THE current student accommodation problems facing the management of the Takoradi Polytechnic may soon be a thing of the past, following the successful signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between BSY Hostels Ghana Limited and it foreign partners, Common Interest Communities (CIC), to build an eight storey hostel for students of the school.

The Chief Executive of the Minerals Commission, Dr. Toni Aubynn has reiterated that the country's mineral sector still holds potential for investors who want to venture into mining.

Accra -" It is a matter of great concern to me especially, that authority is trying rather very hard to use the might of state in a desperate search and destroy operation into our only source of pride - football, while rubbish piles into mountains, and cholera continues to claim precious lives. Oh Ghana! Where is thy anchor?"

The Executive Secretary of the Divestiture Implementation Committee Secretariat, Asakkua Agambila, has been summoned by the Sole Commissioner, Justice Yaw Appau, to appear on Thursday August 7, 2014, to help unravel the mystery behind the Subin Timber Company located at Apowa in the Western Region.

Residents of Dansoman say they can no longer stand the strange invasion of light greenish coloured mosquitoes that have been swarming the area for over two weeks.

Kumasi -The National Pensioners Association, in collaboration with Liberty Mutual Health Insurance, has launched the pilot registration for the Pensioners Medical Scheme (PMS), a top-up medical scheme which provides senior citizens with the treatment for ailments that are beyond the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).

The 2012 flagbearer of the Progressive People's Party (PPP), Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, on Tuesday, commissioned and handed over a Community Center to the people of Gwira- Akyinim in the Komenda Edina Eguafo-Abirem (KEEA) Municipality.

THE DEPUTY Brong-Ahafo Regional Chief Iman, Alhaji Baaba Seidu, has suggested that if it is permissible for a religious body to govern a country, then the Catholic Church should be allowed to govern Ghana to ensure rapid socio-economic development, unity and peace.

MR. ISAAC Dekpey Zorblewu, a National Democratic Congress (NDC) kingpin in the Western Region, who has been hauled to court for allegedly defrauding an oil company, Cudjoe Energy, of $180,000, is pleading with the court hearing the case to grant a settlement of the case at home.

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly has broken the ground for the construction of another Millennium City School at Gbegbeise, a suburb of Accra.

A one-day workshop has been organised for stakeholders in the catchment areas of the Weija Dam on how to keep and preserve the Densu River, which serves as a major water source for some parts of Accra and the Central Region.

A non-denominational outreach group with the calling to preach the gospel, mostly in the rural areas of the Upper East, Northern and Upper West regions, has made its widow's mite presentation of assorted items to God's Love Ministry Foster Centre at Soe in the Bolgatanga Municipality.

About two years ago, I had a conversation with my cousin, who was then an undergraduate student at the University of Science and Technology. It was by chance that we were discussing the verbal incontinence of our politicians, and Fifi Kwetey's name cropped up. My young cousin, just a twenty year old at the time, told me he is the worst Ghanaian politician ever.

The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has set up a 3-man committee to review the export process through the country's borders. Customs Commissioner, Mr. Wallace Akondoh disclosed this at Tema on Tuesday when he paid a surprise visit to the Tema Collection Point to primarily acquaint himself with the on-going exercise to halt smuggling of ferrous metal scraps through the harbour.

In as much as 2Face is 'feared' around ladies, he did not marry secretly. And when Juliet Ibrahim released the statement on her divorce, many had been on alert to see who the cap will fit.

Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, one of the world's leading pharmaceutical firms has organised its annual cardiovascular disease summit for national and international health professionals on the African continent.

The chief of Larteh in the Akuapem Traditional Area (ATA) in the Akuapem North District of the Eastern Region, Osabarimah Asiedu Okoo Ababio III, has called on the Police to stop the intended installation of one Nana Atta Kumi, as chief of the town to avert a bloody clash in the area.

Are NPP delegates meant to be free agents or delegates with pledged votes? On August 31, 2014, some 828 delegates of the Special Electoral College of Ghana's largest opposition party, the New Patriotic Party (NPP), will gather in 10 regional polling centres to vote. Their job is to shortlist to five the seven candidates vying to be the party's presidential candidate for the 2016 election. Each delegate is entitled to one vote.

United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, one of the largest financial services institution in Africa, has released its unaudited financial results for the first six months of the year, showing positive growth in financial indices.

Dark and Lovely announced the launch of Dark and Lovely Crème 6 Oils body lotion, the first multi-active formula which combines six natural oils to help combat the six most common imperfections affecting African skin on the Ghanaian market.