The Most Rev Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi, the Catholic Bishop of Sunyani, has said leadership "is divinely ordained and society must accord those who occupy such positions utmost respect".
He said people should be careful when talking about…
The Kumasi Zoological Gardens was last year adjudged the best domestic tourist attraction site in the country, registering more than 130,000 visitors.
This helped the facility to rake in GH¢40,400.
Mr Samuel Darkwa Nimoh, the Manager, …
ActionAid Ghana (AAG) has since 2009 spent GHC 58, 800.00 in various programmes, towards the reduction of violence against women and women's economic empowerment.
The Programme Manager of AAG in charge of the Upper East Region, Mr. M…
The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development has set up a task team to work out modalities to resource the newly created district assemblies.
Mr Joseph Yieleh-Chireh, sector Minister, said the Ministry had noted with concer…
The Eastern Regional Coordinating Council (RCC) has embarked on a special fruit tree planting exercise aimed at providing fruits and shades for schoolchildren in particular.
The project, the brain child of Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, the…
Kwadwo Asare, a farmer of Timianko near Akim Oda who went to his former wife's farm while she was working and attempted to kill her with a cutlass, has appeared before a magistrate's court at Akim
Oda.
Asare pleaded not guilty to a…
The Akim Oda magistrate's court has remanded Yaw Nkansah, 69, for threatening to kill Mr. Christian Kwesi Gyimah, a farmer.
He pleaded not guilty and would reappear on December 2.
Chief Inspector Kwadwo Ahenkrorah told the cour…
Health Foundation of Ghana in collaboration with Fontiles of Spain had presented medical equipment and materials worth GH¢12,500 to support the treatment of buruli ulcer patients at the Saint Peter's Hospital at Jacobu in the Amansie Centr…
The Suhum Magistrate Court on Thursday convicted two people to a total fine of GHC 150 for committing various environmental offences.
The convicted persons would be imprisoned for four months in default.
George Gavouga, a carpent…
The National Identification Authority (NIA) on hursday said the on-going mass registration exercise in the Dangme East and West Districts, Tema Ashiaman and Adenta Municipalities would end on Saturday, November 28.
A statement issued…
Vodafone Ghana on Thursday presented a cheque for GH¢2,000 to the National Blood Transfusion Services (NBTS) towards this year's Blood Donors' Awards.
The Blood Donors' Awards put together by NBTS and the Accra Chapter of Rotary Club…
The management of Foundation for Peace Building and Awareness Walk (FPBAW) on Thursday presented used clothing valued at GHC400 and GHC600 cash to inmates of the Borstal Institute (Senior
Correctional Centre in Accra.
Mr. Solomon B…
Ghanaians are generally satisfied with the performance of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), a survey report released by the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) said on Thursday in Accra.
The 95-page report indi…
Members of the Plastic Waste Collectors
Association of Ghana (PWCAG) on Thursday appealed to government and the business community for assistance to acquire a recycling plant to boost their work and generate employment.
Mr Godwin W…
Real Admiral Matthew Quashie, Chief of the Naval Staff, on Thursday observed that the nation's democratic gains and the goodwill it was enjoying on the international scene were being threatened by the menace of narcotics and arms trafficki…
A two-day workshop on curricula partnerships for 60 teachers from 30 selected public and private basic schools in the Sunyani Municipality ended on Thursday.
They were taken through topics which included motives of partnerships, glob…
The Director of the Ghana Institute of Languages (GIL) has called upon the government to vote some seed money towards the completion of the Accra Campus of the institute.
According to Mr. Christopher Angkosaala, the project would en…
Community-driven Initiatives for Food Security (CIFS), a Canadian funded project, is investing 4.5 million Canadian dollars in 250 communities in the Northern Region to improve food security and local governance.
The project aims br…
A Nigerian Oil Vessel, christened "African Prince," has been intercepted by a joint security surveillance of the Ghana Air Force and the Navy in Tema.
The vessel, which carried 5,200 metric tonnes of fuel was intercepted at about 15…
Dr. Hannah L. Bissiw, Deputy Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing, on Thursday advised building and civil contractors to form partnerships to be able to win big contracts.
Addressing the third annual general meeting (AGM) o…
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Manila on Friday belied reports that one of its male staffers in Cotabato City has died after being shot by an unidentified gunman on Thursday.
"Reports of the death of a UNICEF staffer …
The Amazon basin countries and France Summit on climate change ended on Thursday in Manaus, Brazil, with the presence of Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva and his French
counterpart Nicholas Sarkozy, and Guyanan counterpart B…
Cuba's armed forces Thursday launched its largest military exercise in five ears, "Bastion 2009," which would ward off a possible attack in a crisis, local media reported Thursday.
Cuba's regular troops, Ministry of the Interior unit…
The Ghana Senior High School (GHANASCO), on Thursday launched its 50th anniversary celebration with a call for the proper training of the youth, to obtain good human resource to contribute meaningfully to the development of the nation.
…
Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, Eastern Regional Minister, on Thursday expressed worry about the high rate of HIV/AIDS infection in the region.
He stressed that the region was the "First on the HIV/AIDS league table in the country", and chal…
At least 7,826 people worldwide have been killed by the A/H1N1 influenza since the new flu virus was first identified in April, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a latest update on Friday.
Of all the deaths, 5,360 occurred …
AngloGold Ashanti (Obuasi Mine) has been operating along principles and values of respect for the environment, the Managing Director, Mr Kwesi Enyan, has said. "AngloGold Ashanti (AGA) Obuasi mine has adopted International Standard Organiz…
The District Chief Executive for Atwima-Mponua, Mrs Theresa Adomako-Tawiah, has called for rigid enforcement of traffic laws to stop the carnage on the roads.
The police, she said, should do more to arrest speeding and drunk drivers.
…
The Awutu-Senya District, with the support of five organisations, has enacted a bye-law that would help to improve the standard of education in the area.
The bye-law bans children from attending wake-keepings and funerals grounds. Off…
The Juliana Antwi Memorial Foundation, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), based in Germany, has initiated projects to improve the living conditions of inmates of All Nations Charity Home, an orphanage at Ayigya in Kumasi.
The pro…
Mr Edward Appiah, a lecturer at the Communication Design Department, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has appealed to government to appreciate the role of art and culture in Ghana's development.
He said African…
EPP Books, a publishing and book selling company, has awarded scholarships to two final year students of College of Art and Social Sciences (CASS) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST).
Mr Medicus Appiah of th…
The Western Regional National Youth Employment Programme(NYEP) is being re-structured to make it more efficient and effective, Mr Joseph Nelson, the Regional Coordinator of the Programme, has said.
Speaking in an interview with the Gh…
The Nyinahin police searching for a 27-year-old farmer, Sahulu Issah, who murdered his wife at Dodowa, a cottage near Nyinahin in the Atwima-Mponua District on November 19.
Police Superintendent Samuel Aloredey, the District Commander, to…
The Volta Region House of Chiefs has warned one Mr Vincent Yao Ashiakpor, to desist from activities that would pose a serious threat to the peace and security in the Wheta Traditional Area.
A letter signed by Mr A.K. Ahiabah, Registr…
Two Ghanaian stowaways were last Wednesday rescued by fishermen six days after they were allegedly forced out of the hold of a Spanish Container ship.
Mr. Mohammmed Abdulai Majeni, 20, a mechanic from Efiakoma, Takoradi and Mohammed …
The refugee agency of United Nations has begun to distribute additional relief supplies to some 85,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) who are living in camps in the northwest of Pakistan, a press release said Wednesday.
This aid…
The Iranian Embassy in Ghana, has pledged to contribute to the promotion of education of Muslim girls in the country.
As a prelude to the initiative, the Embassy would from Thursday, November 26, undertake an eight-week campaign in t…
The Manager and two other officers of the Asante-Mampong Municipal Health Insurance Scheme, have been asked to proceed on leave immediately.
The order to Mr Rockson Bronnie, Manager, Michael Opoku, Accountant, and Felix Donkor, Claim…
Children may face a high risk of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, if they are exposed to tobacco smoke before being born or to lead during their childhood, a new study shows.
In the study, researchers from Cincinnat…
Mr Paul Effah, Executive Secretary of the National Council on Tertiary Education, has stressed the need for a research fund to resource universities and research institutes in Africa to accelerate the development aspirations of the contine…
Disaster struck about 15 settler farmers when their farms totalling 70 acres were destroyed on the orders of Mr. Michael Gyasi-Mensah, Site Manager of Ayum Plantations Amama Forest Reserve Restoration Project at Atronie.
The farms we…
The National Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) directorate on Tuesday appealed to judges and magistrates to erase the perception of the public of a corrupt judicial system within which justice is administered on monetary considerations.…
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has submitted its report on investigations into the Newmont cyanide spillage saga to the Ministry of Environment Science and Technology, a statement in Accra said.
The ministry has subsequent…
Up to 70 per cent of women will experience physical or sexual violence by a man that they know during their lifetime, said UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Tuesday as he launched new efforts to spotlight the role of men and how they can en…
Mr. Seidu Tungbani, the Wa West District Chief Executive, has expressed concern about the rate at which certain social vices such as child labour and defilement were on the increase in the area.
He said issues of child labour were ve…
Mr. Samuel Bannerman-Mensah, the Director General of the Ghana Education Service, has said Religious and Moral Education (RME) has been fully re-instated as a subject for Junior High Schools.
"A new syllabus has been prepared and the…
Mr. Isaac Takyi Boafo, the Brong-Ahafo Regional Chairman of Ghana Tailors and Dressmakers Association, has appealed to the government to make funds available to enable members to expand their businesses and create more jobs for the youth.
…
The Western Regional Branch of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has elected new executives.
They are Mr Ebenezer A. Kwaitoo, the President, Mr Samuel Kwesi Agbottah, Vice President, Mr Emmanuel Kofi Diaba, Secretary, Mr Ebenezer Kojo K…
The Parent- Teacher Association (PTA) of the Akim
Swedru Senior High School, has constructed two bungalows to ease the accommodation problems facing the staff.
Each of the semi-detached building comprised three bedroom, living rooms…