Mr Alex Hughes, Central Regional Fire Commander of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), on Friday suggested the provision of built-in underground water reservoirs in all major markets, to enable firemen to have ready access to water to …
Mr. George Hikah Benson, Upper West Regional Minister has observed that any meaningful poverty reduction strategy in the Region would require the availability of good feeder road network to facilitate the movement of goods and services.
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Dr. Richard Anane, Minister of Roads and Transport has indicated that levy on fuel and the other road user charges would be increased to sustain the Road Fund.
He said, at present, the Fund could only cater for 60 per cent of the roa…
The Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana has organised an open day to expose research and other activities undertaken by
the substation in Bole, to the general public, as part of activities marking
its 70th anniversary celebrations.
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Dr Samuel K. Hayford of the Department of Special Education, University of Education, Winneba said Inclusive Education would improve access to quality education by children with physical disabilities.
He was speaking in Ho on Thursda…
A circuit court at Dormaa Ahenkro has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Stephen Kwabena Kabo and Job Adu, both from Antwirifo near Dormaa-Ahenkro for allegedly molesting two soldiers serving at the Kofi-Badukrom border post.
T…
European leaders attending a day's High-Level Event on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in New York on Thursday called for more assistance to poor countries to help them combat poverty.
European Commission President Jose Manue…
At least 12,000 civilian residents of Mogadishu have fled their homes in the Somali capital since last weekend because of a surge in fighting between Islamist insurgents and government forces, the United Nations refugee agency said on Thur…
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Wednesday that 21 refugees were feared to have been drowned on Tuesday night when their overloaded boat capsized in the Atbara River, near the Shagarab refugee camp in eastern Sudan.
The corpses…
Britain's Department for International Development (DFID) announced on Wednesday an additional 50 million dollar package to help Ethiopia cope with the ongoing humanitarian crisis.
In a news release, the British embassy said the s…
An Egyptian official source said on Wednesday that efforts were still underway to secure the release of 11 foreign tourists and their Egyptian companions, who were kidnapped last Friday in southern Egyptian desert near the border with Suda…
Cocoa farmers at Ebenezer near Anum Apapam have reiterated their call on the government to ensure regular supply of pesticides for mass cocoa spraying.
Mr. Daniel Ohene, a prominent cocoa farmer and a spokesman for the farmers in the a…
A student leader has appealed to leaders of political parties and their supporters to spare the country the agony and trauma that some African countries went through as a result of elections.
The Students Representative Council of Ek…
A youth leader has appealed to operators of chop and drinking bars to display HIV/AIDS posters and other educational materials in their premises to help curb the spread of the virus.
Mr. Eric Pinaman Asare, President of Universal Unite…
The Assembly Member for Alata-Akobirem Electoral Area of Apam, Miss Grace Okoe-Santana, has called on members of youth clubs to be development oriented.
"They must win the confidence of elders about their capability of becoming relia…
A U.S. navy ship fired warning shots toward two approaching small boats off the Somali coast, the U.S. military said Wednesday.
The Tuesday incident involves USNS John Lenthall, a refuelling ship, U.S. Military Sealift Command said.
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An assembly member has appealed to the youth to go into farming to increase food and industrial material production to reduce unemployment.
Mr. Reginald Sackey, assembly member for Essam Electoral Area in the Birim Central Municipal As…
Mr Albert Quainoo Arthur, Municipal Chief Executive for Mfantseman, has appealed to churches and Islamic groups to go beyond prayers in seeking peace for the nation before, during and after the December general election.
"You should …
An anti-AIDS campaign official has appealed to the Ghana Federation of Traditional Medicine Practitioners (GHAFTRAM) to come out with herbal preparations that could control HIV/AIDS.
Mr. Eric Akobeng, Gomoa West Evaluation and Monit…
An official of Ghana COCOBOD has appealed to Licensed Buying Companies (LBC) to desist from buying fresh cocoa beans and that they would be sanctioned when caught.
Mr. Kwadwo Kyei, Principal Quality Control Officer of the COCOBOD of …
The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has debunked the notion that it had now become a "toothless bull dog" either through intimidation or influence from any quarters of its leaders.
Mr Solomon Aidoo, Western Regiona…
U.S. President George W. Bush said on Wednesday the United States is in the midst of "serious financial crisis," urging Congress to approve the 700-billion-dollar debt bailout plan to end the financial turmoil.
"Our entire economy is…
Bill Gates on Wednesday unveiled a plan that his charity foundation will help bring hundreds of thousands of smaller farmers into the market as suppliers to the UN World Food Program (WFP).
Microsoft's part-time chairman joined WFP E…
Two men and a woman met their untimely death, when a taxi cab in which they were travelling from Jasikan to Hohoe, collided with a Benz cargo truck on the outskirts of Jasikan.
Janet Afezuke, a trader at Jasikan died on the spot, whi…
The striking Force Unit of the Ashanti Regional Police Command last Thursday arrested two men for allegedly stealing human skull from the Tafo public cemetery.
A statement signed by Police Public Relations Officer, Inspector Mohamed …
A four-day training of trainers workshop for selected Kindergarten teachers to update them on Teaching and Learning Material Programmes(TLMP) opened at Baakoniaba in Brong-Ahafo Region on Monday.
They were drawn from Brong-Ahafo, Ash…
Fire gutted the second hand clothing dealers section at Kantamanto market in Accra on Monday night destroying goods worth several millions of Ghana cedis belonging to traders.
However, there were no casualties.
The fire which b…
The fight against an outbreak of the deadly Hepatitis E in war-ravaged northern Ugandan has made substantial progress as the number of new cases and deaths are declining by half, an official said in Kampala on Monday.
Stephen Malinga…
The Minister of Health, Major (retd) Courage Quashigah, on Monday stressed the need for Ghanaians to revert to eating time-tested local foods, which contain a lot of nutrients, as well as healthy lifestyles, in order to reverse the current…
Internet usage in Ghana is a mere 2.7 per cent as compared to 5.3 per cent in Africa, Mr. Eric Akumiah, General Secretary, Internet Society, Ghana, said on Monday.
He said the figure was a low because of some policies and called on g…
Alpha and Omega International, a non-governmental organization based in the U.S., on Monday conducted free oral cavity exercise for pupils of Bishop's Mix Primary School.
The Reverend Dr. Godfrey Nunnoo, leader of the five-man medical…
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) on Monday appealed for 460 million dollars to feed 9.6 million hungry people affected by drought and high food prices in Ethiopia through to March next year.
"The Horn of Africa region is facing t…
Lack of reliable statistical data on substance
abuse in the country is undermining the needed attention to address the magnitude of substance abuse.
Despite the lack of national data, various regional and district surveys suggest t…
Local small scale manufacturers of "Alata" soap, have appealed to government to intervene in the rising cost of materials especially copra, which they said was killing the sub-sector.
Making the appeal on Tuesday, Ms Nerissa Nortey, …
Monday night is Nomination Night on M-Net's Big Brother Africa and this week, Zambia's TK, Angola's Ricco and Nigeria's Uti received the most
votes (4 each) from their fellow housemates in the latest nomination show, screened on DStv.
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A four-day workshop for 12 members of Ghana Scout Association (GSA) throughout the country has ended in Accra.
The Ghana Scout Association, in collaboration with Danish Scout Group, organized the program under the theme "How to market…
The Winneba magistrate court has fined a 42-year-old fisherman from Winneba 360 Ghana cedis for assaulting his wife, Madam Ama Adomah.
Ekow Neeyi pleaded guilty and would go to prison for 12 months if he fails to pay the fine.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert arrived at President Shimon Peres' residence on Sunday evening and was scheduled to submit his resignation letter.
Olmert's office said in a statement released hours earlier thatthe prime minister, …
Alhaji Aliu Mahama, Vice President, has said government would build casualty wards, out-patient departments, laboratories and provide modern equipment for all district hospitals to enhance health care delivery in the country.
He said…
The Agona Swedru High Court has adjourned till November 1, the case in which Mr. Philip Patrick Quartey, a former Agona Swedru Branch Manager of the Union Rural Bank Limited, has filed a civil suit against his employers for wrongful indefi…
Mr Robert Adokoh, Assemblyman for the Adukrom Electoral Area, has expressed grave concern about the delay on the part of the Agona West Municipal Assembly, to refurbish the Community Based Health Planning Service (CHIPS) at Otsenkorang, wh…
Mr. Abdul Karim Boakye-Yiadom, District Chief Executive (DCE) for Asante Akim South, has expressed concern about low school attendance by pupils in the district, blaming the situation on parents.
He said the refusal of some parents to ei…
Children's Rights International, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) in collaboration with the Ministry of Manpower, Youth and Employment and three district assemblies have rescued 360 children from child labour in cocoa growing areas.
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Authorities of schools in communities affected by the recent tidal waves in the Keta area have agreed to allow pupils to attend classes in other dresses as many of them lost their school uniforms in the disaster.
The waves washed aw…
Lady Julia Osei-Tutu, wife of Otumfuo Osei-Tutu II, Asantehene, at the weekend joined the Asanteman Chiefs' wives Association to donate assorted items to the inmates of the Kumasi Children's Home.
The items, worth GH¢4,000 were made up o…
The Department of Social Welfare (DSW), has instituted training programmes for care givers of day care centres, to equip them with skills required for the performance of their task.
This was necessitated by the fact that reasoning an…
The Department of Social Welfare (DSW), has instituted training programmes for care givers of day care centres, to equip them with skills required for the performance of their task.
This was necessitated by the fact that reasoning an…
The Chief and elders of Whindo near Takoradi, have launched a peace programme to educate the people on the need to refrain from acts and utterances that could result in violence in the run-up to Election 2008.
It would involve the de…
Two persons on a motor bike, who were knocked down by a Hyundai Haice, near Menzesor died later on admission at the St. Martin De Porres Catholic Hospital at Eikwe in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region.
They were Mr Stephe…
Reverend Christian F.W. Gbekor, Accra Presbytery Chairman of the Global Evangelical Church, on Saturday reiterated the call on Ghanaians, especially Christians to ensure that peace and unity prevail in the run-up to elections in December.
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