of Conquerors Redemption Ministries International at Achimota, being sought for allegedly trafficking in fake GH�50 notes totaling GH�110,000 retrieved at the church premises, has abandoned the church.
…
Mr Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah, the Deputy Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, has said Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) who misapply and mismanage their District
Development Facility (DDF) risked losing th…
The Gomoa West directorate of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has presented relief items worth over GH�25,000 to victims of a wind storm which caused havoc in some parts of the district.
The items included roo…
The Indian Government's plans to bring the controversial nuclear liability bill virtually came under all round attack with the opposition BJP and Left leaders Tuesday questioned the need for such a move and demanded that it be withdrawn fo…
Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Thursday said Africa�s underdevelopment was not due to the lack of resources, but lack of skills and capacity to harness the available resources.
�That is why I will like to appeal to all our d…
A two-day meeting between Upper West Region and South West Region of Burkina Faso has ended at Gaoua in the neighbouring country, with the aim of identifying areas of co-operation to accelerate the integration of the two regions.
The…
There was hot verbal exchanges between the prosecution and defence at the on-going trial of Akwasi Osei-Adjei, ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs and Daniel Charles Gyimah, Former Managing Director of National Investment Bank (NIB).
The …
Two traders who allegedly pirated local and foreign VCDs and DVDs on Wednesday appeared before an Accra Circuit Court, charged with infringement of copyright or related rights protected without licence or authorisation.
Atsu Sevordzi…
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, on Wednesday invited family members and relatives of Ghanaians involved in an ill- fated boat incident in the Gambia in July 2005.
The event resulted in the loss of lives and …
Two non-governmental organisations (NGO)-MindFreedom Ghana and Mental Health Society of Ghana, have petitioned Parliament to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPDs) by the end of the year.
…
Mr Kobby Acheampong, Deputy Minister of Tourism, on Wednesday said this year's Emancipation Day, would provide the platform for reflection about the forcible displacement of able-bodied Africans in the 16th and 20th Century to unfamiliar t…
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has said people who would take advantage of the Whistleblower Act passed in 2006 to report people to settle their personal scores would be dealt with under the law.
Mr …
Prof George Yaw Gyan-Baffour, Member of Parliament (MP) for Wenchi, on Wednesday said the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) Bill is an un-negotiable necessity for the development of the three Northern Regions.
He said…
Unidentified assailants have shot dead a 26-year-old Indian software engineering student at a grocery store where he was working as a part-time employee in the US.
Arun Kumar Narote, who hails from Hyderabad, was gunned down Monday ni…
Police have arrested four British Sikhs based in the west Midlands in connection with the murder of Indian leader Rulda Singh in Patiala, a north Indian city, in July last year following an 11-month investigation.
Rulda Singh, leader …
A US-based prominent Hindu group has condemned the forced expulsion of Hindu families from their homes in the Sindh province of Pakistan.
In a statement, the Hindu American Foundation (HAF) demanded that Pakistan take appropriate step…
Days after Time magazine apologised for publication of an 'offensive' article by Joel Stein on Indian-Americans, a top US Senator has said the popular columnist's remarks on the community, in particular Hindu deities, were reprehensible an…
A Libyan aid ship bound for Gaza headed to an Egyptian port after being intercepted by the Israeli Navy, security sources in Egypt say.
The engine of al-Amal broke down Wednesday morning some 130 miles from Egypt's al-Arish port, China's …
British Columbia Mining Minister Bill Bennett apologized to Jews Tuesday for an e-mail calling ardent proponents of a national park eco-fascists.
The Globe and Mail reported it had obtained an e-mail sent by Bennett -- who opposes turning…
Heavy fuel oil that spilled into the St. Lawrence Seaway from a grounded ship was contained Tuesday, Canadian officials said.
The spill occurred Monday night when the Richelieu, a Canada Steamship Lines vessel, ran aground after losing po…
Canadian Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff's tour of the country got off to a bit of a rough start Tuesday when his bus broke down.
Transmission problems apparently forced the red-and-white bus to the shoulder of the road near Hawkesbury, …
Military talks with North Korea to discuss the sinking of a South Korean warship have been rescheduled for Thursday, the United Nations Command said.
The talks had been scheduled for Tuesday, but North Korea asked for a delay, citing "adm…
Israeli artillery fire killed a Palestinian woman Tuesday night and injured five others in a residential area east of Gaza City, medics say.
Witnesses to the incident said Israeli forces entered Juhor Addik and began firing at civilian ho…
An improvement in the weather allowed Chinese soldiers to blow up a leaking dike on a swollen branch of theYangtze River Wednesday, an army official says.
Explosives were used to demolish part of the Qingcao Township dike on the Dasha Riv…
The Wa Municipal Assembly has taken delivery of the first consignment of 2,000 free school uniforms for distribution to children of basic schools in the Municipality, Mr. Duogu Yakubu, Wa Municipal Chief Executive, has said.
He said …
The rains delayed for over three weeks in the Upper West Region during the current farming season and this has affected ploughing for farmers engaged in the �Block Farming� programme, Mr. Charles Adams, Regional Director of Agriculture…
The U.S. military chief in South Korea said
Friday he was concerned about further North Korean provocations over the next several years and urged regional powers to put pressure on the North to stop such threats.
"The thing that I am…