Ghanaians have been urged not to be complacent with the gains made in the HIV and AIDS control but should be mindful of their life style in order not to change the trend.
Ms Rose Nani, Coordinator of the New Juaben Municipal Voluntar…
Mr Joseph Kwabena Onyinah, Ashanti Regional Director of Education, has urged teachers to take advantage of the numerous opportunities provided by the Ghana Education Service (GES) to upgrade themselves and improve on their professional com…
The Rev Dr Kwesi Biney, an agriculturist and evangelist, has called for the use of human urine as fertilizer by farmers.
He is contained in a in a paper to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture.
Rev. Dr. Biney said it was estima…
Fuel-loading at the Bushehr nuclear reactor in Iran is complete, Russian contractor Atomstroiexport said Thursday. Iranian media also reported Ali Akbar Salehi, director of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, as saying the fueling proc…
A United Kingdom-based Ghanaian couple on Thursday donated assorted items valued at more than GH¢500.00 to the Asante-Mampong Babies Home.
The items included bed sheets, used clothing, toys and exercises books.
Nana Kwame Baafi…
Efforts at promoting computer literacy among school children in the Ejura-Sekyedomase District has been given a boost with the inauguration of a GH¢5,000.00 computer laboratory at the Dromankuma Anglican Basic School.
It would also …
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has appealed to the government to address the myriad of problems facing farmers.
These include the rotting of food stuck in rural areas because of un-motorable roads t…
The Ministry of Transport on Thursday asked all
persons occupying railway lines in the Accra Metropolis to vacate with immediate effect in their own interest.
The move will affect those who are close to 50 feet of land on both side…
Former President Jerry John Rawlings has in a
statement to mark National Farmers Day called on the government to institute a policy that will prioritise the development of access roads to farming areas to address the perennial problem of…
The management of Twifo Rural Bank on Friday
donated 20 pieces of dual desks to Twifo Praso Methodist Primary School.
The desks, estimated at GH 900.00, were presented by Mr. Jonas O. Yankson,
Chairman of Board of Governors of the ba…
Deputy Minister of Education, Mrs Elizabeth Amoah-Tetteh, has appealed to traditional rulers to ensure that students in their communities study instead of spending their time at social functions.
She also asked chiefs to release land…
A high powered Government delegation led by the Minister of Chieftaincy and Culture, Mr Asumah
Ahinsan, on Friday attended the funeral rites of the Kwahu Queen, Nana Abena Gyamfua II, at Abene in the Kwahu-East District.
The queen d…
Mrs Augustina Gyamfi, Acting Ashanti Regional
Director of the Department of Women, has called on the public to help stop violence against women and all forms of abuse of their fundamental freedoms and rights.
At a durbar held at Nk…
The Adentan Municipal Assembly has announced that
a programme to entice the youth in the area to engage in agriculture as a vocation, would commence next year.
Ms Nubyl Kakra Vanlare, the Municipal Chief Executive, who disclosed th…
Addressing poverty is the single best way to help
poor people in developing countries to achieve food security and adapt to climate change measures.
This is contained in a report by researchers at the International Food Policy Rese…
By a majority vote, delegates at the 2010 Emergency General Meeting of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), has authorised the President of the Association to initiate steps to transform the body into a union.
The decision, which…
Madam Victoria Kisseh, 63, has been adjudged the Best Physically Challenged Farmer in the 26th Greater Accra Regional Farmers Day celebration held at Anyamam in the Dangme East District.
She received a certificate, cloth, agro-chemic…
Fifty (50) farmers in the Asante-Mampong Municipality were on Friday rewarded with prizes at a farmers' day celebration held at Bosomkyekye for their unique contribution to the development of agriculture in the area.
Mr Duncan Yeboah…
Government is to honour about 76 distinguished
farmers, fishermen and extension officers in the agriculture sector at the 26th edition of the annual National Farmers Day celebration at Somanya on Friday.
The event which has as its t…
Mr Benjamin Adjetey Adjei, a 60-year-old man, from the Greater Accra was on Friday adjudged the overall best National Farmer for 2010 at this year's National Farmers Day Celebration held at Somanya.
For his prize, he was allocated a …
The Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Health Director, Dr Teddy Kofi Avotri, on Tuesday, decried the behavior of the head pastor of the Lord's Christ Church, for thwarting the efforts of health personnel
The Pastor is alleged to have pre…
The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) in the Talensi/Nabdam District has appealed to chiefs, assembly members and opinion leaders to share their experiences with the Organisation to enable it to educate the public on effect…
A chief has appealed to the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) and the Commission on Human Rights Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to collaborate with traditional rulers on issues bordering on women's rights violation.
…
A 286-paged book titled "Sociology and Spirituality" that provides deeper insight into the emergence and development of sociology, social integration and moral regulation has been launched in Kumasi.
It was authored by Dr Kojo …
The government of north Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir Wednesday granted a month's extension till December 31 to the judicial commission probing the killings of 17 civilians during the recent unrest in Kashmir Valley as it has not been …
The Apostolic Nuncio in Ghana, the Most Rev. Leon B. Kalenga has appealed to Ghanaians to avoid ethnicity and unite and work for sustainable peace.
He said peace should be seen governing the path of all Ghanaians irrespective of thei…
Parliament on Tuesday endorsed the agreement between Government, Volta River Authority and Clark Sustainable Resources Development Limited (CSRD) a Canadian firm for the phase II of harvesting, processing and marketing of timber from the V…
An Accra District Magistrate's Court on Wednesday remanded in Police custody three persons accused of murdering the Reverend Sidney Thomas Barnes, a British American Missionary.
Inspector Peter Yaw Manu, who represented Assistant Sup…
Nene Sackitey II, Konor (Paramount) of the Manya Krobo said the Parliamentary Committee on Subsidiary Legislation erred to secede Akuse Electoral Area to the Greater Accra Region.
He said the path set out by the committee was a consp…
A long standing land dispute between Mr Samuel Awuye, complainant and Alex Ablorh, accused person's father, has compelled the 24-year-old mason, Yaw Adu, to pull a pistol on the complainant.
For that act, Adu was arraigned before a C…
The Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Mr Joseph Yieleh Chireh, has reiterated Government's commitment to improving urban transportation towards the realization of its better Ghana agenda.
He said that public transp…
A biblical theme park sponsored by Answers in Genesis will give an economic boost to northern Kentucky, Gov. Steve Beshear said Wednesday. Beshear said the project, a joint venture by the non-profit group behind the Creation Museum in Boon…
MS Tamara Aku Dzormeku, "Ms Malaika 2008", has called on stakeholders in the fight against HIV and AIDS to adopt more effective mechanisms to keep the prevalence of the disease down.
She said interactions with the public indicated th…
A 36-year-old Indian national has been accused of molesting a teenage Moroccan girl on board a Dubai-bound Emirates flight, a charge he has denied.
Prosecutors accused the man of consuming liquor and sexually molesting the 15-year-old…
A 31-year-old plumber, Kojo Eyi, has appeared before a Circuit Court in Cape Coast for inflicting multiple razor blade wounds on one Mr Samuel Awuye, whom he suspected of having an affair with his ex-wife.
He pleaded not guilty to th…
A labourer standing trial in a Kumasi Circuit Court for causing harm was on Wednesday sentenced to three years imprisonment in hard labour.
Kofi Nketia pleaded guilty to the charge.
Police Chief Inspector Mary Nana Adwoa Affanyi told t…
An 18-year-old storekeeper was on Wednesday jailed seven years in hard labour by a Kumasi Circuit Court for stealing computers and accessories valued at GH¢1,936.00 belonging to his employer.
Desmond Pepprah pleaded guilty to the c…
The Ministry of the Interior on Wednesday announced that Friday, December 3, which is National Farmers' Day, is a statutory Public holiday.
This is contained in a statement signed in Accra by Mr Martin Amidu, Minister for the Interio…
Mr Albert Brown-Gaizie, Acting Chief Fire Officer of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), on Wednesday stressed the need for fire personnel to be equipped with the requisite knowledge and skills for effective and efficient operations.
…
The National House of Chiefs on Wednesday congratulated farmers and fishermen and appealed to government to continue to create an enabling environment for sustainable development of the agricultural sector.
A statement signed by Wulu…
The National Identification Authority (NIA) will begin mass production of National Identification Cards for residents of Greater Accra Region from Monday, December 6.
Dr William Ahadzie, NIA Executive Secretary, told newsmen in Accra…
A 14-member National Task Force on Sustainable Public Procurement, was on Wednesday launched in Accra to steer government's efforts at ensuring transparency and accountability in the public procurement system.
The launch follows the …
The seventh Going Green Premier Walk for Health and Security will come on in Accra on Saturday, December 4.
Mr Noah Acolatse, Country Manager of Mepha Limited, a pharmaceutical research development and manufacturing company, who made…
The British and Europeans suffered another round of snow and freezing temperatures Wednesday as a powerful winter storm refused to let go, forecasters said.
Wicked weather was reported in Germany, Poland and many parts of the United Kingd…
A 76-year-old Florida woman, missing for five days, was found alive in the trunk of her car in a hospital parking lot, authorities said. Mary Doretich Mitchell of New Smyrna Beach had her purse, money and keys with her when police opened t…
A Florida nudist camp could be stripped of some of its home sites after the incorporation of its surrounding community, authorities said. Sunsport Gardens has 133 tent and trailer pads, but as part of Loxahatchee Groves, incorporated in 2…
A Florida judge has rebuffed Donald Trump's attempt to shoo airplane flights away from his Palm Beach club. Circuit Court Judge Joseph Marx dismissed Trump's lawsuit claiming that noisy flights from the county airport were harming Mar-a-La…
The father of three missing Michigan boys appeared in an Ohio court Wednesday in chains and in a wheelchair.
John Skelton, 39, has been charged with parental kidnapping, the Detroit Free Press reported. But investigators fear the three br…
Improving the delivery of quality education was only possible by strengthening the governance framework in education management, an African Education Watch (AEW) report has said.
The report recommended among others that Ministries of…
Mr Joseph Yieleh Chireh, Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, said the application for a Legislative Instrument (LI) to back the re-demarcation of electoral areas across the country was what delayed the district assembly el…