The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has presented GH¢2 million to 1,000 women entrepreneurs living with disability, under the Presidential Empowerment for Women Entrepreneurs with Disability.

Ghana has become the first country in the West Africa sub-region to establish an electronic procurement system for the public sector.

A political science lecturer at the political science department of the University of Ghana, Dr Seidu Alidu has expressed as unfortunate the posturing of the Electoral Commission (EC) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in their engagements.

THIS is the headline the Times gave our front page publication yesterday on the phenomenon of kidnappings - something very alien to the Ghanaian psyche and life, till recently. (See page 16, centre spread left column).

PRoads and transport experts from 15 West African countries have met in Accra, to brainstorm on priority projects for the development of the sub-region.

Goaso -The Goaso circuit court has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of the Director of Ayum Forest Product Limited, Naja David, for absenting himself from court on many occasions.

Nearly two-thirds of a year has passed since it was first reported that some unidentified persons had seized a young lady in Takoradi in exchange for a ransom. No sooner had the shocked inhabitants of the historic port city come to terms with the unusual disappearance, than they have to contend with more worrying news of the kidnapping of two teens by the same as yet unidentified clique.

The Tema Traditional Council has welcomed the government's decision to place a temporal ban on fishing in the country's waters.

Mr Ken Ashigbey, Chief Executive of the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications, has donated 30 white canes to the Afadzato South chapter of the Ghana Blind Union (GBU).

Workers in Ghana will today join their counterparts worldwide to celebrate International Workers' Day often referred to as May Day- set aside to recognise the selflessness of workers.

PThe Ministry of Aviation has developed a consolidated action plan for the aviation sector that will align various performance deliverables in the sector to that of its agencies.

Kwaku Okyere on Saturday won this year's South Africa Freedom Day golf competition played at the Celebrity Golf Club in Sakumono.

Kongo -PYouth4Change, a project for out-of-school youth has been launched last weekend, at Kongo, in the Nabdam District of the Upper East Region.

THE Electoral Commission (EC) has justified its decision to limit the registration centres in the upcoming limited voter registration exercise to its district offices across the country.

A new Quality of Service regulation for the communications sector is expected to come into effect by the end of this year.

THE sitting of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament was yesterday characterised by drama when the former and current leaderships of the Ghana Trade Fair Company Limited (GTFCL) clashed over the whereabouts of payment vouchers covering an expenditure of GH¢349,094.

The Centre for Democratic Development (CDD) has stated that the resignation of the Minister of State, Rockson Bukari following bribery allegations, must pave the way for full investigation involving all parties cited in the scandal.

The Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has launched an electronic procurement system estimated to save the country $100million annually through the prevention of corruption and inefficiencies in public procurement.

Children in Ghana are starting to get a new vaccine designed to stop malaria. Ghana is the second African country to get the vaccine, which is expected to reduce cases of the mosquito-borne and sometimes fatal disease. But experts caution that other malaria-prevention measures are still necessary.