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…
A Kumasi Circuit Court has sentenced Prince Takyi Nketia 19, to three years imprisonment for setting fire to a shop destroying items worth GH¢ 2,000.
He pleaded not guilty and a civil action could be instituted against him after his …
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin North, Mr Kennedy Agyapong, has appealed to well to do citizens to remember their roots especially their alma maters and contribute towards their development.
He said most successful people cur…
In line with its legacy of providing world-class pay-TV services, bouquets and channels for its African subscribers, MultiChoice became the very
first pay-TV operator in Africa to launch Black Entertainment Television International when t…
The Akim Asamama Methodist Church is investing GH¢20,000 to expand its Church building to accommodate more members.
Mr Eric Appiah Nyamekye, the Project Officer of the Church, who told Ghana News Agency at Akim Amasama on Wednesday,…
Vice President Alhaji Aliu Mahama, on Monday inaugurated some projects under the Government's model school programme at Wa Senior High School in the Upper West Region.
The projects estimated at about 2.6 million Ghana cedis, included…
Mr Francis Sowah, Executive Director of Disabled Christian Fellowship International (DCFI), an organization of People With Disabilities (PWDs) has called for an end to sexual harassment of the disabled.
He expressed concern about the…
The Ghana Muslim Mission has initiated steps to promote peaceful co-existence and improve general relationship with Christians in the country.
The effort was given a boost with a book launch entitled: "Jesus and Muhammad, brothers i…
Mr. Paul Adu-Gyamfi, Chairman of the National Media Commission and a legal practitioner on Monday urged lawyers to rise up to defend the judiciary against "current undeserved vitriolic attacks".
"I urge my colleague lawyers to rise u…
Winneba Senior High School has improved its academic performance following a take-over by a new administration, Mrs Cecelia Kwakye Coffie, headmistress announced at the school's 60th Anniversary celebration.
She said the school's ac…
A number of people benefiting from the government's Livelihood Empowerment Programme Against Poverty (LEAP), have decided to use part of monies received to subscribe to Mutual Health Insurance Schemes in their various communities.
So…
Police at Dormaa Ahenkro have mounted a search for Kwabena Amponsah, alias Gambo, a 37-year-old farmer of Sumamantukwa, near Nkrankwanta in the Dormaa Municipality, for allegedly murdering his wife.
Amponsah was believed to have seve…
The Metropolitan AIDS Committee (MAC) of Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) is coming out with a work place policy, making it an offence to discriminate against employee victims of the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
Mr Kwa…
A Medical Practitioner has underscored the need for Ghanaians especially the youth to avoid promiscuous lifestyles in the pursuit of their careers.
Dr Alberta Nyarko, Physician in-charge of the Anti-Retroviral Therapy Clinic of the…
The Ghana Water Company (GWC)is working feverishly to replace one of the pumps at Barekese Dam, which blasted on Friday creating a severe water shortage in the metropolis.
The Barekese dam is the main supplier of water to the city, distr…
Right to Play, an international humanitarian organisation that focuses on children, on Monday organised games for children at Kpetoe with the aim of "knocking down" HIV/AIDS and stigmatization.
The games sponsored by the United Nati…
The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) week celebration recorded an impressive patronage at all the district mutual health centres in the Greater Accra Region on Monday, the first day of the celebration.
Over 3,000 persons were …
The UN Secretary General, Mr Ban Ki-Moon has noted wth concern that despite centuries of prohibition against slavery, traditional forms still exist.
"We have also seen a disturbing emergence of contemporary forms of slavery, such as …
The Very Reverend Kwesi Arthur-Mensah, Superintendent Minister of the Takoradi Circuit of the Methodist Church said Christians should set an example in their utterances and behaviour before and during the elections.
Speaking to the G…
Ghanaian music lovers and their Brazilian counterparts at the weekend went into a frenzy of excitement as Thais Morell, a renowned Brazilian female musician performed at a musical concert at the Golden Tulip Hotel in Kumasi.
The …
Reverend Daniel Owusu-Ansah of Adweso Trinity Presbyterian Church, dedicated a 75,000-Ghana Cedis 33 seater Tata bus, presented to the New Juaben Senior Commercial High School by its Parent Teacher Association(PTA), in Koforidua at the wee…
Ashesi University College in Accra has won the Ghana country prize for the "2008 Educating Africa Pan African Award" for entrepreneurship in education.
A statement from the Accra-based University College said the award "seeks to ide…
The Saltpond Methodist Senior High School has banned the wearing of the dressing mode popularly called "Otto Pfister" in and outside school.
The Otto Pfister dressing is to adjust the pair of shorts or the trousers below the hips to …
The Omanhene of Gomoa Akyempim Traditional Area, Obrifo Ahumaku Ahor Ankobea III, has urged the electorate to assess the capabilities and attitudes of all parliamentary and presidential candidates before casting their vote.
Obrifo Ah…
Mr K.T Hammond, Deputy Interior Minister, has predicted a third time straight defeat for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in this year's presidential and parliamentary elections.
Ghanaians, he said, would vote massi…
Somali Islamist fighters Monday captured a village close to the southern town of Baidoa, the seat of the national parliament, as lawmakers are returning back to the town from Nairobi for a crucial session next week.
The fighters too…
Former Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa has been offered the post of NATO's secretary-general, according to the latest edition of the Slovenian weekly Reporter released on Monday.
Of the offers Jansa has received from internation…
The European Union (EU) High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Javier Solana, on Monday held phone conversations with foreign ministers of India and Pakistan to discuss with them the fight against terrorism in the …
Over 25 million people have died from the AIDS pandemic since its emergence with over 33 million people infected across the world.
Mr Joe Baidoe-Ansah, Minister for Aviation, who announced this said "Predictably, Africa tops the HIV/…
Vice President Alhaji Aliu Mahama, at the weekend asked Northerners to pay keen interest in the Northern Development Fund (NDF), established by government to facilitate the holistic development agenda of the Northern, Upper East and Upper …
The Pro-Vice chancellor of the University of Ghana, Legon, Professor Kwesi Yankah on Saturday, urged the staffs of the various Institutions to channel their grievances and concerns to the proper authorities for redress.
He said by d…
The 14th Conference of the Parties (COP14) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will open Monday in the central Polish city of Poznan.
The two-week conference is expected to draw 8,000 participants fr…
President John Agyekum Kufuor has cut the sod for commencement of work on an ultra-modern market complex, christened "the Jubilee Market", at Kukuo in the Tamale Metropolis.
On completion, it would have a total of 426 stores, 200 ope…
Over two million Muslim pilgrims attended Friday prayers in the Grand Mosque in Mecca as well as the Prophet's Mosque in Medina.
According to the Saudi Press Agency, more than 500,000 worshippers attended Friday prayers at the Prophe…
Mrs. Jane Okrah, a Focal Person on HIV/AIDS of the Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC) on Sunday called for a concerted effort by the churches, schools and parents to step up the education drive on
the harmful effects of HIV/AIDS to prevent its …
The Apostolic Congress for Africa (ACA), a global inter-denominational Christian organisation, has inaugurated its Ghana chapter at Saltpond in the Central Region.
Eleven-member National Executives with Evangelist Eric Abakah as the G…
The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), in collaboration with the 145 District Mutual Health Insurance schemes (DMHIS), would embark on an awareness walk throughout the country from December 1.
A statement signed by Mr Ras Bo…
Seventy three people in four communities in Ajumako-Eyan-Assiam District, have received sums of money under government's Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme.
Government is implementing the programme in selected r…
Former President Jerry Rawlings on Monday called for leadership by example, as the country celebrates World AIDS Day, saying the theme for this year's celebration - leadership, was appropriate.
"At this crucial point in our country's…
Members of Asanteman Association of Chicago and Midwest, United States of America have donated assorted books worth about 16,000 dollars to Ashanti Library in Kumasi.
They included fiction and non-fiction textbooks, workbooks, journa…
Management of Twifo-Oil Palm Plantation (TOPP) on Saturday, pledged to retain and assist any employee infected with HIV/AIDS.
It therefore encouraged the employees to take advantage of the Voluntary Counselling and Testing Centre (V…
Manager of Bethel Vocational Academy (BVA), Mrs. Vida Boakye, in Akim Oda in the Eastern Region on Saturday, advised parents to help wards use their leisure hours profitably.
"This is because leisure hours are very important," she sa…
Mr Vincent Fiati, Eastern Regional Director of Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA), has expressed concerned about the high rate of road accidents in the Region.
He has therefore appealed to stakeholders in the industry to c…
Mr Bernard Yadogla, Headmaster of Dabala Secondary Technical School (DATEC) has hailed the commissioning of a computer laboratory for his school at the weekend, as a huge inducement to teacher and student performance.
He said for ma…
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