As part of activities to mark the 10th anniversary of Stanbic Bank Ghana operations, staff and their families participated in a socialization trip to the Wli Waterfalls over the weekend.
Mrs Sandra Osei Amoako, Head, Service Centre of…
The Ghana Commission for United Nations
Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), has been commended for propagating and implementing programmes towards the education
and development of people with disabilities and spe…
Users of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) have been advised to place their gas cylinders on wood outside the kitchen instead of placing them directly on the kitchen floor.
This is to avoid correlation of both the outside and inside of t…
Government will continue to protect its partnership with philanthropic institutions which are complementing its efforts at providing vital social needs of the citizenry.
This is because such support in the areas of water and sanitati…
Mrs. Elizabeth De-Souza, Northern Regional Director of Education, has alleged that some headteachers of basic schools in the Region were not properly disbursing the Capitation Grant and were using it for their personal development.
S…
President John Evans Attah Mills had directed all Regional Administrations to begin work on the setting up of regional museums, art galleries and exhibition complexes to redeem the nation's culture.
He said that these institutions wo…
Brazil has committed a grant of $13.66 million to Ghana, for the construction of a Blood and Sickle Cell Centre in Kumasi to facilitate the fight against the disease.
The project would include a blood transfusion centre and out-patie…
The Presbyterian Senior High School (PRESEC) in Tamale had benefited from a six-unit classroom block at the cost of GH�108,265 at its new site at Bumvum, a suburb of Tamale.
The facility was built with financial support from the Oi…
CNN International and MultiChoice this week officially launched the CNN MultiChoice African Journalist 2011 Awards.? The winners of these prestigious annual Awards will be announced at a gala ceremony to be held in Johannesburg, South Afri…
Mrs Joan Gawuga, a social worker, has called on government and other stakeholders working to enhance the welfare of children, to facilitate the provision of shelter for abused and underprivileged children in Ghana.
She condemned chil…
Police Constable Prince Kwaku Agyare, who was allegedly shot dead my notorious criminal Johnson Kombian and his gang, was laid to rest at the Old Tafo Presbyterian Cemetery on Saturday.
The 27-year-old police constable was killed on Octo…
A 32-year-old farmer, Kofi Badu, had his right hand hacked off for allegedly stealing five pieces of iron rods at Mpaatado near, Takoradi.
The victim had been admitted at the Effia-Nkwanta Hospital and the severed hand had been buried…
Mr Enoch Teye Mensah, Minister of Employment and Social Welfare, on behalf of government has commended the Good News Evangelical Mission International (GONEMI) for its efforts to curb armed robbery and other anti-social vices in the countr…
The Chartered Institute of Banker's (CIB) is to introduce the Continually Professional Development (CPD) programme for its members.
The programme, which would be held quarterly, would help equip members in active service to be better…
The over 350 post offices across the country would soon have Information and Communication Technology connectivity Mr. Kofi Attor, the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC), has said.
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The Agona Swedru branch of Barclays Bank Ghana limited, has renovated a dilapidated classroom of the Agona Asafo Seventh-Day Adventist (SDA) Junior High School (JHS).
The bank spent 600 Ghana Cedis and its staff joined students and t…
Mr Edward Mba, Head of Waste Management at the
Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) has urged landlords to provide and maintain decent toilet facilities for their tenants to facilitate public health.
Mr Mba was speaking in an interview…
Bihar's 'Super30' founder Anand Kumar will share the dias with Hollywood's top film-maker
James Cameron in a conference in Maharashtra next month.
The Oscar winning director-producer and Kumar will share their experiences during Te…
The Tema Circuit Court 'A' has granted a bail of
GH�5,000 bail to Otoo Kofi Amoah, a seaman, with one surety to be justified, for allegedly threatening to kill his sister.
Amoah who pleaded not guilty to the charge of threat of d…
The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications, (GIFEC) Mr. Kofi Attor, has said 350 post offices across the country would soon enjoy Information and Communication Technology (ICT) connectivity.
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Some head teachers in basic schools in the
Northern Region are not disbursing the capitation grant properly but were instead using it for their personal development.
Mrs Elizabeth De-Souza, Northern Regional Director of Education, …
Mr Alex Tettey-Enyo, Minister of Education, on Friday challenged private universities to ensure that their curriculum was relevant and quality was high.
"While government welcomes private participation in tertiary education as a solu…
Africa may not be able to meet its 2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for human poverty reduction if the application of biotechnology is not considered seriously.
Ms Sherry Ayittey, Minister of Science and Environment who made …
OrphanAid Africa, a humanitarian organisation
dedicated to helping orphans and vulnerable children, has launched a three-day event to raise awareness on the problem in the country.
The event, dubbed "OrphanAid Weekend", which is sc…
A large number of school children in Primary and Junior High Schools in the Bunkpurugu-Yunyoo District in the Northern Region, have abandoned the classrooms due to protracted ethnic conflicts in the past five years.
The concern was r…
President John Evans Atta Mills on Sunday repeated government's commitment to ensure social justice, peace and unity among Ghanaians irrespective of their political and ethnic affiliations.
"Our justice is not partisan, our justice i…
The Sunflower Oil and Bio-diesel Processing Plant in Tema, is to produce large quantity of bio-diesel to power thermal plants belonging to the Volta River Authority (VRA).
The venture is aimed at reducing the cost of electricity and …
Mrs Joan Gawuga, a social worker at the weekend asked the government and other stakeholders of children's issues to facilitate the provision of shelters for abused and under-privileged children.
She said child abuse is a phenomenon …
Three persons have been arrested by the Police Criminal Investigations Department (CID) for allegedly influencing people to buy and drink "Love Moon Anion" sanitary pads as medication.
They are Dennis Kanny, who doubles as Dennis Kof…
A Magistrate Court at Akim Oda in the Birim Central Municipality, has imposed a total fine of GH�2,160 on 21 drivers for road traffic offences.
A bench warrant was issued for the arrest of 10 drivers who failed to appear in court.
…
The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)will next year formally declare Ghana and the rest of the world Rinderpest free.
The OIE move is informed by the fact that for more than 10…
Vice President John Dramani Mahama said at the
weekend that government has drawn up a comprehensive plan, to equip educational institutions with the necessary logistics and human resources for them to perform creditably.
He said som…
Ghana at the weekend launched a national Information and Communication Technology (ICT) connectivity project, for Colleges of Education to ensure that teachers reappraise their methodologies to meet the learning needs of their students.
…
The Sunyani Traditional Council, on Friday called for an immediate ban on the sale of alcoholic beverages at lorry stations through out the country, especially as the Christmas approached.
It expressed worry at the proliferation of d…
Indira Gandhi, world's longest serving woman prime minister, has been ranked by the Time magazine as the 9th most powerful woman of the past century, a list that also includes Mother Teresa.
The list of '25 Most Powerful Women of the …
Professor Mike Oquaye, Second Deputy Speaker of
Parliament, has encouraged the private sector to invest in human excreta facilities to rake in huge returns.
Speaking at the floor of Parliament, the Dome-Kwabenya Legislator said: "To…
Local real estate companies will play a lead role in delivering housing units under the 1.5 billion dollar STX project Alban Bagbin, Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing has said.
Speaking at the inauguration of the 22 mil…
The National Security Council (NSC), at weekend
denied media reports that armed men dressed in military and police apparel, attacked customs officials in their bid to rob passengers at the Dawhenya customs checkpoint last week.
"Th…
US investigators, who arrested an Indian American couple on charges of bribing government officials, have seized an estimated USD 400,000
hidden inside a closet in their home.
Owner of a number of liquor stores in Langley Park and su…
A 15-seater Toyota Hiace staff welfare bus for the Dormaa Presbyterian Hospital, purchased with GHC54,184 loan from the Dormaa Teachers Cooperative Credit Union, has been inaugurated
at Dormaa-Ahenkro.
Also inaugurated was a double…
Akuapem North District Sanitation Guards, on Friday summoned six households at Adawso in the area to appear before court for not keeping their environment clean.
The District Chief Executive, Mr George Opare-Addo, who led the people …
Mr Alex Asamoah, New Juaben Municipal Chief
Executive, on Friday appealed to individuals and non-governmental organizations (NGO's), including churches to support government to promote
the welfare of children in deprived communities.
…
President John Evans Atta Mills has commended the Togolese security authorities for their role in the re-arrest of the notorious fugitive Jonathan Kombian.
A statement issued by the Information Ministry on Sunday expressed the Pres…
Victory Bible Church International (VBCI) on Sunday climaxed its 25th anniversary celebrations with a call on Christians not to confuse prosperity with materialism.
The celebrations attracted representatives from all the 120 branches…
Dr Joseph Amoako of the Radioactive Protection
Institute at the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission has said emissions from radio signals from telecommunication masts are minimal and safe.
He said radio signals could not cause measles, m…
Dr Kwabena Duffuor, Minister of Finance and
Economic Planning on Thursday said completion of the Ho-Fume, Sogakope-Adidome-Ho, Kumasi-Techiman, Doyormu-Prampram and Nkawkaw-Obomeng
roads were some of the major road projects which had b…
Dr James Akpablie, Deputy Upper East Regional Director of Health Services, on Friday said more than four million children below four years in developing countries, die annually from diarrhoea, intestinal infestations and pneumonia due to p…
Ghacem Cement Foundation on Friday donated 14,000 bags of cement worth GH� 149,000 to schools and hospitals in the southern zone at a ceremony in Koforidua.
Nana Prah Agyensaim VI, Chairman of the Ghacem Foundation, indicated that …
The Medical Director of the Koforidua Regional Hospital, Dr Daniel Asare, on Friday explained to the staff how some unknown persons managed to withdraw over GH� 150,000 from the internally generated accounts of the hospital.
The un…
INTERPOL arrests Johnson Kombian Gulkuun alias "Burger", a notorious criminal who allegedly shot and killed two policemen on duty at Bunkpurugu in the Northern Region.