Focus Region Health Project (FRHP) has procured clinical training models for distribution to three focal Regions to facilitate the development of clinical skills in maternal, new born health and family planning.
The Regions are Great…
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53 Extra interviews the cast members of the A Team movie and attend the premier held in South Africa starring Liam Neeson, Jessica Biel and Quinton Rampage Jackson.
Christie Brown from Ghana
We chat to the face be…
A 26-year-old mason, Nana Ohene Boamah, on Tuesday sent audience at an Accra Circuit Court laughing when he admitted defiling a 14-year-old girl in a room and not in the kitchen.
According to Boamah the room in which the incident too…
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA), has presented two information vans to the Eastern Regional Directorate of the sector, for the education of farmers on new farming techniques.
Receiving the vans on behalf of the…
A Circuit Court in Accra has sentenced Nicolas Aklede, 36, to three years imprisonment for possessing firearms without authority.
Aklede, a designer, was nabbed when he attempted to sell one locally manufactured pistol to two persons…
Madam Comfort Mpiani, Deputy Director in-charge of Early Childhood Development Centres, (ECDC) at the Kumasi Metropolitan Education Office, has called on school heads and proprietors to ensure that only trained teachers teach in the Kinder…
The Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) land in
Jujueidayiri in Wa Township was properly acquired as �the 1954 and 1956
Certificates of Allocation are still valid today; they are not time barred,�Lands Commission has said.
A …
Mr. Joseph Yieleh Chireh, Minister of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD), on Tuesday said the Ministry would continue to formulate and pursue policies to ensure good governance and balance development in all Metropolitan, Munic…
A team of 14 medical experts from Cuba have arrived in the country to augment the efforts of an eight member Cuban team already in the country to eradicate malaria.
The teams together will introduce in other regions, the malaria contr…
Seventy Eight children in the Bongo District, affected by Dental Flourosis, have been given cosmetic dental treatment of their upper front teeth to enhance their appearance and improve their self confidence.
The St. Andrews Clinics…
Over 1,500 foreign and local tourists are expected to attend this year's Agotime Kente Festival at Kpetoe.
The festival, scheduled between August 5 and September 5 on the theme, "Kente, our heritage for wealth creation," has a histor…
A team of 14 medical experts from Cuba have arrived in the country to augment the efforts of an eight member Cuban team already in the country to eradicate malaria.
The teams together will introduce in other regions, the malaria contr…
A total of 145 youth have been recruited as community teaching assistants in the Kwaebibirem District under the National Youth Employment Programme.
They have filled the vacancies in the classrooms as a result of the withdrawal of th…
Ms Esther Modesta Sapaty, the Deputy Volta Regional Director of National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), has appealed the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to support women political aspirants.
She sugge…
The West Akyem Municipal Assembly is to re-locate all mechanics as part of moves to improve sanitation and orderly development at the municipal capital, Asamankese.
The Municipal Chief Executive, Mr Seth Otchere, has however informed…
The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) on Tuesday expressed concern about the unguarded comments from a section of the public, following the recent ruling in the case against Charles Wireko Brobby and Kwadwo Okyere Mpiani.
Mr Justice Samuel …
The Kade District Magistrate�s Court, on Wednesday, remanded in prison custody Eric Awuah, a farm labourer, who appeared before it on a charge of stealing a Nokia mobile phone, valued at GHC 56.
He pleaded not guilty and would re-ap…
The management and staff of Audit Service went on a float through some principal streets of Accra on Tuesday in commemoration of their centenary.
The celebration is under the theme "A Centenary of Public Sector Auditing, Defining New…
Mr Alex Tettey-Enyo, the Minister of Education, on Tuesday stressed the need to create substantial human and financial resource to implement the National Functional Literacy Programme (NFLP).
He said it was necessary because of i…
While Ofunneka was being her usual hygienic self after everyone went to bed, Sammi stayed behind to try his luck. Sammi was literally piggy-backing on her while she washed the dishes.
He would try touching her now and again until she scre…
The Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) is building a six-unit classroom block each for three deprived communities in the Adansi South District.
The communities are Edwenease, Kwadwomankrom and Aworoso.
Mr Ernest Kofi Yaka…
Last night, Tatiana had to pack her bags and leave the Big Brother House for the second time. Although this time round there was no fake Eviction...
The Housemates sat in anxious anticipation when IK spoke to them during the live Eviction…
Mr Setsoafia Biaku, a lay preacher, has exhorted Christians with adequate resources to emulate the early Christians by sharing their wealth with their Christian brothers and sisters in poverty.
He was delivering a sermon o…
A Tomato Factory is to be established at Sefwi Anhwiaso-Asawinso as part of an initiative to create jobs for people in the area.
The project is a partnership between Cottage Itelie Industries Ghana Limited and the Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Be…
Ahead of the global climate change summit in Cancun in December, Mexico on Monday sought India's support to help towards an ambitious outcome of the meet within the framework of the Kyoto Protcol.
In a meeting with Environment Minis…
The BlackBerry mobile phone maker Research In Motion (RIM) has agreed to provide security agencies partial access to its messenger services by September one and would complete the project by the end of the year.
The move by the RIM …
The images of Marilyn Monroe with her blowing skirt, James Dean walking through the rain drenched streets of Times Square puffing a cigarette and Clark Gable in a pensive mood during the shooting of 'Misfits', are all part of Hollywood lor…
Fifteen people died on the spot and four others at the Battor Catholic Hospital in a fatal accident, involving a Metro Mass Transit (MMT) bus and a Togolese articulated truck on the Ada-Tema Highway.
The bodies of the dead, made up …
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…