A clergyman has expressed concern about the current spate of invocation of curses on people by aggrieved persons, including Christians in the country.
Reverend Monsignor Thomas Manu, Vicar-General of the Konongo-Mampong Catholic Dioc…
The All Nations University College in Koforidua is to introduce a new programme in oil and gas engineering.
Dr Samuel H. Donkor, President of the university who announced this at the third matriculation of the university on Tuesday, …
Madam Adwoa Nyarko, Proprietor of Confidence Eating Place at Bantama in Kumasi, has appealed to the rich to always remember needy children, especially those in foster homes and assist in their education and upbringing.
She said such assi…
Nana Kwame Owusu-Agyeman, Antoahene, has inaugurated a modern aqua-privy lavatory, worth GH¢80,000 at Antoa in the Kwabre District.
The facility, sponsored by the Chief, has 24 tiled chambers with four hand washing sinks and an office fo…
The Movement for Youth, Peace and Development (MYPD), a non-governmental organisation on Tuesday called on government to provide a clear-cut policy on the duration of Senior High School (SHS) education in the country.
A statement sign…
A-day's workshop on the significance of Customary Land Secretariat (CLS), established in Kasoa, in Awutu Senya District of the Central Region, has been held at Kasoa.
It was organised by the Centre for Development of People (CEDEP) a…
Mrs Juliana Azumah-Mensah, Minister of Tourism, on Tuesday said the growth of the hospitality industry was imperative in increasing the country's foreign exchange earnings and thereby enhancing development.
At a meeting with the Proj…
Students from Indiana State University in the United States of America on Tuesday paid a visit to the offices of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) to see at first hand how its operations are conducted.
Briefing the students about the o…
The Ga State Traditional Royal Heads Consultative Assembly (GSTRHCA) on Tuesday proposed that traditional rules and regulations in accordance with Ga Customs and tradition should be used to regulate the Ga head of family system.
The …
Mr Isaiah Kofi Boateng, an herbalist, has appealed to the government, non-governmental organizations and individuals to assist herbalists to enable them to offer more service to the people.
Mr Boateng, who is the Director of the Isaboaco…
A combination of an effective public transport system and minimum use of cars is the cure for climate change in cities like Mumbai and Kolkata, according to a noted British scientist.
"We should strive for minimum use of cars and giv…
More than 2,000 people, including school children, have been displaced by a rainstorm that hit some communities in Asunafo North Municipality.
The victims are putting up with friends and relatives.
The rainstorm ripped off the …
A 47-year-old prominent farmer in the Atwima Mponua District, Kofi Tetegah who was reported missing about a month ago, was on Tuesday found dead in a forest at Anyinamso Number Two near Nyinahin in the Atwima Mponua District.
The decompo…
The Civil Servants Association (CSA) on Wednesday said members would be compelled to suspend work on Friday to march to the seat of government to demand answers to why their six-month (January-June 2008) salary arrears have not yet been pa…
Mr Kwaku Akpotosu, Tema Metropolitan Coordinating Director, said on Wednesday that there was the need for households to pay for refuse collection to facilitate proper management of waste in the country.
Mr Akpotosu said "refuse collecti…
Mr Daniel Semanu Odoom, an architect on Wednesday said change of attitude rather than change of governments was necessary for Ghana's development.
Mr Odoom said this at a durbar in honour of a 23-member delegation of students and tea…
The Upper East Regional Director of the Department of Women, Ms Mercy Atule, on Tuesday expressed concern that about 90 per cent of domestic violence related cases in the region were caused by men.
She said that there were a few cases…
A three-member delegation from the New Hampshire University in the United States of America (USA), on Monday paid a two day working visit to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), in Kumasi.
Professor Lisa Ma…
Fire on Tuesday gutted a house at Adwumam-Manhyia in the Kwabre East District and destroyed property worth thousands of Ghana cedis.
The fire destroyed computers, fridges, wax prints and furniture.
Mr. Stephen Yaw Saahene, the landlor…
The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) presidents of the various universities on Wednesday appealed to the government to facilitate the payment of their SSNIT student loans as soon as possible.
They also called for "an apprecia…
Mr. Cletus Avoka, Minister of the Interior, on Wednesday observed that illicit drug lords were capitalizing on the existing peace prevailing in the country to turn it into transit country.
He said: "Drug trafficking generates crime y…
The Deputy Chief Scout Commissioner of the Ghana Scouts Association (GSA) Madam Jemima N. Nartey, has emphasized the need to ensure discipline in order to maintain and promote a clean environment in the country.
She said if self-disc…
Five persons have died of an unidentified sickness in Dolpa district of mid-western region, some 270 km northwest of Nepali capital Kathmandu, local news website Nepalnews reported on Monday.
Reports quoting local health officials sa…
Mr. Mark Woyongo, Upper East Regional Minister, has said education is the major component for improving productive capacity of societies.
He said this in a speech read for him at the maiden matriculation of students of the Gbewaa Train…
A Sekondi District Magistrate's Court on Monday remanded Ama Etiwabaa, a 23-year-old unemployed, for causing harm to her rival.
She pleaded guilty and will re-appear on April 2.
Assistant Superintendent of Police Richard Boate…
Asaab Enterprise, a local construction company, has abandoned a six-unit classroom block at the Gbewaa Training College at Pusiga since October 2007.
Efforts by the college to get the consultant to the project, "Associated Beaver Con…
The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) and Progress Transport Owners Association (PROTOA), at Agona Swedru, have protested against the decision of the Agona West Municipal Assembly to ban their local taskforce formed to check indis…
A Circuit Court at Agona Swedru, granted 19,000 Ghana cedis bail with two sureties to an Assistant Director of Education in the Agona West Municipal Directorate of the Ghana Education Service, for indecent assault on a 10-year-old girl.
…
Nearly 60,000 people have so far been affected by diarrhea disease in Bangladesh this year amid hot weather, officials said on Monday.
Out of the total, they said some 16,427 patients were affected this month as the disease spread fa…
Nana Adu Gyamfi, Adontenhene of Asanteman, has advised students to be disciplined and serious with their studies so that they could become useful citizens in the future.
He urged them to avail themselves of the opportunity being offe…
Professor Daniel Bour, Provost of the College of Arts and Social Sciences (CASS) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has lauded the springing up of Keep Fit Clubs in Kumasi and other parts of the country.
H…
Naa Puowele Karbo, Paramount Chief of the Lawra Traditional Area in the Upper West Region, has called for a clear development agenda for the region.
This, he said, would enable individuals, donors and non-governmental organizations (…
Political parties started to campaign
on Monday to get people support in direct legislative election on April 9 and Presidential election on July 8.
The political parties gathered here in the capital of Jakarta vowing to conduct a …
Left-wing opposition candidate Mauricio Funes has won El Salvador's Presidential Election, figures released by the country's election commission showed.
Funes garnered 51.27 percent of the vote against 48.73 percent for Rodrigo Avila…
A new financial directory that seeks to provide holistic financial information to investors, shareholders, banks as well as the public is to be launched on Wednesday.
The directory is expected to serve as a one-stop shop for informat…
A circuit court in Goaso has sentenced a 37 year-old self-styled juju man, Alhaji Abonyere, to 15 years imprisonment in hard labour for sexually assaulting a housewife.
The convict pleaded guilty.
Chief Inspector Isaac Asomani …
Prince William seems to be following his legendary
mother's foot steps as recently released photographs show the young royal cooking meals in the kitchen of homeless charity Centrepoint, an organisation earlier patronised by Diana.
Wi…
Stakeholders in the oil and gas industries on Tuesday began a two-day meeting to examine the likely impact of oil exploration on the fishing industry.
The meeting put together by the Corporate Social Responsibility Movement and Fried…
A rainstorm that hit Awukugua in the Eastern Region at the week end destroyed at least six houses and others had their roofs ripped off.
About 40 people have been rendered homeless and are lodging with fiends and relatives.
A ne…
Reverend Monsignor Thomas Manu, Vicar-General of the Konongo-Mampong Catholic Diocese, has expressed concern about the spate of invocation of curses on people by aggrieved persons.
He said such an evil act being perpetuated by p…
About 2,000 professional graduate teachers, who completed their studies from universities on study leave without pay, are yet to be posted by the Ghana Education Service (GES) because of the ban on public sector employment which took effec…
The Chief and people of Tamale on Monday celebrated their annual "Damba" festival in pump and pageantry.
The occasion saw a colourful display of Dagbon culture as the chiefs rode on horses amidst drumming and dancing.
Dakpem…
The Reverend Obeng Nyame of the Adweso Circuit of the Methodist Church, has observed that the essence of fasting is the focus on God and not the material self denial.
He has, therefore, called on all Christians to join the annual C…
Population and Development Fact Sheet Five has projected Ghana's population to increase to 62.9 per cent by 2025 from 43.8 per cent in 2000 if effective strategies were not developed to prevent the rapid growth of population and urbanizati…
The Minister for Energy, Dr Joe Oteng Adjei, on Tuesday asked the government of the United States of America to help provide technical support for young graduates of the ministry on energy related issues to enable them to contribute meanin…
Dr. George Kankam, Senior Lecturer at the University of Education, Winneba, on Tuesday observed that even though the educational reforms were well-intentioned in pushing the nation's developmental agenda forward, they had not been able t…
Fire on Tuesday burnt down a six-bedroom house at Nyinahin in the Atwima Mponua District, destroying personal belongings and GH¢25,000 cash.
Mr. Kwame Adjei, an eye witness, told the Ghana News Agency that the fire started at 1730 hours…
President John Evans Atta Mills on Monday reiterated Government's determination to create an enabling investment environment to facilitate job creation.
He reiterated that job creation and human resource development in an environme…
Cocoa Processing Company (CPC) Limited expects to significantly increase its revenue and widen its target markets this year, thanks to the completion of a five-year expansion programme that has more than doubled its throughput, its directo…
The Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC), organisers of the Ghana Club 100 awards, on Monday requested from companies, which wish to be considered for the 2009 awards, to submit their audited accounts.
Businesses willing to parti…
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