The Vice President of the Republic, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, spent the morning of the day universally acclaimed as the day of love, Valentine's Day, with Rev Father Andrew Campbell and parishioners of the Christ The King Catholic Church to bring some cheer into the lives of street children at their daily Soup Kitchen.

The Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development for the Federal Republic of Germany, Dr Gerd Muller, has lauded the Akufo-Addo government's "impressive progress on the economic front" which has made the West African country one of the fastest growing economies in the world and a preferred partner of his country.

A team of eminent economists, chaired by former Governor of Bank of Ghana, Dr Paul Acquah, has been constituted to monitor the performance of the government's budgets to ensure that it complies with fiscal rules and targets.

Sunyani -Residents of Baakoniaba in the Sunyani municipality are calling for increased security protection by the police to ward off criminal activities in the area.

THE Shai Osudoku District Chief Executive (DCE), Mr Daniel Akuffo, has appealed to government to extend the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA) Sanitation and Water project to the four districts in the Greater Accra Region.

AngloGold Ashanti says the Obuasi Redevelopment Project has completed its first week of underground development blasting as the work to pour first gold by the end of the year gathers momentum.

Telecommunications operator, AirtelTigo has teamed up with smartphone maker Samsung to launch "Life Just Got Lit" smartphone campaign aimed at fulfilling the digital aspirations of millions of Ghanaians.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed the government's commitment to put appropriate measures in place, to ensure that the indiscipline in the country's financial system that led to the collapse of a number of banks, does not occur again.

Ho -THE authorities of the Ho Technical University (HTU), have made it clear that Professor Ben Qauarshie Honyenuga is at post as the acting Vice Chancellor of the institution.

Nyakpala -Old students of the University for Development Studies (UDS) have appealed to the government to tar the roads on the University campuses.

The Japanese government has provided Ghana a grant of 300 million Yen (approximately US$2.73 million) to procure vehicles and communication gadgets for the Ghana Police Service.

Ghanaians join people around the world to celebrate Valentine's Day today.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo yesterday announced the creation of the Bono East and Ahafo regions and named Techiman and Goaso as their respective capitals.

PARLIAMENT once again failed yesterday to take a decision on the Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, regarding his alleged contempt of the House.

The Chairman of the Ghana Boxing Authority's (GRA) Regional Outreach Committee (ROC), Mr Twintoh Walker has vowed to improve the level of boxing in the Western Region as he aims at making it one of the vibrant disciplines in the region.

The Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) has inaugurated its Ashanti regional branch on Tuesday.

Asante Kotoko recorded their first win of the group stage after beating Zesco United 2-1 in Kumasi on Wednesday.