A four-day capacity workshop for African women to strengthen their voice, role and contribution in shaping policies and decisions in macro economy is currently underway in Accra.

The National Sports Authority (NSA) is on a collision course with the Ghana Athletics Association (GAA) over Saturday's election of the association to elect new officers for a fresh term.

The Ghana Export-Import (GEXIM) Bank has approved about GH?1.7 billion to support the government's flagship, the One District One Factory (1D1F) initiative projects, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the bank, Mr Lawrence Agyinsam, disclosed in Accra yesterday.

Ghana will not make a decision on a cocoa farmgate price until an industry committee meets to discuss it in September, a spokesman for the Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) said on Thursday.

Ho -THE Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana (EPCG) has pledged to work in partnership with the government to decongest the Ho Central Prison as soon as possible to avert any mishap.

At a recent presentation on health benefits of cocoa, I was asked to shed light on how regular consumption of polyphenol-rich cocoa could promote weight loss.

Somanya -Six persons have been arrested by the Somanya District Police Command in the Eastern Region, for attempting to divert 4,000 bags of fertiliser meant for cocoa farmers at Mumuni-Samreboi in the Western Region.

THE country's State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) recorded a net loss of GH¢1.29 billion, in 2017, according to State Ownership Report.

Kumasi -The Police has commenced investigations into the murder of two police officers at Manso Nkwanta in the Ashanti Region and Akyem Swedru in the Eastern Region on Monday and yesterday respectively.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo yesterday gave assent to the amended Minerals and Mining Act which seeks to, among other things, prescribe stiffer punishment for illegal mining in the country.

A total of 100 motorcycles were on Monday impounded by the police in a special operation in the Accra metropolis.

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has disclosed to the Chairperson and Members of the Council of State that, on Monday, 19th August, 2019, he gave his assent to Minerals and Mining (Amendment) Act, 2019.

The Council of State says Ghana is blessed to have in the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, a listening President who takes his advisors seriously, and respects their inputs.