The Effutu Municipal Director of the Department of Social Welfare, Mr Godwill Francis Acquah has expressed worry about children who are kept at orphanages for many years, with no efforts being made to unit them with their families.
H…
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has said that head teachers who collaborate with teachers to receive their salaries even though they are not at post would be dealt with.
"Circuit supervisor who sit in their comfort and generate repo…
The Reverend Father Edward Siffah, Headmaster of Saint Mary's Seminary Senior High School (SHS) Lolobi, has made an urgent appeal to the relevant state institutions to consider the school in the allocation of the next batch of vehicles to …
Mr Senyo Tsama, Volta Regional Director of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) on Wednesday said diligence rather than systems failure accounted for the perceived delays in certain processes of the Trust.
He said…
Between 60 to 65 per cent of pupils in Kpetoe and its environs do not go to school on market days.
As a result, schools in the area become virtually half empty every five days.
Most of the pupils both boys and girls do business …
The Juaso Circuit Court presided over by Mr. S. K. Sarpong Appiah, has granted bail to three persons in the sum of GH¢18,000 with two sureties each for allegedly defrauding 393 farmers of GH¢16,500 under the pretext of providing them loans…
The InterAction Strategic Leadership Programme (IASLP) of the British Council has undertaken a tree planting exercise at the Accra Girls Senior High School as part of an environment protection programme.
The tree planting exercise wa…
Ghana continues to receive commendation for the recent remarkable election, bolstering her performance at the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM)
The development has changed the image of Ghana which has reached an appreciable inte…
The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday unanimously ruled that evidence in the land boundary dispute between the Peki and Tsito-Awudome Stools, be taken afresh at the High Court which is hearing the matter.
The unanimous decision of the S…
Experts in the fishery sector on Thursday called
for the review of fishing laws to curb illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
They also called for review of operations of the existing Monitoring Control Systems (MCS)…
The Juaso Circuit Court has remanded a 71 year-old farmer into prison custody for allegedly raping his 17 year-old grand daughter at Konongo.
Peter Kwaku Poku, whose plea was not taken, was initially charged with canal knowledge of t…
Mr. Bukari Sadiq Nyari, a Research Consultant with the Actionaid Ghana, a Non-governmental organization on Tuesday called for the formulation of a more comprehensive policy framework to guide the production of biofuel in Ghana.
He s…
The Season II of the UK Educational Reality TV Show "The Challenge" designed to give bright, young and ambitious Ghanaian university graduates the opportunity to study under postgraduate scholarships at three leading universities in the Un…
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) is embarking on a leadership training drive to improve the capacity of its District and Regional management teams.
Dr. Mohammed Bin Ibrahim, Ashanti Regional Director of Health Services, said the traini…
World Health Organisation Country Representative, Dr Daniel Kertesz on Monday said the mortality from consumption of contaminated food and water is around 700,000 annually for all age groups in Africa.
The incidence of diarrhoea caused…
Participants at a forum in Tamale to discuss ways of expediting the development of northern Ghana have expressed disappointment with northerners in leadership positions for not doing much to transform the area.
They held that while n…
The Deputy Director General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr George Amofa, has said that doctors, who refuse posting to the rural areas, would be sanctioned.
The Director said this in Bolgatanga on Tuesday during the Upper East …
A woman and her son perished whilst property worth several thousands of Ghana Cedis were destroyed when fire gutted a house at Tarkwa-Maakro in Kumasi.
The deceased, Mrs. Comfort Afua Birago, a 30-year old seamstress and her six-year old…
The United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), has honoured the contributions of Ghanaian peacekeepers and re-assured Liberians of its continued work with the Government of Liberia to ensure the consolidation of peace and security in the c…
Mr George K. Scott, Chief Director of the Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology on Tuesday said the ministry would strive to improve the country's development through the use of science and technology.
He said the ministry …
Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday underscored effective collaboration among nations and the strengthening of food safety control systems to ensure safety and quality of foods on the international food market.
He said, t…
As part of its contribution towards national unity and development, the Rebuilders Movement (RM), a Christian Non-Governmental Organization, has initiated a project which would ginger its members to become patriotic and proactive.
Th…
Climatologists at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York City have found that 2008 was the coolest year since 2000, but also was the ninth warmest year since continuous instrumental records were started in 1880.
…
The Canadian High Commissioner, Darren Schemmer, on Tuesday reaffirm the existing diplomatic relations between Ghana an Canada and pledged his country's further support in the area of bilateral investment.
Mr. Darren Schemmer recalle…
Two men have appeared before the Asamankese circuit court charged with intentionally and unlawfully causing harm and for being in possession of dried seeds, suspected to be that of Indian Hemp (wee).
Kwaku Awuah, 26 and Kwabena Prosper, …
A 31-year-old driver, who abducted a 14-year old girl for 38 days during which he allegedly abused her sexually, has been granted bail in the sum of GH¢500 with one surety by the Ajumako district magistrate's court.
The accused, Jose…
The Supreme Court will give its judgment on a Certiorari Application brought before it by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for Asutifi South, Alhaji Collins Dauda, praying the court to set aside a Sunyani High…
Project Citizen Ghana, a portfolio based civic education programme aimed at promoting competent and responsible participation in local and national government, was on Tuesday showcased for students and youth groups in the Central Region.
…
The Ga State Traditional Royal Heads Consultative Assembly (GSTRHCA) is to lay before parliament, a proposed bill on the establishment and regulation of the head of family system in the Ga state.
The bill, which would be laid before th…
Mr Philip Kwesi Nkrumah, outgoing Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Chief Executive, on Tuesday called on members of the Assembly to continue to work as a team to move the area forward in development.
He made the call in a farewell addre…
U.S. President Barack Obama is "benefiting from remarkably high levels of optimism and confidence" among Americans about his leadership, said a New York Times report on Monday, citing the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.
Weighing…
Mortality resulting from the consumption of contaminated food and water in Africa is around 700,000 annually.
The incidence of diarrhoea caused by consumption of contaminated food and water was estimated at up to five episodes per ch…
Dr. Erasmus Agongo, Eastern Regional Director of Health Services, announced that the region recorded 98 maternal deaths in 2008 as against 146 in 2007.
He said even though there was a significant decline in maternal deaths in the reg…
Abdul Karim Bosompem, a 24 year-old farmer, has appeared before the Asamankese circuit court, charged with intentionally and unlawfully causing harm to his brother, which resulted in his death.
He pleaded not guilty and was remanded …
Alhaji Gilbert Seidu Iddi, former Northern Regional Minister, on Wednesday, called on the security agencies, to deal promptly and decisively with people who breach the peace in the region, in order to facilitate the rule of law.
He …
The Very Reverend Dr Paul Boafo, Chaplain of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has said that despite the passage of the Children's Act, it was not being enforced.
The Children's Act (Act 560) was passed b…
Sixty-three residents of Obogu in the Asante Akim South District, have been rendered homeless following a strong windstorm that swept through the community on Tuesday.
The condition, which preceded a downpour and lasted less than a minut…
A senior official of the Palestinian Fatah movement said on Monday the release of Palestinian political prisoners, held by his movement in West Bank and by rival Hamas faction in the Gaza Strip, must be mutual.
"The parties to the co…
The Central Regional Nutrition Officer, Mr Samuel Sosi, has noted that malnutrition accounted for 54 per cent of infant mortality in the Region.
He said over 33 per cent of children between zero-11 months in the Region suffered from …
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) MP for Ablekuma Central, Mr Theophilus Tetteh Chaie, has called on the media to help revive the self-help spirit of the people, to make them more responsive to environmental issues, through sustained …
Mr. Albert Abongo, Minister-designate for Water Resources, Works and Housing, on Monday said if given the nod, he would look into the operations of Aqua Vitens Rand Limited (AVRL), operators of the urban water systems, to determine whether…
The attention of The Ministry of Women and Children's Affairs has expressed deep concern about the alarming but avoidable deaths of children in abandoned vehicles in auto garages in recent times.
Three children were found dead in a di…
More than 1.7 million Russian workers had lost their jobs due to the global financial crisis, and the Russia government has taken measures to stabilize the labour market.
The number of registered jobless people was 1.735 million as o…
The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) on Monday called on Egypt to immediately open its border with the Gaza Strip freely and forever.
Hamas spokesman in Gaza Fawzi Barhoum said that this step is needed to respond to Is…
A 60-year old man is seriously ill and at least 40 people in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province fell sick after eating snack food from a shopping centre on Monday, say health authorities.
They all suffered nausea and vomiting af…
The UN Special Rapporteur on extra judicial executions Philip Altson on Monday expressed confidence that his report on extra-judicial killings in Kenya will form the basis on which the Kenyan government will act to end the killings in the …
Orphan Cry International (OCI), an orphanage at Apowa in the Ahanta West District of the Western Region, has been closed down by the Department of Social Welfare.
The closure was based on reports of unlawful adoption, immoral acts, sexua…
Some seventeen out of the 20 government appointees to the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA) were on Monday sworn-in by Mr Kwame Polley, a District Magistrate.
The swearing-in ceremony took place at an extraordinary meeting of…
The Interior Minister, Mr Cletus Avoka, on Monday renewed the curfews imposed on the Bawku Municipality, the Gushegu township and their immediate environs, with effect from Monday, February 23, 2009.
A Statement from the Interior M…
General Overseer of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC), Dr Mensa Otabil, on Monday inaugurated the Church's Clean Water Project aimed at providing clean water to selected deprived communities.
The event, which took place …
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