The management of Total Filling station at Dormaa-Ahenkro in Brong Ahafo has organised a raffle to reward loyal customers and enhance patronage for its products.
The ultimate prize, a Tata Indica Saloon car valued at GH¢11,000 was w…
Government will collaborate with training institutions and industry as part of a broad strategy to offer skills that meet the requirement of the job market, Mr. Stephen Amoanor Kwao, Minister of Employment and Social Welfare, said on Monda…
The world is now much better prepared to deal with a possible pandemic than five years ago, a senior World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Sunday.
"The past five years have put us in the best possible position to handle …
The Ga Traditional Council, on Tuesday announced that the ban on drumming and noisemaking to usher in the annual Homowo festival would take effect from Monday 4 May, 2009.
A statement signed by Mr. E.T Addoquaye, Registrar of the Ga …
Peace and Love Hospital, a breast cancer specialist facility at Oduom near Kumasi, has acquired a modern technology
that makes it easier to detect breast cancer in women.
Unlike the mammogram, the use of which required the breast to b…
Mr. Kwame Gyedu, Nkoranza South District Co-ordinating Director, has advised officials of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), to avoid politicising the scheme to enhance its patronage.
He said "In spite of the change of gov…
Mr. John Gyetuah, Deputy Minister for Trade and Industry, on Monday called on all stakeholders to get involved in the fight against counterfeiting and piracy.
He said "We must pool resources, both material and human, to raise awarene…
Dr Ebenezer Vincent Badoe, Director of Neurology Development Clinic, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, has advised government to set up special pre-schools, classrooms and job facilities to suit persons with any neurobiological disorder like aut…
A study conducted in Kintampo by a team of experts has shown beyond doubt that taking Vitamin A does not reduce the risk of death in pregnancy or childbirth.
The study has answered a very important question for the survival of women …
Dr. George Sipa Yankey, Minister for Health, on Monday said there was the need for a platform that gave stakeholders in the food sector an opportunity to discuss food safety.
Dr George Sipa Yankey said the rapid globalization of food…
Dr. Anthony Nsiah-Asare, Chief Executive of
the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), has hinted that, the Emergency
and Accident Unit commissioned is set to operate on May 4, 2009.
He said after several months of testing the equipm…
Dr. George Sipa-Adja Yankey, Minister of Health,
has charged hospital administrators to ensure a high level of maintenance and servicing culture to help increase the lifespan of their equipment.
He said most of the equipment and in…
A total of 26 out of 2,658 candidates failed
to turn up to write this year's Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE) in the Birim North and Akyemmansa Districts in the Eastern Region.
Out of the 15 girls who were absent, fi…
The Ministry of Health is to ban the importation and local manufacturing of unapproved malaria drugs in the country, Dr. George Sipa Yankey, sector Minister announced on Saturday.
He said the ban was among measures to enable Ghana t…
Dr. Ebenezer Vincent Badoe, Director of Neurology Development Clinic, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, on Monday tasked parents to assess their children's communication and language response to enable early intervention if diagnosed with autism…
As part of activities marking this
year's World Malaria Day celebration, Total Petroleum Ghana
Limited on Saturday organised a children's party across the country
to create awareness on the need to prevent the disease.
…
The Ntiamoah Foundation, a non-governmental organization (NGO) has presented a copy of 'Watching Democracy in Ghana', written by the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD) to 12 schools in the Eastern Region.
Presenting the books to…
Fellowship of Evangelical Youths for Development (FEYD), a subsidiary of Youth
For Christ Heritage (YUFRIST), an NGO dedicated to the promotion of welfare of the underprivileged was inaugurated on Saturday to serve as a vibrant and formi…
The Ashanti Regional Minister, Mr Kofi Opoku-Manu, has called on the Methodist Church to use its Synods and Conferences to find appropriate ways of dealing with the nuisance of false prophets, who were using the pulpit to create social div…
Vice President John Dramani Mahama has assured the business community that the government would continue to offer the necessary support to sustain their investments.
He said the private sector was contributing immensely to the develo…
Ms. Hannah Tetteh, Minister of Trade and Industry has reiterated the NDC government's commitment towards the economic transformation of the country, especially rural settlements to address poverty.
She said, "If government talks abou…
Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Sunday joined the congregation of the Fountain Gate Chapel (FGC) in Bolgatanga to mourn the death of six members of the church who died in a road accident on Good Friday.
Two of the deceased were…
Mrs Vida Dzobo, a leading member of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church Pastors' Spouses Association on Sunday called on her colleagues to be fair but firm in fulfilling their responsibilities in the church.
She urged them to be conf…
Reverend Eastwood Anaba, Head Pastor of the Fountain Gate chapel (FGC) on Sunday called on the Government to speed up the development of northern Ghana to motivate citizens in the Diaspora to return home.
He said human resource was t…
The Akyemmansa District Co-ordinating Director, Mr Ashaley Djane, has tasked health professionals to intensify education on family planning especially in the rural areas.
Mr Djane said families would be able to take proper care of th…
The Ntiamoah Foundation, a non-governmental organization (NGO) has presented a copy of 'Watching Democracy in Ghana', written by the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD) to 12 schools in the Eastern Region.
Presenting the books to…
Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Sunday joined the congregation of the Fountain Gate Chapel (FGC) in Bolgatanga to mourn the death of six members of the church who died in a road accident on Good Friday.
Two of the deceased wer…
Mrs Vida Dzobo, a leading member of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church Pastors' Spouses Association on Sunday called on her colleagues to be fair but firm in fulfilling their responsibilities in the church.
She urged them to be con…
A Palestinian young man was killed on Saturday evening after a tunnel, dug under the borders between the Gaza Strip and Egypt and used for smuggling, collapsed, medics and security sources said.
Gaza emergency chief Mo'aweya Hassanei…
Seven persons, between the ages of 25 and 35 sustained severe bullet wounds during a clash over the alleged take-over of the Ashaiman main lorry station popularly known as the "Kufour park" by two groups believed to be NDC activists on Sat…
Authentic African culture, glamour,royalty, pomp and pageantry were on full display at a durbar of
chiefs and people of Asanteman to climax activities marking 10 years of Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene's coronation.
President Joh…
The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has announced plans to roll out new ambitious economic
development initiatives to complement the achievements chalked under his leadership in the last 10 years.
He said under his newly launched Chari…
Reverend Prophetess Gladys Dark, a missionary from the USA has said knowledge in Christianity mustn't be a means for people to find employment in the church just because of the "luxury" that comes with it.
She said acquiring Christia…
More than 60 casualties were attended to by the health team deployed at the durbar of chiefs and
people of Asanteman held to climax activities marking 10 years of Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene's coronation.
Speaking to the Ghan…
MTN Ghana Foundation, a body charged with the management of the corporate social responsibility
of the MTN Telecommunications Group in the country, will build 10 ICT centres throughout the country before the end of the year.
Each r…
A study on how many mild and severe malaria cases could be prevented by the candidate malaria vaccine, known as RTSS, being tried, is to commence next month.
Some 1,500 children aged between five to 17 months and six to 12 weeks are …
His Royal Majesty Drolor Bosso Adamtey I, Suapolor of the Se (Shai) Traditional Area, is one of several African dignitaries
invited to participate in the 2009 African Presidential Roundtable in
Berlin, Germany, April 28-29, 2009. The eve…
The Vice President of the African Federation of Film Critics (AFFC), Mr Francis Ameyibor on Monday called for collaboration among stakeholders in the film industry and media practitioners for the revitalization of the Ghanaian movie indust…
Brazil's police seized on late Thursday 2.84 tons of marijuana in the small town of Indiana in the country's southeastern Sao Paulo state, police said on Friday.
According to the police, the drugs were hidden in three pick-up truck…
Governance Africa Foundation, an NGO, has presented 500 copies of pocket-size constitution to the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE).
Mr George Odamtten, Chief Executive Officer of the NGO, said he was presenting the boo…
Well, popping the common erectile
dysfunction pill before sex could soon be a passe. Scientists
have come up with what they claim is a new generation of more
effective anti-impotency drugs which can be rubbed into skin.
An intern…
The first car and property tracking security device in the world would be launched in Ghana on Tuesday, a statement from PLC Limited, local partners of Trimgo T22 said on Monday.
The statement released by Mr Hugh K. Aryee, Chief Exe…
Some 129 students from northern Ghana are currently pursuing Bachelor of Arts degree programme at the Workers College (TWC) which serves as a tutorial centre for the University of Ghana Distance Education programme.
The college has …
Vice President John Dramani Mahama has commended the Catholic Church for its religions tolerance demonstrated over the years and the initiation of inter religious dialogue amongst various religious groups in the country.
He also pra…
The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) will commemorate this year's World Press Freedom Day on May 3 with a number of activities.
A statement issued in Accra on Monday by Mr Bright Blewu, General Secretary of the GJA, said the celeb…
May 1, which is the traditional workers' day (May Day), is a statutory public holiday and should be observed as such throughout the country.
This was contained in a statement signed in Accra on Monday by the Minister of the Interior,…
The Minister for the Interior, Mr Cletus Avoka, has on the advice of the Upper East and Northern Regional Security Councils renewed the curfews imposed on the Bawku Municipality and Gushegu township and their immediate environs for anothe…
The Eastern Regional Director of Health in charge of Clinical Care, Dr Wilfred Larbi-Addo, has called on managers of health institutions to grow to become mentors of their institutions and not just figure heads.
He said health mana…
Two policemen have been interdicted by the Western Regional Police Command for allegedly beating, ransacking and detaining Mr Francis Essiew, a 38-year-old second hand clothes dealer at the Takoradi central Police Station under the pretext…
The Tema Circuit of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission on Sunday held its annual conference with a call on mankind to re-examine their lives and reconcile with others, to ensure peace for the present and succeeding generation.
Maulvi Raghi…
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