Mr. Kwadwo Agyei-Dwomor, Nkoranza North District Chief Executive, has said the government would continue to place high premium on education since it is the bedrock of every nation�s development.
Mr. Agyei-Dwomor said this when he …
The Management of Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), on Wednesday said it had suspended the sale of SSNIT Workers Housing throughout the country with immediate effect.
A statement issued by the management in Accra …
A Public Relations and Sports Marketing Consultant, Magnus Rex Danquah, has stressed on the need for an economic impact assessment of sports for a fuller appreciation of the role of sports as an instrument for national development.
R…
The Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing has rolled-out an elaborate plan to facilitate a smooth take off of the STX Housing Project nationwide.
A statement issued in Accra on Wednesday and signed by Mr Alban S.K. Bagbin, t…
Mrs. Dorothy Gordon, Director-General of Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence, on Wednesday called on the Ghana Education Service to introduce a subject in secondary schools that would assist students to solve their problems.
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The resident pastor of the Nsawam branch of the Christ Resurrection Church (CRC), Rev Joseph Emmanuel Mensah, on Wednesday, presented food items and a quantity of bed sheets, valued at about GHc500, on behalf of the church, to the Nsawam h…
Former President Jerry John Rawlings and wife, Nana Konadu, on Wednesday urged Muslims, to use this year�s Ramadan to promote and enhance unity and strength of all communities by praying for love and peace.
In a statement issued in…
Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday donated two Dell computers and their accessories to the secretariat of Kayeye Association in Accra with a call on them to create a database for their members.
He said the creation of a da…
A 33-year old driver, has been ordered by a Kumasi Circuit Court, to pay a fine of GH�240.00, for knocking down a 54-year old man with his vehicle.
Adomako Mensah would in default serve a six-month prison term.
He pleaded gui…
The Cities of Charlottesville in Virginia, USA and Winneba in the Central Region of Ghana, have signed Memorandum of Understanding for the establishment of a sister-city relationship aimed at a long standing, comprehensive and mutually ben…
Accra, Ghana, 12 August 2010 - African heads of state, industry representatives, the international donor community and farmers will meet in Ghana at the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) in the first week of September. Delegates will c…
Best known as the daughters of Run-DMC's Rev. Run, Vanessa and Angela Simmons have literally grown up on MTV. Across six seasons of Run's House and in the first season of Daddy's Girls, DStv viewers have watched them begin to make their ow…
The Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana (PSGH) has organised a free health outreach programme at Abono and surrounding communities in the Bosomtwe District of the Ashanti Region, as part of its
Diamond Jubilee celebration.
The exercise…
Fifty-one drivers from the Ghana Prisons Service
establishment through out the country ended three-day training in driving management science and road safety in Accra.
The participants were taken through topics including drivers'…
The Disaster Volunteers Group (DVG) in the
Akuapim South Municipality, has cultivated ten acres of cassava and maize in Dego, Djatsui and Pakro communities in the municipality.
Briefing the Ghana News Agency on Wednesday, after insp…
Vodafone Ghana, on Wednesday held a capacity
building workshop on health, safety, and wellbeing for its employees, suppliers and contractors to ensure the effective delivery of the company�s health and safety policy.
The workshop…
Mr Ebenerzer Nii Armarh Tackie, Ga West Municipal Chief Executive, has reiterated the need for developers, chiefs and landlords to stop putting up buildings on water ways in the municipality.
Nii Armarh Tackie made the call on Tuesda…
A 30-year-old driver, Salasi Danko, arrested with
14 parcels of substances suspected to be narcotic drugs, on Wednesday appeared before an Accra Circuit Court.
Danko pleaded not guilty to possessing narcotic drugs without lawful au…
The United Nations Department of Public Information (UNDPI) on Wednesday held a day�s conference with Coalition of NGOs affiliated to the UN to discuss topical issues.
The annual conference is a prelude to global conference schedu…
An abandoned GH�50,000 block to house the
reproductive and child health unit of the Nyinahin Government Hospital has been given a new lease of life following intervention by Milicom Ghana Limited, operators of TIGO.
The company is …
Nii Tackie Tawiah III, Ga Mantse, on Wednesday
commended delegates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for successfully conducting their congress and electing a flagbearer for Election 2012.
He said the process was a strong indication…
President John Evans Atta Mills has, on behalf of
the Government and people of Ghana, sent a message of goodwill to Muslims who begin the fast of Ramadan on Wednesday.
A statement from the Information Ministry to the Ghana News Agen…
Some 477 households in nine communities in the
Bunkpurugu/Yanyoo District have received the fourth consignment of relief items from the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) in fulfilment of government�s promise of assisting…
Three institutions on Wednesday presented packages to the National Executive Committee of Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) towards the 15th GJA awards in Accra.
They are Barclays Bank, Trassacco Estates and Stanbic Bank.
Mr …
The youth in the country have been urged to plan
their lives strategically towards a brighter future and avoid negative lifestyles that could affect their progress in life.
Mr. Sam Nasamu Asibigi, Deputy Northern Regional Minister, sa…
Ms Sherry Ayittey, the Minister of Environment,
Science and Technology, has said there was the need for proper land use in the Western Region in view of the emerging oil and gas industry.
She said this at a day's forum organized by …
The Agbogbomefia, Togbe Afede XIV, is to lead the
chiefs of Asogli State on a three-day pilgrimage to their ancestral home at Notsie in Togo.
A statement signed by Mr John Kukah, Secretary to the Asogli State Council said the pilgr…
Five suspected stolen motorbikes have been
retrieved from an abandoned building at Denu as the Aflao police launch an operation to stem crimes and fatal accidents involving motorbikes begin.
Dozens of bikes, made up of foreign regis…
Chiefs of the Ave Traditional Area in the Akatsi District have cautioned their people to put a stop to the practice of writing anonymous letters in which falsehoods were spread about some
citizens of the area.
The evil practice, they …
Observers at a one-day workshop on the new Ghana
Customs Trade Lane (GCe-TRAK) system for Customs, Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS) at Aflao have cautioned that the scheme's high service charge would make import-export business expens…
The Derby Hall Educational Trust (DHET) UK-Ghana on Tuesday presented honorary awards to the Omanhen of Oguaa Traditional Area, Osabarima Kwesi Atta II, and the Mayor of Cape Coast, Mr.
Anthony Egyir Aikins, for their contribution towards…
The Presbyterian Church of Ghana on Wednesday elected Rev Prof Emmanuel Martey, 69, as its Moderator at its 10th General Assembly held in Takoradi.
A Professor of Systematic Theology and chairperson of the Ga Presbytery, Rev Prof. M…
The Director of the Department of Children of
the Ministry of Women and Children's Affairs (MOWAC), Ms Mariama Yayah, has stressed the need for all stakeholders in the protection of children's right to step up their mandates to ensure the…
The Upper Manya Krobo District Assembly has taken delivery of the first consignment of free school uniforms totalling 2,300 for distribution to schools in the area.
Mr Joseph Tetteh Angmor, the District Chief Executive, said this at…
Chief Kpaana M.B. Bawah, a Member of the Council of
State, said on Friday that spillage of water from the Bagre and the Kompienga dams in Burkina Faso had been suspended because water in the dams
had not reached their maximum level.
…
South Korea will host the largest ever world forestry congress later this month that aims to
find ways to cope with environmental degradation caused by climate change, local organizers said Wednesday.
The state-run Korea …
More than 100 sex offenders and murderers will be strapped with electronic anklets upon their parole
expected this week, the Justice Ministry said.
The prisoners, 90 murderers and 19 sex offenders, are set for parole marking the Aug.…
A Seoul court on Wednesday dismissed claims by plaintiffs that e-mail and file leaks from Daum
Communications Corp., the operator of South Korea's second most-visited Internet portal, had caused them damage.
A group of 70 Daum users …
South Korea will take time to decide whether to seek independent sanctions on Iran, a senior
government source said Wednesday amid a series of warnings from Iranian officials to refrain from joining the U.S. sanctions campaign against Te…
Civil Society Organisations working to promote the rights of the child should include parents in their educational campaigns to enable them to know and respect the rights of children.
Mrs. Annacleta Naab, Acting Regional Director of …
A Catholic priest who is the director of an HIV/AIDS care centre, the Rev Monsignor Bobby Benson, has appealed to the public to support state institutions especially the police to enable them perform well.
He said the police worked w…
The chiefs and people of Atsieve in the South Tongu District have appealed to the government and philanthropists to assist them with potable water to forestall an outbreak of water borne disease.
Torgbe Azalu II, Chief of Atsieve, sa…
Government would commemorate this year's International Youth Day with the launching of the National Youth Policy at Cape Coast on Thursday, August 12.
"This would nail home government's support to youth initiatives in Ghana and Afric…
The government will revise regulations to allow more immigrant women to work as translators and interpreters at state agencies and private firms, in a bid to make better use of their bilingual talent, the Ministry of Gender Equality and Fa…
Office of the Attorney-General said it has taken note of the ruling of the High Court, Accra, in the case of the Republic versus Charles Wereko Brobbey and Kwadwo Mpiani in which the charges were struck out and the two were accordingly dis…
The National Hilal committee, Ghana, on Tuesday announced that the new crescent to usher in the Ramadan month has been sighted at Afienya in the Greater Accra Region at 1820 hours.
A statement signed by Shiekh Mahmoud Gedel, Chairman…
An Accra Fast Track High Court on Tuesday discharged Dr Charles Wireko-Brobby and Kwadwo Okyere Mpiani, two former officials of the defunct Ghana@50 Secretariat of all charges of wilfully causing financial loss to the State.
Dr Wire…
A Kade District Magistrate�s Court on Tuesday ordered a 26-year-old farmer, Kwaku Isaac to see a psychiatrist for observation after he had attempted to commit suicide.
Police Inspector Francis Borkor, prosecuting, told the court,…
Nana Abena Apee III, Tufuhemaa of Himan Prestea Division of Wassa Fiase Traditional Area in the Western Region, has urged parents to cooperate with school authorities for effective and efficient training of their children.
She told p…
Fourteen public officials who were re-arrested for their alleged involvement in smuggling of cocoa on the Ghana/Cote d'Ivoire border appeared before an Accra Circuit Court on Wednesday.
They have been freshly charged with conspiracy …