LG Electronics Inc., the world's third-largest mobile phone maker, said Wednesday that it will release its first tablet PC in March in the U.S. market, as it tries to take its share in the booming market.
The upcoming product, dubbed "…
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has re-emphasized that government leaders must continue their fight against inflationary pressure in China, state media said Wednesday.
"We must resolutely prevent price hikes, and we must firmly control the …
Four persons were killed and 19 others injured in two separate accidents involving a cargo truck and a Metro Mass Transit (MMT) bus within the Wa Municipality of the Upper West Region.
In the latest accident which occurred on January…
A 29-year-old marketing officer, Mark Affum, has been remanded into prison custody by a Kumasi Circuit Court for allegedly duplicating postage stamps of the Ghana Post Company (GPC).
He denied the offence and would re-appear on Februa…
Nana Takyi Abeam II, Chairman of Sunyani Municipal Hospital Advisory Board, on Wednesday called for appreciable working conditions and end of service benefits for management and staff to sustain their interest working at the hospital.
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The management of Accra Psychiatric Hospital on Wednesday repatriated the second batch of 30 cured mental patients out of the estimated 600 due for repatriation by the end of June.
They would be sent to their families at Odorkor, Mam…
Paul Asempa, alias Alan Kwesi, 37, on Tuesday appeared before a Ho High Court for allegedly murdering one Mawuli Tovor.
His plea was not taken and was remanded until Tuesday, February 08, this year.
Presenting the facts to Cour…
A 29-year old wood seller, who duped a trader of his GH¢4,550.00 under the pretext of securing him an Italian travel visa, has been sentenced to a fine of GH¢500.00 by a Kumasi Circuit Court.
Olivia Opoku Agyeman was also ordered …
Mr. Haruna Iddrisu, Minister for Communication, on Tuesday said in the first twenty days of the 2011, 3,469 fraud numbers, 95 per cent of total fraud numbers, were terminated on AIRTEL’s network.
Mr Iddrisu who was answering question…
A Human Rights Court in Accra on Tuesday adjourned to February 25, the case in which the Ghana Football Association (GFA) has filed a writ against the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) for the invasion of their premises on Tuesday…
Three persons who robbed six separate households at Aduman, near Pokuase in the Greater Accra Region, and made away with foreign and local currencies were on Tuesday sentenced to 50 years’ imprisonment each by a Circuit Court in Accra.
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Mrs Emma Sawyer-Laryea, Volta Regional Commander of Prisons, on Tuesday called for the passage of the necessary legislative instrument to empower the judiciary to administer a wide array of non-custodial measures.
She stressed that n…
The Ghana Private Motor-bike Operators Association (Okada) on Tuesday prayed Parliament to amend the law that makes their operations illegal.
Mr Albert Acolatse, president of the association, said: “we petition the Transport Committe…
A 34-year-old trader, Akua Nyarko, has been sentenced to 60 months imprisonment in hard labour by a Kumasi Circuit Court for stealing a lap top computer, cell phone and an I-pod belonging to two medical students of the Komfo Anokye Teachin…
Joseph Tetteh, a 36-year-old farmer, is in the grip of the Koforidua Police for allegedly defiling a five-year-old girl at Nkurakan in the Eastern Region.
Deputy Superintendent of Police Eunice Annor said on January 01, the victim w…
The Akropong police have arrested five people in connection with a shooting incident at Abiriw in the Eastern Region.
The five suspects whose names were not disclosed to the media for security reasons are assisting the police in their…
The Volta Region Division of the Medical Superintendents Group has called on the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) to review health insurance tariffs in place since 2008.
A statement the Group issued and signed by its Chairm…
Traffic congestion on major highways in South Korea reached its peak Wednesday, the first day of the Lunar New Year holiday, with the arrival of an increasing number of homebound drivers, highway officials said.
The Korea Expressway Co…
The Indian Consulate in San Francisco and the South Asian Bar Association (SABA) will hold
a free legal camp for Indian students who have been affected by the alleged immigration scam of Tri Valley University which was closed by the feder…
South Korea's senior military officers visited frontline troops and combat units ahead of the Lunar New Year on Wednesday to check up on the troops' readiness to respond to emergency situations.
Gen. Han Min-koo, the chairman of the Jo…
South Korean crew members of a ship hijacked by Somali pirates last month returned home Wednesday, 13 days after being rescued by the Navy.
The seven crew members, including the ship's first officer, Lee Ki-yong, arrived at Gimhae Inte…
Supporters of Binayak Sen, the jailed human rights activist, over the weekend held peaceful
demonstrations in about a dozen cities in US, Canada and Britain, demanding the Indian government to release him immediately.
The Free Binaya…
South Korea's quarantine authorities said Wednesday that they ordered the culling of more than 3 million animals to control the spread of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD).
The farm ministry said 142 cases of the highly contagious disease h…
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono demanded an immediate investigation into the fatal crash of the Kutojaya and Mutiara trains in Banjar, West Java, on Friday, the Jakarta Post
reported on Monday.
The president told report…
The Social Investment Fund (SIF) on Monday reacted to media reports that the Urban Poverty Reduction Project (UPRP), had achieved nothing in the Central Region and Apam in particular for 26 months.
It debunked claims that the UPRP wa…
As part of measures to fight the “horrendous carnage” on the country’s roads, the Archdiocese of the Cape Coast Catholic Church has instituted a campaign dubbed: “Operation Francis Pius Donkor,” in metropolis.
The campaign which would…
The Tema Metropolitan Library Authority has appealed to public-spirited individuals and organisations to assist it to acquire internet facilities to enhance research work in the metropolis.
Mr Winfred Komla Monu, Metropolitan Libraria…
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has warned of severe sanctions against accountants who engage in financial malfeasance.
Mr Eric Acquah, Ashanti Regional Accountant of the Service, said there was no way offenders would be protected.…
The Right Reverend Professor Emmanuel Martey, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG), has appealed to members to facilitate efforts to strengthen the presence and influence of the church in neighbouring African countries.
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An earth-breaking ceremony to be performed by President John Evans Atta Mills to formally commence works on the University of Health and Allied Sciences in the Volta Region has been fixed for Monday, February 7.
Colonel Cyril Necku, …
A senior nursing officer at the Brong Ahafo Regional Hospital in Sunyani, Mrs Emily Amanfo, has dismissed claims that the health facility had recorded cases of cholera and has asked the public not to panic.
Speaking in an interview w…
A Cape Coast High Court has ordered the eviction of Prophet Miritaiah Jonah Jehu-Appiah, the defrocked Akaboha III of the Mozama Disco Christo Church (MDCC) from his official residence at Gomoa Mozano in the Central Region.
The order…
Joseph Tetteh, a 36- year- old farmer was on Friday put in Police custody for allegedly defiling a five- year- old girl at Nkurakan in the Eastern Region.
Speaking to the Ghana News Agency, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Mrs …
A 25-year old car thief was on Monday sentenced to 25 years imprisonment by a Kumasi Circuit Court presided over by Mr Justice Emmanuel Amoh-Yartey.
Frimpong Boadu pleaded guilty to stealing a pick-up.
Police Chief Inspector Arch…
A Koforidua Circuit Court has sentenced one Abraham Narh to death by hanging for murdering one Stephen Tetteh.
The convict who pleaded not guilty was found guilty by the unanimous decision of the jury.
A Principal State Attorne…
The Akropong police have arrested five people in connection with a shooting incident at Abiriw in the Eastern Region.
The five suspects whose names were not disclosed to the media for security reasons are assisting the police in their…
The Department of Children (DOC) under the Ministry of Women and children Affairs has identified some of the dangers of corporal punishment as poor performance in school, death, injury, lying and fear in children.
Yet as much as 89 p…
Professor Otoo Ellis, Vice Chancellor, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has reminded students to be disciplined, saying without that it would be difficult to achieve academic success.
He said they should ref…
The Ghana Red Cross Society says it has distributed food items to flood victims in some parts of the Northern Region.
A statement issued and copied to Ghana News Agency in Accra on Monday said the items distributed this month include…
The Mfantseman Municipal Chapter of Ghana Association of French Teachers (GAFT) last week-end organised an inter-schools French competition for 10 Junior High Schools at Kwesil Ansah in the Central Region.
The competition was to enha…
The Bongo District Assembly has been selected among 40 districts in the country to benefit from an 89 million dollar project under the Social Opportunities Project for 2011/15.
The project, which is under the International Developmen…
Traders along rail-lines at Kantamanto in Accra on Monday demonstrated against the impending demolition of illegal structures for commencement of the construction of new rail-lines.
Wearing red arm bands and chanting, they ran after …
AngloGoldAshanti, second largest gold producer, has won the “2011 Public Eye Award” for being the most irresponsible company in the world. The award was conferred by Greenpeace and the Swiss-based Berne Declaration (BD), organisers of the …
The authorities of Meridian Pre-University, the country’s first Pre-University Institution, on Monday said it was legally and duly accredited by the Ghana Education Service Technical Examinations Unit in 2007 to operate as a non-tertiary i…
The first ever Ghana Health Awards to recognise the work of individual health professionals and health institutions has been launched in Accra.
“It is also on you that the wealth of the nation lies and therefore on your shoulders lay…
Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, on Monday repeated calls for polio eradication and expanded childhood immunization.
In his third annual letter, a personal account of his priorities, released on Monday, he…
The National Executive Council of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) on Monday commended the Food and Drugs Board (FDB) for the good work it has been undertaking to protect and safeguard the health of the public.
“The FDB has shown …
A retailer has been arrested for re-labelling fake and expired corned beef by wrapping Exeter Corned Beef labels over existing labels to deceive unsuspecting consumers into thinking that they are purchasing a genuine product.
The Foo…
Hypertension cases recorded in health facilities at Awutu-Senya increased from 0.56 per cent in 2009 to 0.75 per cent in 2010, Mrs Patricia Antwi, Awutu Senya District Director of Health Service has said.
She said this at the 2010 An…
The Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council on Monday directed all Municipal, Metropolitan and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to submit their Sanitation Management Action Plans to the office of the Regional Minister before February 4.
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