A cross section of Senior High School (SHS) teachers and students, on Monday expressed mixed feelings, about the intention of the ruling National Democratic Congress, to revert the four years duration of the SHS.
Some respondents who…
Fatima Issaka, a 28-year-old pregnant woman, was burnt to death at Daduri, a suburb of Bawku on the night of January 16 2009.
The room of Mohammed Majeed, her husband, in which she was when the tragedy occurred, was allegedly set abl…
Four persons believed to have murdered Yakubu Baba, a 60-year-old hunch-back and cripple, on Monday appeared before a district magistrate court in Sekondi.
The pleas of Alhaji Seidu Apana Nuhu, who claimed to be a businessman, operat…
Many men in the Effutu-Awutu-Senya area are refusing to cater for their children, the local office of the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has reported.
The Municipal Director of the Commission, Mr Richm…
Maternal mortality has dropped from five cases in 2007 to four in 2008 in Dormaa district in Brong Ahafo whilst stillbirth cases have rather assumed an upward trend.
This was contained in a reproductive and child health service repor…
Forestry experts in the sub-region are meeting in Accra to dialogue on strategies to facilitate the implementation of the first ever ECOWAS forestry policy developed for sustainable resource management.
The Dialogue, which is part of…
Prisoners rioted at Qubbah jail in northern Lebanon's Tripoli, taking two officers hostage and setting fire on the jail, Voice of Lebanon radio reported Monday.
The prisoners pressured the Internal Security Forces (ISF) to meet their…
The African Union (AU) peacekeeping forces in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, said on Sunday that they have credible information of possible further suicide attacks against them.
The warning came a day after a suicide car bomb explo…
Indian capital Delhi was put under a massive ground-to-air security apparatus for the 60th Republic Day celebrations Monday.
Mobile hit teams, anti-aircraft guns and sharpshooters of the National Security Guards have been deployed at…
Ibrahim Jallow, a herdsman, was on Monday convicted on his own plea of guilty to 12 months imprisonment in hard labour by the Kade Magistrate Court for escaping from lawful custody.
Police Inspector Eric Tetteh Zorh, prosecuting, tol…
The Goil Filling station at Kade at the weekend got burnt when a petrol tanker discharging fuel caught fire.
Also burnt was the tanker with registration number GW 1396 Y.
The Kade Office of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) is inv…
Two armed robbers died in a shoot out with the Tema Police cum military patrol team at the Tema-Accra beach last night, after they had robbed four Russian sailors at the Tema beach.
Their bodies have been deposited at the Police Hosp…
The Committee for Joint Action (CJA), a pressure group on Tuesday called on the Mills administration to review the retirement package for ex-Presidents within the broad context of retiring benefits for all public officials, including Parli…
Mrs. Lynda Arthur, Country Director of Health Foundation Ghana, a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), has called on health workers to intensify efforts to dispel the myths and stigmas associated with Buruli Ulcer and provide accurate info…
Statistics from Ejisu-Juaben Health Directorate indicate an upsurge in stillborn cases in the Municipality in 2008, Mrs Ellen Fosu; Acting Municipal Health Director, told an annual Health Review Meeting at Ejisu at the weekend.
She …
Kwame Ayesu, a farmer, who stole a bunch of plantain and a tuber of yam valued at three Ghana cedis was on Monday convicted on his own plea of guilty to a fine of GHC200 by the Kade Magistrate Court.
He would, in default, serve three mon…
Ten armed robbers, casually dressed, last Saturday morning held the employees of Sethi Brothers Ghana Limited (SBGL) at the Tema heavy industrial area hostage, and took away the company's two days sales, mobile phones and other vital docum…
Two men, who allegedly defiled a 10-year-old school girl have been remanded in prison custody until February 16 by the Asamankese Circuit Court.
Richard Agbomadgi and Stephen Lartey were alleged to have lured the girl into their roo…
Senior UN and international agency officials urged here on Monday actions against food crisis when almost one billion people in the world are going hungry.
"With an expected increase of 40 million in 2008, the world today has reached…
Although the global food crisis has slipped from the headlines and prices have fallen, the emergency remains as critical as ever, demanding improvements in production and distribution, and credit, seeds and fertilizers for developing count…
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday named Todd Stern, a former White House assistant who was the chief U.S. negotiator at the Kyoto Protocol talks in President Bill Clinton's administration, as the special envoy for climate c…
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon Monday strongly condemned the hostilities between the Sudanese Armed Forces and rebels in north Darfur, and called on all parties to immediately stop the ongoing fighting.
"The secretary-general stro…
The German Development Cooperation has rehabilitated 18 dams in the three northern regions to serve the water needs of the people.
The rehabilitation formed part of the Emergency Relief Programme by the German government to the peopl…
Mr. Theophilus Tetteh Chaie, National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Ablekuma Central Constituency, has said he would place much emphasis on technical and vocational education to ensure the fast development of the youth…
The Makola Annex Market Women's Association has taken over the administration of the public places of convenience at the market.
This was disclosed to newsmen by the Secretary of the Association, Madam Mercy Needjan, flanked by Madam…
A circuit court in Kumasi, on Friday imposed a fine of GH¢1,200a on a student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), for careless driving and causing damage to a vehicle.
Lawrence Asem-Deitu, who pleaded guilt…
A magistrate court at Kade, on Monday jailed Kwasi Emadome, a foreman at an akpeteshie distillery at Okumaning, for 18 months for stealing four drums of akpeteshie, valued at GH C1,080 belonging to his employer.
He pleaded guilty to the…
A 36 year-old driver who disguised himself as a student of the University of Ghana, Legon on Tuesday appeared before the Accra Circuit Court charged with stealing and loitering.
Fredrick Kweku Atisso was alleged to have stolen persona…
The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) on Tuesday said it had not taken any position on the proposed three-year Senior High School programme.
Ms Afua Kotoku, Assistant Public Relations Officer, GNAT told the Ghana News Agenc…
Reverend Iddrisu Tweneboah-Kodua, Minister in-charge of the Assemblies of God Church Ghana in the US, has urged Churches to intensify their evangelism to help salvage the society from evil and social vices to transform the country.
Preac…
A district magistrate court at Ajumako has remanded Twum Barima, 46, for posing as a personnel of the Bureau of National Investigation (BNI) and defrauding Dr. Anthony Aidoo, Managing Director of Betel Herbal Center in Ajumako of 1,800 Gha…
The Nyinahin police have arrested Kwabena Nimo, a 28-year old chainsaw operator for felling trees without permit.
He was alleged to have sneaked into the cocoa farms belonging to Messrs. Wilson Nkrumah and Kwaku Forkuo at Afriyiekrom nea…
The Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU) of the Tarkwa Divisional Police Command is to intensify the enforcement of road and traffic regulations to prevent road accidents in the area.
The Divisional MTTU Commander, DSP Isaac Kwes…
The Accra-East branch of the Rotary Club has announced a 4000 Ghana Cedis sponsorship package to the Street Academy to enhance educational activities.
The package includes the renovation of the main classroom, educational materials (…
The Adum Chapter of the Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship International (FGBMFI) has celebrated its 20th anniversary in Kumasi with a call on members to win more souls for Christ through their deeds.
The Reverend Shariff Ahmed Boaten…
Parliamentarians in Accra/Tema Metropolitan Areas on Saturday began a year-long clean-up exercise to rid the area of filth in fulfilment of President John Atta Mills' initiative to Keep Ghana Clean within the first 100 days of his administ…
Impeached Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has hired a public relations firm whose specialties include crisis management as part of his last-ditch national media blitz before the impeachment trial next week, it was reported in Chicago on …
The Ghana Meteorological Agency on Sunday said the weather over the country was expected to continue to be dry, with hazy sunshine in the day, cold in the night and also with other harmmattan conditions throughout the forecast period.
…
The Ashanti Regional Executive of the Convention People's Party (CPP), has dismissed speculations that its chairman, Mr Samuel K. Danso has been sacked from office.
The executive asked party supporters throughout the country to treat…
A strange disease, which manifests in victims suddenly becoming dizzy and then suffering a blackout has broken out at Anfoeta-Gbogame in the Ho Municipal Area.
The victims stay in coma for a while, sometimes going into spasm before r…
Emmanuel Dorglo, officer in charge of Tarkwa office of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), has called for public cooperation in the prevention of fire outbreaks, especially during the harmattan season.
In an interview with GNA, h…
The regional branch of the Global Water Partnership (GWP) in West Africa is organizing its 3rd General Assembly from 27 to 28 January in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire.
A statement issued in Accra on Saturday said the meeting will a have a hi…
A drum-head service was held on Friday at the Second Battlion of Infantry (2BN) to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the Battle of Myohaung at Apremdo near Takoradi.
Contingents of the 2BN, Takoradi Airforce Station and the Weste…
Members of Upper West Regional House of Chiefs have congratulated President John Evans Atta Mills and Vice President John Dramani Mahama for their success in Election 2008.
They pledged their support to the Government to achieve its…
Mr. Richard Bonsu, National Director of Athlete in Action, a non-governmental organization (NGO), has urged religious leaders in the country to use sports as a tool in fighting moral decadence.
He said sports that played a significan…
Diana Joher returned a net score of 70 to win this year's Achimota Golf Club Lady Captain's Prize Open Championship played at Achimota in Accra on Saturday.
She was followed in the second position by Maria Ben-George with 72 net, Di…
The Rev. Dr Martin Bugri Nabo chairman of the Northern Presbytery on Saturday cut the sod for the construction of a GH¢750 000 six-classroom Senior High School block at Bamvim a community near Tamale.
The Oikonomos Foundation, a Dutc…
Mr Ahmed Issah Yakubu, Aflao District Police Commander on Saturday discounted reports about the local Maranatha Adventist Church, luring some followers from Aflao into a secret camp near Bibiani in the Western Region, where it kept them un…
The Effutu Municipal Directorate of the National Youth Council (NYC) has assisted the Effutu Municipality and the Awutu-Senya District of the Central Region to form 40 Youth Clubs to educate their peers on issues like HIV/AIDS, drug…
Mr. Kwabena Kyei-Asubonteng, herbal practitioner in-charge of the Soafa Scientific Herbal Clinic at Nkawkaw in the Kwahu West Municipality, has called on herbal practitioners to move from the traditional form of preparing herbal medicine a…
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