Two pregnant women and six children at Adaklu-Ahunda, last Tuesday, sustained various degrees of injuries following a rainstorm.
Over 200 other people have also been displaced with 10 houses having their roofs completely ripped off.
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Nana Kofi Imbeah, Nzema-East Municipal Director of Education, has condemned sexual promiscuity by the youth, presently being associated with the celebration of Valentine's Day.
He advised the youth to avoid pre-marital sex and concen…
A severe rainstorm that hit Sefwi-Bekwai in the Western Region, on Monday, destroyed more than 105 houses and rendered 500 people homeless.
The roofs of the Pentecost Church, Presbyterian Church, Baptist Church and the Sefwi Bekwai D/A P…
The Vice-President, Mr John Dramani Mahama, has expressed government's readiness to resolve the "perpetual" dilemma of newly trained teachers not receiving their salaries for a long time after they have been employed by the State.
He sai…
MNET Action continues to broadcast the best in television series and movies in the second month of the New Year and carries the crime theme
to its fullest. DStv viewers are invited to watch as CRIMINAL MINDS makes a welcome return for a f…
Remember all those years of family holidays? The fights in the car on the way, the sunburn, the awful food, the claustrophobia of spending
days and days with your mum and dad... Tune this February as BBC Lifestyle screens the exciting ser…
With the fastest serve ever in women's tour history and 16 grand slam titles under her belt, Venus Williams' position among the world's top
players endures more than a decade into her career. Tune into DStv this month as CNN's Revealed, …
Results of a recent study conducted by researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and colleagues show that cognitive functioning abilities drop as average blood sugar levels rise in people with type 2 diabetes. The study …
Researchers from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a panel of small molecules, or metabolites, that appear to indicate aggressive prostate cancer. Results of the study will appear in Nature on Thursday.…
Researchers have identified a link between the diversity of crops grown in farmlands and the pollution they create in lakes and rivers. In a Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment e-View paper, ecologists show that when the biodiversity …
One elderly Ohio woman who died earlier this year has been confirmed to be infected with salmonella, bringing the total number of deaths related to the national outbreak of salmonella in the United States to nine, an official from the Ohio…
For women who are obese during pregnancy there is an associated increased risk of certain birth defects, such as spina bifida and neural tube defects, although the absolute increase in risk is likely to be small, according to an analysis o…
Building on plant virus research started more than 20 years ago, two U.S. biologists have discovered a technology that reduces infection by the virus that causes Rice Tungro Disease, a serious limiting factor for rice production in Asia.
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One U.S. communications satellite has collided with one defunct Russian satellite in space, NASA said Wednesday.
The first such collision in space occurred Tuesday nearly 805 km over Siberia, NASA spokesman Kelly Humphries said.
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A surgical technique known as targeted muscle reinnervation (TMR) appears to enable patients with arm amputations to have improved control of functions with an artificial arm, according to the results of a study released on Wednesday in th…
An additional 471 people were infected with dengue in January in Peru, but none of the cases were fatal hemorrhagic type, a Health Ministry official told Xinhua Wednesday.
Luis Leon, coordinator of the National Strategy for Preventio…
French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy is in Burkina Faso on an anti-AIDS mission during which she called for larger access for women and children to the treatment of this and other pandemic diseases, reports monitored here said on Thursday…
Two relief agencies said Thursday that one case of cholera and 14 suspected cases have been reported in the Hagadera refugee camp in Dadaab, northwest Kenya -- numbers that have the potential to spike as Somali refugees inundate already ov…
Pastor Mathew Gbeku of the Church of Pentecost, at the weekend asked Ghanaians to seek God's support in their efforts and apply the outcomes of those efforts towards the general good.
He was preaching the sermon at a non-denomination…
The Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Environment has launched a health promotion programme dubbed, "Community Led Total Sanitation" with the objective of empowering rural communities to lead in the provision of latrines …
The Anglican Diocesan Development and Relief Organization, (ADDRO) in the Upper East Region has extended its anti-malaria programme to the Eastern and Western Regions as part of the organization's move to reduce malaria in these areas.
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Management of Akyem Asamama Primary School has appealed to the Atiwa District Assembly to, as a matter of urgency, rehabilitate the school to create a congenial atmosphere for teaching and learning.
Miss Juliana Nyarkoa, Head teacher…
The Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service in the Upper West Region, last year, recorded a sharp increase in defilement and abduction cases.
Figures on domestic violent crimes in the region mad…
Malam Nuhu Tamintuo, a philanthropist, is rehabilitating the Akyem Osino Mosque in the Fanteakwa District, which was destroyed by a rainstorm last year.
Malam Tamintuo, who would not disclose the cost of the rehabilitation work, told…
Commercial drivers plying the Kumasi-Abuakwa route have appealed to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi, to allot a parking space in front of the hospital for the alighting of passengers, who were mostly patients or visitor…
The search for his lost cow led Mohamadu Djanyo, a Fulani Herdsman, back into the hands of the people whose property he had allegedly burnt in the Atsanve forest at Gbefi-Tornu, near Kpando.
Djanyo was consequently brought before a c…
Mr Edwin Gamadeku, Volta Regional Director of Department of Children on Wednesday called on parents to endeavour to celebrate this year's Valentine's Day with their children.
"You should spend time with your children on the Day, show…
Anglican Bishops from West Africa are attending a week's Consultative Meeting to deliberate on specific projects to build deepened partnerships to inspire other Anglican and Episcopal Faith communities to care and empower each other in Kum…
A GH¢9,000 alley paving project to beautify selected alleys in the Ashabienaa-Jamestown communities was commissioned on Wednesday in Accra with a call on members of the community to support the project to a successful completion.
The…
A Ghanaian woman has been selected to represent
Ghana in this year's Commonwealth Women's Antarctic Expedition to ski over 800 kilometres across Antarctica to the Geographic South Pole.
A statement by Ms. Babara Yanny, Team Leader,…
Two Chinese nationals arrested for possession and sale of fake Close-up tooth paste appeared before an Accra Circuit court on Tuesday.
Tang Wei, a businessman was charged for possessing goods marked with counterfeited trade mark of…
The National Executive Committee of Construction and Building Materials Workers' Union (CBMWU) of Ghana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) has appealed to government to empower local contractors with the award of contracts to expand and grow fin…
An Assistant Director of the Department of Social Welfare said on Wednesday the review of care reforms was to ensure that Ghana's orphanages became safe for the vulnerable children in society.
In an interview with the Ghana News Agenc…
Leaders of Federation of Muslim Women's Association of Ghana (MOWAG) have appealed to Muslims to invest in the education of their girls.
Madam Jemila Osman, a leading member of the Federation called on men to discard the notion that …
The Council of Zongo Elders of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ashanti Region has admonished members of the party, especially the leadership, to desist from washing their dirty linen in public.
The elders also advised well-meani…
The chiefs and people of the South Dayi Constituency of the Volta Region has congratulated President John Evans Atta Mills and his Vice President, John Dramani Mahama, on their election to the highest office of the land.
Mrs Perpetua…
Gomoa East and West districts branch of the Ghana Federation of Traditional Medicine Practitioners (GHAFTRAM) have appealed to the government to pass the Traditional Medicine Council Bill, enacted in 2000 into law.
The appeal was co…
The Supreme Court (SC) will on Wednesday, February 25, give its ruling on two applications filed by Mr. Tsatsu Tsikata, former Chief Executive of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), praying the court for an extension of time t…
Mr. Isaac Owusu-Mensah, senior programme manager of Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS), a German political foundation, has applauded the role of civil society in pushing governments for social accountability.
He said social accountabilit…
Representatives of youth organization from around the world gathered at the UN Headquarters in New York on Monday to explore ways in which young people could play an active part in global efforts on combating climate change.
The them…
The Upper East Regional Co-ordinating Council, in collaboration with Zoomlion, a Waste Management Company, the Security Services, government departments and residents of the Bolgatanga Municipality spent several hours in a massive clean-u…
Mr Sakutey Addo, Ho Municipal Fire Officer on Monday blamed many domestic fires on improper and over-aged electrical wirings on buildings.
He held that inappropriate plugging of electrical gadgets into sockets at homes also constitut…
Members of the Akim Osino SDA Church have raised GH ¢ 1,200.00 through their annual harvest to work on the extension of their church building.
Briefing GNA at Akim Osino at the week end, the District Secretary of the Church, Mr Danie…
Osabarima Osam Panin II, Chief of Akyem Osino, in the Fanteakwa District has cautioned his people to guard against indiscriminate burning of the bush at this time of the year, to avoid the spread of bush fires.
Speaking at an anti bus…
Professor Clifford N.B.Tagoe, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, has challenged the government to bring Information Communication Technology (ICT) to the doorstep of all educational institutions.
He said to facilit…
Members of the Seventh Day Adventist Church (SDA) in Sekondi-Takoradi at the weekend undertook clean up exercise in the principal streets of the Metropolis.
The exercise was in support of the President's sanitation programme for the …
The African Development Organisation for Migration (AFDOM), has urged the government to institute measures to curb the illegal migration of the youth to Europe in search for greener pastures.
The NGO, established to help stem illegal…
Mr James Kofi Annan, Executive Director of Challenging Heights, a Non Governmental Organization that advocates for proper child care, on Monday urged government to prosecute parents who neglected their basic parental duties.
He said …
The Reverend Father Emmanuel Korsah, Assistant Parish Priest in-charge of the Roman Catholic Church at Nkoranza has recommended prayer as the best and only weapon to use in finding solution to problems of humanity.
Delivering a sermo…
Mrs. Benedicta Naana Biney, Deputy Director-General of Ghana Education Service, has advised teachers to live above reproach as role models to win the respect of the people and honour in society.
They should also work assiduously and …
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