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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Two out of the 10 girls who were allegedly recruited from the Greater Accra and Northern Regions to Nigeria and compelled to engage in prostitution by three siblings have opted for an out of court settlement.
This was made known on M…
The Reverend Dr. David N. A. Kpobi, Vice-President of Trinity Theological Seminary at Legon, on Sunday urged Christians to always allow the Holy Spirit to empower them to be strong in their faith.
He said God was the source of power …
Togbega Gabusu VI, Paramount Chief of the Gbi Traditional Area, on Friday, donated assorted medical items worth GHC3,000 to the Hohoe Municipal Hospital.
They include theatre coats, gloves and drugs, as well as bedsheets, pillow case…
Mr Paul Evans Aidoo, Western Regional Minister, on Sunday, asked Churches to look at ways through which they could help break some of the numerous societal barriers that restrict young people, with regard to employment generation.
He…
Alhaji Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak, Member of Parliament (MP) for Asawasi, has called on the ward and constituency executives of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to double their efforts, by reaching out to the constituents to explain go…
Help Age international, an Ireland-based Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), in collaboration with Compassion Africa Aged Foundation, has rolled out a training programme to empower the aged, at Anloga, in Kumasi.
The programme, whic…
Members of the Ghana National Seed Producers Association (GNSPA), has appealed to the Ministry of Health and the Ghana Health Service, to act quickly and immunise the people of Northern, Upper East and Upper West Regions against Cerebro Sp…
The Tema Regional Police Command recorded a total of 4,521 criminal cases during the fourth quarter of 2010.
This shows a decrease of 165 cases compared to the 4,686 cases received in the third quarter of the same year…
Nineteen people lost their lives in 125 accidents that occurred in the Tema Police Region between September and December last year.
Out of these accident cases, which involved 204 vehicles, 15 were fatal, 22 were serious and 88 were …
An alleged fraudster, who is wanted by the American authorities for cheating a bank of over USD 300,000 has been arrested at the international airport here.
Dan Boayke Agyenm (56), facing an Interpol red corner notice in the country…
Duped by an American university, a harassed group of Indian students has met the Consul General
in San Francisco seeking help to complete their studies and claimed that they have not violated any law.
A group of 35 students from Tri-…
A day’s workshop for media practitioners in the Western Region, has ended in Takoradi with a call on journalists to promote health issues that prolong the life span of Ghanaians.
The workshop was on the theme:” Media draws strategic …
British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Friday that the United Kingdom would double its current contribution to polio eradication.
Mr Cameron called on other donors to back the Global Polio Eradication Initiative as he announced…
The Akropong Police on Thursday discovered the body of Asiamah Bekoe, a 40-year-old farmer, who was kidnapped on Wednesday by some unidentified people from Dawu.
The deceased was kidnapped on Wednesday (January 26) whilst in the comp…
An Accra Fast Track High Court (Commercial Division), on Thursday ruled that the new board of Donewell Insurance should remain in office and allow the shareholding structure to be functional.
The court presided over by Ms Justice Bar…
The Volta Regional Police Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police David Nenyi Ampah-Bennin, said on Friday that for the past six months the Ho Municipal area had not had any armed robbery.
The region recorded 12 robberies in the …
The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) Court has remanded two persons into prison custody for allegedly stealing a single-barrelled short-gun belonging to a fetish priest.
Kwasi Ofori, 22, and Abdulai Musah, 43, both unemployed are ch…
Alhaji Collins Dauda, Minister of Transport, on Friday said road safety education should be targeted at children, especially those below 10 years.
“Ensuring safety on our roads should start with the road safety conscious child, expec…
PopOut, an Accra based Information and Communication Technology (ICT) services provider, has opened its maiden “Online 2011 Business Technology Seminar” to examine ways of synergizing efforts to promote access and usage of ICT to boost pro…
The Frafra Islamic Foundation has appealed to the Police for protection of their land at Oshuiman near Nsakena in the Ga District from trespassers.
In a letter to the Commander of the Police at Amassaman, the Foundation said it acqui…
Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) would on Monday disseminate preliminary results for the 2010 Population and Housing Census, which took place on Census Night Sunday, September 26, 2010.
However, only the regional results would be rele…
Mr Paa Kwesi Yankey, the new Chairman of University of Ghana Alumni Association (UGAA), has said he would work with the University authorities to set aside a day in its calendar to organise a job fair and an advisory centre for the student…
Plan Ghana, an international child-centred community development organization, on Thursday held its maiden Community-Led Total Sanitation/School-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS/SLTS) annual review workshop to deliberate on environmental sanitat…