A campaign to enable sympathisers sponsor polling agents of the party during the elections has been launched by the New Patriotic Party (NPP).

Kumasi. -About 24 parliamentary candidates of various political parties, other than the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the biggest opposition party, the NPP, have failed to meet the requirements of the Electoral Commission (EC), and have been barred from participating in the December 7 polls.

The 2016 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has admonished students across the country to be mindful of the choices they make in this year\'s elections, and stay clear of voting for President John Mahama for another four years.

Tema-based Fixit Fast ICT Center has organised an ICT Quiz for selected schools within the Metropolitan area dubbed Tema Metro Fixit Fast ICT Quiz, to help the students to take their lessons seriously.

Staff and students of Martin Luther King Jnr. Schools at Ashaiman-Lebanon, near Tema, over the weekend held a graduation ceremony for final year students of the school.

Bolgatanga. -The Upper East Regional Police Command has identified 949 polling stations as electoral flash-points, ahead of the December 7 general polls. The identified flash-points (polling stations) are out of the total 1,222 polling stations in the region.

Information available to The Chronicle indicates that the Presidential Candidate of the Progressive People\'s Party (PPP), Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom will invade the Supreme Court with 18 lawyers to contest his disqualification from this year\'s elections.

The Electoral Commission has told NanaKonaduAgyeman Rawlings, flagbearer of the National Democratic Party (NDP) in plain words that, it cannot rescind its decision to disqualify her.

Nadowli -THE GENERAL Secretary of the National Democratic Congress, Mr Johnson AsieduNketsia has asked the Nadowli-Kaleo Constituents to return Alban Bagbin, the majority leader of Parliament back to the august House.

Royal Missionary Medical Relief (Royal MMR) Hospital has opened a new branch at Dansoman Last Stop to bring healthcare services to the doorsteps of deprived communities like Chorkor, Agege, Gbegbeise, Opetekwea, Glefie, Banana Inn and Akpetema.

Madam Betty Akumatey, a Lecturer at the Sociology Department of the University of Ghana, Legon, has called on the chiefs and elders of Tema to put in place proper documentation that would protect their interests when it comes to the sale of lands in the area.

The Government of Ghana has received financial support of up to USD 70 million from the World Bank towards the implementation of the Ghana Skills and Technology Development Project (GSTDP), managed by the Project Support Unit of the Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (COTVET).

BasicNeeds-Ghana says 37% of persons with mental illness and epilepsy have never sought or received treatment from any health facility, and 63% also gone through unsuccessful treatment options such as spiritual advisors, soothsayers and traditionalists, before receiving psychiatric treatment

The Vice President, Mr. Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, has called on traditional authorities to re-focus on the relevance of traditional festivals and stop using such platforms for merry making only.

The good news is that the alarm raised by a section of the media recently, that a medical officer and three student nurses had contracted cholera and died while treating patients at Cape Coast, has proved to be false. According to medical authorities at the Central Regional Hospital, two doctors and a number of nurses did, indeed, contract the deadly disease in line of duty. But they have been nursed back to full recovery by diligent colleagues.

The plight of the people of Dinkra in the Nkoranza North District in accessing healthcare delivery has been eased by the timely intervention of MTN Ghana for providing the community with a Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) Compound.

Ghana, as part of efforts to mitigate the effect of climate change and ensuring the sustainable management of her forest resources has taken pragmatic steps to engage all stakeholders in its effort to encourage behavioral change towards conservation.

Agriculture is a major employer of the Ghanaian population, but access to credit continues to be a major set back to agricultural development in Ghana, and also a disincentive to the country's effort to get the youth into that sector.

ACCRA Brewery Limited (ABL), brewers of some of Ghana's most popular alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, today, held a health clinic to commemorate Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) awareness day.

Dr. Samuel Sarpong, the Ashanti Regional Minister, has challenged parents to invest in their children's education to secure them a better future, and make them responsible leaders to contribute their quota to the socio-economic growth of the country.