Mr Kweku Amankwah, a hunter in Asumura in the Brong Ahafo Region, on Monday expressed worry over the increasing cases of pregnancy and abortion among girls between 10 to 17 years in Asumura and its environs.
He said the teenagers, wh…
Church leaders have been urged to uphold the example of Jesus Christ by helping to ease the burdens of the helpless, who have lost their human dignity.
Reverend Dr. Setri Nyomi, General Secretary of the World Council of Re…
Globeserve Vocational School in the Volta Region, has recorded 100 per cent pass rate in this year's National Vocational Training Institute (NVTI) examinations.
Majority of the 24 students presented passed with distinction, Ms Beatri…
Ethiopia’s Yacob found himself evicted from the Big Brother All Stars house during last night’s live Big Brother All Stars Eviction Show (22 August at 19:00 CAT on DStv Channel 198), joining Tatiana, Lerato and Hannington in The Barn.
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A circuit court in Cape Coast, last Wednesday sentenced kweku Alex, a 30-year old palm wine taper, to 13 years imprisonment in hard labour for defiling a six-year old Kindergarten girl
and causing harm to her.
He pleaded guilty to t…
Nana Ama Ayensua Saara III, Queen of Denkyira, has
said no individual or a chief could determine where a district capital should be placed because it was the prerogative of the government to decide
on a suitable town based on advice from…
The Hohoe Municipal Assembly has engaged 328 youth
under five modules of the National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP).
Mr Victor-Hermann Condobrey, Hohoe Municipal Chief Executive, said at the Assembly's meeting that additional yo…
Dr. Iyabode Olusanmi, Country Director of UNICEF,
has appealed to Alhaji Issahaku Salia, Upper West Regional Minister, to show complete political commitment towards issues affecting women and children.
She urged the Minister to make…
A bus carrying 22 South Korean tourists was hijacked Monday in the Philippines, a foreign news report said.
South Korea's foreign ministry said it is trying to confirm the report.
AFP, a French news agency, quoted local police as s…
Presbyterian Basic Schools in Koforidua have become the attraction for parents seeking admission in best performing basic schools for their children in the New Juaben Municipality.
This followed government policy a few yea…
President John Evans Atta Mills on Monday urged Ghanaians to concentrate on worthy issues, instead of speculations and hear-say.
"Let us concentrate on what is worthy and leave aside all these speculations," said President Mills.
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Nana Ama Ayensua Saara III, Queen Mother of
Denkyira, has said no individual or a chief could determine where a district capital should be located because it was the prerogative of the Government to decide on a suitable town based on the …
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) together with its health partners on Monday re-launched the New "Life Choices" Family Planning promotion campaign.
It seeks to enhance education on available contraceptive choices to help the public mak…
HIV/AIDS is on the increase in the Brong-Ahafo Region as "Sentinel Reports" indicated an increment from 2.6 per cent in 2008 to 2.9 per cent in 2009, Mr. Kwadwo Nyamekye-Marfo, the Regional Minister, has said.
He said out of 10,036 …
The Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Special Schools (COHESS) Mrs. Immaculate Atoriya, has said the government's policy that all state institutions use the pre-paid meter would not be feasible in some institutions.
She said, fo…
Mr Michael Komla Adzaho, Adaklu Anyigbe District Chief Executive (DCE), has appealed to teachers to refrain from acts that would tarnish the reputation of the profession.
Mr Adzaho said this at the opening of a five-day in…
The Western Region recorded 4,726 millimetres
of rainfall in June, Mr David Perry Osika, the Western Regional Director of the Ghana Metrological Agency, told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in an interview.
He said the figure was based …
Members of the Adaklu-Anyigbe District Youth Wing of National Democratic Congress have cultivated a-40 acre maize farm at Kpetoe.
The farm is expected to be doubled this minor season and planted with beans and vegetables.
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Mr. Mathias Akotia, Chief Executive Officer of
Brand Ghana, said on Tuesday there was the need to re-brand Ghana to stimulate national confidence, craft national identity and provide clear and positive communication about the country and …
Government on Tuesday initiated stakeholder consultation for the passage of Data Protection Bill (DPB) and Electronic Communications Regulations Bill (ECRB) to serve as legal instruments for the safeguarding of personal data and privacy.
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The Northern Development Forum (NDF), on Tuesday congratulated government, individuals and institutions for their contribution to the passage of the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) Bill.
The Bill passed on Friday Ju…
Newmont Ghana Gold Limited (NGL) is supporting five-year research project in the Subim, Ayum, and Bosambepo Forests in the Brong Ahafo Region, aimed at conserving a rare kind of bird called "White-necked Rock fowl", found mainly in Afric…
Residents of Kwakuanya Electoral Area in the Dormaa Municipality have been urged to fully participate in the 2010 National Population and Housing Census and the National Identification Exercise.
Mr. Vincent Oppong Asamoah, Municipal …
Some 77 people were killed and 246 others were injured in road accidents in the Volta Region in the first half of 2010.
Mr Victor Tandoh, the Acting Volta Regional Road Safety Coordinator, said this at a meeting of Heads of Ministries,…
The Living Stone International School at Boadua near Akwatia has celebrated its 10th anniversary with advice to parents to take the education of their children seriously.
The Eastern Regional Deputy Minister, Mr Baba Jamal, said edu…
Mr Theophilus Tetteh Chaie, Ablekuma Central Member of Parliament (MP), at the weekend donated food items worth GH�9,700 to Moslems in the five wards of the Constituency as part of his programme to support their Ramadan fast.
The i…
The Akim Swedru Circuit Court has remanded Kwadwo Akpakah and John Kwadwo, both farmers, in prison custody for stealing a goat valued at GH�100.00, property of Nana Kwasi Nkrumah, a fetish priest.
The accused persons pleaded not gu…
Alhaji Issahaku Salia, the Upper West Regional Minister says government will adequately resource the Ghana Prisons Service to enable the service to play its role of reforming prisoners.
�Government is aware of some of the things th…
The Navrongo Health Research Centre (NHRC), in the Kassena Nankana East District in the Upper East Region, is to intensify education on adolescent sexual and reproductive health.
This followed a research conducted by the Centre towar…
Colonel M'Bawine Atintande, Director, Public
Relations of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), has extolled the Ghana News Agency (GNA) for its contributions in creating a knowledge-based society through high quality news and information dissemi…
The Akim Oda Government Hospital has received a
donation of medical equipment worth thousands of Ghana cedis, to augment facilities in the Physiotherapy Department of the hospital.
They are 150 physiotherapy items and 25 crutches.
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District Coordinators and Supervisors of the
Non-Formal Education Division (NFED) have been asked to ensure regular and effective monitoring of teaching and learning at adult classes.
Mrs Elizabeth Amoah-Tetteh, Deputy Mi…
Foreign ministers of South Korea and Nigeria held talks on Monday that were expected to focus on boosting energy cooperation between the two nations.
Nigeria's Foreign Minister Henry Odein Ajumogobia arrived in Seoul Sunday for talks w…
Amid criticism by some Pakistani politicians of his government's decision to accept USD five million in Indian aid for flood victims, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said it will be a "narrow approach" to refuse such an offer.
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South Korea's government and ruling party have been in talks to consider resuming food aid to North Korea that has been halted due to deteriorating inter-Korean relations, as part of efforts to improve its relations with Pyongyang and to c…
Indian government Saturday said it has issued a notice to Internet search giant Google for depicting Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir as part of Pakistan.
"Any wrongful depiction of Indian map and its boundaries is liable for action under …
Leading personalities from India and Pakistan Sunday demanded that the two governments must rise above "doubts and suspicions" to cooperate with each other in providing help to the flood-affected people in Pakistan.
"At this time of…
Prime Minister David Cameron's government is
caught in a dilemma over imposing an immigration cap on professionals from India and other non-European Union countries with several British companies asking ministers to reconsider the issue.
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Appreciating India's track record on non-proliferation front, Japan Saturday expressed keenness to conclude the civil nuclear agreement with it at the earliest but made it clear that such a cooperation would be suspended if New Delhi were …
After mythical characters and legendary figures, it is the turn of Mother Teresa now to adorn the pages of Amar Chitra Katha (ACK), the famous comic series.
ACK is bringing out a 40-page story on the 'lady of charity' to coincide wi…
The Indian Government has brought some fresh amendments to the Nuclear Liability Bill that are likely to trigger a fresh controversy as these could be seen as diluting the right of recourse
of operator to seek damages from supplier in the…
Ghanaian Big Brother All Stars housemate Sammi Bampoe voluntarily departed the Big Brother house for medical reasons after doctors recommended that he consider exiting the game as a result of his hypertension condition. Sammi will continue…
The Kuwaiti government is waiting for its counterparts in Baghdad to sign a deal to work bilaterally on oil fields along the border, the government announced.
Kuwaiti Oil Minister Ahmed Abdullah al-Sabah said his country signed an agreeme…
India and US has initiated the agreement for co-operation on a joint clean energy research and development centre, which would facilitate research on a wide range of green power technologies.
The agreement, MoU for which was signed …
The Western Region recorded 4,726 millimetres
of rainfall in June, Mr David Perry Osika, the Western Regional Director of the Ghana Metrological Agency, told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in an interview.
He said the figure was based …
The No. 2 official in Britain's energy and
climate department said Prime Minister David Cameron and other British politicians should start lobbying oil-rich countries to give British
utilities new business.
Minister of State for Energy …
Energy companies in Bangladesh would welcome a decision to join a natural gas pipeline project from the South Par gas field in Iran, an executive said.
Iran and Pakistan agreed to the finalized terms of a natural gas pipeline stretching f…
Pakistani militants are taking advantage of the catastrophe brought on by widespread flooding throughout the country, a provincial official said.
Monsoon rains triggered massive flooding in Pakistan, leaving nearly 20 percent of the count…
Turkmenistan will look south to a pipeline through Afghanistan as part new policy governing the natural gas sector, the president announced.
Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov outlined an energy policy that aims to boost ties wit…
Improving bilateral ties in the energy sector of the United Arab Emirates is a primary objective of diplomatic endeavors, an Iranian envoy said.
Mohammad Reza Fayyaz, the new Iranian envoy to Abu Dhabi, told Iran's semiofficial Mehr News …