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.
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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.
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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…
The Ghana National Union of Polytechnic Students (GNUPS), on Tuesday issued an ultimatum to the government to resolve all problems it has with the Polytechnic Teachers Association of Ghana (POTAG).
It said if the ultimatum elapse mem…
Reverend Father Andrews Amankwaa, Parish Priest in-charge of Corpus Christi Church at Baakoniaba in the Sunyani Municipality has called on Christians to lead decent lives to attract more members into Christianity.
Preaching on the th…
Government should incorporate the principles of sustainable use of the forest into the country�s over all development agenda to reverse the degradation of the environment, Togbe Mawufeame Fugah, President, Anloga Carpenters Union, has st…
Five executive members of the Ghana Private Road and Transport Union (GPRTU), who clashed over the collection of tolls with their colleagues at Kotobabi, were granted bail by an Accra Circuit on Tuesday.
They are; Ahmed Gado Osman, D…
Channel O presenter Lungile “Lungsta†Radu will take on the role as 2010 Channel O Music Video Awards host.
Over the years the multi-talented Lungile has made his mark in the entertainment industry through hosting shows like O-Boma, D…
Conservation Foundation, a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), on Tuesday, urged traditional authorities and community members in the country, to actively get involved in the local governance system, to ensure accelerated development.
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The Awutu Bawjiase Health Centre has within the past two weeks, recorded 16 cases of diarrhoea at the facility, Mr Dziwornu Gall, Medical Assistant has said.
Speaking to the Ghana News Agency in an interview at Awutu Bawjiase, Mr Gal…
The President of the National Association of Local Authorities of Ghana (NALAG), Mr Theophilus Aidoo-Mensah, has assured VNG International of the Netherlands that the Logo South Programme, a partnership with some assemblies in Ghana and th…
The Committee set up by President John Atta Mills to look into the concerns of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) and the subsequent strike action, has presented its report.
President Mills who received the report at …
A high level conference on connectivity among West and Central African higher education institutions has ended in Accra, with a call on the Vice Chancellors of the universities to interconnect globally with each other to promote learning a…
The National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP) is to embark on a nationwide distribution of Long Lasting Insecticide Treated Nets to ensure that every person from the age zero slept under treated nets to prevent mosquito bites that cause ma…
The Ghana Museums and Monuments Board (GMMB) in collaboration with Ricerca e Cooperazione, an Italian NGO, have undertaken a cultural heritage campaign in the Cape Coast Municipality.
The campaign, which is being held on pilot basis i…
Students of Sunyani Polytechnic, on Tuesday joined their colleagues in a nationwide demonstration to register their protest about the intermittent strike actions by their lecturers over conditions of service.
Wearing red and black dre…
The Asante Presbytery, of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, has inducted the Reverend Benson Osafo Kantankah, as its new Clerk, with a call on the leadership to work hard in deepening the spiritual renewal programmes of the church.
The R…
The Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) has completed the construction of a three-storey girls' dormitory block for the Jachie Pramso Senior High School (SHS), in the Ashanti Region, to accommodate more than 600 first year students.
Eac…
Kwabena Adeanyamebeye, a labourer and his uncle, John Essumang on Tuesday appeared before a Sekondi District Magistrate's Court for allegedly conspiring to commit crime and attempted murder.
Their pleas were not taken and were remand…
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has called for the immediate halt of the partisan politicization of health and educational issues in the country.
He said health and education are the cornerstones of development of every nation,…
Clients of mobile phone services have been warned against registering the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards of their dead relatives, because it is against the law.
Mr Abed A. Bandim, Customer and Co-operate Affairs Manager of th…
The Bawku Mutual Health Insurance Scheme (BMMHIS) has embarked on a special mass registration for people in the Bawku Municipality, Garu-Tempane and Bawku West Districts of the Upper East Region.
The exercise is an initiative of the …
Human and animal health researchers in Africa are meeting in Accra to build their research capacity for the betterment of human and animal health.
Under a consortium codenamed "Afrique One", made up of six African countries namely Gh…
North Korea could have developed nuclear warheads small enough to be mounted on ballistic missiles with the help of China or Pakistan, a U.S. expert on nuclear weapons said Tuesday.
"(It) could have transferred from Khan to North Korea…
North Korea should bring international inspectors back to its nuclear facilities and declare a moratorium on its nuclear activities before stalled multilateral denuclearization talks can resume, a senior South Korean foreign ministry offic…
Three police officers had been shot at Nakpanduri in the Bunkpurugu/Yunyoo District by Johnson Kombian alias 'Borger' killing one on the spot and two are in critical condition and are on admission at the Nalerigu Baptist Medical Centre.
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A notorious criminal, Johnson Kombian Kakum alias "Burger" on Sunday killed a Policeman and wounded two others on patrol duties between Nakpanduri and the Gambaga Scarp in the Bunkpurugu/Yunyoo District of the Northern Region.
Gener…
Major Rex Nuamah (rtd), the President of Western Regional Sachet Water Producers Association, has appealed to members of the association to co-operate with regulatory bodies to minimize indiscriminate disposal of used plastic sheets or sac…
Bahrain police are investigating the death of Indian national Satheesh Kumar Pettarveedu Unnikrishnan, who apparently stabbed himself to death after an argument with one of his roommates.
30-year-old Unnikrishnan, a resident of Cochin…
The Mankessim Programme Area of Plan Ghana has marked the Global Hand Washing Day with a call on Ghanaians to take their health into their own hands by observing good hygienic practices.
October 15 is observed as Global Hand Washing …
The Association of Private Security Organizations, Ghana, (APSOG) on Monday condemned the activities of a group of persons who were arrested at Adjiri Ganno, near East Legon, on Tuesday October 5, claiming to be members of the Association.…
The New York tri-state area's premier monthly magazine for black professionals, corporate executives and small business owners, The Network Journal (TNJ), is to hold its inaugural 40 Under Forty Achievement Awards Dinner in Accra to honour…
The Agona Swedru High Court, has imposed a fine of GH�5,000 on the Queen Mother of Mankessim, Nana Ama Amissah for contempt.
In default she would serve 18 months imprisonment.
Mr Clement Kwesi Adjei, Counsel for the Regent of…