South African President Jacob Zuma has called on workers to return to their jobs after a series of violent strikes.

The widely reported attack on Ms. Eva Lokko, the vice-presidential candidate of the Nduom-minted Progressive PeopleÂ’s Party (PPP), may well be an insider job deviously calculated to attract a direly desired attention for a party that seems to woefully lack any remarkable following.

The people of the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality in the Eastern Region are requesting that the Electoral Commission comes out with its plans on the assembly elections in the area which has been on hold for nearly two years now.

Last Saturday, the College of Physicians and Surgeons hall was flooded with youths from across the country in pursuit of wisdom and insight from experienced and accomplished young entrepreneurs.

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has secured a $1.2 million from the government of China to finance the installation of street lights at Cantonments in Accra.

Telecommunication operators are calling on government to review the Communication Service Tax possibly in the 2013 budget.

Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) will soon enter the Ghanaian market after a summit in South Africa highlighted available opportunities in that industry.

Chief Executive of the Ghana Investment Promotion Center (GIPC), George Aboagye is to step down.

The ChildÂ’s Rights International (CRI) in collaboration with Action for Rural Education (ARE) early this year launched a 2012 Civil Society Education Manifesto to guide the next political administration for the period 2013-2016.

In June 2012, PricewaterhouseCoopers Ghana Limited (PwC) published a report it was contracted by the Ghana Chamber of Mines to produce, on the industryÂ’s total tax contribution. This follows a similar report by Newmont Ghana Gold published in June 2011 on socio-economic impacts of NewmontÂ’s operations.

CPP says if voted into office this year, it will use agriculture to chase poverty to hellÂ’s gate. The party is envisaging an end to the extreme poverty confronting majority of Ghanaians and will look into redistribution of lands in its drive to make Ghana a completely agrarian economy.

As the December election draws closer, with barely 50 days to go, the entire country has been talking about Senior High School [SHS] education.

Okyehene , Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin has said that good management of the mining industry is the answer to funding the free public education political parties are promising.

A National Democratic Congress (NDC) stalwart, Dr. Ekwow Spio Garbrah has categorically stated that he remains a loyal member of the ruling party and is no way interested in partnering Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings for the presidency in December.

The Electoral Commission set October 17 and 18 for filing of nomination forms, but by the close of the first day, only two parties – New Patriotic Party and Progressive People’s Party – out of the 23 registered political parties, have successfully gone through the process.

Executive Secretary of Ghana Integrity Initiative has endorsed the flagship free Senior High School (SHS) education policy of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP).

The NDCÂ’s National Executive Committee has sought to strip party member and Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai MP Moses Armah of his parliamentary office, citing his failure to fulfill his national service requirement.

Ghana is to receive a grand of 65 million dollars from the World Bank to support skills training of one million youth in the country including persons with disability.

In the quest to enhance food security, some stakeholders are of the view that though capacity building for farmers is important, provision of materials and equipment is crucial.

Glo Mobile Ghana has presented its brand ambassadors with Blackberry Porsche phones, special SIM cards, airtime, and contract extensions, as it fetes them at a sumptuous lunch in Accra on Tuesday