The Awutu-Senya District Chief Executive (DCE), Mr Nuhu Adams, has urged the Effutu-Awutu-Senya district directorate of education to intensify its supervisory role to help promote education in the area.
He said private schools in the…
Six regions have so far benefited from 904 infrastructure projects, under the sixth European Union (EU) Micro- Project.
The Central Region, which was one of the project beneficiary, had since July 2006 and June 2009 received 180 amen…
Mr. Kofi Lucas, National President of Network of Associations of Registered NGOs in Ghana, has urged stakeholders in national development to collaborate efforts in the campaign against the spread of HIV/AIDS.
He urged them to focus o…
Mr. Emmanuel Kwadwo Agyekum, Nkoranza South District Chief Executive, has appealed to religious leaders to use the pulpit to promote discipline among the youth to be law-abiding and to respect authority.
He was addressing the close o…
Professor Akilagpa Sawyerr, Chairman, Kwame Nkrumah Centenary Planning Committee, on Wednesday said the celebrations were planned around three clusters of activities and events.
The clusters are Kwame Nkrumah's Birthday on September …
The Department of Geomantic Engineering, Kwame Nkrumah of Science Technology (KNUST), on Wednesday received a state-of-the- art surveying equipment valued at 128,431.54 dollars from a US surveying company.
The items included Trimble…
The Forestry Service Department, in the Upper East Region has nursed and distributed 61,000 tree seedlings to interested groups and organisations for planting.
The seedlings, which include teak, kapok, moringa, and mahogany, were nur…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with his British counterpart Gordon Brown on Tuesday afternoon at the Downing street No. 10.
Netanyahu arrived in London on Monday and is expected to hold talks with the U.S. Middle East …
The African Union (AU) said on Tuesday that it would hold a special summit on regional conflicts in Tripoli, Libya at the weekend.
The special summit, to be held from Aug. 30 to 31, will review the various conflict crisis situations …
A 37-year old farm hand, accused of murder and kept at the Kumasi Central Prisons on remand since 1999 has at long last appeared before a Kumasi High Court.
Eliasu Soma is accused of murdering a 12-year old daughter of his employer a…
Drama unfolded at the Hohoe circuit court when a girl who was allegedly defiled proved to the court that she was not under age, compelling the prosecution to withdraw the case.
Victim produced her birth certificate that showed she i…
The National Peer Review Mechanism Governing Council (NAPRM-GC), on Wednesday spelled out a decentralized blue print to empower Metropolitan, Municipal and District Oversight Committees (MMDOC) to own, manage and disseminate the African Pe…
The authorities of Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) in Japan are to strengthen their collaboration in Ghana to address emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases in the country.
Mr Moriguchi Yasutaka, Japanese Deputy Mini…
Government has decided not to license new telecom operators to safeguard the integrity of the industry, Mr. Haruna Iddrisu, Minister of Communications said on Wednesday.
"Government has no intentions of adding a new telecom player to …
The Ghana Shippers' Council on Wednesday held a day's symposium in Kumasi, on the global economic crisis and its impact on the activities of exporters and importers in the Ashanti and Brong-Ahafo regions.
It was designed to broaden t…
Archbishop King Clarence Davis, King of Operations and Administration of the Kingdom of El-Elyon, has enthroned Reverend Eric Abekah, Head Pastor of the Fingers of God Church as King of the Ghana Kingdom.
El-Elyon, which is a network…
The Berian Ministerial Alliance, a local faith-based non-governmental organisation (NGO) has donated surgical disposables and walking aids, worth GH¢ 2,000 to Apam Catholic Hospital.
The items also include drainage bags, bed pans, su…
The Central Regional Co-ordinating Council, has formed a Monitoring and Evaluation Team, to ensure the proper use and maintenance of projects provide with public funds.
The team has been empowered to perform their functions effective…
Government will soon set up a National Drivers Academy to formally train and to certify particularly commercial vehicle drivers to enable them to operate within acceptable safety standards and practices and enhance road safety.
The A…
Members of Parliament (MPs) on Wednesday officially paid tributes to the late Mrs. Doris Asibi Seidu, former MP for Chereponi constituency who died on August 1, 2009.
They also described her as an affable, friendly and dedicated woman,…
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday admitted it lacks the capacity and personnel for effective and efficient control of electrical and electronic waste (e-waste) disposal.
Mr Michael Kwakye, EPA Senior Programme Off…
Mr. Haruna Iddrisu, Minister for Communications, on Thursday inaugurated the Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet) Board and called on members to pursue the core functions of weather forecast for the safety of aircrafts, ocean going vessels, …
The Deputy Eastern Regional Minister, Mr Mohammed Baba-Jamal, on Thursday said Ghana was not a poor nation but rather problems of leadership and corruption had affected her development
He noted that Ghanaians were living in poverty …
The Ga Mashie Development Agency (GAMADA) on Thursday launched the Kpanlogo Musical Fiesta to revive the country's music and dance industry.
The Kpanlogo Musical Fiesta forms part of the programmes outlined to showcase the rich Ghana…
A two-day advocacy workshop to train engineers for increased application of labour-based methods for civil engineering works opened in Kumasi on Thursday.
Representatives of the International Labour Organization (ILO), Polytechnics and U…
Fifty-six people were displaced and property running into tens of thousands of Ghana cedis lost, when fire on Wednesday raced through the palace of the Chief of Adoato-Adomanu, a suburb of Kumasi.
The cause of the fire, believed to h…
The Minority in Parliament on Thursday appealed to the Minister of Interior to investigate, arrest and prosecute those who masterminded the last Tuesday's killings at Agbogbloshie, Accra.
The aggressive assailants reportedly used mache…
Mr Joseph T. Angmor, District Chief Executive for Upper Manya, says a major problem facing the area is the lack of health facilities at the various communities.
He said the situation had affected health delivery in the district resul…
Members of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Environment have pledged to support efforts of the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) to ensure success in its nuclear power programme.
The members stressed that GAEC's existence co…
Dr Joseph Annan, the Deputy Minister of Education, has pledged the government's determination to encourage the youth to acquire technical and vocational skills.
This, he said, was the way forward if the nation was to achieve rap…
Mr Alfred Kwame Agbesi, Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashaiman, has pledged that he would not shirk his responsibility in ensuring the development of Ashiaman.
Mr Agbesi made the pledge at a meeting organised by the Association of Mi…
The Ho Municipal Hospital is refusing to treat patients with the Ho Mutual Health Insurance Card.
This is due to the inability of the National Health Insurance Scheme to pay claims submitted to it in the last six months.
On Mon…
The Executive Director of the National Service Scheme, Mr. Vincent Senam Kuagbenu has warned that as from next year, any eligible graduate who refuses to serve the nation under the scheme would be prosecuted.
He added that employers …
The Police administration on Tuesday warned perpetrators of violence at Agbogbloshie in Accra to stop immediately.
A statement issued in Accra and signed by the Director of Public Affairs, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Kwasi …
Professor Edward H. K. Akaho, Director-General of the Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC), has stated that Ghana would face serious problems of energy availability and supply if she does not introduce nuclear electricity to form part of the en…
A Senior Programme Manager of Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), Mr. Isaac Owusu-Mensah on Tuesday told traditional rulers that they had "legitimate authority" to call to order members of political parties whose actions and utterances could r…
Ousman Mohammed, 30, a butcher, has been remanded into prison custody by a Hohoe Circuit court for possessing leaves suspected to be Indian hemp, popularly called "Wee".
Mohammed would re-appear on September 15, this year, where his …
The maiden General Assembly of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana held in Ho between August 19 and 22, this year has resolved to strengthen the Church's management structures and practices, including its financial reporting.
…
Mr Affail Monney, Vice President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) had urged journalists to place balance and fairness over speed, saying that one-sided reporting had tranquillizing effect on readers.
"One-sided reporting is…
Sachet water is not safer than tap water, an official of Aqua Vitens Rand Limited, operators of Ghana's urban water distribution system, said on Wednesday.
"It is not any safer to drink sachet water than it is to drink tap water," Mr…
The Police on Tuesday called for strong community involvement in the fight against crime, especially at the grassroots level.
They said neighbours working together through the concept of the Neighbourhood Watch were an effective way …
Ghana needs to effectively decentralise her educational sector to achieve the high quality of education delivery most of her citizens crave for, a research has revealed.
The research conducted by SNV-Netherlands Development Organizat…
Nii Nikoi Jonas, Chief of Nkwantanang has appealed to the Ga East Municipal Assembly (GEMA) to help stop the encroachment of lands earmarked for developmental projects in the community.
He described as worrying, the increasing rate a…
The Court of Appeal on Tuesday ordered that an application for stay of proceedings filed on behalf of Mr Adamu Daramani, Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, be re-listed for hearing.
The Court of Appeal, in granting the applicat…
The Driver and Vehicular Licensing Authority (DVLA), together with other partners, is to introduce an epilepsy testing pilot project under which commercial drivers and new driver licence applicants would be screened for the condition.
…
A sixty-member Newmont Akyem Gold Mining Project compensation negotiation committee was inaugurated at New Abirem on Wednesday.
The committee is tasked with the responsibility to negotiate on behalf of farmers in the various communit…
Mr. Lutz Krumnikl of Schmidt Kommunalfahrzeuge, a German waste management company, has sensitized about fifteen Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief executives (MCE/DCEs) of the Northern Region on good and effective waste management …
A Kumasi High Court on Tuesday began hearing cases of remand prisoners whose warrants had expired while on remand in the Kumasi Central Prisons.
It is part of an initiative to help to decongest the country's prisons spearheaded by t…
Sheikh Ismail Saeed Adam, an Islamic scholar, has appealed to Muslims to use the period of the Ramadan to pray for Ghana's progress.
He said they should use the fasting month to reflect on the tenets of Islam and to renew their faith as …
For the second time in succession, the Faculty of Law, University of Ghana, has won the African Human rights Court Competition Title.
"Before a capacity crowd at the Main Auditorium of the University of Lagos, Nigeria, the team partne…
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