Zenith Bank has donated assorted items running into thousands of Ghana Cedis to support children at the Adiebeba Basic School in Kumasi.
The items include textbooks, used clothes, shoes, soft drinks and cartons of "Indomi" noodles.
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The Ghana Federation of the Disabled (GFD) has called on government to consider allocating 10 per cent of the country's oil revenue to support education of the disabled.
The GFD has also called for a law to compel corporate bodies to…
The Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (COTVET) would soon sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Mauritius Training Authority to aid Ghana in the development of a "prior learning policy."
The po…
The Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC) has asked journalist to partner anti-corruption agencies to fight corruption and ensure accountability and transparency in the public sector.
Ms. Sandra Arthur, Administrative and Programmes…
Miss Irene Essel, 2009 National Best Teacher, has called on students to desist from examination malpractices and to respect authority.
She made the call at a thanksgiving service, organised by House Four students of Odorgonno Senior …
Apostle Joseph Oware Boateng, Adabraka Area Head of the Apostolic Church Ghana, has called on Christians to contribute meaningfully to national development.
Apostle Boateng made the call at the beginning of a three-day revival of the…
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) would from January next year enforce vigorously all its bye laws on the environment and cleanliness.
Defaulters would be made to pay fines and face other penalties, the AMA said.
This accor…
The International Center for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), based in Nepali capital Kathmandu, released a special message to mark the "International Mountain Day-2009" on Friday.
ICIMOD is a regional knowledge development …
Italy's southern city Naples and China's southeastern city Wenzhou signed an agreement here on Thursday to enhance bilateral cooperation in tourism and culture.
The agreement focuses primarily on information exchange between local au…
President John Evans Atta Mills, on Saturday urged the polytechnics not to abandon their mission and rather concentrate on research and development and the training of career-oriented human capital, required for accelerated development.
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President John Evans Atta Mills on Saturday said the ferry between Krachi and Kejeji would commence operation from the first quarter of 2010 to improve economic activities in that part of the country.
"I am aware of the breakdown of …
Vice President John Dramani Mahama, on Saturday said government was working towards the setting up of a permanent committee to oversee the progress of pilgrims to the Holy City of Mecca.
He said this was meant to ensure that future p…
The Northern Sector Command of the Customs, Excise and Preventive Services (CEPS) on Saturday destroyed 330,000 cartons of seized cigarettes.
The cigarettes which were of different brands were destroyed because they were either smugg…
Mr. Mahmud Khalid, Upper West Regional Minister has expressed concern about the increased rate of alcoholism intake among women in the region.
He said relevant sources had indicated that alcohol consumption among women was higher tha…
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…
The Australian Commonwealth Minister for Resources and Energy Martin Ferguson has released the guidelines for the first round of the government's 1.5 billion dollars (1.37 billion U.S. dollars) solar power program. He called for applicatio…
The Deputy Eastern Regional Minister, Mr Baba Jamal Ahmed, has appealed to the youth to step up their HIV/AIDS education campaigns in the communities to reduce the spread of the virus.
He said if the rate at which the virus was sprea…
The District Chief Executive for Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa, Mrs Nkrumah Aboah, has appealed to Ghanaians not to stigmatize and discriminate against people living with HIV and AIDS
because this could speed up their (victims) death
She sa…
The Northern Network for Education Development (NNED), a civil society organisation, has called on government to check misappropriation of the Capitation Grant by school authorities.
The Acting Coordinator for the NNED, Mr. Gaskin Bo…
Government must effectively enforce laws and policies that protect women and children against all forms of violence and abuse, Dr Naana Agyemang-Mensah, Country Director of The Hunger Project-Ghana (THP-Ghana) has said.
This accordin…
A group of research scientists at the Forest Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG) have appealed for the inclusion of indigenous tree species in the national reforestation programme.
The nation should consider planting at least 30 per …
The District Chief Executive for Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa, Mrs Nkrumah Aboah, has appealed to Ghanaians to refrain from stigmatizing and discriminating against People Living with
HIV/AIDS (PLWA).
The DCE said such people should be giv…
Mr. Francis Addai-Nimoh, the Deputy Ranking Member on Science, Environment and Technology, on Thursday appealed to he government to equip all environment-related organizations against possible environmental problems that could disrupt the …
People in the Nkwanta North District are unable to access the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) because there is no National Health Insurance (NHI) office in the district.
The nearest NHI office is at Nkwanta in the Nkwanta South D…
Global Associate for Health Development Incorporated, a non-governmental organization (NGO) in the United States of America, has donated dental equipment valued at US$ 50,000 to the chiefs and people of Bomaa in the Tano North District of …
Out of about 13,142 pregnancies that were registered at health centres in the Upper West Region this year, only 8,394, representing 17.9 per cent, went through skilled delivery in hospitals.
Dr. Kofi Issah, the Deputy Regional Direct…
The State on Thursday said the jury which would be empanelled for the trial of the alleged killers of the late Alhaji Issah Mobilla, former Northern Regional Chairman of the Convention's People Party, should be confined so that they are no…
Ms. Hannah Tetteh, Minister of Trade and Industry, on Thursday said government would use micro finance as a key strategy in reducing poverty and achieving the country's Millennium Development Goals.
"Micro finance has emerged as a le…
The Ministry of Transport, has instituted a scheme to reward commercial vehicle stations and their drivers who would record zero or least road accidents each year.
A statement from the Ministry in Accra said that the award is designe…
Mrs Emma Ocran, Legal Director of the National Insurance Commission (NIC) on Thursday urged Ghanaians to take insurance policies, particularly life insurance, to assist them when the need arises.
She made the call at a regional wor…
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Major General P.A. Blay, paid a bilateral defence visit to the United Kingdom (UK) from November 15 to 23, 2009.
The visit was to strengthen UK-Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) relations and explore further …
The Government has been urged to move quickly on the development of a national policy on climate change to mitigate its damaging effects on lives and property.
The 1992 Constitution imposes a duty on the Government and every Ghanaian…
A total of 6,555 dogs were counted in Dormaa Municipality in the recent pet census carried out by the Ghana Health Service.
The census run concurrently with the national immunization exercise on polio and Vitamin A supplementation fo…
Mr. Joseph Z. Amenorwode, the Volta Regional Minister, has appealed to civil and public servants to implement government policies faithfully.
"Our professionalism must rise above our political views", he said. Mr. Amenorwode was addressi…
Partners working with government to eliminate worst forms of child labour, have been cautioned against giving out false information that are detrimental to the country's image.
Mr Antwi Boasiako Sekyere, Deputy Minister for Employme…
Religious and traditional leaders at a workshop in Bolgatanga are looking at various ways to sustain peace to ensure stability and support rapid socio-economic development of the area.
Christian, Muslim, Security Service and Traditio…
A three-day workshop to strengthen the teaching of culture in schools opened at the Centre for National Culture in Kumasi on Friday.
Attending are about 60 district cultural officers and coordinators of the Ghana Education Servi…
Ghanaian women have been urged to be more assertive and demand respect for their sexual and reproductive rights.
The General Secretary of African Rural Evangelistic Association, a local NGO, Mr Israel Ghaffah, said this is necessary …
School vehicles in Koforidua are flouting road traffic regulations to the risk of the children who board them.
This was revealed after an operation by the Eastern Regional Police Command on Thursday to check the road worthiness of sch…
Mr Alando .A. Sidik, General Secretary of the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU), has appealed to government to assist local commercial drivers to acquire good vehicles to reduce the rate of road accidents.
He said due to the l…
Aqua Vitens Rand Limited (AVRL), operators for Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL), would re-double efforts at bridging the gap between the increasing demand for water and supply in some parts of the Greater-Accra Region.
Mr Daniel Mu…
Members of the Akim Asiakwa Methodist Church-Ghana, have raised GH¢5,500 at a fund raising rally towards the expansion of their church building at Akim Asiakwa.
The Project Officer of the Church, Mr Kofi Larbi, told the Ghana News Ag…
The Ghana National Association of Teachers(GNAT), has asked teachers to go to school but not teach from Monday, December 14 until issues of negotiations on their Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) are concluded with the Ghana Education …
Mr Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary General of the United Nations (UN), on Thursday renewed the commitment of the world body to defend the rights of all people particularly the most vulnerable.
In a statement read on his behalf at the Internat…
All men who are more than 40 years have been advised to once in a year test for prostate cancer since the disease mainly affects such category of men especially, those with family history.
"Early diagnosis is essential because the sp…
Cocoa farmers at Abomina Nketewa, a farming community near Suhum, has appealed to government to stop a timber contractor from indiscriminate felling of trees on their cocoa farms.
The farmers contended that the activities of Mr Stephe…
Available statistics by the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) indicates that about 2,200 fire outbreaks were recorded nation-wide between January to November this year.
A total of 3,249 fire outbreaks were recorded within the same p…
As part of activities commemorating this year's International Human Rights Day, officials of the Abibiman Foundation, a non-governmental organization and the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) toured some slums i…
The Ghana Tourist Board (GTB) is to hold a National Flower Festival in the Eastern Region.
The two-day festival to be organized in Koforidua and some other venues yet to be named would encourage people to converge at the venues to exc…
Mamaga Ngoyifiaga Akosua, a development queen in the SASA Traditional Area of the Volta Region, has expressed worry about tribal conflicts and
numerous chieftaincy disputes in the country.
She said those negative developments were h…
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