The word 'shame' on Tuesday took the centre-stage in Parliament when Members of Parliament from both the Majority and Minority tirelessly debated on whether the use of the word was Parliamentary or
otherwise.
It all began, when Mr. …
Mr. William Ofori Boafo, Member for Akropong, on Tuesday called on the government to make substantial budgetary allocation to the Armed Forces to enable them to carry out their duties efficiently.
He said Ghana had performed creditab…
The Singapore government is proposing an extra day of non-campaigning as a cooling-off period just before Polling Day, ahead of the General Election to be held in 2012, local media reported on Tuesday.
According to local broadcaster …
Tony Abbott is the new Australian opposition leader following a partyroom vote on Tuesday.
Abbott secured the leadership in a final vote against Malcolm Turnbull by 42 votes to 41 votes.
A clear majority of Liberal Members of P…
The British High Commission on Tuesday launched "UK in Ghana", a pamphlet detailing the various activities of Britain in Ghana, with an assurance to continue to strengthen the bilateral relations
between the two countries.
Speaking…
Government on Tuesday denied claims by the MP for Ashaiman, Mr Alfred Agbesi, that President John Atta Mills promised to renovate the Job 600 building during his State of the Nation address in parliament early this year.
A statement …
Two members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Sunyani East Constituency on Tuesday appealed to delegates not to be influenced with money in exercising their franchise in the impending
regional executive election.
Mr Michael R…
Ghana and eight other countries have been chosen to reconstitute the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group for the next two years.
The eight other countries are Australia, Bangladesh, Jamaica, Maldives, Namibia, New Zealand, Vanautu,…
The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) Sunday denied reports that it attempted to block a prisoners' exchange deal between Israel and the Islamic Hamas movement, PNA's bitter rival.
"The reports are false. They are Israeli claims a…
A lecturer at the Bio-Chemistry Department of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Mr Ebenezer Terlabi, has announced his decision to contest for the position of Regional Secretary of the ruling National Democrat…
De facto Honduran President Roberto Micheletti attended on Sunday to the voting center in his city of origin, El Progreso in the north of the country.
Micheletti attended to vote at 9:15 a.m. (1515 GMT) and after voting he told the p…
Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, the Eastern Regional Minister, has re-iterated that government would not intimidate any group of persons or citizens because of their political affiliation.
He said the government was poised to create a better…
Mr. Alfred Ofori Annye, Brong-Ahafo Regional Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), on Monday warned against perceived factionalism among the rank and file of the party.
He told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in an interview …
Mr. Alfred Kwame Agbesi, Member of Parliament(MP) for Ashaiman on Monday called on President John Evans Atta Mills, to fulfil his promise to complete renovation works on the Job 600 building to provide offices for MPs.
This, he said …
Portugal's Exterior Minister Luis Amado said on Monday that Portugal is working as a mediator among the Ibero-American countries to achieve a consensus that allows the approval of a joint declaration of the 19th Ibero-American Summit count…
Namibia's ruling SWAPO party is taking the lead so far in election results trickling in, according to the country's electoral commission.
The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) could only make available the results of four constit…
The difference of viewpoints on the Honduran political crisis remained as Ibero-American leaders met in Estorial, Portugal, on Monday.
Foreign ministers of these countries failed to reach an agreement at Monday's meeting, but the Hon…
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Monday sent a message to congratulate Jose Mujica for
winning Uruguay's presidential run-off election, and pledged Brazil's support for his administration.
Lula also pledged continue…
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Monday that his country has proved that the state plays an important role in combating the global financial crisis since the market itself cannot solve all problems.
In his weekly r…
The Ibero-American countries approved a pioneering Ecuadorean plan not to mine for oil in tropical
forests in return for international compensation, the Portuguese presidential office said Monday in a statement.
At the 19th Ibero-A…
The Obama administration said Monday that its patience on Iran's nuclear program is limited, warning that Tehran must make a choice between further integration with the international
community and further isolation.
"The President …
The UN Security Council on Monday unanimously decided to extend and expand the arms embargo and related sanctions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which have been in place since 2003, for another year.
Members of the Se…
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's visit to Beijing later this week will be a "positive trip" to further strengthen bilateral relationship, a senior government official said here Monday.
Harper will embark on a trip Wednesday t…
The Obama administration will lift a 22-year-old entry ban on HIV-positive visitors in 2010, in an effort to ensure access for all who need effective outreach and treatment and to combat discrimination more broadly, said Secretary of State…
The UN Security Council here on Monday called on "full access" for peacekeepers in Sudanese region of Darfur as current efforts are being hindered by the Sudanese government, but Sudan said that it does not deny any access.
The state…
The United Nations Monday observed the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People at its New York Headquarters with a special commemorative meeting, a new
photographic exhibition and a concert by Maqamat, an orchestra of…
The Ibero-American Secretary-General Enrique Iglesias said on Monday afternoon that there are
divergences about the political crisis in Honduras among the representatives who participate in the 19th Ibero-American Summit, which takes pla…
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak ordered his ministry on Sunday to urgently recruit supervisors to oversee the 10-month construction freeze in West Bank settlements, local daily Ha'aretz reported.
Within two weeks, 40 new supervis…
Aggrieved members of the Tema West Constituency of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), have appealed to the National Executives of the party to ensure that its constitution was respected by every member.
Making the appeal at a meeting …
Iran on Friday rejected a resolution by the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as a "politically motivated" move and refused to stop its nuclear activities.
The resolution against Iran was passed "wit…
Jose Manuel Durao Barroso, president of the European Commission (EC), will attend the 12th China-EU summit later this month in Nanjing, China's Jiangsu province.
Born in Lisbon, capital of Portugal, on March 23, 1956, Barroso graduat…
Discussions on climate change dominated the first day of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) here, with most participants calling for universal actions to battle
climate change.
The meeting brought together 51 head…
Equatorial Guinea will hold its presidential elections on Nov. 29, as President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, who has been in power for 30 years, will run for another term and opposition leader Placido Mico Abogo tries to challenge the long-time …
Nicaragua and El Salvador closed on Saturday their customs posts on the Honduras border and will open them again on Monday to avoid any possible incidents linked to Honduras' Sunday elections, Honduras police officers said.
Nicaragua…
The head of Paris-based United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) condemned the recent massacre in the Philippines, and urged the government to carry out a full and swift investigation into the murder, the o…
Honduras' de facto leader Roberto Micheletti on Saturday urged supporters of ousted president Manuel Zelaya not to carry out bombing attacks to disrupt the general elections and called
on the public to stay calm.
"I beg you on my k…
The presidential candidate of Honduras' Liberal Party, Elvin Santos, said Saturday that if he wins
Sunday's elections he will withdraw Honduras from the Bolivarian Alliance of the Americas (ALBA).
He told a press conference in Tegu…
Iran's Majlis (Parliament) Speaker Ali Larijani warned on Sunday that Iran will make "serious revisions" in its policies towards cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA) if world powers continue the policy of "carro…
Uruguayans went to the polls on Sunday to choose a new president between left-wing Jose Mujica and his rival Luis Lacalle in a run-off election.
The voting began across the country at 8:00 am (1000 GMT) and was scheduled to end at 7:…
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari Sunday telephoned Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) chief Mian Nawaz Sharif and extended Eid greetings to him.
Local TV channels quoted presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar as saying that both …
Sri Lanka's former Chief of Defense Staff (CDS) General Sarath Fonseka told reporters on Sunday that he will contest under the symbol of "swan" for the forthcoming presidential election which is scheduled to be held on Jan. 26.
Fonse…
Hundreds of Filipinos rallied in a southern city on Sunday to voice their support for a local politician and his clan who were accused of ordering the massacre of 57 people earlier this
week.
Supporters of the Ampatuans gathered at…
Top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong Il called for doing well on
military training during an inspection tour to an army unit, the official KCNA news agency reported on Sunday.
Kim expressed great …
The presidential election in Cote d'lvoire, initially scheduled for Nov. 29, will be postponed for some weeks, according to a communique released by the Independent Electoral Commission
(CEI) on Sunday.
The postponement is motivate…
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez vowed on Sunday that his government would not recognize the results of the presidential election in Honduras, calling the voting a farce.
"We will not recognize any result of the election. For us, the…
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said here Sunday that Brazil would not "reconsider" its
stance on Honduras' general elections and would not recognize the results.
Lula made the comments after arriving in Estoril, a Po…
Opposition candidate Porfirio Lobo has taken a commanding lead in the eye-catching Honduras elections held on Sunday, exit polls showed.
Lobo, from the National Party, garnered more than 55 percent of the vote, with archrival Elvin S…
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday expressed concern over the deadlock in Israeli-Palestinian talks and stressed the importance of creating the right conditions for the two sides to build sufficient mutual trust to resume negotiati…
President Dmitry Medvedev has sent a draft treaty on European security to leaders of other countries and international organizations of the Euro-Atlantic space, said the government
on Sunday.
"Following discussions in various multi…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Sunday called on Western powers to impose real sanctions on Iran over Tehran's nuclear program, local news service Ynet reported.
"The effort should lead to real pressure, real sanctions on t…