Mr. Albert Abongo, Minister-designate for Water Resources, Works and Housing, on Monday said if given the nod, he would look into the operations of Aqua Vitens Rand Limited (AVRL), operators of the urban water systems, to determine whether…
The attention of The Ministry of Women and Children's Affairs has expressed deep concern about the alarming but avoidable deaths of children in abandoned vehicles in auto garages in recent times.
Three children were found dead in a di…
More than 1.7 million Russian workers had lost their jobs due to the global financial crisis, and the Russia government has taken measures to stabilize the labour market.
The number of registered jobless people was 1.735 million as o…
The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) on Monday called on Egypt to immediately open its border with the Gaza Strip freely and forever.
Hamas spokesman in Gaza Fawzi Barhoum said that this step is needed to respond to Is…
A 60-year old man is seriously ill and at least 40 people in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province fell sick after eating snack food from a shopping centre on Monday, say health authorities.
They all suffered nausea and vomiting af…
The UN Special Rapporteur on extra judicial executions Philip Altson on Monday expressed confidence that his report on extra-judicial killings in Kenya will form the basis on which the Kenyan government will act to end the killings in the …
Orphan Cry International (OCI), an orphanage at Apowa in the Ahanta West District of the Western Region, has been closed down by the Department of Social Welfare.
The closure was based on reports of unlawful adoption, immoral acts, sexua…
Some seventeen out of the 20 government appointees to the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA) were on Monday sworn-in by Mr Kwame Polley, a District Magistrate.
The swearing-in ceremony took place at an extraordinary meeting of…
The Interior Minister, Mr Cletus Avoka, on Monday renewed the curfews imposed on the Bawku Municipality, the Gushegu township and their immediate environs, with effect from Monday, February 23, 2009.
A Statement from the Interior M…
General Overseer of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC), Dr Mensa Otabil, on Monday inaugurated the Church's Clean Water Project aimed at providing clean water to selected deprived communities.
The event, which took place …
Professor Sam Afranie, Chairman of Christian Service University College (CSUC) Council, has called on the government to review the legislation establishing the Ghana Education Trust fund (GET-fund) to enable it cover private universities a…
Adokpakorpe, a farming community near Kpetoe in the Volta Region, has been gripped in fear as the scare of a wounded lion in the forest around Adaklu and Kpetoe in the Adaklu-Anyigbe District has sent inhabitants parking to seek refuge in …
The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), on Monday presented relief items to victims of a recent rainstorm at Techimantia in Tano North District of the Brong Ahafo Region.
The items that were donated through the initiat…
The Brong Ahafo Regional branch of Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has called for the arrest of the Reverend Nana Adjei Ntow, an independent parliamentary candidate for Sunyani East in the 2004 elections, for allegedly posing as a lawyer and s…
The Bolgatanga Polytechnic at Sumbrungu in the Upper East Region has been closed for two weeks, following a fire incident last Saturday in which a single storey building, used as a dormitory for about 250 students, was destroyed.
Pro…
Mr Mike Hammah, Minister of Transport, on Monday said the Ministry had put in place stringent measures to enforce the Road Traffic Act, to curb the spate of accidents on the roads.
"As a first step to addressing this socially unaccep…
A 20 year-old man lost his life in an accident that occurred at Samahuu, a community on Tarkwa- Bosogo road.
Ekow Kwakye, a driver's mate, who was on board a 'KIA' truck with registration number "GC 1501 Z", died on the spot, when t…
After the terror attacks in Mumbai there has been an unprecedented level of co-operation between various intelligence agencies of the world including those from India, Britain, the US and Pakistan, America's top intelligence official has s…
The Mumbai terror attacks illustrated how rudimentary weapons can be used to cause maximum impact, the chief of America's intelligence agency FBI has said, noting that such strikes could be replicated in other parts of the world.
"Th…
Outgoing Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church of Ghana, The Most Reverend Dr Robert Aboagye-Mensah, has been elected a Vice President of the All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC), a statement issued in Accra on Tuesday said.
R…
Efforts by the Asante Akim South District Assembly and the District Health Directorate to combat malaria has received a major boost following the introduction of a malaria advocacy promotion programme.
The programme is aimed at incre…
Nana Badu 1, Queenmother of Enyan-Abowinum in the Central Region, on Monday called on traditional rulers and other opinion leaders in the country to reintroduce puberty rites and other customary practices that supported child upbringing.
…
The Yendi police on Monday arrested one Abukari Iddrisu, who attempted to buy more than 500 pieces of AK 47 ammunition from a police officer.
Mr Ofosu Mensah Gyeabour, Northern Regional Police Commander who disclosed this to the GNA …
The timely response by the Police on Tuesday averted a potential bloody confrontation between the people of Gbefi Tornu and Fulani herdsmen over bushfires and the destruction of farms in the area.
A Police source told the Ghana News …
An eight member Management Committee for Buoho Vocational Training Centre of the National Vocational Training Institute (NVTI), was on Friday inaugurated at Hemang-Buoho in the Afigya-Kwabre District.
The Committee, which would serve…
A Turkish anti-drug team seized 145 kg of heroin at a border gate in the eastern province of Agri on Friday, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported.
Acting on a tip-off, the anti-drug team stopped an Iranian truck at Gurbula…
Six persons died on the spot in an accident involving a Tico Taxi cab with registration number "AS 6830 Y" and a timber truck with registration number "WR 1372 X" on the Denkyira- Domenase road in the Upper Denkyira District.
Accord…
Mr. Theophilus Aidoo-Mensah, a member of Gomoa West District Assembly has commended President John Evans Atta Mills for proposing that Parliament should amend its standing orders to allow institutions established under Article 71 of the co…
The African Union (AU) on Sunday evening condemned serious attacks on Somalia peacekeepers " in the strongest terms," describing these as "criminal and cowardly attacks."
In a statement, AU Commission Chairperson Jean Ping said he wa…
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Mfanteseman West, Mr Aquinas Tawiah Quansah, has urged citizens to contribute ideas that would help develop the Constituency.
He said his election as MP did not mean that he commanded all the wisdom …
Seven new government appointees of the Agona East District Assembly, have been sworn into office for a two-year term.
Mr Kofi Sunu, Agona Swedru Magistrate Court Judge administered the oath of office to them.
The Assembly later…
An Israeli aircraft on Monday targeted a jeep of the Islamic Jihad militants who were driving east of al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza Strip, no injuries reported, witnesses and the Palestinian militant group said.
The group's…
Some 131 motorcycle enthusiasts banded together to ride across the three districts of Brunei starting from Tutong to raise donations for the Palestinian Humanitarian Fund on Sunday, The Brunei Times reported on Monday.
Dubbed the "Me…
Two Iraqis were killed and 13 others injured in two bomb attacks targeted police patrols in Baghdad on Monday, an Interior Ministry source said.
"An explosion struck a police patrol near the Andulus Square in Baghdad's central distri…
One French woman tourist has been killed and 24 others injured in a deadly explosion in the Egyptian capital of Cairo on Sunday evening, Egyptian Health Ministry said Monday.
The injured include 17 French tourists, one German, thre…
One Afghan police was killed and two others sustained injuries as two suicide bombers blew themselves up in Nimroz province west of Afghanistan Monday, provincial governor Ghulam Dastgir Azad said.
"Two suicide bombers riding a motor…
The abducted UN official John Solecki was said to have been killed in Pakistan, reports said on Monday.
Some unknown persons claimed killing of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) official, who was kidnapped in so…
Amid great fanfare, the 81st Academy Awards ended Sunday night, with "Slumdog Millionaire" becoming the biggest winner grabbing eight honors.
The rags-to-riches love story film went into the ceremony with 10 nominations and walked aw…
The death toll from Victoria's bushfires has reached 210, Australian police said on Monday.
This figure is up from the total of 209 which police has released on Friday.
Victoria's bushfires is the deadliest in Australian histor…
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki said Sunday that his government is committed to ensuring that there is enough food in the country to feed all Kenyans.
President Kibaki pointed out that the government has taken steps to implement both sh…
British Princess Anne will visit Australia's bushfire survivors and emergency workers on Monday.
The princess has arrived at Victoria's Wandong Fire Brigade early in the day and planned to visit a local primary school in the bushfire…
The European Union would give technical aid to any ASEAN country to help improve hygiene deficiencies, which could prevent the exports of their foodstuff to the EU, local newspapers said on Monday.
EU's main concern was the safety of…
At least one French tourist was killed and 20 people were wounded in a blast in Cairo's populous al-Hussein district on Sunday evening, the Health Ministry said in a statement.
A French woman died in hospital of wounds sustained in t…
The Gomoa West District Assembly has set up a guard corps to enforce bye-laws on sanitation and revenue generation.
Mr Fred Addae, District Coordinating Director told the Ghana News Agency at Apam, after a clean-up exercise in the ar…
Mr Yaw Frebuo, 47-year old farmer, died on the spot in an accident at Pammuroso near Kyereyaaso in the Atwima Mponua District at the weekend.
His wife, Diana Yeboah, 48, who sustained injuries, was also admitted at the Nyinahin Gover…
Jukwa Senior High School gathered 21 points to place first in the annual Central Region Zone Three Inter Schools and Colleges Cross-Country race held at the Schools and Colleges Park at Adisadel on Saturday.
The eight kilometre race attr…
Bird flu continues plaguing in ten provinces of Vietnam nationwide with a newly-reported northern province Ninh Binh of the virus infection, according to Department of Animal Health under Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on Mo…
The Volta Region recorded no case of guinea worm in 2008 but slumped in the area of HIV/AIDS with more than a 100 per cent increase in reported cases.
Dr. Sam T. Kwashie, Acting Regional Director of Health Services, in a report to th…
Ghana's forest resource is said to be in danger as some of the country's forest plantations are plagued by diseases and pests.
The diseases and pests some of which are yet to be identified by forestry research scientists and experts are …
Sudanese President Omer al-Bashir returned to his country Sunday evening after paying a short visit to Cairo where he held talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
Mahjoub Fadel, the spokesman of the Sudanese president, told repo…
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