Air New Zealand on Wednesday criticized French aviation investigators for releasing an interim report into last year's A320 crash into the Mediterranean to media before it was shown to the victims' families.
The 50 page document was …
At least six people drowned after smugglers carrying 52 Africans across the Gulf of Aden forced their passengers overboard in deep water off the Yemen coast, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
Another 11 people were reported missing…
The Ghana Evangelical Society, a Christ-centred movement on Tuesday announced February 28, as National Redemption Day.
The day, according to the society would be used to offer prayers and thank God for delivering Ghana from any …
Nigerians living in Ghana have been urged to abide by the laws of Ghana so as to protect the image of Nigeria.
Madam Edith Chukwu, Public Relations Officer of the Nigerian Association in the Volta Region made the call when she spoke …
Kuukua Dennis, an Accra- based cashier has appeared before the Asamankese Circuit Court, charged with stealing a two week-old baby.
Her accomplice whose name was only given as Anita and who is on the run is being sought by the police…
Mr Mike Hammah, Minister of Transport, has disclosed that government's strategy for the provision of efficient, cost effective, safe and environmentally friendly transport system would involve a total revamp of all the modes of transport.
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The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday ordered the Attorney-General's (A-G's) Department to file a statement on the Presidential Pardon of Tsatsu Tsikata, former Chief Executive of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation.
Mr. Justice …
The Police at Hohoe in the Volta Region are questioning a 38-year-old Gordon Adansah of Ve-Golokwati who is suspected of attempting to commit suicide after beating another man to death.
The deceased, David Mireku, reportedly died on …
Two labourers were on Tuesday sentenced to three years' imprisonment each in hard labour for stealing electrical appliances and personal belongings.
Henry Offei, 27 and Samuel Aboagye, 23 pleaded guilty to unlawful entry and guilty w…
A Requiem and Memorial Service to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the death of Otumfuo Opoku Ware 11, the immediate-past Asantehene, was on Wednesday held at the St. Cyprian's Anglican Cathedral in Kumasi.
The occasion was graced…
Records from the Winneba Government Hospital indicates that the rate of maternal mortality continue to rise in the Effutu Municipality for the past three years.
The Effutu Municipal Director of the Ghana Health Services, Dr Godfred M…
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) in 2007 was able to mediate and dispose of 358 out of 407 cases reported to it in the Upper East Region.
From January 2008 to September 2008, it resolved 206 cases out…
The Senior Medical Officer in-charge of the Ghana Consolidated Diamonds Limited (GCD) Hospital at Akwatia in the Eastern Region, Dr. John Bello has made an urgent appeal to the Ghana Health service to expedite action on the process of abso…
Mr. Robert Palitz, Managing Director of Kasapa, on Thursday told the Ghana News Agency that the implementation of Mobile Number Portability (MNP) was long overdue.
In a written answer to a questionnaire on the readiness of telecom op…
The Effutu Municipal Director of the Department of Social Welfare, Mr Godwill Francis Acquah has expressed worry about children who are kept at orphanages for many years, with no efforts being made to unit them with their families.
H…
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has said that head teachers who collaborate with teachers to receive their salaries even though they are not at post would be dealt with.
"Circuit supervisor who sit in their comfort and generate repo…
The Reverend Father Edward Siffah, Headmaster of Saint Mary's Seminary Senior High School (SHS) Lolobi, has made an urgent appeal to the relevant state institutions to consider the school in the allocation of the next batch of vehicles to …
Mr Senyo Tsama, Volta Regional Director of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) on Wednesday said diligence rather than systems failure accounted for the perceived delays in certain processes of the Trust.
He said…
Between 60 to 65 per cent of pupils in Kpetoe and its environs do not go to school on market days.
As a result, schools in the area become virtually half empty every five days.
Most of the pupils both boys and girls do business …
The Juaso Circuit Court presided over by Mr. S. K. Sarpong Appiah, has granted bail to three persons in the sum of GH¢18,000 with two sureties each for allegedly defrauding 393 farmers of GH¢16,500 under the pretext of providing them loans…
The InterAction Strategic Leadership Programme (IASLP) of the British Council has undertaken a tree planting exercise at the Accra Girls Senior High School as part of an environment protection programme.
The tree planting exercise wa…
Ghana continues to receive commendation for the recent remarkable election, bolstering her performance at the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM)
The development has changed the image of Ghana which has reached an appreciable inte…
The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday unanimously ruled that evidence in the land boundary dispute between the Peki and Tsito-Awudome Stools, be taken afresh at the High Court which is hearing the matter.
The unanimous decision of the S…
Experts in the fishery sector on Thursday called
for the review of fishing laws to curb illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
They also called for review of operations of the existing Monitoring Control Systems (MCS)…
The Juaso Circuit Court has remanded a 71 year-old farmer into prison custody for allegedly raping his 17 year-old grand daughter at Konongo.
Peter Kwaku Poku, whose plea was not taken, was initially charged with canal knowledge of t…
Mr. Bukari Sadiq Nyari, a Research Consultant with the Actionaid Ghana, a Non-governmental organization on Tuesday called for the formulation of a more comprehensive policy framework to guide the production of biofuel in Ghana.
He s…
The Season II of the UK Educational Reality TV Show "The Challenge" designed to give bright, young and ambitious Ghanaian university graduates the opportunity to study under postgraduate scholarships at three leading universities in the Un…
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) is embarking on a leadership training drive to improve the capacity of its District and Regional management teams.
Dr. Mohammed Bin Ibrahim, Ashanti Regional Director of Health Services, said the traini…
World Health Organisation Country Representative, Dr Daniel Kertesz on Monday said the mortality from consumption of contaminated food and water is around 700,000 annually for all age groups in Africa.
The incidence of diarrhoea caused…
Participants at a forum in Tamale to discuss ways of expediting the development of northern Ghana have expressed disappointment with northerners in leadership positions for not doing much to transform the area.
They held that while n…
The Deputy Director General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr George Amofa, has said that doctors, who refuse posting to the rural areas, would be sanctioned.
The Director said this in Bolgatanga on Tuesday during the Upper East …
A woman and her son perished whilst property worth several thousands of Ghana Cedis were destroyed when fire gutted a house at Tarkwa-Maakro in Kumasi.
The deceased, Mrs. Comfort Afua Birago, a 30-year old seamstress and her six-year old…
The United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), has honoured the contributions of Ghanaian peacekeepers and re-assured Liberians of its continued work with the Government of Liberia to ensure the consolidation of peace and security in the c…
Mr George K. Scott, Chief Director of the Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology on Tuesday said the ministry would strive to improve the country's development through the use of science and technology.
He said the ministry …
Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday underscored effective collaboration among nations and the strengthening of food safety control systems to ensure safety and quality of foods on the international food market.
He said, t…
As part of its contribution towards national unity and development, the Rebuilders Movement (RM), a Christian Non-Governmental Organization, has initiated a project which would ginger its members to become patriotic and proactive.
Th…
Climatologists at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York City have found that 2008 was the coolest year since 2000, but also was the ninth warmest year since continuous instrumental records were started in 1880.
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The Canadian High Commissioner, Darren Schemmer, on Tuesday reaffirm the existing diplomatic relations between Ghana an Canada and pledged his country's further support in the area of bilateral investment.
Mr. Darren Schemmer recalle…
Two men have appeared before the Asamankese circuit court charged with intentionally and unlawfully causing harm and for being in possession of dried seeds, suspected to be that of Indian Hemp (wee).
Kwaku Awuah, 26 and Kwabena Prosper, …
A 31-year-old driver, who abducted a 14-year old girl for 38 days during which he allegedly abused her sexually, has been granted bail in the sum of GH¢500 with one surety by the Ajumako district magistrate's court.
The accused, Jose…
The Supreme Court will give its judgment on a Certiorari Application brought before it by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for Asutifi South, Alhaji Collins Dauda, praying the court to set aside a Sunyani High…
Project Citizen Ghana, a portfolio based civic education programme aimed at promoting competent and responsible participation in local and national government, was on Tuesday showcased for students and youth groups in the Central Region.
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The Ga State Traditional Royal Heads Consultative Assembly (GSTRHCA) is to lay before parliament, a proposed bill on the establishment and regulation of the head of family system in the Ga state.
The bill, which would be laid before th…
Mr Philip Kwesi Nkrumah, outgoing Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Chief Executive, on Tuesday called on members of the Assembly to continue to work as a team to move the area forward in development.
He made the call in a farewell addre…
U.S. President Barack Obama is "benefiting from remarkably high levels of optimism and confidence" among Americans about his leadership, said a New York Times report on Monday, citing the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.
Weighing…
Mortality resulting from the consumption of contaminated food and water in Africa is around 700,000 annually.
The incidence of diarrhoea caused by consumption of contaminated food and water was estimated at up to five episodes per ch…
Dr. Erasmus Agongo, Eastern Regional Director of Health Services, announced that the region recorded 98 maternal deaths in 2008 as against 146 in 2007.
He said even though there was a significant decline in maternal deaths in the reg…
Abdul Karim Bosompem, a 24 year-old farmer, has appeared before the Asamankese circuit court, charged with intentionally and unlawfully causing harm to his brother, which resulted in his death.
He pleaded not guilty and was remanded …
Alhaji Gilbert Seidu Iddi, former Northern Regional Minister, on Wednesday, called on the security agencies, to deal promptly and decisively with people who breach the peace in the region, in order to facilitate the rule of law.
He …
The Very Reverend Dr Paul Boafo, Chaplain of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has said that despite the passage of the Children's Act, it was not being enforced.
The Children's Act (Act 560) was passed b…
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