Mr Abdul Karim, the Techiman Municipal Officer of the Environmental Health, has called on Environmental Health personnel to turnover a new leaf and seek the co-operation and support from the general public to bring about good sanitation in…
The Convention People's Party (CPP) on Saturday urged the government to ensure law and order was maintained in the country to avoid any post election related disturbances.
The party said, "It has learnt with rude shock and utter disb…
The Elections Observation Committee of the Religious Bodies on Thursday gave the thumbs-up to Election 2004 saying the elections were free, fair and devoid of any major intimidation that could have undermined the entire process.
The…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Thursday announced that its Presidential Candidate, President John Agyekum Kufuor has won 53 per cent of the total valid votes cast in Tuesday's Presidential Elections and was awaiting the formal announceme…
Transparency International (TI) says a survey it conducted across the world showed that the public perceived political parties as the institution most affected by corruption.
However, indicators on Ghana put the Police as most corrup…
Ghanaians have been urged to give due respect and full recognition to teachers operating in basic schools, just as they do to their counterparts
in higher institutions in the country.
The Very Reverend Charles K. Ekubban, Minister …
Hanny Sherry Ayittey, Treasurer of the 31st December Women's Movement (DWM), on Wednesday told an Accra Fast Track trying her and two others on charges of corruption that three of the Prosecution Witnesses told lies to the Court.
She…
Sekondi Wise Fighters FC would need at least 250 Million Cedis to prepare adequately for the National Middle League early next year.
Mr. Samuel Ackah, Chief Executive Officer of the club disclosed this in a speech read for him at a day's…
Voting was progressing well throughout the country on Tuesday with the Chairman of the Electoral Commission expressing satisfaction with the balloting.
All the four presidential candidates and former President Jerry John Rawlings al…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC), has won both the presidential and parliamentary elections in the Ningo/Prampram Constituency in the Dangme West District of the Greater Accra Region.
The incumbent Member of Parliament, Mr Eno…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) won in both the presidential and parliamentary elections in the newly created Sege Constituency of the Dangme East District in the just ended election.
The party's parliamentary candidate, Mr Alfred…
The new Parliament that would be inaugurated on January 7 would welcome new faces and say goodbye to a number of seasoned lawmakers.
In the uncertainties of an election, several key personalities, who were Parliamentarians or wanted …
Former President Jerry John Rawlings on Wednesday left Accra for Congo Brazzaville to honour an invitation from the Congolese President Sassou Nguesso.
A statement signed Mr Victor Smith, Special Assistant and Director of Public Affa…
Mr Wilson Yeboah, the Nkawie District Quality Control Officer, has debunked claims by some farmers that the mass cocoa spraying exercise had contributed to the high incidence of the purple colour before drying.
He attributed the pur…
Polling in Election 2004 started throughout the country at 0700 hours on Tuesday with long queues of voters waiting patiently to cast their votes.
At the Christ the King Polling Station of the Dade Kotopon Constituency in Greater Ac…
Voting in Election 2004 has been heavy as GNA reports from all over the country indicated more than 50 per cent turnout by midday.
At the Christ the King Polling Station of Dade Kotopon in the Greater Accra Region, Mr Philip Azumah…
Mr Abdul Aziz Abudulai, Presiding Officer at TB Polling Centre at Savelugu Constituency, in the Northern Region, has expressed concern about the inability of some voters especially the aged, to thumb print the Election 2004 ballot papers.
…
Some voters at the Evalue Gwira Constituency in the Nzima East District, have appealed to the Electoral Commission (EC) and other stakeholders in future General Election to provide the electorate with benches.
The voters who had joi…
There was near mayhem at the Ablekuma North Constituency temporary office of the Electoral Commission (EC) when some supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) stormed the office to demand explanation to an alleged distribution o…
Miss Elizabeth Baffoe, the Comptroller of immigration Service at the Aflao Border, has said movement of people in and out of the country through the Aflao border on election eve has not be unusual "for this time of the year".
"It is the u…
Special voting for security personnel and other persons who would be on duty on Tuesday December 7 began in all the 39 constituencies in the Ashanti Region on Saturday.
Voting started smoothly in all the polling centres the Ghana Ne…
The Paramount Chief of the Gomoa Akyempim Traditional Area, Obrifo Ahunako Ahor Ankobea II, has refuted reports that chiefs of the area had rejected the Mrs Ama Benyiwa-Doe, incumbent Member of Parliament for Gomoa West, who is seeking re-…
The people of the Brong Ahafo, Northern, Upper East and Upper West Regions have been assured of adequate security to ensure peace and order in the December 7 2004 presidential and parliamentary elections.
The assurance was contained …
The Women's Commission of the University Students Association of Ghana (USAG) on Wednesday expressed their solidarity with all females aspiring for seats in the next Parliament.
"We wish all females aspiring for seats in Parliament t…
A large number of people including school children, women and civil society organisations marched through the principal streets of Bawku on Tuesday calling for peaceful, free and fair elections.
The theme of the march was "Towards Vi…
Mr. Papa Owusu Ankomah, Attorney-General (AG) and Minister of Justice, on Tuesday said, when voted into power at the December seven polls, the New Patriotic Party would adopt a more robust approach to the fight against corruption.
H…
President J.A. Kufuor has announced the allocation of 500 millions cedis towards the construction of a girls' dormitory for the Akim Swedru Senior Secondary School (SSS), in the Birim South District.
A bus each would be allocated to …
President John Agyekum Kufuor on Wednesday said the Government had no ulterior motive over the Songhor Salt Project but was rather determined to ensure that the economic potential of the area was utilised for the benefit of the people and …
The Registrar General said on Wednesday that it would, as from December 1, accept applications for the registration of trade marks for services (service marks).
This is because the Trade Marks Act, Act 664 of 2004, has extended prote…
The Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) district has decided to commit 1.5 per cent of its share of the district assemblies' common fund towards the control of HIV/AIDS and other diseases like malaria.
This is to help ensure the effect…
The Chairman of the GHACEM Foundation and a member of the Council of State, Nana Prah Agyensaim VI, has promised to allocate the Winneba Secondary School with 200 bags of cement, valued at 10 million cedis to help provide a fence wall for …
President John Agyekum Kufuor on Tuesday inaugurated a 370- million cedi one-storey headquarters of the Ga West District Police Service at Amasaman.
The Assembly provided 300 million cedis for the building from the Common Fund while …
The Senior Minister, Mr Joseph Henry Mensah on Monday applauded Ghanaian health professionals and urged them to place education at the centre of their service.
He observed the rapid growth of population in Kasoa in the Central Region, an…
The Mankessim Programme Area Manager of Plan, Ghana, a child-centred community development organisation, Mr Jacob Turkson, has called on parents and teachers to jointly educate children to have a better understanding of HIV/AIDS and sexual…
A French Navy Ship "LV Lavallee" has completed a six-day routine call to Ghana as part of her regular missions along the West African coast, a statement from the French Embassy said in Accra on Wednesday.
The statement said the visit…
The Wassa Association of Communities Affected by Mining (WACAM) on Wednesday said several people in the Bogoso community have developed various health related problems due to cyanide spillage into water bodies in the area by the Bogoso Gol…
The Libyan Embassy on Wednesday presented ten sets of computers and accessories costing 150 million cedis to the Electoral Commission to enable it to conduct a successful election and to ensure speedy counting of votes in the forthcoming e…
Mr Kwabena Agyemang-Badu, Nkoranza District Director of Education has urged School Management Committees (SMCs) and Parent-Teacher Associations (PTAs) in the district to ensure that schools are provided with sanitary facilities.
Mr A…
A School Performance Improvement Plan (SPIP) has been signed by the Nkoranza District Directorate of Education and the District Assembly with the objective of addressing challenges that militate against improvement of education in the area…
Mr. T. K T. Agban, District Chief Executive for Dangbe West, on Wednesday commissioned a new three-classroom primary school block for the people of Nyapienya near Kasunya in the district.
The school block was built to cut short the …
Mr Joe Donkor, Deputy Minister of Education Youth and Sports on Wednesday urged staff of the ministry to voluntarily go in for voluntary HIV counselling and testing to enable them to know their HIV status.
He said getting to know you…
The Techiman Abotareye Cooperative Credit Union recorded 51.1 million cedis profit in 2004 as against 30.5 million cedis in 2003 representing 67.7 per cent.
Mr. James Okyere, Techiman Municipal Cooperative Officer, said this while pr…
The Movement for Economic and Political Awareness (MEPA), a nongovernmental organisation (NGO) based in Kumasi has entreated Ghanaians to make Ghana the beacon of hope and encouragement to those nations in Africa and elsewhere still strugg…
The Youth Ministry of the El-Shaddai Baptist Temple at the weekend presented items worth about one million cedis to the Kumasi Children's Home.
The items included a bag of gari, half bag of rice, bars of soap, a gallon of cooking o…
The Association of Health Services Administrators of Ghana (AHSAG) has said the Ghana Health Service, (GHS) would continue to experience strikes if the authorities failed to administer the Additional Duty Hours Allowances (ADHA) properly.…
President John Agyekum Kufuor on Wednesday said the Government had no ulterior motive over the Songhor Salt Project but was rather determined to ensure that the economic potential of the area was utilised for the benefit of the people and…
The Interior Minister Hackman Owusu-Agyemang on Wednesday exhorted personnel of the various security agencies to ensure that the integrity of the forthcoming elections was maintained to guarantee the safety
of the country's young democr…
Mr. Papa Owusu Ankomah, Attorney-General (AG) and Minister of Justice, on Tuesday said, when voted into power at the December seven polls, the New Patriotic Party would adopt a more robust approach to the fight against corruption.
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