A $75-million loan granted by the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to the Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB) in 2009 without any valid contractual agreement became the topic for discussion at last Friday’s sitting of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament.

The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has urged Ghanaians to live up to the country’s reputation as a peaceful and democratic nation by upholding peace and the rule of law.

The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Alhassan, has asked police personnel to exhibit a high sense of professionalism and discipline in the maintenance of law and order in the country.

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) is to phase out its free mass spraying of cocoa farms across the country within the next three years, the Deputy Chief Executive Officer in-charge of Quality Control, Dr Yaw Adu Ampomah, has disclosed.

The new introduction to Miss Malaika 2013, the three celebrity Godsisters have earnestly plunged themselves into work to ensure that the delegates entrusted to their care will be the ones to pick up the honours on D-day.

The city of Antwerp in Belgium, in conjunction with the Okyeman Union in Belgium, has donated hospital equipment worth GH¢10,000 to the Akyem Gyadam Community Clinic in the Birim Central municipality in the Eastern Region.

The Minister of Education, Prof Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang has charged alumni of the various educational institutions to contribute their quota to the development of their alma mater.

Gold Coast Matcom Limited (GCM Ltd), a marketing and distribution company, has presented Energiser torches and batteries worth GH¢10,000 to the Accra Regional Police.

The Yagbonwura, Sulemana Jakpa Tuntumba Bore Essa I, Overlord of Gonjaland, has stressed the need for continuous peace within his jurisdiction to ensure development.

The Acting head and missionary in charge of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission of Ghana, Alhaji Maulvi Muhammad Yusuf Yawson, has urged people in leadership position to lead lifestyles that are worthy of emulation.

Peasant farmers in the three northern regions have called for the ban on the employment of new agricultural extension officers to be lifted.

The government is upbeat about the growth prospects of the economy because of the various economic measures it is implementing.

The  Ejisu Juabeng Municipal Assembly has since 2011 disbursed GH¢136, 442 to 260 beneficiaries of its disability fund.

A former Auditor-General of Ghana, Mr Edward Dua Agyeman, has obtained a doctorate degree.

The Kwesimintsim Police have arrested two men for looting the shop of a mobile phone scratch card dealer at Agona Nkwantah in the Western Region.