The current demand for energy in Ghana indicates that the Volta River Authority (VRA), the national electricity generator and supplier, no longer has surplus hydro-electric capacity for energy intensive industries.
Mr Erasmus Kalitsi…
Mrs Felicia Maku Quaye, a Seamstress, on Monday called on Ghanaians, especially women, to be modest and decent in their dressing.
Mrs Quaye, Leader of Dansoman Zone of Ghana National Tailors and Dressmakers Association (GNTDA), made …
Low socio-economic status of single parents contribute immensely to children in such homes exhibiting anti-social behaviours, unnecessary aggression and being saddled with problems at school.
Deputy Superintendent of Police Sampson A…
A rainstorm has ripped-off the roofs of six buildings at Ahyiayem, a farming community in Nkoranza South District displacing 120 children in a day care centre.
About 60 residents are also displaced as the rains affected also health c…
Togbe Afede XIV, President of the Volta Regional House of Chiefs, has urged the people of the region to position themselves to exploit the business opportunities that would come with the establishment of a University
He made the call…
A Magistrates’ Court at Akim Oda, in the Eastern Region, has sentenced a labourer, Kwaku Obeng, to 29 months imprisonment, in hard labour, for stealing.
Obeng, described by the prosecution as a hardened criminal, is alleged to have s…
A Motor Court in Accra on Monday granted a 48-year-old amputee driver, Hudu Abdulai, GH¢120 bail with two sureties to re-appear on March 10, 2011.
Abdulai pleaded guilty to three counts of driving without a licence, failing to comply…
A 32-year-old unemployed caught with a quantity of fake road worthy and vehicle insurance stickers, was on Monday put before a Kumasi Circuit Court.
Steven Boakye pleaded not guilty to the charge of possessing forged documents and w…
The management of Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems (GhIPSS) will begin a sensitisation programme on the Automated Clearing House (ACH) from the end of February.
ACH, which is largely an electronic funds transfer system,…
The Board of Governors of the Twene Amanfo Senior High/Technical School (TASTECH) in Sunyani, has organized a send-off party to the outgoing headmistress of the school honouring her for her sense of discipline and academic excellence.
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The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA www.iana.org) has allocated the last Internet Protocol (IP) address blocks from the global IPv4 central address pool, ending all debates over when this would happen, according to a statement re…
The Amansie-West District Director of Health Services, Mr Joseph Adomako, has complained about the surge of abortion cases in the area, particularly among teenage girls.
Health facilities saw a total of 330 cases in year 2010 as aga…
The Reverend Edward Ray Cudjoe Odame, General Overseer of the King’s Church, Ghana, has called on Ghanaians to act together to fight corruption and other social evils that impede socio-economic progress.
He said they should have the…
The Controller and Accountant–General’s Department on Monday presented GH¢ 530.00 to inmates of Hanukkah Children’s Home at Bakoniaba, near Sunyani.
Presenting the amount, Mr Paul Asumadu, Brong–Ahafo Regional Director, explained tha…
Multichoice Ghana recently supported the 2011 National finals of the Ghana Scripps Spelling Bee, held on Saturday 5th February in Accra by
presenting 50 DStv kids school bags filled with lunch boxes, water bottles, coloring books and cray…
A book on “Healthy Secrets”, a compilation of the writings on health and healthcare by Dr Alexander Nii Oto Dodoo, a Ghanaian Academic and Pharmacist has been launched in Geneva, Switzerland.
The book, which contains 50 stories on he…
The Australian High Commission has awarded scholarship to 26 Ghanaian students, under its development programme for the country, to pursue Masters Programme in Australia.
The scholarship programme, which was initiated this year, was …
Professor Akwasi Asabere Ameyaw, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba, has charged students to think of what they could do to make the nation great and strong and remain committed to self-discipline and hard work.
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The Paramount Chief of the Lambussie Traditional Area, Kuoro Alhaji Iddrisu Bamiae Yesseh III, has outdoored Professor Emmanuel Boon as “Too Osoo Kuoro” (Development Chief) at Lambussie.
Kuoro Alhaji Iddrisu Bamiae Yesseh said the C…
The government on Monday revealed that
the recent investigative works by investigative journalist, Mr Anas Aremayaw Anas, that exposed cocoa smuggling and corruption at the Tema Harbour were funded by a state institution.
An officia…
Millicom Ghana Limited, operators of Tigo mobile network, has announced an initiative that will allow young girls to overcome their fears through skateboarding and rap music, eco-friendly toys and an iPhone application that teaches math.
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The Management of Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) in Accra, has received applications for the training and development of global software entrepreneurs from Ghana.
The objective is to create wealth and jobs in G…
The management of Plan Ghana, a child-centred community development NGO, has presented a cheque for 5,000 dollars to the Management of Foundation of Orthopaedics and Complex Spine (FOCOS) towards the treatment of a 14-year-old patient.
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Deputy Commissioner of Police Roy Amuni, the Northern Regional Police Commander, said on Monday that there were some faceless individuals behind the constant “foot soldiers” demands and actions including towing auctioned vehicles from gove…
Pakistan's former president Pervez Musharraf was on Monday named as an accused in an interim chargesheet filed by prosecutors in an anti-terrorism court conducting the trail of suspects charged with involvement in assassination of ex-premi…
A day after their meeting here aimed at restoring the dialogue process, India's Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao and her Pakistan counterpart Salman Bashir on Monday struck a note of optimism and talked about taking the engagement process fo…
India will soon have special courts across the country for the trial of offences coming under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act.
The Union government has chalked out plans for the setting up of a string of special courts exclusively to ha…
Britain's move to abolish the visa that allows Indian and other non-EU students to take up employment in the UK for two years after the completion of their courses is likely to reduce the number of Indians coming here for MBA degrees, an i…
A mechanic apprentice Amoah Sackey, who is accused of biting and chewing off the nose and lips of an electrician during a scuffle on Monday appeared before an Accra Circuit Court charged with causing harm.
Sackey pleaded not guilty a…
A 27-year-old driver, Kwadwo Agbeyenfia Godsway who attempted to defile a 12-year-old pupil at Tunga-Dansoman was on Monday sentenced to seven years imprisonment by a Circuit Court in Accra.
Godsway was said to have invited the victi…
The Amansie West District Director of Health Services, Mr Joseph Adomako, has complained about the surge in abortion cases in the area, particularly among teenage girls.
The health facilities saw 330 cases in 2010 as against the pre…
The mortal remains of police Constable Yaw Owusu Frimpong, one of the two policemen killed at Nakpanduri by the criminal, Johnson Kombian, was laid to rest at the weekend.
Among the huge gathering of mourners at his Beposo home town …
Bureaucracy at the Irrigation Company of Upper Region (ICOUR), M-Trade, a company that deals in buying seeds from farmers and the management of Bullock Farming Project has left over 10,000 bags of rice in silos in Tono.
The non payme…
The Rector of the Takoradi Polytechnic, the Rev Prof Daniel Nyarko, has said the polytechnic would soon introduce a High National Diploma Welding course that would enable graduates to undertake repair works on oil pipelines on the ocean fl…
Big Brother season 6 is well on its with entries being submitted and auditions in Ghana set for the end of February.
As the entries are being received, ?series producers Endemol have begun the process of evaluating entries and shortlisti…
The Calvary Apostolic Revival Church (CARC) has held its maiden English service, as part of measures to bridge the communication gap among its members from different walks of life.
The move is to afford some members, who do not under…
The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), on Sunday, expressed concern about the increasing spate of fire disasters in the country and urged the general public to observe fire safety precautions, to minimise fires.
In a wide-ranging se…
Speakers at the just ended Springboard Africa 2011 road show, have urged the younger generation to be passionate and focus on perusing their career development.
The speakers urged them to be determined, persistent and consistent abou…
The Medical Superintendent of Margret Marquart Catholic Hospital Reverend Sister Dr Lucy Hometowu, has said that delays in the re-imbursement of the National Health Insurance claims constituted a major setback for the provision of quality …
The Okyenhene, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin, has appealed to the judiciary to support efforts at stopping illegal mining in the Eastern Region.
He noted with concern that, any time excavators being used by illegal miners in Kyebi we…
Water supply to twenty-nine communities in the Gomoa East and West that has been disconnected for the past eight months would resume on Friday, February 11.
This follows the completion of the connection of new pipelines to the main l…
The West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) says it has completed investigation into alleged malpractices in the Nov/Dec examination for private candidates and would soon release the remaining results.
Candidates who took the examinat…
The Savannah Agriculture Research Institute (SARI) has been commended for its research findings which has greatly contributed to enhance food production in the country.
The Institute has over the years carried out research work on a …
Eleven out of the 14 casualties in a motor accident involving a bus and a cargo truck at Mumford in the Central Region, were given mass burial on Friday, February 4.
One of the victims Abeka Ibrahim; a Muslim, was buried earlier at G…
The Mankessim Central Market in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region, is to benefit
from an 810,000 Euros assistance to initiate a number of sanitation projects.
The African Water Facility initiative is being implemente…
Mr Kwame Quandahor of the Policy Planning Monitoring and Evaluation Division of the Ghana
Health Service (GHS), has advocated the use of the Rapid Diagnostic Test to ascertain malaria cases reported in the country’s health facilities.
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Ms Georgina Yvonne Graham Hayford, Mfantseman Municipal Director of Health Service, has declared 2011 an action year to produce healthy people in fulfilment of President John Atta Mills aspirations.
Speaking at the Annual Performance…
Fishermen and fish-mongers at Ankaful near Saltpond in the Central Region, have opposed the demonstration of some of their colleagues against the ban of the use of light for fishing.
They have therefore pledged their unflinching supp…
President John Evans Atta Mills is expected to carry out two ground breaking ceremonies on February 7 and February 8, for the construction of two universities in the Volta and Brong Ahafo Regions.
The Brong Ahafo University, which wo…
As many as 11 lots of Mahatma Gandhi memorabilia, including signed notes, letters and a khadi cloth, will hit the auction block in the US this month and is expected to rake in over Rs 15 lakh.
The items will be offered in Bonhams …