Three of the four suspected cases of swine flu in France were given the all-clear late on Sunday, authorities said.
The test result for a fourth one was expected to be announced on Monday.
Earlier on Sunday, France had repo…
Fiji was on guard against the deadly swine influenza virus A that might have spread to neighboring New Zealand through students returning from Mexico.
Fiji Permanent Secretary for Health Salanieta Saketa said in Suva on Monday that…
Five people have died of swine flu in the last 24 hours in Mexico City, bringing the total of those killed to 15 in the capital, Mexico City's mayor, Marcelo Ebrard, told media on Sunday.
Ebrard said that 73 people were hospitalize…
The World Bank is giving Mexico more than 200 million U.S. dollar in loans to help the country tackle a recent outbreak of swine flu, Mexican Finance Minister Agustin Carstens said here Sunday.
Carstens said 25 million U.S. dollars…
The foot-and-mouth disease in livestocks occurred in the central province Ha Tinh of Vietnam, the local newspaper People's Army reported Monday.
According to Pham Thanh Binh, head of the provincial animal health bureau, the epidem…
Countries from around the world are stepping up safety measures against swine flu on Monday, as the number of confirmed and suspected cases continued to climb.
Mexican Health Minister Jose Angel Cordova announced late Sunday that t…
Ms. Hannah Tetteh, Minister of Trade and Industry has reiterated the NDC government's commitment towards the economic transformation of the country, especially rural settlements to address poverty.
She said, "If government talks abo…
As financial
ministers and central bank governors from around the world
gathered in Washington this weekend for two days of discussions
on how to revive the slumping global economy, an issue was
brought up again - - the re…
The gas pipeline Nabucco is
important for Europe but not the only solution to the problem of
energy security to the European Union and any pipeline in itself is
not a panacea, the U.S. special envoy on energy issues in Eurasia,…
China is of great
help to African countries in their efforts to deal with the current
global financial crisis and the worst world economic downturn since
the Great Depression in the 1930s, Zambian Minister of Finance
Situmb…
India Sunday called for the
implementation of a three-point action plan, including a
substantial rise in lending by the World Bank, as outlined by
leaders of G-20 nations at its London Summit early this month
to fight the global recess…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the
Upper West Region is making headway in the endorsement of President John
Atta Mills' nominees for the post of District and Municipal Chief Executives.
So far, six DCEs and one Munici…
All members of the Sissala West District Assembly on Friday voted to endorse President John Atta
Mills' nominee, Mr. Robert Wavei Baka, as its District Chief Executive.
The 21-member assembly voted unanimously to confirm Mr. Baka w…
Mr Theophilus Aidoo-Mensah, the President's nominee for the position of District Chief Executive for Gomoa West has been confirmed by the assembly.
At an emergency meeting at Apam on Friday, Mr Aidoo-Mensah, 47, former Chief Accounta…
The Right to Information Bill takes centre stage at the Ninth annual Constitution Week celebration which would be from April 28 to May 4 throughout the country, a statement in Accra stated on Friday.
A panel of eminent citizens, incl…
Four former African leaders have stressed the need for the institution of effective and sustainable measures that will help strengthen and deepen democracy on the continent.
They said the prevalence of the multi party system in Africa…
The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA)
on Friday elected Mr. Samuel Sarpong as the Metropolitan Chief Executive
(MCE) at an election supervised by the Electoral Commission (EC).
He polled a total of 77 votes out of the 79 ballots cas…
The Atiwa District Assembly has confirm Mr Atta Twum, a 59 year old human resource management consultant as the President's nominee for the post of District Chief Executive(DCE) for Atiwa at its special meeting at Kwabeng on Friday.
…
The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA)
on Friday elected Mr. Samuel Sarpong as the Metropolitan Chief Executive
(MCE) at an election supervised by the Electoral Commission (EC).
He polled a total of 77 votes out of the 79 ballots cas…
The West Akyem District Assembly on Friday confirmed Mr Seth Otchere, the President's nominee, as the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for the area.
Sixty-five of the assembly members voted for his endorsement, with two against and on…
The youth supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), in the Kwahu West Municipality, have expressed their support for Mr Alex Obeng Somuah, the President's nominee for the position of the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), for the…
The Kpando District Assembly at its meeting, on Friday, confirmed Mr Francis Ganyaglo, 38, a Lecturer in Marketing at the Ho Polytechnic, as the District Chief Executive.
Mr Ganyaglo polled 46 out of 47, representing 98 percent of vo…
African civil society organisations on Friday made a commitment to challenge Governments to make inputs into the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) process so that the world can develop peacefully.
The civil society groups from C…
Mr Anthony Egyir Aikins, 53, an internal auditor of the Ministry of Health, was on Friday confirmed as the Metropolitan Chief Executive for Cape Coast when he polled an unprecedented 100% during voting for his confirmation.
For the …
The Eastern Regional Minister, Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, has commended Members of Parliament (MPs) in the area for their role in the endorsement of the Municipal and District Chief Executives (MDCE'S).
He said the support of the MPs in …
Zoomlion Ghana Limited on Saturday joined the Ghana Health Service and health partners to commemorate this year's World Malaria Day by engaging in an insecticide spraying exercise at the Accra International Conference Centre.
Mr Abib…
The Savanna Cement Company (SAVACEM) will spend over GHc 659.000 over a period of three years to protect the environment in its area of operations.
The company plans to spend GHc 369,000 on reclamation, GHc 160,000 on the decommissio…
Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mrs. Elizabeth Mills-Robertson has visited the wife and family of Chief Inspector Jacob Kofi Nyame, who was shot and killed in Kumasi on Easter Monday when gunmen suspected to be armed robbers rai…
Drug Law Enforcement Unit (DLEU) of the Ashanti Regional Police Command, has arrested 15 traders
for dealing in contraband cigarettes, at the Central Market, at Kajetia in Kumasi.
They were Beatrice Foriwaa, 31, Kofi Amoako, 45, M…
The Cultural Caravan,a locally designed initiative to challenge Ghanaian artistes to develop entertainment with creative ideas and indigenous material, would be held from April
30-May 7.
The Culture Caravan is a musical programme i…
Ms. Elizabeth Moundo, Director of the United
Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Accra,
on Friday said there was the need for countries to conduct
research on the education sector's response to HIV/AIDS …
Dr. George Yankey, Minister of Health on Friday
said though the Ministry had achieved considerable gain in the fight against malaria, the disease continued to be one of the major killer diseases that
the Ministry had to tackle.
"…
Conditions at the Maternity Wards of the Ridge and Korle Bu Teaching Hospitals, both in Accra, need urge attention to check infant and maternal mortality rate.
At the Ridge Hospital, the ward is congested. A number of mothers were l…
A two-day workshop
on the use of royalties in mining and oil communities opened in Takoradi on Friday.
It was organized by the Coalition on Decentralization made up of three institutions-- The Public Agenda Newspaper, Friends of …
Mr Charles Ofosu Amparbeng, the Chief Personnel Officer of the Western Regional Coordinating Council, has said the church has inadvertently contributed to the moral decay the country was experiencing because of the 'gospel of prosperity" w…
Mr Kofi Portuphy, the National Coordinator of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), had called on stakeholders in disaster management to make sacrifices during management of emergencies to help save lives and properties.
…
Mr Doug Firez, a United States National Guard at North Dakota, has stated that communication and coordination are the key factors in disaster management.
"It is important to work as a team during emergency and ensure that communication…
Professor Kwasi Nsia-Gyabaah, Rector of the Sunyani Polytechnic on Friday said the concept of extra classes in the country is not inappropriate in itself but the level of provision is the problem.
It is unnecessary to organise additi…
Mr Seth Kwame Acheapong, Member of Parliament for Mpraeso, has advised Junior High School (JHS) students, who just completed their Basic School Certificate Examination (BECE), not to sit idle at home but rather continued to study.
H…
The Reverend Kofi Awqadzi, head pastor of the Lone Voice Ministry, on Saturday charged church leaders exhibit humility, discipline and exemplary leadership
to their members.
Rev Awadzi made the call when he inducted three new pasto…
The Bongo District Assembly in the Upper East Region, on Friday failed to endorse the President's nominee for District Chief Executive (DCE) for the area.
Mr Clement Akugre Atia, a 51 year old former DCE for the area failed to obtain…
The International Federation of Women Lawyers of Ghana (FIDA) has appealed to traditional authorities in the Upper East Region to involve experienced women in their decision-making processes for fair access to justice.
The Upper East…
The Ghana Mineworkers Union (GMU) of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) on Friday threatened to mobilize workers of AngloGold Ashanti to stage a week-long strike action in protest against what they called an unfair Employee Share Ownership Pl…
The Produce Buying Company (PBC) registered a net profit after tax of GH¢2.110 million in the financial year ended 2008, as against GH¢0.388 million in the previous year.
Cocoa production also rose by 11% from 614,532 tonnes in 2007 …
A doctor has appealed to stakeholders in health delivery particularly the media to undertake sustainable activities that aim at improving the survival, health and well-being of mothers and children.
He urged journalists to make it th…
Scientists have identified a specific type of immune cells that they said may cause malaria patients to develop more serious disease, according to a report to be published on Friday in the journal PLoS Pathogen.
These immune cells…
Deutsche Welle (DW), Germany's international broadcaster, would on Tuesday organise a workshop in Accra on radio programming for girls and boys from 12 years to 20 years of age for its partner stations in Ghana.
The workshop on the t…
The Ghana Mines workers Union (GMWU) of the Ghana Trades Union Congress (TUC) has commended President Evans Atta Mills for the bold action taken to prevail upon Anglogold Ashanti to address the degradation of communities affected by minin…
Joseph Kwabena Onyinah,
Ashanti Regional Director of Education, has lauded Otumfuo Osei
Tutu II, the Asantehene, for initiating the educational fund, which
has significantly improved education delivery, which is the key to
…
Members of Bawku Municipal Assembly on Friday confirmed Mr Musah Abdulai as Bawku Municipal Chief Executive while members of Garu-Tempane Assembly confirmed Mr David Adakudugu as Garu-Tempane District Chief Executive.
Each had more …
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