Mr Alex Tettey-Enyo, the Minister of Education, has said the Government was determined to give sufficient attention to polytechnic, technical and vocational education and training.
He said, this would lead to the turning out of men and w…
This year's annual plenary assembly of the Ghana Catholic Bishops' Conference, is underway in the Yendi Municipality of the Northern Region.
The eight-day conference, being attended by 18 delegates is on the theme: The Church in Ghana in…
The Deputy Northern Regional Minister, Mr. Moses
Bukari Magbenba, has called for a legislation and regulatory body to monitor the activities both local and foreign Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in the country as some of them were…
Two persons are being interrogated by the Nsawam
Police over the death of one Maxwell Asem, a 25- year- old driver's mate from Ashaley Botwe, a suburb of Accra.
They are Paul Agbadi, 27 year- old driver and Evans Korankye, 25 year o…
Catholic Bishops have congratulated Peter cardinal Appiah Turkson, Archbishop of Cape Coast, on his elevation as the President of the President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace.
In a communiqué issued at Yendi at the e…
The Right Reverend Paul A. Blewu in-charge of the Akim Oda Methodist Diocese, has called on the government and other stakeholders to offer practical support for technical education to
facilitate the manpower needed for national developme…
Apostle John Owusu Achiaw, Acting General Overseer of the True Faith Church, Ghana has called on Christians not to abandontheir churches when the leader of a mission dies.
He said the death of a church leader should not lead to confu…
The Ashanti Regional Police Command has assured football fans of absolute security protection during the World Cup qualifier between the senior national team, the Black Stars, and their Malian
counterparts at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium…
Authorities at the Garden City Special School for the mentally retarded persons at Asokore-Mampong in Kumasi, has appealed to government to upgrade the school's structure which is in a deplorable state.
The school trains students in…
The Chinese exploration ship Snow Dragon arrived at the Great Wall Station in western Antarctica on Thursday with more than 2,300 tons of supplies and oil.
Due to the temperature rise in Antarctica, the area around the station has be…
A 26-year-old electrician has been arrested by the Ashanti Regional Police Command for posing as a policeman and thereby, arresting and extorting monies from drivers in Kumasi.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Patrick Timbillah t…
The former Member of Parliament(MP) for Abuakwa North, Mr J. B. Danquah-Adu, has presented 100 dual desks to the Old Tafo A.M. E. Zion Primary School at a short ceremony at the school.
Mr Danquah-Adu sponsored the construction of the…
Superintendent Martin Amofa, South Tongu Divisional Police Commander, has called for the demolition of a newly constructed roundabout at Sogakope to reduce the rate of accident at the
spot.
Supt. Amofa made the call during the maiden So…
Mr. Joseph Blankson Nyarko, Brong Ahafo Regional
Co-ordinator of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has called for a sustained educational drive to get women to contribute
effectively to the risk of climate change.
…
Maulvi Dr Abdul Wahab Bin Adam, Ameer in charge of the Ahmmadiyya Muslim Mission, has reiterated the call on education and health professionals to accept postings to the rural areas where their services were badly needed.
He said it was …
At least five people were injured Sunday night when a bomb was thrown at the stage of an anti- Thaksin group's rally here, which was held to protest against the convicted former Thai
prime minister's appointment by Cambodian government.
…
Like many boys his age, 11-year-old Jordan Hartman is interested in sports and games but what sets him apart from many of his peers is his keenness on environmental issues.
He was among 10 children from around the globe selected as t…
Because of global warming, the United Sates has seen more daily record high temperatures than record lows over the past decade, according to the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado.
For the period fro…
Joseph Tetteh, a 35-year-old fetish priest at Suhum, has been arrested by the police for murdering Rita Baah, 30, a businesswoman in the town.
Police Superintendent John Asare Naami, New Juaben Municipal Commander, told the GNA that a…
Five people were found dead from carbon monoxide poisoning in northwest Turkey's Istanbul city Sunday, Turkish media reported.
A woman, her daughter and three grandchildren were found dead Sunday morning in their house in Umraniye di…
Nepali Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) may only have 40 percent of the estimated 1.79 billion Nepali rupees (some 23.86 million U.S. dollars) for conducting nationwide census in the year 2011.
According to Sunday's eKantipur.com r…
New data unveiled by the United Nations' children agency has shown that most of the world's chronically undernourished under five -- 83 million children -- are in South Asia.
According to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) …
Jawahar Lal Nehru, the first prime minister of independent India, if alive, would have been elated to see hundreds of children playing around in merry abandon on the sprawling lawns of his residence-cum-office at Teen Murti Bhawan in India…
Over 5,000 tribal people were displaced in the northeast Indian state of Mizoram after mobs set fire to their village following the death of a local youth, reported the Indo-Asian News Service on Sunday.
The mobs have set ablaze the …
The earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale and subsequent landslides that devastated Indonesia's West Sumatra province on September 30, 2009, inflicted a loss of an estimated 21.58 trillion rupiah (about 2.2 billion U. S. dollars), …
A heavy storm with winds of up to 120 kilometers per hour hit Wales and southern England in Britain, causing flooding and damage in some parts of the country.
Trees and power lines were brought down in Somerset county, which has been…
Professor George Hagan, Former Chairman of the National Commission on Culture,on Saturday reiterated the need for Africans to promote their culture and not adopt foreign lifestyles that tend to obliterate time honoured traditions.
"W…
A total of 10 people, including eight Japanese tourists, were killed, and six others were injured Saturday afternoon in a fire at an indoor shooting range in Busan, a southern port city of South Korea, local media quoted police as saying.
…
Reverend Christopher Affum-Nyarko, Nii Boiman District Head of the Apostolic Church, Ghana has called on Ghanaians to unite and rededicate themselves towards nation building.
He said it was only through unity of purpose and the zeal to se…
Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) International on Sunday launched an educational fund in Accra, with seed money of GHc 20,000 to implement a scholarship scheme to assist needy students and vulnerable children in society.
The fund is the…
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday called for greater support to developing countries in preventing diabetes, which kills at least one million people every year.
In a message marking World Diabetes Day, the secretary-genera…
President John Evans Atta Mills on Saturday said the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) has not relented on its promises to build a prosperous Ghana.
He said his administration was putting in place all the measures to ensure t…
Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Saturday urged the youth to take advantage of the government's Youth in Agriculture Programme to earn a living.
Mr. Mahama who was addressing this year's annual Kurubi festival of the chiefs and …
Professor James Hawkins Ephraim,Vice Chancellor of the Catholic University College of Ghana, Fiapre, has urged stakeholders in Education to concentrate on the promotion of the practical use of Science, Technology and Mathematics Education.…
The East Akim Municipal Information Officer, Mr Maxwell Apeacorang, has advised the youth who would be included in the Youth and Agriculture Programme (YEP) to use it as an opportunity to transform their lives.
He, therefore, urged t…
The Myanmar authorities have extended a
ultimatum to another four months for stopping plastic bag production under monitoring system, sources with Yangon City Development Committee said on Sunday.
The move came after companies, eng…
France and Brazil have agreed to take a common policy on climate issue ahead of the UN Copenhagen summit on climate change in December, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Saturday after
meeting with his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inac…
Vietnamese and French businesses signed here on
Friday 18 cooperation contracts valued at 9.5 billion U.S. dollars to promote trade and
investment ties between the two countries. The signing of these contracts was made at the Vietnam…
Around 40 families of a forested tribal village in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh fled home Sunday after wild elephants went on rampage bringing down several mud-built houses in their village, reported the Indo-Asian News Service…
A French Internet Company cancelled a free money distribution plan in downtown Paris at the last minute on Saturday, sparking violence from an angry crowd waiting for the windfall.
More than 5,000 people gathered around the foot of t…
Tanzanian President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete has called on African leaders to include cancer prevention in their health policy and form partnerships to help shape the cancer control agenda in Africa.
Cancer, he said, was killing more p…
Mr Alex Tettey-Enyo, the Minister of Education, has called on tertiary educational institutions in Africa to develop and strengthen partnership with the industrial community.
He said such partnership would enable graduates to be well p…
Mawuli Amegadzi, the 45-year-old Togolese Paedophile who sucked the genitals of two boys has been sentenced to a 20-year jail term by the Tema Circuit Court 'A'. Amegadzi was convicted on his own plea of guilty on two counts of having unna…
The Information Services Department (ISD) of the Ministry of Information in the Volta Region has embarked upon a seven-day education of the public on government policies and programmes.
The campaign involves showing of films and orga…
The Eastern Regional Minister, Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, has called for the removal of all head teachers whose schools scored zero per cent, at the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). He said teachers who could not motivate their…
Dr Kwaku Anin Karikari, Deputy Western Regional Director of Health, has urged parents and guardians to ensure that their children under five years were immunized in the third round of the Integrated Maternal and Child Health (IMCH) Campaig…
International Movement of Catholic Students (IMCS-Pax Romana) of the Wa Campus of the University for Development Studies, has assisted 37 needy children to enrol in kindergarten and primary schools in the Wa Municipality this academic year…
The Chiefs and people of Etwebo-Akoti in the Western Region have denied allegations of confusion in the community, following a national forum by the National Coalition on Mining (NCOM) held in Akoti in October.
They also dismissed cla…
A 23-year-old food vendor has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment in hard labour by a Kumasi Circuit Court for illegal possession of firearm and ammunition.
Emmanuel Kwadwo Boakye pleaded not guilty.
Police Chief Inspector Isaac …
A Kumasi Circuit Court has sentenced a 20-year-old ex-convict to 15 years imprisonment for attempted robbery during, which, one Mumuni Mohammed, alias "Yellow" a member of the criminal gang, died of gunshot wounds in a fire-fight with the …