Right Reverend Dr Robert Aboagye-Mensah, Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church, has pledged the commitment of his Church to the education of disabled children.
He said the Methodist Church, which is one of the pioneer churches tha…
Mr Adams Imoro, General Director of Mums Love Rural Orphanage Foundation at Duayaw-Nkwanta in Brong-Ahafo Region has appealed to the general public to assist it in the proper upbringing and development of the children.
Mr Imoro told …
Kosmos Energy, one of the companies involved in the exploration of Ghana's oil resources, on Thursday presented a cheque for GH¢2,500 to the Ghana Journalists' Association (GJA) in support of the 13th GJA Awards Night scheduled for October…
Shekeena Needy Trust, a non- governmental organisation in Kumasi, in collaboration with Ghana AIDS Commission under the M-sharp programme (a multi-sector AIDS programme) have donated education materials valued at 1, 500 Ghana cedis to orph…
The national road network portfolio has increased from 37,321 kilometres in 2000, to 68,114 kilometres in 2007, while the percentage of good roads has been expanded from 29 per cent in 2000,
to 39 per cent in 2006.
Vice President A…
Madam Grace Obeng-Donkor, Nkoranza North District Chief Executive, has urged the youth in the area to exercise tolerance during the electioneering campaign.
She said this at a durbar of chiefs and people of Dromankese to climax their…
A 14-member delegation from the Vanguard Newspapers of Nigeria on Thursday paid a visit to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) to acquaint itself with the operations of the Agency.
Nana Appau Duah, General Manager, GNA, who briefed the dele…
A new prosecutor from the Attorney-General's Department has taken over the case of Isaac Abeiku Aidoo, aka Goodies, a popular music producer who is being held for drug related offences.
When the case was called before the court, pres…
Rev Dr. Alfred Ofosu Asante, Director of Solid Rock Baptist Mission, has said the only way the youth could receive blessings from God "is when they are disciplined, law abiding and honour the elderly in society."
He appealed to the y…
A group of South Korean officials would leave for Somali waters next week to determine whether the country should dispatch naval forces to help to thwart attempts by Somali pirates to abduct South Korean ships, the Defence Minister said on…
The Upper East Regional Minister, Mr. Alhassan Samari, on Wednesday called for a practical and achievable approach to the country's sanitation problems to fully check and prevent the occurrence of controllable diseases in the country.
…
French Marines patrolling the pirate-infested coast of Somalia have handed over nine Somali pirates they have captured to the authorities of the north-eastern Somali region, senior Somali official said on Thursday.
Ports and fisherie…
Mr Kwadwo Osei Owusu, Fanteakwa District Director of Education has urged Circuit Supervisors of Education to intensify supervision of schools to improve academic standards in the district.
He said laxity in supervision by head teache…
The Food and Drugs Board (FDB) in collaboration with the Public Health Department of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), have put in place stringent measures to ensure proper hygiene and sanitation at all the markets in Accra.
The…
The Supreme Court will on Friday give reasons why it dismissed an application for certiorari brought before it by Tsatsu Tsikata, former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC).
Tsikata is currently…
India, Japan, Germany and France were among 18 nations elected by the United Nations General Assembly to serve on the 54-member Economic and Social Council (E.C.O.S.O.C.) for a period of three years, beginning January 1, next year.
C…
A group of South Korean officials will leave for Somali waters next week to determine whether the country should dispatch naval forces to help thwart attempts by Somali pirates to abduct South Korean ships, the defense minister said Thursd…
Mr Clement Ayinbire Adazabre, Acting Headmaster of Kongo Senior High School near Bolgatanga, was yesterday killed in a motor bike accident, while riding with a colleague.
Mr Andrews Dagbamah, his colleague, who is teacher at the scho…
Mr Kwabena Agyemang-Badu, Nkoranza District Director of Education, has urged heads of basic schools to ensure transparency in the financial management of their institutions, especially in the utilization of the capitation grants.
Add…
The Ministry of Harbours and Railways on Thursday denied media reports that it has suspended the contract between the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority and Meridian Port Services (MPS) to shorehandle containers in Tema Port.
A state…
The Director of the Air Traffic Services at the Kotoka International Airport, Mr Adjei-Darko, has commended Air Traffic Controllers for doing an excellent job during the year.
"Although you have performed excellently, I urge you not …
Alhaji Yusif Ibrahim, Board Chairman of Guaranty Trust Bank (GT Bank), has promised to build and donate a Central Administration Block at the University of Ghana, Legon, to the College of Health Sciences.
Alhaji Ibrahim, who is also …
The Chief Justice, Mrs Justice Georgina Wood on Tuesday charged magistrates to be guided by their professional ethnics and live above reproach.
She said the integrity of the judiciary was key and as such should not be compromised sin…
About 132,000 persons, have registered with the Kwaebibirem Mutual Health Insurance Scheme.
With an estimated District population of 248,000, the figure represented about 70 percent of people who have joined the scheme.
This w…
Dorothy Oboubi of A.M.E Zion Girls Senior High School, Winneba in the Central Region emerged winner of the Ghana Oil Limited (GOIL) Homowo National Cadet Open Championships held at the D.G Hathiramani Sports Hall of the Ohene Gyan Sports S…
A Ghana-German Sewing Centre has been inaugurated by Mamaga Akosua 1, Paramount Queen of SASADU Traditional Areas.
The SASADU communities are Akrofu, Saviefe and Alavanyo in the Volta Region.
Mamaga Akosua, a German known in p…
Ghana's population is growing at about 2.6 per cent per annum but expansion in the water sector is hovering around one per cent per annum, the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) indicated on Tuesday.
The current performance trends sh…
Major Courage Quashigah, (Rtd) Minister of Health, on Tuesday called for the introduction of Health and Nutrition subjects in schools to lead the way in the country's Regenerative Health Programme.
He said it would have an immediate …
Government has concluded negotiations with the Government of Brazil to finance the Juale River and Pwalugu hydro power plants at the cost of 555 million dollars.
The Energy Minister, Mr Felix Owusu-Agyapong, said upon completion of a…
Mad Patricia Appiagyei, Kumasi Metropolitan Chief Executive, on Tuesday inspected some projects in the metropolis to acquaint herself with the progress of work on them.
She was accompanied by Mr Mathew Addai, Co-ordinating Director of th…
Major Courage Quashigah (RTD), Minister of Health, has appealed to the Ministry of Education, Science and Sports as well as the Ghana Education Service (GES) to put the study of health science in the syllabus of basic and second-cycle inst…
Sunyani Polytechnic is to host the 3rd edition of the West African Polytechnic Games Association (WAPOGA) scheduled for September 2010 and will last 12 days.
Eight countries are expected to participate in football, volleyball, badmin…
The Regional Advisory and Network Systems (RAINS), Tamale based NGO dedicated to providing care and support to needy communities and people, has presented a 10-seater bus to the Yumba Special School for the mentally disabled in Tamale.
…
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Patrick Kwarteng Acheampong, on Tuesday reiterated the readiness of the Police Service to assist the Electoral Commission (EC) to ensure that the forthcoming elections were conducted smoothly and peacefu…
The Police Administration spends more than GH¢100,000.00 a year on hotel bills to accommodate officers who are unable to secure official accommodation after furthering their education at the Tertiary Institutions.
Mr Patrick Kwart…
Mr David Quaye Annang, Tema Metropolitan Chief Executive, on Tuesday appealed to individuals and corporate organizations to appreciate the contributions of farmers and fishermen and contribute towards this year's National Farmers' Day.
H…
Mr Steve Opoku-Mensah, Western Regional Director of the Electoral Commission (EC), on Tuesday called on the people to strive to establish a culture of democracy that would augment the efforts of the commission to facilitate free, fair and …
It is estimated that there are over 27 million
people engaged in modern day slavery across the globe. These include fishing, stone quarrying, sexual exploitation, domestic and ritual servitude, among others.
In Ghana, over 2.4 mill…
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and President's Special Initiative (PSI) on Wednesday put experts together at a workshop to review the country's trade standards and establish a framework for the formulation of a transparent National Standa…
Unilever Ghana Limited on Wednesday unveiled a package for this year's Best Journalist of the Year Award, reaffirming its sponsorship for the annual event.
Mr Kwaku Boateng, Corporate Relations Director of Unilever Ghana, said the 20…
Mr Samuel Bannerman-Mensah, Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), has noted that the acquisition and use of the English language was pivotal for a meaningful headway in any academic or intellectual pursuit.
He observ…
Most Reverend Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi, Catholic Bishop of Sunyani Diocese, has appealed to parents to bring their children up in a manner that would make them become responsible and acceptable in society.
He said most children of today…
Central Regional Minister, Nana Ato Arthur, on Wednesday lauded the enactment of the Financial Administration, Procurement and the Audit Agency Acts, saying it has helped to improve the country's resources tremendously.
Nana Arthur s…
Communities in the Birim North District of the Eastern Region, on Wednesday, appealed to the assembly to reshape the bad portion of the major road from Ayiribe to New Abirem.
The bad portion of the road cuts Ofoase from the rest of th…
Mr Henry Richardson, the Birim Central Municipal Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), has explained that the main causes of power outages in the municipality is due to natural hazards and not deliberate.
He made this k…
Ten farming and fishing communities linked to a common feeder road in the Suhum-Kraboa-Coaltar District of the Eastern Region, have appealed to government to redesign the road.
The communities including Tetekasum, Godziase, Kwame Kyere…
Most of the Purchasing Clerks (PCs) from some of the Licensed Cocoa Buying Companies (LBCs) have capitalised on the ignorance of some farmers in the country, to cheat them in the payment of bonuses due them.
It is an accepted fact, t…
Cocoa farmers at Gye Wani Nkwanta near Akim Oda in the Birim Central Municipality, have accused Purchasing Clerks (PCs) from the various Licensed Cocoa Buying Companies (LBC) in the area of cheating them, by adjusting their weighing scales…
Birim Central Municipal Best Farmer, Mr Emmanuel Duah, has urged the Committee entrusted with kilo deductions on cocoa in the Municipality to keep proper accounts of such funds.
He said due to improper records on the kilo deductions ma…
Physically-challenged persons, in all the 27 districts in the Ashanti Region, are to receive training in proposal writing, to enable them to access district assemblies' common funds.
Mr Yaw Poku Attakora-Asamoah, National Vice President …
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