He said counselling will help guide students in the choice of courses in Senior High School and eliminate students reliance on their friends in making such choices.

Thirteen-year old Ishmael Mensah, who is representing Ghana, is thrilled to be meeting and training side-by-side with his football idols – Fernando Torres, Juan Mata and Victor Moses.

It said the airline’s operating revenue grew by $87 million, or 1.0 percent, during the period, compared to that of the first quarter of 2012.

A statement signed by Cynthia Prah, National Information Officer, United Nations Information Office (UNIC) in Accra and copied to the GNA on Wednesday said the book analyzes the positive impact of agricultural trade in developing countries and views it as avenue for job creation and poverty alleviation in developing countries.

The offences committed by the drivers included overloading, wrongful overtaking, over speeding, jumping of red lights and driving without the requisite driving license.

A statement signed by Mr Alex Atakli, Executive Director, (LLA), identified lack of political will towards the eradication of the disease and lack of policy direction on its preventive strategies as challenges still existing.

The 4-year programme, which will run from 2013-2016, is aimed at supporting Ghana’s integration into world markets by developing a competitive and sustainable export economy compliant with trade related standards.

A communiqué signed by representatives of both parties in Tamale on Wednesday organized by the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) indicates that both parties deliberated on the need for a dialogue and set out all the necessary agreements for that purpose.

The items would help improve and promote healthy teaching and learning in the school.

The White House releases 99 pages of emails related to the attack on a US mission in Benghazi, Libya, on 11 September last year.

Mr Justice William Atuguba, the Presiding Judge announced in Court that KPMG had agreed formally to do a headcount of all the pink sheet exhibits for gratis and added that  as part of the audit the company was expected to analyze and sort out the pink sheet into various categories.

A statement issued and signed by Mr. Akwasi  Opong-Fosu, Minister of Local Government, Rural Development, said the nomination was in accordance with section 243 (1) of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana and section 20 (1) of the Local Government Act 1993, Act 462.

“This is a Regional capital and a border Region yet it has nothing. I am committed to constructing a dual carriage road and an airport, at least, to an appreciable level before I leave here as a Minister,” he said.

A statement copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra, said the mining company considered as paramount the health of residents in and around the Obuasi Mine.

As Nelson Mandela, 94, grows more fragile, the struggle in South Africa over how he will be remembered, and what he has to pass on, has become increasingly acrimonious.    

Troops have begun deploying in the wake of President Goodluck Jonathan’s declaration of a state of emergency in parts of the north, but critics fear more civilian deaths.    

The Ghana Technology University College (GTUC) is working with the University of Hertfordshire Higher Education Corporation, UK, to introduce top-up undergraduate degree programmes in Computer Science and Information Technology

Four persons, including two students, are reported dead while 68 others were injured when a Neoplan bus with registration number CR490A veered off the road Kumasi-Tamale road and hit a tree

The recent news about the delay in release of grants and other support needed for the smooth running of the over 30 special schools in Ghana is very troubling and an affront to governmentÂ’s quest to promote social protection.