The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Monday sought 1.4 billion U.S. dollars in its annual appeal to assist children and women caught in crises in dozens of countries, UN spokesperson Martin Nesirky told reporters here.
The appea…
Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar said Monday that Iran's police have seized more than 400 tons of narcotics since March 2010,the local satellite Press TV reported.
The drugs were seized in operations across the country, M…
Mobile Telecommunication Network (MTN) Ghana, on Tuesday launched the maiden edition of its mentorship program for female students from selected Senior High Schools (SHS) across the country, to mark the centenary celebration of Internation…
It has been realized that Ghanaian parents are now crossing the northern border to Burkina Faso to have their daughters circumcised due to the criminalization of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the country.
“This has come about du…
The National Secretariat of Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU), of the Ghana Police Service, on Tuesday, called for collective efforts against gender-based violence.
A statement issued in Accra to commemorate the Cent…
Mrs Belinda Baffoe-Bonney, Atwima-Mponua District Director of Health Service, has been commended for contributing to the development of health in the area.
Dr Issifu Adamu Alhassan, Senior Medical Officer at the Nyinahin Government H…
Stakeholders in the agricultural sector and development partners are meeting in Accra to develop the required regulatory framework for effective implementation of the Plant and Fertilizer Act (Act 803 of 2010).
The three-day meeting …
The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) on Monday organized an open day at its various garrisons in Burma Camp, Accra, to bring the general public closer to the door steps of the Military.
The essence of Open Day is to create a very good rapport…
The National Executive of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), on Tuesday, called on the government, the Ministry of Education, Ghana Education Service and the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) to immediately start th…
Undergraduate applicants for admission
into the University of Ghana (UG) for the 2011/2012 academic year would have to acquire credit passes in the required subjects.
Also Students who apply to the university must not only obta…
Ghana’s agricultural sector stands to rake in far more revenue than what is being expected from the oil sector for our development, Dr Samuel Kojo Dapaah, USAID Chief Technical Advisor to the Minister of Agriculture on Tuesday stated.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Monday issued an order to resume filing new charges against terror suspects detained in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in the military commissions.
"I have today rescinded my prior order suspending the filing …
Three members of the People’s National Convention (PNC), who had their bail revoked by a Magistrate Court for allegedly flouting its orders, moved to the High Court on Tuesday to secure bail.
The three, Somtim Tobiga, Baba Ghana Seid…
Five people were killed,including a Mexican officer, on Monday due to the collision of two military helicopters in a rural area of the Colombian department of Tolima, official sources said.
In the crash of two UH-1H helicopters from the H…
Eighteen people were killed in armed clashes between rival gangs in northeastern Mexico on Monday, local media reported.
The violence occurred in central Abasolo, the Tamaulipas state, which borders the U.S. state of Texas.
Drug traffick…
With scant progress made in improving the livelihood of Haitian children, most of them still live in miserable conditions and suffer both physical and psychological abuse, a UN expert said on Monday.
"Many Haitian children are exposed to …
Not giving birth to a male child was the only fault of Perveen Akhtar, a 38-year-old poor lady from Pakistan's Punjab province. Due to this error
she was tortured, punished, humiliated and finally divorced in her three marriage experience…
The national executive of the Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana, (CLOGSAG) on Tuesday called on its members to continue to remain calm and to go about their normal duties with due diligence as the leadership reviews iss…
The Central Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police Annor Kwofie, has warned fishermen from Bantama in Elmina against the use of flash lights in fishing.
He said warnings to them to stop the practice had fallen on de…
The Ghana Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Sunday called on government to provide more educational infrastructure, to promote teaching and learning and making education accessible to many more children especially the girl- child.
It sai…
The Apam Catholic Hospital at the weekend celebrated 50 years of its establishment with the renaming of the facility as St Luke’s Catholic Hospital.
The Archbishop of Cape Coast, Most Reverend Mathias Kobina Nketsiah renamed the hosp…
Reverend Idongesit Bassey, a banker at the weekend urged Christians to maintain very high moral values and standards in the discharge of their Godly duties.
“Your life must set high moral standards for people to see and emulate becau…
The Shama District Assembly has instituted an award scheme for students who perform well as a morale booster for them to take their studies seriously.
Madam Emelia Arthur, the outgoing Shama District Chief Executive, said results of …
The Effutu Municipal Chief Executive, Nii Ephraim, has said the only road to success was hard work and self discipline.
He therefore has therefore urged the youth to work hard and to be disciplined so as to achieve success.
Nii Eph…
The Western Regional Minister, Mr. Paul Evans Aidoo, has appealed to religious groups to use dialogue to resolve their differences instead of violence.
He said the court was a legitimate avenue for settling disputes and appealed to t…
The Rev Osei Kwabena Nkrahene, Senior Pastor of the First Baptist Church at Community Five in Tema, on Sunday reminded Ghanaians that the peace and stability the nation was enjoying was by God’s grace.
“God has been gracious and merc…
Togolese music icon, Agboti Yao, on Sunday night thrilled music lovers in Ho in a special Independence Day “Music Party”.
Smartly dressed in white suit with red long-sleeve to match, Agboti Yao who was said to have been killed for …
Nearly two out of five South Koreans are expected to be aged 65 or older in 2050, a report showed Monday, raising concerns that the nation's fast-aging population could raise the financial burden for younger people in taking care of senior…
Penalizing overweight employees for failing to lose weight is employment discrimination based on personal appearances, South Korea's rights watchdog said Monday.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) accepted an appeal by a 31-ye…
A group of lawyers on Monday joined judicial trainees' move against the Justice Ministry's controversial plan to employ the first-ever class of graduates from law schools next year, adding fuel to the ongoing debate about the two-track leg…
This year’s independence celebration at Bongo is said to have been an improvement over last year’s when 1,240 school children from 36 marched to mark the 54th Independence anniversary.
Though there were fears that teachers would not …
Medical and dental colleges were the most sought-after schools among South Korean high school seniors last year, with the competition to enter them remaining the toughest for a decade, industry data showed Monday.
According to the "201…
North Korea on Monday proposed arranging family reunions on Wednesday for its four nationals who have chosen to defect to South Korea after their fishing boat carrying 27 others strayed south across the western sea border last month, the S…
Mr. Bright Oduro, Upper East Regional Police Commander on Friday said the region recorded 2,355 criminal cases last year as against 3,157 in 2009.
He said the 25.4 per cent reduction in criminal cases was as a result of the Police Se…
The Betty Kings International Ministries based in the United Kingdom on Monday presented hospital equipment to the Effia-Nkwanta Regional Rospital.
The Founder of the Ministries, the Rev Betty King, said the items were donations from…
The Parents-Teachers-Association (PTA) of the Abuakwa State College Senior High School, has handed over a two unit teacher’s bungalow and a 100 Kilo-Volt Power electricity generating plant to the school at a short ceremony at Kyebi, on Sat…
A KIA Rhino truck with registration number GE 5070-10, on Thursday night, got involved in a fatal accident, killing three of its passengers instantly.
The truck, allegedly loaded with 154 wooden boards with 15 “loading boys” on board…
Public schools teachers were conspicuously absent at the Independence Anniversary parade at the Jubilee Park in Sunyani, which saw about 1,392 pupils and students participating.
The students were drawn from 58 basic and second cycle …
Mr Victor-Hermann Condobrey, Hohoe Municipal Chief Executive, has called on the youth to be guided by the selflessness and zeal by the forefathers in the independence struggle.
He said this would help renew their spirit of nation-bui…
Twenty two out of 42 selected basic and second cycle schools took part in the 54th Independence Anniversary Parade of school children at Nkawkaw in the Kwahu West Municipality.
This is attributed to the strike action by public school…
The Christchurch earthquake will cost up to 15 billion NZ dollars (11 billion U.S. dollars) and knock gross domestic product growth back by 1.5 percentage points, but New Zealand's Treasury predicts a silver lining in 2012 as rebuilding ge…
Palestinian truck drivers suspended work Sunday at the only operating commercial crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel, protesting Israeli closure of another crossing point that was more convenient for the drivers.
The drivers pitche…
They carry around jerry cans with water at high speed in their school gym. As an exercise, it is to empathize with their female counterparts in the developing world who do this every day. They give "high fives" -- donations of 5 U.S. dolla…
Law enforcement agencies are now using smart phones to track and arrest graffiti vandals in Los Angeles, a newspaper report said on Saturday.
The graffiti-tracking program, spearheaded by the Tracking and Automated Graffiti Removal System…
Thirty-nine schools, including two special schools, in the Wa Municipality of the Upper West region, participated in a parade to mark the 54th anniversary celebration of Ghana’s Independence, at Wa, on Sunday.
The two special schools…
Security personnel on Sunday prevented a group of placard bearing teachers protesting against the anomalies in their salaries due to migration onto the Single Spine Salary Structure from disrupting the 54th Independence Day Parade in Kofor…
Mr Omar Amadu-Babou, the Municipal Coordinating Director of Akuapem South, has called on parents and guardians to spend their resources on their children’s education to make them useful citizens to the country.
Mr Amadu-Babou gave th…
Teachers in Ho on Sunday honoured the 54th Independence Day Anniversary Parade despite earlier threats of boycott in protest against their placement on the Single Spine Salary Structure (SSSS).
The teachers, who turned up in their …
Teachers in the Ahanta West District of the Western Region, on Sunday, participated in the 54th Independence Day anniversary parade, held in the district, at Apowa.
This was contrary to an earlier threat issued by some aggrieved teac…
India successfully test-fired indigenously developed interceptor missile, capable of destroying any incoming hostile ballistic missile, on Sunday from Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Wheeler Island off Orissa coast.
"Aimed at developin…