General News

The Ghana Navy has taken delivery of two newly refitted naval vessels at a ceremony held at Neue Tadewerft, Wilhelmshaven, Germany. They are "GNS Yaa Asantewaa" and "GNS Naa Gbewaa" and have since set sail for Ghana and expected to arrive…

Brigadier General Daniel K. Mishio, Director General, Joint Operations at the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) General Headquarters, has cautioned young soldiers to refrain from partisan politics and focus on their training. He urged them to…

The Ho Municipal Assembly on Thursday paid a total amount of GH¢35,490.00  to 118 physically challenged persons under the Disability Fund. Out of the 118 beneficiaries, 94 of them need the money for income generating activities, 18 for…

Contractors who have abandoned major road works in the Upper West Region have been issued a one week ultimatum to report to site or have their contracts terminated and re-awarded. Alhaji Amidu Sulemana, Upper West Regional Minister issued…

First Lady Dr Ernestina Naadu Mills is to finance the construction of a six-unit classroom block for the Ahwenease Kindergarten and Primary Schools in the East Akyem Municipality. Mr Victor Smith, the Eastern Regional Minister, on Friday…

Mr Samuel Nyame, General Secretary of the Association of Former Ghanaian Workers in Italy (ASTAG), has called on the government of Italy to pay members of the Association their pension. The Association consists of 1,040 Ghanaians who…

Mr Adotei Brown, President of the Ghana Institute of Architects (GIA), on Thursday called for the adoption of “developmental control” in urban design to manage overpopulation and congestion in the country’s cities. He advocated…

United Nations Population Fund has organised a day’s media workshop to sensitise journalists on the implementation of the 6th Ghana Country Programme (CP6) which will run for five years. The workshop helped the media to understand the CP6…

President John Evans Atta Mills has assented to the Parliamentary bill to bring into effect an amendment in section 52(2) of the Immigration Act, 2000 (Act 573) to criminalizes migrant smuggling in the country. The new law, Immigration…

The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA), on Thursday burnt more than 500 seized second-hand mattresses at the Sofokrom engineered landfill site in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis. The exercise is aimed at enforcing the Legislative Instrument…