Police Superintendent John Naami, Koforidua Municipal Commander, on Wednesday expressed worry about reported cases of some farmers using subsidized fertilizers in the cultivation of Indian hemp.
He therefore called for proper scrutin…
The General Secretary of the Student Counsellors Association of Ghana (SCAG), Mr Augustine Adjei, has charged guidance and counselling coordinators in schools to address the psycho-emotional problems of students to enable them have good mi…
Apostle John Annah Adofey, National President of the Apostolic Church of Ghana, has asked Churches that hold their services in classrooms stop the practice and build their own chapels.
He said Christianity was a revered religion and wors…
A Kumasi Circuit Court has remanded into prison custody, a 27 year old ex-employee of KESSBEN Travel and Tours, for allegedly collecting 210,000 Ghana Cedis from six people under the pretext of securing them visas.
Atta Paynin Yeboah ple…
Israeli army Thursday morning exchanged fire with gunmen near the border with the Gaza Strip, local daily Ha'aretz reported on its website.
Gunmen opened fire on the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) troops near the security fence on the b…
The Minister of Health, Dr George Sipa Yankey, on Thursday called on security agencies along the ports of the country to be extra vigilance in the detection of AH1N1 virus (Swine Flu).
The Minister has also called on the Ghana Airpor…
An NGO is calling on all Members of Parliament to test for HIV/AIDS and declare their status as a means of lending their support to the campaign against the pandemic.
Mr Kwesi Addae, a Trustee of Education and Health For All, an orga…
A fifteen-member group from Charity Beyond Borders (CBB), a Pro-health non-governmental organisation (NGO), based in the U.S, on Thursday paid a visit to the Ghana News Agency (GNA), head office in Accra.
The group, which would be in…
The Ministry of Environment Science and Technology (MEST) has directed all communication network operators in the country to obtain environmental permits for all proposed mast sites before installation.
A statement signed by Miss She…
Unilever Ghana Foundation for Education and Development, in collaboration with technical partners, Water Aid and Sene District Assembly, has dug three boreholes for 10 communities in the district.
The boreholes, estimated at GHC 21,4…
Police Superintendent Sarfo Peprah, Eastern Regional MTTU Commander, has expressed worry over the manner in which some radio stations report accident cases.
He has, therefore, called on journalists and radio presenters to ensure that…
About 40 residents in Tema Community One, Site One, were on Wednesday night rendered homeless and all belongings burnt when fire gutted their rooms.
There was no casualty and it took firemen from Tema one hour to bring the fire under co…
The Youth Alive, an international non-governmental organisation dedicated to providing humanitarian services to vulnerable groups in the Upper West Region, has ran into financial difficulties, making it impossible for it to recruit street …
Mr Kwadwo Adjei-Dwomoh, Nkoranza North District Chief Executive have urged parents and guardians to invest in the education of their wards in spite of any hardship that they may face.
He reminded parents that quality education was th…
Dr. Jean Young Bjorling, an American General and Paediatric Surgeon, has been awarded as the most outstanding female doctor in the country for her commitment and selfless dedication to duty in deprived communities of the country, particula…
Two accountants of the Judicial Service accused of stealing GH 190,000 cedis following an audit by the service were on Thursday granted bail.
While Joseph K. Mbeah, a former accountant in the Eastern Region was granted GH 190,000 cedis b…
Mrs Dorcas Awusi-Ansah, Deputy Director, Girls Education Unit, Ministry of Education, on Thursday, called for parental support to government's effort in ensuring equal access and opportunity to girl-child education in Ghana.
She said …
Police at Nkoranza in the Brong Ahafo Region recorded 13 motor accidents involving 15 vehicles between January and March this year.
Three people died whilst 29 others sustained various degrees of injuries, Superintendent D.O. Lomote…
Mr. Kwame Fei, Berekum Municipal Fire Officer, has appealed to Ghanaians, particularly house owners, to change electrical wires of their buildings at least every 20 years to prevent domestic fires.
He noted that most domestic fire ou…
Apostle Dr. de-Graft Osei Kwame, General Overseer of the Apostolic Faith Mission International, has called on the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC), to initiate measures for a review of traffic laws to help prevent motor accidents in …
The Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) announced on Thursday that all outstanding loans for the 2008/09 academic year have been disbursed.
It said in a statement issued on Thursday that beginning from June 12 students were expected to r…
The Annual Prisons Reports for 2007 records that 76.2 per cent of all persons jailed in the country fall between the ages of 18 and 35 years and out of that 46 per cent are between the ages of 18 and 25.
"This situation calls for the…
The Upper East Regional Minister, Mr. Mark Woyongo, has said the government was more committed to the development and empowerment of the youth and that was why it had instituted policies towards achieving that objective.
The Minister…
A Tarkwa circuit court has adjourned the case involving the 63-year-old Founder of the Christ Imitation Church at Asankragwa, Archbishop Kofi Atobrah Boadu, for firing a gun at the court premises at Asankragwa.
He will re-appear on J…
Clara Ma had never dreamed she could name a Mars rover, but this came true on Monday when she signed her name on Curiosity at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
The Mars Rover Curiosity is scheduled to be launc…
Parliament on Tuesday ratified the International Coffee Agreement, 2007, with a call on stakeholders like the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, to do more to boost the production of the commodity.
Mr Enerst Debrah, New Patri…
Speakers at a forum organised under the theme: "Your Planet needs - Unite to combat climate change", at Obuasi, urged Ghanaians to protect the environment from degradation.
The event, initiated by Anglo Gold Ashanti (Obuasi) Mine, wa…
Mr James Nii Okaija Dinsey, Accra Metropolitan Director of Education, on Tuesday called on Ghanaians to condemn the phenomenon of computer fraud popularly called "sakawa".
He noted that "sakawa" is likely to put the future of the nat…
The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), has called on stakeholders in the construction industry to play their roles appropriately to ensure that building projects and drainage systems were properly done.
This would help di…
The Ghana AIDS Commission, in collaboration with Danish International Development Assistance (DANIDA) has released a total of GH¢14,000 to 13 groups of people living with HIV/AIDS in the Upper West Region.
The money will be used to p…
Mr Stephen Baidoo Acheampong, District Chief Executive (DCE) for Wassa Amenfi East has observed that the development plans of a nation must focus on its children.
He said children needed special care, attention and protection due to …
"Hail, Hail, Mawuli may you grow from strength to strength, Hail Hail Mawuli pride of children yet unborn, Hail Mawuli, Hail Mawuli Hail Mawuli, Hail, your noble sons and daughters have pledged to protect thee, and to serve thee always wit…
The Minister of Communications, Mr Haruna Iddrisu on Tuesday said government was working to establish a national data centre to support the development of the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry.
The BPO industry is an inform…
Anglo Gold Ashanti Group recorded a significant improvement in safety in 2008, registering 14 fatal accidents as against 34 in 2007 with 11 of the 18 operating mining units experiencing no fatal incident.
The Lost Time Injury Frequen…
The United Nations (UN) has launched a 2.6 million U.S. dollars project in Nepal this week that will help thousands of Nepali youths find work in a bid to strengthen the ongoing peace process, a statement by the UN office in Kathmandu said…
The Ghana Union of Traders Association, (GUTA), on Tuesday expressed dissatisfaction about the illegal fee charged by some property owners before renting their premises out.
The fee, termed "Goodwill" which is charged separately from…
A five-million Ghana cedis Northern tourism centre, is to be established at Kuga in the Yendi Municipality of the Northern Region, before the end of the year.
The centre would comprise a youth development training centre, Information…
Science students have been encouraged to excel in their subject areas to enable them to gain employment in the country's oil industry, if it starts operating fully and in other science related jobs.
Dr. Kwame Ampofo, the newly appointed …
The Chiefs and people of Ga Mashie, have been commended for observing this year's annual ban on drumming and noise making, which precedes the Homowo festival, in peaceful and cordial atmosphere.
Mr. Jonathan Nii Tackie-Komme, Member …
The Saviour Church of Ghana (SCG) is constructing a hospital at its headquarters at Osiem near Tafo in the Eastern Region, to cater for the health needs of people.
Mr Alex Asante-Yeboah, Projects Co-ordinator of the church, who cond…
The Reverend Prophet Ernest Obeng, General Overseer of the Mount Zion Prayer Ministry International, has called on political parties, to bury their differences and rally behind the government, to ensure national development.
He said …
Mr Emmanuel Baba Mahama, President of the Ghana Insurers Association, has observed that the true mark of a leader is a strategic thinker, who can influence people to Christ.
Mr Mahama, who made the observation at the launch of the 40…
A combined team of personnel from the Ghana National Fire Service and the Police, on Tuesday retrieved stolen fuel from the bush around the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), and private tanker servicing garages at the Tema industrial area.
T…
Residents of Kumasi has been urged to support the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) to decongest the city.
Mr Kofi Opoku Manu, Ashanti Regional Minister, who made the call, said the decongestion of the city especially the Central Bu…
The Bekwai Municipal Directorate of Education, on Monday received a donation of reading and textbooks worth 2,000 Ghana cedis for distribution to basic and senior high schools in the area.
Mr. Joe Osei-Owusu, Member of Parliament (MP…
A Circuit Court in Accra on Tuesday remanded in police custody, a food vendor who inflicted cutlass wounds on her husband while he was sleeping.
Victoria Ashiboye was said to be eavesdropping on her husband's conversation while he was re…
Dr Yaw Baah, Acting Secretary General of the Ghana Trades Union Congress, on Tuesday called for unity among the various labour unions, in order to overcome the struggle against poor economic and unhealthy working conditions.
He said …
The Agona Duakwa police have arrested 10 people suspected to be members of a group engaged in internet fraud, "sakawa", group at Agona Kwame Ntsiful, a farming community in the Agona East District.
The Agona Nyakrom District Police C…
The Ministry of Trade and Industry, would re- launch the national Friday wear, as part of the Trade Sector Support programme.
A statement issued in Accra on Tuesday by the sector Minister, Ms Hanna S. Tetteh, said a number of activit…
Rev Samuel Yanney, the Ahanta West District Pastor of the Church of Pentecost, has said that God would demand accountability from his children, including politicians, at the end of their stewardship.
He said if people placed in posit…