The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has launched its 2013 Fire Safety Week, with a call on Ghanaians to ensure they have adequate fire safety measures in place.

The Chief Executive Officer of Euroget De Investment, an Egyptian construction firm, Dr Said Deeraz, has congratulated Ghanaians on displaying a high sense of maturity and discipline before, during and after the election petition.

A private medical practitioner, Dr Wisdom Amegbletor, has proposed collaboration between the private sector and the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) to establish the scheme in the remotest parts of the country where it is hardly operational.

Members of the Asuogyaman District Assembly, in collaboration with the Asuogyaman Constituency Executive of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), have organised a family meeting concerning the President’s nominee as the District Chief Executive, Mr Thomas Ampem Nyarko, at a short ceremony at Atimpoku.

Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited (GGBL), a subsidiary of Diageo Plc,  has invited the African Reserve Brand Ambassador, Mr Tim Etherington-Judge, to a capability-building session to improve the skills and confidence of bartenders in premium outlets.

ACTIONAID Ghana has held this year's Annual Northern Regional Girls'Camp in Tamale for 81 girls from three districts of the region with a call on the girls to take advantage of the programme which was designed to make girls from rural communities more assertive.

Amuna Praso and its surrounding communities in the Birim North District in the Eastern Region are situated in a dense forest suitable for the production of cocoa, oil palm and food crops such as the tubers, cereals and plantain.

The Ambassador of South Sudan to Ghana, Mr Ambrose Raphael Tamania, has described the bilateral relations between his country and Ghana as a great strategic value for the newly independent country.

Forty-five selected graduates and undergraduates from various tertiary institutions in the country have undergone training in leadership skills for recruitment by Cummins Incorporation, a global technological company.

GOtv Ghana Limited, a sister company to MultiChoice Ghana Limited, has rolled out its GOtv services in the Northern Region using the latest generation Digital Video Broadcast standard - DVB-T2.

The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MGCSP) says it will work earnestly at ensuring that the Property Rights of Spouses and the Intestate Succession bills which were recently approved by Cabinet for parliamentary consideration were passed into law.

The Member of Parliament for Yilo Krobo, Magnus Kofi Amoatey,has advised students in the municipality to use their time more profitably.

A Tarkwa circuit court in the Western Region, presided over by Mr Samuel Obeng Diawuo, has adjourned to September 27, this year, a case in which Nana Yaw Gyebi II, Omanhene of the Sefwi –Ahwiaso Traditional Area and 15 others are facing criminal charges for threat of death, abetment of crime, causing unlawful damage and forcible release of a suspect from lawful police custody.

Global Family Care, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) dedicated to the promotion of family well-being, has launched a project dubbed: “Embrace Ghana Empowerment Project” (EGEP) in Accra.

The Ghana Red Cross Society has elected Dr Michael Agyekum-Addo as its new President.