The New Times Corporation's Eastern Regional Correspondent, Ama Tekyiwaa Ampadu Agyeman has received an award from the Koforidua Technical University (KTU) at a soiree and awards ceremony held for journalists in the region by the university.

The second Africa Summit on Women and Girls in Technology which seeks to bridge the digital gender gap was launched in Accra on Monday.

About 20,000 households in rural and peri-urban communities across the country are to benefit from the provision of Digni-loo latrine facility under the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) for Health Project.

The Vice-President, Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has announced government's plans to install solar photovoltaic (PV) systems to provide power for non-electrified rural communities in the country.

Mrs Cecilia Dapaah, the Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, has announced plans by government to provide small incinerators to selected areas in the country, for waste recycling.

Government should expedite action on its industrialisation policy agenda and commitment of building industrial parks to expand industrial activities in the country, the Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GNCCI) has said.

The newly enskinned chief of Manyoro in the Kasena-Nakana East Municipality in the Upper East Region, Pe Dr Pakweah Atudiwe Atupare Manchi III has advised indigenes of the area to unite and assiduously seek for its development.

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) is pushing for increased funding from government to advance its health promotion strategies across the country to ensure a healthy population.

INFORMATION Minister designate, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has charged the security agencies in the country to bring to book persons involved in political vigilantism to deter others from engaging in same.

The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) has rebutted claims by the Chief Executive Officer of the National Biosafety Authority (NBA) that seeds from Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) can be planted.

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) is to commence a registration tour of members under its new insurance scheme, to be operated by SAHAM Life Insurance Ghana Limited (SLIG) on October 15 this year.

Bilateral cooperation was in the limelight over the weekend in West Africa when Presidents Roch Marc Christian Kaboré of Burkina Faso and Nana Ado Akufo-Addo of Ghana commissioned a power line connecting their two countries.

Informal settlements continue to remain a significant component of many cities in the developing world. UN Habitat describes them as lacking security of tenure, not having durable housing and short of basic services. Globally, almost one billion people are hosted in informal settlements. This is expected to increase to 1.5 billion by 2020.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said Ghana's quest to transact business with other countries would be meticulously negotiated through to ensure that, the country's interest is Paramount.

Fijai -Most Reverend Edward Kwamina Minnah, was on Saturday, consecrated and enthroned as the second Archbishop of the Orthodox Anglican Church (OAC) of Ghana.

Akatsi -A TOTAL of 236 households in 16 communities in the Akatsi South District of the Volta Region are now Open Defection Free (ODF).

The Institute of Chartered Accountant Ghana (ICAG), on Thursday in Accra inducted 281 newly qualified accountants into its membership.

Pride of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) table tennis prodigy, Cecilia Baah Danso is hopeful of winning the 2018 Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) female Table Tennis Player of the Year award after what she felt had a very successful and eventful season.

Sekondi -Mr Nene Kubi presenting a fire extinguisher to DCOP Dejoe . On his left is the Western Regional Fire Officer ACFO James Quao

Experts in Agriculture, Renewable Energy Water, Sanitation and Hygiene on Friday held a day's workshop in Accra to deliberate on the mobilisation of influential stakeholders for an inclusive approach to addressing high malnutrition and post-harvest loss in farming.