Takoradi Circuit Court "A" on Wednesday sentenced Kofi Yeboah, a driver's mate, to 15 years imprisonment in hard labour for possession narcotic drug.
Akari Nabil, a porter, was jointly charged with him, to 10 year imprisonment for s…
A total of 120 people were rendered homeless at Gbi-Kpeme in Hohoe following a rain and windstorm in the area last Monday afternoon.
The storm destroyed 12 houses including a computer laboratory and library of the Kpeme Local Author…
The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT)
and the Teachers and Educational Workers' Union (TEWU) on Thursday expressed concern about lack of cooperation between mangers of education, teachers and other stakeholders, calling for g…
The identity of a mysterious plague of caterpillars and moths devastating crops and contaminating water supply in northern Liberia has been established through joint efforts by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), International …
The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is expected to reimburse a total of GH¢1.98 million to the Kumasi Metropolitan Health Directorate as outstanding debts as at December 2008.
The total claims stood at GH¢4.27 million during …
Mr. Moses Asitorkor, a 37 year-old used clothes dealer was on Thursday arrested after confessing at a stage-managed prayer session of his involvement in a burglary that took place at an Ecobank branch in Madina, Accra.
Mr Anthony Dar…
The Ghana Association of Phonographic Industries (GAPI) is working in collaboration with the Business Sector Advocacy Challenge (BUSAC) to seek a revision of the 2004 Ghana Cultural Policy into a forward-looking policy, particularly for th…
Mr. Moses Asitorkor, a 37 year-old used clothes dealer was on Thursday arrested after confessing at a stage-managed prayer session of his involvement in a burglary that took place at an Ecobank branch in Madina, Accra.
Mr Anthony Dar…
The first batch of 31 clinical students of the School of Medicine and Health Sciences of the University for Development Studies would begin their practical medical training at the Tamale Teaching Hospital on Wednesday.
The students w…
Two men, working on a vessel at the Tema PSC Shipyard were electrocuted on two separate days last week.
The names of the workers were not immediately known and the Contractor, for whom they were working for, was not available for com…
Ms Joyce R. Aryee, Founder and President of Salt and Light Ministries (SLM)said there was the need for lovers of music to endeavour to bring into the limelight the good works of old musicians.
This, she said, would not make their swe…
Drama unfolded at an Accra Circuit Court on Tuesday when a 52-year-old tailor,
said to gave been medically diagnosed as impotent, was arraigned for defilement.
Kwaku Ahadame is said to have defiled a 12-year-old girl at Newtown in Accr…
The Supreme Court will on February 10 hear a Motion for Review filed by Mr Tsatsu Tsikata, former Chief Executive of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), praying the court to review its decision of October 16, 2008, in respect …
Ghanaians have been urged to go for medical check ups, rather than waiting to get sick before seeking medical attention.
Mr Akwasi Gyima-Bota, Director of VEBS Medical Centre made the call at the opening of the Centre at Batsonaa, ne…
An Accra Fast Track High Court (Commercial Division) has ordered parties in the case in which a number of people are seeking the revocation of the agreement for the sale of Ghana Telecom (GT) to Vodafone International to submit their addre…
A cross-section of residents of Sunyani have called on the various political parties to remove their billboards from the streets.
In an interview with the Ghana News Agency some of the residents said the giant billboard…
President John Atta Mills on Tuesday reaffirmed Government's commitment to gender equality and condemned all forms of discrimination against women.
He repeated the determination of his administration as contained in its manifesto to …
Civilians in Akyem Achiase in the Eastern Region, have been advised to consider soldiers, especially those at the Jungle Warfare School in the area as friends.
Residents in the area with grievances against any soldier should seek red…
A district magistrate's court in Sekondi on Tuesday remanded Enoch Agyeman, a film director, for fraud.
The accused person, who pleaded not guilty, would reappear before the court on February 17 this year.
Police Chief Inspector Eb…
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has welcomed and commended President John Evans Atta Mills for bringing back the Ministry of Environment Science and Technology (MEST), and said it
was "a sign of commitment to sc…
Ghanaians have been called upon, not to wait until
they fall sick before they seek medical attention.
They should also make sure that they live well in order to increase productivity for the development.
Mr Akwasi Gyima-Bota, D…
Newmont Mining Corporation, a world leading gold producer, says its mining activities are undertaken in a responsible and environmental friendly manner.
In a statement in reaction to the 'Public Eye Award,' the company said
its Akyem…
The Omanhene of Gomoa Akyempim traditional area Obrifo ahunaku Ahor Ankobea II, has called on lawyers to respect the works of the judicial and arbitration committees of the traditional councils.
Obrifo Ahor Ankobea said to maintain p…
Madam Halimatu Nuhu, Brong Ahafo Regional Director of Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has expressed concern about the increase in child non-maintenance cases in the Region.
Last year, the directorate re…
Dr Gloria Quansah Asare, Director of Family Health Division of Ghana Health Service (GHS) on Tuesday announced that exclusive breast feeding in the country, increased from two per cent in 1988 to 54 per cent in 2006.
She said this wa…
DStv is pleased to announce that SuperSport has secured the licence to the Barclays Premier League Live Package A and will be showing these matches on SuperSport from this weekend.
SuperSport already held both Live Package A & B right…
Five needy-but-brilliant students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) were on Tuesday given a sum of GH¢ 2,500 as awards to enable them pursue their education.
The awards were donated by the Poku Transpo…
The Apam District Magistrate court presided over by Mr Charles Wiafe, has ordered the parents of an accused person to help the police to send their relative, George Owusu who defecated in classroom at Gomoa Tarkwa to a psychiatric hospital…
The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL),has taken delivery of eight new pumps to replace dilapidated ones at its Booster Stations at Mampong and Beposo in the Ashanti Region.
Mr. Asega Haruna, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Com…
The Head of the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit of the Ghana Police Service in Winneba, Inspector Rebecca Offei Aryee, has expressed concern about the increasing rate of defilement cases in the Effutu Municipality in recent week…
A 45-year old landlord, Kwaku Wiredu, has been fined GH¢60 by the Nyinahin Magistrate Court in the Atwima-Mponua District for failing to weed around his building.
Wiredu was convicted on his guilty plea and would serve one month in priso…
The 2008 Global Monitoring Report on Education for All by 2015, has emphasized the funding of holistic educational programmes that would improve children's health, nutrition, well-being and cognitive development to prepare them adequately …
The Atta Mills Foundation, a Non-governmental Organisation (NGO), has congratulated the Black Satellites for winning the just-ended Under-20 African Youth Championship in Rwanda.
The Foundation stated that the victory was a good omen for…
A young man suspected to be an armed robber was on Sunday night killed by a police patrol team in Kumasi during a hot chase.
The body of the suspect, yet to be identified, has been deposited at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KAT…
Mr Fabian Belieb, Acting Bolgatanga Municipal Director of Education has introduced a chart system of recording teacher delinquency as a mechanism to improve their commitment to duty in the area.
Under the system, school heads in the …
The Ahafo-Ano North District Directorate of the Ghana Health Services recorded 140 cases of HIV/AIDS in 2008 as against 69 cases in 2007.
The increase was attributed to the Voluntary, Testing and Counselling (VTC) introduced in the Distr…
The Ghana Evangelical Society on Wednesday expressed concern that the clergy had strayed from preaching righteousness, saying this had led many Christians to pursue materialism and pleasure.
It said deviating from preaching the messag…
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has recorded 25 deaths since the last quarter of 2008, in some parts of the country, a statement in Accra said on Wednesday.
The first cases were reported in the Accra Metropolitan area.
"The sit…
A gender advocacy group in the Upper East Region on Tuesday reiterated the need for President John Atta Mills' government to give equal opportunities to women from the area to serve as Chief Executives, Assembly members and Council of Stat…
Some 43 teachers posted to the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District in the Northern Region have threatened to embark on a sit-down strike over unpaid salaries.
A statement in Accra on Wednesday signed by Mr Yabang Bruno Cyril Clovis, the Distri…
The Catholic University College of Ghana is committed to its vision of providing quality education at an affordable cost, subsequently, its tuition fees is one of the lowest in the private sector.
Professor James Hawkins Ephraim, the…
The Women's Development Centre, a department of the All Nation's University at Koforidua, has introduced remedial classes for women who could not write their final Senior High School Certificate Examination (SSCE) due to financial constrai…
The University Students' Association of Ghana (USAG), has expressed disappointment in the management of the University for Development Studies (UDS) for suspending a legitimately elected president of the Students' Representative Council (S…
Mrs Yvonne Nduom, a Management Consultant, on Monday urged Ghanaians to adopt healthier eating habits to avoid weight gain and illnesses associated with poor eating habits.
"You must enjoy good foods, but the dosage is what counts," s…
The Akpini Traditional Areas has sent a congratulatory message to President John Evans Atta Mills on his election.
A statement signed by Togbe Diawusie VIII on behalf of the paramount chief of the Akpini Traditional Area read: "We wi…
Colonel John Kwamina Otoo (Rtd), Anglican Bishop of Sekondi-Takoradi Diocese has cut the sod for work to begin on a 450,000 Ghana cedis chapel for All Saints Anglican Church in Takoradi to replace the existing one built about 80 years ago.…
Little Kobby, a pupil at the Local Authority Primary One, is very intelligent and sociable at home but dull and moody at school.
He cries on his way to school daily and no amount of pampering or candies could kick him to walk bris…
The National Labour Commission (NLC) said on
Monday the 219 workers of the PSC Tema Shipyard who went on strike over a dispute on a bonus tax in November 2008, will forfeit three day's salary.
It had further directed the managem…
An auto-mechanic, who sneaked into the Ridge branch of the Barclays Bank Ghana Limited, to steal two flat screen computers and a Computer Central Process Unit valued at GH¢4,200 was on Monday sentenced to four years imprisonment by a Circu…
Authorities of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi, in collaboration with Kwame Nkrumah University Science Technology (KNUST), University of Utah and Xango Foundation have constructed a three-classroom unit block and offices wo…
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