The Volta River Authority (VRA) has identified two sites in the Upper East Region and two other sites in the Upper West Region for the development of a minimum of 10 megawatts of solar energy, Mr. Sam Appiah, Director of Engineering of the…
The Governance Issues Forum (GIF), a project of the Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG), on Tuesday organized a one-day training workshop on democratic governance for 36 participants drawn from the informal and formal sectors in the…
The government’s interventions in the education of the children of Ghana are to compliment the efforts of their parents but not to take away parent’s responsibilities, says Mr Henry Kweku Hayfron, Mfantseman Municipal Chief Executive (MCE)…
Government is to launch a nationwide campaign against filth using students at the Senior High Schools, Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, Minister of Local Government and Rural Development has said.
He explained that the project aims to inculca…
The Akuapem Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, has commissioned and dedicated an ultra modern hospitality centre at Akropong.
The centre, which had 17 self-contained bed rooms, one dormitory with 20 beds, 140-capacity con…
Fifty workers of the Ghana Audit Service in the Eastern Region, has began a two-day training programme on the use of manual for auditing accounts and operations of the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs).
The trai…
Mr Joseph Adu-Boampong, National President of the Ghana Society of the Physically Disabled (GSPD), has urged District, Municipal and Metropolitan assemblies to remove bottlenecks that impeded the smooth disbursement of the Society’s three …
Bishop James Yaw Ahenkorah, General Secretary of the Church of the Lord Brotherhood, has said that it was important the future of the youth of the country was not jeopardized.
He said parents must ensure that their children were guid…
The out-gone Eastern Regional Minister, Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, has handed-over the administration of the Eastern Region to the newly sworn-in Regional Minister, Dr Kwasi Akyem Apea-Kubi at a brief ceremony at Koforidua.
Speaking at…
Ms Sherry Ayittey, the Minister of Environment, Science and Technology, on Friday appealed to Metropolitan, Municipal and District assemblies
to enforce bye-laws they had enacted to guard against shrinking forests and environmental degrad…
The Western Regional Manager of the Ghana Tourist Board, Mr Ebenezer Ayiquaye Hammond, has warned the youth especially the females to be wary of people who would throng the region as a result of the oil discovery.
He said a number of …
Fijai Senior High School won the Valentine Day mathematics quiz competition organized by the Ghana Mathematics Society at Sekondi on Monday.
The school scored 37 points to beat Ghana Secondary Technical School which obtained 32 in a …
The growth rate of the Western Region reduced from 3.2 % in 2000 to 1.8 % in 2010, according to the provisional results of the 2010 Population and Housing Census, Nana Opoku, the Regional Statistician, told the GNA in an interview.
He…
More than 1,000 members of Brong-Ahafo Lotto Receivers’ Union have staged a peaceful
demonstration in Sunyani against the National Lottery Authority’s (NLA)proposed decision to reduce each member’s lotto sales commission from 25 percent t…
Mr Ignatius Mwinbe-Ere Der, the District Education Director for Afigya -Kwabre, has called for more dedication and hard work from teachers to improve academic performance in schools.
He said they needed to stick to professional ethics…
The Headmaster of Osei Tutu II Senior High School at Tetrem, Mr Samuel Ekuoba Gyasi, has complained about the lack of a science laboratory in the school.
Students studying science have to travel twice a week to the Dwamena Akente…
Science and mathematics teachers have been urged to simplify their teaching methods to help demystify the learning of these subjects to make science-related courses attractive to pupils and students.
Dr Mrs Beatrice Wiafe Addai, Chief…
The Central Gonja District Assembly has provided an 18-seat water closets toilet facility at the Buipe market at the cost of GHC57,000.
The facility was financed from the District Assembly Common Fund and the District Development Fun…
Management of the Upper West Tourist Board has presented boxes of chocolate to some mentally challenged pupils at the Wa School for the Deaf to mark Valentine Day on Monday.
Mr. Henry Yeludor, Acting Regional Manager of the Tourist B…
Fourteen schools in the Twifo-Heman-Lower Denkyira District recorded zero percent in the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) held in 2010.
Mrs. Elizabeth Amoa-Tetteh, the Member of Parliament for Twifo Atti Morkwa and Depu…
The Savannah Diamond Cement Company Limited has donated 800 bags of cement to some victims of last year’s floods in the Central Gonja District.
Mr. Kishore Babu, Project Manager of the Savannah Diamond Cement in Buipe who presented th…
The Ghana Tourist Board (GTB) in the Northern Region has presented packets of chocolate to the Nyohini Children’s Home in Tamale for the children of the Home to celebrate Valentine Day on Monday.
Mr. William Ayambire, Northern Region…
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Cape Coast, Mr Ebo Barton-Odro, has bemoaned the high rate of neglect of the aged, who he said, were mostly left to fend for themselves.
He said it was on this backdrop that he decided to provide hea…
An estimated 15,000 children would be saved from malaria-related deaths within the next three years if they sleep under insecticide treated nets, Dr Iyabode Olusanmi, Country Representative of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) no…
Mr. Sam Nasamu Asabigi, Deputy Northern Regional Minister, has appealed to chiefs to stand firm in enforcing bye-laws on the prevention of bushfires and the destructive activities of alien Fulani herdsmen in their communities.
He sai…
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Two Ghanaian students currently studying at the University of Reading in England were the first to be awarded the University’s new Diageo Scholarships Scheme last year, and are aspiring to contribute to Ghana’s economic and agricultural de…
The Reverend James Noble Tulasi, Pastor of Jubilee Christian Centre in Ho, on Sunday urged young people to take their time and go through the rigours of pre-marital counselling before committing themselves to marriage.
He said marria…
Most residents of Googo, a predominantly farming community in the Bawku West District, are destroying trees in the community and its environs alleged to be possessed by evil spirits that are terrorizing the people.
The people are liv…
The Member of Parliament for Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem, Dr. Joseph Annan, has condemned the recent demonstration by a group of fishermen in Elmina, saying it was uncalled for.
At a meeting with fishermen at Komenda Dr. Annan, who t…
Stakeholders in education on Tuesday said quality of education in the three Northern Regions could only be achieved if Civil Society identified specific challenges within the sector and helped to address such problems.
They agreed th…
The two public universities to be established in the Volta and Brong-Ahafo Regions would help facilitate the human resource development of the nation, the Ashanti Regional Voltarian Coordinating Council (VCC), has noted.
It observed t…
The Deputy Minister of Education, Mrs. Elizabeth Amoa-Tetteh, has appealed to the youth to avail themselves of educational facilities being offered them by the government.
Mrs. Amoah-Tetteh, who is also the Member of Parliament for Tw…
Mrs. Elizabeth Amoah-Tetteh, the Member of Parliament for Twifo-Atti-Morkwa, has donated a mini-bus to Twifo Praso Health Assistants’ Training School at Twifo Praso.
The bus was purchased through the MP’s share of the common fund.
…
The Twifo Praso Health Assistant Training school is to run a diploma course in midwifery with effect from 2010/11 academic year, Mrs. Elizabeth Amoah-Tetteh, Deputy Minister of Education, has said.
Addressing the 4th matriculation cer…
With the political turmoil across the globe, a cross-section of Ghanaians believe that the celebration of Valentine Day should be used to create peace and love and not the encouragement of immoral acts.
They advocated the preaching o…
U.S. Federal deficit in fiscal year 2011 is expected to top historic high level of 1.645 trillion dollars, according to details of the budget proposal provided by the White House before its official release on Monday.
The proposal also pr…
Japan's economy shrank an annualized real 1.1 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2010, marking the first contraction in five quarters, the Cabinet Office said Monday.
The October-December period figure, measured by gross domestic product, …
Shanghai General Motors Company will recall 2,806 imported Cadillac CTS vehicles in China to repair faulty track bars to prevent safety risks, China's quality watchdog said on Monday.
The recall, which is set to begin on March 21, include…
The Police Administration on Monday said only one person died during the police operations to quell the disturbance at the Gomoa Budumburam Camp on February 13.
It said four people did not lose their lives as published by some media …
There has been a steady decline in the level of academic performance among BECE candidates in the Talensi-Nabdam District of the Upper East Region.
The District Director of Education, Mr Francis Ayaba, who made the revelation in an …
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) Ladies Association on Monday donated GH¢400 to a six-year-old girl, to undergo a Computed Tomography Scan to determine if an abscess on her upper eyelid had affected her brain and medication.
Little Margaret G…
Mrs Betty Mould-Iddrisu, Minister of Education on Monday called for a national debate on funding of education especially private tertiary institutions.
She said this would determine whether government should include private universit…
Fifteen students and two officials from the Depauw University of Indiana State in the United State of America (USA) have paid a one-day educational visit to the University of Education, Winneba as part of their five-day educational tour in…
Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, Minister of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGED) has pledged the Ministry’s commitment to assist butchers to rehabilitate and expand abattoirs throughout the country.
He said: “This is the only way t…
The National Media Commission (NMC) and the Ghana Journalist Association (GJA) have been challenged to purge the journalism profession from quack media practitioners who were pursuing their selfish interests.
The Upper East Regional M…
The National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP) and the Ghana Health Service (GHS) have jointly introduced an Affordable Medicines Facility for Malaria (AMFm) in the country to enhance treatment of Malaria.
The AMFm is an innovative fi…
The government has started implementing a Mathematics, Science and Technology Scholarship Scheme (MASTESS), as part of the national effort to enhance the study of science and mathematics.
This was announced by Ms Sherry Ayittey, Mini…
The Leadership of Road Transport Operators has called off the intended strike to protest against the ban on night movement of heavy trucks indefinitely.
The action was the result of a meeting held between Mr Collins Dauda, Minister o…
The Pindaa community in the Kassena-Nankana East District of the Upper East Region, have appealed to the government to check the activities of Fulani herdsmen whose cattle have contaminated their only source of water.
A visit by the …