The Aveyime Rice Project in the Volta Region, can assist Ghana to meet her rice requirement and become a model in the production of the stable in the West African Sub-region.
Mr. Everett Anderson, Managing Director of Prairie Volta …
Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday called for a massive national effort in dealing with the drug menace in the country warning that the failure to act could pose a threat to Ghana's nascent democracy.
Urging a "multi-dimensi…
Mr Humphrey Kuma, Director of Policy, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation of the Ministry of Tourism has called for the establishment of a tourism fund and the capacity building of all tourism outfits to make the sector vibrant.
"The…
Europe will use its own lightweight rockets in the launching of small satellites instead of Russia's Dnepr and Rokot from 2010, Jean-Jacques Dordain, director general of the European Space Agency's (ESA), said on Wednesday.
"Startin…
A circuit court in Dormaa Ahenkro presided by Mr Justice V. C. Senu has remanded Kwame Sarfo, a farmer, into prison custody for stealing cocoa from a neighbour's farm.
Sarfo pleaded not guilty.
Police Inspector George Kumah tol…
Rainforest Alliance, a non-profit organization dedicated to conserving biodiversity and ensuring sustainable livelihoods by transforming land-use practices, business practices and consumer behaviour, is working with Ghanaians stakeholders …
Dr. George Sipa Yankey, Minister of Health has told the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) that the migration of health workers onto the single spine structure was not yet finalised.
He said the document being used by the GMA as a base …
Techiman Traditional Authority is to revisit its customs and punish any person caught breaking taboos and flouting the laws of the area.
Nana Opoku Fosu Gyeabour II, Mawerehene and Koasehene of Techiman Traditional Area, said this at…
Mr Mahmud Khalid, Upper West Regional Minister has advised health workers to give equal and quality care to all patients without discrimination.
"Don't let us label patients before we treat them. That practice is against the rights o…
President John Evans Atta Mills on Thursday directed the law enforcement agencies and stakeholders in the road transport sector to adopt effective and ingenuous but legal means to force drivers to obey traffic rules to prevent the carnage …
Zoomlion Ghana Limited, a waste management company, in collaboration with the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD), is to train sanitation guards to assist environmental health officers to ensure sustainable managemen…
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has re-affirmed its support to the development of science and technology education in Africa.
This follows the approval of a grant of 12 million Units of Account (UA*), equivalent to US$17.6…
The Kasoa District Police Command, has identified 11 accident prone areas along the Winneba-Kasoa-Accra road.
They are Brigade, Galilea, Amanfrom, Potsin Junction, Budumburam and Gomoa Okyereko Junction.
The rest are Adawuku, B…
Swedruman Traditional Council has banned organising expensive funerals in Agona Swedru Municipality with immediate effect.
It has also banned the use of ambulances with siren and long convoy of vehicles following corpses through the …
Tutu Prince, a plumber, has been remanded into prison custody by a circuit court in Dormaa Ahenkro till March 27 when he would re-appear for sentence over his involvement in the theft of personal effects valued at GH C2,100.
An acco…
Government has resolved to intensify efforts
to deal with fake drugs that flood the Ghanaian market, Dr George Sipa Yankey, Minister of Health, said on Thursday.
He said the government is also exploring ways of cooperation with dev…
The role of the publishing industry is the most crucial especially at a time when the world has taken interest in intellectual rights and the linking up of knowledge centres, Mr. Elliot Agyare, immediate past president of the Ghana Books P…
The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Mrs Betty Mould-Iddrisu on Thursday challenged law faculties to be innovative and develop courses that would enhance the quality of legal education in the country.
"Fifty years of legal…
The Canadian government has agreed to support government's Savanna Development Fund project, which is aimed at taking care of the developmental needs of the three northern regions.
Mr Janice MacDonald, the Canadian High Commissioner, …
Mr. Mawusi Emmanuel, the Proprietor of Great Hope, a private pre-school at Adwumam in the Kwabre District of the Ashanti Region, has appealed to the government to streamline the Capitation Grant to benefit pupils in private schools.
He t…
The Kpone Traditional Council has expressed concern about pollution of Gao Lagoon at Kpone with effluent from sewer pipelines constructed over it to discharge liquid waste into the sea.
Waste management companies in and around the Tema m…
The driver of the gas tanker which exploded after colliding with a salon car near Winneba Junction, has surrendered to the Winneba Police.
Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Emmanuel Nana Ofori of Efutu Municipal MTTU commander…
Togbe Dzamesi II, Chief of Adaklu-Wuakpe who battled a lion in a 45-minute duel in the jungle at Wuakpe near Wumenu, is recovering from multiple wounds the beast inflicted on his left arm and left thigh.
This was contrary to rumours t…
Two members of the Agona West Constituency of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have appeared before an Agona Swedru Magistrate Court for allegedly stealing the Nissan Pick up allocated to the Constituency Chairman by the party headquarters.
…
The Ghana Scout Association (GSA), has donated materials for the production of soap, costing 6,000 Ghana Cedis, to inmates of the Central Prison in Kumasi.
The materials included caustic soda, perfume, palm
oil and palm kennel Oil, …
Seven people died, one on the spot and six others soon after admission at the Winneba Government Hospital from severe burns they sustained when a Gas Tanker and three other vehicles were involved in an accident near Gomoa Bewadze on Wednes…
The Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Ghana has expressed concern about the recent number of cyber fraud and business scams originating from West African countries.
A release issued by the Embassy stated that in cases of…
Dr. Koku Awoonor-Williams, Upper East Regional Director of Health Services, has expressed concern that only few people infected with Tuberculosis (TB) in the region report to health institutions for treatment.
He said 511 of all TB c…
The Crop Research Institute (CRI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), is stepping up efforts to strengthen communication linkage with the private sector to enhance the adoption of CRI technologies.
Dr. Hans Adu-…
Ghanaian farmers have an opportunity to access a 25 million-dollar loan initiated by the Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), an international non-governmental organization led by former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan that advo…
The Eastern Regional Police on Wednesday arrested a taxi driver with eight bags of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp in black polythene bags at Amanhyia on the Suhum/Koforidua road.
The driver, Ebenezer K. Nartey, 40, was driv…
Mr. Simon Opoku, Sunyani Municipal Environmental Health Officer, on Wednesday said residents who would flout sanitation laws in the municipality would be prosecuted.
He said this when he briefed newsmen about the visit of a three-mem…
Ghanaians spend millions of cedis treating complications caused by usage of drugs from peddlers, the Ghana National Association of Chemical Sellers in the Western Region has noted.
"Drug peddling has had a very negative impact on ou…
Dr Nicholas Westcott, British High Commissioner to Ghana on Thursday urged Ghana government to encourage mobile phone companies to deliver additional value added services.
He said the use of mobile phones for financial transactions a…
UK-based Tullow Oil which is currently drilling oil wells in the Jubilee reserves has held stakeholder meetings with local fishermen in efforts to minimise risk around the project.
The meeting, which was attended by chief fishermen i…
HIV/AIDS claimed 54 lives, the highest cause of death recorded in health facilities in the Ketu South and Ketu North districts last year.
Malaria was second claiming 40 lives followed in third place by stroke which claimed 39 live…
The National Focal Person for HIV/AIDS at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Mr Godwin Monor, on Wednesday reiterated the need for all Ghanaians to regard HIV/AIDS as a public health issue.
He said the disease, was like malaria or …
The Eastern Region last year recorded 1,162 motor traffic accidents involving 1,642 vehicles, out of which 245 died.
Police Superintendent James Sarfo Peprah, the Eastern Regional Commander of the Motor Traffic and Transport Uni…
The family of Captain Hugo Benzin Huppenbauer (Rtd) has called on former President Jerry John Rawlings to formally inform him of his passing away.
The delegation, led by Fletcher-Dzoleto, brother of the deceased, included the widow, …
Authorities of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) are still battling with the identity of a young man who allegedly jumped from the seventh floor of Unity Hall of the University, resulting in his death on Tuesda…
Mr. Henk Visschers, Managing Director of Metro Mass Transit Company Limited, on Wednesday, expressed the determination of management to help build a sustainable public transport system in the country.
"We are in the business to assis…
The Right Rev. Dr. Yaw Frimpong-Manso, Chairman of the Christian Council of Ghana (CCG), on Wednesday appealed to the security agencies to be swift and professional in apprehending trouble makers in the northern part of the country to avoi…
President John Evans Atta Mills on Wednesday paid glowing tribute to the memory of the late Vice Admiral Emmanuel Osei Owusu- Ansah, former Chief of Naval Staff, as the nation honoured him with a state funeral.
He described the late …
A rally to sensitize the public on migration-related issues contained in the ECOWAS protocol was on Thursday held at Paga with a call on the security agencies and the media to help check drug peddling, prostitution and smuggling at the fro…
About 70 residents in the Tema metropolis on Thursday received free eye screening under a one week outreach programme to sensitize residents on eye diseases.
Most of those screened were diagnosed with glaucoma, cataract and refraction di…
Mr Gregory Amenuvegbe, Volta Regional HIV/AIDS Coordinator, on Wednesday commended police recruits at the Volta Regional Police Training School for their moral uprightness.
He noted that the personnel who tested HIV negative before r…
The Management of the Korle Bu Teaching, on Thursday appealed to the public to urgently donate blood to the hospital to enable it to save the lives of patients, especially accident victims.
The hospital cited that even though it had …
The Regent of Dagbon Kampakuya Na Abdulai Yakubu Andani has commended the chiefs and people of Dagbon for celebrating the Damba festival peaceful and incident free.
He expressed his appreciation for the way adequate security was put …
A witness in the fake Close-up case on Thursday denied at the Accra Circuit court that the product was a sample that was not for sale.
Mr Cherubim Awagbe, Director of Industry and Market Research System, the organisation that conduct…
The chiefs and people of Tengzug in the Talensi-Nabdam District on Wednesday celebrated their annual "Glob festival" with a call on Ghanaians to co-exit peacefully to help promote peace, unity, love and development.
The Chief of the …
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