Benso Oil Palm Plantation (BOPP) Basic School scored 100 percent in the 2009 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).
Mr. Neneyo Mate-Kole, Managing Director of BOPP, told the GNA in an interview that 30 of the 57 candidates prese…
The winning numbers of the Monday Special Lotto
draw held in Accra were, 23-61-30-83 and 88.
A bulletin signed by Mr Kojo Andah, Director General, National Lottery Authority said on Monday.
The M-Net Face of Africa Boot Camp kicked off with 24 models from 16 countries - but after a tough week of challenges, tasks and no shortage
of drama, only 12 made it through to participate in the prestigious Swahili Fashion Week.
Repres…
The Children's Service of the Asylum Down Presbyterian Church on Sunday donated items worth GH¢2000.00 to the Osu Children's Home with an appeal to parents not to shirk their responsibilities.
The donation was made up of a cash amoun…
Mr. Virtus Zack, a teacher of the Agona Kwanyako Roman Catholic Junior High School was in the early hours of Saturday shot and killed by masked armed robbers who attacked him in his house.
According to the Agona Swedru Police, Mr. Za…
Passengers who board the Metro Mass Transit Limited (MMT) buses, are to insist on the issuance of valid tickets commensurate with the fares they pay.
Mr Prince Owusu-Agyemang, an Assistant Traffic Officer of the MMT, gave the directi…
A 17-year old student of the Bibiani Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Junior High School (JHS) has been stabbed to death in a fight with another teenager known only as Rauf.
The suspect is on the run and the police have mounted a man- hun…
The Asante-Mampong Divisional Police Command has vowed to bring down the crime rate in the area in order for the law-abiding to live in peace.
He said stealing for example was down to 264 from last year's figure of 605 cases.
P…
Eleven (11) former employees of the Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG) were on Friday honoured with awards, for their dedication and immense contribution to the institution.
The famed queue, made up supervisors, technical o…
Mrs Gifty Afenyi-Dadzie, Prayer Director of Aglow International Fellowship Ghana, on Saturday urged women to resist the temptation of focusing on their interests alone and think about the wellbeing of the nation as well.
She said wom…
Heavy snowfalls on Friday paralyzed traffic, delayed or cancelled flights and closed ports and highways in Romania.
According to the transportation ministry, as many as 17 domestic and international flights of the national air carrie…
Mr. Ransford Tetteh, the President of the Ghana Journalist Association (GJA) and Editor of the Daily Graphic, has stressed the need for journalists to abide by the code and ethics of the profession.
He said the code of ethics which r…
The Ghana Baptist University College (GBUC) has held its first Presidential Ball at Amakom in Kumasi with a call on students to be serious with their studies to justify the investments being made on them.
Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene…
Three members of a family were killed Thursday afternoon on New York City's Upper West Side before the assailant, trying to escape through a window, descended onto the concrete and fell to his death, local media reported Friday.
Loca…
About two-thirds of Canadians support online voting in the next federal election, according to a new poll released Friday.
About 49 percent of respondents said they were very likely and 15 percent said they were somewhat likely to us…
The United Nations maritime task force serving off the Lebanese coast is taking part in a search-and-rescue operation on Friday to try to save the lives of the crew of a cargo ship that sank Thursday night in rough seas, UN officials said …
Mr Samuel K. Asare, National President of the Association of the Deaf, has appealed to the media to create awareness on issues concerning the deaf to enable them to be integrated well into the society.
At a press conference in Kofori…
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 …
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