Egypt on Friday reported three more death cases of influenza A/H1N1, bringing the nationwide death toll to 77, said the Health Ministry in a statement.
A 24-year-old woman, who suffered from severe dyspnea and pneumonia, died of A/H1…
Fulani herdsmen in the Sissala area of the Wa East District of the Upper West region have paid more than five hundred Ghana cedis as fines to farmers in the area for destroying farms with their cattle.
The payments were effected aft…
Four sub chiefs of the Kumawu Traditional Council in the Ashanti region have filed a writ at the Kumasi High Court against the "wanton sale" of the Kumawu stool lands by the Queen, Nana Serwaa Amponsah and others.
The plaintiffs; Oheneba…
The Tema Regional Police Command has arrested 16 suspected armed robbers at Klagon near Ashaiman, for attempting to rob a warehouse belonging to Novel Commodities Ghana Limited.
Briefing the media in Tema on Friday, Assistant Commiss…
The Coalition for Human Rights in The Gambia has denounced the failure of The Gambian Government to prosecute those who murdered Deyda Hydara, Journalist five years ago, a release from the
Coalition has said.
The release, which wa…
The Northern Chapter of the Ghana Institute of Architects (GIA) has expressed resentments about the poor urban planning and architectural designs in the Kumasi Central Business District (CBD).
It cited the lack of basic amenities l…
The world's most powerful atom smasher has been put into a "technical stop" to make preparations for higher energy particle collisions next year, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) said on Friday.
"The Large Hadron…
Austrian scientists successfully developed a new method for testing and detecting doping erythropoietin (EPO), which is more convenient, accurate and more quickly to provide results in comparison with other detection methods.
EPO bel…
The delayed French observation satellite Helios 2B was finally launched atop Arianne 5 rocket into space on Friday by Arianespace center from Kourou launch site in French Guiana, Southern America, the live broadcast reaching here showed.
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The Italian government has donated some hospital equipment as well as one ambulance to a monk hospital in Myanmar's former capital of Yangon as part of its aid to the country in the health sector, the official newspaper New Light of Myanma…
The Costa Rican Health Ministry announced here on Friday that A/H1N1 flu death toll in the country had reached 47, while the number of the flu infected patients rose to about 1,500.
Costa Rican Health Minister Luisa Avila, in an inte…
The death toll of A/H1N1 influenza continues to increase worldwide, reaching at least 10,582 by Dec. 13, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a latest update on Friday.
Of all the deaths, some 6,335 occurred in the Americas, a…
Although the current wave of A/ H1N1 flu continues to wane, deaths of the new virus in the United States continue to be higher than expected for this time of year, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Friday…
A/H1N1 flu was widespread in only 11 U.S. states during the week of Dec. 6-12, down from 14 in the previous week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Friday.
"Eleven states reported geographically widespread …
A group of traders at the Kumasi Central Market, known as The Business Democrats of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), have hailed the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) for its success in
decongesting the Central Business District …
The Bediako Family of Apollonia, a suburb of Kpone near Tema in the Greater Accra Region on Wednesday, installed Nii Tettey Mansro as the new Family Head.
He takes over from ageing Alhaji Tettey Kwao, believed to be more than 90 year…
A new set of mathematics textbooks, which makes the study of the subject very simple, has been designed for the National Vocational Training Institutions (NVTI).
The textbooks include; Contemporary Mathematics for the Middle Grades (…
Mr Paul Quaye, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), on Thursday assured the nation that his administration would continue to implement human face policing.
"Policing world-wide is shifting from the traditional para-military styles a…
Participants at a two-day consultative workshop on a bill that seeks to protect the property rights of spouses have recommended a wider consultation process to get the views of all sectors of the society.
The Bill dubbed: "Property R…
Mr. Kwabena Okai Ofosuhene, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Abibiman Foundation, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), on Thursday called on the Tema and Accra Metropolitan Assemblies, as well as other local government agencies, to put i…
The leadership of the Health Services Workers'Union (HSWU) of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), has commended members for their commitment, resilience, support and maintenance of a peaceful industrial atmosphere in the year.
In a Chri…
President John Evans Atta Mills has appointed Mr. Joseph Kofi Harlley as the Registrar General of the Registrar General's Department (RGD) effective August 16, 2009.
A statement issued by Ms Josephine Tsekpo, Public Relations Officer…
Light for Children Ghana, a non-governmental organization (NGO), has funded the construction of teachers quarters with space for six at the cost of GH¢31,400.00 for the Gyansa community in the Sekyere Central District.
This is t…
A 36-year old "akpeteshie" (local liquor) seller at Asante-Juaben, Yaw Mensah, has been remanded into prison custody by a circuit court in Kumasi for dealing dried leaves suspected to be cannabis.
Mensah, whose plea was not taken wo…
A three-day workshop on the establishment of Natural Resource Conservation Departments at Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) opened on Thursday at Busua in the Ahanta West District.
The Ministry of Local Governme…
Thirty communities in the Upper West Region which are beneficiaries of the Ghana Environmental Management Project (GEMP) has each embarked on the restoration of 100 hectares of degraded land in their communities.
The restoration invo…
Some Members of Parliament on Wednesday appealed to the government to adhere to the Abuja declaration, which enjoined all signatory countries to commit 15 per cent of their total budget on Health.
In that respect, the Ministry of Hea…
A combined police force in the Brong Ahafo Region on Thursday arrested 13 suspects during a dawn swoop for possessing dried leaves suspected to be Indian Hemp.
The police, comprising personnel from Berekum, Sunyani and Wenchi Divisio…
Mr Joseph Tetteh Angmor, Upper Manya Krobo District Chief Executive (DCE), has expressed worry about the number of girls in the area who are getting pregnant.
He said statistics available indicated that from January to September this…
The Ghana Human Rights Reporters Network, (GHRRN), has called for an independent investigation into the attack on some journalists at the "Brong-Ahafo @ 50 Awards" ceremony in Sunyani last Saturday.
A statement signed by Mr Fred Tett…
The Ghana Institute of Languages in Kumasi is to introduce Swahili, Portuguese and Chinese languages into its study programmes, Mr C.K.Angkosaala, the acting Director, has announced.
This, he said, would help to promote effective in…
President John Evans Atta Mills on Thursday noted that easing traffic congestions in the cities does not depend on the construction of more roads but their effective management.
He said reducing the embarrassing congestions on the roads w…
Saudi Arabia's King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) signed on Wednesday a cooperation agreement with NASA to set up the first moon and asteroid research center in the country, Saudi Press Agency reported.
According …
Aruna Janaka Muthugama, a Sri Lankan businessman who swindled a compatriot of $80,000 under the pretext of supplying him with gold was on Thursday arraigned for defrauding by false pretences.
He pleaded not guilty to the charges and …
The National President of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), Dr. Samuel Asiedu-Addo, has said the association was poised to foster close collaboration with University authorities to market their institutions to the outsid…
The northern sector of the country will be slightly hazy on Friday,with the day time being hot and sunny and the night being relatively cool, according to the weather forecast released by the Ghana Meteorological Agency in Accra.
It …
Two three-classroom blocks with offices, stores and staff common rooms built at a of GHC 96,000 have been handed over to the Obuasi Municipal Assembly (OMA) by the contractors at separate ceremonies.
The first is the Nana Ponko Junior…
A 24-year-old driver's mate, Michael Atta also known as "Kakra", has been jailed 18 months by a Kumasi Circuit Court for burglary.
He was accused of breaking into the room of a couple and stealing two cell phones and GH¢340. …
The East Akim Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Mr Simon Peter Asirifi, said two operations conducted by national security operatives had led to reduction in illegal gold mining in the municipality.
He said illegal gold mining (galams…
The Ghana Education Service (GES) and the Ghana Health Service (GHS), in collaboration with some Dangme communities, have launched a Community-Based Health Planning and Service (CHPS) at the Pute Presbyterian Primary and Junior High School…
The Managing Director of the Twifo Oil Palm Plantation (TOPP), Mr. Neneyo Mate Kole, has said TOPP would institute an awards scheme to honour hard working teachers of the TOPP Basic School at
Twifo Ntefrawaso.
He said the decision…
Ms. Akua Sena Dansuah, Minister of Women and Children Affairs (MOWAC) has said that the gains made by key sectors of the economy, including health, education and human resource development, risks being derailed by the AIDS pandemic if not …
Mobile Phone users have been advised not to put their phones in their pockets and around their wastes to avoid the risk of becoming impotent and other health hazards.
Mr Francis Baah of the Universal Communication Limited in Accra sa…
Egypt on Thursday reported three more death cases of A/H1N1 flu, bringing the nationwide death toll to 74, said the Health Ministry in a statement.
Two pregnant women, 23 and 25 years olds died of A/H1N1 virus in Cairo, said the stat…
The Central Region Development Commission (CEDECOM) is in collaboration with the German Development Services (DED) and are mounting sensitization programmes to promote good governance in the region.
Consequently, it has organized a …
Mr. Gilbert Nuuri-Teg, the Upper East Regional Focal Person on HIV/AIDS Civil, has appealed to civil society organizations engaged in HIV/AIDS education to include counselling and testing in their programmes.
He said this during a m…
A scientist of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has urged government to put more resources into "enzyme research", an area of bio-technology she says holds enormous promise for the nation.
Prof Victor…
All has not been well with mothers in the Upper West Region this year as 44 maternal deaths have been recorded with 40 of the deaths occurring at health facilities and four in communities.
Dr. Kofi Issah, Deputy Upper West Regional…
Mr Edwin Gamadeku, the Volta Regional Director of the Ghana National Commission on Children (GNCC) has called for play-related activities in early childhood development in schools instead of rigid learning.
The play-related activitie…
The General Overseer of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC), Dr Mensa Otabil, on Thursday launched a book on Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Values written by Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, the Executive Chairman of Databank.
The boo…
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