Senior Democrats in the Senate are confident that the comprehensive immigration legislation that attempts to come to terms with the growing number of "illegals", including a large number of Indians, and a pathway to citizenship will clear…
A two-week mass spraying exercise to reduce the spread of mosquitoes in the Greater Accra Region began on Tuesday targeted at the breeding catchment areas in Accra and its environs.
Inspecting the equipment and chemicals before the …
The newly created Nanumba South District Assembly in the Northern Region, has between 2005 and June 2007 spent more than 8.5 billion cedis on development projects in the area.
About 7.3 billion cedis came from the District Assemblie…
Russia is interested in partnership and cooperation in the field of energy with countries of South-eastern Europe, but also with Europe as a whole while respecting high ecological standards, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in the Cr…
Angola's National Assembly has recently given the government the green light for the legislation on the exploration of gas within the framework of the "Angola LNG" gas project and on oil award for appraisal, development and production of …
Apostle Schambach Amaniampong, Head of the Christian Redemption International Ministry, has predicted an economic boom for Ghana during the jubilee year.
"From the realms of the spirit I can see the line up of major investors to Gha…
The Accra Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry, appealed to government to strictly enforce the regulations that prevent foreigners from petty trading as those market areas were previously reserved solely for Ghanaians.
Members…
The Western Regional Zonal Office of the Food and Drugs Board (FDB) on Tuesday advised the public not to transact business with an unidentified person who has been posing as an enforcement officer of the board.
A press release from the …
Guinea worm prevalence in the Northern region remained high due to insufficient potable water, partly because some water supply systems in that part of the country have broken down.
For instance the supply systems in both the Tamale …
Vice President Alhaji Aliu Mahama at the weekend hailed the revised edition of the Laws of Ghana 2004, as reader friendly book that will appeal to a wide variety of people from different backgrounds.
"This is the strength of the law…
The Academic Board and authorities of universities in the country have been urged to encourage post-graduate studies.
Professor Kwasi Kwafo Adarkwah, Vice-Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST),…
Mr. Joseph Kofi Adda, Minister of Energy sent cold shivers down the spine of certain communities when he said they either do not form part of on-going electrification projects or may have to re-apply for consideration under the Self Help …
The Convention People's Party (CPP) has called for an educational revolution instead of the new education reform.
The CPP said there was the need for a paradigm shift in focus of education and not reforms of education from previous an…
Ghana and the Federal Republic of Germany on Friday pledged to strengthen and deepen their economic
co-operation.
This followed separate bilateral talks held between President John Agyekum Kufuor and German Foreign Minister, Dr …
The management of Bank of Ghana (BOG) has begun destroying the current cedi notes that come into its vaults.
The measure is to create space at the bank's vaults for the new Ghana cedis, which would be in circulation from July 1, thi…
Mr. Kwame Pianim, an Economist on Friday stressed the need for a national strategic framework that would ensure adequate and reliable energy to power the nation's new thrust for accelerated development.
"The recurrent cycle of load…
Ghanaian business leaders have met in Accra to consider how the National African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) Programme of Action under the good corporate governance theme is being monitored.
The objectives of the meeting held at th…
Mr James Agbedor, Secretary to the Board of Directors of Agriculture Development Bank (ADB) on Friday, assured its customers that the bank was updating its software for compliance with the re-denomination of the cedi in anticipation of a …
Dr. Seidu Korkor, National Coordinator of the Guinea Worm Eradication Programme has observed that the ever rising reported cases of the disease in the Northern Region is as a result of the constant breakdown of water supply sources to inh…
Professor Paul Nyame, Rector of the College of Physicians and Surgeons on Friday advocated the establishment of Medical Research Council to regulate and supervise research activities.
"There is no regulatory mechanism for the contro…
The Wa Sports stadium which is to serve as a league centre has been provided with 1.2 billion cedis facilities ahead of the commencement of the 2007 Onetouch Premier football league season.
The facilities include spectators and media…
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon unveiled his revised report on the hybrid UN-African Union (AU) mission in Darfur.
In a letter dated June 5 transmitting the report to the president of the Security Council, Ban said that during the di…
Berekum Arsenal played a highly determined game to hold defending champions, Hearts of Oak to a one all drawn game in their Onetouch Top Four encounter at the Robert Mensah Sports Stadium.
After a goalless first half, it was Hearts …
The Social Investment Fund (SIF) has since its inception some 10 years ago disbursed a total of 25 billion cedis to micro-finance institutions for on-lending to the poor, who are engaged in income generating activities.
Out of a tot…
A 45 year old woman, Akua Boaduwaah, was shot dead when armed robbers attacked passengers in a bus at Akyem Asantemang on the Akyem Oda - Agona Swedru road.
The armed robbers succeeded in robbing them of undisclosed sums of monies, …
Vice President Alhaji Aliu Mahama expressed concern about the inability of the country's local government entities to have direct access to long-term credit markets.
He therefore suggested the need for considerable efforts to develop…
The Tamale branch of the Ladies Association of the Bank of Ghana has embarked on an educational drive on the re-denomination exercise of the cedi in the Central and Aboabo Markets in the Metropolis.
Ms. Lucy Nsiah-Asare, President o…
The security agencies have identified a syndicate trying to print counterfeit of the new currencies that come into circulation on July 1, Mr Francis Poku, Minister of National Security, disclosed on Wednesday.
"We are monitoring the…
Two alleged armed robbers on their way to Wenchi to rob had been arrested by the Sunyani police at a police checkpoint at Yahima near Sunyani.
Deputy Commissioner of Police Kwaku Ayensu Opare Addo told the Ghana News Agency that t…
Fierce clashes broke out overnight between Iraqi security forces and Shiite militiamen loyal to radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in the southern city of Nassriyah, killing 10 people and wounding some 50 others, local police and official sou…
Mr Edwin Barnes, Chief Director at the Office of the Head of the Civil Service, urged civil servants to see themselves as government agents helping to formulate and implement policies geared towards the development of the country.
H…
Mr John Ibrahim Donkor, the Wa Central Constituency Organizer of the New Patriotic Party, has said complacency was the major obstacle to victory for the party in the next general elections and urged the party's activists to work harder fo…
Mr. Duut Sebastian, Nkoranza head of the Business Advisory Center (BAC) at Nkoranza has urged the unemployed youth to engage themselves in income-generating activities to become self sufficient.
Mr. Sebastian told the Ghana News Age…
Forty boys and girls between the ages of 12 and 15 drawn from AngloGold Ashanti and the Obuasi Sports Club Tennis Clubs are participating in a special youth tennis tournament at Obuasi.
The three-day tournament organized by the Obua…
Four of Tanzania's opposition parties have agreed to field a single runner for the country's 2010 presidential election, after striking an agreement.
The four opposition parties are the Civic United Front, Tanzania Labor Party, Natio…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) congratulated Mr. Nicole Sarkozy on his election as the President of France.
"The NPP believes that the presidency of Mr Sarkozy would further strengthen the relationship that existed for several years bet…
China has discovered a large gold deposit of over 27 tonnes in Xinshao County in central China's Hunan Province, local officials said.
The gold deposit discovered would likely to exceed 27 tonnes, a spokesman for the team of prospectors…
International bodies, especially the African Union have been asked to work towards the realisation of the Dakar Declaration against racism, discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance.
The declaration, reached in 2001 at the W…
Right Reverend Nuh Ben Abubakr, Bishop of the Kumasi Methodist Diocese, urged Ghanaians to eschew laziness and work harder to increase productivity towards national development.
He said, "We have to discard the attitude that distance us …
The Federal Ministry of Air Transportation has approved N17,158,150 for the on-going bird hazard management implementation programme at the nation's 21 airports.
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) General Manager, Publi…
A rainstorm that hit Nkrankwanta near Dormaa-Ahenkro has caused extensive damage to property worth millions of cedis.
The worst hit was the town's Presbyterian Junior Secondary School that was in a bad shape before the storm.
T…
National Aeronautics Space Agency (NASA) scientists have warned that greenhouse-gas warming may raise average summer temperatures in the eastern part of United States by nearly 10 degrees Fahrenheit by the 2080s.
"There is the poten…
This morning, the weather will be humid, cloudy and misty over sheltered areas of southern Ghana. From mid-morning, it will become bright, sunny, slightly windy and partly cloudy. By afternoon, southern Ghana, especially the middle portio…
A High Court Judge, Justice Senyo Dzemafe has appealed to the people seeking justice at the courts to bear with the current situation of frequent adjournments by the courts as a result of the energy crisis.
He assured them of consta…
Thirty-five people were killed on the spot in a fatal accident involving seven vehicles near Awutu Beraku in the Awutu-Effutu-Senya district in the Central Region.
Several other people who received various degrees of injuries were rus…
The British Council of Ghana would host the world's renowned leadership guru, Professor John Adair, in a three-day leadership development workshops scheduled from May 21 to 23, 2007.
Prof. John Adair, who arrives in Ghana on May 20,…
The Special Assistant to the Eastern Regional Minister, Mr Owusu Agyepong had called on students to use their knowledge to fight for the advancement of the country and their communities.
He said the days when ethnic groups went to…
The Church of Pentecost in Bole District of the Northern Region has organised a three hour health walk to sensitise its members and the general public on the need for regular exercises to promoting their personal health.
The walk whi…
The Professional League Board, (PLB) organizers of the Onetouch Premier League presented the ultimate trophy to Accra Hearts of Oak for emerging champions of the competition.
Hearts won the league with 58 points with five clear point…
The government of the Netherlands has spent more than 80 million euros over the past five years to improve and expand water supply in the Central Region to help solve the perennial water problem of the Region, particularly Cape Coast and …
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