Geneva -Health ministers should pledge to take comprehensive action to prevent and treat the negative health effects of mercury, a toxic chemical, Human Rights Watch said today. The World Health Assembly is scheduled to discuss a resolution on the new international treaty on mercury, the Minamata Convention, on May 21, 2014.

ECOWAS Intelligence Chiefs are holding an anti-terrorists meeting in Accra.

The Golden Jubilee celebrations of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana (ICAG) and this year's Annual Accountants' Week reached a climax on Saturday with an Awards and Dinner Dance.

Bamboo is one of the fastest growing species, which the face of dwindling tree resources is becoming a close substitute for wood. It has received increasing attention over the last two decades for its economic and: environmental values and has multiple uses including housing design, construction, artefacts, furniture, fencing, television poles among others.

THE AGONA Swedru Police have arrested Ms Gifty Mensah Silverson, Health Insurance Data Entry Operator at the Agona Swedru office of the Health Insurance Scheme, for allegedly issuing a fake biometric ID card to a client . The police have also arrested the client, Ms Mary Arthur, for receiving the fake ID card.

Kpassa -THE NKWANTA North District Assembly will soon be confronted with legal action taken against it by nine staff for what they have described as wrongful dismissal from their lawful duties, but the District Chief Executive (DCE), Mr. Martin Kudor, said the Assembly is not perturbed by the threat to sue.

Sekondi -THE Western Regional Coordinating Council (WRCC), in collaboration with the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, has set up a three-member committee, headed by the Deputy Western Regional Minister, Alfred Ekow Gyan, to investigate the Sekondi-Takoradi Metro Chief Executive, Capt. Anthony Cudjoe (rtd), who has been accused of pocketing per diem without any justifiable cause.

The managers of the AngloGold Ashanti say serious efforts are underway to transform the troubled Obuasi mine into a long-lived massive gold producer in the future. Undoubtedly one of the oldest underground operations in the world, the management is taking tough, painful, but necessary, measures, not only to renew both surface and underground infrastructure, but also restructure the entire operation to ensure its survival and profitability.

On Friday, May 2, 2014, the President of the Republic of Ghana, His Excellency John Dramani Mahama, reportedly said, while addressing party followers at the Presidency in Kumasi, that the opposition are ungrateful, and that no matter how hard the government tries to bring development to the region, the people would close their eyes to them.

The National Media Commission (NMC) has condemned the publishing of the picture of the remains of the late P. V. Obeng, former Chairman of the National Development Planning Commission and Senior Presidential adviser, in the May 19, 2014 edition of the Daily Guide newspaper, and on social media.

About 20 percent of the total African population will be online by end 2014, up from 10 per cent in 2010. This is according to new figures released by International Telecommunications Union (ITU), which indicate the number of internet users globally will have reached almost 3 billion.

Accra -DAYS ahead of the much-anticipated top-of-the-table clash, there is a feeling perennial underdogs, Chemelil Sugar, will turn the tables on Gor Mahia, the defending champions.

Accra -TIGO, the mobile network operator, has launched its World Cup Global Campaign in local and Latin American markets.

Accra -ECOBANK Ghana Limited, a subsidiary of Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), is rejecting Ghanaian national identification (ID) cards for Western Union (WU) transactions, it has emerged.

Accra -THE Ghana National Communications Authority (NCA) has been dragged before the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) for a deal it entered with Subah Info Solutions, the technology firm.

Accra -FIRST Atlantic Bank has embarked on nationwide branch expansion exercise.

Accra -THE Ghana Oil and Gas Service Providers Association (GOGSPA) commended the government for giving cabinet approval for the development of Atuabo Free Port project.

Indomitable Lions striker Samuel Eto'o was in the Ivory Coast from 14th through 18th May at the invitation of the Ivorian Board for Sports to grace the Copa Cola-Cola youth tournament. In between his busy schedule shuttling between the capital Abidjan and Bouaké, Eto'o took time to share his thoughts about the FIFA World Cup Brazil2014, predicting that Africa teams will do well and have a big say as to which way the trophy goes. The Lions go to Brazil together with four other Af

Ghanaian President and Chairman of the Authority of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Heads of State and Government, President John Mahama, has warned that the activities of the Boko Haram sect pose a threat to the stabilisation of the ECOWAS sub-region and not just to Nigeria.

The President of the Republic of Ghana and Chairman of Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government, President John Dramani Mahama, has warned that the activities of the terrorist sect, Boko Haram pose a threat to the stabilisation of the ECOWAS sub-region, and not just to Nigeria.