A Community Health Nurse has said people who bleach their skin “buy cancer of the skin and other diseases’ since bleaching destroys the skin’s ability to fight off all manner of germs.
She added that doctors who perform surgical oper…
The Food and Drugs Board (FDB) on Thursday alerted the public to the clandestine production and distribution of some alcoholic beverages by Fire and Silver Enterprise.
The beverages are; Sankofa Super Quality Brandy, Sankofa Super Qu…
Mr Worlanyo Siabe, Upper West Regional Director of Community Water and Sanitation Agency, has appealed to the six beneficiary districts of the Sustainable Rural Water and Sanitation Project to endeavour to pay their share of the five per c…
Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) pensioners in the Koforidua Zone of the National Pensioners Association have threatened to demonstrate against new pension indexation.
The pensioners expressed discontent about the …
The Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana (PSGH) is marking this year’s World Health Day on the theme: “Antimicrobial resistance: No action today, no cure tomorrow.”
A statement issued by Dr Alex Dodoo, President of the PSGH and Mr Dennis …
The Accra Community Centre Magistrate’s Court Two n Thursday remanded in prison custody, Francis Adjiri, a 29-year-old hawker, for allegedly assaulting an Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) city guard.
Briefing the media, Mr Yaw Twum…
Swedish Minister for Health and Social Affairs Goran Hagglund and his delegation concluded their visit in Indonesia on April 5-7 after fortifying cooperation between the two countries in health sector.
Minister Hagglund and his delegation…
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Antonio Guterres and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador and American actress Angelina Jolie expressed "deep shock" over reports of the drowning of 213 people off the southern coast of Italy, a UN spokespers…
The Accra Community Centre Magistrate’s Court Two on Thursday remanded into prison custody Francis Adjiri, a 29-year-old trader, for allegedly assaulting an Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) Guard on Wednesday, April 6.
Adjiri pleade…
A Kumasi Circuit Court has sentenced a 26-year old unemployed man who stole two laptops and cellular phones from students at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) to 12 months imprisonment.
Theodore Essan Men…
Half Ton Man: This is the story of American Patrick Deuel, a morbidly obese man who is literally eating himself to death. Weighing in at 76 stone, Patrick was the world's largest man until he was forced to undergo a life saving gastric byp…
Half Ton Man: This is the story of American Patrick Deuel, a morbidly obese man who is literally eating himself to death. Weighing in at 76 stone, Patrick was the world's largest man until he was forced to undergo a life saving gastric byp…
The Upper West Regional Council of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), has warned that it would not allow any group of teachers or faceless personalities to destroy the structures of the Association.
In a statement rea…
The Police Service has established a Marine Police Unit, to handle offences contained in the Fisheries Act 2002 and Fisheries Regulations 2011, Mr Ransford Ninson, Western Regional Police Commander, announced on Wednesday.
Speaking a…
The Headmaster of Half Assini Senior High School, Mr Kojo Edjah, on Wednesday, expressed his disappointment about the unannounced power outage at the school, which nearly marred the WASSCE, which was taking place at the school.
The h…
The Otinibi Basic School, in theGa East Municipality, would soon get a Dining Hall and a Kitchen, to facilitate the smooth implementation of the School Feeding Programme in the area.
The facility, financed by Prembaf, a non-governmen…
The Western Regional Council of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), on Wednesday, pledged its unflinching support to the association and its leadership.
Speaking at a press conference at Fijai, Mr Kwasi Agyemang-Antwi,…
The first batch of students, under the Senior High School (SHS) four-year Education Programme, on Wednesday, began the 2011 West Africa Senior Secondary School Certificate Examinations (WASSSCE) with English Paper Three (Oral English).
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Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) on Wednesday took delivery of medical items valued at €90,000.00 to assist enhance the quality of health care provided at the facility.
These included 70 electronic control hospital beds, 70 mat…
The Dean of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) School of Medical Sciences, Professor Harold Amonoo Kwofie, on Wednesday lauded the decision by the Cuban Government to post specialists and medical doctors to teach at the School.
He sa…
The Central Region Council of the Ghana National Association of teachers (GNAT),on Wednesday pledged support for national leadership of the Association.
The group asked the leadership not to be distracted by agitations by “some few d…
The Kumasi branch of the World Lebanese Cultural Union, has donated items valued at about GH¢10,000.00 for the upkeep of children at the Mother Theresa Missionaries of Charity New Life Home, an orphanage in Kumasi.
These included …
Ghana on Wednesday climaxed activities marking the International Theatre Day with theatrical dance production titled; “Bukom,” which reflects typical social lifestyle of indigenous coastal citizens.
“Bukom” portrayed the mannerism of…
President John Evans Atta Mills on Wednesday cut the sod at Kwame-Danso in the Sene District of Brong-Ahafo Region for work to commence on the 31 kilometre Atebubu-Kwame Danso road.
The President performed the ceremony on the second …
Nearly 70 percent of the fish resources in the Pearl River, the third longest river in China, are under threat as a result of excessive damming, overfishing and water pollution, according to a study.
Estimates suggest that more than 260 f…
Current climate talks have not closed the gap that could keep the world from getting warmer, an analytical paper released on Wednesday said.
"Bangkok climate talks have not changed the gap between emission reduction pledges and what is ne…
The Internet saw a massive volume of more than 286 million new threats last year, with social network websites and mobile devices increasingly targeted for attacks, according to a new survey by security software company Symantec.
The repo…
NASA and co-researchers from the United States, the Republic of Korea and Japan have found a new mineral named "Wassonite" in one of the most historically significant meteorites recovered in Antarctica in December 1969, the U.S. space agen…
Workers managed to stop highly radioactive water from flowing into the Pacific Ocean from a crippled Japanese nuclear power plant early Wednesday morning by injecting a chemical compound, the plant's operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPC…
Experts continue identifying radioactive iodine 131 as they study samples of atmospheric aerosols taken in the air above Vladivostok, the Itar-Tass news agency reported on Tuesday.
According to Itar-Tass, samples are taken on the ground, …
Communities in the Wa Municipality would be provided with 60 boreholes fitted with hand pumps under the sustainable rural water and sanitation project funded by the World Bank.
With 88 boreholes in 58 communities, the Municipality cu…
The Eastern Regional branch of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) on Thursday re-affirmed its support for the national leadership of the association.
It assured the leadership of GNAT that the branch was solidly behind…
Cholera cases in the New Juaben Municipality is now declining, Dr Daniel Asare, the Medical Director of the Koforidua Regional Hospital, said on Thursday.
He said the Regional Hospital now records an average of four cases daily as c…
The Ho Mutual Health Insurance Scheme has registered 13,110 more clients, following an eight-day special drive for membership last month.
The event, designed to herald the naming of the Ho Scheme as the best in the Volta Region, rais…
The Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church Ghana, Most Reverend Professor Emmanuel K. Asante, on Thursday appealed to evangelists in the Church to refrain from the use of expensive bill boards to advertise crusades.
He said those p…
A total of 142 kindergarten kids have been displaced at the Dededo Local Authority (L.A) Primary School in the Ho Municipal area following a rainstorm last Sunday.
The rainstorm, which lasted for about 30 minutes, brought the dilapi…
Students from Senior High Schools in the New Juaben Municipality were on Wednesday educated on their legal rights to go for safe abortion in case they carried unwanted pregnancies at a seminar in Koforidua.
The seminar, which was org…
The Western Regional Council of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) on Thursday pledged its support for the association and its national leadership.
Speaking at a press conference at Fijai, Mr. Kwasi Agyemang-Antwi, the…
The Ho Mutual Health Insurance Scheme has registered 13,110 more clients, following an eight-day special drive for membership last month.
The event, designed to herald the naming of the Ho Scheme as the best in the Volta Region, rais…
Mr Daniel Amlalo, Acting Executive Director of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has expressed worry about the continued negative activities of mining companies that degraded the environment.
He said the country’s river bodies w…
The Glorious Vision Orphans (GLOVO),a non-governmental organization, has presented 12 computers to three schools in the Agona West Municipality to improve teaching and learning of Information Communication Technology (ICT).
The schools…
Two men are facing charges of conspiracy to export narcotics and attempted export of marijuana at a Hohoe Circuit court.
Anum Gyartey and Arimyao Anyass, both traders at Hohoe Zongo, have been remanded in prison custody.
They p…
The Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFAG), has appealed to the Government to support the three Eminent Chiefs in their efforts to chart a lasting road map towards peace in Dagbon.
They are the Asantehene, Nayiri and Yagbonwura.
…
A couple, who allegedly poured hot water on a tenant, on Wednesday appeared before an Accra Circuit court for causing harm and disturbing public peace.
Abdul Mumuni, businessman, 38, and his wife Safuratu Abdul Mumuni, trader, 35, to…
The James Town Government Junior Boys’ School, on Wednesday launched its 125th anniversary with a vision to rekindle its past academic excellence.
The school presently called Accra Sempe Primary was the first Government primary schoo…
A 31-year-old trader, who smashed a bottle of beer on his girlfriend’s face thereby causing harm to her was on Wednesday remanded in police custody by an Accra Circuit Court.
Prince Adarkwa had his plea reserved after a charge of cau…
Mr Godwin Adzidogah, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Ave-Avenor aspiring parliamentary candidate for the 2012 elections, on Monday expressed worry about the frequent damages to school and other public building due to poor construction.
…
Mr Mark Woyongo, Upper East Regional Minister, on Wednesday called on Ghanaians from Libya to bring their skills and expertise to bear on the country’s developmental agenda.
Mr Woyongo said whilst the government sympathized with them…
No Ghanaian soldier was involved in Monday’s fatal plane crash near Ndjili Airport in DR Congo, the Ghana Armed Forces said on Wednesday.
“Ghanaian troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo as part of the United Nations (UN) Mission…
Portuguese political instability is taking its toll on the country's economy. The interest rate on the Portuguese debt in the secondary market is near 10 percent Tuesday for the five year Treasury bills, as the rating agency Moody's downgr…