Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC) has adjourned voting to Saturday at some polling stations across the country where the biometric verification of voters could not be completed. Ghanaians went to the polls today December 7, 2012 to elect a new President …

The use of technology was seen as an improvement in Ghana’s widely applauded electoral process, when the Electoral Commission announced the biometric registration of voters for this year’s elections. But as the elections took off today, December 7, 2012, technology …

The Shama District Health Directorate has from January to November 2012 recorded 78 AIDS cases out of which 15 are pregnant women. Mr Francis Coffie, HIV/AIDS Focal Person at the health directorate made this known at a public lecture on …

Rojo Mettle Nunoo – Dep. Health Minister Mr Rojo Mettle -Nunoo, Deputy Minister of Health, has advised the media against playing politics with the activities of Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. He said the media had most of the times focused …

Togo’s frontier with Ghana at Aflao remained open today contrary to fears that the Togolese authorities might close their side of the border as they did during the 2008 elections. This has facilitated a continuous traffic of some Ghanaians from …

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has expressed his satisfaction with the voting process. He said having gone through the process, he was satisfied and that if it should continue that way, the results …

The chair of the African Group of Negotiators (AGN), Dr. Emmanuel Dlamini, has told a group of Non-Governmental Organizations at a briefing in Doha, Qatar, at the 18th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP18), …

Security operatives have released Mr Adam Yusif, District Chief Executive (DCE) for  West Mamprusi, after his arrest for possessing a verification machine. Briefing the media, DSP Simon Peter Aka, Officer-in-charge of Mamprusi Police Station, said the verification machine, which was …

A deputy electoral officer and a female technician received severe beating from voters at the Ayigya-Ahenbronoum polling centre in the Oforikrom Constituency over suspicion that they were trying to influence the election results in favour of a particular political party.…

Mr Robert Mensah, Chief Collector of the Tema Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) in charge of Tax Education, has called for the periodic review of the operations of the Free Zones Concept, to ensure that its prime …

The ARB Apex Bank Limited in collaboration with the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA), has established a new project to assist Rural and Community Banks (RCBs) in various ways. The fund is to enable RCBs to finance activities which require …

Man checking his name in the register. Ghanaians all over the country are voting today Friday December 7, 2012 in presidential and parliamentary elections. Generally, though, apart from delays, voting has started and it is peaceful. This year’s election is …

Nature herself smiled on Ghana’s sixth consecutive democratic polls currently ongoing across the length and breadth of the country, with two bouts of moderate to heavy rain along the coastal belt, especially in Accra the capital. Residents of Accra received …

Woman casting her vote. Four to five hours after voting started in Ghana’s 2012 elections, it has been peaceful so far. Voters have queued in lines waiting patiently for their turns to cast their votes. There were however, some hitches. …

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in collaboration with the Ministry of Food and Agriculture and AngloGold Ashanti has put measures to contain the pesticide spillage in Kumasi Kwadaso. The Agency said the chemical spill was being covered with thick plastic …

Mr Lee Ocran, Minister of Education, on Friday performed the ground breaking ceremony for the construction of basic and Senior High School for Valley View University (VVU) at Oyibi in the Greater Accra Region. The project, to be sponsored by …

The World Health Organization said a revolutionary meningitis vaccine will reach the 100 millionth person this week in a region of Africa that has been plagued by deadly epidemics for more than a century. It stated that the milestone will …

Ghanaians all over the country are voting today Friday December 7, 2012 in presidential and parliamentary elections. Voting was scheduled to start at 7:00am, but in most instances, voting didn’t start at 7:00am, as electoral officials and voting materials delayed …

A new report by the African Development Bank (AfDB) in collaboration with Vivid Economics, makes concrete proposals that will facilitate access by African countries to the Green Climate Fund (GCF). This was contained in a press release by the bank …

The Effutu Municipal Assembly at emergency meeting approved their rates and fees, composite budget and annual action plan/investment activities for the year ending 31st December 2013. Among the items to be carried out were completion of 12-seater W/C toilet facility …