Implementing agents of Africa Youth Alliance (AYA) project in Gomoa, have held a meeting at Apam on Tuesday to plan strategies to procure funding to sustain the project when it comes to an end in March 2005.
AYA is a programme directe…
Mrs Vesta Adu-Gyamfi, Senior Lecturer and Head of Department, Integrated Rural Art and Industry of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has urged teachers to be conscious of the outcome of their work and have co…
Visiting Accra Hearts of Oak on Wednesday humiliated and broke the jinx by beating Sekondi Hasaacas two nil at the Gyandu Park.
Hearts youngster, Louis Agyeman opened the scores in the eighth minute when he out-jumped keeper Ekow …
Real Tamale United (RTU) on Wednesday beat Okwawu United by a lone goal in the second round of the Premier League match played at the Tamale Kaladan Park.
The two teams put up a splendour performance to the admiration of their su…
Splendid goalkeeping Mohammed Alhassan of Kumasi Asante Kotoko prevented Bofoakwa Tano from sharing the maximum points with the Porcupine Warriors in the opening match of the Group "A" Premier league match at the Sunyani Coronation Park…
Kpando Heart of Lions continued their impressive run in the novelty premier league when they humbled Tema Real Sportive 2-0 at the El Wak Sports Stadium on Wednesday.
Lions scored a goal in each half and both teams missed a penalty …
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Politics Election Peace
Ajumako (C/R), Oct. 19, GNA - Okokodurfo Gyeabuo Nana Kwamena Hamma Ababio II, Omanhene of Ajumako Traditional Area, has stressed the need for the various political parties to conduct their electionee…
The Centre for Democratic Development (CDD) and the Civil Society Coalition on Tuesday lauded the National Reconciliation Commission (NRC) for submitting its report within the prescribed period but expressed concern about its leakage.
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The New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Tuesday asked Muslims to use the fasting period to pray for and teach the indispensability of peace and calm, particularly during the elections.
This was contained in a statement issued by the party …
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has paid an amount of 135,000,000 million cedis covering the filing fees of its Presidential Candidate, Professor J.E.A. Mills and all its 230 Parliamentary Candidates.
The cheque to this effec…
President John Agyekum Kufuor on Sunday joined the congregation of the Wa Saint Andrews Catholic Church shortly on arrival to begin a three-day official tour of the Upper West Region.
Addressing the congregation, President Kufuor cal…
The British Government has given Ghana a grant of 20 million pounds (¢325 billion) as budgetary support.
The grant was disbursed as part of the performance tranche of the Multi Donor Budget Support (MDBS) Programme, to help the Gov…
The Tema Municipal Chief Executive (TMCE), Mr Samuel Evans Ashong Narh, has urged the leadership of the Tema branch of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) to continue liaising closely with workers and management to ensure that the already prev…
A three-day National Annual Ghana Health Service (GHS) Quality Assurance Conference was opened at Sunyani on Monday.
A delegation of 50 made up of Regional Health Directors, Health Administrators, Officials of National Health Insuran…
Eight women singing groups from the Bongo District of the Upper East Region at the weekend featured in the finals of a traditional folkloric music competition held at Bongo.
Mr. Andrew Awuni, Deputy Minister of Information and a nat…
Dr Emmanuel Kwesi Aning, a researcher with the African Security Dialogue and Research, a security think tank, on Monday said recent research indicated that Ghana's gun making ability has become more sophisticated and compete fairly with th…
The President of Senegal Abdoulaye Wade, on Monday said the incidents of wars, conflicts and poverty were no justification for the violation of the rights of children.
He said wars, conflicts and poverty were being used as tools to enga…
Coconut Grove Sharks on Sunday thrashed Vision Stars 5-0 in their Second Division league match at the Elmina SSNIT football park.
Inside-left Nicholas Dadson scored the opening goal in the 24th minute of the first half.
On re…
Premier league side, Power F/C on Sunday lost 1 -2 to the Black Starlets in a trial football match at the Cape Coast Sports stadium.
Starlets, who played a more purposeful game went ahead as early as the first minute when midfielder,…
The University for Development Studies (UDS) has secured a grant of four million United States Dollars under the Teaching and Learning innovation Fund of the education sector programme fund by the World Bank and administered by the Nation…
The Dangme Rural Bank recorded a net profit of 964 million cedis last year as against 702 million cedis the previous year.
Nii Dortey Abotsi III, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the bank who made this known at the its 19th Ann…
A 600-cedi gain by Fan Milk Limited helped the Accra bourse to recover after several days of poor performance following visible lack of interest by investors.
The GSE All-Share index, the main stock index, went up by 5.28 points at 7…
Mr Freddie Blay, First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, on Monday appealed to Second Cycle Institutions to help students develop the interest in parliamentary activities by encouraging them to appreciate topical national issues and contribute…
The Bolgatanga Municipal Assembly on Friday elected Madam Agnes Atayila, a Senior Nutrition Officer, as Presiding Member.
Madam Atayilla polled 28 votes as against Mr. Joseph Amiyuure, an Agricultural Officer, who had six votes in a…
The political parties contesting the December 7, Presidential Elections would cast lots to determine their positions on the Ballot Paper, the Electoral Commission (EC) announced on Monday.
Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, EC Chairman told the G…
About 300 supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Effutu Constituency of the Central Region on Monday held demonstration against what they described as an "imposition of a candidate on them by the National Executive of the Party…
The Electoral Commission (EC) said on Monday that no foreign organisation has so far applied for accreditation to observe Election 2004.
It is, however, expected that as the Election Day draws near some foreign organisations would co…
Mr Joseph Akudibilla, incumbent Member of Parliament for Garu-Tempane Constituency in the Upper East Region, was on Monday declared unopposed as the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary Candidate for the constituency in the December po…
President John Agyekum Kufuor on Monday said the Government would assist the people of the newly created Sissala West District with 94 million cedis from the HIPC fund to cater for the five per cent counterpart funding for the provision of…
The Eastern Regional Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), Mr Emmanuel Quaye-Sowah, has charged women to support their fellow women occupying high public positions to enable them to bring honour and image to wome…
Accra, Oct. 14, GNA - President John Agyekum Kufuor on Thursday said the Government would continue to create the enabling environment towards the attainment of macro-economic stability, good governance, transparency and rule of law to a ma…
The Western Regional Residency of Mr. Joseph
B. Aidoo, the Regional Minister has no fire extinguishers.
The building, which was constructed in the 1960s has seen no renovation
and the electrical wiring are too old and could resul…
The board of directors of the Golden Beach Hotels of which the Elmina Beach Resort is a subsidiary has undertaken to contribute 10,000 US dollars annually towards the development of Elmina as part of its social responsibility to the commun…
A four-day workshop on the World Bank sponsored health component of Promoting Partnership With Traditional Authorities Project (PPTAP) has opened in Kumasi.
The workshop is designed to build the capacity of the participants that com…
Mr. Mawutor Goh, Ho Municipal Chief Executive on Wednesday called for the promotion and implementation of all legal and institutional frameworks that facilitated women empowerment.
Mr. Goh, who made the call at the launch of the Volta R…
Mr. Clement Eledi, Deputy Minister, Food and Agriculture, on Wednesday called on the public to insist on food safety, to help reduce the high incidence and economic consequences of food borne diseases.
He said food borne diseases remai…
The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has developed a new computer software to link four key departments of the assembly to promote integrated and efficient service delivery in those departments.
The landmark computerization and n…
Mr Ben Nii Ablorh Annan, Presiding Member of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) was on Wednesday re-elected to serve another two-year term.
He polled 72 votes out of 99 ballots to beat his challenger, Mrs Bennie Brown Nuamah, an …
Mrs. Justice Sophia O.A. Adinyira, an Appeal Court Judge has observed that, inadequate funding was hampering the efforts of organizations and agencies fighting the spread of HIV/AIDS in the country.
She noted that even where funding exis…
The US Embassy in Accra on Wednesday announced that applications for the 2006 Diversity Via (DV) Lottery would be accepted between November 5, 2004 and January 7, 2005.
A statement issued in Accra said persons seeking to apply must r…
A day's seminar aimed at sensitizing stakeholders, including opinion leaders, traditional rulers and the clergy engaged in the fight against AIDS in the Awutu-Effutu-Senya has ended at Winneba.
The workshop, which was organized by th…
Mr Samuel Obodai, MP for Agona West, has called on candidates of the various political parties contesting the December 2004 elections to refrain from insults against their opponents when they mount platforms.
He said there was the nee…
President John Agyekum Kufuor, has given assent to the new Local Government Service Act and the integration of sector departments into the district assembly system.
The New Local Government Act 656, would enhance the implementation of…
An Electoral Officer has appealed to all registered voters to ensure that the peaceful atmosphere that characterized the voter registration and photo-taking exercises prevailed in the ongoing exhibition of the Voter's Register.
Mr …
Mr. Robert Atamah, Ho District Director of the Electoral Commission (EC), said on Wednesday that the omission of a sizeable number of names in the Provisional Voters' Register on exhibition at few centres in the Ho District was due to tec…
President John Agyekum Kufuor on Wednesday checked his name in the Voters' Register now on exhibition nation-wide.
He checked his name at a temporary booth Centre at the Airport Residential Area in the Ayawaso Wuogon Constituency in …
Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene, has reminded African leaders to show the needed political will and commitment towards building strong trade and economic ties among countries on the Continent.
This he said, was important "for our ow…
After a rather tough start for Ghanaian cyclists at the Sixth Tour Du Ghana competition on Monday, experienced rider Rudolf Mensah showed the class he is made of as he powered his way to win the second stage in the cape Coast-Takoradi enco…
The hopes of Gomoa Fetteh-based Feyenorrd of picking an away point was dashed when Awudu Adama of Power FC made two late strikes to give his side a 3-2 vital win in their week -seven Premier league match at the El-Wak Stadium on Wednesday.…
Boxing coaches attending the one month preliminary and intermediate course organised by the Ghana Boxing Association (GBA) to enhance their training abilities are full of praise for the organisers.
Barring their minds to GNA Sports o…
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