Regional Ministers, Members of Parliament and district assemblies, operating within the catchment area of the University for Development Studies (UDS), have been asked to support the university.
Professor Kaku Nekoe, the acting Vice-C…
Mr Mahmud Khalid, Upper West Regional Minister, has urged traditional rulers to endeavour to meet the basic needs and aspirations of their people, which give a true meaning to the chieftaincy institution.
He said many people see the …
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Monday that three Somali pirates who were killed by the Navy's Seals to end a hostage crisis were "untrained" teenagers.
Addressing an audience at the Marine Corps War College in Quantico, …
About 100 people have been forced by flooding threats to leave their homes in western Canada's Manitoba province, after hundreds of others were evacuated earlier this month, officials said Monday.
The residents living in the communit…
The U.S. government is to assess the wildfires damage in the state of Oklahoma, paving the way for federal assistance to the displaced citizens, a local official said on Monday.
Two separate teams from the Federal Emergency Managemen…
Processing of pension benefits for 31 teachers in the Volta Region under Cap.30 Pension has been held up for lack of Treasury Form 56 "A" .
These were confirmed by checks conducted by the Ghana News Agency at the Volta Regional Directora…
The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Rt. Rev. Yaw Frimpong-Manso, has appealed to Ghanaians not to allow their political affiliation to divide them.
He urged political leaders to mobilize the cou…
Obaabun Ogyedom Obrenuwa Adwoa Yankey I, the development queen of Afransi, on Saturday observed that the high infant mortality and poverty rates were some of the challenges impeding development in the area.
She has therefore promised…
The Savanna Cement Company Limited (SAVACEM) would produce an initial 1000 tons or 20,000 bags of cement per day when it starts production by the middle of the year.
According to a geological survey, the potential resource of cement …
The Savanna Cement Company Limited (SAVACEM) would produce an initial 1000 tons or 20,000 bags of cement per day when it starts production by the middle of the year.
According to a geological survey, the potential resource of cement …
Vice President John Dramani Mahama has said the creation of a new region out of the Northern Region should be in the interest of all northerners and not seen as the agenda of any group of people.
He said the Northern Region covered a…
he Executives of the Ho West and Ho Central constituencies of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have commended President John Evans Atta Mills for nominating Mr Isaac Kwasi Kodobisah as the Ho Municipal Chief Executive.
In a joi…
Executive members of the Agona West branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have protested against the nomination of Mrs Susana Keelson-Aikins as the Municipal Chief Executive for Agona West Assembly.
Addressing a press co…
Mr. Moses Asaga, Member of Parliament (MP) for the Nabdam Constituency in the Upper East Region at the weekend assured the people in his constituency that he was committed to bringing more development projects to the area.
He gave the …
Executive members of the Agona West branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have protested against the nomination of Mrs Susana Keelson-Aikins as the Municipal Chief Executive for Agona West Assembly.
Addressing a press co…
One of the greatest challenges confronting today's world is the menace of HIV/AIDS, which by all indications is a big catastrophe confronting contemporary society since both the sexually active and non-sexually active stand the risk of g…
Apostle Samuel Nelson-Brako, Swedru Area Head of the Apostolic Church Ghana, has appealed to Ghanaians not to allow partisan politics to divide them.
"Politics should not disintegrate us but should reconcile and unite us since it is …
Thirty-two babies, made up of 18 boys and 14 girls, were recorded at Winneba Government Hospital and the Kasoa Health Centre on Good Friday and Holy Saturday.
Senior Staff Midwife Margaret Tanor told the Ghana News Agency that 15 babi…
Apostle Dr Opoku Onyinah, Chairman of the Church of Pentecost (COP), has said through the death and resurrection of Christ, God had reconciled mankind to Himself.
This, he said, clearly showed God's infinite and everlasting love for …
Christians in Ghana have joined their counterparts throughout the world to celebrate Easter - the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead about 2,000 years ago - with church services, crusades and conventions.
The Ghana Police Chu…
The Minister of Employment and Social Welfare, Stephen Amoanor Kwao, has returned home from Abidjan, where he attended the Second Conference of Ministers of Labour and Employment of ECOWAS countries.
Speaking to the Ghana News Agency on…
Pastor John Kwamina Sarkodie, who is in-charge of the Kasoa East branch of the Apostolic Church, has expressed concern about self proclaimed prophets who exploit many people, including Christians, leaving them in poverty.
He said one …
Chiefs and opinion leaders in the Klefe traditional area have set up an 11-member education reform committee to salvage the falling standard of education in the traditional area.
The committee, under the Chairmanship of the Very Reve…
The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Rt Rev. Yaw Frimpong-Manso, has advised the youth to avoid indecent dressing and other immoral activities during festive occasions to avoid contracting the HIV/AIDS…
The Eastern Regional Minister, Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, has said a promise by the President to have the filth in the country cleared within his first 100 days in office would not be realized if citizens refuse to support the declaration and…
The General Overseer of the Reformed Cherubim and Seraphim Church, Ghana, Most Elder Baba Alakoshe-Nkrumah has advised Christians to be steadfast in the Lord and pray fervently to sustain the peace the nation is currently enjoying.
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Mr Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, Eastern Regional Minister has given the assurance that the National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP) introduced by the previous administration would not stopped by the National Democratic Congress (NDC), administra…
A majority of the Akyem Oda Constituency branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), on Sunday said they supported Ms Ophelia Koomson, current second vice-chairperson of the constituency, to be nominated as the Municipal Chief Execut…
Mr. John Jabaah Bennam, Member of Parliament (MP) for Zabzugu/Tatale constituency has advised supporters of political parties, particularly those from the north not to allow partisan politics to divide their ranks to bring disunity and ac…
The ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) now has 115 out of the 230 seats in the Fifth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana with the declaration of Asutifi South Constituency 2008 Parliamentary Election Results.
Alhaji Coll…
Mr Ato Forson, Member of Parliament for Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam, has urged parents and guardians to see the education of children as a prime responsibility that would ensure adequate human resource needed to develop the nation.
Mr Forso…
Miss Agnes Nartey, The Hunger Project (THP) Animator at Pleyo Community in the Yilo Krobo District, who benefited from a Vision Commitment Action (VCA) workshop held at Somanya last year is putting into action what she had learnt.
S…
Pastor Jacob Bernard Bentil of the Tema-Ashaiman official town branch of the Reformed Cherubim and Seraphim Church, Ghana, has asked Ghanaians to re-examine their lives as they celebrate the Easter festivities.
He said Ghanaians shou…
The government has been urged to reactivate three major state owned companies which have not been functioning actively for decades now, to create adequate employments for millions of Ghanaians currently yearning for jobs.
The compani…
The French Embassy in Ghana on Thursday exhibited an array of photographs to end its two-week long photo workshop dubbed; "Visa to Bamako" to select best photographs for the next Photography Encounter slated for November this year, in Bama…
Mr. Yaw Owusu Boateng, Member of Parliament (MP) for Akim Oda constituency has donated GH¢ 1,300 to victims of armed robbers who severely beat them up and took away their personal belongings and monies totalling several thousands of Ghana …
The National Executive of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) on Wednesday asked the government to honour
its promise and faithfully begin action on the implementation of the
Single Spine Salary Structure for the current …
Twenty maternal deaths and 111 under five years deaths were recorded in the New Juaben Municipality last year, Mr Samuel Agyemang Boateng, acting Municipal Director of Health Service, has said.
He was speaking at the launch of Safe Mo…
More than 1,600 people are killed annually through road traffic accidents, Mr Kwaku Oware-Boateng, Ashanti Regional Manager of the Road Safety Committee, has announced.
He said 43 percent of the fatalities involved pedestrians with a…
A three-day training workshop for newly recruited sanitation guards in the Western Region opened at Sekondi on Thursday.
It is being organized by the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD) and Zoomlion Ghana Limit…
The chiefs and people of Agotime Traditional Area on Saturday conferred an honorary queen-mother status on Mrs Juliana Azumah Mensah, Minister of Tourism under the title Nana Benyo II.
Mrs Azumah Mensah also Member of Parliament (MP…
The Reverend William Sakoe, a pastor of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana, has exhorted church leaders to preach the good news of God and the salvation it promises and refrain from inordinate materialism through extortion.
H…
Churches within the Ghana Baptist Convention in the Upper West Region, on Friday, began a four-day joint convention to mark this year's celebration of Easter, which commemorates the death and crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
Members from…
Mr J.H. Mensah, former senior minister under the Kufuor Administration, and Mr Reginald Bannerman, a Ghanaian lawyer, have given notice of their intention to retire from the Board of AngloGold Ashanti.
Their retirement will take effe…
Mr. Mark Woyongo, Upper East Regional Minister, reminded the chiefs and people of the Bawku Traditional Area that without peace there would be no meaningful development in the area.
He said that the government had plans to implement…
The Reverend Dr. Peter Ohene Kyei, Rector of the Pentecost University College, on Friday said the world was currently going through terrible times both, economically, socially and spiritually because men had refused to forgive each other, …
Members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), in the New Juaben Municipality, are divided over the Presidential nomination of Mr Alex Asamoah, as the Municipal Chief Executive.
A section of the members who are against the nomi…
Miss Agnes Nartey, The Hunger Project (THP) Animator at Pleyo, in the Yilo Krobo District, who benefited from a Vision Commitment Action (VCA) workshop held at Somanya, last year, is putting into action what she learnt.
She has orga…
The Chiefs and people of Bawku Traditional Area on Thursday celebrated the Samanpiid festival peacefully without any problem.
The festival, celebrated every year, could not come on last year as a result of the violence that erupted on …
A pressure group known as Campaign for Change (CFC) on Thursday lashed out at those who were carrying out "negative and misleading campaigns" against President John Evans Atta Mills and urged him not to be distracted from his course.
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