Pakistan's Supreme Court Wednesday revoked a controversial law which had granted amnesty to President Asif Ali Zardari, several sitting ministers and thousands of politicians and
bureaucrats.
The NRO, termed as most notorious act o…
Pakistani Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani warned the visiting American army chief that expansion of U.S. drone strikes will affect terror war efforts, officials said Wednesday.
The U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Michael M…
France had sent nine Afghan migrants back to their restless homeland, the Immigration Minister Eric Besson confirmed Wednesday, despite opposition from the Afghan embassy and aid
groups.
Local media reported a British charter plane…
Rejection from several manufacturers of dairy-based products have led to the draining of thousands of liters of fresh milk by a dairy farm in Malaysia.
New Straits Times, a local daily, reported here on Wednesday that First Dairy Fa…
Almost 4,000 people remained in evacuation centers in Fiji on Wednesday, following the damages caused by Cyclone Mick.
Fiji's National Disaster Management Office said 68 evacuation centers were activated around the country as many ho…
Three universities of Singapore will provide full scholarships to Myanmar students for them to pursue in technological field as part of Singapore's aid to help the country develop human resources in the sector, sources with the education c…
Ghana is about 70 per cent deficient in the supply of anti-retroviral drugs to the 230,000 people living with HIV in the country.
Dr. Angela El-Adas, Acting Director General of Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC), who said this in Accra on M…
The Standing Joint Negotiating Committee of Ghana Education Service (GES) and Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) have been asked to negotiate all outstanding issues concerning the
Collective Agreement of teachers within two we…
Reverend Rexford Kwasi Asamoah-Prah, Atonsu District Minister of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG), has appealed to factions in the Bawku conflict to position themselves in a manner to receive the favour of God for peace to prevail in…
Members of the Brong-Ahafo Regional branch of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), have resolved to boycott all official functions of the Regional Co-ordinating Council and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) until further notice.
…
The Methodist Guild, an organization within the Methodist Church, has presented scholarships to three students of the church to further their education.
They are Mavis Nkrumah at the Garden City University College, Helen Lily Prah, Tak…
The Ridge School, a private basic school at Danyame in Kumasi, would from the next academic year, begin the Senior High School (SHS) programme.
Professor John Owusu-Addo, Chairman of the Board of Governors, said they had already acqu…
The Volta Regional Police Command has initiated a self-help project to build a clinic estimated at 20,000 Ghana cedis to serve its personnel and victims of domestic violence.
The Regional Police Commander, Mr David Ampah-Benin, discl…
The newly constituted eight-member Board of Directors of Ghana Export Promotion Council (GEPC), has been tasked to ensure that Ghana's non-traditional exports had access to the Asian market.
The Minister of Trade and Industry, Ms Hannah …
The Kyoto Protocol must and will survive the U.N. climate conference in Copenhagen, Yvo de Boer, the executive secretary of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, said Thursday.
De Boer said the protocol will survive becaus…
Ghana in compliance with the standards of the International Civil Aviation Authority (ICA) would introduce the use of readable passports with biometric data by April 2010.
This means that passport applicants would have to present the…
Mr Theophilus Tetteh Chaie, Member of Parliament for Ablekuma Central, has been commended for his commitment towards the provision of educational and road infrastructure in the area.
He was commended by the Chief Imam of Sukura, Alha…
Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) David Ampah-Benin, Volta Regional Police Commander, said the security agencies had worked out well coordinated operational strategies to make the region unsafe for criminals.
He said this at a m…
Xfm 95.1, an Accra based radio station, and BusyInternet, an Internet service provider, on Monday announced the launch of a "Goodwill Promotion" to offer Ghanaians freebies from the corporate bodies.
The freebies include bicycles, sew…
Mr Stanislouse Kwame Doku, President of the Adabraka Area Praise Team of The Apostolic Church, Ghana, has called on Christians to use music as an effective tool of communicating with God.
He explained that music played very important…
The Chief and people of Sakyikrom, near Nsawam in the Akwapem South Municipality, at the weekend launched a three year development plan at the cost of 10,000 Ghana cedis.
Nana Osae Owusu I, Mankrado of the Town, said at the launch, w…
China's 26th scientific expedition to Antarctica on Saturday used helicopters and snowcats to carts supplies to the country's Zhongshan Station.
The goods weighing hundreds of tons mainly included technical equipment, logistic and in…
China's recently announced carbon intensity target is a notable goal based on sound science, said a Chinese climate expert attending the ongoing UN-led climate talks here.
China has set a domestically binding target to cut the energy…
Vice President John Mahama on behalf of government received the report of the Committee of Enquiry into the fire outbreak at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration on October 21.
Mr. Kweku Twum Boafo of Twum Boafo a…
The number of freelance journalists jailed around the world has almost doubled in the past three years and reflects a changing global news business.
This was contained in a report by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a New …
Dr Prosper K. Gbekor, Medical Superintendent of the Juaben Government Hospital in the Ejisu-Juaben Municipality, has appealed to telecommunication companies in the country to be more supportive of the health sector to enable it to deliver …
A 29-year-old unemployed, Kwaku Okyere, has been sentenced to five years imprisonment by the Bibiani Circuit Court for threat of death and possession of Indian hemp.
He pleaded not guilty.
Police Detective Chief Inspec…
Mr. Kwame Brefo-Boateng, the Tema Metropolitan Focal Person for HIV/AIDS, has appealed to religious organisations to wage a relentless war against HIV/AIDS.
He said a collective campaign by civil society to complement government's e…
A 13-member Board of Governors of the Namong Senior High School at Offinso has been inaugurated with a reminder to the nation to appreciate the child's right to education as a shared responsibility.
Mr Joseph Kwabena Onyinah, the…
An unidentified woman believed to be in her late 20s was found dead on a plantain farm behind the Military Police Office near Bantama in Kumasi in the early hours of Monday, December 14.
The police suspect foul play and there …
The Ejisu-Juaben Municipal Coordinator of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), Mr Sadas Kyeremateng, has drawn attention to the need to maintain fire safety standards at workplaces to prevent disasters.
He said it was i…
The Asamankese Circuit Court has convicted a bank cashier, Andrews Asiamah, for stealing GHC12,501, belonging to his employers, the Kwaebibirem Rural Bank.
Asiamah, who pleaded not guilty, would receive his sentence on December 16.
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The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) on Tuesday condemned the attack on journalists in Sunyani last Saturday during the BA@50 Awards Ceremony and petitioned the Inspector General of Police, Mr Paul Quaye, to order an investigation into …
The Tema Youth For Christ (TYFC), a non-governmental organisation, in collaboration with the Tema Metropolitan Assembly, the Ghana AIDS Commission, the Ghana Education Service, and the
Standard Chartered Bank, have organised an HIV/AIDS …
The Ministry of Energy would soon propose an amendment to the building code to make space for the erection of solar panels on the roofs of houses to make it possible to provide solar lighting in homes.
The Ministry is also putting i…
A powerful bomb blast rocked Afghan capital Kabul Tuesday morning, leaving 40 people dead and injured.
Eyewitnesses said that three persons were killed and 37 others were injured in the blast. But no official report about the casualties h…
Unknown assailants torched two NATO tankers in southwest Pakistan's Balochistan province on Tuesday, local TV channel reported.
According to police sources, the tankers carrying fuel for NATO forces in Afghanistan were set ablaze on …
An 18 years old Nepali boy who is only 50 cm tall has been recorded as the shortest person in the Guiness Book of World Record (GBWR) is about to claim for yet another world record.
In contrast to his growing age, the tiny boy Khagen…
At least 60 vehicles were involved in two major pileups Monday as foggy weather and icy roads made driving especially difficult in Canada's capital Ottawa.
A section of Highway 416 in the city's south end was closed, after the accide…
More than 70 vehicles were involved in pile-ups on a main highway south of Canada's capital Monday morning, causing multiple injuries.
The chain reaction crashes occurred just before 8 a.m. local time (1300 GMT) on Highway 416 in the…
A blanket of smoke over Perth caused by bushfires in Western Australia's (WA) south has prompted health warnings.
Department of Health Environmental Health director Jim Dodds on Tuesday advised people should take extra care to avoid …
Getting married is good for health, according a New Zealand-led international study of nearly 35,000 people across 15 countries.
The study released on Tuesday showed that tying the knot was positive for the mental health of both men …
A new item was added to the Malaysia Book of Records when a six-year-old boy pulled a Mercedes Benz E class car with four people in it for 120 meters.
New Straits Times, a local daily, reported here on Tuesday that T. Santosperumal, …
The Lower West Akyem Constituency of the National
Democratic Congress (NDC), has re-elected Mr Abu Zayed Teye-Addo, as its Chairman.
The position of Secretary was also retained by Mr Emmanuel Adu Kwasi.
Mr Teye-Addo polled 101…
The National Identification Authority (NIA) is in the process of appointing and training staff of the National Data Centre, who would be engaged to produce the national identification cards for
distribution early next year.
Taking …
The Political Science Department of University of Ghana, Legon, on Tuesday honoured two lecturers for their immense contribution to the achievements of the Department and their elevation to higher fields of endeavour in their academic care…
The northern sector will generally have good and stable weather with good visibility throughout Tuesday, according to the weather forecast issued by the Ghana Meteorological Agency.
It said in the southern sector scattered cases of m…
The Ghana Police Service is to undertake series of operations nation-wide before, during and after the Christmas festivities to ensure that law abiding citizens enjoy the celebrations.
Addressing journalists in Accra on Tuesday, Dire…
A three-day international conference to explore issues of heritage, including language, history, politics, archiving and tourism opened in Accra on Tuesday.
The conference would offer the participants the opportunity to explain in mo…
Mr. Osman Macarious Halidu, Assistant Director of Basic Education in-charge of the Tamale Metropolis, has expressed worry that about 40 schools in the area were operating under tress because they lacked classrooms.
He said 103 other …
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