The Ministry of the Interior reminds the public that Friday, December 3, 2004, which is Farmers' Day, is a statutory public holiday and should be observed as such throughout the country.
This was contained in a statement on Friday s…
Ms Baaba Brew Fleischer, Central Regional Coordinator of the Ghana NGO Coalition, on Thursday appealed to the media to champion the activities of aspiring women parliamentarians to facilitate the election of more women MPs.
She stre…
Ghana's sentinel surveillance report on the prevalence rate of HIV on adults, indicates that the pandemic has increased from 2.6 per cent to 3.6 per cent in 2003, representing a 50 per cent rise since 2000.
Sex between males and fema…
The Kumasi South Hospital at Kyirapatre will be turned into a Centre of Excellence for Maternal and Child Health Care, Dr Frank Abebrese, the Medical Superintendent has announced.
He said the hospital was being supported with funds f…
Eight communities in Bowiiri Kyirahi in the Volta Region and the Ghana Forestry Commission on Friday signed an agreement to implement a collaborative management of the Odomi River Forest Reserve for five years.
Representatives of th…
Mr Kwadwo Adjei Darko, the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, has said henceforth markets in the country would have management and board of directors to ensure peaceful and smooth operations.
He said members of the ma…
Members of the Ahanta West District Forestry Forum Thursday, alleged that, illegal chain saw operators are destroying the Cape Three Points Forest Reserve on a large scale.
They said the group of illegal chain saw operators do their oper…
Mr James Kainyah, Chairman of the Sekondi-Takoradi Chamber of Commerce and Industry has said one key issue that most importers ignore in their business management, is lack of proper record-keeping for effective operetion.
He was speaking…
Ghana and Iran on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding for a grant of 1.5 dollars (about 13.8 billion cedis) for the supply of ambulances to enhance the emergency response capabilities of hospitals and clinics.
Minister of Sta…
Placard bearing non-teaching staff of the Ghana Education Service (GES) who are members of the Teachers and Educational Workers Union (TEWU) on Friday went on a demonstration to protest delays in the payment of their salary adjustments.
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Mr K. T. Hammond, Deputy Minister of Energy, has urged Ghanaians to vote massively for the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) to enable it entrench good governance.
"President Kufuor... promised to offer positive change in the governa…
Former President Jerry John Rawlings has called on supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to have a united front to enable the Party to win Election 2004.
He said the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Government would attempt t…
Former President Jerry John Rawlings, has urged polling agents of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to keep an eye on the ballot boxes at their polling stations and ensure that nobody tampered with them.
He also urged them to be …
Eligible voters, who have lost their voters' identity cards and have requested for replacement have been urged to keep their receipts safely.
The Reverend Osei Bonsu Nsiah, Kwabre District Electoral Officer, who gave this advice, said…
Mr Kofi Adu Poku, Convention People's Party (CPP) Parliamentary Candidate for Kumawu, has stated that his priority would be education when elected to Parliament.
In pursuance of this policy, therefore, he said he had instituted a s…
Vice President Aliu Mahama on Thursday warned that functionaries of New Patriotic Party (NPP) risked being sanctioned for supporting and providing resources for independent parliamentary candidates who are standing against the party's offi…
The nominated Moroccan match officials by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for the postponed Confederation Cup final at the Accra Sports Stadium between Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Asante Kotoko are scheduled to arrive in the…
Play-off candidates, Okwawu United are currently in the market in search of a new coach to handle the club as they prepare to engage Sekondi Hsaacas in a play-off to determine which of them joins the Division One League next season.
Th…
The Ghana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) will from December 10, begin an elaborate youth development programme aimed hunting for more talents for the sport.
The programme, sponsored by J.A. Biney and Co Limited, would be organised on …
Ebusua Dwarfs beat their local rivals, Cape Coast Venomous Vipers 1-0 in their Division One League match at the Cape Coast Sports stadium on Wednesday.
Vipers who started the match on a fast note kept the spectators yelling with joy at…
Anyetei Laryea, 26, Ghana's colourful bantamweight boxer who is due to leave for the United States next month in pursuit of better opportunities wants to fight Osumanu Akaba, the World Boxing Council (WBC) International featherweight champ…
Mr Ernest Opoku, Ahafo-Ano South District Electoral Officer, has stated that it was the responsibility of all Ghanaians to ensure peaceful, free and fair elections.
Addressing an Inter-party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting at Man…
President Kufuor on Tuesday pledged 300 million cedis toward the construction of a hostel for the Bunkprugu Senior Secondary School in the newly created Bunkprugu/Yunyoo District in the Northern Region.
He said in addition one of the…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) is training about 13,600 Party Agents, to monitor Election 2004, in the 2,607 polling stations in the Eastern Region.
Nana Adi Ankamah, Regional Chairman of the NPP, made this known when he addressed the…
Parliamentary candidates of the political parties contesting the Asokwa Constituency seat in Election 2004 have called for the amendment of the Local Government Act 462 to accelerate the socio-economic development of the country.
Th…
Supporters of Parliamentary candidates contesting the Bantama Constituency Seat on Sunday booed and jeered at the aspirants as they took turns to explain their programmes at a forum held Kumasi on Sunday.
Dr Kwesi Aning of the Africa…
Dr Edward Mahama, Presidential Candidate of the Grand Coalition, on Tuesday warned the electorate that their plight would worsen if they renewed the mandate of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Election 2004.
"It will be political …
The Management of Amansie West Rural Bank, in the Ashanti Region, has presented a cheque of 10 million cedis to the Amansie West District Health Insurance Scheme as the Bank's contribution to the scheme.
The Chairman of the Board of…
Kwadwo Affram Asiedu, Deputy Minister of Trade Industry and President's Initiatives on Tuesday called for the re-engineering of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SME's) to contribute to the country's industrialisation process.
He …
The Ministry of Lands and Forestry on Tuesday called for a collaborative effort by all stakeholders in the formulation of appropriate strategies of bamboo preservation as an alternative to timber.
Professor Dominic Fobih, Minister fo…
The ARB Apex Bank Limited would soon launch a new product called "Efie Ne Fie", literally meaning "Home is Home", Mr. E.K. Kwapong, Managing Director of the Bank has announced.
He said the product would make it easier for urban settl…
The Ghana Standard Board (GSB) on Wednesday cleared Star and Alcobre electrical cables saying the cables manufactured locally by Reroy Enterprise Limited had been certified by the Board.
A statement issued by the Management of the GS…
Dr. Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe, Chairman of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) has warned that the nation could lose its hosting rights for the CAN 2008, if cases of crowd violence and hooliganism erupts during the two leg final match between …
Twifo Praso Noble Kings played a good game to beat Moree United 2-0 in the Central Region Second Division League match played at Praso on Sunday.
After a goalless first half, Noble Kings resumed the game strongly and succeeded in scor…
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has appointed Ratomir Dujkovic, a Serbian as the new head coach of the senior national team, the Black Stars.
Coach Dujkovic becomes the 34th coach to handle the Black Stars and will assume respons…
Call it a battle fit for the gods, the clash of the titans or a continental show piece and you will not be wrong in any way as the two most glamorous clubs in the country - Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Asante Kotoko clash in the first le…
Mr. George Osafo-Agyei, a member of the International Athletics Association (IAA) based in Winneba has called for the construction of a standard athletics oval and provision of modern facilities
at the Winneba National Sports College to…
The National Sports Council has reminded spectators that all political party paraphernalia such as flags and posters as well as singing of political party songs and slogans will not be tolerated at the Accra and Kumasi Sports stadiums.
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The Ghana Football Association has announced the postponement of the CAF Confederation Cup matches between Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Asante Kotoko due to security reasons.
The matches were scheduled for the Accra and Kumasi Sport…
The Ghana League Clubs Association (GHALCA) on Wednesday presented a bull and other items worth about 10 million cedis to Kumasi Asante Kotoko Football Club for their outstanding performance in reaching the finals of this year's Confederat…
The Ghana Karate Association (G.K.A) under the auspices of the National Sports Council is to host the second Black Belt's College on Friday, 26th and Saturday, 27th at the Sports Hall of the Accra Sports Stadium for its Senior members.
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Ghana's only active karate club abroad, the Nippon Karate Club International based in New Virginia, United States of America, a sister branch of Nippon Ghana is to present Video CD's containing pictures of medals and trophies the club has …
Alhaji Mustapha Ali Idris, Minister for Works and Housing, on Tuesday advised local institutions helping to address some of the multi-faceted challenges confronting the Water Sector to establish the necessary linkages that would check the …
A two-day training programme for 50 mushroom farmers drawn from 13 districts of Brong Ahafo has started at Techiman.
It is being organised by BENOOM Mushroom Complex and sponsored by Opportunity Industrialization Centre (OIC) an Inte…
It will be fairly cloudy over southern Ghana in the morning with mist and fog over the forest and high grounds,
the Meteorological Services Department said on Wednesday.
The afternoon is expected to be warm and sunny with rain …
Mr Richard Hinneh, Nkoranza District Director of Health Services (DDHS), on Monday expressed concern about the high rate of maternal deaths prevalent in developing countries including Ghana.
He cited that between January and June thi…
The Adventist Development Relief Agency (ADRA) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have worked together to undertake development projects at Sikaa in the Nkoranza District of the Brong-Ahafo Region to improve…
A one-day Participatory Forest Management (PFM) workshop and off-reserve management ended at Nkawie in the Atwima district on Monday.
The participants were drawn from the seven districts under the Nkawie forest district, comprising …
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on Tuesday presented a total of 288 boxes of disposable medical items to three hospitals in Ho.
The items included surgical drapes, culture tubes, absorbent pads surgical masks, hot and col…
About 1.27 million children in Ghana aged between five and 17 years are engaged in activities classified as child labour, Mr Emmanuel Otoo, an International Labour Organization (ILO) representative in Ghana said on Tuesday.
He noted…
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