The Agona East District Assembly has put in place measures to raise education standards in the district, Mr John Oremus Arko, the District Chief Executive, has said at as assembly meeting at Agona Nsaba.
The measures include provision…
Heads will roll because South African president Jacob Zuma has issued a proclamation authorizing the most extensive special investigating unit (SIU) to investigate local government corruption in the country's history, City Press newspaper …
The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), at the weekend in Accra awarded individuals and media houses that contributed to the development of the Association with plaques with citations, cash and double-decker refrigerators.
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Reverend Samuel Adjei, National President of Christian Friends of Democracy (CFD), a Non Governmental Organization (NGO),has called for improve system of monitoring the performance of NGOs in the country.
He said such as system when…
The government has appointed Mr Emmanuel Adam Mahama, a Research Fellow of the University of Ghana, Legon, as National Programme Coordinator of the Youth in Agriculture Programme (YIAP).
A letter signed by the Chief of Staff, Office …
A Kumasi Circuit Court has sentenced an 18-year-old footballer to 240 months imprisonment in hard labour for defiling a 13-year-old Junior High School (JHS) student.
Augustine Appiah, alias "Sowah" claims to play for Westham FC, a Divisi…
Ghanaians have been urged to desist from occultism and to put their trust in God.
The advise was given by Ogyeabour Kwamina Hammah Ababio II, Omahen of the Ajumako Traditional Area in the Central Region at the inauguration of a Chapt…
Reverend Prophet Isaac K. Asante, General Overseer of the Mount Ararat Church International, has called on Ghanaians to show love and care for widows and the less-privileged.
He said Ghanaians must offer them the needed assistance to…
Reverend Peter Kwarteng, Head of the Bread of Life Evangelistic Ministry International, has called on politicians to let their utterances promote peace and unity to ensure national development.
He said now that the elections were ove…
Yemeni anti-terror forces have arrested seven suspected members of an al-Qaida-linked sleeper cell in a quarter, adjacent to the U.S. embassy in Sanaa, a higher- ranking security official of Interior Ministry said on Sunday.
The anti…
Saudi Interior Ministry said on Sunday it foiled an attempt to smuggle a huge quantity of narcotics into the country, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
A spokesman for the Saudi Interior Ministry said security bodies have successful…
A roller machine smashed the head of the driver, who was later reported dead at Asante-Mampong Municipal Hospital, at the weekend.
Kwame Sule jumped from the machine and had his head smashed when he was trapped under the machine that…
A clinical psychologist has expressed concern about the high rate at which stress related diseases are reported in hospitals and has called for immediate measures to address the situation.
Dr Samuel Atindanbila, Lecturer at the Depar…
Needy's Hope, a non-governmental organization (NGO), on Tuesday feted some aged people, poor and needy children in some communities in the Birim South District as part of the New Year Season.
They were provided with soft drinks, biscu…
World Vision International (WVI) in conjunction with the Binaba Area Community Health Project (BACH), both NGOS in the Bawku West District, have so far assisted 54 households in the Aram-Koliga electoral area to construct toilet faciliti…
Right Reverend Dr Yaw Frimpong-Manso, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, has decried the growing immorality among students and said, this is affecting academic performance.
He said the rate at whic…
Mr Thomas Achulo, Ashanti Regional Director of the Social Welfare Department, has vowed to closely monitor and supervise all institutions under the department to achieve efficiency.
He said they would make sure that orphanages, rema…
Obuasi Municipal Assembly (OMA) is to undertake a two-year school infrastructure development project with the aim of terminating the shift system.
The project would comprise mainly rehabilitation of dilapidated schools and constru…
Ministers of the Gospel have been urged to intensify their messages on salvation and morality to the people, particularly their congregations, in the wake of increased immorality in the society.
The Member of Parliament for Ablekuma …
The Advocates and Trainers for Women's Welfare and Advancement (ATWAAR), a Non-Governmental Organization, is running a night school for over 20 young mothers aged between 17 and 18 years at Diabene near Takoradi.
Ms Ekua Ansah-Eshon,…
The Adansi Traditional Council, has released GH¢6,000 as bursaries for 50 students in the Adansi North District.
The package was presented to 11 tertiary students, each of whom received GH¢200, 39 Senior High School students, who rec…
President John Evans Atta Mills has directed that all Television sets in Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) should be switched off during working hours.
Those in hospital wards, waiting rooms and receptions are, however, not aff…
Superintendent (Mrs) Debora Addison-Campbell, Deputy Commander of the Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU) of the Ghana Police Service, has appealed to Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and other stakeholders and to equip the Driver…
Kwesi Owusu, a farmer, who broke into a carpentry shop and made away with items estimated at several hundreds of Ghana Cedis, has been sentenced to six months imprisonment in hard labour by the Akim Oda Magistrate Court.
The stolen i…
The management of Berlin Investment Limited, an
indigenous cosmetic company, on Monday launched "The Face of Black's Secret" beauty contest to select models to build its brand.
The company, which specializes in the production of mak…
A 21-year-old farmer, Kwesi Owusu, has been sentenced to 18 months imprisonment in hard labour by the Akim Oda Magistrate's Court for stealing cocoa beans valued at GH¢66.00.
Police Chief Inspector Adelaide Appiakorang told the court…
Kwame Andoh, a 27-year-old steel bender, on Monday appeared before a circuit court in Accra for allegedly possessing firearms without authority.
Andoh is said to have pulled a locally manufactured pistol when being escorted to the Weija …
The Juaso Circuit Court, presided over by Mr Justice S.K. Sarpong Appiah, has ordered that a 50-year old farmer should be held in prison remand for defiling a pupil aged seven.
Yaw Owusu denied the offence and would re-appear on Wedn…
The Head Pastor of the Radiant Light Mission, Pastor Solomon Kotei, has said that this year must see all Ghanaians, irrespective of their political leanings, ethnic origins or religious
affiliation, renew their determination to work towa…
An Opinion Leader in the Bolgatanga Municipality of the Upper East Region, Mr Solomon Akakeya, has urged people in the Region to participate actively in the Population and Housing Census, scheduled for this year.
Mr Akakeya, who made…
A magistrate's court at Akim Oda, has remanded Salua Abudusalam in Police custody for snatching a handbag containing a Nokia phone, necklace and GH(150.00 belonging to a seamstress.
Abudusalam, 21, who pleaded not guilty to stealing …
Some staff and students of Elon University in the US have presented teaching and learning materials to support education in the Sokode Traditional Area.
The team, led by Professor Brian Digree, also presented GHc 3,500 to develop edu…
The Assemblyman for the Saka Electoral Area in the Bawku West District, Mr. David Awini, has commended the West District Assistance Development Project (BDWADP), a non-governmental organization in Zebilla, for building a block of three cla…
Three persons who allegedly gang raped a 14-year-old girl were on Tuesday put before a circuit court in Cape Coast on charges of defilement.
The plea of Samuel Asifoa, an 18-year-old carpenter, a 17-year-old boy and a 15-year-old bo…
Two people were injured when a water tank they were working on caught fire at Funsi in the Wa East District of the Upper West Region.
One of them who sustained severe wounds was rushed to the regional hospital at Wa while the other wa…
President John Evans Atta Mills and Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday commiserated with the chiefs and people of Gonja on the death of Yagbonwura Bawa Abudu Doshie, Paramount Chief of Gonja Traditional Area in the Northern Regi…
The body of Major Courage Quashigah (Rtd), the Minister of Health in the erstwhile administration of President John Agyekum Kufuor, would be flown in on Wednesday, January 13, from Israel where he died on January 05.
A statement sign…
Wholesale promotion, the lack of parental control, the absence of role models and teenage pregnancy have been identified as some of the factors responsible for the low standards of education and poor performance of BECE candidates in the S…
Two people were injured when their private car collided with a Metro Mass Transport Bus on the Winneba/Agona Swedru road on Monday.
A spokesman for the Winneba Motor Transport and Traffic Unit (MTTU) of the Ghana Police Service said M…
A luxury airliner Airbus A380 was grounded at the Incheon International Airport Sunday due to a technical problem in its fuel tank, local media reported Monday.
The Dubai-bound plane scheduled to take off late Sunday was found to hav…
Malaysia is still a safe country and people's life remains normal despite the recent arson attacks on several churches, a Malaysian official said on Monday.
Mahmood Adam, Secretary-General of the Malaysian Home Affairs Ministry, made…
Two Thai civilians were killed by suspected insurgents in Thailand's southernmost province of Narathiwas, the Thai News Agency reported Monday.
The gun attack occurred on Sunday night at a tea shop in a village of Laloh sub-district …
Members of an Indonesian team tasked to eradicate the so-called "law mafia" in the country were surprised to find that cells for convicts jailed in Pondok Bambu women penitentiary were furnished with karaoke equipment, luxury bed and air c…
Humboldt, a county in northern California hit by a 6.5-magnitude earthquake Saturday, survived the disaster pretty well with only one major injury reported so far, authorities said on Sunday.
The quake struck off the coast of northe…
An Air New Zealand plane had to be diverted to Australian city of Brisbane on Sunday due to a cracked windscreen.
The flight was en route from Auckland to Cairns.
Australian Transport Safety Bureau engineers and investigators w…
Britain's Sunday Mirror defense journalist Rupert Hamer has been killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defense said here on Sunday.
The 39-year-old Hamer was the first British journalist to die in the Afghan…
A Swiss airliner made an emergency landing shortly after taking off in Russia's northern city of St. Petersburg on Sunday as a bird was caught into one of its engines, the Interfax news agency reported.
The Airbus 319 with 123 passen…
A landing gear malfunction forced the evacuation of passengers without injury Sunday from a United Airlines (UA) flight arriving at Newark Liberty International Airport in the U.S. state of New Jersey, officials said.
None of the 53 …
The Indonesian military is in dire need to replace its ageing Hawk Mk 53 trainer jet planes, procure new armaments and enhance its radar systems, local media reported here on Monday.
Indonesian Air Force Commander Air Marshall Imam S…
A soldier of NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was killed in Afghanistan on Sunday, bringing the number of alliance troops fatalities to two since Saturday, a press release of the alliance said Monday.
"An ISAF …
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