October 2011

Mr. Alexander Tetteh, Executive Director of Center for Employment of Persons with Disabilities (CEPD), has called on the Government to invest in the empowerment of  persons with Intellectual Disabilities (ID) to contribute their quota to…

Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Friday announced that the governments of the United Kingdom and Canada had pledged to help Ghana to achieve her development goals. He said while Canada had expressed an interest in supporting the…

The body of a taxi driver who is believed to have been murdered by those who snatched his car on Friday night has been found near the Cape Coast Technical Institute in Abura, a suburb of Cape Coast. ASP Daniel Wiafe, Cape Coast District…

The Food and Drugs Board (FDB) has obtained information that a large consignment of expired corned beef with the brand names “Grace Corned Beef” and “Libby Corned Beef”, have been found in a warehouse in Togo and was likely to find their…

The Food and Drugs Board  (FDB) on Friday cautioned Ghanaians against buying food items at unhygienic shops and places, following the warning by Accra Metropolitan Assembly of a possible outbreak of cholera due to the occurrence of the…

It was a gleeful day for the people of Manya Krobo Traditional Area when on Friday all citizens both at home and from the Diaspora, clad in traditional attire, matched with beads and ornaments, gathered to mark this year’s Ngmayem festival…

Mr Moses Mabenga, Northern Regional Minister, on Saturday expressed concern about the fast rate of forest depletion in the Region and called on stakeholders to preserve forest reserves in the area. “The environment is everybody’s property,…

President-elect of the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC), Professor Francis Dodoo has promised to heal the rift within the movement following two years of acrimonious impasse. Prof Dodoo was in the early hours of Sunday elected as the…

Ghana’s Black Stars has been handed a delicate draw for next year’s African Cup of nations to be co-hosted by Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. The draw conducted by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea…

Professor Francis Dodoo, President of the Ghana Athletics Association (GAA) has been elected president of the Ghana Olympic Committee for a four-year tenure. Prof. Dodoo, 51, won by a majority at the Elective General Assembly of the GOC…