Unequivocally condemning the Mumbai carnage, Muslim clerics today said bodies of terrorists who carried out deadly attacks in the vibrant city should be thrown into the sea.
These merchants of death deserved to be killed according to…
An Indian doctor who had admitted killing his terminally ill wife under a suicide pact last month, has taken his own life, police said.
Dr Rajaeskar Sham (68), who was found dead Tuesday in his Flower Hill residence in New York, had …
Declining to get into the specifics of reports that the US had provided advance warning to New Delhi about the Mumbai terror attacks, the Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said the primary goal of her visit to India is to "express so…
Mr Kwabena Agyemang-Badu, Director of Education in-charge of Nkoranza North and South Districts has cautioned heads of basic schools in the districts against the collection of fees from students.
He said the practice undermined the c…
Members of the Akyem Osino Anglican Church last Sunday raised GH¢ 1,500.00 at its annual harvest in aid of developmental projects earmarked by the church.
A Senior Elder of the Church, Mr Jonas Ampaw, told the GNA that such projects…
Mr Joe Baidoo Ansah, Minister of Aviation, on Thursday said the NPP government was committed to ensuring that the Takoradi Airport is safe and secure for use.
Speaking during the handing over of the rehabilitated Takoradi Airport, he…
Agricare Limited, producers of quality feeds in Ghana, has presented a metric tonne of layer feed concentrate valued at GH¢710 to the overall best poultry farmer in the Atwima Nwabiagya District.
Mr Moses Oppong, Managing Director o…
An African egional conference to discuss ways to integrate HIV/AIDS education into the Educational For All (EFA) goals began in Accra on Wednesday with a call on teachers to help champion HIV/AIDS education in the classroom.
Teachers…
Management of Bolgatanga Municipal Mutual Health Insurance scheme has since its inception in 2005 collected 270,846 Ghana cedis as premium.
It collected 117,171 Ghana cedis, this year as against 85,641 Ghana cedis in 2007.
Mr D…
Women in Law and Development in Africa (WiLDAF) Ghana, on Thursday, organized a peace march through the principal streets of Cape Coast on the need for a peaceful conduct of the election on Sunday.
The marchers included women lawyers…
Over 1,000 delegates from Africa attending the 9th Annual Congress of Remar Association International, a Christian organisation, in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, have organized a prayer session for free, fair and peaceful elections in Ghana.
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The Court of Appeal will on Thursday, December 18 give judgment on an Appeal Application brought before it by Tsatsu Tsikata, former Chief Executive of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), against an Accra Fast Track Court deci…
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) on Thursday presented awards to 10 senior high students for their contribution towards human rights issues as part of activities marking the 60th anniversary of the Universa…
About six hundred school children from Junior High Schools in Bolgatanga Municipality in Upper East Region on Thursday went on a route march with the song, "We want Peace" a signal to the electorate on the need to maintain peace, before, d…
The Health Services Workers Union (HSWU) of the Ghana Trades Union Congress (TUC), has given the ministries of Health, Finance and Economic Planning and the Ghana Health Service, a week ultimatum to respect the revised grading system and p…
The Mayor of Accra, Stanley Nii Adjiri Blankson said on Tuesday that the Mamponse community infrastructure upgrading and Chemu drain improvement project is to start this month and end in 2010.
The project will give the people of Mamp…
Government has provided an 11 million-dollar water supply system for three districts in the North Tongu District of the Volta Region in line with meeting government's Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy and Millennium Development Goals. …
Mrs Gladys Asmah, Minister of Fisheries on Friday expressed misgivings about poor management of pro-poor credits targeted at women in the Volta Region.
She said reports available to her indicated that bank managers whose facilities w…
Brigadier-General J.B Danquah, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of the Ghana Armed Forces, has advised the youth to pursue agriculture because it is a rewarding enterprise.
He therefore urged school authorities not to use weeding as form…
Mrs. Agartha Mansa Siaw, assembly member for Adantia in the Sunyani West District, has challenged politicians to identify remedies that would help prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS in the country.
She asked politicians to play acti…
The Parents' Teacher-Association (PTA) of the Community Development Technical Institute at Kwamo in the Ejisu-Juaben Municipality, through special levies have purchased 15,000 Ghana Cedis 33-seater Benz bus for the education institution.
…
Mrs Joyce Jetuah, in charge of the Geofrey Memorial Maternity Home and Clinic at Gomoa Ankamu near Apam, has suggested to the National Health Insurance Council to attach midwives to the district offices of the Scheme.
She said that s…
Forty-five farmers from Gomoa West District have attended a two-week training workshop on organic farming, bee-keeping, snail and grasscutter rearing at the Ecological Training Centre at Gomoa Adam.
The workshop was organised by Biodi…
Acute water shortage has hit parts of the Gomoa West District in the Central Region.
The worst affected are educational institutions in the area, particularly, Apam Senior High School and Dawurampong Senior High Technical School.
…
The Upper East Region on Monday celebrated this year's World Aids Day with a call on chiefs, ministries, departments, agencies, metropolitan, municipal, district assemblies, the private sector and NGO's to complement Government's efforts i…
Vice President Alhaji Aliu Mahama, on Tuesday asked
small-holder farmers to use Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) to access and share information from researchers and agricultural extension officers to enhance production.
…
A mother and her son have appeared before an Accra Circuit Court for cyber fraud.
Abdul Rahim Issah, aka Sarah Morrison, a student and Reliatu Mohammed, a seamstress, are said to have used the internet to defraud a 61 year-old Americ…
Government is to construct five polyclinics in Northern Region under a 7.6 million euros assistance from Austria.
They would be constructed at Kpandai, Chereponi, Janga, Tatale and Karanga.
Ministry of Health on Tuesday signed …
Membership of Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa District Mutual Health Insurance Scheme increased from 10,671 in 2004/2005 to more than 65,000 in October, 2008 representing 90 per cent of the population.
The management has so far paid GH¢1,104,1…
Mrs Lynda Arthur, Country Director of Health Foundation of Ghana, an NGO, has expressed concern about challenges that deter buruli ulcer patients from reporting to health facilities for treatment, whilst others report too late.
The ch…
The Zimbabwean government has lifted import duty on basic commodities to make them available and affordable ahead of the Christmas and New Year holidays, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Gideon Gono has said.
The central bank chie…
But for the timely intervention of the District Chief Executive (DCE) for Asante Akim South, Mr Abdul Karim Boakye-Yiadom, a 27-year-old pregnant woman would have delivered by the road side while walking to the hospital.
Mr Boakye-Yiadom…
Water for Life Charity, a foundation founded by Vitens, the water utility in the Netherlands, has extended water supply from the Sekyere-Hemang water treatment plant, which has been provided for the expansion of Cape Coast water supply, to…
Government is to construct an interchange at the old market site at Kasoa in the Central Region to facilitate transportation of goods and services, Mr Solomon Kwashie Abam Quaye, Awutu Senya District Chief Executive said at Awutu, near Kas…
Mr Samuel Akuamoah, Deputy Director of National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) in-Charge of Public Relations, has called on Ghanaians to tolerate their political opponents during Election 2008.
Addressing an outreach programme…
The number of people accessing health care in the Adaklu-Anyigbe District has tripled since the introduction of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).
A total of 42,182 people have registered with the scheme out of which 39,000 are…
Mrs Olivia Opoku Adomah, Western Regional Focal Person on HIV/AIDS has observed that stigmatization and discrimination was still a major challenge confronting People Living With HIV/AIDS (PLWA) in the Region.
She therefore, stressed …
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday presented two pick-ups valued at 50,000 dollars to management of Food and Drugs Board for effective monitoring of the Universal Salt Iodisation (USI) project in the country,
"The…
Rwanda's former composer and singer Simon Bikindi has been sentenced to 15 years in jail for his role in inciting ethnic killings during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
He is the first Rwandan musician to be sentenced over the genocide…
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has launched a 120-day emergency response to intensify relief efforts in Zimbabwe's educational and health sectors, local media said on Wednesday.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, UNICEF…
The Zimbabwean government has strongly warned those behind the violence perpetrated by rogue soldiers who have been beating up illegal foreign currency dealers and looting shops in Harare since last week, The Herald reported on Wednesday.
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Ghanaians have been urged to commend the Government for implementing the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) and strive to do all they could to sustain the policy for the benefit of posterity.
This is because the system is the be…
Mr Kenwuud Nuworsu, Deputy Minister of Manpower, Youth and Employment, on Wednesday noted that issues of international migration had assumed both public and international interest and concern due to the growing link between migration and d…
Alhaji Dr Ibrahim, Ashanti Regional Director of Health Services has observed that stigmatisation and discrimination against HIV/AIDS patients was a major contributory factor to increase in the pandemic in the country.
He noted that i…
Forty-one of the 1,312 people who visited the Kasoa Health Centre between January and October this year tested HIV positive, the Awutu-Senya District Chief Executive, Mr Solomon Abbam-Quaye said, at the celebration of the World AIDS day at…
The Juaso Circuit Court presided over by Mr Jacob Boon has sentenced a 34-year-old farmer to 12 years imprisonment in hard labour for possessing narcotic drugs.
Kwame Charles, who pleaded not guilty was convicted after a three months tri…
Miss Lena Alai, Volta Regional Director of the Department of Women on Wednesday urged government to prevail on transport unions to stop the heavy fares charged on wheelchairs.
She was addressing a ceremony in Ho to mark the Internati…
Eleven vehicles were damaged on Wednesday morning in a pileup accident on the Accra end of the Accra-Tema Motorway but there was no casualty.
The accident was caused by a Mercedes Benz tipper truck loaded with sand, which ran into a …
The Judicial Service is to establish a second industrial court in Kumasi in February next year to deal with industrial disputes within the metropolis to ensure a healthy environment on the labour front.
This will bring to two, the nu…
Members of Akim Asamama Methodist Church, have renovated the three - unit classroom block for the local Primary School at the cost of GHC 150.00 to give it a new face-lift.
Briefing Ghana News Agency at Akim Asamama in the Atiwa Dist…
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