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…
Customers using Vodafone broadband mobile devices have the privilege of being first to experience the newly launched Microsoft Windows 8 Operating System in Ghana without the need to download or install new software or drivers.
This …
Researchers at the Columbia University's Engineering School are working with a team in Ghana are launching a pilot facility to convert faecal sludge (FS) into biodiesel fuel to celebrate World Toilet Day, which falls on November 19.
The …
Sandvik Mining has since 2005 spent over 590,000 US Dollars for the training of technicians at the University of Mines and Technology to help provide relevant skills for the mining industry.
Mr Chris Brindley, the President of Sandvik, Af…
Ms Sherry Ayitey, Minister of Environment, Science and Technology (MEST), has charged member countries of the Global Research Alliance (GRA) to adopt a coordinated approach and pool resources to augment activities and programmes of the or…
The Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB) has embarked on a massive branch rehabilitation and refurbishment programme to make its banking halls serene and conducive to banking business.
It is part of efforts to provide convenience for customers and…
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The Nana Hemaa Dakyi Hospital at Dixcove in the Ahanta West District on Tuesday received equipment as gift worth 9,000 dollars from a citizen of the town based in the United States, Mr Augustine Arthur.
The items included wheel chairs, cl…
The Most Reverend Dr Daniel Yinkah Sarfo, Archbishop-elect of the Anglican Province of Ghana, has reminded Christians to become the voice of moderation and do more to calm tension as the country edged closer to the December 7 general elect…
N2 Africa Project has introduced a new farming technology known as nitrogen fixation for smallholder farmers in the Nadowli and Wa East districts of the Upper West Region.
The new technology seeks to improve soil fertility through the cul…
Vice President Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur on Tuesday commissioned the Forces Pension Office at Burma Camp in Accra, and expressed the hope that the facility would end the years of slow pace of payment of pension to retired personnel o…
The Government of Ghana on Tuesday assured the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) of continued logistical and material support.
This to enable the GAF to professionally discharge its duty of protecting the citizenry and to reduce casualties.
The G…
Teachers in the Atwima-Mponua District have complained about the nuisance caused by unscrupulous people, who take joy in defecating in classrooms.
They said nothing could be more demoralizing and nauseating than to see school children for…
Slice Biz Team wins this year's startup weekend competition organized by Youth Enhancement International and Startup weekend International as part of the Global Entrepreneurship Week activities.
Slice Biz Team, which came up with an inves…
The Labour Rights Institute (LRI) has appealed to workers to exercise their rights under the Labour Acts to stop work and vacate their workplaces when they find themselves in conditions that threatened their health and safety.
The institu…
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) on Monday organized a seminar for political party activists in the Ga South municipality of the Greater Accra Region as part of its sensitization programme towards peaceful elections in th…
Mr Alex Dewise Antwi-Boasiako, the Municipal Chief Executive of Assin North, has called on the youth to avoid being used by politicians to foment trouble in the coming December 7 elections.
He urged them to always consider the nation …
Two illegal miners Yaw Patakron, 31, and Yaw Amo, 41, have been remanded in to prison custody by the Tarkwa Circuit Court for stabbing a man to death at Amoanda in the Pestea Huni/Valley District.
Their plea was not taken and they will…
Mr Alikem Tamakloe, Acting Volta Regional Librarian, Friday attributed the poor academic performance in both first and second cycle schools in the country to the poor reading culture among pupils and students.
"To curb, if not eradicate c…
The chiefs and people of Ofoase in Agona East of the Central Region have appealed to the Minister of Education and Director General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), to reverse the decision of the immediate transfer of the head teacher…
The Kumasi Wesley Girls High School (K-Wey Gey Hey), a second-cycle institution has held it’s first-ever matriculation ceremony in Kumasi.
In all, a total of 700 students were admitted to read various programmes like science, business, …
Professor Fred Newton Binka was on Friday inducted into office as the first Vice- Chancellor of the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) with the promise to make the University one of the best in the country.
He said UHAS would…
Vice President Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur on Friday outdoored the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) at Ho, the capital of the Volta Region.
He also unveiled a plaque to mark the event.
One hundred and fifty students ha…
Newmont Golden Ridge Limited has since 2005 supported the planting of more than 24,000 trees in the Akyem Project, and continues to facilitate tree planting to demonstrate leadership in social and environmental responsibility.
To mark ano…
The Chief Justice, Mrs Justice Georgina Wood on Friday advised judges to be wary of litigating parties, who would want exploit their relationship with their families to achieve their selfish ends.
She said judges must be quick to take up …
Two children, aged four and two years, were burnt to ashes when fire engulfed the room in which they were sleeping at Apatrapa, a suburb of Kumasi.
The mother of the deceased kids is a trader, and usually returns to the house late.
The r…
Vestergaard Frandsen, a Europe-based company, specialist in complex emergency control products, has distributed a total of 260 lifestraw filters to households in Sanga and Kpinjiga communities, suburbs of Tamale, as means of ensuring guine…
Former President John Agyekum Kufuor on Saturday signed a book of condolences in honour of former Vice President Alhaji Aliu Mahama, describing him as a fine gentleman and family member who served well.
Signing the book at the residence …
A seventy-year-old mother from New Kabenlasuazo in the Jomoro District has appealed to the Attorney General, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) and other Human Rights advocates to assist in the release of her only son currently languish…
The Ghana Union of Professional Students (GUPS) on Saturday lauded the late former Vice President Aliu Mahama "as a great son of the soil" whose demise is a big loss to the nation.
"The Ghana Union of Professional Students express its hea…
A large number of Ghanaians thronged the Statehouse on Saturday to witness the funearal and burial ceremony of the former Vice President, Alhaji Aliu Mahama only to learn that the programme had been rescheduled for tomorrow, Sunday Novembe…
Mrs Priscilla Mercy Nketsia Akromah, Accra Metropolitan Coordinator of the Non-Formal Education Division (NFED) has advised illiterate parents to take advantage of the national literacy programme to enable them read and write.
Mrs Akromah…
The relatives of the late Alhaji Aliu Mahama, Northern Regional Coordinating Council (RCC), and Executives of New Patriotic Party (NPP) are feverishly preparing the grave of the former Vice President in Tamale.
The grave is being prepared…
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) on Saturday described the former late Vice President Alhaji Aliu Mahama "as a friend, and staunch believer in democracy and a voice of moderation who could speak across the parapet.
"A man who …
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