The Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin South Constituency, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, has urged his colleagues to remain resolute in defending the constitution, and resist strongly any pressure on the country to decriminalise homosexuality.

Tamale. -Police in the Tatale-Sanguli District of the Northern Region have confirmed one person dead and two others severely injured in a bloody clash between residents of Bilanjor, near Tatale, and two suspected armed robbers.

Tamale -The Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Otiko Afisah Djaba has pledged government's commitment to fight any forces or socio-cultural practices that are inimical or disadvantageous to the development and welfare of young girls in Ghana, especially child marriage and child labour.

President Akufo-Addo says his 3-day visit to Equatorial Guinea is to strengthen the bilateral ties that exist between the two countries, as well as explore areas of co-operation to the mutual benefit of their respective peoples.

Organizers of the 2017 Oscars, Foreign language edition, Ghana, have bemoaned the rate at which Ghanaian movie producers and directors are submitting their works for this year's competition.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, last Thursday, told Ghanaians that as a nation, we cannot win the fight against corruption with mere words. He was emphatic that to defeat the canker of corruption in the country, we need concrete actions.

When the former Minister for Finance, Mr Seth Terkper, announced in Parliament in 2013 that ministers of state, including the President and his vice, were going to donate 10% of their monthly salaries to support the construction of Community-Based Health Planning Services (CHPS) compounds throughout the country, many were Ghanaians who hailed the idea.

Following extensive consultations between the Minister for Transport and stakeholders in the transport sector, government has agreed to discontinue the mandatory towing levy.

It is, indeed, true that Ghanaians do not value what belongs to them, and one obvious example is our unhygienic way of handling our locally-grown fruits and vegetables.

Mothers are tired of being told when and where to breastfeed their babies. To illustrate how natural it is to nurse out in the open, Arizona photographer Alicia Atkins recruited 27 mothers for a powerful shoot against the backdrop of a gorgeous desert sunset.

Peki -The National Teachers Council (NTC) of the Ministry of Education has stoked another fire with the announcement that teachers are going to write a special examination, which they must pass, before being a granted license to teach.

Police in Kwabeng in the Eastern Region are investigating circumstances leading to the death of four persons whose remains were retrieved from a galamsey pit at Ekukuso.

Mr. Frank Osei Owusu, a mental Health Officer at the Sabronum Health Centre, has been honoured by the Ahafo Ano South National Insurance Authority (NHIA), as the outstanding health worker in the district.

Takoradi. -The management of Tullow Ghana has said it is unable to dig more oil wells at the deep waters as a result of the maritime dispute between Ghana and neighbouring Ivory Coast.

Paga -Some residents of Ghana's border town of Paga, in the Kassena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region, say they are now living in fear, following a terrorist attack that killed 18 people in neighbouring Burkina Faso on Sunday.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has indicated that the canker of corruption in the country can no longer be defeated by mere words, but rather through concrete actions.

In less than a fortnight, the country will witness the total removal of all internal barriers mounted by the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), so as to facilitate trade, according to Vice President Dr Mahmudu Bawumia.

The Ministry of Roads and Highways, on July 5, 2017, launched the Persons with Disability (PWDs) Road Toll Initiative, which formed part of a commitment of the sector Minister, Kwasi Amoako Attah, who pledged during his vetting to reserve, at least, a 50 percent quota in all contracts in respect of manning toll booths for PWDs.

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has urged Christian lawyers, in their work and advocacy, to be at the forefront of championing the government's commitment to build a modern, developed, prosperous and progressive Ghana, and free her from a mindset of dependence, aid, charity and handouts.

The Minister for Education, Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh, says his ministry has nothing to do with the proposed examination for licensing of teachers in the country, which has sparked off heated debates.