As part of their 6th anniversary celebration, the ladies club of the Cocoa Marketing Company (CMC) in Accra, Tema and Takoradi paid a visit to Tetteh Quarshie Cocoa Farm and the Jubilee Cocoa Farm both at Mampong Akuapim in the Eastern Reg…
Mr Albert Kan Dapaah, Minister of Defence, has called for a thorough investigation into the motor accident at Twimea Nkwanta near Techiman at the weekend that claimed 22 lives.
He called on the police and the military to conduct sepa…
Two government employees, Constable Robert D. Tanyine of Saltpond Police Station and Mr. Latif Eduam, Bursar of Ekumfi T.I. Ahmadiyya Senior High School were adjudged the best tomatoes and pineapple farmers in the Mfantseman municipality.…
Nana Owusu-Yamoah Bediako III, chief of Dome Kwankyeabo, has deplored the attitude of parents, who spend lavishly on funerals and other personal effects to the detriment of their children's education.
He regretted that, some parents eith…
A military officer on Monday asked Ghanaians to discard the notion that the presence of military personnel at polling stations on Election Day would intimidate the public from exercising their franchise.
Major Berima Brako Owusu, Deputy…
The President and Chief Executive of Regent University, Prof E. Kingsley Larbi has called on Ghanaians to be critical of those seeking the mandate for leadership at various levels of the nation's hierarchy.
He said leaders must solve…
A Togolese teacher, Gilbert Zologlo was on Monday put before an Accra Circuit Court charged with threat of harm and offensive conduct.
Zologlo, who was said to have threatened to burn his colleague's car and house pleaded guilty. The cou…
Ghana on Monday marked the erection of a historic national monument, a befitting seat of Government after half-a-century of political independence, with grandeur and colour.
The Presidential Complex named the "Golden Jubilee House" w…
Mr. Kwaku Ayesu Opare-Addo, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) and Ashanti Regional Police Commander, has directed that the period for ban on the movement of heavy duty vehicles above three tonnes within the hours of 6a.m to 6p.m in the …
League champions Kumasi Asante Kotoko will engage Obuasi Ashantigold in a 'Peace Match' on Sunday, November 16 at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium, Kumasi.
The match is been organised to foster peace and unity between the two Clubs ahead…
The Ghana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) has announced that the "Top 16" Championship will come off from Tuesday, November 11 to Wednesday, November 12 at the D.G. Hathiramani Sports Hall of the Ohene Djan Sports Stadium in Accra.
T…
All is set for the First Audi Invitational Golf Championship scheduled for the Achimota Golf Course in Accra on Saturday, November 15.
About 100 golfers have been invited to participate in the competition which would be sponsored by …
U.S. President-elect Barack Obama is examining ways to make a quick impact upon taking office, Obama's top aides said Monday.
"I think it was very gracious of President George W. Bush to invite him so early, usually it happens a litt…
Nigeria's Minister of Education Hajia Aisha Dukku called on Monday for cooperation from Germany in the country's quest for quality education at all levels.
The minister made the call in Abuja at a meeting between officials of a Ger…
A Ghanaian Midwife based in Germany on Monday donated a number of hospital equipment worth 100,000 Euros to the Kumasi South Hospital at a ceremony in Kumasi.
The items included suction pump, recovery beds, photo therapy, theatre bed…
iBurst Africa, a broadband wireless internet service provider, has embarked on expansion of its base stations within the Accra and Tema metropolis to improve coverage and ensure that users receive more reliable service.
A statement f…
Mr. Bruce Amoako, Municipal Director of the Non-Formal Education Division (NFED) of the Ministry of Education, Science and Sports, has stated that the nation had achieved much in the use of adult education as a tool for national developmen…
The European Union (EU) on Monday voiced concern over the destruction of Palestinian houses in East Jerusalem by Israeli authorities.
"The European Union expresses its deep concern regarding the destruction of Palestinian houses carr…
Major Courage Quashigah (Rtd), Minister for Health on Tuesday said regenerative health education should be prominent in school syllabus to educate Ghanaians and promote a healthy lifestyle.
He noted that promoting healthy living and …
Mr Haruna Iddrisu, National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamale South, has described the manifesto of the New Patriotic Party as "a litany of unattainable promises".
Mr Iddrisu, who was launching his politi…
The Agona Swedru branch of the Barclays Bank, last Saturday, presented baby mattresses and other items to the Agona Swedru Government Hospital.
The items worth GH¢1,200, also includes gallons of paint, brooms, boxes of biscuits, brus…
Twelve students from Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College are on a five-day tour of Upper West Region to evaluate the implementation and impact of government policies and programmes on the people.
In addition, they would exam…
The Akim Swedru Circuit Court has sentenced a 55-year-old farmer to six years imprisonment in hard labour for stealing railway shanks, property of Ghana Railway Company.
Kofi Abeka pleaded not guilty to stealing, but after the trial,…
The chiefs and people of Gomoa Enyeme in the Gomoa West District of the Central Region has raised an amount of GH¢1,500 in aid of a library complex.
The project, which would cost GH¢50,000 would be financed through levies, fund raisi…
Management of Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) on Tuesday called for the cooperation of management of establishments to address pertinent problems confronting contributors to make them feel comfortable to work.
Mr…
An 18-year-old unemployed girl who stole GH¢150 from her new suitor and used part of the money to purchase new clothing for her fiancé has been fined GH¢150 by the Nkawie Circuit Court.
Yaa Nkrumah, resident at Atwima-Koforidua in As…
Two persons, who posed as employees of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) and succeeded in collecting various sums of money from unsuspecting people, have been granted GH¢5,000 bail each with two sureties by a Kumasi Circuit Court.
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International finance institutions and current world trade systems are undermining citizen's access to essential social services, a coalition of non-governmental organisations said on Tuesday.
The coalition dubbed: "Essential Services …
A 40-year-old Assemblyman for Ahwiafutu Electoral Area Mr Isaac Kofi Marfo was adjudged the best farmer in Atwima Mponua District at the 24th Annual National Farmers Day held at Agogoso.
He received a bicycle, a half-piece of cloth, …
The Presbyterian Church of Ghana has said it would not change its day of worship because of the December 07 election that falls on a Sunday.
The decision is contained in a pastoral letter from the Moderator of the General Assembly of…
A high powered delegation led by the Minister of Defence, Hon. Albert Kan-Dapaah, has left Accra for Techiman to offer their condolences to families of persons, who lost their lives in a tragic road accident at the outskirts of Techiman on…
The Northern Region this year recorded food surpluses of over 918,147, metric tonnes in all the major food crops as a
result of the good policies of government and the favourable rainfall pattern experienced in the region this year.
…
President John Agyekum Kufuor has inaugurated a state-of-the-art National Accident and Emergency Centre, with a helipad on the roof, built at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi to serve as the nation's main referral facili…
The Gomoa East District Assembly has prepared a strategic Plan to combat HIV/AIDS from 2009-2012.
This was disclosed at a workshop at Gomoa Afranse to brief stakeholders such as chiefs, queen mothers, teachers, students and workers of…
Mr Albert Akomaning, Akim Oda District Cocoa Officer said the setting up of the Capitation Grant by the government should spur farmers on to send their children to school.
He said many avenues, including the COCOBOD Scholarship, wer…
The District Chief Executive for Gomoa East, Mr. Mc Jewels Annan, has called on developed countries to honour the policy guiding globalization.
Mr. Annan said the policy required a level field in agriculture and trade to enhance the co…
Reverend Emmanuel Bortey, Superintendent Minister of the Rev. Ernest Bruce Methodist Church on Sunday said the church was educating its members on the need to exercise their franchise in a peaceful manner during the general elections on De…
Tragedy struck Sunyani, the Brong Ahafo capital, when 20 residents returning from a funeral at Akuma in the Nkoranza South District perished in a motor accident at Wiaso, near Techiman on Saturday.
Grief-stricken relatives could be s…
Professor Dominic K. Fobih, Minister for Education, Science and Sports has called on Heads of Second Cycle Institutions to collaborate with stakeholders in their communities to create a new, reliable and practical educational system based …
Sixteen hard working farmers and a technical officer of the Twifo-Hemang-Lower-Denkyira District were honoured at a farmers' Day held at Ama-Kwamoano on weekend.
Prizes ranged from television sets, spraying machines, Wellington boot…
Johnson Essumang, a 32-year old farmer from Twifo- Praso who defecated in a newly constructed slaughter house was last Friday sentenced to a fine of GH¢150.00 by a district's magistrate's court at Twifo- Praso.
Essumang who pleaded g…
Operation USA, a Los Angeles- based international disaster relief group, announced on Sunday it will send emergency assistance to Cuba in response of the devastation wrought by hurricanes.
"As a result of the Hurricanes Gustav and Ik…
The issue of legalising homosexuality has led to heated arguments in the corridors of power in New Delhi, but that hasn't stopped a Pakistani gay from professing his love for an Indian man.
A middle-class accounting student from Laho…
Omatek, a computer company, in collaboration with organizations and institutions of learning is ready to set up resources centres as part of strategies to sustain the company's growth.
Mrs Florence Seriki, Managing Director, Omatek, …
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture in the Effutu Municipality and Awutu-Senya district have introduced three new varieties of high yielding cassava to some selected farmers in the area for multiplication.
They are Bankehema and Aka…
Serbia would not agree to the deployment of a European Union mission (EULEX) in Kosovo before it got solid guarantees that its conditions for the reconfiguration of the international presence in Kosovo had been fully taken into account, Se…
In a daring move, a Pakistani woman has married an HIV-positive man after being inspired by his efforts to create awareness about the disease and the couple now plans to have a test-tube baby.
Former school-teacher Rubina Ashraf, wh…
Gunmen in the southern Somali town of Baidoa, the base of the transitional Somali parliament have shot dead a senior Somali government official, local media reports said Sunday.
Hussein Runow Sheik, second deputy Governor of the sout…
International agency, Oxfam, on Monday called on the EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels to provide clear commitments to send European troops to support the UN in eastern DRC.
The agency said in a statement issued in Nairobi tha…
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Sunday expressed hope that California's Supreme Court would overturn Proposition 8, the ballot initiative that outlawed same-sex marriage.
Schwarzenegger made the remarks as protesters too…
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