A revolving fund to assist women in communities affected by the Ahafo mine of Newmont Ghana Gold Limited (NGGL), at Kenyasi, to establish and expand their economic activities, was officially launched on Tuesday at Kenyasi number one, in As…
Dr Elias Sory, Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) on Wednesday expressed optimism that the country would achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Four and Five, which are focussed on reducing infant and maternal mort…
A three-day training workshop aimed at educating members of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) on issues concerning child rights, gender-based violence and its impact on the institution opened in Accra on Wednesday.
The workshop, organised…
Four persons have been arrested at Nakpanduri in relation to the shooting and killing of General Constable Prince Agyare on Sunday October 17.
Two other policemen, Lance Corporal Osei Bonsu and General Constable Owusu Frimpong were i…
Due to the numerous challenges plaguing the educational sector, Ghanaians have been urged to embrace virtual education as it sought to provide an effective and cheaper means of accessing quality education.
Virtual education is the sy…
A total of GH�59.1 million is being spent this year to feed an estimated one million school children under the Ghana School Feeding programme (GSFP).
Government is contributing GH�50 Million towards the programme while the Dut…
Alhaji Haruna Bukari Dabre, Assemblyman for Mamobi East, has called on all law-abiding citizens to help fight lawlessness in the country and maintain order and the rule of law.
He said it was about time illegalities and criminality w…
Five Papers, including the Law Reform Commission Bill and the African Youth Charter, were laid before Parliament.
A report of the Auditor General on the Public Accounts of Ghana (Ministries, Departments and other Agencies) for the y…
As part of its annual support, the National Partnership for Children's Trust (NPCT), has awarded bursaries to 44 needy students covering the cost of their education.
This year's award saw the inclusion of 10 more students to the init…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) in collaboration with the Ghana Community Network Service Limited (GCNet) has initiated an "Employee Wellbeing Programme and Policy," aimed at improving the holistic wellbeing of their workforce.
Th…
The Society of Ghana Women and Dental Practitioners (SGWDP), on Wednesday climaxed its Annual General Meeting by honouring three of its members for their meritorious service to the nation.
They are Prof. Efua Hesse, first female Dire…
The Accra Metropolitan Sanitation Court, on Tuesday, granted a bail of GHc1,000 with one surety to Reverend Stephen Bafour Awuah of the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) International, at Alajo, for noise making, in a residential area.
H…
Mr. Gabriel Nyarko, center manager of the Integrated Community Center for Employable Skills (ICCES) under the Ministry of Employment and Social Welfare at Gyedu on Tuesday expressed concern about the lack of workshops and adequate classroo…
Madam Abenaa Dapaah, Member of Parliament (MP) for Bantama, has committed her share of the MPs District Assemblies' Common Fund, to a number of projects in her constituency.
The projects include the construction of a canteen for the Nort…
A 28-year-old security man has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment by a Kumasi Circuit Court for stealing electricity cables worth �6,000 belonging to his employer.
Collins Owusu Ansah was sentenced on his own plea.
P…
The Committee for Joint Action (CJA) on Wednesday appealed to the President to set up an enquiry to investigate the circumstances under which state properties had been shared to individuals between 1998 and 2008.
Citing some provisio…
A 200-year-old tunnel was unearthed by the workers of the General Post Office (GPO) in its
compound at south Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus.
"Since decades the flag-hosting ceremony is conducted at this spot but we never kne…
Lauding the spirit of America, President Barack Obama has said his country recognised no caste system and it was a land where immigrants had not only found space but also made their way to the top on sheer hard work.
"There's no cas…
Two iconic works -- one billed as the most expensive book in the world and the other the most
important book in all of English Literature -- will go under the hammer at a Sotheby's auction here on December 7.
The sale of 'Magnifice…
Pakistan's former president Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari has died following protracted illness.
Leghari, who was President from November 1993 to December 1997, died at Rawalpindi's Combined Military Hospital last night. He was 70.
…
The US and Pakistan hope to resolve the recent tensions in bilateral relationships as their representatives meet for the three-day Strategic Dialogue here.
The dialogue comes closely after the killing of three Pakistani soldiers in …
Dr George Afeti, Executive Secretary of the National Inspectorate Board, (NIB) has observed that the low skills and literacy levels of the Ghanaian workforce represent an indictment on general performance in education in recent times.
…
The Agona Swedru Magistrate's Court has slapped a total of 240 Ghana cedis fine on 25 out of 27 parents who allowed their under aged children to engage in hawking to the disadvantage of their education and health.
The parents pleaded …
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA), has established a Coconut Sector Development Unit (CSDU), with its headquarters at Sekondi, to continue the work of the Coconut Sector Development Project (CSDP), which has ended.
Mr Emman…
The Petroleum Ladies Association (PELA) of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation on Tuesday donated items worth 4,000 Ghana Cedis to the Maternity Ward of the Tema General Hospital.
The items included rice, curtains, pillow cases,…
Mr. Godwin Amenuvor, Maintenance Engineer of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) on Wednesday bemoaned the rampant stealing and destruction of electric poles and circuits as the practice undermines the power distribution in the country…
Alhaji Haruna Bukari Dabre, Assemblyman for Mamobi East Electoral Area in the Greater Accra Region, has called on all law-abiding citizens to help fight lawlessness in the country, for rule of law and order to prevail.
He said it was…
Police Detective Inspector Charles Adaba, a member of the police investigative team, which investigated the Yendi crisis in 2002 has collaborated the Wuako Commission Enquiry reports that it was the Andanis who triggered the problem.
…
Adams Yusif, a welder at the Waste Management Department of Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly, (STMA) has been fined GHC480 on the premises for unlawful purpose, attempting to commit crime and causing unlawful damage.
In default…
Millions of people with common but untreated, mental, neurological and substance use disorders can now benefit from new simplified diagnosis and treatment guidelines released today by the World Health Organization.
The guidelines a…
Two Ghanaian students have won the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation�s (FAO) essay competition for this year.
The students are Anthony Teye of the Forjourkrom D/A Junior High School in the Amenfi West District of the…
Dr Grace Bediako, Government Statistician, on Tuesday said the field enumeration of the 2010 Population and Housing Census had hit 90 per cent completion point.
She gave the regional statistics as Upper West, 98 per cent, Eastern Reg…
The chiefs and people of Coaltar and surrounding communities in the Eastern Region, have appealed to the government to rehabilitate the 18-kilometre road linking Adoagyiri to Dokrochiwah which is in a deplorable state.
Nana Asare Add…
A Tarkwa circuit court, on Tuesday, fined one James Boakye, a miner, an amount of GHC 3000 or in default, two years imprisonment, for hiding three pieces of gold ore in a pair of trousers.
He pleaded guilty.
Prosecuting, Police…
Police Detective Inspector Augustus Nkrumah, the investigator who took over Ya-Na case on Tuesday said his investigations into the matter reveals that the chief died as a result of decapitation.
He said even though he had not contact…
The Ghana Mineworkers' Union (GMWU) has organized two separate Voluntary Counseling Testing (VCT) on HIV/AIDS for its constituents at AngloGold Ashanti and Ghana Manganese Company Limited.
The first VCT, which took place at Obuasi in…
The Forestry Commission (FC) will from January 2011 begin implementation of an initiative to ensure that Timber Utilisation Contract (TUC) holders exploit all timber stems that have been approved as yield in their compartments.
…
Mr Henry Ametepe, Volta Regional Coordinator of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), has disclosed that 12 out of the region�s 18 districts were submerged.
He said the worse affected areas include Keta, South and …
The National House Chiefs (NHC) in collaboration with the Law Reform Commission has researched into customary law on land and family in twenty traditional areas aimed at evolving a unified system of rules of customary law in the country.
…
The judges of the British Legal Awards have shortlisted a Ghanaian law firm as a finalist in this year�s awards, a statement from the organisers has said.
Oxford and Beaumont Solicitors, which has offices in London, has been shortli…
Various development projects worth over GH� 147,000 in the education and health sectors for Kadjebi and its environs have been commissioned by the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kadjebi Akan, Mr Joseph Kwadwo Ofori.
The projects are…
The misunderstanding between taxi drivers and the police in Winneba that led to the suspension of taxi services was amicably resolved at a meeting in Winneba, on Monday.
The meeting organized on the orders of the Effutu Municipal Chie…
The President of the Central Regional House of Chiefs, Dasebre Kwebu Ewusi, has called on the youth to rekindle their communal spirit to help in the development of their communities.
Dasebre Ewusi, a member of the Council of State, w…
Nigeria’s Uti was chosen by Africa as the winner of M-Net’s Big Brother All Stars during Sunday night’s spectacular live Finale Show (17 October at 19:00 CAT on DStv Channel 198) after 91 gruelling days. He beat Zimbabwe’s Munya by…
October is DOCTOR WHO month on BBC Entertainment. the Bafta award-winning time-travelling adventure returns with a special penned by Russell T Davies and featuring guest stars David Morrissey and Dervla Kirwan.
On Monday October 25 (20:3…
The UN Foundation Board of Directors, will meet in Ghana and confer with government and non-profit organisations to learn and share strategies for advancing progress on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
The directors include …
A thirty year old driver, Alex Nartey, has been sentenced to seven years in prison in hard labour by the Asamankese Circuit court for raping a married woman.
He pleaded guilty.
Presenting the facts of the case, Police Detective…
A two- day water forum to create a platform for stakeholders in the water and sanitation sub-sector in Ghana, to review and analyse the National Water Policy and new Environmental Sanitation Policy has opened in Accra.
The second Gha…
The Akropong-Akuapem District Assembly has completed the construction of pavilions and classrooms for second-cycle and basic schools to enhance education in the area.
Mr George Opare Addo, District Chief Executive (DCE) for Akuapem N…
Three persons arrested in connection with the murder of the Reverend Sidney Thomas Barnes, a British/American Missionary at Nsawam, on Tuesday appeared before a District Magistrate�s Court in Accra.
Kofi Seidu, a driver, Goodwill P…