Three of the royal gates to the Wa skin have called on the security agencies to ensure that law and order prevails in the Wa Municipality.
The Yijiihi, Najeri and Jonyuohi gates expressed concern that some people in the area are clai…
The Gomoa West District Director of the Ghana Education Service, Mr Fred Dunyoh, has given five months ultimatum to operators of private schools in the district to improve facilities and infrastructure in their schools.
Operators, wh…
The Golden Star Wassa Mine has donated hospital equipments worth 400,000 dollars to five community clinics and the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital at Sekondi.
The beneficiary community clinics are Atieku, Mpohor, Benso, Akyempim and …
LaGray Chemical Company, on Wednesday rolled out a locally manufactured antifungal vaginal cream that can treat vulvovaginal candidiasis, popularly called white.
Vulvovaginal candidiasis is one of the most common diseases in women an…
The acting Finance Officer of the Centre for Development Partnerships (CDP) of the World Bank, Ms Akyaah Dapaah has called for collaborated efforts to sensitise the public about the effective management of the oil and gas discovery.
S…
Mr. Alex Martels Hughes, Volta Regional Fire Officer, on Thursday called for a Presidential Commission into the challenges confronting the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS).
He said the recent high profile fires in the country constitut…
A Sekondi District Magistrate's Court on Thursday imposed a fine of 360 Ghana Cedis on Eddie Morchia, an unemployed, for stealing a loudspeaker belonging to the Harbour View Stomach Care Restaurant in Takoradi.
The accused who pleade…
The University of Education,Winneba (UEW) is gradually mounting most of its academic programmes on-line and consequently require that lecturers put their lesson plans and assignments on-line for students to access.
The situation the…
The Upper East Regional Police Command has said though it has made significant strides in crime reduction in the Region in 2009, there was still the need to work to reduce crime in the area.
The Regional Police Commander, Assistant C…
The Management of Customs Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS) has transferred more than 60 personnel from the Aflao Sector.
A statement to the Ghana News Agency in Accra on Thursday signed by Mr. Imoru Farouk Adam, Deputy Commissio…
Mr. Alfred Kwame Agbesi, Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashaiman, on Thursday charged the Ashaiman Police to improve their relationship with the public.
He also advised them to treat civilians and those in their custody well, in order…
Nana Darkwa, a panellist on a morning show at an Accra-based radio station, has been arrested for alleging that last Sunday's fire that gutted the Ridge residence of former President Jerry John Rawlings was deliberate.
The arrest was…
Yaw Nkrumah, a 19- year old farmer from Acquakrom, near Twifo Praso, who defiled a four- year old girl was on Tuesday jailed 20 years by the Cape Coast Metropolitan Court.
He pleaded guilty to the charge of defilement and told the co…
The Reverend Fred Asare, Resident Pastor of the El-Shadai World Evangelism Ministry has called on Christians to be wary of fake pastors whose aim is to amass wealth at the expense of the citizens.
He said the attitude of such pastor…
Aqua Vitens Rand Limited, operators of Ghana's urban water distribution system, on Wednesday commissioned a 140,000 euros ICT training centre to train all of its staff members and those of Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL).
The cent…
Pregnancy clubs are to be formed in the Gomoa West District to educate pregnant women, especially the young ones, on how to take care of pregnancy.
Nana Essel Botwey II, Queenmother of the Apam and initiator of the programme, said th…
Mr Antwi Boasiako, Municipal Chief Executive for Assin North described the relationship that must exist between DCEs and chiefs as that of a man and a wife.
The MCE urged his colleagues to ensure regular interactions with chiefs to k…
The Ghana Mine Workers' Union of the Ghana Trades Union Congress (TUC), on Wednesday appealed to Government as a matter of urgency, to ensure that the severance and other entitlements of employees
of the Ghana Consolidated Diamonds (GCD)…
Work on the five-star New Kempinski Gold Coast City Hotel being built at the former Race Course in Accra that started in December last year is scheduled to be completed next year.
The facility is being built by Zakhem International L…
The Judicial Service of Ghana on Wednesday held a public forum on Court-Connected Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) for a cross section of the people in Koforidua.
The forum, which was under the theme "Court Connected ADR: Access …
Five persons who allegedly siphoned monies from the coffers of the Judicial Service on Wednesday appeared before an Accra Circuit Court charged with conspiracy to steal and stealing GH¢308,315.76.
They are Eric Atsu Amegbe, Volta Reg…
The University of Mines and Technology at Tarkwa will have fire suppression and security surveillance systems installed in all sections of the university by April.
Prof Daniel Mireku-Gyimah, the Vice Chancellor, said this at a ceremon…
The Kassena Nankana East District Chief Executive, Mr. Emmanuel Andema, has said his assembly is undertaking development projects to boost infrastructure in the area.
He told the GNA in an interview that the assembly was spending one …
Two men believed to be in their 50s have been found dead in the bush about 10 kilometres away from Akoefe-Gadza in the Ho Municipal area on Tuesday night.
The Ho Police are trying to unravel circumstances leading to the death of Kofi…
Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA) on Tuesday inaugurated a Steering Committee on the Africa Awake Project to promote the cultural values of Ghana during World Cup 2010 in South Africa and beyond.
The membership made up of musicians, …
A Girl Child Education project initiated by the Nyariga-Donne Mothers Club, an association of women basket weavers at Nyariga-Doone, is yielding positive results.
The Project, which begun in 1998, led to the establishment of a girls' p…
The Volta Regional office of the Centre for National Culture (CNC) has instituted the celebration of drama and poetry festival for basic schools in the region.
The initiative is to rejuvenate the habit of reading and writing in chil…
Mr. Affail Monney, Vice-President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), has urged political parties and the media to spearhead the drive for political tolerance in society since misguided partisanship could derail the country's democ…
Six engineers from India's Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) are on a four-day visit to South Korea as part of an ambitious bilateral effort to expand exchanges in the nuclear energy field.
South Korea and India plan to expand pe…
A 35-year-old Nigerian butcher, who defiled a four-year-old girl in his room, was on Wednesday sentenced to seven years imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court.
Adamu Gariba aka Charly pleaded not guilty to defilement, but at the end of t…
Dr Alexis Nang-beifubah, Upper West Regional Director of Health Services, has observed that the lack of a clear cut career progression for medical doctors serving in the rural areas is a major disincentive to them.
"Any doctor who go…
The Parliamentary Select Committee on Education, on Wednesday resolved to kick-out all encroachers on the Achimota school lands and ensure the building of fence wall around the property.
Members of the Committee, Chaired by Mr Mathi…
Mr. Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, Eastern Regional Minister, on Wednesday commended Health workers on their efforts last year to address some of the major problems threatening health delivery in the Region.
He mentioned Maternal and Infant Mo…
A group of cardiologists from Cardiostart International, US, in collaboration with their counterparts at Komfo Anokye teaching Hospital (KATH) had performed free open-heart surgeries for six patients with heart diseases at the hospital.
…
Donko Franco Hayford, a 55-year-old ex-serviceman, on Wednesday appeared before Takoradi Circuit Court "A" for allegedly defiling a 7-year-old class one pupil.
His plea was not taken and he was remanded to re-appear on March 12 this …
India has welcomed telecom giant Bharti Airtel's plan to acquire Kuwait-based Zain's African operations, saying it was a deal that would be "attractive and mutually beneficial" for both the partners.
Issuing a statement on Bharti's U…
Guinea worm cases in the Volta Region have declined from 86 in 2006 to zero in 2009.
Only one guinea-worm case was imported into the region in 2008, Dr Timothy Sewornu Letsa, the Acting Volta Regional Director of Health Services, said at…
Divisional, District and Sectional Police heads in the Volta Region met in Ho on Wednesday to strategize on meeting the security needs of the region in the face of logistics, manpower and welfare challenges.
Assistant Commissioner of …
The Western Regional Office of the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC), has recorded 1,039 accident cases last year as against 637 cases in 2008, representing an increase of 35 per cent.
Mr. Thomas Bismark Boakye, Regional Coordin…
Samuel Kofi Fiakuma, farmer and regent of Leklebi Dafor, has been remanded by a Hohoe Circuit court for allegedly murdering a relative, John Kpogli, farmer and hunter.
Mr. Benjamin Dadzie, Assistant Superintendent of Police, told the cou…
One of the storerooms of the Ministry of Information caught fire on Wednesday, but firemen of the Ghana National Fire Service have brought it under control.
The extent of damage caused is still being assessed, according to firemen on …
The executive committee and members of the Central Region branch of Youth For Leadership (YFL) on Tuesday expressed "shock and dismay" over the "pathetic' fire disaster that gutted the entire residence of the former First Family on Valenti…
A tutor at the Lake Drive Programme, a school for the deaf and other physically challenged in New Jersey in the United States, Mrs. Rashida Garcia on Tuesday presented books and other stationery worth $3,000.00 to the Cape Coast School for…
The refurbished Officials' Ward of the Koforidua Regional Hospital had been handed over to management.
The refurbishment included the provision of ceiling fans, a fridge and a television set in the ward with a tiled bath room and to…
Farmers from the three northern regions have expressed their sympathy for former President Jerry John Rawlings over last Sunday's fire that gutted his Ridge residence and described the incident as
"a national calamity" that deserves atte…
A new toll booth is to be constructed between Supomu Dunkwa and Daboase Junction to replace the one that an articulated truck destroyed at Beposo, Mr Thomas Bismark Boakye, the Western Regional Coordinator of the National Road Safety Commi…
Mr William Agbolosu, an educationist, has appealed to politicians to separate the education of children from political ideologies.
He said influencing the education sector with political ideas would not augur well for the growth of the c…
The Volta Regional Police Command is to adopt cadet corps in Senior High Schools (SHS) as focal points of the community neighbourhood watch concept.
The cadet corps would be expected to help check acts of defilement in schools and c…
Sampson Owusu, a farmer, has been remanded into prison custody by a Hohoe Circuit court for raping a 21-year-old married woman at Bowiri Anyinase in the Hohoe Municipaity.
Owusu's plea was not taken and he would reappear on February 19.
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Palakkad Tuesday became the first fully electrified district of India.
Announcing this, Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said, the government was working on a target of bringing electricity to all villages in the next two ye…