Post 26/11, counter-terrorism cooperation between India and the US has been very "productive", "constructive" and on a good footing, according to a top American official.
"Our counter-terrorism cooperation with India in the wake of …
A US court has issued summons to senior ISI officials including its powerful chief Ahmed Shuja Pasha, along with Mumbai attack masterminds and LeT leaders Hafiz Saeed and Zakiur Rahman Lakhvi in response to a lawsuit filed by relatives of …
The Police at the weekend arrested Ernest Nyarko, 39, and Evans Ofori Asante, 27, for their alleged involvement in the theft of a quantity of ammonia sulphate from a warehouse at the Takoradi Port.
Speaking at a press conference at S…
Mrs Janet Opam, Greater-Accra Regional Co-ordinator of the Guidance and Counselling Unit of the Ghana Education Service, has encouraged parents and guardians to guide children in their formative years to unearth and develop their talents.
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The Seventh-Day Church of Theocracy is to embark on commercial farming as its contribution to national economic development.
This, the church hope would help improve food security in the country and promote export.
Apostle Kad…
Mr Michael Gyasi, Suhum District Cocoa Officer, has observed that the mass cocoa spraying exercise introduced by the government eight years ago, could help increase the crop yield if farmers embrace it.
Speaking to the Ghana News Age…
Communities along the Suhum-Dokrochewa feeder road linking Suhum-Asamankese in the Suhum-Kraboa Coaltar District, have appealed to the Department of Feeder Roads and the District Assembly, to reshape the access route.
The communitie…
The Secretary to Cabinet, Mr Ben C. Eghan, has been elected member of the Board of Directors of Commonwealth Association for Public Administration and Management (CAPAM) for a two-year period- 2010-2012.
He could serve the same posit…
The Right Reverend Winfred Habel Yao Ametefe,
Bishop of the Tema Diocese of the Methodist Church, has tasked the Church to raise young people of integrity to assume leadership positions in the Church and society.
He said the leader…
The chairmen of the Governing Councils and Rectors of polytechnics have called on the Polytechnic Teachers Association of Ghana (POTAG) and all other unions in the polytechnics to give the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) the oppo…
Two security officers of Krugger Brent Security
Company have been granted 3000 Ghana cedis bail each with one surety for siphoning 48 gallons of diesel valued at 254.88 Ghana cedis from Ghana
Manganese Company (GMC).
They pleaded…
Seventeen people, mainly Fulanis, said to be armed highway robbers, were on Tuesday paraded before the media in Ho.
Mr David Ampah-Bennin, Volta Regional Police Commander said they were picked up by Police on Tuesday dawn after alleg…
A 35 year old galamsey operator, Moses Amihere, has been fined 180 Ghana cedis or in default to go jail for three months in hard labour for stealing.
He pleaded guilty.
Prosecuting Police Detective Oscar Amponsah told the court…
Isaac Teye, a 19 year old farmer, was on Thursday, given a seven year jail term in hard labour for defiling a 13 year old girl.
He pleaded guilty.
Prosecuting, police Detective Chief Inspector Oscar Amponsah said the accused an…
A Pre-United Nations (UN) Selection Assistance
Training Programme for 300 police officers from the Southern Sector of the country began in Koforidua on Tuesday.
The police officers are from the Volta, Eastern, Tema, Central and th…
Vice President John Dramani Mahama would, on
November 25, visit all the flood affected areas in the three northern regions.
Apart from assessing the extent of damage in the area, the Vice President would also find out how relief item…
The Principal of the Abetifi College of Education, the Reverend Daniel Bosea Gyenatwi, has advised teachers to use enough teaching and learning materials at the basic level for pupils to better understand the subjects.
He said as the…
The impasse between tutors of the Ghana National College and the Headmaster of the school, Mr Robert Koomson Barnes, deepened on Tuesday as the tutors had laid down their tools to further
register their displeasure.
A visit to the …
A lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, the Rev Father Francis Appiah-Kubi, has urged religious leaders to speak up for justice and remain fearless in the defense of human dignity.
They should identify an…
A three-day training workshop on human rafficking and sensitisation for immigration officers and other law enforcement agencies in the Jomoro District, is underway at Half-Assini in the Western Region.
The theme for the workshop is: …
President John Evans Atta Mills on Wednesday entreated the leadership of the Muslim Community in Ghana to step up education among the Muslim faithful on the need for national unity and
peace for rapid socio-economic development.
He …
The Association of Secretarialship and Management Students of Ghana (ASHSMAS), a group of polytechnic students, on Wednesday appealed to their teachers and the government to extend the
academic calendar.
They complained that the ac…
A U.S. aerospace company says it is proposing a
mission to send a crew to a stationary spot in orbit over the far side of the moon.
While NASA has officially abandoned any manned moon missions anytime soon, Lockheed Martin has begun pro…
The Glorious Vision Orphans (GLOVO), a non-governmental organization based at Agona Swedru, has registered about 100 streets children and orphans with the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).
The children were picked from the Gom…
The Veterinary Services Directorate of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture will on Tuesday, November 23, launch a project that is aimed at preventing animal diseases that have been neglected.
The project which would be launched at a…
Right Reverend Dr Daniel Yinkah Sarfo, Anglican Bishop of Kumasi, has appealed to the clergy to provide leadership to unite society and soothe strained relations.
He said they should encourage the people to be more accommodating of e…
Mr Mathias Puozaa, Member of Parliament (MP) for Nadowli East, has called for the posting of more trained teachers to deprived communities to complement the youth engaged on the education module of the National Youth Employment Scheme.
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Former First Lady and President of the 31st December Women�s Movement, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, is in Cairo, Egypt, to participate in the African Dialogue Policy Forum on Women, Peace and Security, which opens on Tuesday.
The …
Mr Theophilus Tetteh Chaie, Member of Parliament (MP) for Ablekuma Central, has called on stakeholders to work towards creating a conducive environment to ensure quality education in the country.
He said if all stakeholders did what …
The Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology (MEST), on Monday met stakeholders, including the diplomatic corps, security agencies, women groups and the academia, to discuss ways of finalising a draft policy framework on Climate Cha…
Professor Reginald Fraser Amonoo, President of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences (GAAS), on Monday painted a gloomy state of the earth due to climate change.
He said the dominant fear now is that through the misdeeds of men, emi…
The Hope For Future Generation (HFFG) in collaboration with the Ghana AIDS Commission, the Adventist Development Relief Agency (ADRA) and the Global Fund, have taken HIV/AIDS and Voluntary Counseling Testing education into local Churches.
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The Ghana Standards Board (GSB) would strictly enforce the ban on the importation, distribution and sale of used undergarments from February next year, Mr. Kofi Nagetey, Director of the Inspectorate Division of the Board, said on Monday.
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Labour unions, associations, institutions and other stakeholders have agreed to a two-week moratorium to study a report on standardisation and harmonisation of Categories Two and Three allowances and other remunerations in the public servi…
Mr Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah, Deputy Minister for Energy, on Monday said the Ministry's investigation into the theft of materials by the contractor executing on electrical installation for fifteen communities in the Awutu Senya constituency…
Dr Nii Oakley Quaye Kumah, Deputy Minister of Roads and Highways on Monday called on road safety experts to participate in the national sensitisation and enforcement efforts to reduce overloading of heavy duty vehicles.
He said the …
A well built unidentified man was on Saturday evening shot dead in a shoot-out between suspected robbers and the personnel of a Joint Police and Military Patrol Team at Zongo Laka, a suburb of Ashaiman.
Assistant Commissioner of Pol…
Two persons, including an 18-year-old pregnant woman, Djolo Dargati died on the spot when a truck in which they were travelling with 30 other passengers to Asueyi in the Techiman Municipality ran into a ditch.
The passengers were ret…
The Tree for the Future, a non-governmental organization (NGO) based in the United States has planted 150 trees at New Abossey Okai Primary and Junior High Schools at Mataheko.
The Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology dona…
The Wa Municipal Assembly has started distributing 2,000 free school uniforms and over 79,388 exercise books to basic schools in the Municipality as promised by the government.
Mr Yakubu Duogu, Wa Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) dist…
There are 700 million cellphone connections in India but only half this number of Indians have access to private toilets.
The UN figures show the poor focus the country has on the most important measure to prevent communicable diseas…
Eight people, including five children, were killed and 11 others injured when a bomb planted by Maoists went off Sunday morning in the Naxal-hit Aurangabad district in eastern state of Bihar, a day after the final phase of Assembly polls i…
World record holder shotgun shooter Ronjan Sodhi finally provided the golden touch to Indian marksmen's campaign when he won the men's double trap individual event here Sunday.
Sodhi clinched the top honours with a score of 186 afte…
South Korea is seeking to unite Asia around its bid to host the 2022 World Cup tournament, FIFA vice president Chung Mong-joon said Monday, with the world body's vote set for next week.
Four nations in the Asia-Pacific region -- South…
A 16th-century female mummy discovered in a family graveyard last year has been reburied in a decision by her descendants after they were alarmed by recurring dreams that they believed to be a message from beyond.
The mummy was excava…
Aiming to prevent any 9/11 type attack in the country, the Indian Air Force is planning deploying detachments of fighter aircraft close to major cities to thwart any such attempts of terrorists by using the aerial route.
Under its pla…
Johnson Kombian, a two-time jail breaker and alleged assassin of two policemen at Nakpanduri, was on Monday arraigned before an Accra Circuit Court.
Kombian, who also wounded a policeman, was charged with escaping from lawful custody…
Assistant Commissioner of Police Alex Isaac Quainoo, Deputy Brong-Ahafo Regional Police Commander, at the weekend warned that any driver caught for careless driving would be made to face the full rigours of the law.
ACP Quainoo gave …
A principal witness in the alleged mass rape on a Yutong bus on Monday told an Accra Circuit Court that although they were attacked by armed robbers nobody was raped.
Mr Samuel Asiedu-Sasu, driver of the Yutong bus involved in the ca…
The Brong Ahafo Regional Secretariat of the National Commission on Women and Development (NCWD), has organised a day's sensitisation workshop on the need for women to seek early treatment for cervical and breast cancer.
Madam Salamat…