The first phase of providing additional classrooms, dormitories and other key facilities for senior high schools would start in the course of the 2009-2010 academic year, the Minister for Education, Mr Alex Tettey-Enyo, has said.
The…
India Sunday said that the proposed offensive against the extreme left-wing Naxalites would be largely "intelligence based" and the security forces will adopt tactics used to tackle militancy in the operations.
"The para-military Bor…
Nepal's participation at the Copenhagen climate summit may get a boost, with the country preparing a status-paper on climate change for the first time.
According to Saturday's eKantipur.com report, the new status- paper stated that m…
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba, (UEW) Professor Akwasi Asabere-Ameyaw, has stated that Information Communication Technology (ICT) has the antidote for addressing illiteracy and improving the quality of educatio…
Japan on Saturday launched an information gathering satellite from the nation's Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture.
The JAXA, Japan's national space agency, launched the satellite on the 16th Japan-built H2A rocket at 1…
A Chinese scientist said China plans to build a remote-sensing satellite receiving station in Antarctica to better monitor the global ocean environment.
Jiang Xingwei, director of China's National Satellite Ocean Application Service,…
More than two dozen Taliban fighters were killed in an overnight operation in Khost province east of Afghanistan, a senior police officer said Sunday.
"A group of armed rebels stormed a center of Border Police in Tanai district Satur…
Iran on Sunday held drills in a Tehran school simulating earthquake occurrence in the country.
With the participation of the Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar and Education Minister Hamid-Reza Hajibabaie, the maneuver was hel…
The death toll from ferry accident in Bangladesh's Bhola district, 197 kms southeast of capital Dhaka, rose to 40, as the divers of Bangladesh Navy found 5 more bodies on Sunday, police said.
Bangladeshi President Zillur Raman, Prime…
The crisis due to the lack of cooking gas in Gaza Strip is threatening Gazan's daily life, especially during the Muslim feast of Eid al-Adha holiday.
Palestinian officials said that the need for cooking gas during winter in Gaza Stri…
The First Strategic Planning Workshop organised by the Health Services Workers' Union (HSWU), has ended in Tema, with a pledge by members, to maintain cordial and harmonious working relations with their employers and management, to ensure…
Mr Theophilus Aidoo-Mensah, Gomoa West District Chief Executive (DCE), has called on Muslims to let the Eid-ul-Adha, which is a festival of sacrifice to motivate them in their efforts towards nation building.
Addressing Muslims at Go…
Prior to the 15th conference of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Copenhagen, Nepal has decided to hold the highest altitude cabinet meeting for the first time to protect Himalayas.
The historic cabinet mee…
Next year's World Cup will leave a carbon footprint nearly nine times that of Germany in 2006, and that is before calculating the footprint for international flights to South Africa, the Cape Argus reported on Sunday.
The event will …
Iran's government ordered the Atomic Energy Organization to build 10 new uranium enrichment sites in the country, the state IRIB TV reported on Sunday.
Under the government decree, the Atomic Energy Organization will start the constr…
An armed robber who shot dead Musah Hamid at
Bugre in the Garu-Tempane District on Sunday night and bolted was caught and lynched.
The armed robber, Issaka Anakbi, 45, was noted for harassing traders and seizing his belongings on m…
The youths of Dokrochiwa and Coaltar in the Suhum-Kraboa Coaltar District, have threatened to demonstrate against the police for extorting huge sums of money from suspects before granting them bail.
Spokespersons for the youth, Mr Ko…
Muslims have been urged to put more value on self-denial and sacrifice for the progress of society as they celebrate the Eid-ul-Adha
festival.
Sheikh Alkaad Ibrahim, the Ashanti Regional Chief Imam of the Ghana Muslim Mission,said…
It is estimated that by 2020, the number of people in the world suffering from cancer would have shot up to 15 million from 10 million in 2000, due to lack of preventive measures to stop the spread disease.
Addressing participants …
The Ghana Progressive Hairdressers and Beauticians Association (GPHABA) has been urged to liaise with higher institutions like the polytechnics to design refresher courses that would help to improve members' skills.
Mrs Animah Wilson, As…
Mr Solomon Stanley Eyo an official of the Narcotic Control Board, has called for the intensification of public education on the dangers of drug abuse and trafficking in the country.
It is when people get to know of the dangers that …
The Ho Municipal Hospital has been commended for its quality health care initiatives.
The Acting Deputy Director Clinical Care at the Volta Regional Health Directorate, Mr Robert Adatsi, gave the commendation at the induction of a "C…
Three members of a suspected criminal gang, involved in the theft of electric cables, being the property of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG ) in the Ketu South District, were jailed
a total of 37 years in hard labour by an Aflao Ci…
The Democratic Freedom Party (DFP), on Friday commended Muslims for ensuring a successful Eid Ul Adha festival.
The party also extended its goodwill to all Muslims particularly those who travelled from Ghana to Mecca to perform the a…
Force Foundation, a Non Governmental Organisation, in the Netherlands, has provided a computer learning centre and a studio for the Wa Methodist
School for the Blind to help sharpen the skills of the students and their teachers in ICT.
…
Ghana is unable to meet its annual blood requirement of 150,000 units but Non-Remunerated Voluntary Blood Donation is a credible means of meeting the target, Dr Benjamin Kumbuor, Minister of Health has said.
He said,"the annual blood…
Ghana's housing deficit currently stands at one million, Mr Robert Abongo, Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing on Saturday said.
He said on the average, the annual national housing requirement is 140,000 units with a suppl…
Dr Samuel Herbert Mark Opoku, a Western Regional Veterinary Officer, has cautioned dog owners not to kill their dogs when they show signs of rabies.
"They should be brought to the Veterinary Service and not to sell or be consumed by h…
CARE International, a Non Governmental Organisation into agriculture activities, has launched a 15-year "Agriculture and Food Security Programme" for the Northern Savanna Zone to improve food security in the area.
The Savanna Zone co…
The Chiefs and people of Duayaw Nkwanta in the Tano North District of Brong Ahafo have validated the findings of data collected from the area under the Ascertainment and Codification of Customary Law Project (ACLP).
Two traditional …
The Student Representative Council(SRC) of the National Vocational Training Centre at Agona Swedru has called on the Minister of Manpower and Social Welfare to investigate alleged financial malfeasance at the school.
This would halt …
President John Evans Atta-Mills has said the level of Science and Technology Education is low despite the introduction of the subjects into the curricula of basic schools, under the Educational Reform of 1987, and the establishment of some…
China's Xuelong (Snow Dragon) vessel, on the country's 26th Antarctic expedition, crossed zero meridian and returned to the eastern hemisphere at 16:45 local time (1745GMT) on
Saturday.
The Xuelong entered the western hemisphere on…
Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Saturday called on tertiary institutions to concentrate more on the training of human resource in Science and Mathematics to accelerate Ghana's development.
He said the challenges of the 21st ce…
Due to climate change Nepal has been witnessing gradual decline in agricultural production, increase in natural disasters, lack of water resources including decline of bio-diversities and others, the National News Agency RSS reported on Sa…
The prime ministers of Greece, Albania and Macedonia met informally on Friday in northwestern Greece for talks on environment.
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha and their Macedonian counterp…
Rio de Janeiro on Friday became the first Brazilian city to have set goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the run-up to and after the 2016 Olympic Games.
A municipal policy on climate change, revealed by Rio Mayor Eduardo P…
Singapore's media on Saturday hailed China's recent plan to boost energy efficiency and cut carbon dioxide emissions.
Titled "China fuels hopes for climate change," an article in Singapore's leading English newspaper, the Straits Tim…
Pakistan's police have placed the capital of Islamabad and the adjacent garrison city of Rawalpindi under a thick security blanket to counter terrorism during Eid days, police sources said Saturday.
Eid-ul-Azha is being celebrated Sa…
Two New Zealand scientists have discovered a new class of anti-cancer medicines that kill tumors without the side effects of traditional therapies, local media reported on Saturday.
Medicinal chemist Jeffrey Smaill and cancer biologi…
Professor Atukwei Okine, Secretary-General of the Pan African Writers Association, has asked African youth to consider themselves as agents of change and join the socio-economic and political emancipation of the continent.
He said th…
The Vice President, Mr John Dramani Mahama, on Saturday joined pupils of his alma mater, Achimota Basic School, to celebrate its golden jubilee and speech and prize-giving day.
The celebration which was on the theme: 'Education, an i…
Mrs.Juliana Azumah Mensah, Minister of Tourism, on Saturday urged cooks and food providers to be innovative and undertake research into customer expectation in order to come out with interesting and tasty menus.
"There is the need to…
Malaysia's New Era College ( NEC) said on Saturday that it planned to extend its ssistance to poor Chinese students from China and Southeast Asian Countries.
NEC's Principal Pua Eng Chong told Xinhua after attending the carnival atte…
President John Atta Mills on Friday sent a message of peace and goodwill to Muslims on the occasion of the Eid al-Adha festival and asked them to bear in mind the significance of event.
"The festival of sacrifice, as we know, is cele…
Strong signals emerging out of Asia, the world's main rice basket, indicate that the world may be on the brink of yet another food crisis, driven, this time, mainly by disappointing shortfalls in crop harvests.
The trend will lead …
The Vice President, Mr John Dramani Mahama, on Saturday joined pupils of his alma mater, Achimota Basic School, to celebrate its golden jubilee and speech and prize-giving day.
The celebration which was on the theme: 'Education, an i…
The Arts Centre Branch of the Constituency Action
Youth has organized a cleaning exercise at the Arts Centre to help rid the place of filth and diseases.
About 200 members of the association undertook the exercise, which was suppor…
Mr. Mahmud Khalid, the Upper West Regional Minister, has urged parents not to shun responsibilities under the pretext of poverty to deny their children education.
He said many parents had used poverty as a tool to deny brilliant chil…
The Minister of Education, Mr Alex Tettey-Enyo, has assured Ghanaians that government was on course to taking bold actions needed to improve Senior High School education both in terms of improving access and quality.
Mr Tettey-Enyo…