A brainstorming forum to foster effective communication between the private and public sectors to improve investment in the health sector within the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) region has opened in Accra.

Security agencies will be moving to illegal mining sites in the next few days to halt their activities, since the three-week ultimatum has elapsed. The immediate focus will be on illegal miners currently desecrating water bodies through their nefarious activities.

A police woman with the Garu district police command in the Upper East Region, Peace Agbemefo, was Monday found dead in her room after allegedly shooting herself in the throat with an AK 47 rifle. The Garu District Police Commander, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Alexander Tieku who confirmed the incident to Graphic Online on Tuesday explained that preliminary investigations showed that the deceased, 31, had a relationship problem.

The Public Accounts Committee of Parliament (PAC) would hold public hearing from next Tuesday to Friday to consider financial infractions against the Bank of Ghana (BoG), the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) and other agencies. Dr James Klutse Avedzi, the Chairman of the committee, said four reports of the Auditor- General would be considered.

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) should step up efforts to provide a more vibrant opposition to the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) to help nurture the nation’s democratic dispensation, a Minister of the Gospel, has advised.

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A deputy minister for Information, Mr Kwadwo Oppong Nkrumah, has said a lot of people fail in life because they do not muster courage to take risk. He said the only way to know that your idea or business plan could work was to give it a try.

A US submarine has arrived in South Korea, amid worries of another North Korean missile or nuclear test. The missile-armed USS Michigan is set to join an incoming group of warships led by aircraft carrier Carl Vinson.

The governments of Ghana and Germany have entered into a partnership that seeks to create support programmes for businesses within the two countries. The partnership would also enable businesses from the two countries, especially small and medium enterprises (SMEs), to have direct access to the economic environment that exists between the countries.

Top-seed Thomas Yaka Kofi Setodji yesterday made an impressive start to the 2017 McDan Open Championship, outclassing his Ghanaian counterpart Kwabena Ofosu Bamfo 6-1, 6-1 to progress to the last 16 stage of the tournament. The power of the serves and the returns of the 20-year old Togolese were too hot for Bamfo, which sent him cruising to victory at the Accra Sports Stadium court for the first match of the main draw against Bamfo, a brother of former McDan Open champion, George

A section of the Accra-Kumasi railway line at Osino in the Fanteakwa District in the Eastern Region has allegedly been destroyed by two mining companies. Kibi Goldfields Limited and Narawa Mining are alleged to have gone beyond their allowed limits and mined the buffer zones of the Birim River and either yanked off part of the line or mined beside it.

Trial of a 17-year old third year student of Achimota Senior High School who allegedly shot a female colleague with his father’s single barrel gun has begun at a Juvenile Court in Accra. A three member panel on Monday heard the evidence of a medical officer of the Tema Port Clinic in camera.

A 29-year-old fashion designer, Richard Isaac Dankyi, is standing trial for allegedly taking turns to have anal sex with three children, two males and a female. Dankyi, an uncle to the victims, aged between six and eight years, who appeared before an Accra Circuit Court, however pleaded not guilty to six counts of defilement.

The Ghana National Gas Company (Ghana Gas) is to construct an onshore 278-kilometre natural gas pipeline infrastructure from the Takoradi Aboadze enclave to the power enclaves of Tema in the Greater Accra Region. This follows the signing of a project implementation contract with the Chinese multinational oil fields service conglomerate, the Yantai Jereh Group.

Two persons have been arrested by the Police for allegedly robbing and killing their Chinese employer. The suspects are, Ekow Korsah, a 23-year-old foreman and Michael Mensah, 22 years.

The government is to renegotiate the power compact with the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) of the United States to include majority Ghanaian ownership for the concession of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG).

At least 457,595 public sector workers have so far complied with a directive from the government to biometrically update their data with the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT). However, 26,589 public service workers are yet to comply with the directive after the biometric registration of public sector workers began in 2015.

IMANI Ghana has released a video documentary assessing the performance of the Nana Akufo-Addo-led New Patriotic Party administration in its first 100 days in office.

President Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo will be the Special Guest of Honour at this year’s National May Day Parade to be held at the Independence Square in Accra on May 1, 2017 from 8:00am to 1:00pm.

Organised Labour will on Wednesday, April 26, hold a forum on its theme for the 2017 May Day celebration; “Ghana @60: Mobilizing for Ghana’s Future through the creation of Decent Jobs”.