The Prince of Wales, Prince Charles, has urged members of the African Advisory Council of the Prince's Rainforest Project (PRP) to intensify efforts to protect the rain forests as a means of slowing the rate of climate change.
A stat…
Upper East Regional Minister, Mr Mark Woyongo on Monday commissioned 13 wells for some six districts with funds from the U.S-based Water Rotary Club in collaboration with Rotary international.
Construction of the wells, fitted with h…
Dr. George Sipa Yankey, Minister of Health, on Tuesday promised an all-out fight against malaria in efforts to control the disease in two years.
He said the war would involve other health ministries in the West Africa sub-region to c…
Lieutenant-Colonel Emmanuel Wekem Kotia, outgoing Commander of the 66 Artillery Regiment in Ho has urged the military to remain neutral and support the country's fledgling democracy.
Lt-Col Kotia, who held command of the Regiment for…
A total of 573 children's rights abuse related cases were reported at the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAG) in the Central Region last year.
The problem also ranks highest in the overall number of 1,261 c…
Child maintenance cases in the Ashanti Region decreased in 2008 from 1,631 in 2007 to 870 last year, the Department of Social Welfare in the region has said.
The decrease was attributed partly to the Department's intensive educational c…
Enoch Quaye, a commercial driver, who allegedly drove carelessly resulting in an accident that claimed six lives in December 2006, was on Tuesday granted bail in the sum of GH¢8,000 with one surety by a circuit court in Cape Coast.
Q…
The Ashanti Regional Police in collaboration with the Mampong District Command, have arrested three suspects, who allegedly murdered a 23 year old taxi driver in cold blood at Mpirem near Mampong.
The suspects after murdering the dr…
A circuit court in Cape Coast on Tuesday granted bail to Alfred Acquah, an 18-year old final-year student, in the sum of Gh¢6,000 with two sureties for allegedly defiling a 16-year-old girl in his school.
Acquah who pleaded guilty ha…
The Ministry of Tourism and players of the tourism industry on Tuesday expressed concern about the spate of road accidents across the country, saying since tourism thrived on travel, anything that slowed down or curtailed this desire or in…
Ms. Sarah Thompson, Director of Judicial Reforms
and Projects, on Tuesday called for mediation as an annex to the court system
to help decongest the court and ensure justice for all people.
She explained that every case reported …
A 23 year-old man who has been on remand for the past eight years on robbery charges on Tuesday appealed to the Judicial Service to expedite action into his case for him to know his fate.
Godwin Bedi, a native of Dzodze in the Volta Regi…
Nana Fosu Kwadwe Abiri II, the Chief of Jacobu in the Amansie Central in Ashanti region, has commended Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene for his role in the country's educational development.
The chief, who is a retired education…
The government on Tuesday fulfilled a campaign promise by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) when it inaugurated the Governing Board
of the National Council of Persons with Disability (PWD) at the Castle, Osu.
The physically ch…
Assistant Commissioner of Police Seth Charles Oteng, Brong-Ahafo Regional Police Commander has called for effective collaboration between communities, stakeholders and the police to fight crime in the country.
He explained that the c…
One hundred and one former Trokosis and vulnerable women on Tuesday graduated from the International Needs Network Vocational Training Centre (INVTC) at Adidome in North Tongu District of the Volta Region.
They are the second batch o…
Mr Mark Woyongo, Upper East Regional Minister, on Monday commissioned 13 wells in six districts in the region sponsored by Water Rotary Club in the United States of America with support from Rotary International.
The wells, which are…
The Spanish government
is assisting the women of Tutu-Akwapim with the construction of a brick factory soon to be opened.
Spanish Ambassador, Mrs. Julia Olmo will lay
the first block for the project which will initially cover 1…
The Public Affairs Section of the United States Embassy said on Tuesday it was beginning a Walk-in Visa interviews for qualified students who applied for Visas effective, Wednesday
April 22.
This was contained in a statement signe…
The Minister of Health, Dr George Sipa Yankey on Tuesday said government would expedite work on the passage of the National Ambulance Bill and transform the ambulance unit into a national ambulance service to make it more effective in prov…
The Quality Control Division of Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) has held a sensitization workshop on the child labour law for cocoa farmers in some selected communities in Asutifi District of Brong Ahafo.
The workshop, sponsored by Cocob…
Ghana and Cote D'Ivoire on Tuesday reaffirmed their determination to strengthen bilateral ties and called on the private sector to intensify relations to derive maximum benefits from the co-operation.
They also agreed to reactivate …
Mr Anthony Bruce Bodjah, a Retired Principal Community Development Worker on Tuesday appealed to the Ministry of Health to develop a realistic plan that would improve upon the conditions under which market women sold foodstuffs and other c…
President John Evans Atta Mills left Accra this morning for an official tour of three neighbouring West African countries.
Whilst in Abidjan, Burkina Faso and Togo, President Mills is expected to hold bilateral talks with the respect…
The Atwima-Mponua National Democratic Congress (NDC) executives and party supporters have hailed the nomination of a 60 year old retired teacher in the area as a District Chief Executive.
Mrs Theresa Adomako, the nominee, who has bee…
A large number of youth supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Akwatia Constituency on Tuesday vandalized the Party's offices at Akwatia to protest the nomination of Mr George Agyeman-Duah as Kwaebibirem District Chief…
The body of Sampson Kusasi, 45-year-old farm labourer who was reported missing at Buaben near Dunkwa-on-Offin under mysterious circumstances, was found in a pool of water last Sunday.
Superintendent Samuel Anderson Buabeng, Dunkwa-on…
A self-styled contractor was on Tuesday remanded into prison custody by a Kumasi Circuit Court for allegedly defrauding a trader of GH¢52,000 under the pretext of securing her with five shop rooms.
George Adu pleaded not guilty to th…
Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director of United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), on Tuesday paid tribute to all health workers who respond when emergencies strike and called for greater attention to be paid to the needs of women and thei…
Management of Ghana Health Service (GHS) in collaboration with United Nations Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) have presented some items to support health volunteers in Mfantseman Municipality to implement the Integrated Management of Chil…
A 32-year-old Singaporean woman who had sex with a 13-year-old boy was sentenced to 10 months in jail, local media reported on Wednesday.
According to local radio 938live, the woman faced charges for having sex with the boy on seven …
Politicians and organizations promoting good governance and democracy in Ghana have been challenged to develop the culture of political memoir writing in the country.
The political memoirs, "form an important part of the national mem…
Mr Isaac Quansah, an aspirant for the post of District Chief Executive (DCE) in Gomoa West has congratulated Mr Theophilus Aidoo Mensah on his nomination by President Mills for the post.
Mr Aidoo Mensah, popularly called 'Copper' is …
Managers of the National Health Insurance Scheme in the Central Region have pledged their loyalty and support to the government in the discharge of their dutuies.
They said it was incorrect to say that since they were employed by the…
Mr Kwadwo Nyamekye Marfo, Brong Ahafo Regional Minister, on Monday launched the region's pre-Easter road safety education and awareness campaign in Sunyani, with a call on the public to help promote road safety during the festivities.
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An accident and emergency centre, the initiative of Dr Ebenezer Amekah, Acting Medical Superintendent of the Apam Catholic Hospital Hospital, and a couple Ton and Charlotte Bakker of Holland, has been inaugurated at Apam.
Estimated a…
Mr. Kwadwo Nyamekye Marfo, the Brong- Ahafo Regional Minister, has launched the region's pre-Easter road safety education and awareness campaign in Sunyani with a call on the public to help promote road safety during the festivities.
…
Students of Bawku Senior High School (BSHS) and Bawku Senior High Technical School (BSHTS) in the Upper East Region on Saturday fought during which 20 students were injured and property destroyed.
Forms one and two students of the two…
Mr Kwaku Arhin, Dean of students, Sunyani Polytechnic, has identified lack of discipline among students in tertiary institutions as a major contributory factor for their inability to pass their final examinations.
He said students ha…
Mr Samuel Okae Adjei, Vice Rector of the Koforidua Polytechnic, on Wednesday urged students to use the knowledge acquired whiles in school to create businesses instead of relying on the government for employment.
He said the main obje…
A Ghanaian Bishop based in the United States of America (USA) was on Tuesday installed as Nkosuohene (Development Chief) of Bando, a community in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) District of the Central Region at a colourful durbar.
…
The Exopa Model Agency on Tuesday launched the Ghana Fashion Weekend (GFW) amid pomp and pageantry to showcase some of the best talents in the Ghanaian as well as African fashion industry.
Under the auspices of the ministries of Tour…
Pastor Frank Debrah, Pastor in-charge of the Firm Foundation Bible Ministry in Winneba, has advised the youth to desist from immorality and other bad behaviours that could undermine their future progress.
He gave the advice in a serm…
Dr Francis Bawaana Dakurah, an anthropologist, has succeeded Mr. Edward Kojo Salia as the new Member of Parliament of the Jirapa following his victory in a bye-election election held on Tuesday.
Dr Dakurah, a former cadre during the …
All holders of diplomatic and service passports need appropriate entry visas before travelling to Egypt, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement issued in Accra on Wednesday.
The statement signed by Mr William Anani-Abots…
The newly-created Afigya-Kwabre District Assembly on Tuesday launched its official logo at Kodie, the district capital.
The design for the logo was created through the collaborative efforts of the teachers and students of Osei Tutu I…
President John Evans Atta Mills on Tuesday evening stood in for Ghanaian residents in La Cote d'Ivoire and delivered a message of appreciation to Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo for annulling the Residence Permit requirement, which had si…
The nomination of Mr Kempes Ofosuware, a 46-year-old accounts officer of the Electricity Company of Ghana for the position of Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE) for Tema, has been met with divergent opinion among members of the National De…
Thai military chief on Tuesday expressed optimism that the scheduled anti-government mass rally on Wednesday would not turn into violence.
"I expect the red-shirt people (anti-government protesters) to abide by the law and their prot…
A group of people in Myanmar on Tuesday appealed to the United States and the European Union to lift their sanctions imposed on Myanmar.
The group, in the name of "Lifting Sanctions, Internal and External Forces, 2009 Campaign", told…
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