Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Eunice Annor, Eastern Regional Commander of the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU), has urged police women to support the efforts of their male counterparts in ensuring peaceful polls i…
Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFAG) has expressed condolence to the entire nation on the sudden demise of Alhaji Aliu Mahama, former Vice President of the Republic of Ghana.
A statement issued in Accra by Arnold Boateng, General Se…
MTN Ghana has extended their heartfelt condolences to the former second lady Hajia Ramatu Mahama, children and the bereaved family as well as the Government and people of Ghana on the loss of Ghana's former Vice President.
A statement iss…
MTN Ghana has officially presented prizes to Naterial and Miriam, winners of the MTN Hit Maker music reality contest GH¢100,000 and GH¢50,000 respectively in Accra.
Their prizes included a year’s promotional package and other souvenir…
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If you're a fan of all things celebrity and music there is only one place to be this weekend – and that's in front of your television screen, in the sublime company of Channel O on DStv Channel 320.
Africa's hottest music channel is pul…
Nigerian superstar Ice Prince and South Africa's 'it girl' Bonang have been named as hosts of the 9th Annual Channel O Music Video Awards, brought to you by DStv and DStv Mobile.
The two will bring their unique individuality when Africa'…
The Tarkwa Government Hospital has recorded an increasing number of cholera cases from certain parts of the Tarkwa Nsueam Assembly.
No death has been recorded yet. Victims who normally visit the hospital for treatment on the outbreak come…
Ghana on Wednesday joined the rest of the world to launch the 2012 State of the world Population Report with a pledge from the Ministry of Health to ensure the availability of contraceptives and commodities.
"We will also ensure that fami…
Mr Iddrisu Sow of the World Health Organisation, on Wednesday said the current trend of diabetes in the sub region could only be reversed if Ministries of Health, Civil Societies and communities work together to reduce diabetes risk factor…
The Ghana Coalition of NGOs in Health (GCNH), on Wednesday began a two-day stakeholders meeting on HIV/AIDS in Koforidua.
The coalition has been working in collaboration with the Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC) since 2009 as Principal Recipie…
Alcatel-Lucent enhances mobile broadband capacity, coverage and reliability for Togo Cellulaire's customers
At a glance:
Under a new 2012 network expansion program, Alcatel-Lucent will enable Togo Cellulaire to further transform its net…
Two illegal miners, Kojo Williams and Egya Atta, have been sentenced to 6 months imprisonment each by the Tarkwa circuit court for prospecting for gold on the concession of Goldfields Ghana Limited (GGL), Tarkwa mine, without authority. …
The Minister of Interior, Mr. William Kwasi Aboah, on Wednesday charged the security agencies to act professionally, remain impartial and demonstrate integrity in the discharge of their duties before, during and after the elections.
He en…
Mr Fritz Baffour, Minister of Information (MoI) on Wednesday reiterated the need for staff of the Information Services and Auxiliary Departments to promote peace by disseminating information that would lead Ghanaians to seek the needed pea…
Ministry of Chieftaincy and Culture in collaboration with World Star Records has launched a peace concert campaign to promote peace before, during and after this year's elections.
The initiative dubbed: "Avoiding Conflict and Mayhem in th…
Ministry of Chieftaincy and Culture in collaboration with World Star Records has launched a peace concert campaign to promote peace before, during and after this year's elections.
The initiative dubbed: "Avoiding Conflict and Mayhem in th…
Former President Jerry John Rawlings has commended the security services for the professional and swift manner they responded to the search and rescue mission after the collapse of the Achimota branch of Melcom store.
He said the efficien…
The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital on Wednesday denied that former Vice President Alhaji Aliu Mahama was dead although it cautioned that his condition was critical.
"He (the former vice president) is not dead, he has not passed away," the Chi…
The Civil and Local Government Association, Ghana (CLOGSAG), on Wednesday called-off its nationwide industrial strike that started on October 31st 2012.
In a statement signed by Mr. Isaac Bampoe-Addo, CLOGSAG Executive Secretary to the Gh…
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In November, sensational pop musician and actress, Janet Jackson will be gracing DStv screens when she is featured in two movies: For Colored Girls and Why Did I Get Married?
For Colored…
Dr Koma Jehu-Appiah, Country Director for Ipas Ghana, has expressed grave concern about rising incidence of unsafe abortion cases and has called for the full implementation of the Abortion Law.
He said statistics from the Ghana Health Ser…
The African Union’s Commissioner for Social Affairs, Dr Mustapha Sidiki Kaloko has launched a new website for the Union’s Campaign on Accelerated Reduction of Maternal, Newborn and Child Mortality in Africa (CARMMA) – www.carmma.org.…
A total of 50 men from the Niger Delta in Nigeria have graduated from the Biriwa Vocational Training and Rehabilitation Institute in the Mfantsiman District of the Central Region.
They were awarded National Vocational Training Institute P…
Dr. Ted N. C. Wilson, President of the General Conference (GC) of the Seventh-day Adventists Church (SDA) on Monday urged members of the Church to promote the virtues of peace, forgiveness, good neighbourliness and generosity in their comm…
Zenith Bank (Ghana) Limited and MultiChoice Ghana have recently launched an automated interbank direct debit scheme. The DStv – Zenith Bank Direct Debit Scheme is supported by the Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement System (GhIPSS) a…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) said it would review the Criminal Offences Act to define corruption to encompass all corruption-related offences.
"All offences that fall under the scope of the United Nations Convention against Corr…
Nigerian superstar Ice Prince and South Africa's 'it girl' Bonang have been named as hosts of the 9th Annual Channel O Music Video Awards, brought to you by DStv and DStv Mobile.
The two will bring their unique individuality when Africa's…
The Alliance for Reproductive Rights has launched a new website for the African Union's (AU) Campaign on Accelerated Reduction of Maternal, Newborn and Child Mortality in Africa (CARMMA) www.carmma.org.
The website, developed by a team in…
Mr Alban Bagbin, Minister of Health, has donated five Rlg laptop computers to the Upper West Regional Health Directorate to help improve its data management system.
Presenting the computers on Monday in Wa, Mr Bagbin commended the health …
The Upper West Regional office of the Food and Drugs Board (FDB) at the weekend destroyed unregistered and unwholesome products worth 20,660.00 Ghana Cedis at a landfill site in Wa.
The items, which were considered to be noxious and posed…
Mr Kwasi Appiah Donkor, a Pharmacist at the Sunyani Municipal Hospital, has said the amount of sugar and caffeine in many of the imported energy drinks could have adverse effects on the health of consumers.
He said although the energy dri…
The Northern Regional Directorate of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), has complained about the high rate of pregnancy among graduating nursing students in the region.
It said the phenomenon made such pregnant nurses, who were due for posti…
Professor Stephen Adei, Former Reactor of the Ghana Institute of Management Public Administration (GIMPA), has called on universities to collaborate with industry to enhance graduate employability.
He said it would also ensure that gradua…
Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, has said it was important for the youth to give meaning to the huge amount of financial, logistical and human resource being put at their disposal by the gove…
The Presbyterian University College at Abetifi Kwahu has admitted 857 students for the 2012/2013 academic year bringing the total population of the university to 2, 300.
The students are to offer Business Administration, Information Co…
Mr Alex Asamoah, New Juaben Municipal Chief Executive, has said quality education was what Ghana needed to ensure that products from educational institutions are marketable.
He said it was for that reason that the government was commit…
President John Dramani Mahama has announced that government would in the coming years eliminate the use of kerosene in communities by providing electricity that was affordable and accessible.
"In our manifesto, we have come out with the e…
Vodafone Ghana Foundation is giving its customers the opportunity to show their support to the victims of the Melcom Mall disaster by activating its disaster fundraising platform dubbed: "Red Alert".
Customers can donate to the hospitals …
Tragedy struck a family at Krapa in the Ejisu Municipality at the weekend when the room in which a two-year-old boy was sleeping caught fire and burnt him to death.
The incident happened at about 2000 hours.
Electricity supply to the are…
Melcom Company says it has put in measures to ensure staff, who survived the deadly incident of its collapsed Achimota branch building, receive the needed psychological therapy to enable them resume normal duties.
"Our Human Resource Depa…
The management of Melcom Group of companies, has reaffirmed its readiness to support the victims of the collapsed Achimota branch of the company, which 14 people lost their lives last Wednesday November 7th 2012.
The company said on Monda…
Mrs Justice Georgina T. Wood, the Chief Justice (CJ), has appealed to public-spirited individuals, agencies and organisations to assist the Judiciary Service fight the ills that militate against the smooth administration of justice in the …
The Ghana Chapter of the American Concrete Institute (ACI), has expressed condolence to the families of the victims of the Melcom disaster, which occurred at the Achimota branch shopping mall.
A statement signed by Mr Ebenezer Zabaku, Exe…
Queen Mothers in the Greater Accra Region have said they are displeased with the way some chiefs are involved in questionable land sales and some of these fraudulent transactions had created confusion and disputes.
The queens said chiefs …
Some occupants of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) flats at Tema community '5' have expressed their fear of a future collapse of the buildings due to the deteriorating nature at present.
The 16 flats, which were co…
An appeal has gone to communities, civil society organizations, and non-government organizations to do more to supplement government's efforts in promoting Information Communication Technology (ICT) education.
Mr. Samuel Ansah, Directo…
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