In the first ceasefire violation this year, Pakistan troops resorted to small arms firing on
Indian forward posts along the border in Poonch district.
"There was small arms firing on forward posts along the Line of Control in Krishna…
The New Year begins with a partial solar eclipse that can be seen on Tuesday from the northern part of the country besides from Europe, the Arabian peninsula, North Africa and Western Asia.
The partial solar eclipse will begin at …
The Western Regional Coordinator of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), Mr. Japheth Baidoo, on Monday denied reports that there has been an influx of refugees from Cote d’Ivoire to Osei-Kojokrom in the Sefwi-Wiawso Distr…
Mr. Haruna Bayirga, the Member of Parliamen) for the Sissala West, has expressed concern about poor results recorded at 2010 Basic Education Certificate Examination in the district and said action must be taken to reverse it.
The MP,…
The Paramount Chief of Bolgatanga Traditional Area, Naba Martin Adongo Abilba III, has commended the government for its prudent management of the economy.
He said he was impressed about the performance of the NDC government for stabil…
Education Development Fund for Muslim Youth (EDUFUND) a non-governmental organization operating in the Upper West Region, has awarded 42 brilliant students for distinguishing themselves in the 2010 Basic Education Certificate Examination (…
Christians have been urged to be charitable throughout the year and not to wait for particular periods before showing hospitality to the needy.
This forms part of the message to delegates at the just-ended three-day 2010 District Con…
Reverend James Noble Tulasi, Head Pastor of Jubilee Christian Centre, Ho, on Sunday prophesized that the year 2011 would be very successful for people who were hardworking.
He therefore urged the populace to eschew all laziness, corru…
The Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union (ICU) has observed that with political will, coupled with commitment, honesty and tenacity of purpose, the nation's oil resources could be managed well for the benefit of all Ghanaians.
Making…
Six females and one male child were born at two hospitals on New-Year day in the Tamale Metropolis.
The Tamale Central Hospital, (TCH) recorded three female births and one male birth in the early hours of the New Year.
According …
More than five thousand Jehovah's Witnesses, attending the District Convention in Accra, were at the weekend, cautioned to be wary of tempting business schemes that could endanger their relationship with God and his son Jesus Christ.
…
Mrs Dzifa Attivor, Deputy Minister of Transport, on Saturday, celebrated the New Year with cured lepers in Ho.
She feted the over 100 inmates and their families with food and drinks, amidst drumming and dancing.
Mrs Attivor, on b…
Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene and former President John Agyekum Kufuor, on Sunday joined members of the Peyer Memorial Presbyterian Church at Bantama in Kumasi to give thanks and dedicate them selves to God.
Also in attendance at t…
Forty-seven babies were delivered in five government hospitals in the Kumasi Metropolis on New Year's day.
The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) recorded 27 deliveries, 16 males and 11 females out of the figure.
Speaking to th…
Mr George Asante, Eastern Regional Manager of Cocoa Services Division has called on traditional authorities to help educate cocoa farmers to allow their infested cocoa trees to be cut down for replanting.
He said the affected farmers …
South Korea confirmed seven additional foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreaks at beef and milk cattle farms and a pig farm in provincial areas on Sunday despite nationwide quarantine efforts to contain the spread of the highly contagious a…
The smoking rate in South Korea fell in 2010 from a year earlier, the nation's health ministry said Sunday, but it still maintains a higher-than-average rate compared to other advanced OECD nations.
According to the survey conducted by…
South Korea has confirmed one additional foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak at a milk cattle farm despite nationwide quarantine efforts to contain the spread of the highly contagious animal disease, provincial government officials said …
Reverend Kwadwo Ofori-Antwi, Takoradi District Minister of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, on Saturday called on Ghanaians to obey the word of God, improve their live styles and ensure the growth of the Church and the society.
He m…
Primate Seth Adofo, Spiritual Head of the Brotherhood Church, on Sunday urged Ghanaians to pray and continue to make sacrifices in support of the socio-economic development of the country.
He said God has blessed the nation with oil …
The Reverend Solomon S.A. Kotei, General Overseer of the Radiant Light Gospel Mission, on Sunday advised Ghanaians to lend their support for the realization of governments’ better Ghana agenda.
He said this was necessary because the …
Forty-seven babies were delivered in five government hospitals in the Kumasi Metropolis on New Year’s day.
The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) recorded 27 deliveries, 16 males and 11 females out of the figure.
Speaking to…
A Catholic Priest in Takoradi on Sunday called on Ghanaians, especially Christians, to use their energies, time and money to care for the sick, needy and the aged rather than to glorify the dead.
The Reverend Father Anthony Kingsley …
The Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union (ICU) has observed that with political will, coupled with commitment, honesty and tenacity of purpose, the nation’s oil resources could be managed well for the benefit of all Ghanaians.
Ma…
The Right Reverend Father Jacobson Dei, Vice President of the African Religious Union of Ghana, on Friday December 31st 2010, urged Christians to use the word of God as their weapon in life.
He said for a Christian to succeed in his …
Members of the Global Evangelical Church (GEC) in Accra entered the New Year on Saturday in a triumphant ecstatic mood filled with hope.
Reverend Prince Tefe, Synod Clerk, speaking to a large crowd of regular and irregular congregan…
The Reverend Robert Kwadwo Asante, Senior Pastor of the Grace Baptist Church at Amakom, Kumasi, has encouraged Ghanaians to be bold and take up great challenges as they entered into the New Year.
He noted that God allowed challeng…
The Anglican Bishop of Kumasi, Right Reverend Dr Daniel Yinkah Sarfo, has asked Ghanaians to put their trust in God and depend on Him for their needs.
“God knows the beginning and the end of life and we can face tomorrow if we live …
Ghanaians have been advised to demonstrate high sense of commitment and responsiveness to the socio-economic policies and programmes of the Government to make life better for all.
Delivering sermons at separate watch-night services…
Ghanaians have been urged to welcome the New Year with righteousness and holiness in order to experience the blessings and favour of God.
Preaching the word of God to usher in the New Year on Friday night, Prophet Kwame Darko-Mensah …
The Chairman of the Calvary Apostolic Revival Church (CARC), Reverend Ishmael Anum-Sai, has asked Ghanaians to continue to use the New Year to honour God for the oil-find.
He said God had blessed Ghana with the gift of rich mineral re…
An Evangelist of the Redemption Methodist Church at Abeka in Accra, Emmanuel Andzie, has challenged Ghanaians to meet the year 2011 with boldness and confidence by casting out fear and panic, which normally characterized new years.
In…
Ghanaian Christians ushered in the New Year with watch-night church services during which they prayed; sang, danced and praised God for the mercies and blessings He bestowed on the country in the past year.
At the Ghana Police Churc…
Mr Sylvester Daddieh, NADMO Coordinator for the Jomoro District, on Friday said, the area has not recorded any refugees yet, in respect of the political crisis in Cote d’voire.
He said those trooping in are Ghanaians, who are coming …
The Dormaahene, Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Agyemang Badu II, has called on Ghanaians to make 2011 a year of peace, reconciliation and consensus-building.
He stressed that the right of the people to choose in multi-party democracy should not …
Mr Seth Otchere, the West Akim Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), has called on small scale miners to reclaim the land after mining to reduce disasters in the mining areas.
He also called on chiefs and elders, who give out lands for mi…
The management of the Asante Presbytery Bible School of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, has underlined the need to step up theological education among the laity.
The Reverend Dr Kwabena Opuni- Frimpong, the Chairman, said more shou…
Parents have been advised to create an avenue where family members could sit together to eat a meal once a day, as a way of fostering open and frank communications, to strengthen the family.
In a fast-pace society where parents are a…
Pastor Mensa Otabil, General Overseer of the International Central Bible Church (ICGC), has declared 2011 as a year of righteousness, saying those who seek God in righteousness shall never lack.
Speaking at the Church’s Crossover Ser…
Christians have been encouraged to be more courageous in their faith in God as the years advances and the times becomes more difficult and tough.
Pastor Eric Nyamekye, Resident Pastor of the Pentecost International Worship Centre (PI…
The introduction of the Hi-Tech Method in cocoa production is a testimony of Government’s determination to help to improve the cocoa industry, Mr Gilbert Kofi Germain, Executive Director of the Young and the Lonely Foundation Ghana (YLF) h…
A 41-year-old farmer, who stole a quantity of dried cocoa beans worth GH¢32.20 at Adu-Gyan village in the Birim Central Municipality, has been jailed one year six months by a Magistrate Court at Akim Oda.
Kwasi Mensah, charged with s…
Saliya Banda, a farmer, who vowed to teach a trader a lesson, is standing accused at an Akim Oda Magistrate Court for setting the trader’s house on fire.
The fire destroyed properties including four bags (containing 30 pieces of clot…
Mr Ofori Addo Acheampong, an educationist has urged parents to invest in the education of their children instead of spending lavishly on marriages, funerals, parties and other ceremonies.
He told the Ghana News Agency on Saturday sho…
Thousands of people in the Kumasi Metropolis welcomed the New Year with open-air parties.
The revelers, most of them sensationally dressed, defied the cold, unfriendly harmattan conditions of the night to gather at drinking spots a…
India and Pakistan on Saturday exchanged the lists of their nuclear installations for the
20th consecutive year under an agreement which prohibits any kind of attack on such facilities.
The lists were exchanged through diplomatic c…
South Korea confirmed two additional foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreaks on Saturday, despite nationwide quarantine efforts to contain the spread of the highly contagious animal disease.
The Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry …
Two sailors were killed and 15 remain missing after a North Korean-registered cargo ship sank in the Yellow Sea off China, according to a news report Saturday.
The North Korean ship Kang Bong sank on Friday morning "amid strong gales" …
The second storm of a one-two blizzard punch targeted the Dakotas and western Minnesota with heavy, wind-driven snow on New Year's Eve, forecasters said.
AccuWeather.com meteorologist Alex Sosnowski said travel was being affected by a bli…
An armed robber and his last two hostages walked out of a bank near Houston Friday after a standoff of nearly 5 hours with police, authorities said.
The peaceful resolution came about 2 hours after five hostages were released, and about 4…