Dr Peter Baffoe, a gynaecologist at the Bolgatanga Regional Hospital, on Tuesday, expressed concern at the spate of rape and defilement cases in the country and said if pragmatic measures were not taken to deal with the problem immediately…
The President's nominee for the position of District Chief Executive (DCE) for Manya Krobo, was endorsed at an emergency assembly meeting on Tuesday.
Mr Isaac Agbo Tetteh, a 32- year- old chemistry tutor at the Adisadel College, in Ca…
Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, Eastern Regional Minister, on Tuesday urged assembly members not to be deceived that rejecting the President's nominees for the Municipal and District Chief Executive positions would give chance to others they favou…
The Effutu Constituency of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Monday commended President John Evans Atta Mills for nominating Nii Ephraim as Municipal Chief Executive for the Effutu Municipality.
This was contained in a press …
The two Dormaa Assemblies last Wednesday endorsed the President's nominees for the post of Chief Executives in separate polls at Wamfie and Dormaa-Ahenkro.
Mr Eric Opoku, Deputy Brong-Ahafo Regional Minister, was present at the two f…
Mr Kwadwo Nyamekye-Marfo, Brong-Ahafo Regional Minister, has commended the chiefs and people of Bechem Traditional area for their political maturity in accepting the President's nominee, Mr Bukari Anaba Zakari, as the District Chief Execut…
Newly confirmed Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) has urged political leaders in the country to bury their political differences and unite to build a better Ghana.
Mr Mohammed Boakye Agyemang, the new MCE for Ejisu Juaben, who made the ca…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Tuesday condemned attempts at vote-selling and vote-buying, which had allegedly characterized the confirmation process of nominees for the position of Chief Executive in some district, municipal an…
The New Juaben Municipal Assembly on Tuesday confirmed the President's nominee, Mr Alex Asamoah, an accountant, as the new Municipal Chief Executive (MCE).
Mr Asamoah is the 19th Presidential nominee to be confirmed out of the 21 nam…
Mr Simon Ogah, Techiman Municipal Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), has called on the government to adequately resource the Commission to carry out its educational duties satisfactorily.
He said the Comm…
Members of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), have been urged to confirm Dr Alfred Oko Vanderpuige, President John Atta Mills' nominee for the position of Metropolitan Chief Executive, to give direction for the development of Accra.
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Eleven ex-ministers of the New Patriotic Party
(NPP) on Tuesday said they were embarrassed at the way and manner government was handling issues concerning state vehicles they have acquired.
They said they were ready to return those veh…
President John Evans Atta Mills left Accra on Tuesday night for a three-day official visit to the United Kingdom at the invitation of Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Briefing newsmen at the airport, Alhaji Mohammed Mumuni, Minister for …
The Amansie West District Assembly has endorsed Mr Charles Oti-Prempeh as the District Chief Executive.
Mr Oti-Prempeh polled 46 votes out of 69 total votes cast, thus securing the two-thirds votes.
Mr James Asafo-Akowua was al…
The Effutu Municipal Assembly on Tuesday Nii Ephraim as the Effutu Municipal Chief Executive.
Twenty-three out of the twenty-four assembly members present voted for him while one voted against the nominee.
Nii Ephraim thanked t…
The Atwima-Nwabiagya District Assembly on Tuesday failed to confirm Mr. Christopher Chogkureh as the District Chief Executive.
He polled 13 votes out of the 26 votes cast.
Mr. Stephen Boateng was re-elected for the third time as the Pr…
Basic infrastructural facilities at the Boankrah Inland Port project in the Ashanti Region is 99 percent complete, Mr Emmanuel Martey, Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Shippers Council (GSC) said at Tema on Tuesday.
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Compliance rate on rent tax is low in the Volta Region because of ignorance, Mr Kwesi Oppong-Damoah, Regional Director of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) said on Tuesday.
He said many property owners in the region were confus…
Major Daniel S. Ablorh-Quarcoo (Rtd), Commissioner of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on Tuesday said religious bodies that engaged in activities of trade, employment or investment are taxable under the tax law.
"For example, where re…
The youths need to be effectively targeted so that they would have a stake in the future, Africa Region Vice President of the World Bank, Ms Obiageli Ezekwesili has said.
Ms Ezekwesili was speaking in Washington when a panel of exper…
About 20 women engaged in petty trading in Kumasi have benefited from a 3000 Ghana cedis loan facility from the African Women Development Fund, (AWDF).
The loan, which attracts an interest rate of 15 per cent is meant to increase tra…
Canada will challenge the European Union's plan to ban its seal products at the World Trade Organization, Trade Minister Stockwell Day said on Tuesday.
Earlier in the day, the European Parliament voted to pass a ban on seal product i…
A group calling itself True Friends for Democratic Governance (TRUGOV) on Monday urged the Council of State to chart the path of national orientation in their counsel as is the case in successful emerging countries, saying this holds the k…
The Ashanti Regional Minister, Mr Kofi Opoku Manu, has said Obuasi deserves a better infrastructure because it is the seat of the country's biggest gold mine.
"Obuasi has the biggest gold mine in the country and therefore needs…
The Ministry of Health, on Friday urged the striking junior doctors at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), to call off their strike action and return to work while their grievances were resolved.
A statement signed by Dr. George…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Friday urged workers from the various sectors of the economy, especially organized labour to keep up the good work in the collective interest of achieving economic growth, stability and meeting the developm…
Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, Director of the National Cardiothoracic Centre at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, on Friday said polytechnics in Ghana must be positioned for proper orientation to be able to meet technical, scientific a…
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), on Friday asked government to demonstrate its commitment to probity, accountability, open government and respect for human rights by ensuring the immediate passage of the f…
About nine people were wounded and two government vehicles had their wind screams and driving
mirrors damaged following a clash between the two Asafo Companies involved in the celebration of the Aboakyer festival in Winneba on Friday.
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Ten Police recruits from the Winneba Police Training School who used forged certificates to enlist into the school last year has appeared before a Winneba district magistrate's court.
They are Miss Princilla Owusu Frempong, Akusua Kon…
Daniel Nkansah, 18, who claimed to be a farmer, has appeared before the Asamankese Circuit charged with breaking into a container shop and stealing goods worth 7,683.50 Ghana Cedis.
Nkansah pleaded not guilty and was remanded in pris…
Professor Ama Ata Aidoo, a renowned novelist, has appealed to the government and the society as a whole to support the arts, describing the industry as the oil that keeps society running.
She advised people to stop looking at the ar…
The Western Regional office of the National Population Council (NPC) has organized a one-day seminar on population and development planning for representatives of ministries, departments and agencies at Sekondi.
Speaking on the topic "Th…
Togbui Amanyah Fiti V, Paramount chief of Aflao Traditional Area, has called on the government and the nation's development partners to give traditional rulers some strategic role in the development process.
He noted that traditio…
Williams Norgbey, an 18-year old barber at Kpoeta in the Hohoe Municipality has appeared before a Hohoe Circuit Court for defiling a 15 year-old Junior High School girl.
Norgbey, who is in prison custody, pleaded not guilty to the ch…
Upper East Deputy Regional Minister, Mrs. Lucy Awuni, has advised the youth to use their energies in studying and acquiring knowledge and skills that would benefit them in future.
She said this when she addressed a Delegates' Conferenc…
Dr George Sipa-Adjah Yankey, Minister of Health, on Monday urged doctors and all health workers to resort to negotiations rather than strike actions in pressing for their demands.
"The era of strike actions should be considered over,…
The leadership and youth of Swedru Saint Anthony Catholic Church at the weekend organized a health walk to create awareness on the dangers of the Hepatitis (B) disease that is becoming a health hazard in the country.
The six hours wa…
The Central Region Livestock Farmers Association (CERLFA) on Monday expressed concern about the stigma attached to pigs and pork products in the outbreak of the swine flu.
In a statement signed by Mr Samuel Kofi Yankson, Chairman, it…
Participants at a round-table on Monday agreed that Climate Change issues were real and a fact in Ghana and called on government to implement measures to deal with it since it could
affect the agricultural sector as well as the economy.
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Miss Joyce Adeline Aryee, Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Mines, has charged Ghanaian women to leave a legacy for posterity through hard work.
She explained that greatness is not achieved on a silver platter and urged the…
The Voltarian Co-ordinating Council (VCC) in the Ashanti and Brong-Ahafo regions on Monday congratulated Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene, on his 59th birthday which falls on Wednesday.
A statement signed by Togbui Mawufeame Fuga…
Mr. Eric Opoku, Deputy Brong Ahafo Regional Minister, at the weekend appealed to parents to train their children according to the scriptures so they would grow imbued with the fear of God.
He made the call in Sunyani at the inaugurat…
Alhaji Umar Abdul Kadir, the Brong-Ahafo Regional Chief Imam, has called on public servants to develop the spirit of volunteerism at their workplaces to increase productivity towards accelerated national development.
He noted that: "…
Mrs. Akua Debrah, a retired educationist, has called for the government's immediate support to empower various women organizations towards poverty reduction in the country.
"Empowering women will help Ghana to achieve its aim of redu…
A Sekondi District Magistrate's Court on Monday sentenced Kwabena Fante, a labourer, to 24 months imprisonment in hard labour for stealing three big wielding cylinders valued at 162,000 Ghana Cedis.
The accused pleaded guilty.
Prosecut…
The Centre for Sustainable Development (CENSUDI), a non-governmental organization (NGO) in the Upper East Region, has sponsored over 200 students under its Education and Improvement Programme (EPI).
The beneficiaries are from primary …
Opinion leaders of the Kusasis in the Bawku Traditional Area have attributed the violence that broke out on April 30 at the cattle market to armed robbers who wanted to exploit the conflict in the area to rob people.
They said the inci…
Mr Ludwig Hlordze, a Presidential Staffer, has said a comprehensive National Youth Policy would be out by the end of this year.
Government hoped to finalize work on the Policy and begin its implementation by December.
Mr Hlodz…
Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, Member of Parliament (MP) for Kwadaso in Kumasi, has assured the people of his constituency that promises made to them during the campaign period would be fulfilled.
"You have seen the potentials in me that is wh…
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