A total of 207 child maintenance cases were recorded by the Tema Metropolitan Office of the Social Welfare Department in 2009.
The figure shows a reduction of 37 cases as against the 244 cases the Department received in 2008.
M…
The absence of three Former Mininsters of State of erstwhile New Patriotic Party (NPP) Government on Tuesday occassioned the adjournment to Wednesday of the Ghana International Airlines (GIA) case at an Accra Fast Track High Court.
Th…
The Tema Metropolitan Office of the Social Welfare Department which is to provide support to the vulnerable in the area is itself vulnerable.
This has made the Department to function less efficiently because it lacks logistics.
The Dep…
The Police in Brong-Ahafo Region recorded 34 cases of murder in 2009 as compared to 47 cases in the previous year, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Seth Charles Oteng, Regional Police Commander has said.
He said the region record…
A 51-year old tea seller, Mr Sule Adiya was on Monday night shot dead by unidentified assailants in Bawku.
Speaking to the Ghana News Agency in an interview, the Bawku Municipal Chief Executive, Mr Musah Abdulai said the deceased, wh…
Ms Akua Sena Dansua, Minister of Youth and Sports has condemned the unruly behaviour of a section of the youth in the country.
In a statement issued in Accra on Tuesday and signed by Mr Kofi Aggrey, the Ministry's Public Relations Ma…
A study by a team of researchers from the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS), has exposed various challenges within the health commodity security and its supply system, particularly in public facilities.
The study, which was a…
Alhaji Collins Dauda, Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, has cautioned that government would punish any official who would be caught selling or releasing part of forest reserve for illegal farming and small-scale mining.
He sai…
A clergyman has called on Ghanaians, especially Christians, to guard against negative behaviours that could affect national development.
Pastor Samuel Opoku Afriyie of the Christ Compassion Church, said there was the need for the cou…
The Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU) of the Ghana Police Service would mount special road checks before, during and after the Easter holidays to reduce the high spate of accidents that characterises such festivities.
It has al…
Former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings, has conveyed a message of gratitude on behalf of her family to the people of Kumasi for their support and encouragement when fire swept through their Accra Ridge residence.
She said…
Mr. Ronnie Lewis, Mayor of Dolton, in Illinois, United States, on Tuesday paid a courtesy call on Dr. Alfred Okoe Vanderpuje, Accra Metropolitan Chief Executive, in an effort to cement
sister relationship between the two cities.
Dr.…
Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday announced that Cabinet has approved the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) bill and would soon present it to Parliament.
"Apart from what government will commit into the pro…
The Minister of the Interior, Mr. Martin Amidu on Tuesday said government was committed to arrest the development dangers migration posed to the country.
"The issue of migration is an everyday matter, which affects all families, commu…
Mr. Issifu Salisu Be-Awuribe, the District Chief Executive for Central Gonja, has received the keys for a GH¢147,000 kindergarten block built for the Assembly.
The four-unit classroom block is equipped with toilet facilities, bathroo…
The Mfantseman Municipal Chief Executive, Mr Henry Kweku Hayfron, has advised parents whose children are enjoying the School Feeding Programme (SFP) to provide them with breakfast before they leave for school.
He said it was unaccept…
The acting Omanhene of Nsaba Traditional Area, Nana Kofi Agyekum II, has appealed to the government to as a matter of urgency improve facilities at Nsaba Presbyterian Senior High School to meet the increasing student population.
The …
Dr. Henry Seidu Danaa, the Director of Research at the Ministry of Chieftaincy and Culture, has said for Ghana to attract foreign investors there was the need to codify all customary laws on land in the country.
He said if that was d…
Dr Grace Bediako, the Government Statistician, on Tuesday said the 2010 Population and Housing Census would be the best ever.
She said this was because wide ranges of skills were being tapped from various segments of society to const…
Defence Counsel for the two soldiers accused of murdering Alhaji Issah Mobilla, former Northern Regional Chairman of Convention Peoples Party (CPP), who withdrew from the case, has resurfaced.
On Monday, March 22, Mr. Thaddeus Sory, …
Mr Walter Blege, President of the E.P. University College, on Tuesday called for an amendment of the 1992 Constitution to enable government to swiftly intervene in chieftaincy conflicts.
Delivering an address at a day's workshop on "Chie…
Ga South Municipal Assembly bagged GHc656,731.06 out of the estimated revenue of GHc1,067,647 in 2009, representing 61.5 per cent of the total budget.
The assembly has projected enhanced revenue this year, due to what it termed the p…
A total of 207 child maintenance cases were recorded by the Tema Metropolitan Office of the Social Welfare Department in 2009.
The figure shows a reduction of 37 cases as against the 244 cases the Department received in 2008.
M…
The absence of three Former Mininsters of State of erstwhile New Patriotic Party (NPP) Government on Tuesday occassioned the adjournment to Wednesday of the Ghana International Airlines (GIA) case at an Accra Fast Track High Court.
Th…
An Order of Prohibition restraining the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) from investigating and or hearing the Mabey and Johnson alleged bribery scandal has been filed at an Accra Fast Track High Court (AFTHC).…
Weather forecasting by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) is all set to improve as it has now acquired better observing equipment and high-end supercomputers to process the data.
Government has acquired four High Power Comput…
The Cuban Ambassador, on Monday paid a visit to the Ghana News Agency (GNA), in a bid to forge closer collaboration with the Wire Service for improved access to information sharing between Ghana and Cuba.
Mr Miguel Perez Cruz, gave an…
A 20-year-old unemployed woman, who stole a lady's handbag containing two cell phones, a purse and cash of GH¢130 has been sentenced to two years imprisonment by a Kumasi Circuit Court.
Gertrude Adu alias "Akua" pleaded guilty to the off…
Bishop Boakye Yiadom, Kumasi District Head of the Brotherhood Church, has asked his colleague pastors to provide the needed leadership to purge society of animosity and intolerance.
He said they should focus on helping the people re…
Right Reverend Professor Osei Safo-Kantanka, Methodist Bishop of the Kumasi, has urged Ghanaians to be grateful to God for the relative peace and stability the country has enjoyed over the years.
"We should count ourselves as being bless…
An Accra Circuit Court on Monday heard the case of incest against Nana Kofi Yirenkyi, also known as "Jesus One Touch", Founder and General Overseer of Jesus Blood Ministry, at Oblogo Manchester in camera.
"Jesus One Touch" is being accus…
Indian Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah Sunday favoured greater private-public participation in the renewable energy sector for the country to progress on a faster pace.
"The government will have to start …
A carnivorous fish widely found in the past in coastal areas of India's southern state Kerala is on the verge of extinction.
The numbers of Indian Spiny Turbot, (biologically known as 'Psettodes erumei'),one of the largest flatfish …
The Effutu Municipal Chief Executive (MCE),Nii Ephraim, has cautioned Police Personnel in the Municipality to desist from taking money from suspects before granting them bail.
He said reports reaching his office indicated that most …
Teachers in the Nkwanta North District are demanding the district's share of free school uniforms and exercise books for pupils there.
The teachers said parents and pupils in the district were anxious to receive those items in good tim…
The Agona Swedru Divisional Police Commander, Chief Superintendent Owusu Donyina, has appealed to FM Stations not to rush to broadcast details of armed robbery operations immediately they receive such information.
He said the immediat…
The Twifo-Hemang-Lower-Denkyira District Assembly has presented sanitary tools worth GH¢3,000.00 to five communities in the district.
The beneficiary communities are Twifo Praso, Twifo-Hemang, Twifo Mampong, Jukwa and Ati Morkwa.
The t…
Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Stephen Andoh Kwofie, Eastern Regional Police Commander, has reminded policemen of the important role they were expected to play to assist the Government to realize its better Ghana Agenda.
He ther…
The National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), has embarked on a fire prevention education campaign in schools and workplaces in the New Juaben Municipality.
The campaign is to educate the public on fire prevention, safety an…
The Twifo-Hemang Lower Denkyira District Assembly would from this year honour schools in the district which will excel in the Basic Schools Certificate Examination (BECE).
Teachers of schools that perform well will be honoured in while s…
The Omanhene of Ofoase Traditional Area, Nana Ampratwum Tiefum II, survived an assassination attempt on Sunday, after he was shot three times by an unidentified gunman.
He received bullet wounds on the left breast, leg and hands and …
Agyenim Boateng, a pastor, was on Tuesday arraigned before the Asamankese Circuit Court charged with intentionally and unlawfully causing damage to a fence wall valued at GHC 860.
Boateng, who doubles as a farmer, is also facing a c…
Mini Pravasi Bharatiya Divas will be held here this year on October 2 to coincide with the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Consul-General Anil Sharan has announced.
"A couple of days ago, I had a brief discussion on this with the…
A 44-year-old plumber, William Sekyi was on Monday
sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court for defiling his 15-year-old daughter.
Sekyi pleaded guilty to incest and the court convicted him accordingly.
The accused…
A 16-year-old school dropout who was involved in a number of stealing cases was on Monday committed to the Senior Correctional Centre at Maamobi, a suburb of Accra, for six months by the Kade Juvenile Court.
Kofi Babone (not his real…
The Kade Magistrate's Court, on Monday, granted bail in the sum of GHC 800 to Alex Odame, a farmer, charged with stealing some fermented cocoa beans from a female farmer.
Odame who pleaded not guilty would re-appear before the court …
Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) will host the 2010 Africa Endeavour (AE), a US- Africa Command's annual communications exercise that focuses on inter-operability and information sharing in Accra from August 2- August 12.
The exercise betwee…
Prosecution in the case of Nana Darkwa Baafi, the man who accused former President Rawlings on Radio, of burning his house on Monday said they have not yet received the tape recordings from Top Radio.
Deputy Superintendent of Police E.Y.…
Mrs Laurenda Owusu, Presiding Judge of the Tema Circuit Court 'A,' on Monday declared that she does not take money from accused persons in dispensing justice.
"I want all of you here to know that I don't take money from anybody just to t…
Mr Pat. K Eduful, Enyan Denkiyra Rural Bank Manager, has announced plans by the financial entity, to create a Special Front Desk to facilitate the payment of pension claims.
He asked the pensioners to open current accounts with the ba…