Accra, Sept. 13, (dpa/GNA) - Typhoon Talim strengthened near southern Japanese islands on Wednesday, bringing torrential rains and devastating winds to the region, weather authorities said.Trees were uprooted and power lines knocked down on Miyako Island and its neighbouring islands, according to the Ryukyu Shimpo newspaper, as the Japan M
Accra, Sept. 13, GNA – Nii Lantey Vanderpuye, the Member of Parliament for Odododiodoo, has called for the preservation of the old Parliament House to serve as a historical heritage for the country.He said the old Parliament House is an important edifice like the Christiansburg Castle, the Art Centre, Usher Fort, among other edifices in
By Jerry Azanduna, GNAGaru (U/E), Sept.13, GNA - The Presbyterian Agricultural Station at Garu has launched its golden jubilee anniversary with a call on farmers to collaborate with Agriculture Technical officers so as to be guided to use modern farming skills.
By Isaac Arkoh, GNAAndoe (C/R), Sept. 13, GNA - Development in Assin Andoe, a predominantly farming community in the Assin South District of the Central Region, has been drawn back due to years of entrenched and protracted chieftaincy disputes by some traditional leaders in the community.
By Kamara Osman Faisal/Issahaku Walkiyatu, GNA,Tamale (N/R), Sept. 13, GNA - Mr Salifu Saeed, the Northern Regional Minister, has appealed to investors to exploit the untapped potentials in the Northern Region and help enhance business growth in the area.
By Mildred Siabi-Mensah, GNAAbura (WR), Sept. 13, GNA - The Police in the Western Region have arrested seven armed robbers who attacked a security officer whiles on duty at the Ghana Rubber Estate Limited (GREL) and robbed the company of various valuable items.
By Dennis Peprah, GNA Abesewa (Ash), Sept. 13, GNA – The deplorable nature of sections of the Sunyani-Kumasi stretch road remains a death trap to passengers and drivers who use the highway. During a visit, the Ghana News Age
By Rosina Oyivor, GNAHo Sept. 13, GNA - Girls between the ages of ten and 19 in the Volta Region are to be given free iron folic tablet weekly to prevent adolescent anaemia.A demographic health survey conducted in 2013 revealed that 48.7
By Kodjo Adams, GNAAccra, Sept. 13, GNA - Mr Isameal Ashittey, the Greater Accra Regional Minister on Wednesday advised students to learn hard to become responsible persons in future.Mr Ashittey gave the advice when he and his entourage
By Elsie Appiah-Osei, GNAAccra, Sept 13, GNA - Madam Otiko Afisa Djaba, the Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP), has disclosed that government has released an amount of GH¢10,000,000.00 towards the settlement of outstanding debts of the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP).
By Godwill Arthur-Mensah, GNAAccra, Sept. 13, GNA - The African Union (AU) Commission has commended the Government of Ghana for implementing the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy, saying that it is a sure way of ensuring the growth of the country and the African Continent.
Takoradi (W/R), Sept.13, GNA - A cross-section of parents in the Western Region have hailed the free SHS educational policy of government as a laudable initiative.They said the policy would alleviate the financial burden on them and help improve the provision of quality education in the county.
Accra, Sept. 13, GNA - Students in the Ablekuma Central District schools have excelled in this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) raising the image of their schools.Twenty-one students who wrote the BECE in 10 schools had a single digit aggregate, while the rest had aggregate 10 to 20, scoring 100 per cent.
By Kamara Osman Faisal/Appiah Naomi, GNA,Tamale, Sept. 13, GNA - The implementation of the Ports’ Paperless Policy is to stabilise the economy to reduce the prices of goods and services in the country, Mr Baffour Ofori-Atta Kena, a Senior Freight and Logistics Officer of the Ghana Shippers’ Authority, has said.
By Kodjo Adams, GNAAkosombo (E/R), Sept.13, GNA - Mr Justice Asiedu Boateng, Finance and Administration Manager of Akosombo Textiles Limited, has called on the government to institute some control measures at the country’s entry points to check the smuggling of textiles.
By Rashid Mbugri/ Muniratu Adams Zanzeh, GNATamale, Sept. 13, GNA - The International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC) has handed over a new seed processing facility to Ganorma Agro Company (GAC) Limited to help facilitate the production and distribution of certified seeds in the Northern Region.
By Erica Apeatu-Addo, GNATarkwa (W/R), Sept. 13, GNA - Fuseini Zakaria, a 33 year-old businessman, has appeared before the Tarkwa Circuit Court in Tarkwa for allegedly hitting his colleague’s right eye with a metal hammer.The accused,
Accra, Sept. 13, GNA - A Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Export Promotion Authority, Mr Akilu Sayibu, has appealed to the media in Dagbon to help market the Northern Region as a place worthy of investors and investment.Speaking to the media in Tamale during the launch of "The Dagbon Peace and Progress Now," Mr Sayibu hailed the
By Paul Antwi Mensah, GNAManso-Odaho (Ash), Sept 13, GNA – A formal ceremony has been performed to mark the start of construction works on a new police station at Manso-Odaho in the Amansie West District - an area, where illegal mining has been pronounced.
By Benjamin Mensah, GNAAccra, Sept. 13, GNA - Professor Henry Kwasi Prempeh, a Professor at Law, has suggested that whistleblowers should be provided with incentives to encourage them to provide information on corruption cases when the Office of Special Persecutor becomes operational.
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