Mr. Kwadwo Nyamekye Marfo, the Brong-Ahafo Regional Minister, has said the government had awarded contract for the construction of classroom blocks in 21 Senior High Schools(SHS) in the region to cater for the four year Senior High School …
The German Government is to set up a science centre in Ghana to help mitigate the effects of climate change in nine West African countries.
They are; Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Togo, Ivory Coast, Benin, Senegal, Burkina Faso and Gambia.
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A five-member committee that investigated the oil spillage at Kosmos Drilling Fields in West Cape Three Points in the Western Region has recommended that the management paid some money to the Government.
Dr. Edward Kofi Omane Boamah,…
Members of Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union (ICU) of Ghana on Thursday embarked on a demonstration against the increase in utility tariffs by the Public Utility Regulatory Commission (PURC).
They carried placards some of whic…
At least nine more people died after consuming illicit brew suspected to have been laced with methanol in Kibera slum in Kenya's capital Nairobi, bring the toll to 19, police confirmed on Wednesday.
Six people died on arrival at the Kenya…
African Union chairperson and Malawian president Bingu Mutharika has blamed the continuing piracy in Somalia on the United States and European countries, saying they can end the al Shabaab sea terrorist acts in two weeks if they so wish.
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The Moringa Association of Ghana has called on government to support farmers to produce Moringa plant for export.
He said that Moringa, which is nutritious and contains vitamin C, Calcium and protein, could also be used in the produc…
The over politicization of government's education policies is making most parents to shirk their responsibilities towards their children, stakeholders at a Regional Consultative Workshop, have noted.
The workshop is for the preparatio…
The Western Regional Branch of the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU), on Thursday called on Government to impress upon the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission to reduce utility tariffs.
Mr. Jim Petey-Djan, the Regional…
Ghana's reputation as having one of the best systems of education in the sub-Saharan Africa is being questioned due to certain factors affecting its quality.
These include high student/teacher ratios and ineffective tutorials and pr…
MTN, a major telecommunication operator, has presented a cheque for GHC30,114.08 towards the refurbishment of the Ghana News Agency (GNA) newsroom to boost the morale of journalists to serve the nation's information needs.
This foll…
Mr. Sam Sowah Oblejumah, a Divisional Fire Officer of Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), on Thursday appealed to the media to intensify public education and awareness on Proper Rescue Trauma Care and Pre-hospital care during road traffic …
Mr Francis Abotsi, the Volta Regional Environmental Health Officer, has said the Ho Municipal Assembly should close its final refuse dumping site off the Ho/Aflao Highway to avert environmental disaster.
He told the GNA …
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Ghana, with the Agona Swedru Seventh Day Adventist Church (SDA) has presented relief items with an unspecified amount of money to the Swedru and Agona Nyakrom flood victims.
The item…
The Klo-Begoro Farmers Association has expressed worry about the delay in payment of compensation to them for crops destroyed by a company mining limestone in the area.
The farmers have therefore petitioned Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, th…
As viewers wait to see if it will either be Sammy, Uti or Hannington? to leave the Big Brother house, viewers will be treated to music from one of Ghana’s hottest groups, Ruff & Smooth.
Little did Ricky Nana Agyeman and Clement Baafo (t…
The Upper West Regional Platform on Disaster Reduction has suggested the establishment of emergency operation centres in the major routes linking the region to other parts of the country to help reduce highway armed robbery.
It recom…
Research that the Mobile Technology for Community Health Project (MOTECH) was undertaking at the Navrongo Health Research Centre has come to a halt.
The project was aimed at addressing the high maternal and neonatal mortalities in th…
Ms. Akua Sena Dansua, Minister of Youth and Sports, on Thursday said the National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP) was to prepare beneficiaries for the future and not an avenue for permanent employment.
She explained that initially,…
The Deputy Eastern Regional Minister, Mr Mohammed Ahmed Baba-Jamal, has presented the first batch of 3,300 school uniforms and 124,000 exercise books for distribution to children in basic schools in the Atiwa District.
He said to…
The Wildlife Division of Forestry Commission on Friday announced the annual ban on hunting of wildlife "Close Season" throughout the country from Sunday, August 1 to Thursday, December 2.
A statement issued in Accra and signed by Mr…
Dr Alfred Okoe Vanderpuije, Mayor of Accra, has officially unveiled the logo of the Accra Branding, according to a statement issued on Friday.
The statement issued by Charles Nii Ayiku, Officer in charge of Public Relations for the …
Mr Kofi Portuphy, National Coordinator of the Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), has expressed worry about the upsurge in disasters in the country, resulting in deaths and destruction of properties.
He said all shou…
A 17-member delegation of seasoned actors and relatives of the late Nana Bosompra II, an accomplished playwright, director and producer of television drama Sitcoms have called on Mr Alexander Asuman-Ahensah, Minister of Chieftaincy and Cul…
The Half Assini district Magistrate's court on Thursday sentenced a 19-year-old unemployed man from Abandze in the Central Region to 24 months imprisonment in hard labour for stealing a 14-inch television set.
Evans Quansah, alias Kwas…
The first session of the 10th Synod of the Koforidua Diocese of the Anglican Church aimed at setting the agenda for the next decade of the church begins in Koforidua on August 5.
The synod to be attended by 100 delegates including…
Fan Milk has donated 160 plastic dust bins and 5,000 products of the company to the Agona Swedru flood victims and 33 basic schools at Agona Swedru
The presentation on Wednesday formed part of activities marking World Environmental Day…
The Central Regional branch of the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU) on Thursday embarked on a peaceful demonstration in Cape Coast to press home their grievances over the increase in utility tariffs.
They bore placards w…
The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of Ghana Police Service has busted a syndicate that uses personal information on Facebook to indulge in nefarious activities against users.
"It is important that users of the w…
Togbe Kwame Settor, 64, who posed as a university professor and collected GHC 12,000 from an applicant seeking admission to the University of Ghana Business School, was on Thursday sentenced to 12 months imprisonment in hard labour by the …
Mr Paul Levin Gyato, Nkwanta North District Chief Executive, has called on farmers and fisher-folks to adopt the bold initiatives being implemented by the government and other donor agencies to increase their yields.
He said perceiv…
Ghana's HIV/AIDS prevalence rate is 1.7%, the lowest rate so far in West Africa, according to statistics from the Ghana Demographic and Health Survey (GDHS).
The prevalence rate has been dropping from 3.1% in 2004 to 2.7% in 2005 to …
Madam Benedicta Naana Biney, Acting Director General of Ghana Education Service, (GES) has advised parents to devote much time to the upbringing of children to complement efforts of teachers.
This, she said, would help equip the chil…
The Chairman of the Upper West Regional Platform on Disaster Reduction, Naa Robert Loggah, has advised farmers in the region to avoid making their farms in river beds and along river banks.
He said the practice had not only led to f…
Annually more than 3.5 million children do not live to celebrate their fifth birthday due to diarrhoea and pneumonia, Mrs Theodora Adomako Agyei, Extension Services Coordinator, Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA), said on Friday.…
West African Ministers responsible for Information, Communication and Technology would meet in Accra, on Saturday, July 31, to adopt a strategic document for the implementation of a regional Wide Area Network (ECOWAN).
A statement is…
About 100 members of the Industrial and Commercial Workers union (ICU) in the Volta Region, on Thursday stage a demonstration through the principal streets of Ho to protest increases in utility tariffs.
The demonstrators clad in red …
Ghana on Thursday outlined long-term land administration reforms to lay the foundation for a sustainable decentralised system that is fair, efficient and cost effective to ensure land tenure security.
Mr. Jimmy Aidoo, Deputy Director…
Ninety-three persons perished and 748 others seriously injured in 349 motor accidents in the first six months of the year, in the Brong Ahafo Region.
Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Paul Wesley Baah, Brong Ahafo Regional Com…
A chief has appealed to the Twifo-Hemang-Lower Denkyira District Health Insurance Scheme to open sub offices in communities to register people.
Nana Afrifa Yamoa II, Jukwahene, made the suggestion at a forum organized by T…
An Assin Fosu District Magistrate�s Court has sentenced Afia Babu, an Assin Fosu petty trader, to a fine of GH�30.00 for failing to obtain a medical certificate of fitness before selling to the public.
The convict, who pleaded …
The Ashanti Regional Director of Education, Mr Joseph K. Onyinah, has reminded the youth to uphold the values of hard work and integrity, since there was no shortcut to success.
"You should not be lured into immoral and criminal acts…
The media have been urged to educate the public on the need and benefits of the Right to Information (RTI), bill to increase the agitation on Parliament to pass the bill into law.
The Eastern Regional Chairman of the Coalition on the …
Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh, Member of Parliament for Manhyia, on Friday said lack of knowledge on the job description of Research Assistants (RAs) attached to MPs made their role inefficient.
He said the initial plan was that selected s…
Mrs Stella Kwamma Nanor, Director of Education for Akuapem South Municipality, has noted that the role of the private sector in the development of education is crucial to national development.
He said individuals should be supported …
The Minister of Women and Children's Affairs, Mrs Juliana Azumah-Mensah, on Friday presented palm-kernel processing equipment to the New Juaben Municipal Assembly for use by women groups in the area.
The presentation formed part of t…
Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), on Friday commenced work on the construction of 42 twenty seater Water Closet Public Toilets at Jomo in La Sub-Metro in Accra, to kick-start the Accra Sewerage Improvement Project (ASIP).
The Africa…
Data Link University College (DLUC), on Thursday, conferred degrees on the first batch of 75 under graduates, after the successful completion of their programmes of study, at an impressive ceremony, at the Rotary Centre in Tema.
The …
Apostle M. Sefa-Thompson, Superintendent
of the Nsawam Area Apostolic Church in the Eastern Region, has called on Ghanaians to avoid corruption and embezzlement of state funds.
He also appealed to the people to be law-abiding and tu…
Day 10 broke with the housemates contemplating what their next Horror Island task would be. Having successfully negotiated a bowl of cockroaches, a diabolical cocktail and scalding wax tattoos, they were ready for anything – except snake…