President John Agyekum Kufuor has promise to make available appropriate amount of money to ensure that an electronic library is put in the new library block being constructed
at the Presbyterian College of Education, Akropong-Akuapem.
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Aduman Senior High School in the Afigya-Kwabre District has inaugurated a horticultural club at Aduman as part of the 10th National Horticultural week celebration on Friday.
The club, which is the first to be inaugurated in the Ashan…
Members of some banking institutions and Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in the Agona Swedru Municipality, on Saturday undertook four hours walk through the principal streets of Swedru, to sensitize the public to ensure peaceful and vio…
Reverend Isaac Ababio, Teshie District Superintendent of the Apostolic Church, Ghana, at the weekend reiterated the call on Ghanaians to have attitudinal change in order to help transform the nation.
"There should be a total transfo…
Professor Ohemeng Kessey, a retired professor of mechanical engineering at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has implored teachers to maintain high moral standards to retain the image of their profession.
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Voters who did not meet the required two months residency in their new constituencies before transferring their votes could have them reversed, Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, Chairman of Electoral Commission (EC) announced in Ho.
He said laws…
Mrs Justice Georgina Theodora Wood, Chief Justice (CJ) on Friday charged women judges in Africa to work hard, by going beyond the call to duty "to help our women to access justice."
This, she said, meant that they should ensure fewer…
Mr Gabriel Q.A. Osatey, the Geophysicist of the Ghana National Petroleum Cooperation said the Ghana Navy should be well-equipped to protect the oil wells when drilling takes off in 2010.
He was speaking on "Enhancing Maritime Securit…
President John Agyekum Kufuor on Friday broke the ground for the reconstruction of the 58.8 kilometer Akatsi-Aflao section of the Tema-Aflao Highway at an official ceremony in Aflao.
Work on the single carriage highway, estimated to …
The Kumasi East Rotary Club in collaboration with Cornwell Sunrise-Canada, a Civil Society Group have donated educational materials worth 2,000 dollars to the Saint Michael's Vocational Institute in the Bosomtwe District of Ashanti.
The …
Nana Boakye Ansah Debrah Chief of Asokore-Mampong, near Kumasi, on Friday called on the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) to provide additional infrastructures for the Asokore-Mampong M/A Basic School to avoid the shift system be run ther…
Beaches near the West Africa Gas Pipeline (WAGP) have been defaced with refuse, defecation and decomposed animals likely to threaten the smooth operations of the pipeline.
Apart from the activities of residents on the beaches, refuse d…
Reverend Ben Donkor, Member of Parliament for Hemang-Lower-Denkyira Constituency, on Friday on
behalf of the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETfund) presented a Tata bus to Jukwa Senior High School at Jukwa.
Rev. Donkor appealed to ma…
Five Junior High Schools in the Twifo-Hemang-Lower-Denkyira District in the Central Region scored zero per cent in the 2008 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).
They are Wamaso Zion, Antwikwaa D/A, Mfuom D/A, Bukuruso D/A and …
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…
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