Mr David Adoliba, Assemblyman-elect for the Gingande Electoral Area in the Bawku Municipality, has called on the people of area to revamp their communal spirit, which united them in the past.
Mr Adoliba noted that communal spirit ove…
Twenty-four (24) teachers and three non-teaching staff of the Ghana Education Service, received awards at the 2010 Western Regional Best Teacher and Worker Awards Presentation ceremony at Fijai near Takoradi on Thursday.
The recipien…
The Afigya-Kwabre District Chief Executive (DCE), Mr Kwaku Oppong-Kyekyeku Kaakyire, has threatened to terminate jobs awarded to non-performing contractors.
He said the Assembly would not hesitate to take away projects from contra…
An Accra Circuit Court on Thursday remand a 31- year-old farmer, Kwasi Akoedzsu, a native of Hohoe in the Volta Region, into custody for allegedly possessing dried leaves suspected to be Indian Hemp without authority.
Akoedzu pleaded…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Thursday launched a survey to collect data on Non-State Actors (NSAs), including non governmental organisations, aimed at building a comprehensive database and assess their contribu…
A delegation of German Industries and Commerce in Ghana, led by Mr Patrick Martens has expressed interest to invest in the water sector.
Mr Martens, who led a 40-member delegation, said the entrepreneurs were market leaders in water …
The Public Utilities and Regulatory Commission (PURC) has asked the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) and Aqua Vitens Rand (AVRL) to provide the public adequate notice of its water rationing programme.
They must also ensure that the…
An 11-member committee to oversee the efficient management of the Sokoban Village, an enclave built for wood workers in Kumasi, has been inaugurated.
It is made up of representatives from the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), wood …
As part of measures to address shortcomings of the current provider payment under the National Health Insurance Scheme, a capitation payment system is to be piloted in the Ashanti Region.
It involves advance payments to primary care …
The World Health Organisation (WHO) would be issuing guidelines recommending against the use of serology tests for tuberculosis because they may be causing more harm than good in high burden countries.
This is the first negative reco…
Ghana’s 0.05 contribution to the greenhouse gases (GHG) such as carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and methane has been described as minimal, yet, it is one of the countries to suffer the greatest impact of climate change.
This is due to …
The Human Rights Advocacy Center (HRAC) on Friday described the judgment in the case the Republic verses Nana Kofi Yirenkyi ‘Jesus One Touch’, as a positive step in ensuring that the rights of all children are protected in Ghana.
“We…
The Pest and Insect Infestation Committee of National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has unveiled a new chemical receptive to aquatic life to help eradicate the worms that have invaded some communities in the Volta Region.
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As a powerful earthquake struck southwestern Pakistan in the small hours Wednesday, tremors were felt in parts of northwestern India, including the national capital, reported the Press Trust of India.
People in New Delhi rushed outsid…
China on Tuesday officially launched a state sponsored mapping website aimed to offer an "authoritative, credible and unified" online mapping service.
The online service, called MAP WORLD, is overseen by the State Bureau of Surveying …
Government on Thursday launched a job creation project aimed at engaging hundreds of unemployed youth across the country.
The Government through the National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP) and the National Youth Council (NYC) is u…
A Nissan pick-up which usually conveys lotto coupons from Tumu to Wa was set ablaze by an angry mob for killing a three-year-old boy at Gwollu in the Sissala West District.
Speaking to the GNA on phone Chief Inspector Douglas Asaana,…
The Deputy Brong-Ahafo Regional Minister, Mr Eric Opoku, on Wednesday urged Ghanaians not to rush to obtain new the biometric passports introduced by the government.
He said there was a considerable time frame available for phasing o…
An oil expert, Mr Ian Philips of the Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, Scotland, has said Ghanaians should be competent enough in 10 years time to operate the oil industry without foreign tutelage.
“In 10 years time there is no r…
Naba Sigri Bewong, Paramount Chief of the Sekoti Traditional Area, has said the challenges confronting education cannot be solved by any government other than the people themselves.
Naba Sigri Bewong said children as young as eight …
Shop owners around the Tarkwa Central Market have expressed their displeasure at the sudden increase in store rents in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality by the assembly without consulting or informing the traders.
Speaking to the Ghana …
Tullow Ghana Limited (TGL), major operators at the Jubilee Field, has begun a three-day workshop on the oil and gas industry for 60 stakeholders in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis.
Participants include representatives of the media, ch…
Mr. Mike Hammah, the outgoing Minister of Transport, has visited the victims of the road accident that occurred on January 19 at Mpunem near Winneba.
The victims are on admission at the Winneba Government Hospital.
The accident…
The Aflao/Denu portion of the Accra/Aflao highway would be expanded into a dual-carriageway, Mr. Alex Segbefia, Deputy Chief of Staff, has said.
“The dual-carriage would not pass through the beach again”, he said.
Mr. Segbefia …
A nine-year-old girl committed suicide by throwing herself from the fifth floor of a building in the southern city of Lyon, local media reported Wednesday.
"There is no doubt it was a suicide attempt, even though it's a rare case for a…
China on Wednesday will begin its annual Spring Festival travel rush, with an expected 2.56 billion passenger trips in the coming 40 days.
Airlines and trains have been added to cope with the passenger surge, which is 11.6 percent up y…
Around 816 people in Bangkok who have allegedly connected to illicit drugs have been arrested during the two-day drug crackdown operations, metropolitan police said Tuesday.
According to Pol Lt Gen Chaktip Chaijinda, chief of Metropoli…
Afghanistan asylum seekers taking part in protests and hunger strikes at the Curtin detention center in Western Australia, on Tuesday demanded the federal government to grand "freedom or death" to them.
The move came one day after Immi…
At least 72 competitors were hurt, 11 of them seriously, in the popular Jallikattu (taming the bull) event here in Madurai district of South
Indian state Tamil Nadu, yesterday, which was cut short after a section of spectators turned viol…
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The Madina Police Command is investigating the circumstances that led to the alleged kidnapping of one Richard Koomson, a 24-year-old storekeeper by three unidentified persons on Tuesday, January 18.
The captives were driving an unr…
A total of 27 suspected criminals including two women were arrested at Pentua Wala in Koforidua about 0630 hours on Thursday following a special operation conducted by the New Juaben Municipal Police Command.
Superintendent of Police …
Brigadier General John Aduley Kwasie of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has been appointed Deputy Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNAMIL).
He takes over from Major General Carl Modey, a Ghanaian Senior Officer…
Australia's Retail Food Group (RFG) said in a
statement on Tuesday that 108 outlets had closed due to the floods in Queensland and some of them may not reopen, others may close subsequently.
"The immediate future of each of these ou…
Hundreds of sympathizers on Tuesday thronged the family house of Awurakua Smith, one of the deceased children in last Thursday’s tragic motor accident in Takoradi, to mourn with the family at a burial ceremony.
The victim’s school te…
Cabinet has approved a financing agreement for the construction of 12 district hospitals and technical training institutions.
In addition, two air ambulances, 200 ambulance cars, 50 mobile clinics and
10 educative mobile units would be…
South Tongu District is to put in place measures to ensure that the reproductive and sexual health rights of adolescents and young people are respected, the District Chief Executive of the area, Mr Daniel Amelorku, has said.
This, he …
Local journalists have been urged to advocate policies that enhance women empowerment to enable them to take active part in the nation’s decision making process.
The Acting Central Regional Population Officer, Mr Mahama Dramani, who …
The President of the Association of Biblical Exegetes (GABES), the Most Reverend Joseph Osei-Bonsu, said on Tuesday that issues of the environment should be of great concern to everyone in the country because the high rates of degradation …
One in four Southeast Asians living in South
Korea has experienced discrimination, more than triple the corresponding figure for foreigners from OECD countries, according to a poll released on Tuesday.
According to the survey conduct…
The second consignment of flood relief despatched by the Indian government has arrived in Sri Lanka Tuesday, Indian officials said.
"An Indian airforce aircraft arrived with the second consignment of about 30 tonnes", said a release f…
The Chinese- Filipino trader seized by gunmen in the southern Philippines is alive, a state police official said on Tuesday.
The kidnappers holding Yuloyu Lim Yu, 56, owner of Yuking Guan in Hardware in this southern city, phoned the…
A series of hate messages targeted at Asian, African Americans and other ethnic groups recently in some parts of the United States have been condemned by civil rights organizations, authorities said on Sunday.
The new round of protest…
Beijing will adopt tough water management measures in the next five years to ease acute water shortages, according to local water authorities.
The measures include setting warning lines for the quantity of water consumption, efficienc…
Australia's flood ravaged Brisbane is moving ahead rapidly and smoothly in its recovery, the city's disaster coordinator said on Tuesday.
Brisbane District Disaster Coordinator Assistant Commissioner Peter Martin said the situation in…
Jubilant crowds on Monday welcomed the Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete, senior Tanzanian government officials, local government officials and Chinese envoys to witness the handover of a
China-aided primary school with songs and dances…
A group of up to 30 Afghan detainees at the
Curtin detention center in Western Australia on Tuesday launched a hunger strike.
The move came one day after Immigration Minister Chris Bowen announced that the federal government has sig…
Afghan forces killed 27 militants and wounded 13 others in Taliban hotbed Helmand province in an operation on Monday night, said a statement released here by the military Tuesday.
"The operation was launched Monday night against Tali…
Fresh Photography brewed in Ghana and beauty, fashion and bling all under one roof! Studio53 features the talented siblings Renee (ReneeQ) and Rodney (RQV) at the launch of their new premises in Accra.
Rodney’s passion for photography be…
A 27-year-old driver standing trial for car theft, was on Monday remanded in prison custody by the Bibiani Circuit Court.
Enoch Eshun denied the offence and he would re-appear on Wednesday, January 26, 2011.
Deputy Superinten…