A magistrate court at Bibiani, has imposed fines on Kwame Ali Mohammed, 30, farm caretaker and Akwasi Akyerem, 32, also a farmer, for fighting.
Mohammed who was fined GH¢80 would serve one month imprisonment in default while Akyerem who …
The Northern Regional Branch of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has appealed to President John Evans Atta Mills to call to order supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Tamale Metropolis, to prevent further violence, los…
The Ho zonal branch of the Ghana National Association of Private Schools (GNAPS) on Friday organized a massive clean-up exercise of government offices to welcome the new Volta Regional Minister.
The clean-up, which also climaxed acti…
Government on Friday reiterated its commitment to develop the capacity of local road contractors to ensure that they competed favourably with international firms.
President John Evans Atta Mills, gave the assurance in Accra and said…
The New York Post issued an apology in Friday's paper to some readers offended by this week's controversial political cartoon, but it may not be enough to end the protests against the paper, according to a report available on www.ny1.com.
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Eight new government appointees were on Friday sworn in as members of the Effutu Municipal Assembly at its special meeting held in Winneba to replace those that were appointed by the previous government in line with the law establishing th…
USS Nashville, a US Naval Ship, on Friday arrived at the Sekondi Naval Base for a 19-day official visit.
The visit of the naval vessel forms part of the Africa Partnership Station (APS), an international security initiative, led by U…
Togbe Dzamesi II, Chief of Adaklu-Wuakpe near Wumenu in the Volta Region, who claimed to have engaged a lion in a 45 minute duel in the bush at Wuakpe on Friday, is on admission at the Volta Regional Hospital in Ho with multiple deep wound…
Residents of Kaasi in the Kumasi metropolis on Saturday organized a clean-up exercise to help rid the area of filth.
Led by the assemblyman, Mr Charles Oduro Acheampong, they swept the streets, drained choked gutters and cleared refu…
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in collaboration with the French Embassy on Saturday held a forum to highlight the opportunities that Ghanaian students stand to gain by furthering their education in France.
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The Chiefs and people of Agona Mankrong in the Agona East District of the Central Region have expressed their appreciation to President John Atta Mills for nominating Mr Kwesi Ahwoi, a son of the area, as Minister for Food and Agriculture …
Residents of Kumasi metropolis on Saturday embarked on a massive clean-up exercise to enhance sanitation of the area.
The exercise was held under the supervision of the Waste Management Department of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly …
A severe downpour on Wednesday ripped off part of the roofing of the Roman Catholic primary school at Nsoatre, near Sunyani.
Mr Kwame Adu, a teacher, told the Ghana News Agency that the roofs of three classrooms were ripped off …
At least five people have been killed in a building collapse in southern Egypt, the official MENA news agency reported on Saturday.
Five members of a family were killed on Saturday when their house in a village in the Upper Egypt's g…
There is the need to link the country's pay structure to productivity, creativity and innovation instead of mere paper qualification and long service.
If workers are paid based on their contribution towards productivity rather than l…
Experts from 19 African countries meeting here have urged their governments to focus on the food nutrition deficiencies of their citizens because they are critical to the development of their countries.
Uganda's First Lady Janet Muse…
President John Evans Atta Mills has said government will review the draft Sports Bill with various stakeholders and present it to Parliament.
He said this will be in line with the Party's Manifesto of developing a comprehensive Sports…
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) in Uganda has expanded its operation from not only providing emergency relief, but supporting mechanisms to fight hunger, the agency's top official in Kampala said on Thursday.
Stanlake Samkange, WFP…
Concern has been expressed about the keeping of People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHS), at some prayer camps instead of sending them to hospital.
The practice is thwarting efforts being made to reduce the spread of the disease, especially t…
A circuit court in Cape Coast, on Thursday granted GH¢ 5,000 bail to Kojo Amponsah, a 37-year-old farmer, who allegedly impregnated his 16-year-old daughter, resulting in the birth of a baby girl.
Amponsah, who pleaded not guilty to…
A team of researchers from Princeton University and the Drexel University College of Medicine has found that the parasite that causes malaria breaks down an important amino acid in its quest to adapt and thrive within the human body, accor…
Professor Edward Yeboah, a Consultant Urologist, has advised Ghanaians to seek early medical attention for genital urinary disorders to avoid complications in life.
He noted that the disorders were becoming common among Ghanaians bot…
The Ghana Education Service (GES), has said that it was not under any strict obligation to reengage teachers who vacated their posts for tertiary or university education.
The Service has advised teachers to strictly adhere to rules and r…
President John Evans Mills on Thursday pledged that his government would irrigate the Accra plains to be the flagship of its agricultural revolution.
"The Accra Plains Irrigation Project will be vigorously pursued to make it available…
Dr Ahmed Baba Salifu Director-General of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has asked African governments to provide resources for the management of Invasive Alien Species (IAS), which destroyed the ecosystem.
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President John Evans Atta Mills said on Thursday that his government would fast track the West Africa Transport and Transit project which will improve sections of the Central Corridor from Kintampo to Paga.
It would also fast track th…
Barclays Bank of Ghana Limited, has donated £20,000 for the purchase of Information Communication Technology (ICT) equipment to ICT education in two deprived schools, Old Lashibi TMA 1 and 2 schools in the Greater Accra region.
A to…
IAEA Inspectors have found unnatural uranium particles in the sample taken from a bombed establishment in Syria, said a report submitted by Mohamed ElBaradei, Director General of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), to the members of…
Iran has slowed its uranium enrichment programme, said Mohamed ElBaradei, Director General of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) when submitting the report on Iranian nuclear issue to the UN Security Council on Thursday.
Accor…
The successful launch of the technical training centre project for training of artisans at the Suame Magazine in Kumasi, by the Suame Magazine Industrial Development Organisation (SMIDO), is yet another feather in the cap of artisans in th…
President John Evans Atta Mills, on Thursday said government aimed to create a more potent drug enforcement agency that would collaborate more effectively with international drug enforcement agencies to arrest and prosecute offenders.
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Mr Raymond Avinu, the Volta Regional Manager of the (National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), has said the government's commitment to the scheme was laudable.
"We are fully prepared to help see through the vision of the new administratio…
Ghanaians have been urged to be committed to the development of the country and to work hard to propel the nation to attain a middle income status.
The Reverend Prince Owusu Asegra, Techiman Municipal Chairman of the Local Council of…
Mexican President Felipe Calderon vowed on Thursday to continue fighting against drug trafficking and organized crime despite street protests this week demanding an end to the military's anti-drug operations in the country.
Drug tra…
The Tema Circuit court "A" has granted an out of court settlement of the alleged forcible takeover of the management of public toilets in Ashaiman, by some youth perceived to be National Democratic Congress (NDC) supporters.
Mr Alfred Kw…
Reverend Veronica Darko, Registrar, Nurses and Midwives Council of Ghana (NMC) has urged nurses to give much concern to the ill treatment of patients at hospitals.
She raised this issue at the end of a two-day workshop on enhancing t…
Four people died, two on the spot and two others later on admission at the Winneba Government Hospital when a Metro Mass Transport bus on which they were traveling from Accra to Agona-Swedru run into a stationary vehicle with registration …
Northern Patriots in Research and Advocacy (NORPRA), a civil Society group advocating for equity and social justice, has commended President John Atta Mills for re-affirming his commitment to the development of the three northern regions.
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Kick Malaria Africa, a non-governmental organization championing the cause of malaria eradication in the country, is to offer scholarship to the children of 20 selected door-to-door refuse collectors.
The scholarships which comes i…
A Koforidua High Court presided over by Mr Justice Suurebareh on Friday ruled that the writ filed by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate, Babal Jamal, contesting the 2008 election was competent and not improper as being conte…
Mr. Joseph Ababio Frimpong, the Headteacher of the Domeabra District Assembly Primary School, has appealed to the Ghana Education Service (GES) to curb the rate at which teachers posted to the school abandon their posts.
He said this was…
Togo will send a 200-strong contingent to the UN peacekeeping mission to be deployed in Chad and Central African Republic bordering Sudan, state radio reported on Thursday.
Togolese army Chief Zakari Nandja was quoted as saying the c…
Two hundred people once again picket in front of the New York Post office on Thursday, protesting a controversial cartoon published in the newspaper's Wednesday edition, according to a report seen on www.ny1.com.
The Page Six politic…
Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) and the Japan Coast Guard started a joint antipiracy exercise Friday in Hiroshima Prefecture to prepare for a mission off the Somalia to protect Japan-linked ships from pirates.
The exercise…
The Norvant Hospital based in Charlotte in the United States has donated 25 electronic beds worth about 75, 000 dollars to the Bibiani Government Hospital.
Making the donation on behalf of Mr. Carl Amatoe, the President of Norvant Hospit…
Oseadeeyo Akumfi-Ameyaw IV, Omanhene of Techiman Traditional Area, has called on private entrepreneurs, financial institutions and voluntary organisations to support the Techiman Municipal Assembly and the traditional council to regulate w…
A Sekondi District Magistrate's Court, on Thursday, sentenced Paul Ameyaw, a farmer at Shama, to two years imprisonment in hard labour for unlawful entry and two counts of stealing.
The accused pleaded guilty.
Prosecuting, Poli…
Ghana would be showcasing an important aspect of its cultural values relating to the "Rites of Passage," at the Pan-African Cultural Festival which scheduled for July 5 to 20 2009 in Algeria.
The "Rights of Passage" as the theme of t…
Mines and Forestry Minister Alhaji Collins Dauda has called for an inventory on state lands within the next three months to help remove bottlenecks in the land administration in the country.
This, he said, would address some of the inj…
An Accra Circuit Court on Thursday sentenced Isaac Boakye, a driver to 10 years imprisonment in hard labour for smoking and selling Indian Hemp.
Charged with Possessing narcotic drugs without lawful authority, Boakye pleaded guilty.
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