Alto Rio, the 15-floor apartment building that collapsed intactly in Chile's 8.8-magnitude earthquake a year ago, is set to remind Chileans of the pains and lessons for the years to come.
"The building started to shake about 30 seconds af…
Excessive claims by the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) is adversely affecting the finances of the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH).
Dr. Ken Sagoe, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the TTH, who revealed this, said the hospit…
The Ghana Medical Assistants Association (GMAA) has expressed concern about restrictions imposed on its members by the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), with regard to the management of certain diseases and drugs prescription.
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The police in Ashanti, at the weekend, arrested 40 motorists in a special operation, mounted to clamp down on the misuse of trade license number plates.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Patrick Eden Tambillah, the Regional Comman…
Illegal mining activities on water bodies, coupled with the intermittent drying up of rivers and streams, have been identified as the major causes affecting production and supply of potable water in the Western Region.
The Pra River,…
The National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) has cautioned the public to be wary of the unusually strong winds currently being experienced in the country.
This had brought in its wake, the destruction of roofs and other stru…
The Right Reverend Professor Emmanuel Martey, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, has called on the church to intensify the spread of the Gospel to bring hope and comfort to the poor, depressed and oppressed.
It needs to w…
Doctors attending to out-patient cases at the newly opened LEKMA Hospital at Teshie, near Accra, on Monday morning stayed away from duty in protest over assault by some unruly elements on a colleague the previous night.
The doctor on…
The people of Anlo have installed a new Awomefia, ending the 13- year-old stalemate, following the death of Togbi Adeladza II the former King.
The 68-year-old retired Commissioner of Police, known in private life as Mr Patrick Agboba…
Obuasi Senior High Technical School held its first Speech and Prize giving Day in over 30 years with a call on the students to stay away from alcoholism, occultism and indiscipline.
Mr. Joseph K. Onyinah, the Ashanti Regional Directo…
Ex Warrant-Officer (WO) Eddie Commey, was at the weekend retained as the Chairman of the Mamprobi-Camara Branch of the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU).
He was returned unopposed with the Vice Chairman, Mr Edward Allotey, i…
Parents of children at the Dadease Roman Catholic Primary in the Asante-Bekwai Municipality have complained about the poor work ethics of teachers in the school saying it is negatively affecting the performance of the pupils.
The tea…
The Management of Volta River Authority has inaugurated a 12-member board to oversee the administration of educational institutions in its operational areas.
In addition to power generation by the VRA, it also operates schools at Ako…
Mr Amankwah Asiamah, Member of Parliament (MP), for Fanteakwa, on Monday donated four lawn mowers valued at GH¢6,000 to the Begoro Government Hospital to facilitate the weeding of the compound.
Presenting the items, Mr Asiamah said the d…
The death is announced of Mrs Mercy Owusu-Nimo, a former Member of the Council of State at Kade in the Eastern Region.
She died at the Saint Dominic Hospital at Akwatia after a protracted illness at the age of 76.
Mrs Owusu-Nim…
The Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service was established for both men and women and does not discriminate in the handling cases.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Bismark Agyapong, Acting…
The Deputy Director, Corporate Affairs of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), has spoken against the shabby treatment of card bearers of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) by service providers.
Mr Eric Ametor Qua…
The Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH) in 2009 and 2010 saw a significant improvement in the number of doctors and other staff posted to the hospital.
The doctor population increased from 58 as at December 2009 to 102 as December 2010 br…
A call has gone out for regular education for health workers on the appropriate use of uterotonics during and immediately after labour to reduce maternal deaths.
Health workers who attended a workshop on the use of uterotonic substan…
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has called for stronger public/private partnership to improve educational infrastructure to increase access to education.
“A well-educated person is an asset for the transformation of society and…
Ghana National Association of Private Schools (GNAPS)has appealed to private schools in the Western Region to improve their facilities.
This was a call made at the 2011 GNAPS celebration at Takoradi.
The Deputy Regional GN…
Ms Yvonne O. Sowah, President of the Ghana Institution of Surveyors (GhIS) on Monday reiterated the need for governments to recognize the role of surveyors in the development of every nation.
She said most often governments ignored th…
The Ghana Baptist Convention North-Eastern Corridor has achieved its five-year target by building 400 churches from 2005 to 2010.
Authorities say plans were advanced to double this by 2015 and make strides in other walks of life.
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The Ghana Oil Company Limited (GOIL) on Monday said it had taken a giant leap into the country’s aviation fuel industry, controlling over 30 per cent of market shares in Ghana.
“GOIL becomes the first indigenous oil marketing company…
The Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) district branch of the Motor Transport and Traffic Unit (MTTU) recorded 93 accident case last year as against 146 in 2009.
Sergeant Williams Agbemafo told the GNA that 123 vehicles were involve…
The Human Resource Manageress of AEL Mining Services, Mrs Fafa Adinyira, has presented a computer with a printer worth GH¢ 1,000 to the Volta Regional Directorate of the Ghana Education Service (GES).
The presentation followed an app…
The Presbyterian Boys Senior High School, Legon, and Aburi Girls Senior High School have donated items and GH¢ 1,732 to the Akyem Osenase Orphanage.
Items included bags of rice, cooking oil, used clothes, toiletries, tinned fish, pro…
The government has replaced the improvised blood bank refrigerator at the Agona Swedru Government Hospital with a new one.
The Member of Parliament for Agona West, Mr Samuel Kweku Obodai, told the Ghana News Agency that the fridge wa…
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Prof Nii Otu Nartey on Monday said significant progress has been chalked in making the hospital a paperless one.
He said the piloting of the Local Area network for…
The President of the Ghana National Seed Producers Association, Mr Osafo Patrick Apullah, has said that about 80 per cent of poverty in the north would have been reduced if the roads in the north were good.
He said modernization of a…
The Benkumhene of the Kwahu Traditional Area, Nana Onini Afari II, has advised the youth to cooperate with their chiefs and elders to mobilize the needed resources for the development of the communities.
He said since the development…
Mr. Ameen Salifu, the Wa East District Chief Executive, has handed over four education and health facilities to four deprived communities in the district.
The facilities are a three-unit classroom block with sanitary facilities each …
Extra classes organized for final year basic school students in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) constituency have started showing good results.
Mr. Gabriel Gademor, KEEA Municipal Director of Education, said the classes initiate…
There was a spontaneous jubilation in the twenty-nine Communities in Gomoa East and Gomoa West Districts of the Central Region when water supply resumed in the communities last Friday after nine months’ suspension.
When water started …
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) is to make leadership development programme its major focus in 2011 to facilitate major qualitative changes.
“Leadership changes things, no matter how bad things are, good leadership turns things around…
The number of fire outbreaks recorded in the Upper West Region has decreased from 117 in 2009 to 93 in 2010.
Estimated cost of damage to properties stood at GH¢1,942,213.00 and GH¢4,633.00 respectively.
Fifty bush fires were re…
Mr David Boadi Asamoah, Sectional Manager of Revenue in charge of Technical Investigation of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), on Monday dismissed suggestions that the energy device installed at African Automobile Company Limited (AA…
The Crime Fighters Initiative of the Ghana Police Service was on Tuesday launched in the Western Region at a ceremony at Takoradi.
The initiative is being supported by the British High Commission in Ghana and the Multimedia Telecommu…
Fatalities due to the H1N1 flu strain reached 100 in Greece and are expected to further rise by March, as the country is struggling against a wave of seasonal influenza, Greek authorities said on Monday.
According to the latest data relea…
Indian President Pratibha Patil on Tuesday asked people to buy at least one Khadi product
every year to promote the Khadi industry.
Remembering Kasturba Gandhi on the occasion of her death anniversary at a function organised at 'G…
The stepmother of a 10-year-old disabled girl was charged on Monday with murder in the child's death in the U.S. state of North Carolina.
Zahra Baker, who lost hearing and part of her left leg at the age of five during cancer treating…
Thai Criminal Court on Tuesday released on bail seven anti-government or the "red-shirt" core leaders and one member after they have been detained since the bloody crackdown in May.
The "red-shirt" leaders granted bail are Nattawut Sa…
Australian Defense Minister Stephen Smith on Tuesday released an independent inquiry report highlighting a culture of predatory sexual behavior and tribalism aboard the Naval supply ship HMAS Success.
The inquiry was commissioned by D…
An Australian woman trapped in a collapsed office building in Christchurch of New Zealand for several hours after earthquake hit the city told the Australian Seven Network on Tuesday via her mobile phone that she had been awaiting for resc…
At least two people were killed and 10 others were trapped inside a bus after it collided with a vehicle and went over side near Crestline in San Bernardino mountains, Southern California on Monday, authorities said.
The bus, packed w…
The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) transferred GH¢82,858,317.43 to Brong-Ahafo Region for the payment of claims by service providers in 2009/2010, Mr Kwadwo Nyamekye Marfo, Brong Ahafo Regional Minister has said.
He said …
Mr Ransford Tetteh, President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), on Saturday described the GJA Code of Ethics as the “soul of journalism” and charged media practitioners to respect it.
“We believe ethics are as important to …
Mrs Betty Mould Iddrisu, Minister of Education, has affirmed government’s resolve to invest massively in education at all levels in the country.
She explained that the country was endowed with vast natural resources and that it was neces…
The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has advocated for the establishment of a Media Development Fund to support media development in the country.
The Fund when established would be managed by a board of trustees made up of represen…
The Right Reverend Francis Amenu, Moderator of the General Assembly of the E.P. Church has exhorted Christians to strive to achieve perfection in love, kindness and honesty.
“Our possessions are gifts from God so let us share them with t…