The United Nations 2012 Water Report has warned of significant risks of slippage on the gains made in extending Water, Sanitation and Hygiene services unless more attention is given to maintaining those services and assets. The report acknowledges that despite …

Participants at the 64th Annual New Year School have recommended the introduction of a sanitation tax, along the lines of the National Health Insurance Levy and the Communication Tax, for local authorities to finance sanitation activities. They said local authorities …

The United States is working with officials in Ghana and nine other countries to address illegal, unreported, unregulated (IUU) fishing. The partnership was as a result of the ten countries’ inability to put measures in place to protect their fishing …

An increase in the amount of land being used for crops is one of the main reasons for the continuing loss of biodiversity and threatens to undermine attempts to meet international environmental goals. This is according to a new report …

President John Mahama President John Dramani Mahama on Friday arrived in Abidjan, the Ivorian capital to participate in a day’s emergency Economic Community for West African States (ECOWAS) summit to deliberate on rising disturbances in Mali. The summit, which is …

Agya Koo (right) The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has refuted claims that Kofi Adu aka Agyakoo managed to beat immigration officials at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) and travelled to Abu Dhabi though a warrant had been issued for his …

South African referee Daniel Bennett has been appointed to handle the Black Stars Group B opener against DR Congo on Sunday at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth. Bennet, a teacher at the Mondeor Primary School in Johannesburg …

Ghanaian authorities need to ensure fair and credible justice for an Ivorian militia leader, Charles Ble Goude, arrested on Thursday, January 17, 2013, says Human Rights Watch on Friday. In a statement made available to GNA, Corinne Dufka, Senior West …

Ghana’s opening match at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations against DR Congo on Sunday in Port Elizabeth has been sold out. The Stars will slug it out with the Leopards at the 46,000-capacity Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium and the …

Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Sampson Agbeko, Brong-Ahafo Regional Commander of Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU), on Friday called for a downward review of the processing fees at the courts to encourage victims of domestic violence to pursue …

The Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC) on Friday presented 30 desktop computers and ten Rlg laptops at a cost of $60,000 to the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping and Training Center (KAIPTC). The donation forms part of GIFEC’s Security …

Prof. Ernest Aryeetey – University of Ghana Vice Chancellor The University of Ghana (UG) is putting in place transformational measures to ensure an enhanced output of its products, Professor Ernest Aryeetey, Vice Chancellor said on Friday . He admitted that …

Mr Samuel Akuamoah, Director of Programmes of the National Commission on Civic Education (NCCE), has called for all to join in the fight against the illicit drug trade. He said it was important for every Ghanaian to share in the …

Mr Dwoahene Kaakyire Asiedu Akyeapong, the Adenta MTTU Unit District Commander, has said it was compulsory for all vehicles that use Liquid Petroleum Gas to visit the DVLA and acquire the requisite documents before they operate their vehicles. The Assistant …

The management of the Ghana National Fire (GNFS) Service said on Friday management had adopted measures aimed at curbing the trend and frequency of fire outbreaks in recent times. Brigadier General John Bosco Guyiri, Acting Chief Fire Officer of the …

Armed robbers last Wednesday attacked and robbed OJK fuel filling station at Apowa in the Ahanta West District of the Western Region. The robbers made away with three mobile phones, a laptop and  a cash amount of GH¢1,700 while the …

A day’s capacity building workshop has been organized for heads of decentralized departments, secretarial staff, assembly members and zonal council members drawn from the Kwahu West Municipality at Nkawkaw on Friday. It was aimed to enhance the performance of the …

A Tarkwa circuit court has remanded Iddrisu Anas Babao, electrician, into prison custody for possessing dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp without authority. His plea was not taken and he will re-appear before court on February 8. Detective Chief …

A Ghanaian musician, Akyeampong Deeba aka Richard Nimoh was on Friday remanded into Police custody by an Accra Circuit Court charged with five counts of defilement and assault. Deeba also known as Deeba Kofi Akyeampong, Richard Nimoh Deeba and Deeba …