The Management of Metro Mass Transit Company (MMT) has announced a fare increase of 20% effective October 1, 2013.

The Volta Regional Secretariat of the Civil and Local Government Staff Association, Ghana, (CLOGSAG) has sent out alert notices to members across the region to withdraw their services from Monday October 14.

Hundreds of residents of Wassa Akropong in the Amenfi East District of the Western Region have been displaced while properties worth thousands of cedis have been destroyed following torrential rains.

Government on Wednesday said no Ghanaians were involved in the recent boat disaster off the coast of Lampedusa in Italy.

The state will on Friday, October 11 host a cultural display, poetry recitals and drama sketches to honour the memory of the late Prof Kofi Awoonor.

The Head of Local Government Service (LGS), Dr. Callistus Mahama has appealed to Metropolitan, Municipal and District Coordinating Directors to “stop singing no money” and explore revenue opportunities within their jurisdictions to undertake development projects.

The Vice-President of IMANI Ghana has blamed financial imprudence on the part of government for the sharp rise in Ghana’s debt, which currently stands at GH₵43.9 billion (49.5 per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

The Minister of Information and Media Relations, Mr Mahama Ayariga, on Wednesday said the ultimatum by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) to government to review tariff increments was misdirected.

(CNN) -- Libya's justice minister held a "cordial" meeting with U.S. Ambassador Deborah Jones on the capture of alleged al Qaeda operative Abu Anas al Libi by American forces over the weekend in Tripoli, two senior State Department officials said Tuesday.

The Tema District Council of Labour (TDCL) will, on October 17, go on a massive demonstration to back their demand for a reduction in utility tariffs announced by the Public Utility and Regulatory Commission (PURC).

The Minister of Finance, Mr Seth Terkper, is in Washington DC, United States, as the head of a government delegation to the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, slated for October 8-15, 2013.

The West African sub-region is set to overtake the European Union (EU) as the largest contributor to revenues from the country’s non-traditional exports (NTEs).

A 34-year-old nurse is alleged to have stabbed her 21-year-old lover to death in what police claim is love turned sour.

The Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), New Delhi, in collaboration with the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), has trained 65 entrepreneurs on an Executive Development Programme (EDP) on International Business in Accra.

A passenger has landed an aeroplane at Humberside Airport after the pilot fell ill at the controls.

The actresses and Imo state sisters, Rita Dominic and Genevieve Nnaji are still single, and the very interesting part of it is that they are cool with it. Aside gracing parties, events and enjoying themselves to the full, the actresses have been discussing the topic of being single and dating through their Instagram and Twitter handles for the past two days.

The sale of the drill ship belonging to the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) took a dramatic turn when the Attorney General’s Department on Tuesday said it could not trace documents covering the sale.

A baby who was dying of rabies has infected his father and brother with the disease by biting them.

Recent events surrounding the withdrawal from the Ghanaian market of Gsunate, an antimalarial suppository targeted at infants, and the warning a few months ago of fake coartem tablets being sold on the market, have turned a strong spotlight on the issue of medicine regulation in this country.

The Chief Executive Officer of Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), Dr Stephen Opuni, on Tuesday said the Authority would not compromise on quality standards to jeopardize the health of Ghanaians.