The Reverend Godson Nii Anmu Akushie, Guest Speaker at the United Church in Teshie Nungua Estate, has stated that the Holy Spirit is not a merely a person but a divine entity that guides and teaches Christians to do the will of God. Rev Akushie said the spirit of God enabled Christians to perform miracles, […]

The Rural Water Development Programme of Church of Christ (RWDP-COC) a Christian non-governmental organisation, has provided more than 1,200 boreholes and other facilities in the Northern Region since its 30 years of existence. In May 1987 the RWDP-COC drilled boreholes in Wenchiki for the eradication of guineaworm, which was afflicting the people. Three missionaries- Josiah […]

It is risky and unsafe to fill a Liquefied Petroleum Gas cylinder to the brim as it can easily explode at the slightest spark of fire or leakage in the cylinder, Mr Tizard Ansah, Risk Management Officer of the Association of Oil Marketing Companies has said. He said ideally, and by international standards, Liquefied Petroleum […]

The chiefs and people of Nungua in the Greater Accra Region, have performed their Kplejo customary rite to usher in their 2017 annual Homowo festival on July 2. This was done after the youth of the town had brought in what they called “holy corn” from Oyibi their ancestral town, near Dodowa and presented it […]

Boy-Child Initiative Ghana (BCIG), an Accra-based humanitarian non-governmental organisation (NGO), has presented assorted items for the upkeep of female inmates of the Nsawam Medium Prisons, at Nsawam in the Eastern Region. The items included; soft drinks, boxes of biscuits, used clothing, sanitary wares, toiletries, slippers and other consumables. Ms Akosua Offeibea Boakye, the Director of […]

Lieutenant Colonel Julian Salusbery, a student of the United Kingdom (UK) Defence Academy, has urged the UK and Ghana to deepen their relations for their mutual benefits and help facilitate the execution of policies in the near future. Lt Col Salusbery, who is visiting Africa for his first time said the UK and Ghana have […]

Oil Marketing Companies are conscious of human safety at their operational areas and filling stations and would therefore not engage in shoddy works that would jeopardize the lives of their customers. “Our aim is not just to open up petroleum filling stations and make money, but to ensure that whoever is at our stations will […]

At least three people were killed and 16 others wounded on Sunday in a suicide bomb attack in the city of Baquba, the capital city of Iraq’s eastern province of Diyala, a provincial police source told Xinhua. The attack took place in the morning, when a suicide bomber wearing explosive vest tried to enter a […]

The man who helped launch the massively successful ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is facing financial problems, as his family struggles to pay medical bills of about 1 million U.S. dollars each year, reported Boston Globe earlier this week. Pete Frates, 32, has suffered from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’ s disease, since 2012. He […]

Police in Greater Manchester released images Saturday night showing suicide bomber Salman Abedi on Monday night, taken shortly before he detonated a bomb at Manchester Arena killing 22 people and injuring 116 adults and children. The images show Abedi wearing a baseball hat and a dark jacket. Police hope the release to the public of […]

The U.S. Department of Defense on Saturday said that one U.S. soldier was killed in a car accident in Syria. “Specialist Etienne Murphy, 22, of Loganville, Georgia died May 26, in Al-Hasakah, Syria, of injuries sustained during a vehicle rollover related incident,” the Pentagon said in a statement. The statement did not specify whether Murphy […]

Clashes between police and protestors erupted in Italy’s Taormina on Saturday, during a rally staged against the ongoing annual summit of Group of Seven (G7) most industrialized countries. Around 3,000 to 3,500 people were estimated to take part in the rally, which was authorized despite the extremely tight security measures during the two-day meeting. The […]

The final communique released Saturday after a the Group of Seven (G7) countries summit gave its backing to the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change — with the conspicuous exception of the United States, which said it would take more time to make a decision. The backing of the Paris Agreement goals from Canada, France, […]

The United Nations General Assembly has designated June 27, to be observed as International Day for micro small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). The Entrepreneurs Foundation of Ghana (EFG) in collaboration with other stakeholders will organise an international MSME business network slated for June 27, to commemorate the Day on the theme: “Facilitating economic growth of […]

Ghana has become the second country in Africa, after Lesotho to launch a Blood Safety Information System (BSIS). The BSIS is an open source information system designed to manage donor and blood safety information from the point of donor registration to donation collection, through to laboratory testing, component processing and labelling, storage, and distribution to […]

Although Tanzania has not registered any case of the Ebola virus so far, health authorities in the country’s western regions of Katavi and Rukwa say they are well prepared. Katavi Regional Medical Officer Yahaya Hussein on Saturday unveiled measures to address the deadly Ebola virus, which has been reported in the neighboring Democratic Republic of […]

Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) most industrialized countries ended a major summit here on Saturday, with a common position on terrorism, and an improved understanding on free trade, but no real progress on climate. Leaders from the United States, Canada, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan gathered in the town of Taormina, Sicily, […]

Mrs Barbara Asher Ayisi, Deputy Minister of Education has bemoaned the negative mindset of the public, particularly parents who regard technical education as the preserve of academically weak students. She has therefore, appealed to parents and guardians to eschew the perception and allow their children particularly females who desired to pursue technical and vocational education […]

A suspect was booked into jail early Saturday morning for stabbing two people to death and injuring another in Portland, the largest city in the northwestern U.S. state of Oregon. Portland Police Department acknowledged in a Twitter posting that “lots of questions about last night’s horrific attack at the Hollywood TS (transit station). We will […]

The U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Saturday his country is committed to fighting terrorism, as “Americans are not made of cotton candy.” The retired four-star Marine general made the remarks while talking to the 936 graduating cadets at the football stadium of the U.S. Military Academy, located in West Point, aboutn 96 kilometers […]