The Ashanti Regional Health Directorate has given assurance that adequate steps have been taken to effectively respond to any cholera outbreak.

Sunyani. -A member of the ruling National Democratic Congress\' (NDC) communication team, Prince Diawuo, has hinted that President John Dramani Mahama is losing the 2016 elections to his arch rival, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

The Catholic Bishop of the Obuasi Diocese, Most Rev. John Yaw Afoakwa, has blessed the marriages of 15 couples in the Catholic Church, at a mass wedding at Manso Afedie in the Agroyesum Parish of the Amansie West District.

As expected of a group which has carved a niche for itself when it comes to exceptional singing, The Sixteenth Angelic Choir (SAC) last Sunday thrilled invited guests and patrons at a short orchestra and singing show.

ground-breaking anti-malarial drug extracted from a local plant, and a computer software that enables health care workers to determine the appropriate drug treatment for patients with HIV/AIDS, are two of the Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) award winners selected by a foundation this year.

A budding composer, Master Samuel Amissah (MPHIL), has released a choral piece aimed at drumming home the need for Ghanaians to preserve and maintain the peace our country is currently enjoying, ahead of the December 7 poll.

Thirty (30) traders in the Lower ManyaKrobo Municipal Assembly have given the leadership of the Municipality a two week ultimatum to allocate their shops to them, or else they would drag the Assembly to court, after taking GHc5000 each as goodwill.

Assin Foso.. -The Central Regional minister, Mr. George Kweku Rickets Hagan, has advised farmers in the region to take advantage of the current economic prospects in the region to increase their yields, so as to derive maximum profits.

The All Souls Baptist Church (Tabernacle of Praise) at Bohyen Adumanum in Kumasim is to name the church auditorium after the former President of the Ghana Baptist Convention and immediate past President of the Ghana Baptist University College, Rev. Dr. Kojo Osei-Wusuh, in the coming months, Pastor Dr. Ayim-Nyarko Amanfo, Head Pastor, has disclosed.

The chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Madam Charlotte Osei has told Editors forum in Accra yesterday that her outfit had no option but to charge media practitioners who are applying for accreditation to cover the December 7 election, because the Commission lacks funds to print the accreditation free of charge.

An author of \"Embracing the realities: unveiling the truth about Homosexuality\", Rev Dr. Francis Nyarko, has called on Africans not to wholeheartedly accept just any foreign culture that would be imposed on them.

Kumasi. -SOME WORKERS of the moribund Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in the Ashanti region are reportedly feeding fat on the state as they connive with debtors to rip the company.

Andre Ayew says Sunday\'s 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Egypt in Alexandria is an important match for the Black Stars to honour the memory of one of Ghana\'s most celebrated coaches, the late E. K. Afranie.

From Naabenyin Joojo Amissah -The Founder and Leader of the Church of Prosperity, Prophet Akoa Isaac has spoken against immoral and other ungodly pleasures that are festering fast in the world today.

Statistics do not lie. Not many teenage pregnancies result in the mother going on to acquire several degrees, which makes Chocolate Lady an exception. At 14, she was already in the family way. When the baby arrived, aged 15, it created a problem or two for the family. But the moment the teenage mother was whisked from her Anambra State base to that seaside resort, and enrolled at the school founded after a strike action by kids sympathising with the founder, silver lining replaced the gloom.

Isaac Osei, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Subin Constituency in Kumasi, has donated items worth GH¢170,000 to his constituents to assist them in the areas of education, entrepreneurial skills and trade.

Former Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Mr Emile Short has cautioned voters against the use of physical looks of candidates as the basis for the choices they make at the polls in December.

Since peace, tolerance, unity and tranquility are prerequisites to nation building, the acting President of the Assin Atendensu Traditional Area in the Central Region, Nana Oseadeayo Kwantwi Barima, has urged Ghanaians to be mindful of their utterances.

Asiwa . -WYNCA Sunshine, a local manufacturing company has slashed down the prices of its products to meet the demand of farmers, in a bid to help improve food security in Ashanti region in particular and Ghana as whole.

At my age and disposition, I should be leading a quiet and contented life, after years of classroom adventures. As a matter of fact, when I read the other day that Mr. Ibrahim Kwame Gyasi had put his pen away forever, and ended his romance with his Monday column, I felt envious. I retired from the hustle and bustle of classroom activities more than two decades ago.