Mr Abu Iddrisu, Northern Regional Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has called on the general public to demonstrate much commitment to issues affecting the environment to promote sustainable land use.
He noted th…
Three persons who allegedly stole payment orders and bank cheques and succeeded in withdrawing monies totalling 527, 020.27 Ghana cedis on Monday appeared before an Accra Circuit Court.
The monies were said to be unclaimed…
The Most Rev Paul Bemile, Bishop of the Wa Catholic Diocese, has appealed to people of the Upper West Region to exercise restraint and allow Alhaji Issahaku Salia, the new Regional Minister, to focus his attention on the development of the…
Eighty-five acres out of the 134 acres of farm land cultivated in Agona East under the Youth in Agriculture Programme have been destroyed by floods.
The remaining 49 acres had poor yields because the fertilizer applied on the maize a…
The Kwaebibirem District Assembly is bent on collecting all revenues due it and to prosecute rate defaulters.
Therefore, the assembly has launched an education campaign to sensitize the people on the need to pay revenue to the assem…
The Most Rev Leon Kalenga, the Apostolic Nuncio in Ghana, on Sunday confirmed 69 Catholics at the Our Lady of Assumption (OLA) Catholic Church at New Achimota in Accra.
In a sermon, The Most Rev Kalenga urged them to use Jesus Christ…
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Gomoa West, Mr Francis Kojo Arthur, has donated 500 dual desks to some schools in the district.
The furniture which was provided from the MP�s share of the Common Fund, was to prevent a shortage of…
The Decent Work Project of the International Labour Organisation has held a five-day training workshop for 53 members of the Ghana National Association of Tailors and Dressmakers at Gomoa Aboso near Agona Swedru.
The workshop, the fi…
Alhaji Issahaque Salia, Upper West Regional Minister, has commended members of the Ghana Registered Nurses Association (GRNA) for providing quality healthcare delivery despite the numerous logistics constraints and other social challenges …
A Member of the Council of State, Dr Ato Essuman, has urged Christians to demonstrate the comprehension of their faith through willingness to sacrifice for others.
Dr Essuman said there had been so much talk about Christian faith and…
Some 234 children of school going age who did not have access to early education have graduated from a literacy programme dubbed �class one project� at Katiu in the Kassena-Nankana West District.
The 59 girls and 175 boys betwe…
Moslems in Upper East Region have been asked to use the Ramadan fasting period to pray for lasting peace in Bawku.
The Upper East Regional Minister, Mr Mark Woyongo, said this when he visited the Bolgatanga Central Mosque on Friday w…
Residents of Atonsu-Kuwait, a suburb of Kumasi, have appealed to the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) to speed up work on the street lighting project it has started in the area to help reduce the crime surge.
The darkness of the a…
Charles Badasu, a commercial driver, has been sentenced to a fine of GHC200 by a Hohoe Circuit Court for negligently causing harm to Mariama Gidi, a 75 year-old farmer.
Badasu, pleaded guilty to careless and inconsiderate driving an…
The Atwima-Mponua District has taken delivery of 5,000 school uniforms and a large quantity of exercise books for free distribution to school children in the area.
Mrs Theresa Adomako Tawiah, the District Chief Executive, handed the…
The Afigya Kwabre District Chief Executive, Mr Kwaku Oppong Kyekyeku Kaakyire, has appealed to proprietors of private schools to partner government to give good moral education to children.
He said they should not make their establ…
The government has been asked to use a legal instrument to compel Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies to support the development of cultural infrastructure within their areas.
The provision of children�s parks, community…
The Centre for National Culture (CNC) has called on government to restructure the National Commission on Culture through the appointment of an executive director and its attendant directors to man all the departments for effective implemen…
The Bawku Inter-Ethnic Peace Committee has assured the government and development partners that the prevailing security environment in Bawku is safe for implementation of projects.
Members of the Inter-ethnic Peace Committee said this…
The cloudburst in Leh in north India has claimed the lives of 179 persons including six foreigners and left another 400 injured, the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday.
In a statement, Home Minister P Chidambaram said the cloudburst h…
Three days after it offered USD five million to Pakistan for flood relief, India was still awaiting a response amid reports that the aid may be accepted if it was routed through the UN.
Sources in New Delhi said Monday India was w…
The Indian-American community across the US turned out in large numbers and enthusiastically celebrated India's 64th Independence Day by unfurling the tricolour and organising a series of events, some of which were graced by Bollywood star…
The historic town of Thanjavur in south Indian state Tamil Nadu is getting ready for festivities as the world-famous Big Temple, an edifice of the great Chola kingdom located here turns 1000.
The state government is planning many cult…
South Korea will begin this week to prepare for negotiations with Japan over retrieving its stolen cultural relics, government sources said Monday.
The work will come about a week after Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan apologized for…
Durability of roads can be enhanced by mixing plastic with a certain chemical mix, according to a latest study by experts.
Waste plastic added to bituminous mix can enhance the durability of roads, reports the study, conducted by a g…
The Indian languages Machine Translation (MT) system developed by the consortium of 11 Indian institutions led by International Institute of Information Technology- Hyderabad (IIIT-H) is slated for national launch next month.
Whil…
A three-year study by a group of scientists at the Tropical Botanical Garden and Research Institute (TBGRI) in south Indian state Kerala, claims to have discovered a natural substitute for impotency drugs.
An aphrodisiac content obtai…
A malicious mail containing a dangerous computer virus from the email ID of the Indian Ambassador in Uzbekistan to some senior officials of the Home Ministry has sent alarm bells ringing in the security establishment here.
It is f…
South Korea will talk about possible nuclear cooperation between Myanmar and North Korea when a senior diplomat visits the Southeast Asian country next week, the foreign ministry here announced Monday.
Vice Foreign Minister Shin Kak-so…
South Korea aims to sign a nuclear reactor deal with Turkey within the year that could help fuel further exports down the road, a government official said Monday.
Vice Knowledge Economy Minister Kim Young-hak told reporters negotiation…
South Korea will host the world's second-largest nanotech convention this week in an effort to help industrial and scientific communities check the latest trends in the cutting-edge field, the government said Monday.
This year's Nano K…
South Korea's state-run Korea Coal Corp. (KOCOAL), said Monday it is aiming to tap coal mines in China's Inner Mongolia as part of its efforts to explore overseas resources.
KOCOAL, which oversees the coal-mining industry in South Kore…
Spending on agricultural research and development (R&D) in Ghana doubled from 151 billion cedis to 352 billion cedis between 2000 and 2008, but the chunk of the resources went into salaries, a study has said.
The Agricultural Science…
A Deputy Director at the Kumasi Metropolitan
Education Office, Mr. Joseph Kwasi Adiyiah, has underlined the need for allstakeholders to accept to share in the cost of quality education delivery.
He said since education is the bedroc…
The Minister of Information, Mr John Tia Akologu, on Monday, said the success of any census, depended largely on publicity and education, which was largely the responsibility of the media.
He made the observation when launching the …
Mr Macmathews Chancellor, a Senior Officer of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) in Tamale, has accused an assemblyman of the area for engaging in large scale commercial chain saw operations.
He said Langa, Assemblyma…
Mrs Lucy Awuni, the Upper East Deputy Regional Minister, has appealed to co-operate bodies operating in the Region and beyond to support the Region to celebrate its 50th anniversary scheduled for September.
She said this during the ope…
Nana Asaa Kofi 111, Chief of Wassa Fiase Kyekyewere, has said the advancement in technology made it important for nations to take education of their citizens serious.
He said without education many developing nations would be margina…
The Northern Regional Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Mr. Abu Iddrisu, has called on the public, particularly the District Assemblies and the decentralized organizations, to demonstrate much commitment to issues affe…
The Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam District Assembly has added two more schools in the district to the School Feeding Programme.
The who new additions are the Ajumako-Solomon D/A Primary school with 283 pupils and Breman Aharmakorambua D/A pr…
The American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) has formed a political action committee (PAC) to protect the interest of Indian American doctors at the Capitol Hill.
"Our new PAC will empower Indian American doctors to …
Richard Gbegbe Ababio, unemployed, on Tuesday appeared before the Kade District Magistrate Court charged with conspiracy to steal, stealing and forgery of document.
He pleaded not guilty.
Charged with him was Frank Kwadwo Eshun…
Mrs. Christina Kobinah, the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal Chief Executive, has appealed to new municipal guards to refrain from corruption and other acts that would make the public to lose respect for them.
�Anyone found engaging in acts…
Participants at the second African Youth and Governance Conference have called on the African Union (AU) to develop strategic plans to combat the emerging pandemic of maternal mortality.
They said the AU should treat maternal morta…
The authorities of the Koforidua Prisons have appealed to the government to expand the outer perimeters of the prisons.
The Assistant Director of Prisons, Mr Kwame Kuma Kpeli, said the expansion had become necessary because the venti…
A 46-year old polytank repairer is in the grips of the Ashaiman Police for attempting to rape his step daughter and in the process stabbed her in the left eye for denying him sex.
Assistant Superintendent of Police Christine Yevunoo…
Naa Seidu Amadu, Vice President of the Jirapa Traditional Council, has appealed to "Foot Soldiers" of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to exercise restraint in their agitation for the removal of government appointees.
He urged…
Sixteen people lost their lives early Monday morning when the Metro Mass Transit (MMT) bus they were travelling on ran into a stationed articulated truck at Sege in the Dangbe East District.
The bodies of the dead have been deposited…
The Greater Accra Regional Environmental Health Officer, Mr Jonas Amanu, has urged the Ga East District Assembly (GEDA) to intensify its efforts at monitoring the sanitation conditions and hygiene of butchers to prevent acts likely to be d…
Mr. Paul Evans Aidoo, the Western Regional Minister, has said some policy and project initiatives had been proposed by some organizations in the private and public sectors since the country�s discovery of oil in commercial quantities.
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