An Australian court hearing the case of Jayant Patel, accused of manslaughter, was told Thursday that the Indian American surgeon had threatened to quit after a patient's mother was told that her son on whom the surgeon performed oesophgec…
In a bid to crack down on abuse of the international student visa programme, Australian
government has announced strong measures like strengthening of the visa cancellation guidelines and rules governing the assessment of those studying m…
Current developments in the field of higher education in India provide an "opportune" time for the University of Chicago to establish an 'Institute for Advanced Study' in New Delhi that will focus on promoting interdisciplinary research pr…
Pakistan has moved 100,000 troops from its borders with India, thinning the lines, to bolster its campaign against Taliban and other militants on its restive border with Afghanistan, the Pentagon said Thursday.
The mass shifting of …
India is among the countries which have been put on the 'Watch List' of a bipartisan US panel on global religious freedom, which termed its progress in protecting the rights of minorities as mixed.
Putting India on the 'watch list' …
The wife of the Chinese doctor who gunned down his Indian-American colleague Vajinder Toor is in "shock and despair" over the tragedy and has sent her condolences to Toor's family.
Lan Ma, wife of Lishan Wang, 44, said in a statemen…
About 759 million people world-wide can neither read nor write with two-thirds of them being women, an official from United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) disclosed on Friday.
Ms Irina Bokova, Direct…
Togbe Komla Apatu, Senior Asafoatse of the Tsyome-Afedo Traditional Area has appealed to the Educational Authorities in the Ho Municipal Area to urgently tackle the sharp disparities in the
performance of pupils in its rural communities …
Ms Nyarkor Darko-Ampem, a Student of Central University College, has been crowned "Face of Black's Secret 2010", making her the face-model and spokesperson for Black's Secret range of make-up products.
Ms Darko-Ampem, who displayed e…
Dr Marcus Mann, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Chiropractic and Wellness Centre in Ghana, has announced the decision by the Centre to establish a chiropractic school in the country within the next two years.
It would be the f…
Mr. Kofi Opoku-Manu, Ashanti Regional Minister,has called on Ghanaian workers to put in their best to increase productivity towards national development.
He asked them to be inspired by the sacrifices and patriotism of Osagyefo Dr Kwame …
The Medical Superintendent of the Koforidua NRegional Hospital, Dr Daniel Asare, has directed all staff of the hospital to wear name tags to help track down people engaged in illegal collection of fees.
Dr Asare gave the directive …
With large-scale disruption in train services and closure of shops, markets, offices and educational institutions, the 12-hour hartal called by the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) as part of
the country-wide anti-price stir turned out…
India and Sri Lanka Tuesday discussed the issue of Tamils displaced during the military action against the LTTE and highlighted the need for their
expeditious resettlement with dignity.
India's External Affairs Minister S M Krishna…
A Fast Track High Court has asked the state to
expedite investigations into a notice of Alibi filed by one of the two soldiers standing trial for the death Alhaji Issa Mobilla, Northern Regional Chairman of Convention Peoples Party (CPP)…
A Kumasi Circuit Court has sentenced a 21 year old driver's mate to five years imprisonment in hard labour for assault.
Mandela Kwadwo Tuffour was convicted on his own plea. Police Chief Inspector Comfort Kyei Baffour told the court pre…
Pregnant women have been advised to access
antenatal and health care from trained midwives and other health care professionals rather than relying on Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs).
Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, National Reproducti…
Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development has developed a comprehensive National Urban Policy that would functionally integrate social, economic, institutional, cultural, environmental and spatial aspects of urban development.
…
The Environmental and Development Youth Movement
(EDYM), an eco-restoration and preservation NGO in the Volta Region and USAID supported Agri-Business and Sustainable African Plants Products, an Accra based NGO, are to validate the effic…
The management of Electricity Company of Ghana Limited (ECG) has embarked on projects nation-wide to improve power supply reliability to customers.
The projects involve supply and installation of 33kV and 11kV cables and transformers…
Personnel of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), have
strengthened their battle readiness with a 15 km walk to gain fitness and endurance.
About 400 officers and men took part in the exercise codenamed: "Exercise Fast Foot," which is par…
Health and wellness clubs will be started in schools to sensitise children on good health and
sanitation, India's HRD Minister Kapil Sibal Tuesday announced.
Speaking at the launch of the National School
Sanitation Initiative, being…
Some parts of the Koforidua Municipality have been without water for the past four weeks as residents carry gallons and other containers from one place to another in search of portable water.
The most affected areas included Srodae, …
Personnel of Customs, Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS) stationed at Wli-Afegame on the Ghana/Togo border were last Sunday attacked by a mob after they had impounded a taxi suspected to be smuggling cocoa to Togo.
Noah Menyawovor,…
Eva Alordina, a Level 100 Business Administration student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), in Kumasi, was on Saturday evening crushed to death by a falling slab of concrete at the Independence Hall.
…
Poor targeting of aid for sanitation and water is undermining development efforts, leaving the poorest of the poor entrenched in poverty.
The UN-Water Global Annual Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking Water (GLAAS) report, produced…
The Ho Co-operative Drivers Association has been urged to observe decorum in managing their internal differences or risk having their Co-operative certificate withdrawn.
Mr Emmanuel Andam, Volta Regional Co-operative Officer gave the…
The National Executive Committee of GNAT, on Monday, reminded the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES) of the
"silence" over the non-implementation of the collective agreement by the Joint Negotiating Committee of the GNA…
The Management of Metro Mass Transport (MMT) a public transport organisation in collaboration with National Security Council has began operations in the Bawku Municipality from Monday, April 26.
A statement issued in Accra by Mr Marti…
The Management of Metro Mass Transport Limited (MMT) a public transport organisation on Monday announced its preparedness to participate in the Ghana Policy Fair 2010, to educate the public on its operations towards national socio-economic…
Ghanaian journalists and other media personnel will join the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) to commemorate the 2010 World Press Freedom Day which falls on Monday, May 3.
It will on the theme: "Freedom of Information: The Right t…
The International Centre for Enterprise and Sustainable Development (ICED), a non-governmental organisation dedicated to promoting small and medium scale enterprises, has presented two ambulances to the Lambussie and Karni Health centres i…
Government on Tuesday threw its weight behind small scale technologies and inventions meant to facilitate the development and improvement of electricity and other energy supply.
President John Evans Atta Mills has therefore directed …
The Traditional Medicine Practice Council has rolled out capacity building Programmes for Traditional and Alternative Healthcare Assistants, to effectively regulate their practice in the
country.
The programme comes in the wake of i…
Joblinks newspaper aimed at advertising job vacancies, opportunities and enhancing educational advancement, would start full circulation from May this year in Accra.
The publication, which has been in circulation on pilot basis, woul…
Mrs. Stacy Adams, Chief Executive Officer of Raleigh International, on Wednesday urged the youth to take advantage of the opportunities to develop their career and lead responsible lives.
Raleigh International is a British based Inte…
Professor Albert Fiadjoe, Chairman of the Constitutional Review Commission (CRC) on Wednesday exhorted Ghanaians to participate fully in the review process to make the exercise correspond to the real needs and desires of the people.
…
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has appealed
to Ghanaians to show interest in the on-going national identification registration exercise to help provide a more reliable data for development planning.
He said all should appre…
Mr Kofi Opoku Manu, Ashanti Regional Minister,
has urged the various agencies under the Lands Commission to simplify their operations to enable the public to realize the full benefits of the new Land Administration Project (LAP).
It w…
Mr Wisdom Ayitey, an Assistant Registrar of the Publication Unit of the Methodist University College, Ghana, and a former staff of the University of Education, Winneba, has donated ten copies of his authored books to the UEW library.
…
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Paul Tawiah Quaye, has called on police Personnel to discharge their duties with utmost professionalism to enable the service to regain its lost glory.
He said reports reaching the police Adm…
The chiefs and people of Coaltar and its environs in the Suhun-Kraboa-Coaltar District have appealed to the Department of Urban Roads and the Assembly to assist them to rehabilitate a
12-kilometer road from Adoagyiri to Coalter.
Bri…
A farmer at Pokrom-Nsabaah near Nsawam, has appealed to philanthropists and public-spirited organisations to help him settle a GHc10, 000 medical bill he incurred in treating her daughter at the Korle- Bu Hospital Teaching Hospital.
O…
Fifty traders illegally occupying the land of Ghana Railway Company Limited (GRCL) at Nsawam, have appealed to the Akuapim South District Assembly to provide them a new location before their ejection by GRCL.
The GRCL has given the t…
Mr Joseph Amenowode, Volta Regional Minister on
Wednesday, urged the National Commission on Civic Education (NCCE) to endeavour to make Ghana's 1992 Constitution accessible to every Ghanaian in
the country.
He said this would emp…
Mrs Mary Azumah Kungazuri, chairperson of Yameriga women's group in the Talensi-Nabdam District, said the spate at which some parents withdrew their daughters from school for marriage was alarming and if not checked could jeopardize the fu…
The President of the Association for Mathematics
Teachers of Ghana, Ms Adwoa Nkrumah, has observed that mathematics is the easiest subject to be taught and learned.
She said, however, that that would depend on how the teacher handle…
India's Railway Ministry Tuesday said cancer patients can now avail 100 per cent concession in
third-AC and sleeper class coaches.
The concession for cancer patients has been enhanced from existing 75 per cent to 100 per cent, Rail…
The media in Volta Region are to engage the Police
Service in the region in a friendly football match on Monday to mark Press Freedom Day in Ho.
The match, scheduled to take place at the Ho Sports Stadium, is to enhance the working …
Mr. Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, Eastern Regional Minister, said that government's resolve to improve the standards of basic education, particularly in the rural areas, was not a political rhetoric.
He said that government would deliver its…
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