[Ghanaian Chronicle]The political space in Ghana is often described as polarized. However, a recent piece of legislation provides strong evidence of our political leaders' capability to rise above partisan lines to work towards sound democratic governance in our country.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]The management of Anita Hotel, a highly rated hospitality firm at Ejisu, last Wednesday brought smiles on the faces of inmates of the Garden City Special School, when they treated them to a special pre-Christmas party.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Ghana Commercial Bank Ltd. (GCB) has been awarded by the prestigious Global Finance which also assesses Banks by their international rating in Japan.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Vodafone's 'One Ghana' offer has literally taken Sekondi-Takoradi by storm, as thousands of people across the Western Region continue to subscribe to the offer. Customers in that region have confirmed the unbeatable value the offer gives and the superior quality they experience on the network.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Foreign investors, attracted by stronger economic growth in developing countries while mindful of risks, remain relatively optimistic about these destinations in the short term, according to the results of a survey released in a report by the World Bank's Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA).

[Ghanaian Chronicle]The Executive Director of the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), Jean Mensah has raised objections about the appointment of the Vice President, Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur as the head of the Presidential Transition team.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Kumasi -A KUMASI Circuit Court (3) last Friday granted bail in the sum of GH¢150,000.00 to Mr. Kwabena Appiah, Managing Director of Modex Oil Company Limited.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]BEFORE I begin to say my piece, I wish to congratulate the New Patriotic Party (NPP) leadership for having the grace and the courage to openly and unreservedly apologise for attacks on innocent journalists and their equipments by persons presumed to be members, supporters or sympathisers of that party.

[New Dawn]The last batch of Liberian refugees in Ghana who opted for voluntary repatriation to Liberia have left Ghana for Liberia on Saturday on board an UNMIL flight.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Authorities of the Methodist University College of Ghana (MUCG) have announced that plans are underway to offer programmes in oil and gas studies at the Dansoman main campus of the school.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Top shots within the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) are raising red flags over speculations that Alhaji Baba Kamara, the ubiquitous Ghana High Commissioner to Nigeria, could be named Chief of Staff to President John Dramani Mahama.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, has issued a stern warning to John Mahama and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to immediately cease using police-state tactics to interfere with the preparation of evidence by the party to challenge the Electoral Commission's (EC) verdict on the December 7 polls.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]The New Patriotic Party (NPP) is currently assembling an astute group of legal brains, ably coordinated by the party's flagbearer, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to fight its case of electoral fraud in the just-ended presidential and parliamentary elections at the Supreme Court.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Of all the clarion calls on Ghanaians to accept the seriously flawed elections of 2012 as free, fair and transparent, the one from the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice, freaks us the most. "The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice," crowed state-run Daily Graphic in the paper's issue of Saturday, December 15, "has rated the December 7, 2012 elections as 'free, fair and representing the will of the electorate."

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Effiduase-Ash -FORMER ASHANTI Regional Director of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Mr. J.K. Onyinah has said the teacher, around whom the wheel of education revolves, should take centre stage, especially now that education has become a key issue in Ghanaian politics.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]The Bekwaiman Development Committee (BDC) is to redevelop the 500 capacity Gyamfi Sports Stadium at Bekwai in the Ashanti Region into a modern 10,000-seater facility under a five-year (2013-2017) medium term development plan.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Kumasi -The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has cautioned its polling agents in the just-ended presidential and parliamentary elections to be wary of alleged attempts by some officials of the Electoral Commission and the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) to coerce them into appending their signatures to new electoral results.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]About 600 Kindergarten pupils, drawn from 14 public and private schools in the Bekwai township, have been feted by the Omanhene of the Bekwai Traditional Area, Nana Karikari Appau II.

[This Day]Former Super Eagles Captain, Austin Jay-Jay Okocha, will lead the generation of ex-Nigerian players to the GLO- CAF Awards ceremony scheduled for December 20 in Accra, Ghana.

[Vanguard]HAVING staged successful transition elections for 30 unbroken years, Ghana is a reference point whenever the issue of democracy is discussed in Africa. By gaining independence from Britain in 1957, she is also one of the first countries to attain self-rule in the Black continent after Ethiopia and Liberia. Ghana can also pass for one of Africa's most peaceful states.