The Accra Regional Police Command on Friday assured the public of security during the Christmas and New Year, saying day and night patrols would be intensified with all units deploying more patrol teams to cover the entire region.
A …
The Western Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry (WRCCI) and the London-based Business Performance Institute have organized a three-day workshop about prospects in the oil and gas industry for 45 job seekers at Takoradi.
Speaking…
The Anglican Diocese of Kumasi has urged the Government to engage civil society and other developmental organizations to fashion out an all inclusive national development agenda.
This, the church said, would ensure consistency in im…
Mr. Emmanuel Baganiah, the Vice Rector of the Wa Polytechnic, has advised students to observe road and traffic regulations to avoid the rampant motor accidents involving them.
He said every week, there were motorbike accidents involv…
Participants at the Volta Region launch of the 25-member Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) on Thursday said active community involvement backed by a strong political commitment were indispensable towards sustainable disaster risk r…
Mobile Telecommunication Network (MTN) Ghana Foundation has provided 20 boreholes for communities in the Lawra and Wa East districts at a cost of 178,000 Ghana cedis.
Twelve communities in the Lawra District benefited from the boreho…
The Ajumako District Magistrate's court has sentenced a 31-year old carpenter from Breman Bennin to 15 months imprisonment in hard labour for stealing a pig.
Kwesi Abeaku pleaded guilty.
Police chief Inspector Gershon Awuyee told…
Pope Benedict XVI on Friday named Reverend Monsignor Peter Paul Angkyier, Former Vicar General of Damongo Diocese of the Catholic Church as the new Bishop for the Diocese in the Northern Region.
This was contained in a release from t…
All non-European migrants to the UK have since November 29 had to demonstrate a basic command of the English language before they are granted a visa.
According to a statement issued in Accra on Friday by the British High Commission, …
The La Traditional Council on Saturday honoured Mr Amon Kotei, 95 for his immense contribution to the development of art in the country.
Mr Kotei is a renowned Graphic Artist, Composer and Nationalist, who designed the Coat of Arms o…
The Radiation Protection Institute of the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, at the weekend said available scientific knowledge indicate that the low level of emission from telecom masts pose no danger to the citizenry.
"There is no cau…
Women in Law and Development in Africa (WILDAF) has appealed to the media to endeavour to promote women who are contesting in the District Assembly level elections.
This, according to WILDAF, would boost women's participation and rep…
The Health Workers Union HSWU) of the Trade Union Congress and the Ghana Registered Nurses Association (GRNA) has called on government to adopt a policy that would be gender sensitive.
A statement issued in Accra on Saturday by Mr Re…
The Women's Aglow Ministry on Saturday organised a national thanksgiving service on the theme:" Celebrating the Goodness of God 2010."
The service was characterised by song ministration by the Aglow Tambourine Mass Choir, regional ap…
As part of its corporate social responsibility, (MTN) Ghana Foundation has provided 20 boreholes for communities in the Lawra and Wa East Districts, at a cost of GHC178,000.
Twelve communities in the Lawra District and eight communit…
The Newmont Golden Ridge Akyem Project, a mining company based in Abirim, has presented medical equipment worth 400,000 dollars to the New Abirem Government Hospital.
Some of the items will be given to the Holy Family Hospital, Nkawk…
The Brong-Ahafo Regional Chapter of the Ghana Human Rights Reporters Network on Thursday suggested to the Police Administration to establish security posts at vantage points along the country's highways as Christmas approaches to check rob…
Mr Rojo Mettle-Nunoo, Deputy Minister of Health, has called on parents and relatives of mental patients on admission at the Pantang Hospital not to abandon them but help to integrate them into society after their discharge.
He said i…
President John Evans Atta Mills on Thursday asked for national support to encourage the youth to increase the spirit of voluntarism and seek worthwhile adventure to prepare them for future leadership positions.
He also asked the yout…
The Energy Foundation on Thursday said it was now poised to increase delivery of energy management services to industrial and commercial enterprises, following the withdrawal of financial support from the Ministry of Energy.
It would…
Communities living along the catchment communities of mining companies have appealed to the administrator of stool lands, to publish funds released to the district assemblies from the Mineral Development Fund (MDF).
The said the lack…
An anti-Human Trafficking Desk has been opened at the Elubo border in the Western Region to deal with human trafficking affairs.
Mr Felix Sarpong, Elubo Sector Commander of the Ghana Immigration Service,said this at a three-day works…
Mr Robert Kempes Papa Nii Ofosuware, Tema Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE), on Thursday, announced that plans were underway to abolish the shift system in all basic schools in the Metropolis.
This was contained in a speech, read o…
Ashanti region recorded a total of 572 fire outbreaks within the past 11 months, the Regional Fire Officer, Mr Philip Aheng-Mensah, has said.
He put the value of property lost to the fires at GH¢2,254,878.80.
During the same pe…
The Mpasaaso Health Centre in the Ahafo-Ano South District, on Thursday received a Toyota Land Cruiser, hospital beds, Yahama motor-bike, generator and a television set to enhance its operations.
The Planned Parenthood Association of…
Pupils in Sissala East District of the Upper West Region, have expressed appreciation to the commitment of Mrs Suleman Alijata, Sissala East District Chief Executive for improving teaching and learning in the district.
They said she …
Government in collaboration with the Poly Technologies Incorporated of China would sign an agreement to complete all abandoned military and Police projects throughout the country, Vice
President John Dramani Mahama has announced.
He …
The Office of the National Chief Imam on Thursday protested that he was not invited to the pouring of the nation's first commercial oil in Takoradi on Thursday and demanded an apology from the Government and organisers.
A statement s…
All 99 people accused of assaulting ambulance workers were punished this year, some with jail terms, the National Emergency Management Agency said Thursday.
Three of them were sentenced to prison terms ranging from four months to three…
Pupils of Teacher Mota Primary School at Osu RE, in Accra on Thursday joined the lucky trail of the few privileged schools in Accra Metropolis to receive support for its Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Centre.
The cent…
The Reverend Dennis Atiega, Chairman of the Tarkwa Local Council of Churches, said Ghanaians must work to improve on the dignity of each other.
He said the lack of interest in the activities of others had contributed to the increasin…
The departments of Children and Social Welfare has organized a one-day workshop at Wa to orient members of Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) district teams in the Upper West Region.
The workshop is to enhance their knowledg…
The Metro Mass Transit's (MMT) recent "Operation Show Your Ticket" programme is working effectively in the Upper West Region.
Passengers who patronize the services of the MMT buses now know they have a duty to demand their tickets an…
The Supreme Court on Thursday declared a 1974 emergency decree proclaimed by the military government of Park Chung-hee as unconstitutional because it excessively violated people's basic rights, in a landmark ruling that acquitted a Seoul m…
Nearly four decades after the 1971 war, Pakistani school textbooks continue to focus on conspiracy theories involving India, Russia and the US regarding the creation of Bangladesh while glossing over the Pakistan Army's atrocities in the e…
A group of South Korean religious leaders paid a visit to Pope Benedict XVI and exchanged views on promoting inter-faith harmony with the Vatican, their organization in Seoul said Thursday.
Representatives of the Korean Council of Reli…
The Seoul education board said Thursday it paid 15.5 million won (US$13,450) in rewards for whistleblowers who reported bribery and other irregularities at schools, the first such payments under a system adopted earlier this year.
The …
South Korea's military said Thursday it plans to hold a live-fire artillery drill this week or early next week on a front-line island devastated by North Korea's bombardment last month.
North Korea justified its Nov. 23 attack on Yeonp…
The dispute between the European Union and India over the transit of generic drugs through Europe has been resolved, EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht said on Wednesday.
"We have discussed this in detail with our Indian counterpa…
The Enforcement Unit of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has arrested 51 foreigners involved in small-scale illegal mining in the Central and Western Regions.
Mr Francis Palmdeti, Head of Public Affairs of GIS, said in an intervie…
Dr. Anthony Nsoh Akunzule, Deputy Director of Veterinary Service Directorate of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA), has expressed concern about the collapse of smallholder poultry breeding.
He said this had paved way for the…
North Korea should first halt nuclear development if international negotiations with the communist nation can resume, a senior Seoul official said Thursday as Pyongyang expressed its willingness to return to the negotiating table.
"We …
North Korea said Thursday it supports dialogue aimed at preventing war and denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula, but will "never beg" for it, as New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson landed in the communist state with the hope of defusing ten…
The Ghana Police Service Administration on
Thursday launched a programme dubbed: "Operation Father Christmas" to assure Ghanaians of their commitment to be active during the Christmas and New Year season to ensure the safety of all law a…
Two accused persons on trial for their alleged
roles in the murder of the former Northern Regional Chairman of the Convention People's Party, Alhaji Issah Mobilla, were on Thursday taken into prison custody following an order by the pres…
The incidence of carjacking is fast becoming more
disturbing with the Electoral Commission (EC) having become the latest victim.
The Commission's Toyota Hilux vehicle with the registration number GV 48 Z, was last Friday snatched…
Coming under attack after his reported statement that "radicalised Hindu groups" posed a bigger threat than outfits like Lashkar-e-Taiba, Rahul Gandhi on Friday diluted his comments saying that terrorism and communalism of all types are a …
The Co-ordinator of the General Agricultural
Workers Union, Mr Karim Saagbul, has said that Ghanaians need to plant more trees and grow temperature resistance crops to minimise the effect of climate change.
Mr Saagbul said if nothi…
Ex-workers of Goldfields Ghana Limited (GGL) have threatened to invade the company's premises if their grievances are continually ignored by the company.
According to them, the mining company refused to pay them interests on their pr…
Ghana Developing Communities Association (GDCA), a Non Governmental Organisation, involved in the development of rural communities in the Northern Region, on Wednesday held a day's workshop for journalists to solicit their support towards …