There was uncontrollable wailing at the Nsamanpom Cemetery at Ashaley Botwe in Accra Friday, when the bodies of the four children who were found dead in a drain in the community recently were laid to rest.

The Agona Swedru District Juvenile Tribunal has remanded a 16-year-old school drop-out in the Osu Juvenile Remand Home in Accra for having carnal knowledge of a five-year-old girl at Awutu Bawjiase.

The Kasoa police have mounted a hunt for a middle-aged man whose tongue was bitten off by a 14-year-old pupil he allegedly tried to defile and in the process to kiss her at Kasoa Zongo near Accra on October 16, this year.

A married woman, Mary Adjei, 48, who allegedly lured her former boyfriend into her marital bed during the absence of her husband, has paid dearly for the infidelity.

The facility, estimated at GH¢335,000, is being financed by the Mobile Telecommunications Company, MTN Ghana Foundation.

A national action plan for sustainable energy project designed to extend electricity to all communities by the year 2020 has been launched in Accra.

About 4,000 lotto receivers have been out of business for more than a month now following the decision by SIMNET Ghana Limited to withdraw its services to the National Lottery Authority.

Five suspected armed robbers, including a teenager, have been arrested for allegedly robbing passengers of five vehicles and killing a pregnant woman near the Ankasa Forest Reserve in the Jomoro District in the Western Region.

The government is to distribute 100,000 laptops to tertiary students across the country to support their research work, President Mahama has announced.

It is the only seat in the country's political history which has for sometime now, been contested for by candidates with doctorate degrees.

A Supervising High Court Judge, Justice Robin Batu, has urged Returning Officers for the December 7 election to protect the integrity of the polls.

Lawyers for former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi are to appeal against his jail sentence for tax fraud, media reports say.

President Barack Obama has cast his vote in his hometown of Chicago as his campaign seeks to boost early ballots in a neck-and-neck election race.

The world's biggest platinum producer, Anglo American Platinum (Amplats), has agreed to reinstate the 12,000 South African miners sacked for taking part in an unofficial strike.

Unknown gunmen have tried to kill a Congolese doctor widely praised for his work helping rape victims, he has told the BBC.

Wa, Oct. 27, GNA – With effect from this academic year, the University for Development Studies (UDS) would no longer accept any application for change of name from any student of the university in order to eliminate the prospect of impersonation.      It has been observed that some students apply for change of names immediately after matriculation and others do so just before completing their studies which arouses suspicion about the authenticity of their results slips and certificates.      However female students who may marry during the period of their studies would have their cases studied on individual merit.      Professor Haruna Yakubu, Vice-chancellor of the UDS, made this known in a speech read on his behalf by Professor David Milliar, Pro-Vice Chancellor of the university, at the matriculation of 2,873 fresh students into the Wa Campus of the university on Saturday.      He warned the new students that their result slips and certificates would be scrutinized and all those found to have fraudulent results would not only be dismissed but also face prosecution.      Professor Yakubu said the university would continue to pursue a gender-sensitive admission policy which clearly showed in the admission of 31.9 per cent females this year for undergraduate programmes as against 29 per cent last year.       He said the university received 12,056 applications for under graduate programmes but only admitted 6,209 students for all its campuses out of which 3,690 accepted the offer with 68.1 per cent of that number being males and 31.9 per cent females.       The university has introduced eight new programmes across its four campuses namely; Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Accounting and Finance, BSc Development Management and BSc Land Management, all at the Wa Campus.      The Navrongo Campus would house BSc Information Technology, while BSc Anesthesia and BSc Biomedical Sciences would be at the Tamale Campus.   The newly established Faculty of Agribusiness and Communication Sciences would be handled by the Nyankpala Campus.      Professor Francis Bacho, Dean of the Wa Campus, reminded the new students that they would be confronted with many challenges and obstacles in their academic and social life on campus but should let their personal resolve surmount the challenges.      He appealed to them to be circumspect in all things they do and focus on their academic work.   GNA...

Winneba (C/R), Oct 27, GNA - Muslims in the Effutu Municipality on Friday held prayers at Kokobim in Winneba to mark the celebration of Eid-Ul-Adha, the feast of sacrifice.       Alhaji Mohammed Monsuri, Chief Imam of Effutu, led the worshipers to pray for the peace of the country before, during and after the December 7 elections.       They also prayed for God's guidance for President John Dramani Mahama and his vice, political party leaders, and ministers of state.       Mr Mike Allan Hammah, Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, and also the Member of Parliament for Effutu, expressed the hope that the event would reflect on the lives of the entire people to contribute their quota towards the growth of the area.       He advised politicians that it is God who installs chiefs hence there was no need to fight or cause confusion in their quest for positions.       Mr Hammah said the government had put in place the necessary measures to ensure free, fair, transparent and peaceful elections.       He, therefore, assured Ghanaians not to panic but rather come out in their numbers to exercise their franchised.       He later presented two rams and cash of 300 Ghana cedis to the community as his contribution towards the celebration.    GNA...

Winneba (C/R), Oct. 27, GNA - The University of Education, Winneba (UEW) has introduced a scholarship scheme for brilliant but needy female science students as a way of encouraging women to pursue science and mathematics based disciplines.      Professor Akwasi Asabere-Ameyaw, Vice-Chancellor of the University, made this known in a speech read for him at the National University Forum on Gender Equality in Winneba.      He said science and mathematics were fields of study where women were woefully absent and required such intervention.      The forum was oragnised by the UEW in collaboration with the United Nations under the theme: “Innovations and Challenges in Pursuing the Gender Equality Agenda in High Education”.       Prof. Asabere-Ameyaw said the university, through its mentoring programme, mentored early career women to groom them for future senior leadership positions.       He said gender equality issues should be of concern to everybody and should contribute in whatever way possible to achieve that global agenda.      “There is every indication that none of the MDGs will be achieved in totality unless there is greater equality between women and men and increased empowerment of women and girls”.       According to him, it is time to back political promises with the investments and resources needed, adding that if girls’ education continued to the secondary level and beyond, they would be better equipped to make informed choices about lives.       Mrs Wilhelmina Tete-Mensah, Director, Gender Mainstreaming of the UEW, said gender mainstreaming was a core value in the university.       According to her, it had added value to the work of the university and enhanced its image.       In a report read for Mrs Afua Ansre, Country Coordinator of UN Women Ghana, she said “achieving the MDGs depended so much on women’s empowerment and equal access by women to education, work, health care and decision-making”.      The Deputy Registrar, Mr Rexford Abedi-Boafo, said over the past eight years, the UEW with donor support had initiated and implemented various programmes for gender mainstreaming and women’s empowerment. He said a Gender Plan of Action was developed in 2006 to guide the university to mainstream a gender perspective into all of its operations.   GNA...

Accra, Oct 27, GNA - Ga Dangme International (GDI) has donated a maternity birthing bed valued at GH¢ 8,000 to the Abokobi Health Post clinic as part of their support in the health sector.   Dr Martey Sam Dodoo, the President of GDI, who announced this at press conference on Friday in Accra, said the organization was planning to launch a program to identify clinics and hospitals to encourage private US investment to upgrade the facilities and the staff to ensure high quality delivery of services.   He said the GDI is a non-political organization with members who are represented in all the political parties in Ghana, USA and also in Canada.   He said GDI, was established three years ago under the leadership of Ms. Mary Dodoo (nee Evans-Anfom) in collaboration with South Eastern Ghana Development Foundation where it started organizing annual health and chronic disease screening at Abokobi.   Nii Amoo Dodoo, the President of the Ga Dangme community in Virginia, who led the group to do the donation, said GDI members often visited medical directors, the clinician providers and nurses at the Abokobi health post in an attempt to identify their most clinical challenge.     GNA...

Bramkrom (E/R), Oct. 27, GNA - Mr Kwaku Bram Larbi, a legal practitioner with support from voluntary Health officials on Friday organized free medical screening for the students and teachers of Maa Larbi Memorial School in Bramkrom in the Eastern Region.   Mr Larbi, also a native of Bramkrom in an interview with the Ghana News Agency said poor delivery of health care and education and lack adequate infrastructure at the Bramkrom community necessitated the exercise.   He said as part of their contribution to the community, the health officials administered free screening and drugs for the 250 students and teachers in the community on the first October 26th.   He on Saturday Oct 27th, the team would carry out the exercise for the entire community.   Student of the Bramkrom will be given toothbrush and toothpaste each.   Mr Larbi said the Bramkrom School was established by his late parents with support from their (parents) siblings. He said the school would be renovated and promised to also finance an ongoing clinic project to provide health care delivery for the community.   The clinic to comprised two consulting rooms, restrooms for patients, dispensary room and an accommodation for the medical officials, is expected to be completed in November.   Mr Larbi said currently students in the school enjoyed free education to enable parents to send their wards to school and encourage other corporate bodies and government to support financially.   He lauded the effort of Mrs Mavis Frempong, the District Secretary for Abirim North Constituency in the Eastern Region for donating roofing sheet for the school.    Nana Kwabena Chartey, Chief of Bramkrom thanked the Larbi family and the voluntary health officials for the exercise, adding that it would help improve health condition of the people in the community.   Other community challenges Nana Chartey mentioned were lack of electricity and poor road network and appealed to government to come to their aid.   Some of the students who spoke to the GNA expressed their excitement about the exercise.      GNA...