Dr. Edward Mahama, People's National Convention (PNC), presidential candidate for Election 2008, is the only contestant who can institute comprehensive economic policies towards self-reliant instead of Ghana depending on donor agencies for…
Liberia on Saturday honoured President John Agyekum Kufuor with the country's highest national award in appreciation of his tremendous contribution in restoring peace and support for post-war reconstruction of that country.
President…
Madam Juliana Diaba, mother of Black Stars defender, John Painstil has called on nursing mothers and pregnant women to adopt malaria preventive measures so that they could be delivered of malaria-free babies.
She said measures such…
Students in tertiary institutions have been urged to protect their corporate image and resist getting involved in activities that could spark election violence.
Mr Samuel Avorgah, Chairman of the Ho Polytechnic branch of the Polytec…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) expects to garner more votes in the Volta Region in the December 7 elections.
Mr Dan Korsina, Head of the Volta Regional Campaign Team, expressed the optimism at a rally at Teteman in the Buem Constituen…
Nii Bubui Kakai, Chairman of the Krowor Constituency of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Nungua, has advised all peace-loving Ghanaians to jealously preserve the peace currently prevailing in the country.
This, he said, was because …
The Reverend Emmanuel Titi-Lartey, Associate Pastor of Harvest Chapel International (HCI), on Sunday urged the various political parties contesting Election 2008, to work for national harmony as they sought the mandate of Ghanaians to rule…
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has withheld the registration of Alex Asamoah by Kumasi Asante Kotoko following protests raised by his former club Obuasi Ashantigold FC (Ashgold).
According to the GFA, the player will not be elig…
The Brong Ahafo Regional police, has arrested a 21-year old unemployed Adu Gyamfi Adjei for double registration as a voter at Kukuom in the Asunafo South District.
According to Assistant Commissioner of police (ACP), Seth Charles Ote…
Mr Joseph Kwasi Adu, Principal of the Meridian University College on Saturday expressed worry that student's accommodation in private hostels was badly influencing their character.
"These hostels dotted in completely different environ…
An HIV/AIDS advocate have called for intensification of public sensitisation on factors promoting the spread of the disease and research into those issues towards a reduction in the prevalence rate of 2.7 per cent.
Mrs. Vera Quaye, A…
Mrs Francis Essiam, the Convener of Campaign for Effective Leadership, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), on Friday said President John Agyekum Kufuor has chalked much success for the country.
He said Ghanaians would show their a…
African universities have been praised for their immeasurable contributions to the growth of their countries despite the numerous constraints that they face.
"Although universities on this continent have a lot of challenges to contend…
The Gadangme Council a non-political tribal pressure group in the Greater Accra region on Friday outlined a seven-week relentless civil resistance activities to force government heed to demands for return of
Ga lands acquired by Governme…
A taxi driver, who knocked down a 17-year-old Junior High School (JHS) student, has been fined GH¢200 by the Ashanti New Town Circuit Court.
Yaw Asiedu, 31, who pleaded guilty to careless driving and negligently causing harm, would in de…
Former President Jerry John Rawlings on Thursday urged the government, Ghanaians, parents and potential parents alike to make
a commitment to give children a better life for the future, as the bedrock of the nation is the child.
I…
The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) which seeks to address critical issues affecting women was launched in Accra on Thursday.
The Biennial Progress of the World's Women Report 2008/2009 has the sub-title "Who Answe…
Alhaji Lepowura Mohammed Nurudeen Jawula, Special Advisor to the Minister of Health has launched a brochure on basic facts about diabetes in children as part of the Ministry of Health's campaign to halt the spread of diabetes in the countr…
Alhaji Mustapha Ali Idris, Northern Regional Minister, has said the government would continue to commit resources to enhance quality education in the country.
He said a lot of resources had gone into the provision of infrastructure a…
President John Agyekum Kufuor has given executive approval for land for the expansion of the Ministries in Kumasi.
The site at Danyame in Kumasi being re-allocated for the expansion of the Ministries in Ashanti Region was originally …
This year's International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) Annual Survey of Trade Union Rights Violations reveals an appalling record of union-busting, anti-union laws, intimidation and violence against workers' representatives in 2007, th…
Mr Tsatsu Tsikata, incarcerated Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) Former Chief Executive Officer, is alive but in critical condition at the Intensive Care Unit of the Cardio Thoracic Centre at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra.…
The European Commission on Thursday welcomed the outcome of the meeting of the ITER Council, the governing body of the year-old ITER Organization.
ITER is an international project of scientific collaboration designed to build an expe…
Members of New Ghanaian Movement (NGM), a political think-tank has appealed to the electorate to vote for a political party committed to genuine national reconciliation and a truly honest government of integrity.
They pointed out tha…
The National Pensioners Association on Thursday elected a new national executive to manage the affairs of the Association for the next four years.
Mr Tawiah Yomoson was elected National President, while Mr S.A. Sesi was elected Vice-…
Former President Jerry John Rawlings on Thursday urged the government, Ghanaians, parents and potential parents alike to make
a commitment to give children a better life for the future, as the bedrock of the nation is the child.
I…
Alhaji Lepowura Mohammed Nurudeen Jawula, Special Advisor to the Minister of Health has launched a brochure on basic facts
about diabetes in children as part of the Ministry of Health's campaign to
halt the spread of diabetes in the co…
Romanian Health Minister Eugen Nicolaescu announced on Thursday the start of the national HPV (the human papilloma virus) vaccination campaign for prevention of cervical cancer.
According to the official, this free vaccination progra…
A set of conjoined twins travelling from Brussels to New York died aboard a plane on Thursday off Canada's eastern coast, Canadian police said.
The flight was about 35 minutes off the coast of the city of Halifax when the girls' moth…
The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) is funding a project, which would establish human rights education clubs in schools in the Jasikan, Kadjebi, Nkwanta-North and Nkwanta-South districts.
The project is meant to get …
A GH¢100-million major face-lift of the Aflao border, which would span a year has started.
The project involves the completion and rehabilitation of the Aflao border office blocks, residential apartments, reconstruction of the road a…
The Judicial Service on Thursday appealed to the public to embrace the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) programme as a means of clearing the backlog of cases pending before the country' courts.
ADR incorporated in the court adjudi…
A 10-member team would leave the country on November 22 to represent Ghana in the Second International Generation for Peace Camp in Amman, Jordan.
The programme sponsored by the United Nations Development Programme together with Edik…
The Information Services Department (ISD) has
created a webpage on Election 2008 on the on the government of Ghana website (Ghana portal) www.ghana.gov.gh.
A statement issued in Accra by ISD on Wednesday said the election page had i…
Mr Frederick Akwaboah, President of Ghana Institution of Engineers, on Friday called for the development of indigenous engineering and technology capacity to enable Ghana to compete effectively in the global economic environment.
He …
The Minister of State at the Ministry of Public Sector Reforms, Mr. Samuel Owusu-Adjei, has appealed to the youth not to abandon their vocations at their localities and leave for the urban communities to seek for non-existing lucrative job…
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports has revised the education curriculum to produce human resource for the country's petro-chemical industry, Mrs Rebecca Efiba Dadzie, Western Regional Director of Education, has said.
This w…
For the first time in several years, a total number of 266 Muslim pilgrims left Accra on Wednesday morning for Mecca to participate in the annual Hajj pilgrimage.
Unlike previous years, this year's first batch left at the scheduled t…
A Circuit Court in Accra on Wednesday warned investigators against keeping remand prisoners in police custody instead of prison custody.
The warning emerged when the trial judge Mr Mahamadu Iddrisu criticised a Police Investigator, D…
The German Foreign Office is providing a 100,000 euro grant to the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) to set up a gramophone and tapes library to preserve archival music works.
The GBC Gramophone Library had not been functioning fo…
A 30-year-old mobile phone repairer, Desmond Adekula, on Wednesday appeared before an Accra Circuit Court charged with conspiracy and robbing a trader of his personal belongings at gun point.
Adekula and two others now at large robbed Mr…
Dr Ahmad Ali Ghane, President of the Islamic University College of Ghana (IUCG) on Wednesday called on Muslims not to do anything that could destabilise the nation during the forthcoming general election.
Dr Ali Ghane who made the ca…
Vice President, Alhaji Aliu Mahama, has re-emphasized his call for greater discipline in Ghanaian society saying it was the only way by which the country could attain economic development.
He expressed the displeasure that indisciplin…
Former students of Pope John's Junior Seminary and Senior High School (POJOSS) working with the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), have presented a cash of GH¢10,000 to help their alma mater to carry out a number of development projects.
Initiate…
The Ghana National Fire Service on Wednesday confirmed that five people died in Monday night's fire outbreak at a warehouse at Ablekuma in Accra.
Division Office Grade 1 Daniel Ntim Yeboah of the Weija Fire Service Station, which arr…
Participants at a day's workshop on malaria prevention, have identified the activities of road contractors, especially at the district level, as a major contributory to the increasing incidence of malaria in the country.
They accu…
Health experts have expressed worry over the steady but increasing figures in diabetes cases among children and adolescents in the country.
Such figures were said to send signals to the general population to be wary of an epidemic wh…
Mr John Hobenu, Northern Regional Director of Education has appealed to parents to encourage their children to read to enable them understand the English Language and knowledge about the environment.
He noted that most children did n…
France-based Air Water International Group,
on Wednesday launched a machine that could extract humidity in the air and transform it into water for domestic and industrial consumption.
The product, which is the first to be launched …
Afreak Med Foundation, an international Non Governmental Organisation (NGO) based in Austria, is constructing a 50,000 Euros-ultra-modern hospital for the Tolon community in the Tolon-Kumbungu District of the Northern Region.
The hos…
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