Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, Eastern Regional Minister, on Wednesday appealed to nurses to always abide by their code of ethics and use strike actions as a last resort in seeking redress.
"You should exercise a lot of patience in your dema…
A former police sergeant in the north of England was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison Tuesday for helping his drug-dealing brother.
Salim Razaq, 33, a nine-year veteran of the Lancashire Constabulary, appeared in Liverpool Crown …
Lawyers for a Florida drug kingpin and his ex-girlfriend argued Tuesday they were unfairly tried with two men accused of killing a couple and their young sons.
All four were convicted last year. Danny Varela received a life sentence and L…
A global survey of nearly 3,000 children in developing nations showed they are both hungry to learn and just plain hungry, the project's officials said.
The results of the survey -- titled Small Voices, Big Dreams, conducted on children a…
The head of a Greek Orthodox Church and monastery in New York City left a quarter-million dollars in cash and 100 gold coins in the care of nuns, police said.
One of the nuns, Sister Christonymphi Fitzpatrick, turned the stash in to polic…
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to prohibit stores in unincorporated county areas from giving out plastic shopping bags to customers.
The Los Angeles Times reported the ban, which does not affect the 88 cities i…
Muslims in Bawku, irrespective of ethnicity, came
together on Tuesday to say the Eid-Ul-Adha prayers at the central mosque.
The men stood side by side while the women converged together at the section allotted to them for the praye…
The government would soon complete the handing over of all mission schools back to their units to enhance effective and efficient management and supervision, Mr. Fabian Belieb, Upper West Regional Director of Education, has said.
He …
Quality graduate research can make the Millennium Development Goals (MDG's) be met on target dates, Professor Kobina Yankson, director of Academic Planning And Quality Assurance at the University Of Cape Coast, (UCC) has noted.
He un…
Speakers at the 2010 HIV and AIDS Partnership
Forum on Wednesday agreed that though the National Prevalence Rate of HIV and AIDS was stabilising, community, district and regional variations were significant.
They also noted that de…
Mr. Paul Evans Aidoo, the Western Regional Minister, has expressed worry about the high rate of teenage pregnancy in the Shama District in the Western Region.
He, therefore, appealed to traditional authorities, religious leaders, asse…
Some women in the Nadowli District have accused their husbands of frivolous spending on alcoholic beverages to the neglect of their children's education.
They also blamed the some of the elitist husbands in the area of spending on t…
Mr Kofi Asamoah, the Secretary General of the Trades Union Congress, has said it was not the government, the unions or the Fair Wages Commission (FWC) that was responsible for the seeming delays in migrating public sector workers to the Si…
2Garrison Commander and Flag Officer, commanding the Western Naval Command, Commodore Timothy Samuel Appiah, on Monday urged the public to change the erroneous perception that the military is an enemy to the civilian.
He said the mil…
Mr Henry Cia, country representative of Winalite Ghana Limited, a Chinese company, has been arrested for allegedly influencing people to buy "Love Moon Anion" sanitary pads as medication in Accra.
The sanitary pad, has a green substa…
Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Monday apologised to Muslims who could not undertake the pilgrimage to Mecca this year.
He said although government had put in measures to curb the perennial problems associated with the pilgrima…
Astrazeneca, world's leading pharmaceutical companies, operating in Ghana and other sub-Saharan Africa countries, launched Nexium IV that cures Peptic Ulcer Bleeding, in Accra.
Professor Rudolf Darko, a consultant surgeon and former …
President John Evans Atta Mills has sent a special goodwill message to all Muslims on the occasion of Tuesday's Eidul-Adha.
A statement signed by the Minister of Information, Mr John Tia Akologu, said President Mills also congratulat…
The Most Reverend Philip Naameh, Catholic Archbishop of Tamale, has stated that Ministers of the church are not only preachers of the word but also peace makers, teachers and counsellors in their local communities.
He therefore urged…
An Accra Circuit Court on Monday adjourned the trial of the alleged mass rape case on the Accra Kumasi Highway to Monday, November 22.
This was after Mr Paul Asibi Abariga, a State Attorney prosecuting had informed the court on Monda…
The Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Right Reverend Dr Yaw Frimpong -Manso, has underlined the need for closer look at the significance of traditional institutions and practices to determine the extent to which Christians cou…
The Public Utilities and Regulatory Commission (PURC), on Monday, summoned the management of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), to explain the causes and reasons for the recent power outages in the Greater Accra Region.
For more…
Three persons were on Monday sentenced to 20 years imprisonment each by an Accra Circuit Court for invading and robbing the office of Sidalco Company Limited at the Spintex Road and a Minister of God.
The three: Salifu Masawudu 21, a…
Togbe Adom Drayi II, Head of Organisation Department at the Ghana Trades Union Congress (GTUC), on Monday observed that though domestic servants rendered invaluable services to their employers, they were the least protected under the labou…
Members of child rights protection network in the Upper East Region over the weekend met in Bolgatanga to streamline strategies to ensure that child labour and other abuses that affect the development of children are reduced to the minimum…
The lack of trained teachers has been identified as one of the major causes of fallen standards of education in the Upper East Region.
Mr Nicholas N Nayembil, a retired educationist, said this when he presented a Paper on the topic, "…
The Shama District Assembly has appealed to the Department of Feeder Roads to act quickly to rehabilitate roads in the district.
The assembly members said the repair of the roads would prevent accidents.
Ms Emelia Arthur, the D…
Mr Cezar Kale, Deputy Upper West Regional Minister, has appealed to the Catholic Church to consider opening a campus of the Catholic University in the region to offer courses in Technical and Vocational skills.
The Deputy Regional Mi…
The Police Administration on Monday urged Muslims, especially the youth, to cooperate with the Police to maintain law and order during Tuesday's Eidul-Adha celebrations.
A statement signed by the Director of Public Affairs of the Gha…
Pastor Dr Seth Abang Laryea, Immediate Past President of the Valley View University (VVU), on Sunday urged government to consider enlisting private tertiary institutions as beneficiaries of the GETFund.
This, he said, would help redu…
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is to
announce the environmental performance of 55 manufacturing and 14 mining companies with the Akoben management tool.
Akoben management tool is an environmental management initiative de…
The Upper East Health Sector has received
improvement since 1960's, Mr Nicholas N Nayembil, the retired educationist, has said.
He said this during the Upper East at 50 celebrations at the weekend when he delivered a speech on the to…
Mr Joseph Onyinah, Ashanti Regional Director of
Education, has urged owners of private schools to make sure they operate strictly within the rules and regulations of the Ghana Education Service
(GES).
The motivation should not j…
A GH�428.00 Manse built for the Beposo Calvary
Methodist Church in the Brodekwano Circuit has been inaugurated amidst fanfare.
It was financed by the Very Reverend Joseph M. Donkor, a retired Minister of the Church, and his fami…
Open and honest communication is the best tool
for shaping the sexual decisions of the under 18 child especially in an era of high HIV and AIDS prevalence.
"They are also influenced by peers, the individual with whom they are invol…
The Western Regional Police Command has arrested four suspected armed robbers for their alleged involvement in robbery incidents at Enhi-Assankragwa road and Enhi-Kumasi road that
occurred on November 1 and 12 this month respectively.
…
President John Evans Atta Mills on Tuesday expressed THE Government's appreciation to Muslims for their sacrifice to the national development process.
Addressing a congregation of Muslim faithful at the Independence Square in Ac…
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), has launch this year's edition of the State of the World's Population Report to guide policy makers and researchers to institute measures to prevent conflicts and enhance development.
The …
Bishop Nii Tackie-Yarboi, Presiding Bishop of Victory Bible Church International (VBCI), has urged social commentators, politicians and the media to eschew name calling and the politics of insults that had bedevilled the nation.
"Nat…
Alhaji Omar Bodinga, Eastern Regional first vice- chairman of the New Patriotic Party, (NPP) has
appealed to Muslims to let the tenets of Eid-ul-Adha unite them.
He said Muslims throughout the country should see
themselves as one peopl…
Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday
appealed to Muslims throughout the country to contribute regularly to their newly established Zakat Fund for catering for the poor and needy to attract other donors.
"Although it is not…
Mr Daniel Appau Ohyeamang, the Municipal Chief
Executive of Asante-Mampong, on Tuesday joined hundreds of Muslims in the municipality to celebrate the Eid-ul-Adha with a call on them to help sustain the prevailing peace in country.
Thi…
Mr Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, Eastern Regional Minister, on Tuesday joined hundreds of Muslims at the Koforidua Central Mosque, to celebrate the Eid-ul-Adha festival.
He was accompanied by Mr Alex Asamoah, New Juaben Municipal Chief Executive,…
Former President Jerry John Rawlings and his
wife, Nana Konadu, have sent a message to Muslims congratulating them on the occasion of the festival of sacrifice, Eidul-Adha, which falls on Tuesday.
In a statement issued in Accra, th…
Deputy National Imam of the Ghana Muslim Mission
Sheikh Amen Bonsu, has asked Muslims to let their lives reflect the values and teachings of Islam.
He said Muslims should be humble, obedient to the law, tolerant and make sacrifice…
A Circuit Court in Accra on Monday sentenced a
21-year-old mechanic apprentice, Benjamin Lavoe, to seven years' imprisonment for defiling and impregnating a 13-year-old Junior High School
(JHS) girl.
Lavoe pleaded guilty and said…
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is to
announce the environmental performance of 55 manufacturing and 14 mining companies with the Akoben Management ool.
Akoben Management Tool is an environmental management initiative deve…
Maulvi Raghib Zia ul Haq, Greater-Accra Regional
Missionary of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission, on Tuesday, urged Ghanaians to co-exist peacefully irrespective of their religious beliefs, in order to move the nation forward.
Maulvi H…
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
is to send emergency supplies to Ghana valued at $160,000, following floods in the Northern, Upper East and Upper West regions.
The floods, which were triggered by torrential rains …
The Centre for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development (CEESD), a non-governmental organisation working to
reduce poverty and provide potable water to people in the Upper East Region, has provided a solar water distillation unit …