Mr. Kofi Opoku Manu, Ashanti Regional Minister, has said President John Atta Mills would not renege on his campaign promise of ensuring a better Ghana by the end of his administration.
He said the President was committed to his 'bett…
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Okere,Mr Daniel Kwaku Botwe is to pay four Ghana Cedis a term for every third year pupil in Junior High School in his constituency for teachers to organize extra
classes for them.
This is to reliev…
Muslims have been urged to play leading roles
in ensuring that lasting peace returned to the Bawku Municipality and its environs as
they celebrate Eid-ul- Adha.
They should also use the occasion to pray unceasingly, have interper…
The Government is sinking 500 boreholes and providing mechanisation centres and irrigation facilities in all the districts to support agricultural production.
Nii Armah Ashitey, Greater Accra Regional Minister, who disclosed this on …
Dr Mohammed Bin Ibrahim, Ashanti Regional Director of Health Services, has urged the media to focus on issues critical to national development rather than those that did not bring real meaning to people's lives.
He expressed concern…
Ghana is able to manage only 30 per cent of her solid and liquid waste generated daily by human and industrial activities, Dr Doris Yaa Dartey,a Communication and Sanitation Consultant has said.
She said the remaining 70 per cent, account…
The Canadian Teachers Federation (CTF) in collaboration with Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), has donated educational materials worth GHC 12,451 for 132 needy pupils of six schools in the Sunyani West District.
The scho…
More than 80 percent of children of school going age at Tei Mensah, a farming community near Suhum, are loitering about in the area as a result of the absence of permanent classroom blocks.
Mr David Otu Ayertey, a member of the Unit …
Mr. Charles Evans Apreku, Kwahu North District Chief Executive has noted that the rampant boat disasters recorded in the area, could cost a nose-dive in the thriving tourism industry and other economic ventures.
"Boat disasters in th…
The Atwima-Nwabiagya District Assembly has acquired a 200-acre stretch of land for development into a Technology Centre.
The Centre, a joint venture of the Assembly and the Trade and Industry Ministry, would provide skill training to…
Former President Jerry John Rawlings and his wife, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, have congratulated Muslims on the occasion of Eid ul-Adha, the festival of sacrifice, which falls on Friday.
They also praised Muslims for the successfu…
An All Africa Energy Summit 2009 is scheduled for Accra on December 7 - 8.
A statement issued in Accra and copied to the Ghana News Agency said key energy ministers, senior industry executives and energy officials would participate i…
Professor Yaw Agyeman Badu, Rector of Ghana Institute of Management and Public dministration (GIMPA) has called for partnership with investors to embark on infrastructural development at the institute.
"This is a very strategic insti…
The Hohoe Municipal Assembly has launched the Hohoe Municipal Malaria Advocacy Proramme (HMMAP) worth GHc 52,555 towards addressing the challenges and control of malaria in the municipality.
It entails programming for malaria control,…
The Republic of Congo's Red Cross office has mobilized assistance of 200,000 U. S. dollars for refugees fleeing the tribal clash in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), local media reported on Friday.
Thousands of peop…
Mr Paul Evans Aidoo, Western Regional Minister, on Friday called on Moslem leaders to instil in the Ghanaian youth virtues that will build their personality needed to make a nation great.
Such virtues, he said, should include godline…
The Nigerian government said President Umaru Yar' Adua had been diagnosed of acute pericarditis (an inflammatory condition of the coverings of the heart) in a hospital in Saudi Arabia, after days of silence over his state of health, the Ne…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Friday congratulated Ghanaian Muslims on the occasion of the Eid-Ul-Adha celebrations.
A statement issued by Mr Asiedu Nketiah, General Secretary of the party in Accra said the NDC joined Mus…
The Local Government Workers ' Union (LGWU) of
the Trades Union Congress, on Friday discounted rumours that it had merged with the Civil and Local Government Staff Association.
Mr Stephen Abagrey, National Chairman of the union Mr …
Hundreds of Muslims drawn from the various
districts of the Brong-Ahafo Region on Friday converged at the Sunyani Coronation Park to celebrate this year's Eid-Ul-Adha.
Led by Mr. Suallah Abdallah Quandah, secretary at the office of…
The Ashanti Regional Minister, Mr Kofi Opoku-Manu, on Thursday joined thousands of Muslims at the Kumasi Central Mosque to mark the Eid-ul-Adha, the festival of sacrifice.
He urged the Moslems to use the occasion to renew their re…
Mr. Mahmud Khalid, the Upper West Regional Minister on Friday appealed to all Muslim Leaders in the region to continue to preach peace, unity and prosperity for the betterment of society.
He said Islam means peace and all Muslims mus…
Dela Parish of the Ho-Kpodzi Evangelical Presbyterian (E.P) Church, on Friday presented assorted items worth 200 Ghana Cedis to the Children's Ward of the Ho Municipal Hospital as Christmas gifts to children on admission.
The items i…
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) would from January 2010 begin a four-year PhD programme in Soil Health for the West African sub-Region.
Rockefeller and Bill and Melinda Gate Foundations are providing betwe…
The death toll from ferry capsize in
Bangladesh's Bhola district, 197 km southeast of capital Dhaka, rose to 20, police said on Saturday.
Saifur Hossain, chief of police in Bhola district, told Xinhua that the rescuers have so far …
The space shuttle Atlantis landed safely at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, ending an 11-day mission to resupply the International Space Station.
According to NASA TV, the shuttle touched down at 9:44 a.m. EDT (1444 GMT) a…
Britain and France are proposing to back anti-climate change action with 30 billion dollars via an environmental fund that will be spent during the years 2010, 2011 and 2012, France's President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Friday.
"Alongs…
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown proposed a "Copenhagen Launch Fund" to help poorer countries tackle climate change immediately, as part of a global climate agreement to be reached in Copenhagen in December, the prime minister's office …
The Swedish prime minister said on Friday that it is absolutely necessary to include China in the Copenhagen climate change deal.
"It is not possible to have a global deal to deliver the two-degree target without the participation of…
Tens of houses were submerged and around a hundred people have been evacuated over Thursday night and on Friday in Pas-de-Calais, a northern French department, after persistent rain caused
flooding, local media reported.
Residences…
The Honduran Permanent Contingency Committee (Copeco) issued a green alert Friday after constant rains caused floodings in the north and in the Caribbean area of Honduras.
Copeco said the measure will be in effect for three days in t…
The storms which have been lashing southern Brazil in the past few weeks have already caused 3.5 billion reais (2 billion U.S. dollars) in damage, local authorities said Friday.
Moreover, the bad weather has led to a total of 11 deat…
About 24.6 million Brazilians aged 15 and up are smokers, accounting for 17.2 percent of the population in this age group, according to a study released on Friday by the Brazilian
Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).
Addit…
Two French men have died from mutated A/H1N1 virus recently, the country's Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS) announced Friday.
The two victims were total strangers and in different hospitals. One of them appeared resist…
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said on Friday the European Union (EU) would strive to triple the number of exchange students with China by 2018.
"In our bilateral relations, I would welcome seeing a rapid increase …
Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Friday described the military brutality meted out to some civilians in conflict- stricken Bawku as unfortunate and regrettable.
He stressed that it was an act that needed to be condemned.
M…
The African Art and Culture Development Company
Limited (AACD) at Osu in Accra, has opened its 4th African Gift Fair showcasing 24,000 different types of exotic and modern African artefacts.
The artefacts made from authentic local …
The Headmaster of Prempeh College, Mr Emmanuel Kwabena Yeboah, has appealed to government to help revamp and modernize the science laboratory of the College.
He said the state of the laboratory as of now was bad and needed urgent attenti…
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…
British Queen Elizabeth II on Friday called on leaders of the Commonwealth to increase support for the development of the youth as the growth rededicates itself to the security of its most vulnerable.
She expressed concern about the …
The Asamankese Circuit Court had issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Awal Yakubu who was facing a charge of defrauding by false pretences.
Yakubu was granted court bail of GH¢ 10,000 with one surety to re-appear on November 23 b…
Christ the King, the 53 year- old Catholic School in Accra, had been without a School bus, but through the Project Citizen concept, the students were able to secure one from the government.
According to Mrs Veronica Kudowor, Christ th…
Mr Issah Ali, Executive Director of Vision for Alternative Development (VALD), a on-governmental organization (NGO) has called for the enforcement of stringent measures on tobacco to deter members of the public, especially the youth, from…
The Ashanti Regional Director of Education, Mr Joseph Kwabena Onyinah, has urged the board of governors of senior high schools (SHS) to collaborate with school heads to raise academic performance.
He said they should focus on helping…
The National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP) has launched its recruitment drive for 2009/2010 to create productive employment opportunities in all sectors of the economy.
It plans to recruit 44,000 youth by December and 100,000 in …
The former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, has warned women about the end-time false pastors and prophets to avoid violence and human rights abuse.
She said these pastors had taken undue advantage of the women who went to c…
President John Evans Atta Mills, on behalf of Government and people of Ghana, extended condolences to the family of the late Major (RTD) Lawrence Mefful, who was part of a team dispatched to Afghanistan under UN command.
The army off…
Government has directed all local district assemblies to complete a programme of naming all streets and numbering houses within their jurisdiction by the end of 2010.
Vice President John Mahama said the instruction was informed by go…
The Environmental Health Unit of the West Akyem Municipal Assembly has intensified its campaign for sound environmental cleanliness in the area.
The campaign involved educating the people of the importance of clean surroundings to do…
The Youth for Nzemamaanle Development, a group concerned with development of youth of Nzemaland, has called on the government to upgrade the Kikam Technical Institute to enable it to offer courses in petrochemistry to benefit the youth.
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