Archive for April, 2009
Posted by Contributor on April 29, 2009 at 7:14 pm in Science
Research scientists at the College of Technology Education, Kumasi Campus of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) have developed boards from agricultural residues. The residues were corn stalk, elephant grass, sugarcane and oil palm. Samples of the boards have been used to produce beds, television stands, book shelves, writing desks and other furniture. The objective [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 7:12 pm in Health & Lifestyle
Passengers coming into the country through the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) are being observed by surveillance teams for any symptoms that might indicate that they might be having the swine flu. Upon a directive from the Ministry of Health, the Port Health Department at the KIA is carrying out this directive in collaboration with the [...]
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Posted by GNA on at 7:11 pm in Local, Politics
The Office of Former President John Agyekum Kufuor on Wednesday categorically denied that he has imported a “customized BMW†vehicle. A statement issued by Mr Frank Agyekum, Spokesperson for the Office of the former President, said: “The attention of this Office has been drawn to reports in sections of the media that state agencies have [...]
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Posted by GNA on at 7:11 pm in Other Top Stories
A women’s group, Women in Law and Development in Africa (WILDAF), on Wednesday said the government had disappointed Ghanaian women in the appointment of metropolitan, municipal and district chief executives. WILDAF said the NDC government had therefore failed to honour its promise in the party’s manifesto of ensuring 40 per cent representation of women in [...]
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Posted by GNA on at 7:09 pm in Football, Sports
President of the Sports Writers Association of Ghana, (SWAG) Mr Ackah Anthony on Tuesday left for Milan, Italy to participate in the 72nd Congress of the Association of International Press for Sports (AIPS). He was accompanied by Kwabena Ofori a member of the Association to attend the five day Congress, which spans from April 29 [...]
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Posted by GNA on at 7:08 pm in Other Top Stories
President John Evans Atta Mills on Wednesday took a further step in redeeming his pledge to improve the nation’s health delivery when he cut the sod for work to commence on a Chinese Government assisted 100-bed capacity general hospital and malaria research centre at Teshie in Accra. He reiterated Government’s commitment to improve the health [...]
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Posted by GNA on at 7:08 pm in Other Top Stories
The Ministry of Health (MOH) on Wednesday said though Ghana had not yet identified any cases of swine influenza, it would remain on high alert to investigate and manage any suspected cases. The Ministry has therefore called on the general public to cooperate by reporting all flu-like illnesses to the nearest health facility for proper [...]
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Posted by GNA on at 7:07 pm in Other Top Stories
The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) on Wednesday described the election of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Presidential Candidate in December 2007 as inconclusive and scolds the Electoral Commission (EC) for legitimizing it. “It was quite unacceptable for the EC to declare a winner in an inconclusive election, which was fragrant violation of the [...]
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