International aid agency Oxfam has cautioned that a new wave of rain from Typhoon Mirinae is expected to reach Cambodia on Nov. 2.
In a statement received Saturday, Oxfam said situations in communities already affected by Typhoon Ket…
The Aviation Social Centre (ASC) Limited, a wellness and recreational facility in Accra, will in the next two years be fitted with state of the art equipment and undergo expansion to accommodate
the needs of clients.
The move to up…
Zain Communications Network, has donated large quantities of educational material to the Savelugu school for the Deaf in the Savelugu/Nanton District of the Northern Region.
The items donated included readers, school bags, sign writi…
Egypt reported on Saturday the fifth A/H1N1 flu death case, the health ministry said in a statement.
A nine-year-old child from Helwan governorate, to the south of the capital, died of A/H1N1 virus in an unnamed hospital in Cairo on …
A shallow earthquake measuring 5.6 Richter scale rocked Central Sulawesi, in eastern parts of Indonesia, on Saturday morning, but no initial report of damage or casualty, the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said here.
The quake str…
A fuel line on a tanker loading bunker oil from a barge ruptured early Friday morning, spilling a mile-long sheen of oil into the San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California, local media reported.
The accident occurred when the…
The 31st Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that was held in Indonesia's Bali concluded Thursday with results to be brought to the upcoming 15th United Nations Framework
Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC) scheduled for Dec…
At least 50 people were feared dead on Sunday in Bukoro village in central north Nigeria's Kwara State while crossing a border river between Nigeria and Republic of Benin.
The incident occurred when to canoes conveying people from Ya…
An Israeli extremist settler suspected of carrying out a series of crimes of murdering and plotting bomb attacks against Arabs and leftist Jews has been arrested, local media reported Sunday.
Israeli police and Shin Bet last month ar…
A UN special envoy arrived in Baghdad on Sunday to start a preliminary probe over two deadly bombings that struck government buildings in central Baghdad and killed scores of Iraqis, an Iraqi television reported.
"Oscar Fernandez-Tar…
The Techiman Circuit of the Methodist Church is to set up an educational fund to offer scholarship to brilliant but needy students.
Besides, the fund would be used to improve infrastructure and facilities of schools in the area.
…
The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) on Monday resolved not to increase transport fares and directed members to oblige by the resolution.
The GPRTU, however, said it was taking note of the percentage increase in fuel prices…
Dawudah Wumpugni, a 43-year-old Finance Officer of the Nsawam Municipal Assembly, died shortly after admission at the Nsawam Government Hospital following a lorry accident at Medie, near Amasaman, on Saturday.
The Amasaman Police told…
The managements of Global Entrepreneurial Endeavours and B. A. Perazim Incorporated, two US-based companies involved in waste recycling and construction on Thursday met stakeholders in their bid to establish subsidiaries in the country.
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The Wa Polytechnic on Thursday inaugurated HIV/AIDS club which will spearhead the dissemination of information on the disease among staff and students.
A six-member-executive of the club was also sworn into office.
Mr Solomon D…
The National Media Commission (NMC), on Thursday objected to the use of gory pictures on the front page of the Thursday, November 12, 2009, edition of the Daily Graphic.
The NMC said it finds it unacceptable that the newspaper should…
About 28 African Ministers in-charge of gender affairs and high level participants from 43 African countries would participate in the Eighth African Regional Conference on Women (Beijing+15)
in Banjul, Gambia from November 16-20.
O…
A research fellow at the Institute for Development Studies at the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Mr Kwadwo Addo Tuffuor, on Thursday urged parliament to expedite action on the passage of the Right to Information Bill.
He said the law whe…
Blind persons have been urged to be vociferous and actively participate in all social activities in order to remove the stigma attached to them.
Mr Thomas Malm, Volta Regional Chairman of Ghana Association of the Blind (GAB),who made…
The Western Regional Police has identified 15 of the galamsey operators, who lost their lives following a landslide at Dompoase near Wassa Akropong.
Superintendent Victor Agbetornyo, Western Regional Crime Officer, who told the Ghana…
Nene Amegatcher, Counsel for Mr Stephen Asamoah Boateng,former Minister of Information and National Orientation, on Thursday urged the Human Rights High Court to order the IGP to arrest the Director of Bureau of National Investigations
(B…
Dr Michael Addo, President of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association of Ghana, on Thursday called on Government and ECOWAS to assess the feasibility of establishing a region-wide regulatory agency to evaluate and approve drugs.
He …
Professor Raymond Asomani Boateng, a Ghanaian professor based in US on Thursday presented medical equipment worth $8,000 to the Bepong Community Clinic in the Eastern Region.
The equipment included 10 blood pressure apparatus, 10 ste…
Vice President John Dramani Mahama has appealed to the people of the Upper West Region to protect the environment from bush fires and other forms of destruction.
He said with the onset of the dry season, the environment would experie…
This year's minor raining season is coming to an end as the moisture in the atmosphere is thinning out gradually, a meteorologist said in Accra on Tuesday.
Speaking to the Ghana News Agency in Accra, Torgbui Gbegbie Fiamekor, Deputy …
A 30-million dollar Northern Region Small Towns Water and Sanitation (NORST) Project, has been launched to improve the provision of water and sanitation facilities in 30 small towns in 13 districts of the eastern corridor of the Northern R…
The Bolgatanga Circuit Court, presided over by Justice William Boampong on Tuesday sentenced two people to seven years imprisonment each with hard labour for stealing from a contractor, Mr. Hakeem Dawuda.
The two accused persons are …
Government has committed $170 million to provide electricity to 800 communities, under the Rural Electrification Programme.
Mr. Emmanuel Armah- Kofi Buah, Deputy Minister of Energy, who announced this on Thursday, said the amount was…
The Child Panel of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) on Thursday commenced business, to oversee the welfare of under-privileged children in society.
The seven-member Panel, which was established three months ago, would also offer…
The Voices of Tomorrow's Leaders Foundation, has commended the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its directive to the Golden Star Resources Bogoso Prestea Limited to ensure the backfilling of the Plan North Pit.
The directive…
The Adenta District Police Command has arrested 14 heavily armed land guards around the Adenta SSNIT Flat in the Greater Accra Region.
The District Police Commander, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Stephen Kofi
Ahiatafu, wh…
The Right Reverend Dr Yaw rimpong-Manso,Chairman of the Christian Council of Ghana (CCG) said on Thursday that the body had no law enforcement mandate over churches and their agents in the country.
"The Council has no power to formul…
The Ministry of Health on Wednesday appealed to the Ghana Health Service and the Society of Private Medical and Dental Practitioners to consider instituting free eye screening for all patients above 35 years during the celebration of World…
The following is the level of water in the Akosombo Dam as issued by the Management of the Volta River Authority on Thursday, October 29, 2009.
Current Level (October 29, 2009)- 82.37m (270.25 feet)Previous Level (October 28, 2009) …
An Accra Regional Tribunal on Friday ordered the destruction of 399 parcels of cocaine intercepted by the police at Nsawam in the Eastern Region, in May 2008.
The tribunal presided over by Mr Justice Kojo Owusu, ordered that the dest…
The Adenta District Police Command has in its custody a 32-year-old man, Gilbert Okri Asare Asare, who posed as a police inspector and extorted money from a phone technician in Adenta.
In an interview with Ghana News Agency on Wednes…
The Greater Accra Regional branch of Ghana Coalition of non-governmental organisations (NGO) on Malaria, has began a workshop to educate members on effective proposal writing to enable them secure sponsorships towards efforts to fight the …
A circuit court in Cape Coast on Thursday remanded into prison custody 40-year-old unemployed Kwame Noah for allegedly terrorizing and robbing students and people living in and around the University of Cape Coast(UCC) campus.
Noah, …
Professor Akwasi Asabere-Ameyaw, Vice Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba, has called on Africans to reactivate the cultural values that helped their ancestors to protect, maintain and develop the environment.
To achie…
The Reverend Professor Mercy Oduyoye, Founder of the Circle of Concerned African Women heologians, on Thursday described demand for dowry in matrimonial rites as a scheme to sell the right of the bride in marriage.
"Dowry has become a…
Five hundred and four basic school children in four schools in the Birim South District were on Thursday presented with free school uniforms, supplementary readers and stationery by a number Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs) at separate…
The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) on Thursday said the implementation of the Single Spine Pay Policy in January 2010 was not negotiable and organised labour would do everything within its powers to bring it on board.
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The National Identification Authority (NIA) would start mass registration exercise in the Greater Accra Region in November.
The exercise, which would last for two months, would be conducted in four phases. Registration centres would …
The Rev Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong, Chairperson of the Asante Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG), has called on religious bodies to work in close partnership with the state to bring down the rising unemployment.
He said…
The death toll from the car blast on Wednesday in northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar has mounted to 106 with over 150 injured while rescue sources say that more people could still be buried under the debris.
Hospital sources in the…
Fifteen companies in charge of public toilets at Ashaiman have filed a writ at the Tema High Court against the Ashaiman Municipal Assembly (ASHMA).
The writ was filed on behalf of the companies by their solicitors, Kwasi Blay and Associa…
Mr Mike Hammah, Minister for Transport on Monday paid a working visit to three communities in the Municipality to ascertain progress of work on the expansion of electricity to those areas.
The communities were New Winneba, Ateikyedo a…
The Chief and people Mumford have reminded the Government to start the construction of the proposed fishing harbour in the town to help to promote the fishing industry in the area.
Nana Edwey X, Chief of the Mumford said the project wa…
A Team of officials from the Metro Mass Transit (MMT) has embarked on a two-week sensitization programme in the Upper West Region to plug all revenue leakages relating to the operations of its buses in the Region.
Code named "Operat…
The Australian state of Queensland has vaccinated 200,000 people against the A/H1N1 flu within a month of its release.
"This is a very good result to get 200,000 in such a short time, " Queensland Health director-general Michael Reid…