[AEP]President John Dramani Mahama has filed his response to a petition by three personalities of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) challenging his election as President in the December 7, 2012 presidential election and indicated his intention to call 4,800 witnesses to state his case.

[Government of Ethiopia]The newly appointed ambassadors of Ghana, Mozambique and South Africa presented copies of their credentials to the State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Berhane Gebrechristos today.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]THE GOVERNMENT Hospital at Kuntanase in the Bosomtwe district of Ashanti needs urgent support and facilities befitting the status of a district hospital to operate efficiently.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Government has successfully raised a little of over GH¢400 million from its first bond issue for 2013. The money raised would be used to largely finance Ghana's maturing debts.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]In a boost for global efforts to combat climate change and tropical deforestation, Finland, Germany and Norway have each announced new financial contributions, totaling approximately US$180 million to the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF), the World Bank administered facility that was set up to compensate developing countries including Ghana for reductions in carbon dioxide emissions achieved by preserving their forests.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Ho -A Lecturer at the University of Ghana, Dr. Fritz Gockel has called on the Catholic Church to develop a national policy on priests' retirement, because in organizational behaviour the presence and quantum of insurance has a direct effect on workers' productivity.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]The year 2012 has many stories to tell, including the controversial GHC51m judgment debt paid Alfred Woyome, the sudden fall of President J.E.A Mills with subsequent rise of Vice-President John Mahama to the status of president and Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur as his vice.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Sunyani -Properties worth thousands of Ghana Cedis were on Thursday night destroyed when fire gutted a house at New Town Extension, a suburb of Sunyani.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]EIGHTY TRAINEES of the Wealth Creation and Social Development Training Centre at Old Tafo in Kumasi have passed out after intensive 12-month training in dressmaking, batik making, catering and hair dressing.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Bekwai-Ash. -CHURCHES HAVE been urged to team up with traditional leaders to help promote cultural values towards a rapid social transformation.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Kumasi -AN OUTREACH programme, aimed at raising the awareness of the dangers of Glaucoma, a serious eye disorder, has been launched in Kumasi by the Mama Ellen Foundation.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Kumasi -THE MANAGEMENT of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) has announced plans to aggressively pursue a number of interventions to improve the equipment and infrastructure stock of the hospital in order to ensure quality healthcare delivery.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Tamale -THE METROPOLITAN Chief Executive (MCE) of Tamale, Alhaji Abdulai Haruna Friday's pursuit for possible retention by the President as a Mayor of Tamale for a second term, or be elevated to a status of a Regional Minister is likely to hit the rock, as some concerned residents of the area are already demanding for his immediate removal.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]The newly elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Juaben, on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mrs. Ama Pomaa Andoh has called for the establishment of recycling companies to help manage the disposal of electronic waste (e-waste), especially in the rural areas.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]The New York Times, one of the most influential newspapers in the United States of America has listed Accra as one of the best places in the world for business and pleasure this year, 2013.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Tullow Oil Plc, Africa's leading independent oil firm says current production of crude oil at Ghana's Jubilee field is110, 000 barrels per day (bpd).

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Kumasi -DR. KWABENA Duffuor, the Acting Minister of Finance and Economic Planning have been honoured by the Movement for Development Ghana (MFG), a non-Governmental Organization (NGO), for his outstanding leadership role in growing the economy of Ghana.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]The Volta Region branch of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has expressed the hope that ongoing infrastructure projects in schools in the region would be completed early and other infrastructure development projects initiated in fulfillment of the wish of the late Regional Minister to address the difficulties schools face in terms of poor infrastructure.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]The gradual release of names of ministers designate to parliament by President John Dramani Mahama has put most of the party bigwigs, who served in the previous government on tenterhooks.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]The Ghana Premier league is beginning to attract international attention. According to the latest ratings by the Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA), the world governing body on football, the local league is ranked sixth best in Africa. In the entire world, the Glo-Premier league is ranked 65th strongest.