The government spent over 1.6 billion cedis on the cocoa spraying exercise in the Adansi South District between May and November last year.
It is therefore not true that the same government, having spent so much to improve the cocoa…
Yusif Yakubu, a science student at the University of Ghana (UG), Legon, who has won a scholarship to study medicine at the Lugansk State Medical University, Ukraine, on Sunday began a walk from Kumasi to Accra to raise funds to support hi…
The decentralization policy is to empower the people at the local and grassroots level to participate in governance and to ensure the sustenance of true democracy in the country, Mr James Kwabena Appiah-Awuah, Nkoranza District Chief Exec…
The Parent Teacher Association (PTA) of the Methodist Secondary School at Sekondi has presented a block of two classrooms and a 10-seater water closet toilet to the school.
The projects valued at 350 million cedis were meant to ease …
Twenty-six students in the Central Region will benefit from a scholarship to pursue their Senior Secondary School education as from this year.
The scheme instituted by Mr Ato Essuman, Member of the Council of State, would cover a boy…
Ghana on Thursday joined the world to launch the Global Status of commercialised Biotech and Genetically Modified (GM) Crops report for 2005.
The report released on January 11 by the US-based International Service for the Acquisitio…
Well established farmers have been urged to set up demonstration farms to train the youth interested in farming as a vocation in modern methods.
Nana Kwaku Nsiah of Kuma Farms and the 2004 National Best Farmer, when he visited Ambro…
The 29th ordinary Summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), approved the conversion of its Executive Secretariat into a Commission.
The Commission, to be headed by a President assisted by a Deputy and seven o…
The Member of Parliament for Bimbilla, Mr Mohammed Ibn Abass on Thursday appealed to the feuding factions in the chieftaincy conflict that has erupted in Bimbilla to exercise restraint and end hostilities.
In a statement issued in A…
The Central Regional Director of the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board (GMMB), Mr Nicholas Ivor, has as a matter of urgency, called on the Cape Coast and Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) district assemblies to enforce their byelaws, parti…
The Ministry of Energy has attributed the recent power outages to obsolete equipment being operated by the Volta River Authority (VRA) and the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG).
The power outages on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 of Janua…
The Youth of Namolo, a suburb of Navrongo in the Kassena Nankana District of the Upper East Region have initiated a move, aimed at addressing the developmental problems in the community, through reducing poverty.
As a first step, th…
Security agencies at the country's frontiers have been reminded of the extra vigilance and coordination they were required to put up to secure national security and stability.
Mr Patrick Kwarteng Acheampong, Inspector-General of Poli…
Nim Furniture and Pest Control Company has donated 10 million cedis worth of airtime to the Ministry of Health on the Metro TV.
A statement signed by Mr Dan Osman, Public Relations Officer of the Ministry, said the airtime credit wo…
The Ashanti Regional Secretariat of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), has called for the collective efforts of stakeholders tackle the outbreak of bushfires and incidence of Cerebral Spinal Meningitis (CSM) that had b…
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BANGUI, Jan 9 (AFP/) - Thousands of people in the capital of the Central African Republic were forced to walk to work or school Monday after a strike in protest at rising fuel costs ke…
A 167-page book on the mysterious deadly disease Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), which according to medical experts affect one in a million people was at the week-end launched in Accra.
The book titled; "O Love...That Will Not Let Me…
President John Agyekum Kufuor on Tuesday called on the Muslim community to use the celebration of the Eid-Ul-Adha to pray for more peace, harmony and mutual understanding that would bond all Ghanaians together.
They should also ask f…
The Ministry of Education and Sports has expressed its condolence to the family of the late Mr Godfred Cobblah, an International Boxing Referee/Judge and a Senior Administrator of the Internal Revue Service (IRS).
Land guards at Achi…
The Commonwealth Boxing Council (CBC) has endorsed an elimination bout between Ghana's Joshua "Bukom Tsatsu" Okine and Ugandan Ali Nuumembe in a Welterweight Contest.
The fight is scheduled for the United Kingdom (UK) on February 12 …
Following last Sunday's pitch invasion by supporters of Accra Hearts of Oak in the Ga Mantse Cup Memorial Cup match against Division One side, Accra Great Olympics, concerns have been expressed from certain quarters as to which authority …
Adrian Mutu scored twice as leaders Juventus fought back from a goal down to win 2-1 at Palermo on Saturday and move 11 points clear at the top of Italy's Serie A.
Juve were caught cold early on in their first match back after the wi…
Mr Yaw Osafo Maafo, Minister of Education and Sports has stated that the government would ensure that citizens are lifted from the shackles of ignorance and poverty in this scientific and technology era.
He said, "Science and techno…
Participants at the 57th Annual Near Year School, which ended at the week-end at the University Ghana, Legon have recommended to Government to declare this year, 2006, as a "Year for attitudinal changes at workplaces".
Government as …
The Upper West Region this year recorded only one road accident from December 25 to January 3, 2006 making it the first time it recorded such a limited number of accidents during the yuletide.
Apart from a private vehicle that had a…
Mr Cephas Sowa, the Enchi Branch Manager of the Agriculture Development Bank (ADB), has denied allegations by some cocoa farmers in the area that the bank was refusing to honour their Akuafo cheques.
Speaking to the GNA at Enchi, he sai…
Heads of State and Governments of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will meet in the Nigerien capital, Niamey, on Thursday January 12.
The summit will consider proposals for the transformation of the Executive…
Mr Yaw Osafo-Maafo, Minister of Education and Sports, has advocated the active involvement of the youth in the fight against the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
He said the organisation of focus group discussions and other participatory exercises…
Police Officers, who fall abysmally below the pass mark at various Police training courses, would be withdrawn, Mr Patrick Kwarteng Acheampong, Inspector General of Police (IGP), said on Thursday.
The IGP was speaking at the opening …
Mr Osei Bonsu Amoah, Deputy Minister of Education and Sports has allayed fears of athletes that the relocation of the running tracks at the Ohene Djan Sports Stadium to the El Wak Stadium in Accra will not perish the sport.
The Deputy…
The three-man team from the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) on Thursday inspected the site for the construction of the Sekondi Sports Stadium at Essipong near Sekondi.
The are to asses the country' preparedness towards the hos…
Our Elders say that one does not deny the destitute clothes if one had promised him or her one. The Ghana COCOBOD should effect immediate payment for all the cocoa bought to stave off the suffering of our cocoa farmers, who have sold their…
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has hailed France's decision to impose a tax on airline tickets that would fuel aid for developing countries.
"The secretary general warmly welcomes the adoption by the parliament of France of a levy o…
Eurosport.com on Sunday listed 10 football rising stars that could make a real impact next season.
1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona/Argentina)
Having already ousted Ludovic Giuly from the starting eleven, he overshadowed Robinho in Barce…
About 164 teachers drawn from four circuits of the Amansie East District in Ashanti have attended an HIV/AIDS workshop aimed at equipping them with the requisite knowledge on the disease.
The circuits were Bekwai, Asiwa, Abosamso and…
Argentine Palaeontologists have discovered the largely intact skeleton of a young titanosaurus that lived 71 million years ago, local media reported.
"What's extraordinary about this is that the remains were articulated, as if the ani…
Well-to-do Ghanaians have been urged to show love and compassion to the needy and vulnerable people in society.
They should also use part of their wealth to support the poor and contribute to their welfare to enable them feel happy …
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Challenge Heights, a Non profit organisation, Mr James Kofi Annan, has commended the Ghana Education Service (GES) for taking punitive action against some head-teachers in Accra for sending pupils …
The Minister of Energy, Prof. Mike Ocquaye, has called on the people to embrace policies of government because those policies were meant to improve the standard of living of the people of Ghana.
He assured that the government would n…
The Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Dr. Yao Obed Asamoah, has urged delegates to the party's Congress to perform their responsibility to the best of their ability and return home as a more united party than they came.
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The newly elected Executives of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Monday expressed gratitude to the rank and file of the Party for their successful conference over the weekend and promised to work hard to meet their expectations.
A s…
Mr Baba Hamid Osman Principal Economic Planning Officer of the Upper West Regional Coordinating Council, has stressed the need for Ghanaians to support and work hard to achieve the targets set out in the 2006 National Budget Statement.
…
Three people, including a four-month old baby, died at the Bibiani Government Hospital shortly after admission when the vehicle on which they were travelling from Kumasi to Kwapong in the Brong-Ahafo region skidded off the road and ran int…
Hundreds of South Koreans have offered to donate eggs for stem cell research in a show of support for cloning pioneer Hwang Woo-Suk despite his admitted ethical breaches, supporters said Sunday.
More than 700 would-be ova donors have …
The Assistant Commissioner of Police, Douglas Akrofi Asiedu on Saturday said it was required of civil society to support the Police Service with the needed logistics to enable them achieve efficiency in their task to enforce law and order …
Mr. Peter Kwabena Ameyaw, the Adansi North District Chief Executive, has expressed concern about Licensed Cocoa Buying Companies (LCBCs) that are sabotaging government efforts at promoting the cocoa industry through undue delays in the pay…
BERLIN, Nov 27 (AFP/GNA) - Bayern Munich surged six points clear at the Bundesliga summit with a 2-1 win over Mainz 05 on Saturday at the Allianz Arena.
It was Bayern's 12th win in their first 14 matches, a record Bundesl…
Thierry Henry reached another personal milestone as he scored the second goal of the day to help Arsenal secure a 3-0 victory over Blackburn at Highbury.
The Frenchman has already become the club's all-time leading scorer this season …
Six teams have confirmed their participation in the Otumfuo Invitational Tournament expected to kick-start on December 11, this year.
The teams are Enyimba FC of Nigeria, Kumasi Asante Kotoko, King Faisal and AshantiGold from Ghana,…
Delegates at the just-ended Conference of ECOWAS Chief Justices and ECOWAS Court of Justice in Accra have suggested that courses on the ECOWAS Treaty and Protocols be part of the curricula of law schools in member-countries.
Furtherm…
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