The Asante-Mampong Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Mr Daniel Appau Ohyeamang, has urged heads of departments of the assembly to remain non-partisan in the performance of their duties.
He said they should ensure high levels of profes…
Ms. Sherry Ayittey, Minister of Environment Science and Technology, on Wednesday reiterated government's commitment to implement the Single Spine Pay Policy (SSPP) which holds good prospects for the Ghanaian public servant.
She appea…
Taste of Life, an alternative food factory, would on Thursday, 22 April, honour the late retired Major Courage Quarshigah, on his vision of making available to Ghanaians healthy tasty vegetarian foods, with the launch of its products.
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Night clubs have sprung up in Ho lately changing an otherwise dull night life and the Regional Tourism Office says tourism is on the increase.
Over the past three months, three new night clubs have been keeping the night alive to the…
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration said on Wednesday it would soon complete the installation of additional data capturing equipment in the other designated centres to ease the congestion at the Passport Office due to …
Centres for National Culture (CsNC) in the Volta
Region have been urged to develop revenue earning cultural activities, in which the Municipal and District Assemblies could invest.
Mr Isaac Kodobissah, Ho Municipal Chief Executive …
Naa Mumuni Saaka, one of the few surviving veterans of the Second World War and a Senior Divisional chief in the Wala Traditional Area, died at Sing in the Wa Municipality on Monday.
He was installed as chief in 1969, within the Jony…
Barclays Bank, Ghana, is assisting 'Challenging Heights', an NGO, which seeks the welfare of children, with an amount of GHC45,420, to fund the education of children involved in the worst forms of child labour.
Following the support…
Seventeen drivers were on Tuesday sentenced to fines ranging between GH¢120.00 and GH¢300.00 by a Kumasi Circuit Court for various traffic offences.
These included fake and expired driver licenses, failure to carry warning triangl…
The Movement for the Resurrection of Abandoned Projects (MRAP), a pressure group in the Western Region, has called on the government to reactivate abandoned projects in the region.
The movement said though the region contributes imme…
Bringing a rare chance for young Indians to gain basic knowledge about space travel at a cheaper rate, India's first astronaut camp has begun at Dandeli in south Indian state Karnataka.
A collaborative venture of Sandip Joshi, a pio…
As the world observes Earth Day on Thursday, there is not much to cheer for the coastal communities whose primary source of livelihood -- mangroves is under threat due to unchecked anthropological pressures and natural calamities.
The…
A reputed Scottish University is exploring a tie up with Tata Group for a training programme and coaching Indian students in leadership and management.
Professor Dame Joan K Stringer, DBE, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Edinburgh …
An Australian court, hearing the case of Indian-American doctor Jayant Patel, was Wednesday told that the surgeon accidentally tore a patient's oesophagus and nicked his jugular vein during a major operation.
Emma Igras, another docto…
Research projects on at least 36 genetically modified crops including rice, okra, brinjal, potato, groundnut and tomato are under process, the Indian government told the Lok Sabha (Lower House of Indian Parliament) Wednesday.
"There…
Nuclear Power Corporation's first indigenous 700 Mega Watt (MW) Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor at Kakrapar Atomic Power Project (KAPP) in Gujarat state is expected to be commissioned in 2015.
About 70 per cent of excavation of the …
Music has the power to connect people irrespective of any country or language, as experienced by the audience in a performance here by 'Harmony of the Divine Land', a Buddhist orchestra group from China.
The 160 member group gave…
The going has been tough for thousands of air travellers stranded at Delhi and Mumbai after volcanic ash from Iceland disrupted air traffic for six days with some struggling to report back to work and some postponing their dream holidays t…
Describing cross-border Terrorism as a "core" concern, India Tuesday said Pakistan would have to do "much more" in addressing it before other aspects of the relations can be pursued.
India's External Affairs Minister S M Krishna tol…
A fire service officer Was on Tuesday sentenced to nine-year imprisonment by a court here for demanding and accepting bribe from a school for issuing a no objection certificate in the aftermath of the 2005 Kumbakonam school fire tragedy th…
Air France and Lufthansa on Tuesday operated flights from India to Paris and Munich today after a six-day disruption caused by volcanic ash from Iceland but services to other European destinations remained suspended.
Hopes for an earl…
Six Afghans were arrested on the charge of carrying fake passports at NSC Bose International airport on Tuesday.
Airport sources said officials suspected their identity from looks as they produced Nepali passports at the time of imm…
An Indo-Canadian author's debut novel has been selected to join the works of literary greats like Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, Salman Rushdie,
Rudyard Kipling and E M Forster in the BA Honours English Programmme at a Canadian unive…
With the London airport opening up after wide-spread flight disruptions caused by volcanic ash from Iceland, Air India and Jet Airways on Wednesday readied themselves to resume operation to the UK.
However, Kingfisher Airlines is …
The Ministry of Chieftaincy and Culture, has launched and inaugurated national and regional planning committees for National Festival of Arts and Culture 2010 (NAFAC 2010), in Tamale in the Northern Region.
The celebration is under t…
Madam Betty Bosomtwi-Sam, Deputy Western Regional Minister, on Wednesday said most forest reserves in the country are under serious siege from miscreants.
She said chainsaw operators, illegal miners and farmers are plundering the nat…
Nine children, made up of four boys and five girls failed to show up at the on-going Basic Education Certificate Examination in the Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam district.
The District Director of Education, Mr Isaac Amonoo, made this known t…
The Scholarship Division of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has donated a photocopier machine and accessories worth GHc 20, 000 to the Ghana School of Surveying and Mapping.
Presenting the electronic gadgets on Wednesday to the schoo…
Representatives of member states at the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) Parliament would be elected by direct universal adult suffrage at the end of 2010, Mr. John Tia Akologu, the Minister of Information, has said.
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Dr. Kwabena Duffuor, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning is leading a Ghanaian delegation to the IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings, scheduled for April 22 to April 30 in Washington D. C.
The delegation is made up of officials from…
The final funeral rites for Mr. Ben Entwi, who died on 18th February, 2010 comes of on Saturday, 24 April, 2010 after burial service at the Bethel Methodist Church Community 8 Tema.
This will be followed by thanksgiving service at th…
Mr. Michael Pentsil, Assistant Regional Manager of the Forest Services Division, on Wednesday said the Forestry Commission (FC) is considering a new policy on lumber to help check chainsaw operations.
About 80 per cent of lumber on t…
The Health Directorate of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has vowed to prevent the sale of unwholesome food on campus.
Dr Yaw Bio, the Health Director, said the directorate would ensure that high standa…
A public forum to deepen understanding and whip up enthusiasm in the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) system, has been held at Bibiani in the Western Region.
Mr Justice Marful Sau, an Appeal Court Judge, said it would help to eas…
Once a fierce opponent to the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal inked during the previous Bush era, the Obama Administration's nuclear non-proliferation czar Ellen Tauscher is now in the forefront of US efforts to implement the landmark treaty…
The National Service Secretariat remained the only authority mandated to post prospective Service personnel to places it deemed to be in the national interest.
Mr Vincent Kuagbenu, Executive Director of the National Service Scheme (N…
The timely arrival of a Police patrol team from Dzodze prevented a gang of armed robbers from robbing passengers on the Dzodze-Tadzewu road, on Monday.
The gang blocked the road and shot into a vehicle carrying passengers but fled in…
Only two candidates were absent out of 1,552 candidates on the first day of the Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE) in Ho.
Supervisors at centre A, Mawuli School and centre B, at OLA Senior High School could not tell why …
An Australian court, hearing the case of Indian American doctor Jayant Patel, was Tuesday told that a patient who died after being operated by the surgeon was fully aware of the risk of death but chose the procedure as it was the best opti…
The Twifo Oil Palm Plantation (TOPP) Basic School has climaxed its Golden Jubilee celebration at Twifo Ntefrewaso with pomp and pageantry.
The ceremony coincided with the third Annual Speech and Prize Giving Day of the school.
Cu…
Government is to hold "Ghana Policy Fair 2010", to offer Ghanaians the opportunity to evaluate policies being implemented to determine their relevance to socio-economic development.
The fair scheduled for Tuesday, April 27 - Saturday…
Assembly members have been asked to rise above partisan politics and unite towards the development and progress of their areas.
The District Chief Executive for Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai, Mr Moses Kofi Armah, who made the appeal, told …
Mr Mike Hammah, Minister of Transport, on Tuesday asked candidates writing this year's Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) not to panic but to be careful in approaching all the subjects.
He said examinations were the proc…
An Invigilator at the Mater Ecclesiae Preparatory School Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) Centre at Sokode-Gbogame said invigilators needed to be served snacks to prevent them from leaving their assignments in search of food.…
Government has released twenty-nine million, seven hundred and sixty thousand, six hundred and twenty-five Ghana Cedis (GH¢29,760,625.00) to pay off capitation grants due basic schools for the
second and third terms of the 2009/2010 acad…
The Mfantseman Municipal Assembly has donated building materials worth about GHC1,200 to the Ghana Muslim Mission to support them in the expansion of a mosque at Mankessim.
Making the presentation, Mr. Henry Kweku Hayfron, Municipal …
The Member of Parliament for Gomoa West, Mr. Francis Kojo Arthur, has pledged to offer scholarships to any student who scores aggregate six to eight in the on-going Basic Education
Certificate Examination in the Gomoa West District.
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The Volta River Authority (VRA) on Tuesday urged fishermen to stay clear from the authority's Single Point Mooring (SPM) facility which is used to pump light crude oil from oil tankers at sea to the Takoradi Thermal Plant.
Mr. Jacob…
Citizens of Dankyira on Tuesday appealed to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Paul Quaye and Greater Accra Regional Security Council (GAREGSEC), to intensify investigations and arrest and prosecute culprits behind the disturbances in t…
The Board of the Postal and Courier Services Regulatory Commission (PCSRC), on Tuesday assured Ghana Post and other courier operators that the Commission would initiate strategic policies to
ensure effective mailing service delivery in t…