Thirteen media houses and three media training institutions have confirmed their participation in the maiden edition of the National Media Games scheduled for Saturday August 17, at the El-wak Sports Stadium.

Mr Ekow Afedzie, the current Deputy Managing Director of the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE), has been appointed to act as the Managing Director effective August 1.

Tsledorm -A team of health officials from the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality in the Eastern Region on Monday organised a mass injection and dispensary exercise in Tsledom, a farming community, for students and residents who are reported to be infected with Yaws.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) says it is undertaking a forensic audit of about 21 investment firms and fund managers in the country.

The Deputy Minister of Education in charge of Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET), Mrs Gifty Twum-Ampofo, has entreated parents to encourage their wards to acquire skills in the Technical and Vocational Training field.

Construction works have begun on the proposed dual carriage Agblogbloshie market road in Accra.

The police have arrested a 14-year-old girl for allegedly stealing a two- months-old baby girl, from her mother, at Mankessim in the Central Region.

Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a motile, curved and Gram negative bacillus. H. pylori certainly is the most prevalent human infection. The frequency of infection due to H. pylori is nearly 50% in the world and in developing country is as high as 80%-90%. This bacterium colonizes the stomach of human and its infection is correlated with gastritis, peptic ulcer disease and extra-digestive diseases.

Sekondi -The Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Director of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Rev. Mrs Elizabeth Akuako, has commended the Canadian Teachers' Federation (CTF) for 57 years of collaboration with the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) in the field of education.

The Former Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for La DadeKotopon Municipal Assembly (LaDMA) and the only woman among four aspirants to contest the parliamentary primary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Rita Odoley Sowah, has filed her nomination.

Asesewa -A total of 57 hairdressers and beauticians in the Upper Manya krobo District in the Eastern Region have received working equipment to enable them establish their own businesses.

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has told Canadian investors that Ghana has the best investment environment in Africa for both local and foreign investors.

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has tasked the Western Regional Police Command to bring to book all perpetrators involved in the attack and abduction of the Paramount Chief of Lower Dixcove, Nana Akwasi Agyemang.

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has cut the sod for the construction of a mini-harbour and fish landing site in Axim, in the Western Region, in fulfilment of a pledge made to the people of the town in the run-up to the 2016 elections.

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has expressed his delight at the revamping and re-opening of the West African Mills Company Ltd (WAMCO), a cocoa processing factory in Takoradi that was closed down in 2014, in fulfillment of a campaign pledge he made in the run-up to the December 2016 elections.