The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) launched on Monday Earth Hour in Bucharest and Romanians are invited to join the Earth Hour 2009.
This is the first time when Romania joins the official global campaign. The capital city of Buchar…
An Algerian policeman was killed in an attack by rebel militants on Sunday, local newspaper El Watan reported on Monday.
The report said the incident took place some 40 km south of the eastern Tizi Ouzou province, at night of March 8…
Iran burnt about three tons of drugs in Tehran on Monday, Islamic Republic of Iran Police News Centre reported.
"In today's ceremony, more than three tons of drugs, which are not used as medicine, is to be annihilated," Tehran's Poli…
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Monday announced that it had stopped general food distributions for an estimated 214,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in war-torn northern Uganda.
Stanlake Samkange, WFP Country…
Americans have become less Christian than they were 20 years ago due to a growing rejection of religions, a survey published on Monday found.
Three out of four Americans now call themselves Christians, according to the American Relig…
An earthquake of 5.4 degrees on Richter scale hit on Monday the south-southwest zone of Guatemala, without immediate reports of victims and material damages, official sources said on Monday.
The earthquake occurred at 00:01 a.m. loca…
With the unemployment rate rising, online job search sites in the United States are booming in popularity as people desperately look for work, a US newspaper reported on Monday.
Laid-off or fearing they will be, job-seekers are scour…
A traditional ruler has appealed to the government to consider fashioning out a comprehensive educational policy that would stand the test of any future political change in the country.
Barima Ampaabeng Kyeremeh Sikafuor, Dompemhene …
US President Barack Obama on Monday issued an executive order that allows federal money to fund expanded embryonic stem cell research, which scientists say is "a great advance for science in general and America in particular."
Before…
A forty-member Area Pump Mechanics Association
drawn from the Northern Region has been inaugurated at Yendi in the Yendi Municipal Assembly of the Northern Region.
The five executive members are, Jeremiah Issah, Chairman, Issah Zaka…
The Effutu Municipal Director of the Department of Social Welfare, Mr Godwill Francis Acquah, has observed that about 90 per cent of children in orphanage homes nationwide have relatives.
He said most parents were shirking their respo…
Mr Moses Atsu Kumalor, a retired Sailor, has advised the government to act with dispatch to tackle the massive smuggling of petroleum products to neighbouring Togo from the Ketu-South District.
He said the situation was worrying as s…
The Children's Department of the Asylum Down Presbyterian Church, on Sunday appealed to church elders and evangelists to reach out to their colleagues on the street and extend parental love to them.
The children through drama drew th…
Ms Joyce Rosalind Aryee, Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Chamber of Mines, expressed worry that females were being discriminated against due to cultural beliefs and assumptions related to gender and sex differences in some Ghanaian homes.…
The Rev. Thomas Quaicoe of the Brotherhood Church in Kumasi has stated that due to its addictive tendencies and the destructive consequences, liquor intake as a lifestyle should be discouraged among Christians.
He said one of the ult…
The local Council of Churches in Winneba on Sunday held a non-denominational service to thank God for a peaceful election and smooth transition of power in the country.
Organised by executives of the council and was on the theme, "De…
South Africa was not going to copy the United States' stimulus packages initiative, South African President Kgalema Motlanthe told business people in KwaZulu-Natal's KwaDukuza area on Saturday.
"Our response to the economic crisis mu…
Visiting Arab League (AL) Secretary General Amr Moussa said Saturday that the remaining NGOs would stay in Darfur to continue humanitarian operations.
"NGOs will stay in Darfur to carry out humanitarian operations, " Moussa, who arri…
Turkey and the United States released Saturday a joint statement reaffirming their determination to continue close cooperation and consultation on issues of common concern, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported.
The two cou…
Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan said Saturday that Turkey and the United States will continue to cooperate in fighting against terrorism.
Babacan made the remarks at a joint press conference with visiting U.S. Secretary of State…
The United States has postponed free trade negotiations with New Zealand to allow time for the U.S. to select a new Trade Representative, Radio NewsTalk-ZB reported on Sunday.
The Obama administration has indefinitely delayed the so …
Mrs. Juliana Azumah-Mensah, Minister of Tourism, on Saturday reiterated government's commitment to creating a conducive environment for sustainable development and growth of tourism.
She said the Ministry would continue to work closel…
Zimbabwe's MDC party has called on the state to provide its leader and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai with police escort for security when travelling by road, New Ziana reported on Saturday.
Party Secretary General Tendai Biti, who…
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir Saturday told a rally that the country does not allow any breach of the peace process and would never return to war, the state television reported.
"We are a family no matter where you are from, nort…
Professor Justice Samuel Kofi Date-Bah, Supreme Court Judge, has underscored the need for judges in developing nations to adopt activist roles in adapting the law to the requirements of social change.
This, he said, should however, …
The Chinese government opposes auction of looted Chinese cultural relics, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said here Saturday.
Such an auction is "adding salt to injury" and it is "immoral", he said, when asked to comment on Christie's s…
Mr Louis Bayuoh, Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai District Co-ordinating Director, has called for the inculcating in the youth the proud Ghanaian values of respect, good dressing and discipline.
He said if the youth were allowed to do away with G…
China plans to launch the Shenzhou-8 and Shenzhou-9 spacecraft in 2011, a former chief designer of China's manned-space project said here Saturday.
Wang Yongzhi, who is also a member the National Committee of the Chinese People's Pol…
Ahaji Adam Yakubu Imoro Ayaana, a Tamale based philanthropist, has organised organized a 16- kilometre peace and health walk in Tamale on Independence Day to promote peace in the area.
The walk was also to instil in Ghanaians patriot…
The National Theatre, Ghana and the National Touring Theatre of Sweden is to produce a film to highlight some of the challenges women and children go through particularly in Africa as well as finding solutions to them.
The project d…
Mr. Stephen Sumani Nayina, Northern Regional Minister, has appealed to the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) to cooperate with the security services to stop the smuggling of arms into the Northern Region and other conflict areas.
…
Mr Alexander Ayatah, Upper East Regional Manager of National Road Safety Commission has appealed to Government and stakeholders to commit more resources into activities of the commission to enable it embark on pragmatic programmes to reduc…
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) on Friday called on the Ghanaian men to unite with the women
to end violence against women and girls.
"A society in which men are not willing to extend human rights …
Reverend Sister Veronica Adomako-Manu, Assistant Headmistress of Prince of Peace Girls' Senor High School (SHS), on Friday said it was paramount that students became familiar with the tenets of the 1992 Constitution.
She emphasized t…
Apostle F.E. Antwi, the Asokwa Area Overseer of the Church of Pentecost in Kumasi, has stressed the need for Christian associations to make positive contributions toward development of Churches and the country.
He noted that Christians a…
Parliament on Thursday passed the Customs and Excise (Petroleum Taxes and Petroleum Related Levies) Amendment Bill 2009, to reduce taxes on petroleum products and make them affordable to the public.
A report of the Committee on Finan…
The Ministry of Energy is to develop and sustain an efficient and financially viable energy sector that provides secure, safe and reliable supply of energy to meet Ghana's developmental needs in a competitive manner.
As part of meas…
Government in 2008 sold 11,000 units of Personal Computers under the Government Assisted PC Programme (GAPP) to the public, private, educational institutions and individuals.
Dr Kwabena Duffuor, Finance Minister, who announced this in…
Millicom Ghana Limited, operators of Tigo mobile service, on Thursday presented a brand new Suzuki Vitara Saloon Car to the second grand prize winner of its "Top Up and Win Promotion," at a ceremony in Kumasi.
Mr Peter Abebrese, a Kumasi…
Mr Kwasi Addae, a Businessman has appealed to Ministry of Trade and Industry to institute measures to regulate activities of foreign traders to stop the influx of cheap foreign products and safeguard local industries in the country.
…
Government on Thursday said it would directly monitor the activities of the National Communications Authority (NCA) and the mobile operators to ensure efficient quality service delivery.
It said: "NCA will be monitored to ensure that…
Mr. Cletus Kosiba, Executive Director of the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI), said Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) needed supportive business environment to contribute meaningfully to growth and development of the economy.
…
Traders from the Southern part of the country, popularly called Market Queens, have been urged to buy tomatoes from farmers in the Upper East Region instead of purchasing the vegetable from neighbouring Burkina Faso.
Mr. Mark Woyongo…
Senator Musilu Obanikoro, Nigeria High Commissioner to Ghana has advised the government of Ghana not to prioritize activities of foreign oil companies over the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) when the production of oil begins in the country.
Sen…
Mr Benyameen S. A. Keelson, a Deputy Director of the Centre for National Culture, has urged investors to collaborate with the Sekondi Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA) to build a craft village for artisans in that area.
He said u…
Orange farmers in the Akuapem North District have appealed to the government to encourage investors to establish fruit processing plants in the region to motive them to produce more.
They held that the lack of ready market has made o…
The country's public debt stock is now eight billion dollars, Finance Minister Dr Kwabena Duffuor announced on Thursday.
Presenting the 2009 budget to Parliament, Mr Duffuor said public debt rose by about US$600 million last year to an …
The Youth Wing of the Mfantsiman Constituency of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has appealed to President John Evans Atta Mills to consider Mr. Abeiku Crentsil, Central Regional Youth Organiser of the party, for the appointment of …
Opanin Kwame Afreh, chairman of the Asante United Front (AUF), a pressure group in Kumasi, has appealed to President J. E. A. Mills to be cautious and nominate competent people who can represent him at the local level to successfully carry…
The President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Horst Köhler, has sent a congratulatory message to President John Evans Atta Mills on the occasion of Ghana's 52nd Independence Day which falls on Friday.
The message, released by the…
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