The European Commission (EC), has made available 41,000 Euros to the Government of Ghana to bring relief to victims of the recent floods in the country.
A statement from the Commission on Thursday said the aid, which is expected to co…
The Management of MTN Ghana Foundation, on Wednesday, commissioned an ICT centre worth GHC 31.000 for the officers and inmates of the Ankaful prison in the Central Region.
The centre, which has an installation of five desk-top comput…
Members of the Youth Bridge Foundation, a youth development Non Governmental Organisation, have commended government for fulfilling its promise to implement the National Youth Policy.
�The members are delighted to hear that the Gov…
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has organised a three-day workshop for Small Business Association (SBA) in the Gomoa West District to build the capacity of their staff to promote efficiency.
The workshop formed part of 40…
The Indian Coast Guard has joined hands with a private maritime university here in south Indian state Tamil Nadu to offer an international level course that would train officials of oil companies in effectively tackling oil spills.
…
South Korean troops tasked with guarding the nation's civilian aid workers in Afghanistan plan to officially launch their mission in October, about a month later than originally scheduled, Seoul's defense ministry said Thursday.
The de…
The United States has said that 135 American nationals have been affected by the flash floods in Leh, although no deaths have been reported so far in the disaster which struck the region last Friday.
"I think we're aware right now of …
Age did not deter this 67-year-old American, who worked as a teacher in India for a couple of years, from undertaking a 3,831 miles bicycle tour criss-crossing the US to raise funds to the tune of USD14,500 for the education of children in…
Alhaji Seidu Sampson Abudu, the Bole District Chief Executive, has given his official accommodation to two doctors posted to the district and stays in his private house.
He told newsmen that he had to do this because the Assembly was…
The Public Sector Reform Secretariat (PSRS), on
Tuesday presented five vehicles and office equipment to the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) to enhance the work of the Commission.
Mr Alhassan Azong, Minister of State respon…
Madam Benedicta Naana Biney, Acting Director General of the Ghana Education Service, on Wednesday called on second cycle schools to form food safety committees to ensure the safety of food provided for students.
She also asked the Na…
Mr Joseph Z. Amenowode, the Volta Regional Minister, has appealed to the Volta River Authority (VRA) to be more proactive in engaging the leadership of hosts and resettled communities for amicable resolution of land disputes.
He said…
The Agona Swedru Divisional Command of the Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU) has issued a final warning to private school owners in the municipality to stop overloading pupils to and from school on their buses.
Superintendent of…
Mr Joseph Z. Amenowode, Volta Regional Minister, on Tuesday, urged the Volta River Authority (VRA) to be more proactive in engaging the leadership of hosts and settler communities, for an amicable resolution of land disputes.
He said…
The Eastern Regional Minister, Mr Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, on Friday broke the ground for work to begin on a GHC 570,000 bridge over River Mrepong to link Akyem Akropong and Larbikrom.
The bridge would replace the old Bailey bridge tha…
The Deputy Eastern Regional Minister, Mr Mohammed Ahmed Baba-Jamal, on Friday appealed to US Peace Corp Volunteers to be mindful of the cultural deference between Ghana and the US and try and live beyond reproach.
He said they wou…
A Circuit Court in Accra on Thursday remanded into police custody a 25-year-old sales boy, Dennis Tweneboah for allegedly defiling and impregnating a 14-year-old girl at a drinking spot.
Tweneboah pleaded not guilty to defilement and…
Mr Emmanuel Asamoah Owusu-Ansah, Member of Parliament (MP) for Kwabre West, has presented 1,825 dual desks, valued at GH�63,875.00 to 73 basic schools in the constituency.
Some of the beneficiary schools are Ntiribuoho, Bomso, Afra…
Government would soon extend the payment of monthly allowances to Queenmothers and lower chiefs, Vice President John Dramani Mahama has announced.
�We are also considering reviewing the allowances upwards for all chiefs throughout t…
Kwaku Asare, a driver, who failed to stop his vehicle when he was signalled to do so by the police, was on Thursday convicted to a fine of GHC 60 by the Kade District Magistrates� Court.
In default, Asare, who pleaded guilty with e…
Nii Armah Ashietey, Greater Accra Regional Minister, on Thursday urged the Judiciary to consider alternative ways of sentencing offenders to help decongest the Prisons of inmates who committed minor offences.
He suggested the introdu…
Mr Mohammed Ahmed Baba Jamal, Deputy Eastern Regional Minister, has noted that, for any developing Nation like Ghana to attain a middle income status, there is the need to give attention to the growth and development of the youth.
He…
Mr Philip Aheng-Mensah, Ashanti Regional Fire Officer, has underlined the need for intensification of fire safety education to bring down the incidence of fire outbreaks.
He said it was important to assist people to adopt fire prev…
The third Regional Ministers conference would be held in Ho, the Volta Regional capital from Tuesday, 7th to Sunday 12th September 2010.
The event would be opened with a durbar at the forecourt of the Residency of the Regional Minist…
The Kwaebibirem District Assembly with support from Government had initiated development projects to improve the standards of living of the people in the area.
The projects are being financed with the District Assembly Common Fund, G…
The Anglican Church has condemned human trafficking in the country and commended the security agencies for their alertness and commitment towards the eradication of such degrading practice.
The Church has called for a closer collabor…
Farmers in the country have been advised to abandon obsolete farming methods and adopt modern agricultural practices to boost food and livestock production for local consumption and export.
The Project Manager of the Adventist Develo…
Mr Emmanuel Simpson, the Volta Regional Auditor, on Thursday appealed to personnel of the Service to make their reports and general conduct inspire confidence and bring respect to the Service.
He said they could do this by adhering to…
The government has presented 26 outboard motors to fishermen in Winneba as part of its promise to help promote the fishing industry in the country.
The Effutu Municipal Chief Executive, Nii Ephraim, made the presentation at a durbar …
The activities of illegal gold miners in the Neung Forest Reserve and in the River Bonsa in the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality dominated discussions at the assembly's sitting at Tarkwa on Wednesday.
Members said the illegal miners usual…
A resident of Wa has appealed to the government to consider reorganizing the "Kayayie" porters business properly and make it a profitable venture for national development.
Mr. Trenchard D. Youri said migration of labour was not an is…
A day's validation workshop to provide a platform for stakeholders to make valuable inputs into the draft national urban policy ended in Koforidua on Wednesday.
The workshop, which was organized by the Ministry of Local Government an…
Ignorance is the primary cause of poverty says Dr Adelina Effie Arkhurst, a Lecturer in Home Economic at the University of Education, Winneba, has said.
She said to reduce poverty a premium must be paid on education.
Delivering…
The World Vision Ghana, an international non-governmental organisation (NGO), has donated relief items worth about GH�1,200 to flood victims at Agona Kwanyaku in the Central Region.
Thirty families who were worse affected benefite…
A former District chief Executive forJomoro and Executive Director of the Centre for Social and Community Advancement, a non-governmental organisation, Mr Ketiboa Blay, has said that
by law the people of Jomoro District are not the exclus…
Mr Victor-Hermann Condobrey, the Hohoe Municipal
Chief Executive, has urged public sector auditors to rise above reproach in the discharge of their duties to safeguard the national purse from financial leakages.
He therefore called …
The Hohoe Municipal Assembly has handed over the
site for works to start on the paving of its main lorry park.
The project, being funded from the District Development Facility (DDF), is to be completed in nine months.
Mr Jame…
President John Evans Atta Mills has noted that
the 54 per cent of payments made by the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) on the cost of medicine for clients is unsustainable.
"This high expenditure on medicines alone poses…
A Circuit Court in Accra on Friday remanded into police custody Emmanuel Gbeti, a 28-year-old carpenter for allegedly defiling his landlady's 10 year old class three pupil at Weija.
Gbeti, who denied the charge, is expecte…
The Atwima-Mponua District Assembly has
presented 100 bags of cement and 68 bundles of roofing sheets in support of the rehabilitation of houses damaged by the recent rainstorm that hit the area.
A heavy downpour accompanied by stro…
Bibiani was on Thursday thrown into a state of shock, grief and disbelieve, as the residents woke up in the morning to find the lifeless body of 35-year old driver, Kwame Charles, dangling from a cocoa tree.
The wife, Adwoa Fosuaa, w…
The Ghana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) on Friday
called on the youth to be wary of political leaders, who used and dumped them after gaining power.
It called on them to use dialogue to express their opinions at all times to ensure p…
An eleven-member town Development Committee, was on Thursday inaugurated at Gomoa Awomberew to facilitate the development of the area.
The Committee headed by Mr John Kwame Quansah, would also enforce sanitation and communal labour b…
Mr Kempes Ofosuware, Tema Metropolitan Chief
Executive (MCE), has on behalf of the Assembly, presented GHC 1,000 and assorted drinks, towards this year�s Homowo Festival of the chiefs and
people of the Tema Traditional Council (TTC).
…
The Chiefs and people of Ga-Dangme lands have celebrated this year�s Asafotufiami Festival, under the theme: �Culture, A Platform For Unity And Development,� at a grand durbar held at
Bid Ada.
Dzetse Nene Abram Kabu Akuaku t…
Mrs Emma Boafo Yeboah, Founder of Country Side
Orphanage at Bawjiase in the Central Region, on Friday appealed to government and philanthropists for assistance to renew the National Health
Insurance premium for the inmates to enable them…
The Ashaiman Municipal Assembly (ASHMA), on Friday presented the last part of relief items to the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), for onward distribution to flood victims in the Municipality.
The items, …
The Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana has organized a free health outreach programme for about 12,000 people at Abono and its nearby communities along the Bosomtwe Lake, in the Bosomtwe District.
It formed part of the Society�s Diam…
Moses Wellington, 19, a notorious criminal on the
police wanted list in the Volta Region has been arrested by the police at Aflao.
Colleagues of the suspect, who allegedly became fed up of his criminal life, gave him up.
Mr. D…
The Brong-Ahafo Regional Secretariat of the Human Rights Reporters� Network (HRRN) has expressed disgust at recent attacks on journalists who were subjected to several forms of beatings in the course their constitutional duties in the re…