Accra -AFRICA'S biggest Under 17 boys and girls football competition, the Airtel Rising Stars African Championship, is set to kick-off in the Gabon later this month.

The Twifo Atti- Morkwa District Assembly led by the District Chief Executive Mr Bossman Osei Hyiamang Jnr. and the Member of Parliament Hon. Samuel Atto Amoah has demolished the old market of the district capital Twifo Praso. The demolishing exercise which started at 7.30 am ended by 11.00am.

Accra -ACCESS Bank Ghana has announced the launch of a campaign to encourage Ghanaians to embrace the culture of saving.

Accra -THE water level at the Akosombo Hydro Dam could result in a shutdown that could worsen Ghana's erratic power supply.

Government has expressed concern at the alleged misinterpretation of the performance of the Ghanaian economy by some international media houses.

A FORMER Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Oquaye, has called for a comprehensive audit to be conducted into the current voter register.

It baffles me to see a perceived Statesman reduce his rhetoric to mere jargon. Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, my name sake, for Kwadwo's sake wise up; you are forcibly creating travesty, which seems better hidden under your living room carpet than outside where it is having a shambolic effect on your skewed campaign.

Bolgatanga -THREE DAYS after a human head was found in an uncompleted building at Tindonmolgo, a suburb of Bolgatanga, another body was on Monday found floating in the Kolaa Stream at Pobaga, also a suburb of Bolgatanga, the Upper East Regional capital.

The Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) began investigations into the engine-failure of Starbow's Kumasi-bound flight over the weekend. According Daniel Acquah, Director of Safety at the Authority, the GCAA is co-ordinating with the airline and manufacturers of the aircraft to ascertain the cause of the incident.

The Ashanti Regional Minister, Dr. Samuel Sarpong, and the Mayor of Kumasi, Kojo Bonsu, last Saturday, led volunteers and a section of residents of Kumasi to embark on a tree-planting exercise in the metropolis. Staff of Access Bank donned their corporate blue T-shirts and joined the exercise at Oforikrom.

There is an Augean Stable in the public waste chain that The Chronicle wants the International Monetary Fund to address at its earliest convenience, shortly after it assumes the Chief Internal Auditor's seat at the Ministry of Finance & Economic Planning.

THE BLAZING campaign of the two time Presidential Candidate of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo, is expected to touch down in the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi, as he seeks to lead the party for the third consecutive time in 2016.

As Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) continues to ravage some countries in the West Africa region, South African Airways (SAA) has said that its decision to continue to operate in West Africa is consistent with the position adopted by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has stressed the need to avoid panic and fear on the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa.

Ministry of Roads and Highways and the Ghana Highway Authority in collaboration with Ministry of Finance is in the process of engaging a transaction advisor to propose, review and provide a viable and bankable Public Private Partnership structure for the project.