President John Atta Mills has inaugurated a two-storey dormitory for the Begoro Presbyterian Senior High School and said the “Better Ghana Agenda” was meant to provide infrastructure for the people of Ghana.
He said the government wo…
President John Evans Atta Mills on has said technical education was the basis of the National Democratic Congress’ “Better Ghana Agenda” and that it was the foundation on which the country stood.
He was speaking on Tuesday at the Kof…
Pakistan has decided to launch a "targeted military offensive" in the North Waziristan tribal region bordering Afghanistan, where the army has not taken any action so far to flush out Taliban and al-Qaeda elements despite tremendous pressu…
India and Pakistan on Monday discussed demilitarisation of Siachen, a mountainous region
where borderline is not demarcated, in a "constructive framework", picking up the threads of the issue after a gap of three years.
The issue cam…
India will formally communicate to Pakistan about the errors in the list of 50 most wanted fugitives given to it by handing over a correct list within
two weeks.
The CBI, NIA and other agencies were reviewing the entire list after …
A Pakistani anti-terrorism court on Monday declared former President Pervez Musharraf a "proclaimed offender" or fugitive for failing to cooperate with investigators probing the 2007 assassination of former premier Benazir Bhutto.
Jud…
Ahead of the first Indo-German government consultations to be led by Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Foreign Ministers of the two countries on Monday held deliberations on key issues, including counter t…
President John Atta Mills on Tuesday inspected a 2.3
million-Euro Electricity Company of Ghana sub-station project at Adweso in Koforidua.
The inspection of the project formed part of his three-day working visit to the Eastern Regi…
Mr Peter Light Koomson,Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam District Chief Executive (DCE) has called on opinion leaders, assembly and unit committee members to work in harmony to generate revenue for the assembly for development.
Mr Koomson who mad…
The presidents of Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire have pledged their commitment to work closely together to restore peace to Cote d’Ivoire.
Mr Koku Anyidoho said this when he briefed reporters at the Kotoka International Airport on the arriv…
Alhaji Samson Seidu Abudu, Bole District Chief Executive, has urged youth associations to remain united and committed to the ideals for which they were formed and not to allow politics to divide their ranks.
He said the objectives o…
Mr Isaac Kodobisah, Ho Municipal Chief Executive, has appealed to those opposed to public officials to spare them the constant insults and offer constructive suggestions instead.
He said this at the inauguration of Unit Committees…
The Ho Municipal Assembly could boast of many projects in the education, health, social and roads sectors worth million of cedis, Mr Isaac Kodobisah, the Municipal Chief Executive,has said.
Inaugurating Unit Committees of the Assembl…
Gold deposits have been discovered in four communities in Nkoranza South District, Mr Emmanuel Kwadwo Agyekum, District Chief Executive, announced at the first ordinary meeting of the Assembly at Nkoranza.
He mentioned Donkro-Nkwant…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC)on Monday inaugurated a 42 member Regional Inter disciplinary Committee in the Upper East Region to maintain high level discipline in the party.
Addressing the committee members, the Upper East R…
Mr Paul Opoku-Nsowah, Presiding Member of Nkoranza South District Assembly, has urged Assembly Members and Unit committees to collaborate and mobilize the people to initiate development programmes.
He was speaking on behalf of Mr Emm…
Samia Nkrumah, Member of Parliament for Jomoro, on Monday said, she would reverse the Party’s weak standing, by uniting all “Nkrumaists” for victory in 2012, If elected Chairperson of the CPP.
“As painful as it is, we have to admit o…
Mr Enoch Teye Mensah, Minister of Employment and Social Welfare has pledged Ghana’s support to Ethiopia on major issues of mutual interest.
He said both countries had enjoyed long standing and historical diplomatic relations, since t…
Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar leaked the whereabouts of al-Qaeda chief, Osama bin Laden to American investigators under a "deal" in which US promised to withdraw its troops from the militant group's strongholds in Afghanist…
The campaign team of President John Evans Atta Mills, who is seeking a second term as flag bearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), on Monday submitted his nomination papers to the officials at the party headquarters in Accra.
…
President John Evans Atta Mills on Tuesday expressed worry about how the environment is being degraded through illegal mining and tree felling.
He therefore called for concerted efforts from chiefs to save the environment from furthe…
The Upper West Regional branch of the June 4 Movement has called on supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to close their ranks and rally round President John Evans Atta Mills.
This, the Movement said would enable the N…
There is growing anger and apprehension among members of the Offinso Municipal Assembly over the postponement of the Presiding Member (PM) election and confirmation of the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE).
The poll, which should h…
The Minister of Information, John Tia Akologu, on Tuesday announced that Cabinet had approved credit agreements between government and some financial institutions for onward submission to Parliament for ratification.
They were agreem…
Supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) from the Lower Manya Constituency on Monday demonstrated against their Member of Parliament (MP), Mr Michael Teye Nyaunu, for what they described as his disrespect to the President.
…
Mr Isaac Osei-Antwi, former Municipal Chief Executive of Techiman, has advised Assembly Members to be abreast with the Assembly Standing Orders to become conversant with the general frame work of the Assembly concept.
He called on As…
National Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential primaries nomination forms processed by President John Evans Atta Mills would be submitted to the General Secretary of the NDC, at 0010 hours on Monday May 30, 2011.
A statement signed …
Alhaji Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak, Member of Parliament (MP) for Asawasi, has appealed to supporters and leaders of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to refrain from provocative and defamatory statements.
He condemned the way some…
The People’s National Convention (PNC) on Sunday marked its 19th milestone with a call on its members and supporters to rededicate themselves to the development of the party for the 2012 general elections.
In a statement issued to th…
A group, which says it is aligned to the Convention People’s Party (CPP), on Sunday urged delegates of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to vote for President John Evans Atta Mills as the flag bearer in the July 9 primaries in Sunyani…
Assembly-members of the newly inaugurated Biakoye District on Thursday questioned the “habitual absence” of their Member of Parliament (MP), Mr Kwasi Bandua from programmes of the district.
They recounted his absence during the inaug…
Mr. Emmanuel Kwadwo Agyekum, Nkoranza South District Chief Executive, has urged Assembly Members to collaborate with Unit Committees in mobilizing the people for development.
He said as they engage in self-help projects, support fro…
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Friday dispatched an envoy to Libya who said his goal is to persuade Col. Moammar Gadhafi to relinquish power.
Mikhail V. Margelov, the special envoy to the Middle East and Africa, said his destination is…
Defense Secretary Robert Gates called the U.S. Army's expenditure of $32 billion on failed weapons programs since 1995 "vexing and disturbing."
The Washington Post reported an Army study not released to the public indicated 22 Army weapon…
As Hillary Clinton visited Islamabad Friday, the United States gave Pakistan a list of terrorist leaders it wants captured,officials said.
At the top is Osama bin Laden's No. 2, Ayman al-Zawahiri, along with Siraj Haqqani of the Haqqani n…
Pakistan has sought a clarification from India regarding errors in a list of 50 most wanted terrorists and criminals that New Delhi had asked
Islamabad to hand over, Foreign Office spokesperson Tehmina Janjua has said.
Pakistan will …
Voicing concern over the terror machine still remaining intact in Pakistan, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has asked the leadership in Islamabad to "now wake up" and stop jehadi groups operating from its soil to target India.
Se…
India may approach a New York court to be a party to a lawsuit, filed by the family of 26/11 victims Rabbi Gavriel Noah Holtzberg and his wife Rivka, to declare Pakistan's spy agency ISI as a terrorist group.
Armed with many documents…
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said Mumbai attack co-accused David Headley has not 'revealed' anything that India did not know in a US court where he testified about role of Pakistan's intelligence agency ISI and terror o…
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said the Government is sincere in its efforts to curb corruption and admitted that there have been some "aberrations".
He said the Government will support new ideas that will help clean…
The Taliban has said they have no plans to attack Pakistan's nuclear arsenal, asserting that it is the only Muslim state possessing such weapons and
the terror group aims to take over the country as well as its nukes.
Taliban has ste…
The Communist-led coalition in Nepal was locked in a last-minute negotiations with the opposition parties to hammer out a deal to avert a
constitutional crisis, hours before the term of the interim parliament expires on Saturday.
Lea…
A CIA forensic team has carried out an extensive search of slain al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden's Abbottabad hideout hunting for concealed chambers
where he might have stashed his terror blueprints.
The CIA team which flew to the…
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday left for home after a six-day visit to Ethiopia and Tanzania during which he announced a financial
package of USD 6.6 billion to the African nations.
During his three-day visit to …
Professor Edmund N. Delle,a former National Chairman and Leader of Convention Peoples Party (CPP), on Saturday called for total overhauling of the party structures from the ward to the National Executive headship for greater impact in Elec…
The National Organising Committee (NOC) of the 11th Annual Constitution Week celebration on Saturday tagged lawyers hauled before the General Legal Council to provide evidence of corruption in the judiciary as Anti-Corruption Promoters (AC…
Vice President John Dramani Mahama has announced that 70 per cent of Government's share of oil revenue would be used for infrastructural development throughout Ghana.
The projects, he said would include construction of roads, schools…
Mr Afrifa Yamoah Ponko, the President’s nominee for Ejisu-Juaben Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) position, has received the endorsement of the Assembly.
He polled 65 out of the 67 votes cast.
Mr Yamoah Ponko, a former Ashanti R…
The National Appeals Board of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has recommended that the parliamentary primaries in Atwima Kwanwuma and the North Tongu in the Ashanti and Volta Region should be re-run.
A statement signed by Mr Kwadwo Owu…
Mr Kwesi Quartey, Ghana's Ambassador to Ethiopia, has stated that he would file an official protest to the Government of Ethiopia for the 'detention' of Ghanaian Journalists and the subsequent seizure of their Television Cameras at the Add…