[Ghanaian Chronicle]Rural Initiatives for Self-Empowerment-Ghana (RISE-Ghana), a Bolgatanga-based non-governmental organisation, is advocating for the urgent need to launch Tuberculosis (TB) programmes targeting vulnerable populations such as prisoners, miners and mining communities in hard-to-reach areas.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Kumasi -THE EX-ODIKRO of Akwasiase in the Ahafo Ano North district of Ashanti, Opanin Gyasi Gyapong was last week Tuesday disciplined for gross disrespect for his overlord, the Bantamahene, Baafour Asare Owusu Anankwatia IV.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Hangar8, the UK-listed global aviation management and charter company with operations across Africa, believes Ghana and West Africa in general will see a huge increase in demand for private aviation services over the next few years.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Kumasi -FORMER DISTRICT Chief Executive of the Atwima Kwanwoma Assembly, Mr. Anthony Nyame has been granted bail in a case he is alleged to have stolen a Mahindra vehicle belonging to the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC).

[Ghanaian Chronicle]As the countries of Sub-Saharan Africa build upon their recent economic successes, attention increasingly has focused on the importance of financial sector development in stimulating continued progress.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Samsung Electronics Ghana has presented ten Galaxy S4 Zoom Smartphones worth GHC12,500 and an amount of GHC5,000 to the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) as sponsorship for the 18thAnnual GJA Awards, in a short presentation ceremony at the Accra International Press Centre.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Tamale -The Minister of Energy and Petroleum, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah has directed the Volta River Authority (VRA) to cut-off power supply to any government department, institution, agency or district assembly that would default in payment of monthly electricity bills.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]The Ghana Police Service, headed by the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Ahmed Alhassan deserves commendation for the introduction of a new tag system recently. The new tag intends to instill professionalism in the police service, which will indeed help redeem the fast fading image of the police.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]The Director of External Resource Mobilization at the Ministry of Finance, Kwadwo Awuah Peasah yesterday told the Judgment Debt Commission that the Ministry did not deduct the withholding taxes on the GH¢2.5 Million judgment debt paid to New World Securities.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]A Police Officer and two others have been sentenced to a total of 90 years imprisonment in hard labour by an Accra circuit court for using a police identity card as a sort of weapon to extort from arms dealers.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]The Ghana Health Service in the Upper East Region has met its target in the just-ended Synchronised National Polio Immunization Round II. The service targeted 253,154 children in the exercise, but achieved 273,904, representing 108.2%.

[Ghana Govt.]A consultative meeting with members of West African civil society organisations to address various challenges presented by drug trafficking and to discuss the impact of drug-trafficking on governance and security in the West Africa sub-region, is underway in Accra.

[Ghana Govt.]The Eastern Regional Minister, Hon. Helen Adjoa Ntoso has called on students to fully engage themselves in academic work to make great impact on their family and society as a whole.

[Ghana Govt.]The Akumadan Senior High School in the Offinso North District of the Ashanti Region has undergone tremendous transformation over the past four years as the school has benefited from various development interventions.

[Ghana Govt.]The Asunafo North Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Hon. Alhaji Mohammed Kwaku Doku has tasked newly admitted students of Goaso midwifery, the only state owned midwifery school in the Brong Ahafo Region to study and push the institution as the ultimate in Ghana.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]In initial remarks on Monday, five days after The Chronicle broke the GH¢144 million Subah Infosolutions scandal, we get the impression of an attempt to scapegoat the telecom service operators.

[Ghana Govt.]The Techiman North District Assembly (TNDA) in the Brong Ahafo Region has held its second ordinary meeting of the second session of the Assembly at Tuobodom, the district capital, to strategise plans aimed at bringing more development to the area and improving the quality and standard of living of the people in the district.

[allAfrica]General Electric, a well-known American brand with longstanding engagement in Africa, is "expanding its footprint" across the African continent (see GE in Africa brochure). The company had a high-profile role in the PowerAfrica initiative launched during President Barack Obama's Africa trip in June and has announced pro

[Africa Top Sports]The Ghanaian international midfielder of Udinese Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu has admitted his side lacked the killer instinct to beat Roma on Sunday (1-0).

[Africa Top Sports]The Ghanaian former Under-20 star Latif Salifu of Berekum Chelsea has been sidelined from the beginning of the season due to an injury he picked during their 2-0 defeat at Amidaus Professionals last month.