Kwabena Akrofi, a farmer, has appeared before the Asamankese Circuit Court, charged with stealing building materials worth GHC 879.
He pleaded guilty with explanation and was remanded in prison custody till May 12.
A bench warr…
Aiming precision in monsoon forecasting, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) is planning to develop "dynamic" prediction models, supplementing the existing statistics-based systems.
The programme to be given effect from next y…
The remains of Mr Ben Entwi, a veteran Journalist, has been laid to rest at the Methodist Church Cemetery, Kpone near Tema on
Saturday.
Employed in 1966 by the Ghana News Agency (GNA) as a Sub-Editor, the late Entwi rose to the posi…
Mrs Grace Ayaitia, Deputy Director of Nursing Service of the Ghana Health Service, has called on Ghanaians to take active interest in physical education and sports to enable them to remain healthy at all times.
She said taking regula…
Nearly five lakh foreign patients seeking "dirt-cheap" treatment have visited India in the last one year, boosting efforts to make the country a major health tourism destination.
Though the trend of foreigners coming to India for tr…
Forty-six out of 59 drivers arrested in Kumasi for various traffic offences have been sentenced to fines totalling GH¢8,380.00 by a circuit court.
Thirteen of the offenders were cautioned and discharged.
A statement signed…
Charles Donkor, a 47-year-old farmer and video operator, on Friday appeared before the Mpraeso Circuit Court for defiling a 14-year-old primary six pupil.
Donkor, who pleaded not guilty to the charge, was remanded in police custody f…
The Rev Wilson Emmanuel Ashigbie, the Presbytery Chairman of the Ho Presbytery of the Global Evangelical Church, has called on churches to make resuscitation of the depleted environment a priority.
He said by this they would be obeyi…
Five members of a family at Sasthampara, Nedumangad in the southern Indian state of Kerala was admitted to the Medical College hospital with
symptoms of food poisoning after they consumed mushrooms collected from their backyard on Sunday…
The Eastern Regional House of Chiefs has declared that, the Chieftaincy institution was still relevant now, as in the past.
It has therefore advised those calling for its abolition, not to be swayed by the chieftaincy disputes but lo…
Uninvited guests and security mismanagement marred Sania Mirza and Shoaib Malik's reception
in Sialkot, forcing the hassled newly-weds to leave the function before it was over.
The reception was hosted by Malik and turned out to be…
Thousands of people celebrated the Sikh New Year here, amid tension that a fresh outbreak of violence within the community could spoil the function.
An estimated 80,000 Sikhs took part in the city's 25th Khalsa Day parade Sunday which…
When she was ordained the first woman priest of a mainstream Christian Church in Kerala state in south India 21 years back, it was not without a bit of anxiety that Reverend Marathakavalli David took up clerical duties.
Now, when she…
The family members of Malayalam film and television actor Sreenath, who allegedly committed suicide on Friday, have demanded a comprehensive probe into his death.
Sreenath's brother Sathyanath, along with family members,told reporte…
The passengers and crew of an Emirates Flight from Dubai to Kochi had a close escape when it suddenly fell over 200 feet after hitting an air pocket over Goa air space on Sunday.
Though the aircraft, with 350 passengers, 11 cabin cr…
Mrs Joyce Bamford-Addo, the Speaker of Parliament, is leading a 10-member Parliamentary delegation on a four-day visit to Prague, Czech Republic.
This is the Speaker's first official trip since she was elected in January, 2009.
…
Yakubu Sidi, a Fulani herdsman, was last Thursday remanded into prison custody for conspiring to commit robbery and robbery.
Sidi pleaded not guilty and would reappear on May 06.
Mr Seth T. Mensah, Police Chief Inspector, told …
The Agona Nsaba police have arrested Kobina Baah, a 35-year-old drinking bar operator at Duakwa, for allegedly defiling 13-year-old house girl.
Deputy Superintendent of Police Joseph Abgogya, the Agona Nyakrom District Police Commander,…
Mankessim, a buzzing market centre in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region, is to benefit from a one million Euro Sanitation project.
Government and the African Development Bank, African Water Facility and The Netherland…
The Agona East District Assembly has mapped out a strategy to speed up the development of the District.
Under the strategy, fund raising activities would be held to raise funds to build a market at Mankrong Junction, Mr John Oremus A…
Airlines at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) which were affected by the recent closure of the air-space over Europe, have assured and offered to fly all passengers who were grounded to their various destinations.
"The situation…
Professor Kwame Karikari, Executive Director, Media Foundation for West Africa, has appealed to the media to reposition itself and focus on issues of national unity and development.
He said the media had the power to either construct…
The Deputy Registrar for Academic Affairs of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), Mrs Christie Okai-Anti, has appealed to Non-Governmental Organisations, philanthropists and companies to support the development of Education in the…
A day after Medical Council of India President Ketan Desai was arrested by Central Bureau of Investigation on alleged corruption charges, Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said the MCI has its own identity and the government does not …
Yaw Asiamah, 22, who stole 160 bunches oil palm fruits, was on Friday, remanded in Police custody by the Kade District Magistrate's Court.
Asiamah pleaded guilty with explanation and will appear in court again on May 27.
Prosec…
Sheik Zurkanine Yusif, the founder and leader of the West Africa International Islamic Foundation, has made a passionate appeal to all factions engaged in conflicts in the country to have a change of heart and give peace a chance.
He…
WaterAid, an international charity in conjunction with End Water Poverty, a global campaign group, has given a makeover to one of the world's most recognisable buildings, the White House.
The makeover was done to highlight the plight…
The Rev Wilson Emmanuel Ashiegbie, the Acting Presbytery Chairman of the Ho Presbytery of the Global Evangelical Church (GEC), has called for the re-introduction of school farms and gardens.
"Going back to the idea would prepare young p…
Regional and district chief cocoa farmers have been urged to be alert and help expose illegal activities that deny the nation of revenue from cocoa.
They should monitor the operations of purchasing clerks to prevent them from diverti…
The Kwahu East District Chief Executive (DCE), Mr Samuel Asamoah, has given the assurance that the government was putting in place adequate measures to offer employment to the youth, for them to contribute towards the development of the co…
Yaa Asantewa, 19, a trader, has appealed to the Ministry of Women and Children's Affairs to help her find her six-month-old baby who was taken away by the Social Welfare Department in Koforidua in September 2009.
She said she report…
Mr Paul Evans Aidoo, has appealed to religious leaders to preach against social vices in order to complement government efforts to eliminate crime.
He said law and order was breaking down because parents are unable to control their c…
The Russian nuclear fuel major TVEL is in discussions with the Indian department of atomic
energy to set up a state-of-the-art nuclear fuel fabrication plant to fuel its upcoming and proposed plants in the country.
The Russian go…
Noting that there is a bipartisan support to Indo-US civilian nuclear deal, the Obama Administration expressed hope that Congressional approval of the reprocessing agreement reached between the two countries is a "mere formality".
"…
The Indian government has decided to install Radiation Monitor Portals (RMP) at all ports and entry points in the country amid reports that the recent radiation leak in West Delhi could have happened due to scrap brought in from outside.
…
Support for Community Mobilization, Projects and Programmes (SCMPP), a non-governmental organization (NGO) based at Daboase has distributed bicycles to 189 Junior High School (JHS) pupils in 10 communities in the Mpohor Wassa East District…
The National Co-ordinator of the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP), Alhaji Sulemana Abdul- Rahaman on Wednesday refused to comment on media reports that he has been relieved of his post.
"No comments," he told the Ghana News Agen…
Two public officials accused of misappropriating funds of the defunct Ghana@50 Secretariat on Thursday appeared before an Accra Fast Track High Court charged with four counts of willfully causing financial loss to the state.
They are…
The United States Embassy in Ghana, on Thursday joined the global celebration of Earth Day in Accra with the focus on the preservation of biodiversity.
The celebration of the Day brought together Junior High School students from PRES…
A ten-year-old girl who lost her way during a church crusade held at the Tamale Sports Stadium on 16 April, has been defiled by a man who offered to help her find home.
Twenty four year-old Issah Yahaya, a driver and resident of Tama…
Policy makers have been asked to assist smallholder farmers to apply their energy, creativity, knowledge, technological innovations and other resources to increase farm productivity.
Dr. Obeng Sakyi-Dawson, Senior Lecturer, College …
Pharmacist Noah Acolatse, Chairman of the Community Practice Pharmacists' Association (CPPA), on Thursday appealed to government to do something about the sudden upward revision of Drug registration and renewal by the Food and Drugs Board …
Members of Projects Abroad Ghana Office (POHA) on Thursday called on management of AngloGold Ashanti (AGA) to relocate residents living in villages around Obuasi, rendered uninhabitable by its mining activities.
They also recommended…
Traders operating near Novotel and Tema Lorry Station in Accra, on Thursday threatened to march through the principal streets of the Accra Metropolis naked.
This would be in protest of alleged resettlement at the Pedestrian Shopping …
A citizen of Akoase based in New York, Nana Omane Ababio, has presented over 2,000 books to the Akoase Community Library and the St. Michael Senior High School.
The books consist of novels and books on mathematics, science, geography…
A seven-year-old girl, Latifa Usman, was on Thursday morning killed when bus knocked her at Adidwan near Asante-Mampong.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Benjamin Kwadwo Gyasi, Asante-Mampong Commander of the Motor Traffic and …
Mr Joseph Amenowode, the Volta Regional Minister, on Thursday called on leadership of the Church to make the Church a "repository of truth and uprightness."
He appealed to the leadership to stem all issues of abuse and extortion in t…
Mr. Frederick Safo, the Country Director of Childreach International, a non-governmental organisation, has said teachers were the major pillars of the education transformation system and has provided refresher training for 70 non-professio…
Thirteen maternal mortalities were recorded at public and private health facilities in the Tema Metropolis during the first quarter of the year.
The figure is almost twice of that recorded during the first quarter of last year which was …
Personnel of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) have been tasked to exhibit strict political neutrality, high sense of professionalism and deep respect for the Constitution and the Ghanaian tax payer.
According to Defence Minister, Lieuten…
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