The Ministry of Health is putting in place measures that would compel students in health training institutions to sign bonds to serve for a period of time before they could be on their own.
In breach of this contract, there will be …
An accused person, shortly after receiving a seven-year jail sentence for stealing at a Circuit Court at Juaso on Monday stirred the emotions of the audience when he broke down in tears and pleaded with the judge to pardon him.
Yaw …
The Bolgatanga Technical Institute in the Upper East Region, has been selected to run pilot courses in the Presidential Special Initiatives (PSI) on Distance Learning Open Schooling in Technical and Vocational Education programme.
Te…
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her British counterpart David Miliband paid a surprise visit to Afghanistan on Thursday amid increasing insurgency and rift among the NATO member states over alliance mission in the country, acc…
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday called for drawing up an international treaty that would provide "climate justice" as he opened the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS) here attended by hundreds of Indian and foreign d…
The United States announced Wednesday the resumption of military aid to Thailand after the country returns to civilian rule.
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte has determined and certified to Congress that a democratically e…
The Council for National Security ( CNS) of Thailand officially announced its disbandment on Thursday morning, one day after Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej and his new cabinet swore in.
At a press conference held at the Army Headquarte…
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva announced Wednesday that his government is to redouble efforts to improve security, health and education.
Brazil will allocate 6 billion reais (about 3.4 billion U.S. dollars) by 2010 to a …
Ecuador's central government and the country's 22 governors began Wednesday studying proposals on decentralization and territorial reordering, the presidential office said.
The group is analyzing initiatives to create autonomous territo…
The UN's disaster reduction chief Tuesday praised the swift and effective action by the Chinese government in the face of the country's worst snow disaster for decades.
China swiftly put into play an emergency plan amid its worst winter…
Leading NRI labour MP Keith Vaz
has introduced a bill in the House of Commons seeking a more
ethnically-balanced Parliament in the UK.
The bill will allow parties to create ethnic-minority
shortlists when selecting parliamentary c…
In a sudden turnaround, slain former
premier Benazir Bhutto's husband Asif Ali Zardari Wednesday
said he had "no intention" of becoming prime minister and that
his Pakistan People's Party (PPP) would decide on a candidate
for the post.…
A team from Britain's Scotland
Yard probing the assassination of former premier Benazir
Bhutto will submit its report to the Pakistani authorities
this week.
The three-member team of British detectives arrived at
the airport here…
The winning numbers of the Mid-Week Lotto Draw held in Accra were, 17 - 2 - 37 - 69 -and 57, according to a bulletin of the National Lottery Authority.
Two agencies of the Gomoa Ajumako Rural Bank at Gomoa Eshiem and Ankamu-Junction have been re-opened to ensure prompt and quick services to the farmers, fishermen, traders and other businessmen and women in the area.
Mr Robert Arkoh,…
The United States Thursday said
it will "continue cooperation" with India to achieve the goal
of getting the Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement completed.
White House Deputy Press Secretary Tony Fratto was asked
in his briefing as…
Mahatma Gandhi neither uttered
the widely believed "Hey Ram" nor the recently claimed "Ram...
Ram" after he was shot from close range by Nathuram Godse, a
former aide of the Father of the Nation claims.
The death also came as the final…
Concerned over reports that
Pakistan has been misusing funds meant for the war on terror
for armaments against India, a US Senate panel has asked
Defence Secretary Robert Gates to prepare his findings on the
issue, to be presented befo…
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has
begun the installation of prepaid metres to its customers in the Cape Coast municipality.
Mr Eric Asante, public relations officer of the Central Region branch of
the Company, who made thi…
The Suhum Magistrate's court, presided over by Mr C. M. Essandoh have sentenced one Abdul Razak to a fine of GH¢1,000 or in default two years imprisonment for stealing a DVD, a 24-inch colour television set and a mobile phone.
Razak…
The Wassa West District Directorate of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) recorded 59 still births out of the total births of 1,526 babies last year.
Dr. Jack Gale, Wassa West District Director of Health Service said this at the end of …
Two HIV/AIDS Care and Support Associations, the Safe Haven Project of the US and the Charles Aikins' 'Live and let Live' Foundation based in the Awutu-Effutu-Senya (AES) district would soon start an HIV/AIDS programme in some selected sch…
The Upper Denkyira District Assembly is spending more than GH¢160,000 to provide potable water to some communities under its water and sanitation programme.
With partnership from the Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA), the…
The National Co-ordinator of the Savannah Young Executive Forum, a youth group in the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Teacher Awudu Dawuni, has appealed to people in Zongo communities to collectively rally behind policies and programmes that s…
An exhibition of Chinese New Year woodblock prints opened here Monday to showcase this traditional Chinese art on the eve of China's Spring Festival.
More than 100 exquisite woodblock prints in various styles and from different places o…
Danso Kwapong, a farmer, who posed as an official of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and collected a total of GH¢20 as tax from three persons have appeared before the Asamankese Circuit court charged with stealing.
Kwapong, 40, wh…
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7
rocked eastern parts of Indonesia on Wednesday afternoon, no report of
damage or casualties, the meteorological agency said here.
The quake struck at 19:48 Jakarta time (1248 GMT) with epicenter…
Christians in the Cape Coast municipality on Tuesday night ushered in the New Year with watch-night services, singing songs of praise, hymns amidst dancing and waving of white handkerchiefs, in honour of God for brining them into another …
Mr. Osei-Assibey Antwi, Deputy Ashanti Regional Minister, has advised Muslim parents to take advantage of the new educational reform and take their children to school to equip them for the future.
He said that by so doing, the children …
The youth have been urged to guard against immoral behaviour and persistent acts of indiscipline because they risk compromising their future.
Teenagers, young men and women who join bad company stand to lose greatly if they persist …
About 140,000 people in the Kintampo South and North districts are to take part in a research, which seeks to find out the number of people who are familiar with artesunate amodiaquine, a new malaria drug.
The study also seeks to fi…
Two Assembly Members in Nkoranza South district have complained about the activities of a contractor working on the extension of electricity to their electoral areas, saying the project had rather become a threat to the lives of the people…
Over four hundred people in four communities near Nsawam in the Akuapem South District have been rendered homeless following a heavy rainstorm which hit the area.
The communities affected were Ahwerease, Darman, Noka and Anof.
…
An inmates sports jamboree kicked-off at Kamfinsa State Prison ground in Kitwe of Zambia's Copperbelt province with 11 prisons from all nine provinces taking part in the week-long competition, according to Times of Zambia.
The annua…
The Ghana Country Award Council (GCAC) on Thursday congratulated Dr Nii Narku Quaynor, Chief Executive Officer of Network Computer Systems (NCS), for being the first African to receive the John B Postel Award at the just-ended Internet Eng…
Victory Bible Church International has thanked God for the life of President John Agyekum Kufuor following a motor accident one month ago.
A statement signed by the Reverend Cornelius Adja Cofie, General Secretary, said the Church "…
Visiting Vice President of the Islamic Republic of Iran and President of the Physical Education Organization Muhammad Aliabadi on Thursday met with Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPR…
A three-day event to provide social interaction and relaxation for the Northern Command of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has opened in Kumasi with a variety of drills and competitions.
The three-day jamboree, the first of its kind involvi…
Mr Emmanuel Acquah Asante, Nkoranza District Best Cattle Farmer, has advised livestock and poultry farmers to ensure clean surroundings for their animals.
Mr Asante was addressing farmers after receiving his award at the District's …
China and the US opened high-profile trade talks speaking against protectionism but both remained sharply divided as before on thorny issues
like trade barriers and appreciation of the Chinese currency.
At the top-level third Strategic …
Mr Alan John Kyerematen, one of the aspirants contesting to succeed President John Agyekum Kufuor, has called on the delegates to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) congress to discount negative propaganda against him.
Speaking in a tel…
Latvian born Spaniard Alexei Shirov earned the right to meet Gata Kamsky of the United States in the final of the chess World Cup following a 1.5-0.5 victory over Sergey Karjakin of Ukraine in
the rapid tie-break games of the semi-finals.…
The Minister of Minister of Women and Children's Affairs, Hajia Alima Mahama, is leading the official government delegation to the UN General Assembly meeting on "A World Fit for Children" (WFFC+5), the plan of action that was adopted at …
One of the two agricultural science tutors of the Shama Senior High School (SHS) who were transferred from the school for their alleged insubordination and disrespectful attitude towards school authority had appealed for reinstatement to "…
Miss Halina Nuhu, Brong-Ahafo Regional Director of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), has attributed the upsurge of mob justice on suspects to the mistrust and the lack of confidence in the judicial system.…
The Ethics and Disciplinary Council of the Ghana Journalists Association on Wednesday asked management of media houses to institute in-house policies against demanding and accepting any form of inducement from the public by their reporter…
The Minority NDC in Parliament on Wednesday raised issues over budgetary allocation to the Office of Accountability, saying it was not an office backed by law to receive separate or itemised allocation.
According to them, the functi…
A 35-year-old woman, Francisca Adjei, has appeared before the Asamankese Circuit court charged with unlawful abortion.
She pleaded not guilty and was granted bail in the sum of GH¢1,500 with one surety to re-appear on January 14, 20…
The Forest Commission, have signed separate agreements with 16 communities in the Volta Region for the sustainable management of rehabilitated forest reserves under the Forest Resource Use Management (FORUM) Project for the next five year…
Ghana would remain hooked to the vagaries of the global oil market unless concerted efforts were made to develop sustainable fuels, Mr. Kwame Amporfo Twumasi, Deputy Minister of Energy, said in Accra on Tuesday.
He said the security…
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