The Japanese Ambassador to Ghana, Mr Keiichi Katakami, on Wednesday, inaugurated dormitory block and a three-unit staff bungalow for the staff and students of the Kibi School for the Deaf at a ceremony at Kyebi.
The GH¢75,000 project…
Government has approved the request by the University of Education, Winneba to establish a campus at Ajumako in the Central Region in collaboration with the Ghana Education Service.
The campus would be housed in the premises of the fo…
The government and parents have been urged to make the necessary investment to provide Information and Communication Technology (ICT) education for its citizens.
Mr Mohammed Muhamin, Principal of the Tamale Business College Internati…
The authorities of the 37 Military Hospital, on Thursday announced that the hospital would undertake mass burial of unclaimed bodies that have been at the mortuary for more that three months by November 15, this year.
Relatives, ther…
The Committee set up to investigate an alleged sexual scandal that rocked Osino Presbyterian Senior High School in the Eastern Region has recommended outright withdrawal or suspension of all offenders.
The committee also recommended …
The New Juaben Municipal Assembly is to embark on a number of measures including prosecution to retrieve all monies owed to it in order to initiate more developments.
The move has become necessary following the assembly's failure to m…
Personnel of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) have been assured of government's preparedness to hook them to the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to enable them access free medical care.
Mr Felix Ferkah, Chief Fire Officer o…
The Wa Polytechnic has organized a three-day seminar for female students of the polytechnic and selected Senior High Schools in the Upper West Region on gender Marketing with the special focus on demystifying science and technical educatio…
A mason who sold an uncompleted building that did not belong to him at a cost of GH¢8,000 cedis to a marketing officer and later used the proceeds to rent a room was on Thursday sentenced to seven years' imprisonment by a Circuit Court in …
Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC) on Tuesday launched an education debate for vice presidential candidates to assess their level of appreciation of education issues.
The debate, which will be held on the November 12…
The month of November has been designated as the Cultural Awareness Month to help raise consciousness about the need for Ghanaians to identify themselves with their culture by integrating cultural values into all programmes.
During t…
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) is undertaking a comprehensive strategy to streamline the production of official statistics for implementation in January 2009.
To this end, the GSS in collaboration with other data producing minis…
Dr Daniel Kertsz, Country Representative of the World Health Organisation(WHO) has commended the government for finding practical solutions to the reduction of maternal mortality in the country.
He also commended the Ghana Health Se…
Four hundred and fifteen children withdrawn from worst forms of child labour and placed in schools in the Kwaebibirem District have been given school kits of uniforms, foot wear, bags and exercise books.
Three hundred and eleven of t…
Aid To Artisans Ghana (ATAG) is making drastic efforts at developing a strategic plan to help revitalize the Crafts Industry in Ghana.
This would render the industry attractive and competitive in the Global Market, and contribute effecti…
Professor Emmanuel Martey, the Ga Presbytery Chairman of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, has called on leaders of the country to fight poverty, which has engulfed some societies.
He observed that poverty has rendered some people vu…
The National Road Safety Commission has intensified road safety education and advocacy among political parties and supporters as well as other stakeholders on the need to adopt safe road use practices before, during and after the election.…
A Supervising High Court in Tamale has urged chiefs not to take the law into their own hands when dispensing justice at arbitrations, to ensure peace and harmony in their communities.
Mr. Justice Lawrence Ladzagla Mensah, who made th…
Christians have been urged to love without discrimination.
Reverend Gabriel Akorli of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church gave the exhortation in a sermon at the consecration of four Presbyters of the Ho SSNIT Flats branch of the chu…
Reverend Nti Frimpong of the Takoradi Baptist Church, on Sunday called on Christians to endeavour to keep the peace during the December 7 elections.
He was speaking on "Endeavouring to keep the unity of spirit in the bond of Peace" a…
Mr Clement Ackon, a veteran journalist and a lecturer at the School of Communication Studies, Legon, has died in Accra at the age of 73.
Mr Ackon who died on October 23, was also a lecturer at the Ghana Institute of Journalism and am…
Vice President Alhaji Aliu Mahama, on Tuesday launched a human trafficking fund in Accra, which aims at checking the activities of human traffickers and rehabilitation and re-integration of victims.
The fund is the brainchild of the …
A worker of a company working at the Obuasi mine for Anglogold Ashanti has died in an accident, the mining company announced on Wednesday.
It said in a statement in Accra that the accident involved an underground vehicle at the Obuas…
A Sekondi District Magistrate's Court on Monday convicted Abraham Lebi, a driver, for assaulting Mercy Tawiah, a bread seller at Anlokrom near Takoradi and damaging her dress made up of NPP colours.
Lebi, who is also a galamsey opera…
The Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana (EPC) is to intensify efforts at establishing more Activity Centres to train teenage mothers and street girls for a better living standard.
To this end the Church would explore avenues to es…
Nii Nortey Dua, National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary Candidate for Ledzokuku Constituency has reminded the youth to see themselves as agents of change in society.
For this reason, he said, the youth should educate the peo…
Mrs Akosua Frema Opare, Deputy Minister of Manpower, Youth and Employment, on Monday said despite the numerous measures put in place to address the problem of child labour, some socio-cultural issues still served as impediments.
She …
The National Road Safety Commission (NRSC) on Monday braced itself up for the election euphoria as it launched this year's Road Safety Week purposely to ensure a crash free election.
The safety week would, on Saturday be climaxed wit…
The legal tussle between the National Hajj Council (NHC) and four members of the Interim Hajj Management Committee (IHMC) over who has
the right to handle this year's Hajj operations was on Monday adjourned by an Accra Fast Track High Co…
Mr. Emmanuel Siako, chairman of Techiman Keep Fit Club, at the weekend advised Ghanaians to undertake regular body exercises such as swimming, jogging, dancing, walking and hopping to keep them fit.
He cited that "It is very importan…
The 7th African Association of Remote Sensing and the Environment (AARSE) conference, is underway in Accra, to map out strategies of using satellite sensing as a source of managing Regional environmental resources.
The four-day conferen…
The Reverend Dr. Fred Deegbe, General Secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana on Monday urged Ghanaians to ensure that the December polls went peacefully in order "to live and experience the fruits of stable and peaceful mother Ghana".…
The Guidance and Counselling units in schools have been implored to help create liberal environments on their campuses to enable students air their grievances freely.
Mrs Angelina Baiden Amissah, Deputy Minister of Education, Science…
A bill that would provide a legal framework to ensure the professional integrity, independence and responsibility of 3,000 professional engineers is expected before Parliament soon.
The bill would also affect some 500,000 engineering…
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) is embarking on a comprehensive strategy to streamline the production of statistics known as GhanaInfo and Information Management System databases with effect from January 2009.
The streamlining wo…
The Government has instituted measures to forestall the diversion of premix fuel from Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), to unknown destination by some unscrupulous fuel tanker drivers.
Consequently, a new official embossment form has been is…
President John Agyekum Kufuor has asked African scientists and researchers to help improve the quality of cocoa beans and products in order to increase its consumption.
He said it was through research that medicinal and nutritional b…
Mr. Edward Nti Berko, Western Regional Director of National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), on Tuesday said stories published in some newspapers and comments on some radio stations could cause conflict.
He appealed to the media…
The Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has released four new varieties of cowpea that have the potential to increase significantly the level of production from 50 to 1…
The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) has prayed the Commercial Court in Accra to dismiss an application for an order of interim injunction against the Authority and the Meridian Ports Services (MPS).
The application for an order…
The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has appealed to the government to hook personnel to the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to enable them access free medical care.
The Service also called for the introduction of life insuranc…
Kassam Citizens Association in the United Kingdom has built a two-unit classroom block, office and store at the cost of GH¢5,300 for Kassam Methodist Primary School in the Kwabre East District of Ashanti Region.
The association has also …
The Ministry of Health is to ban tobacco smoking at public places in November.
Mr Abraham Dwumah-Odoom, Deputy Minister of Health, announced this in Accra in a speech read on his behalf at stakeholder sensitisation seminar on the ban…
Dr Edward Nasigrie Mahama, Presidential Candidate of People's National Convention (PNC), on Saturday begun a five-day campaign tour of Ashanti Region towards Election 2008.
Addressing separate rallies at Obuasi, Adansi Asokwa, Konong…
Professor Jophus Anamuah-Mensah, an Educationist, has stressed the need to combine effectively spiritual education and academic endeavours to help raise a generation of youth who were God-fearing, disciplined and patriotic to the country's…
The Rev. Daniel Opong Wereko, Akyem Oda District Minister of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, has urged the Essam Presbyterian Congregation in the Eastern Region, to co-operate with each other for an improvement in their socio-economic ac…
Education is the backbone of the survival and development of any community, Nana Obutu Frimpong, Chief of Essaso in the West Akim Municipality, has stated.
He made the statement when he met elders of Essaso and a cross-section of the p…
The Gomoa East District Assembly has formed a taskforce to check illegal sand winning in the area to avoid land degradation, Mr M.C. Jewell Joseph Annan, District Chief Executive(DCE) said on Friday.
He said the formation of the task…
Dozens of journalists, sponsors and politicians who honoured the 13th Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) Awards night at the Banquet Hall on Saturday went home disappointed as the top award, Journalist of the Year, was not awarded because…
Syria summoned on Sunday the US and Iraqi envoys to Damascus to protest against a US military helicopters attack on its civilians and demand Iraq to prevent the use of its territory to attack Syria, the official SANA news agency reported.
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