Vice President Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur on Thursday commissioned some education projects in the Gomoa Area of the Central Region and urged students to study diligently and achieve their objectives for the future.
The projects includ…
Professor Francis Kwasi Ampanyin Allotey, President of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences, has noted that with the rapid increase of urbanization energy access will become a key issue in the near future.
He said there was an accelerat…
Mr Allan Nkrumah, a final year student of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology was on Thursday adjudged the winner of the final Season Three Goodlife game show organised in Accra.
For his prize, he received GH¢5,000 and oth…
Action on climate change needs to be scaled-up and accelerated without delay if the world is to have a running chance of keeping a global average temperature rise below 2 degrees Celsius this century.
The Emissions Gap Report, coordinated…
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Remittance flows to the developing world are expected to exceed earlier estimates and total $406 billion this year, an increase of 6.5 percent over the previous year, according to a new World Bank brief on global migration and remittances.…
President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday announced that government had done a lot and would continue to provide facilities that would reduce the high rate of maternal mortality in the country.
He said in the initial phase, government …
A Circuit Court at Fiapre, near Sunyani has remanded two people into police custody for allegedly possessing narcotic drugs without authority.
They are Clifford Kyere, 50, and Kwame Boakye, 32.
Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) T…
Dr Michael Abu Sakara Foster, Presidential Candidate of the Convention Peoples Party (CPP) has described the Ghanaian media as a double edged sword - "power to build and destroy".
In order to ensure that the media lives up to expect…
IFS Financial Services, as part of its fifth anniversary celebrations, has presented a cheque of GH¢10,000.00 to Centre Aid, a Non Governmental Organisation, in Accra.
The donation was to support the improvement in living standards a…
Two weed harvesters and two transport barges for harvesting water weeds were on Wednesday commissioned at Kpong in the Eastern Region to assist in reducing the spread of invasive water plants.
The commissioning formed part of the Envi…
A Cape Coast Magistrate court on Wednesday remanded Ato Kwamena, a 19-year old fisherman from Ola a suburb Cape Coast into police custody for stealing.
Kwamena who pleaded not guilty on three counts of unlawful entry, unlawful da…
President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday outlined plans that government had initiated to improve and promote science and Technology in the country.
He said apart from instituting the first ever Science Congress, where the best Scienti…
Mrs. Doris Gyedu-Nuako, Deputy National Coordinator of the Early Childhood Development Unit of the Ghana Education Service, says to enhance accelerated development in the country, mathematics was needed as a basis.
"If so, the right train…
The Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) of Atebubu Senior High School in Brong-Ahafo Region has planned to execute projects for the educational institution.
These would include the building of fence wall, kitchen and renovation of the dinnin…
The University of Professional Studies (UPS), formerly known as the Institute of Professional Studies (IPS) on Wednesday inducted Professor Joshua Alabi as its first Vice Chancellor in Accra.
Prof Alabi, until his induction had served the…
Thirty-four students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) College of Engineering were on Wednesday presented with cheques totaling GH¢57,500.00 to aid them in the pursuit of their academic programmes.
They re…
Israeli forces arrested 55 Palestinians in the West Bank overnight, Palestinians and the Israeli military said.
The arrests follow a wave of protests in the West Bank over Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip.
Those arrested included mil…
Some Australians see roadside memorials to traffic accident victims as tacky encroachments on public space that impertinently parade a grief best kept private.
To others, the assemblies of photos, flowers, trinkets and testimonials are to…
Syrian government troops have killed dozens of what state television Thursday termed as "terrorists" near the capital Damascus.
Daraya, on the outskirts of Damascus, has been the scene of some of the worst violence in Syria's 21-month con…
At least 25 people were killed and 77 injured in three bomb attacks targeting the Shiite minority in Pakistan, police and rescue officials said on Thursday.
A bomber in a suicide vest attacked a religious procession in Rawalpindi near Isl…
Mr Hubert Charles, National Director, World Vision (WV) Ghana, on Tuesday called on government to fulfill its promise of spending 15 per cent of the national budget on health in line with the Abuja Declaration.
He said currently, governme…
The Brong Ahafo Regional Office of Food and Drugs Board (FDB) has intensified its last quarter market surveillance to clear and control inferior goods from the market towards Christmas celebration.
Mr Matthew Gyang Nkum, Brong Ahafo Regio…
Advocacy and Trainers for Children and Women Advancement Rights (ATCWAR) in collaboration with World Children Prize (WCP) on Tuesday organized a four-day capacity building training for 120 girls from some selected schools in Accra.
The tr…
Mr Anthony Kofi Bona, Atebubu-Amantin District Best Farmer for 2012, said the use of weeding as punishment in schools discouraged the youth from entering into farming.
"Using weeding as a form of punishment in the basic and senior high s…
Vice President Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur on Tuesday expressed worry over the sagging reputation of Ghana Police Service, and called for co-operation and team work to facilitate efficiency in the discharge of their duties.
Vice Presid…
Broll Ghana Limited (BGL), a property services company, has asked property owners to conduct periodic audits of their premises to correct any defects and to ensure the structural integrity of the buildings.
Tony Sekyere, Properties Po…
Ghana Youth Employment and Entrepreneurial Development Agency (GYEEDA) and the Asongtaba Cottage Industries (ACI) have graduated trainee hairdressers and dressmakers at a ceremony in Accra.
The grandaunts numbering 3,629 were made up of 2…
The maiden edition of the Ada Excellence Awards (AEA) which was slated for November 24, 2012 has been postponed, in an effort to bring more people on board and to make it more attractive.
A statement signed by Mr Ebenezer Bessey, Chief …
Prophet Samuel Kwesi Twumasi, the Founder and General Overseer of the Faith in God Healing Church (FGHC), has appealed to politicians to put “Ghana first†in the course of their campaigns such that their utterances would not plunge the…
An idol, which is a subject of controversy between the Pentecostal Revival Centre Assemblies of God Church at Aflao and the traditional authorities which nearly resulted in a clash years ago is to the relocated.
Togbe Amenya Fiti V, Param…
Dr Philomena Nyarko, Acting Government Statistician, on Tuesday said it was important for the country to draw on the assets and skills of women for socio-economic development.
"The true resilience, stability and economic development that …
Dr Lawrence Tetteh, Founder and President of the Worldwide Miracle Outreach (WMO) on Tuesday said God will give Ghana a President on December 7.
He was speaking at a press conference in Accra to formally launch a three-day miracle crusade…
Newmont Ghana Gold Limited is not yet the largest gold producer in the country, although when it opens a second mine at Akyem in the Eastern Region to join its 500,000 ounce a year production from its Ahafo mine in the Brong Ahafo Region, …
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Movie star. Mom. Wife. Icon. Omotola Jalade Ekeinde is an African superstar. In December, DStv audiences tuned into AfricaMagic Entertainment will get an up close and exclusive look at her personal life in the new reality series OMOTOLA: …
Using community health systems to deliver treatments donated by the private sector, over 80
million people a year are now protected from river blindness in Africa. Fighting this disease, which causes much suffering and eventual loss of si…
Ghanaian Hiphop artiste, D-Black won the Most Gifted African West Music Video at the 9th Annual Channel O Music Video Awards last Saturday November 17th 2012 at the Walter Sisulu Square in Kliptown in Soweto, South Africa.
D-Black won th…
Ghana cannot attain the goal of reducing new HIV infections by 50 per cent, eliminate mother to child transmission of the disease and optimize treatment for all eligible patients if elimination of HIV-related stigma and discrimination is n…
Government has procured four (4WD vehicles), 200 motorcycles, and computers for distribution to Regional and District Environmental Health Officers to effectively perform their duties.
This initiative formed part of efforts by the Ministr…
Seven in 10 women in sub-Saharan Africa have no access to a safe toilet, threatening their health and exposing them to shame, fear and even violence.
This means that on World Toilet Day, which falls on November 19, some 297 million Africa…
Ghana cannot attain the goal of reducing new HIV infections by 50 per cent, eliminate mother to child transmission of the disease and optimize care for People Living with HIV and AIDS (PLWA), if elimination of HIV-related stigmatisation an…
Mr Joe Costello, Irish Trade Minister, has called on the Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana on the anniversary of the tenure of Dr Conor Cruise O' Brien, a former Vice Chancellor of the university.
Mr Costello on Monday met Pr…
Professor William Otoo Ellis, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has asked students to be disciplined and hard working.
He asked students to avoid short cuts to success, and re…
Mr Gordon Kofi Ansah, Headmaster of Bueman Senior High School (SHS) in the Jasikan District of the Volta Region, has advocated a national conference to arrest the fallen academic standards in the country.
He suggested that the consultatio…
Most Reverend Mathew Kwasi Gyamfi, Catholic Bishop of Sunyani Diocese, has cautioned the Catholic youth not to allow themselves to be manipulated by politicians to engage in acts that would affect a peaceful Election 2012.
He urged studen…
A ceremony to mark the formal start of construction works on the GH¢18.6 million Ghana Muslim Mission (GMM) University College at Esereso in the Bosomtwe District had been performed.
They are putting up structures for lecture theatres, a…
Mr. Iddrisu Mahama, the Upper West Regional Director of Education, has appealed to heads of Senior High Schools (SHSs) to review some of the punishments meted out to students who break school regulations.
In his opinion, punishments such …
The Reverend Dr Kofi Effa-Ababio, Chairperson of West Brong Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, has stressed the need for partnership between government and religious bodies in the quest to mobilise human and material resource…
Four junior High Schools in the Tamale Metropolis have received hand washing facilities worth GHs 12,000 to help improve hygiene in their schools.
The recipient schools are Kunyerule Primary School, Lahda Junior High School, Nyohini Presb…
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