Accra, Sept 1, GNA - Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday gave assurance that Ghana would not hesitate to support its neighbours with its resources anytime the need arises.   "We are all neighbours and therefore need to be interdependent on each other and with the discovery...

Accra, Sept. 1, GNA - The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Government of Ghana, on Wednesday strengthened their partnership by signing an agreement that will enable IFAD have a permanent office in Ghana.       IFAD is a United Nations multi...

Accra, Sept. 1, GNA - Government is working around the clock to provide Ghanaians the requisite energy with emphasis on public-private participation to address deficiencies in the sector, Mr Joseph Oteng Agyei, Minister of Energy on Tuesday said.         &...

Accra, Sep 1, GNA - An expert in the cocoa industry has advised stakeholders in the sector to effectively tackle scarcity of land for agriculture, especially after the global economic recession, where demand for land for cereal farming and animal husbandry had increased.      ...

Cape Coast, Sept. 1, GNA - The Ministry of Trade and Industry is in the process of formulating a five-year national export strategy, focusing mainly on increasing non-traditional export earnings from $1.2 billion to $5 billion by 2015.        Consequently, investor...

Suhum (E/R), Sept. 1, GNA - Cocoa Marketing Clerks (M/Cs) have been cautioned to desist from exploiting farmers through the manipulations of their weighing scales.      "It is a criminal offence to tamper with weighing scales with the intention to cheat farmers," Mr Emmanuel...

Accra, Sept. 1, GNA - Standard Bank will support farmers in four African countries with $100 million over the next three years to help improve agricultural production and economic growth.     Farmers in Uganda, Ghana, Mozambique and Tanzania would benefit from credit from the Bank ...

Kumasi, Sept. 1, GNA - Managers of laundry establishments have been urged to form an association to ensure sustainable development of the industry.        Mr Kofi Ankama-Asamoah, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Cleaning Solutions Limited, an industrial cleaning org...

Accra, Sept. 1, GNA - Association of Rural and Community Banks on Wednesday rolled-out innovative micro-finance strategies to deal with infiltration into their catchment zones by multilateral banks.      It includes mergers and acquisitions to allow economies of scale and lobb...

Accra, Aug 31, GNA - The General Transport, Petroleum and Chemical Workers' Union (GTPCWU) of the Ghana Trades Union Congress on Tuesday called on social partners in the oil and gas industry to create conditions for the unionisation of its workers.      "Nobody should attempt ...

Kwabeng Sept.01, GNA-The New Patriotic Party (NPP), retained the Atiwa constituency seat when its Parliamentary candidate, Mr. Kwesi Amoako Atta, polled 20,282 votes in the by-election held on Tuesday, representing 75 per cent of the total votes cast.      Mr. Emmanuel Atta ...

Accra, Sept 01,GNA-The Vice-President, John Dramani Mahama, will leave Accra on Friday, 3rd September, 2010, for the second World Investment Forum to be held in Xiamen, China.      The biennially forum, which starts from September 6, 2010 and ends on September 9, 2010, ...

Amrahia (GAR), Sept. 1, GNA -The Director of Christian Leadership Training Institute(CLTI) at Amrahia, Pastor Stephen Ofori-Amanfo, has observed that politicians who faithfully serve their countries and the world at large to the benefit of humankind, are equally doing the work of God.   &...

Accra, Sept 1, GNA- Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday called for closer collaborations between political heads and their top civil servants to achieve growth and development in their areas.      He said politicians who disregarded the advice and contributions o...

Tamale, Aug.31, GNA- Mr. James Agyenim-Boateng, Deputy Minister of Information has reaffirmed governments' commitment to maintain a cordial and healthy relationship with the press to deepen the country's nascent democracy.      Mr. Agyenim-Boateng said since the NDC assumed of...

Accra, Aug 31, GNA - Mr Prince Bagnaba Mba, the President of Forum for Equity, a non-governmental organization, on Tuesday suggested to the government to carve another region out of the Brong-Ahafo Region and make Kintampo its capital.    He said Kintampo, located at the centre of the c...

Kwabeng (E/R), Aug 31, GNA - Residents of Atiwa constituency have expressed worry at media hype to create the impression that there is tension in the constituency as the result of the by-election and this could threaten the security of the area.      People who spoke to the Gh...

Tamale, Aug. 31, GNA - A former minister has appealed to political parties to establish secretariats for Education and Information to assist their members to access relevant and accurate information to avoid misinformation and the distortion of facts that often leads to misunderstandings and conflic...

Akyem Kwabeng, Aug. 31, GNA - All the 10 polling stations in Kwabeng opened for the electorate to exercise their franchise in the Atiwa by-election at exactly 0700 hours.       A visit by the GNA to some of the polling stations revealed that by 1000 hours at the Arabic Sc...

Apampatia (E/R), Aug. 31, GNA - The Eastern Regional Minister, Mr Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, has urged the police stationed at polling stations in Atiwa Constituency to stand firm and ensure that nobody broke the electoral laws.      He said the people of Ghana had full confidence...

Accra, Sept. 1, GNA - Former Ghana Airways staff on Wednesday called on government to investigate how $2 million dollars being the collection of KLM royalties by Ghana Airways between 2005 and 2008 was handled.      The government must also investigate the liquidation of Gha...

Accra September 1, GNA - Mrs Dzifa Ativor, Deputy Minister of Transport, on Wednesday inaugurated a five-member committee to investigate the fatal accident, involving a Metro Mass Transit bus and a Togolese articulated truck on the Ada-Tema Highway, last month.       M...

Accra, Sept. 1, GNA - A Korean group, designing a strategic development planning for the Ahanta West District, on Wednesday presented its final draft report on the first phase of the project, to the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development and Rural Development.     ...

Accra, Sept. 1, GNA - The Chief of Staff, Mr Henry Martey Newman on Wednesday called for the creation of a brand of economic dispensation that would enable aspiring leaders to sign up to.      He said though Ghana was yet to have international or regional brands that would p...

Sunyani (B/A), Sept. 1, GNA - Mr Kwasi Oppong-Ababio, Sunyani Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), on Wednesday advised residents in the Municipality to bury their political differences and initiate 'self-help' projects to attract support from the Assembly.      Mr Oppong-Ababio, ...

Kaira, Sept. 1, GNA - The people of Kaira in the South-Dayi District have appealed to the Roads and Highways Minister, Mr Joe Gidisu, to facilitate the transformation of the rough road from Todome to Toh-Kpalime into a tarred road.   They made the appeal at a durbar to mark 46 years of beco...

Cape Coast, Sept. 1, GNA - A colourful ceremony of net-casting was held on the banks of the Fosu Lagoon on Tuesday to signify the lifting of the ban on fishing and noise making imposed about a month ago to commence activities of the Oguaa Fetu Afahye Festival of the chief and people of the area. &n...

Saltpond, Sept. 1, GNA - An International Labour Organisation (ILO) consultant has appealed to Metropolitan, Municipal and District assemblies to identify problems facing small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and help them to solve them.      Mr Emmanuel Baisie, an ILO Decent Wo...

Saltpond, Sept. 1, GNA - The Ghana Statistical Service, in collaboration with Mfantseman Municipal Assembly, has recruited 414 people for training to handle the 2010 population and housing census.      Alhaji Ishaq Asuru, Municipal Coordinating Director who briefed members of ...

Accra, Sept. 1, GNA - The National Labour Commission (NLC) on Wednesday directed members of Accra Polytechnic branch of Polytechnic Teachers Association of Ghana (POTAG) to call off their strike because it is illegal.      They embarked on the strike action to press home the...

Wa, Aug. 31, GNA - The Minister of Education, Mr Alex Tettey-Enyo, has said physical education and sports cannot be isolated from quality education and so the need for the two to be blended to produce an all round and absolute student.      Mr Tetey-Enyo said the healthy pursu...

Tema, Aug. 31, GNA - Fui Tamakloe returned a net score of 69 to win the Coca Cola Monthly Medal Golf Championship played at the Celebrity Golf Course at Sakumono, near Tema at the week-end.      George Yaw Amoah took the second position with 70 net while Harrison Adu-Agyei pla...

Accra, Aug. 31, GNA - The Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) has entered into partnership with telecommunications giants, MTN Ghana, to sponsor its 35th edition of the Awards Night, fixed for September 11 at the Banquet Hall, State House, Accra.      The agreement wi...

Accra, Aug. 30, GNA - The Greater Accra Amateur Boxing Association (GAABA) will on Friday, September 3, organise a special Homowo boxing tournament to climax the Homowo festivities of the Chiefs and people of the Teshie community.      The one-day event will take place at the ...

Accra, Aug. 30, GNA - The Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) will on August 31, launch the 35th Edition of its annual awards night at the Media Center of the Ohene Djan Stadium, Accra.      A statement signed by William D. Ezah, Acting General Secretary of SWAG said, t...

Accra, Aug. 29, GNA - Obuasi Ashantigold beat Accra Hearts of Oak 3-2 on penalties to lift the 2010 edition of the SWAG/SIC H.P. Nyemitei Cup on Sunday at the Ohene Djan Stadium, Accra.      The match had to be decided via penalties after a barren score line after normal tim...

Accra, Aug. 28, GNA - Tullow Oil football team beat Home Finance Company (HFC) Bank team by a lone goal in a friendly football match at the Nicholson Stadium, Burma Camp on Saturday.      Edmund Agyemang scored the only goal of the match on the half-hour mark to hand his side ...

Accra, Aug. 28, GNA - Square Deal Gym's Raymond Commey defeated David Kotey of the Akotoku Gym in a Featherweight contest at the maiden Africa Golden Gloves Warrior (AGGW) last Saturday at the Prisons Canteen, Cantonments.      Commey, a regular face on the losing side during ...

Accra, Aug. 28, GNA - Premiership campaigners, Cape Coast Ebusua Dwarfs have announced a new Management team to steer the affairs of the Club.      The Management team was recommended by the Chief Executive Officer of the Club, Nana Aidoo in consultation with the Board of Dire...

Kumasi, Aug. 28, GNA - Wa All Stars and Obuasi Ashanti-Gold Sporting Club on Friday emerged winners in their respective matches in the semi-final of the Otumfuo Charity Challenge Cup tournament at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium, Kumasi to advance to the grand finale scheduled for October, this year. ...

Accra, Sept 1, GNA - The National Cancer Coalition (NCC) of the US in conjunction with the Breast Care International (BCI) on Wednesday presented drugs worth about 23 million dollars to the Ministry of Health.      The drugs are for cancer related diseases including prostate, ...

Gwollu (U/W), Sept. 1, GNA - The Sissala West District Director of Health Services, Mrs. Grace Tanye, has said lack of residential accommodation for health workers in the district was affecting the quality of healthcare delivery in the area.      She said health professionals ...

Accra, Sept 1, GNA- Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday challenged the National Health Insurance Authority to step up its technological installations to eliminate fraud and improve on services.    "With just five years left to reach the target date for the Millennium Devel...

Bolgatanga, Sept.01,GNA- Mr. John Tia Akologo, Minister of Information, has called on Municipal and District Assemblies in the Upper East Region to sponsor students in the Health Sector so that they would dutifully serve the Region after graduation.      Speaking  at 'M...

Cape Coast, Aug. 31, GNA - The Ghana Medical Assistants' Association had called for the upward review of the tariffs given to them by the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) to save health centres from collapse.      The Association said even though they serve 70% of th...

Tamale, Aug. 31, GNA - Over 93 percent of hospital attendance in the Northern Region are card bearing members of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) and now enjoy better service due to prompt payment of claims in the region.      Registered members of the scheme in the...

Tamale,August 31, GNA - The people of Dunga, a settlement in the Tamale Metropolitan Area, drink from a dam which is usually polluted with human excreta.      Due to the poor source of water, several members of the community have been afflicted with diseases which have drawn t...

Nkawkaw (E/R), Aug 31, GNA - A medical officer at the Kwahu Government Hospital, Dr Francis Addae, has urged the adult population to undertake regular exercise to reduce weight and other unwanted materials such as fats and cholesterol from the body to enhance their health.      ...

Accra, Aug. 30, GNA - First Lady, Ernestina Naadu Mills, on Monday expressed concern about the little or no attention at all given to cancer as a disease compared to malaria, HIV and AIDS, and other communicable diseases.       She said a strong cancer prevention campaign...

Tamale, Aug. 30, GNA - A total of seventy Medicine counter assistants (MCAs) on Friday graduated from the Chamalt Training Institute after having sat and passed the Ghana Pharmacy Council's (GPCs) MCAs examination.     The MCAs, formally referred to as pharmacy assistants, were dra...

Accra, Sept 1, GNA - The Coalition of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Water and Sanitation (CONIWAS), on Wednesday commended government for it decision to prioritise water and sanitation but urged the authorities to fulfil all commitments made in the 2011 budget.     ...

Bolgatanga, Sept 01, GNA- The Bagre dam is almost its maximum level of 235 metres following continuous heavy rainfalls, The Ghana Embassy in Burkina Faso has warned.      Managers of the Burkina Be dam would be compelled to spill more water from the dam which will swell the ...

Takoradi, Sept.01, GNA-Mr. Evans Adade, a Senior Mines Inspector, on Tuesday called on extractors of industrial minerals to comply with regulations in order to protect the environment, lives and property.      He made the call at a one-day workshop on "Responsible Exploitation...

Kwamikrom (V/R), Sept. 1, GNA - A local farmer has invited geologists to investigate the cause of a strange sound which emanates from a rocky field near his village, in the eastern part of Kwamikrom.      Mr David Kwasi Sai, who extended the invitation through the press, told ...

Accra, Sept. 1, GNA - About 2,200 rural agro dealers in Ghana have benefited from a 2.5 million dollar credit facility from the Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and the International Centre for Soil Fertility and Agricultural Development (IFDC).      The facili...

Accra, Sept. 1, GNA - The Ghana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) on Wednesday commended Parliament for the opportunity to comment on the Petroleum Exploration and Production Bill before its enactment.      However, it encouraged Parliament to offer interested stakeholders enoug...

Accra, Aug 31, GNA - The General Transport, Petroleum and Chemical Workers' Union (GTPCWU) of the Ghana Trades Union Congress on Tuesday called on social partners in the oil and gas industry to create conditions for the unionisation of its workers.      "Nobody should attempt ...

Tarkwa, Aug. 31, GNA - The University of Mines and Technology (UMaT) at Tarkwa will next academic year admit students into its new Environmental Science, Social Responsibility and Safety Engineering programmes.      Additionally, preparations are underway to start a Technical...

Tamale,August 31, GNA - The people of Dunga, a settlement in the Tamale Metropolitan Area, drink from a dam which is usually polluted with human excreta.      Due to the poor source of water, several members of the community have been afflicted with diseases which have drawn t...

Accra, Aug. 30, GNA - The Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) on Monday inaugurated its upgraded gamma irradiation facility, at the Radiation Technology Centre (RTC), under the Biotechnology and Nuclear Agriculture Research Institute (BINARI).      Professor Edward Akaho, ...

Accra, Sept 1, GNA - Mr Tony Oteng-Gyasi, Managing Director (MD) of Tropical Cable and Conductor Limited (TCCL), has called on corporate Ghana "to go beyond the complaints about the quality of graduates" and initiate moves to improve the educational system.      He said corp...

Accra, Sept 1, GNA - Quality education to children is a major step to fighting moral decadence in the Ghanaian society, the Guidance and Counselling Coordinator of the Ghana Education Service, Mr Vincent Agidi, has said.      He said with the right education and direction, the...

Accra, Sept. 1, GNA - Madam Marta Santos Pais, UN Special Representative of the Secretary General on Violence against Children, has urged government to put in place laws to abolish corporal punishment in schools.    "If Ghana would put in place the needed laws aimed at abolishing this...

Ejisu (Ash) Sept.1, GNA - The Ghana office of the West African Examination Council has been advised to consider alternative options to give unsuccessful candidates of the Basic Education Certificate Examination the opportunity to re-sit their examination, the next year.      ...

Bolgatanga, Sept 1, GNA - The Upper East Deputy Minister, Mrs Lucy Awuni, has said henceforth students who engage in demonstrations in the Region would be sacked.       The Minister said this when she interacted with students at vacation classes organized by the Northern ...

Accra, Sept. 1, GNA- The Ministry of Women and Children's Affairs says it has noted with worry media reports of alleged incessant sexual harassment of young female athletes by their coaches.      A statement issued in Accra on Wednesday and copied to the GNA by Mrs. Adiza Ofor...

Panfokrom (C/R), Sept. 1, GNA - The Community Development Vocational Institute, formerly Panfokrom Women's Training Institute, has introduced a programme to equip school drop-outs and those who could not go to senior high schools with employable skills within eight weeks.     ...

Ve-Koloenu (V/R), Sept 1, GNA - Mr Al-Sahil Osman Alhassan, headmaster of the Ve-Koloenu Senior High School, has appealed to major actors in the education enterprise, including the Ghana Education Trust Fund, to assist in upgrading the infrastructure of the school.      He sai...

Enyan Denkyira (C/R), Sept 1, GNA - Mr Peter Light Koomson, the District Chief Executive for Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam, has advised Community Education Teacher Assistants to count to study hard and upgrade themselves.       Mr Koomson was addressing 60 pupil teachers who are under...

Enyan Denkyira (C/R), Sept 1, GNA - The Ajumako District Directorate of the Ghana Education Service in collaboration with the District Assembly is organising a 21-day in-service training for 60 participants under the National Youth Employment Programme's (NYEP) Community Education Teaching Assistant...

Akim Oda (E/R), Sept. 1, GNA - A farmer who jumped bail, got re-arrested but managed to outwit the Police and bolt away in handcuffs, has finally been arrested at Akim Manso.      Kwaku Tawiah, 27, described by the Police as a stubborn criminal, has been charged for escaping...

Hohoe, Sept. 1, GNA - Gideon Kusekpor, 30, a farmer of Alavanyo-Dzogbedze in the Hohoe Municipality, has been sentenced by the Kpando Circuit court to 10 years imprisonment for cutting a high tension pole ostensibly to steal cables.      Kusekpor, pleaded guilty to the charge of causing harm...

Kumasi, Sept. 1, GNA - Ato Kwamena, a barber in Kumasi, who robbed a trader and inflicted cutlass wounds on her, has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by a Kumasi Circuit Court.           Kwamena pleaded guilty to the offence.   &nbs...

Kumasi, Sept. 1, GNA - A Kumasi Circuit Court has jailed a Kumasi-based herbalist for ten years for possessing a quantity of cannabis without lawful authority.           Baba Yidana pleaded guilty to the charge.       &...

Kumasi, Sept. 1, GNA - A 20-year-old fan milk seller, who defiled a 14 year old Junior High School (JHS) student and impregnated her, has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by a Kumasi Circuit Court.           John Appiah was also charged for ai...

Akim Oda (E/R), Sept. 1, GNA - Yaw Asiamah, a farmer who grew wild and uttered abusive words on his in-laws and later threatened to poison their drinking water, has appeared before an Akim Oda Magistrate's Court in the Birim Central Municipality.      Asiamah, who pleaded no...

Bunkprugu (NR), 01 Sept, GNA - The Catholic Church is seeking to resolve a rather unusual conflict between two clans which has even resulted in broken nuptial arrangements between them.      In April this year, two clans in the Bunkprugu-Yunyoo District in the Northern Region ...

Bibiani (W/R), Aug. 30, GNA - The Bibiani Circuit Court has remanded a 29-year old small-scale miner standing trial for alleged rape into prison custody.       Yaw Owusu denied the offence and would re-appear on Wednesday, September 2.       Po...

Akim Oda (E/R), Aug 31, GNA - An Akim Oda Magistrate Court in the Birim Central Municipality has remanded in prison custody, Kwaku Tawiah, a farmer, who allegedly threatened to kill a driver who accused him of stealing 17 bags of corn from his barn.      Tawiah, 27, pleaded ...

Accra, Aug. 31, GNA - A self-styled businessman who allegedly collected daily savings also known as "Susu" totalling GH¢ 37,495 from 99 traders and artisans and absconded, appeared before an Accra Circuit Court on Monday.           Charged with fraudul...