Mr Abdul Aziz Abudulai, Presiding Officer at TB Polling Centre at Savelugu Constituency, in the Northern Region, has expressed concern about the inability of some voters especially the aged, to thumb print the Election 2004 ballot papers.
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Some voters at the Evalue Gwira Constituency in the Nzima East District, have appealed to the Electoral Commission (EC) and other stakeholders in future General Election to provide the electorate with benches.
The voters who had joi…
There was near mayhem at the Ablekuma North Constituency temporary office of the Electoral Commission (EC) when some supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) stormed the office to demand explanation to an alleged distribution o…
Miss Elizabeth Baffoe, the Comptroller of immigration Service at the Aflao Border, has said movement of people in and out of the country through the Aflao border on election eve has not be unusual "for this time of the year".
"It is the u…
Special voting for security personnel and other persons who would be on duty on Tuesday December 7 began in all the 39 constituencies in the Ashanti Region on Saturday.
Voting started smoothly in all the polling centres the Ghana Ne…
The Paramount Chief of the Gomoa Akyempim Traditional Area, Obrifo Ahunako Ahor Ankobea II, has refuted reports that chiefs of the area had rejected the Mrs Ama Benyiwa-Doe, incumbent Member of Parliament for Gomoa West, who is seeking re-…
The people of the Brong Ahafo, Northern, Upper East and Upper West Regions have been assured of adequate security to ensure peace and order in the December 7 2004 presidential and parliamentary elections.
The assurance was contained …
The Women's Commission of the University Students Association of Ghana (USAG) on Wednesday expressed their solidarity with all females aspiring for seats in the next Parliament.
"We wish all females aspiring for seats in Parliament t…
A large number of people including school children, women and civil society organisations marched through the principal streets of Bawku on Tuesday calling for peaceful, free and fair elections.
The theme of the march was "Towards Vi…
Mr. Papa Owusu Ankomah, Attorney-General (AG) and Minister of Justice, on Tuesday said, when voted into power at the December seven polls, the New Patriotic Party would adopt a more robust approach to the fight against corruption.
H…
President J.A. Kufuor has announced the allocation of 500 millions cedis towards the construction of a girls' dormitory for the Akim Swedru Senior Secondary School (SSS), in the Birim South District.
A bus each would be allocated to …
President John Agyekum Kufuor on Wednesday said the Government had no ulterior motive over the Songhor Salt Project but was rather determined to ensure that the economic potential of the area was utilised for the benefit of the people and …
The Registrar General said on Wednesday that it would, as from December 1, accept applications for the registration of trade marks for services (service marks).
This is because the Trade Marks Act, Act 664 of 2004, has extended prote…
The Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) district has decided to commit 1.5 per cent of its share of the district assemblies' common fund towards the control of HIV/AIDS and other diseases like malaria.
This is to help ensure the effect…
The Chairman of the GHACEM Foundation and a member of the Council of State, Nana Prah Agyensaim VI, has promised to allocate the Winneba Secondary School with 200 bags of cement, valued at 10 million cedis to help provide a fence wall for …
President John Agyekum Kufuor on Tuesday inaugurated a 370- million cedi one-storey headquarters of the Ga West District Police Service at Amasaman.
The Assembly provided 300 million cedis for the building from the Common Fund while …
The Senior Minister, Mr Joseph Henry Mensah on Monday applauded Ghanaian health professionals and urged them to place education at the centre of their service.
He observed the rapid growth of population in Kasoa in the Central Region, an…
The Mankessim Programme Area Manager of Plan, Ghana, a child-centred community development organisation, Mr Jacob Turkson, has called on parents and teachers to jointly educate children to have a better understanding of HIV/AIDS and sexual…
A French Navy Ship "LV Lavallee" has completed a six-day routine call to Ghana as part of her regular missions along the West African coast, a statement from the French Embassy said in Accra on Wednesday.
The statement said the visit…
The Wassa Association of Communities Affected by Mining (WACAM) on Wednesday said several people in the Bogoso community have developed various health related problems due to cyanide spillage into water bodies in the area by the Bogoso Gol…
The Libyan Embassy on Wednesday presented ten sets of computers and accessories costing 150 million cedis to the Electoral Commission to enable it to conduct a successful election and to ensure speedy counting of votes in the forthcoming e…
Mr Kwabena Agyemang-Badu, Nkoranza District Director of Education has urged School Management Committees (SMCs) and Parent-Teacher Associations (PTAs) in the district to ensure that schools are provided with sanitary facilities.
Mr A…
A School Performance Improvement Plan (SPIP) has been signed by the Nkoranza District Directorate of Education and the District Assembly with the objective of addressing challenges that militate against improvement of education in the area…
Mr. T. K T. Agban, District Chief Executive for Dangbe West, on Wednesday commissioned a new three-classroom primary school block for the people of Nyapienya near Kasunya in the district.
The school block was built to cut short the …
Mr Joe Donkor, Deputy Minister of Education Youth and Sports on Wednesday urged staff of the ministry to voluntarily go in for voluntary HIV counselling and testing to enable them to know their HIV status.
He said getting to know you…
The Techiman Abotareye Cooperative Credit Union recorded 51.1 million cedis profit in 2004 as against 30.5 million cedis in 2003 representing 67.7 per cent.
Mr. James Okyere, Techiman Municipal Cooperative Officer, said this while pr…
The Movement for Economic and Political Awareness (MEPA), a nongovernmental organisation (NGO) based in Kumasi has entreated Ghanaians to make Ghana the beacon of hope and encouragement to those nations in Africa and elsewhere still strugg…
The Youth Ministry of the El-Shaddai Baptist Temple at the weekend presented items worth about one million cedis to the Kumasi Children's Home.
The items included a bag of gari, half bag of rice, bars of soap, a gallon of cooking o…
The Association of Health Services Administrators of Ghana (AHSAG) has said the Ghana Health Service, (GHS) would continue to experience strikes if the authorities failed to administer the Additional Duty Hours Allowances (ADHA) properly.…
President John Agyekum Kufuor on Wednesday said the Government had no ulterior motive over the Songhor Salt Project but was rather determined to ensure that the economic potential of the area was utilised for the benefit of the people and…
The Interior Minister Hackman Owusu-Agyemang on Wednesday exhorted personnel of the various security agencies to ensure that the integrity of the forthcoming elections was maintained to guarantee the safety
of the country's young democr…
Mr. Papa Owusu Ankomah, Attorney-General (AG) and Minister of Justice, on Tuesday said, when voted into power at the December seven polls, the New Patriotic Party would adopt a more robust approach to the fight against corruption.
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The Women's Commission of the University Students Association of Ghana (USAG) on Wednesday expressed their solidarity with all females aspiring for seats in the next Parliament.
"We wish all females aspiring for seats in Parliament …
The Management and Board of Directors of the Export Development and Investment Fund (EDIF), Monday presented facilities worth 2.6 billion cedis to the University of Ghana (UG), Legon for research, development and promotion of non-tradition…
Madam Hawa Yakubu,MP for Bawku Central on Monday presented about 80 half pieces of wax materials and a cash of 2 million cedis to the Girls' dormitory at the Tamale Girls International school in Tamale.
The students of the house would us…
Hope for African Children Initiative (HACI) Ghana has granted about 500 million cedis to several nongovernmental organisation (NGOs) to intensify their education on HIV/AIDS and related problems.
The grant was shared among six implem…
Mr Eddy Obeng-Darko, the National President of Conference of District Directors of Education (CODDE), has advised teachers to exhibit a high sense of professional discipline and competence to win the confidence and sympathy of the public.
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Twenty-Five level one volleyball coachers drawn across the country have ended a nine-day capacity building course at the Winneba National Sports College.
The participants made up of six women and 19 men were taken through topics inc…
Real Moree United will host Oguaa United in the 10th week of the Central Region Division Two league which kicks off at all centres on Wednesday, December 1.
According to the fixtures released by Regional Football Association in Cape …
Cape Coast Technical Institute played a good game to beat Mfantsipim secondary school 1-0 in their zone A Inter-Schools and Colleges soccer league match played at the Central Region Schools sports park on Friday.
After a goalless firs…
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has directed three Division One club Chairmen to appear before its Appeals Committee on Wednesday for hearing.
The Chairmen are from Samartex, Schalke 04 and Vipers.
A statement issued in Acc…
Former President Jerry John Rawlings on Sunday appealed to all those who are keeping guns in Dagbon and beyond not to use them to destabilize the nation because their children and the country needed them alive.
"Those who have guns and a…
Dr Vladimir Antwi-Danso, Dean of Students, University of Ghana, Legon, has expressed disquiet about the unrealistic promises being made by political parties and politicians in their campaign messages.
He said, it was difficult to apprec…
The inauguration of the newly created Adaklu-Anyigbe District Assembly scheduled for Tuesday, November 30, has been called off, local municipal authorities said on Monday.
A statement signed by the Ho Municipal Co-ordinating Directo…
Kaaseman Rural Bank at Sefwi-Kaase in the Western Region, had recorded a net profit of 1,873 billion cedis for the 2003 financial year, as against the 809 million cedis it realised in 2002.
The figure represents an increase of over …
The Parent-Teacher-Association (PTA) of the Pope John Secondary and Junior Seminary at Effiduase-Koforidua, on Saturday handed over a 1.2 billion-cedi two-storey dormitory to the school.
It was funded from a levy of parents over a fi…
The Right Reverend Emmanuel G.L Twum-Baah, Bishop of the Koforidua Diocese of the Methodist Church, on Saturday urged all eligible Ghanaians to massively turn out to elect their leaders on December 7.
He reminded Christians that it …
The Director of EKGS Catering Institute, Mrs Efua Goode-Arthur on Sunday called on the government to create an enabling environment for the sustainable development, marketing and promotion of the hospitality industry in the country.
"…
Vice President Aliu Mahama on Sunday attended the funeral of late Sylvannus Ganfaa, former Lawra District Chief Executive, who died last month with a call on the family to accept the mishap as divinely.
He described the late DCE as a p…
Mr Isaac Edumadze, Central Regional Minister, has asked the electorate to vote massively for the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) to ensure rapid socio-economic transformation of the country.
The Minister who said this in an addres…
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