Mr. Mahmud Khalid, Upper West Regional Minister, has advised women to teach children good moral practices, to help promote peaceful co-existence and sustainable peace in the communities.
He said women as mothers, have a cardinal role…
Students Bridging the Information Gap (SBIG), a US-based NGO, has supported the completion of a computer laboratory and library for Good Shepherd Orphanage at Kasoa in the Central Region.
A press statement signed in Accra by Mr Brook…
Major-General Kwesi Yankson, Commandant of the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College (GAFCSC) on Thursday said management of current conflicts and crisis required a multi-faceted approach, with emphasis on inter-sectoral, institutio…
The Spanish Red Cross has donated relief items and equipment worth 124,000 Euros to the Ghana Red Cross Society (GRCS) as part of a one year project which ends this June, 2009.
Ms Rocio Fischer, the Spanish Red Cross Delegate to Ghana, T…
Major Derek Oduro (Rtd), Member of Parliament (MP) for Nkoranza North has urged metropolitan, municipal and district chief executives to ensure strict supervision of projects to prevent shoddy work done by contractors.
He advised ben…
Mr David Adakurugu, District Chief Executive (DCE) for Garu-Tempane in the Upper East Region has expressed worry over the spate of armed-robbery in the district saying the situation was becoming alarming.
Mr Adakurugu was interacting…
A traditional ruler has urged Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies to regard chiefs as partners in development and cooperate with them to move the communities forward.
Obrifo Ahunaku Ahor Ankobea II, Omanhene of Gomoa Akye…
Charity Beyond Borders, a pro-health non-governmental organisation based in the US, has organized a two-day free health screening exercise for residents of the Offinso Municipality held at Amoawi.
The beneficiaries were screened for diab…
The Ministry of Information on Friday officially handed over the broken head of the bronze sculpture of Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, the first President of Ghana, to the Minister of Chieftaincy and Culture.
The head of the bronze statu…
Alhaji Collins Dauda, Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, has said that the Ministry would soon create a National forum where stakeholders would deliberate on the appropriate compensation for farmers whose crops are destroyed for mini…
The Bawku Inter-Ethnic Peace Committee has appealed to the people of Bawku Municipality to exercise restraint and avoid acts that can incite passions and cause violence.
"We wish to remind all citizens of Bawku, resident and outside …
Mr. Joe Gidisu, Minister of Roads and Highways, on Friday said the Ghana Highways Authority had no immediate plans to tar the Sankor-Cape Three Points road in the Ahanta West District.
He said however that, in view of the discovery o…
The Bawku Municipal Security Council (BMUSEC) together with the Director of Operations of the Police Service, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mr John Kudialor, on Wednesday reviewed the curfew of Bawku from 1600 hours to 0600 hours.
T…
A 27-year old driver, Daniel Badzie, has been sentenced to three months imprisonment by a Kumasi Circuit Court for causing damage to a police officer's vehicle.
Badzie who pleaded guilty to the charge has been ordered to pay the cost…
Some 96 senior high school graduates from the Kwahu North District who were successful in interviews conducted by principals of six training colleges in the Eastern Region have been selected for admission.
The institutions are the …
A Kumasi Circuit Court has remanded Baaba Issa, a taxi driver into prison custody for stealing a cheque valued at GH¢1000 belonging to Prophet Ebenezer Adarkwa Yiadom also known as "Prophet One", Founder, Ebenezer Miracle Church at Ahenema…
Members of the Ashanti Regional Secretariat of the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) on Thursday staged a peaceful demonstration to protest against a planned Route Operational Permits (ROP) to be issued by the Kumasi Metropolitan …
The six suspected armed robbers who were arrested by the Mampong Divisional Police on May 25 would be arraigned before the Nsuta Circuit Court on June 16.
The six are Muhammed Yusif, 27, Rasak Akilu, 22, Wallidu Biliamidu, 27, Abdul Kadi…
Nana Kofi Poku, chief of Atonsu-Agogo, was granted GH¢20,000 bail with a surety by a Kumasi Circuit Court for taking GH¢3,600 from a farmer under the pretext of securing him a plot of land.
The chief pleaded not guilty to the offence in …
Schools and communities in the Ashaiman municipality have been advised to initiate cleanliness competitions among their students and residents as a measure to improve upon the bad sanitation practices in the locality.
Mr Edward Mba, Was…
The National Patriotic Party (NPP) members in the cocoa producing areas of the Western Region have alleged that about 3,500 members of cocoa spraying gangs who were employed under the Kufuor administration would be dismissed.
They…
The Manager of the Bogoso Branch of Central Financial Consult, a micro finance company, Mr Isaac Kwasi Boadu, has denied allegations that his outfit had squandered clients' deposits.
He told the GNA in an interview that the police d…
The Women's Fellowship of the Western Region 'C' branch of the Christian Divine Church at has presented items to the male medical ward of the Tarkwa Government Hospital.
The items included a 4000-gallon capacity water reservoir, 10…
Mr Henry Ametefee, Interim Volta Regional Coordinator of the United Cadres Front of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has said the group would ensure that officials of all governments without exception accounted for their stewardship…
The Agona Municipal Director of Education, Mrs. Jane Chinebuah, has appealed to the Ghana Education Service to provide resources for in-service training for teachers of Special Needs Education.
She said since challenges facing such te…
All 105 low cost houses at the Mawuli Estates in Ho are being put for sale by government to occupying tenants.
Under the terms, buyers would make a 20 percent initial payment and pay the rest in three months.
The houses are in …
Two brothers, aged three years and eight months, were burnt to death when the room in which they were sleeping was razed by fire at Amedzikope near Agbozume.
Courage and Bismarck Kotso were burnt beyond recognition and have since bee…
A medical assistant at Nkoranza has suggested to metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies to institute award schemes to honour outstanding workers to boost their morale and to increase productivity.
Mr. Sylvanus Be-ir, who is…
A magistrate's court at Bibiani in the Western Region, has remanded a 27-year-old farmer, Kwaku William into prison custody for allegedly stealing a goat valued GH¢50, at Sefwi Surano 'A'.
The accused, who pleaded guilty, would reappear …
Mr. Emmanuel Andema, District Chief Executive for Kassena Nankana District, on Friday called on government to strengthen its collaboration with the Catholic Church to promote education for the rapid development of the country.
He sa…
All revenue collection agencies are to be integrated as soon as a bill to that effect is passed in Parliament, Mr Samuel Sallas-Mensah, the Executive Secretary of the Revenue Agencies Governing Board, said on Thursday.
He said this w…
The Association of women living with HIV/AIDS in the Upper West Region, on Thursday, appealed to the government to consider exempting HIV/AIDS patients from premiums to various National Health Insurance Schemes.
They have also called o…
Six persons who were allegedly picked up in connection with the 61 parcels of cocaine seized at Tema Port from a 40-footer container on Thursday have pleaded not guilty to narcotic related charges levelled against them.
Augustina Abu…
The Fast Track High Court (Commercial Division) on Thursday threw out a motion for stay of execution filed by Intercity STC Coaches Limited in respect of a matter between the company and Svani Limited, a firm that deals in vehicles and acc…
Action Aid Ghana (AAG), an international non-governmental organization, has organized a forum on HIV/AIDS in Bolgatanga to draw the attention of world leaders, governments and non-governmental organizations to be more committed on the figh…
The Volta Regional Office of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has embarked on a drive to help public office holders overcome conflict of interest challenges that confront them in the discharge of their assi…
A survey conducted by the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), a civil society organisation fighting corruption, indicates that the trust Ghanaians have in the government ability to fight corruption had dropped from 67 per cent in 2007 to 58 …
The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) Circuit Court has sentenced a 19-year-old to 35 years imprisonment in hard labour for robbery.
Justice Kojo Owusu Amoah pleaded guilty to the charge.
Police Chief Inspector Isaac Apenteng, giving …
A pregnant Chicago woman became the fourth person in the US Illinois State to die of the A/H1N1 flu a day after she gave birth, officials of the Public Health Department said on Wednesday.
The latest death was a 20-year-old woman fro…
Ghana and three other West African countries are to benefit from a 70 million-Euro grant from Spain, to manage projects pertaining to the environment.
The other beneficiary countries are Senegal, Cameroon and Ivory Coast.
Mr…
Nana Kofi Ansah II, Chief of Mpakadan in the Akwamu Traditional Area in the Eastern Region, has appealed to the Ministry of Tourism, to exploit the immense tourism potential in the area.
He said the development of tourism, would go a…
The Accra Regional Police Command, has arrested three men who duped a Jordanian, Abdel Karim Mohammed, of 29,500 Euros.
The three are Michael Allotey, a taxi driver, Robert Mensah and George Ametepe. The fourth man, who is a Nigerian…
Mrs. Gladys Asamoah, a Public Health Nurse at the Kumasi Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), has urged food sellers to ensure that they sold neat and hygienic foods to the public.
She noted that most of the food sold were contaminated…
The Catholic Church, in collaboration with Catholic Relief Services, International Soil Fertility and Agricultural Development (IFDC) and Savannah Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) are supporting 10,000 farmers to increase rice produc…
Mr. Mark Woyongo, Upper East Regional Minister, on Tuesday assured contractors in the Upper East Region that the process of awarding contract would be open and transparent.
"You will be given a level playing field to tender and since…
A 41-year old Marketing Implementer of Shell Ghana and Togo has been installed as the Paramount Chief of Breman Asikuma Traditional Area, under the stool name Amoakwa Baidoo VIII.
The Chief known in private life as Mr Michael Baidoo,…
A 26-member planning committee, headed by Mr Emmanuel Antwi-Boasiako, Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa (AOB) District Coordinating Director, has been instituted to plan the celebration of Odwira, a festival of the chiefs and people of Breman Baako.
…
Fuel filling stations in Tema have not experienced shortages of petroleum products despite complains about shortages in parts of the country.
A visit to the stations by the GNA in Tema on Tuesday showed that the attendants were servi…
Brigadier-General Martin Kwaku Gamiel Ahiaglo, General Officer Commanding the Southern Command of the Ghana Army, has appealed to soldiers to respect the country's constitution and the civilian population.
He made the call at a durba…
Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, Eastern Regional Minister, on Wednesday commended the private sector, especially the 31st December Women's Movement, on their efforts to promote pre-school education.
He said government placed premium on pre-s…