The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed Kathleen Sebelius's nomination as the health and human services secretary as the nation is gearing up for the outbreak of the swine flu.
By voting 65-31, the Senate sent Sebelius to the key post…
When assessing the U.S. president's first 100 days in office, a journalistic ritual beginning with Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933, everyone seems to have a different version of Barack Obama's "balance sheet," a long list of his achievements…
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and British Foreign Secretary David Miliband have arrived in Sri Lanka for a one-day visit amid international concerns over the plight of civilians affected by the current conflict between the gover…
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Colombian President Alvaro Uribe were at the top of popularity ranking of Latin American Presidents, local press Tuesday cited the company Consulta Mitofsky as saying.
Lula got 70 p…
More than 400 extra troops will be sent to Afghanistan to train local troops and help with upcoming elections, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced here on Wednesday.
Rudd said in a press conference that the troop commit…
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has filed a petition in the Supreme Court against his conviction in 2000 of plane hijacking case, local newspaper reported on Wednesday.
Sharif, elected twice as prime minister of Pakist…
The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) on Wednesday described the election of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Presidential Candidate in December 2007 as inconclusive and scolds
the Electoral Commission (EC) for legitimizing i…
Members of Wa East District
Assembly on Tuesday confirmed Mr Aminu Salifu as Wa East
District Chief Executive.
He polled 19 votes with six against, representing 76 per cent of
the votes cast at a special meeting at Funsi…
Mr Samuel Okudzeto-Ablakwa, Deputy
Minister of Information, on Wednesday asked former government
officials who still hav in their possession vehicles belonging to the
State to return them in their own interest.
"In the pa…
Members of Keta Municipal Assembly
on Wednesday confirmed Mr Sylvester Edah Tornyeava 45, a Tutor
at Atiave Secondary Technical School as Keta Municipal Chief
Executive.
Fifty-five out of the 68-member assembly voted for …
The Central Regional Minister, Mrs Ama Benyiwa-Doe, has urged chiefs and queen mothers to hold District Assemblies accountable for their under development.
Mrs. Benyiwa-Doe said under the decentralization policy, assemblies were made…
The Twifo-Hemang-Lower-Denkyira District Assembly, on Tuesday, approved Mr Foster Joseph Andoh, for the position of District Chief Executive.
Mr Andoh, a 47-year-old educationist, and a former employee of Pasico Ghana Limited, had 5…
The government expect its appointees to district assemblies to work as catalysts to ensure that its policies are properly executed to enable it to speedily achieve its vision of a better Ghana.
Therefore, any appointee to the Metropol…
Assembly Members of the Tolon/Kumbungu District on Tuesday elected Mr. Abukari Sumani as the Presiding Member (PM) and approved Mr. Iddi-Manza Mahama, the president's nominee as the District Chief Executive.
In an election conducted …
Ms Ophelia Koomson, the President's nominee for the post of Municipal Chief Executive, Birim Central, on Wednesday said she contributed immensely towards the growth of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Akyem Oda Constituency.
…
The chiefs and people of Techiman have commended President John Evans Atta Mills for nominating Mr Alex Kyereme, former Member of Parliament for Techiman North as Techiman Municipal Chief Executive.
Oseadeeyo Akumfi Ameyaw 1V, Omanhe…
The Awutu-Senya District Assembly on Tuesday confirmed the President's nominee, Mr Nuhun Adams as the District Chief Executive (DCE) for the area, after obtaining 23 out of the 33 votes of the Assembly.
Mr Huhun, 36, a Charted Accoun…
Nineteen members of the Nkwanta South District on Tuesday voted unanimously to endorse Mr Joseph Bikab, a tutor of the Nkwanta Senior High School, as the District Chief Executive.
The assembly also voted 100 percent for Mr Jacob Jej…
The Central Regional Minister, Mrs Ama Benyiwa-Doe, has urged chiefs and queen mothers to hold District Assemblies accountable for their under development.
Mrs. Benyiwa-Doe said under the decentralization policy, assemblies were made…
Members of the Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai District Assembly have approved Mr Moses Kofi Armah, a 26-year-old chemist, as the District chief Executive (DCE).
He polled 43 out of 44 votes cast.
The assembly also elected Mr Agyapong O…
Rival Islamic Hamas movement and Fatah movement decided on Tuesday to adjourn the current round of Palestinian reconciliation talks in Cairo to May 16-17.
A senior Hamas official said on Tuesday that the inter- Palestinian dialogue w…
Fifty-one out of the 52-member Akatsi District Assembly present at its meeting at Akatsi on Tuesday confirmed Mr Peter Kwasi Nortsu-Kotoe, 52, a Tutor at Accra Academy as Akatsi District Chief Executive.
Mr Nortsu-Kotoe a former DCE …
Former President Jerry John Rawlings is participating in a two-day African Presidential Roundtable 2009 in Berlin, Germany, which begins on Tuesday, according to a statement released by his aide, Mr Kofi Adams.
This year's Roundtable…
Reactions picked by the Ghana News Agency (GNA) on the rejection of Mrs Perpetual Annan as District Chief Executive for South-Dayi on Monday were mixed.
By 13-4 votes, the 17-member assembly withheld its approval of the nominee.
T…
Mr Jacob Kofi Dankwah, the President's nominee as the District Chief Executive (DCE) for Sekyere-Afram Plains was on Monday given the nod at the assembly's meeting at Kumawu in Ashanti.
He polled 35 votes out of 37 votes cast represe…
Members of the Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai District Assembly have approved the nomination of Mr Moses Kofi Armah, a chemist, as the new District chief Executive (DCE).
He polled 43 out of 44 votes cast in an election organised by t…
Alhaji Abdulai Haruna Friday, Tamale Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE) has appealed to chiefs and opinion leaders in the Metropolis to give him the needed support to carry the development agenda for the area forward.
He said Tamale …
The Gomoa East district Assembly on Tuesday failed to confirm Mr Theophanous Ampah, President John Atta Mills' nominee, as District Chief Executive.
Mr Ampah polled only 9 out of the 30 votes cast, representing only 30 percent, in an…
The Government on Tuesday renewed its commitment to review portions of the 17-year old Fourth Republican Constitution to ensure that its spirit and tenets conform to new democratic developments.
"The NDC government re-commits itself t…
Volta Regional Civic Education Clubs Champions, Anlo Senior High School on Tuesday won the 9th National Constitution Week Games Championship for second cycle schools.
Students and teachers of the school were honoured with a trophy, a…
The Kwaebibirem District Chief Executive, Mr George Agyemang Duah, has called for greater support and co-operation from his people to enable him run an effective administration.
He told the members of the District Assembly that with his …
U.S. President Barack Obama welcomed and offered full support on Tuesday for a senator's switch from Republican to Democrat.
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told a press conference that the president was surprised and "thrilled" t…
An Albanian official said on Tuesday, after the country applied for the candidate status of the EU, riding on the back of it being invited into NATO at the start of this month, that Albania deserves an EU membership since his country have…
Israeli President Shimon Peres is scheduled to meet with U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington next Monday, a spokeswoman for Israeli President Office said.
Peres will visit the White House during a trip to the United States to at…
European Commissioner for External Relations Benita Ferrero-Waldner congratulated Ecuador Tuesday on its "peaceful and orderly" general elections held on Sunday, promising that the EU would continue to strengthen ties with the Latin Ameri…
Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov had scheduled the elections for the National Assembly for July 5, 2009, the President's Press Secretariat announced on Tuesday.
The President's Press Secretariat said that following consultations wi…
Prospects for early elections and reunification in Cote d'Ivoire, where a bloody civil war remains a vivid memory, cannot be described as encouraging, a top UN official said here on Tuesday.
"Critical elements of reunification are not…
The Birim North District Assembly, has confirmed Mr. Napoleon Amoako Asiamah, the President's nominee as the District Chief Executive (DCE), for the area.
He polled 27 out of the 28 votes cast, with two absentees, representin…
The Akuapem South Municipal Assembly, on Tuesday confirmed Dr. Fredrick Osei Bonsu Twum, as the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for the area.
He polled 46 of the 60 votes cast while 14 persons voted against him at an emergency meetin…
Mr. Kofi Mintah, a leading member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), on Tuesday asked government functionaries not to allow criticism by their opponents to distract them from achieving their objectives.
He said "Focus on what…
Members of Hohoe Municipal Assembly on Tuesday confirmed Mr Victor Herman-Condobrey, an Educationist as Hohoe Municipal Chief Executive.
He polled 53 out of the 66 votes cast, representing 80.3 per cent.
Mr Herman-Condobrey sa…
The Awutu-Senya District Assembly on Tuesday confirmed the President's nominee, Mr Nuhun Adams as the District Chief Executive (DCE) for the area, after obtaining 23 out of the 33 votes of the Assembly.
Mr Huhun, 36, a Charted Accoun…
Nineteen members of the Nkwanta South District on Tuesday voted unanimously to endorse Mr Joseph Bikab, a tutor of the Nkwanta Senior High School, as the District Chief Executive.
The assembly also voted 100 percent for Mr Jacob Jeje…
French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived here Monday morning for his first state visit to Spain.
Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni touched down at Madrid's Barajas airport at 11:30 a.m. local time, where they were met by the Spanish…
The relationship between China and the European Union should be viewed from a strategic height and long-term perspective, Chinese Ambassador Song Zhe to the EU said here on Saturday.
"If we stand high, we will look far and see many…
Palestinian Islamic Hamas movement and President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement would launch the fourth round of talks in Cairo on Sunday to discuss an Egyptian offer calling for the formation of a Palestinian national committee to liaise b…
Seven people were detained on Saturday when they tried to disrupt the ongoing spring meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), police sources said.
Police sources said that six were arrested for vandalis…
The Greek government on Saturday condemned a shooting incident targeting the Alter television station building in the west Athens district of Peristeri earlier in the morning, the second attack against the channel.
According to a p…
UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon on Monday urged the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) of 118 developing States to forge consensus to tackle poverty, climate change food insecurity and other thorny, intertwined world crises, UN officials said h…
The Madagascan High Constitutional Court (HCC) has rejected an appeal by supporters of former president Marc Ravalomanana, who was forced to resign last month.
The HCC refused to change its ruling on March 18, when it legalized Ant…