Ghana’s only orthopaedic training centre is to receive a facelift with the replacement of its over 60-year-old machines under a $121,880 Japanese grant.

The government is to acquire additional multi-purpose military aircraft from Air Bus Military of Spain to boost Ghana’s air services support operations at the United Nations-led mission in Mali.

Approved in 2010 and reaffirmed by popular acclamation through Barack Obama’s November 2012 re-election, I am puzzled by the persistent Republican attempts to sabotage the implementation of the Affordable Care Act – aka Obamacare— through backdoor tactics culminating in the  government shutdown.

The Vice-President, Mr Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur, has appealed to Ghana’s friends to invest directly in the local economy.

By Gab NorgahMASS media plays a significant role in shaping public opinion on a variety of important issues.

There were several predictions of the outcome of the Ghana-Egypt World Cup qualifier that sounded outrageous. Indeed, in no Ghanaian mind was a 6-1 win for the Black Stars imagined.

The Akyem Oda District Magistrate’s Court has jailed three illegal chainsaw operators 18 months in prison in hard labour for felling trees in a forest reserve.

The new Country Director of the world Food Programme (WFP) in Ghana, Ms pippa Bradford, has expressed satisfaction with Ghana’s implementation of the school feeding programme.

The government has maintained the producer price paid to cocoa farmers at GH¢3,392 per tonne, despite a consistent fall in the price of the crop on the international commodity market.

PZ Cussons producers of the Carex range of products has launched its ‘Hands up for Carex’ campaign to mark the Global Hand-washing Day.

Imajin Advertising, organisers of the annual Legacy and Legacy (LAL) Ball which honours outstanding Ghanaian musicians, says it will honour another Ghanaian music luminary this year.

Miss Tourism 2013 Ghana, Ms Jessica Jamila Kawra, is back home after competing  in the Miss Tourism world competition that ended last Saturday, in Equatorial Guinea.

A Wa-based businessman, Mr Abdul Nasir Sani, has declared his intention to contest the Upper West Regional Chairmanship of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).

The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Ablekuma North Constituency in the Greater Accra Region, Mr Justice Joe Appiah, has commended Muslims and Christians, the two largest religious sects in the country, for peacefully co-existing over the years.

A Managing Director of Exim Guaranty Company Ltd, Mrs Felicity Acquah, has called for the establishment of an apex microfinance bank to help reduce poverty in the country.

Angry youth of Odumase, the capital of the Sunyani West District, on Wednesday, disrupted a meeting between the Brong Ahafo Regional Security Council (BA REGSEC) and the chiefs of Odumase to discuss the way forward following the death of a resident of the town, Kwabena Frafra, alias Kwabena Aberima.

A deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Planning (MoFEP), Mr Kweku Ricketts-Hagan, has stated the government’s intention to help plug visible loopholes in the tax system in its quest to mobilise more resources for national development.

The debut album by enterprising   gospel singer, Boadiwaa, will be launched on Sunday, October 20 at the Pentecost International Worship Centre at Kokomlemle  in Accra.

More than 10,000 taxi drivers plying their trade in Accra have filed a writ at the High Court for a perpetual injunction to restrain Mr Alfred Oko Vanderpuye, the Accra Metropolitan Chief Executive, and the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) from enforcing bye-laws on commercial transport operations.

Dr Israel Kodiaga, Director of Programmes, Research and Strategic Development at the African Centre of International Studies in Kenya, has urged artistes and creative individuals to help Africa attain its rightful place in the world.