Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan says the Black Stars are capable of beating any team having gained enormous belief following their thrilling 2-2 draw with Germany.

It appears the strike action declared by the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) was not properly observed across the country. Whereas the Kumasi branch of the association respected the strike action by closing all shops, their counterparts in Accra were divided, as some of the shop owners still opened their shops.

He might just be the one member of the Black Stars who gives every Ghanaian a cause to smile every time. It hasn't always been so, though. Once, Ayew's popularity was so low it seemed he would never succeed in establishing himself as a Ghana regular.

As part of activities marking the annual 21 days Y'ello Care, Mobile Telecommunication Network (MTN), Ghana, has presented 300 made in Ghana school bags to some selected schools in the East Akyem Municipality. Staff of MTN annually take 21 days off their busy working period to participate in various community programmes dubbed "Y'ello Care", which is aimed at giving back to society.

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Agona East in the Central Region, Mrs. Queenstar Pokua Sawyer is supporting the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection and the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) to register over 600 people aged over 65 years on the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).

There is a general consensus that Ghana as a country is either heading in the wrong direction or getting just plain messed up.

THE GOVERNMENT OF Ghana (GoG), between 2008 and 2011, paid a whopping judgment debt of over € 85 million to Construction Pioneers (CP).

Information reaching the Eastern File indicates that the Akim Oda Police Command, on Friday, arrested a 26 year old deaf, Yahaya Amidu, for allegedly stealing underground cables belonging to Vodafone Ghana at the Akim Oda office main yard.

The Asunafo South District Best Teacher Awards ceremony for 2013 and 2014 has been held at Kukuom, with a 31- year old teacher at Asunafo District Assembly Junior High School (JHS) crowned overall Best Teacher.

The United Nations has called for a more vigorous action to be taken against environmental criminals, and appealed for faster implementation of environmental policies and national legislation.

Both Ghana and Portugal must go for the win if they are to have any chance of reaching the second round of the World Cup when the teams meet in Brasilia on Thursday.

Accra -PLANS by the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) to close shop in protest of government policies fell flat on the face after members ignored the directive.

Internal strife, tense fightbacks, remarkable tenacity and resilience rounds up a second week of resilience from Africa's teams. YASSER ALLY reports.

The Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Mr. Akwasi Oppong-Fosu has urged staff of the Ministry to observe laid down structures of the Ministry to create good working relationship for better performance.

The Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations has drafted a National Employment Policy which is due for submission to Cabinet for approval.

The U.S. Africa Command (U.S. AFRICOM) Academic Symposium, the sixth in a series, is underway in Accra.

Accra -MEMBERS of the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) have resolved to close their shops in Kumasi and Accra to protest alleged unfavourable government policies.

Accra -RENOWNED economist, Kwame Pianim, said Ghana's economic prospects were still positive despite a number of problems lately.

Accra -Some parts of the Ghana capital, Accra, are facing fuel shortages amid reports oil distributors were protesting non payment by government.

The Chairman of the Public Services Commission, Mrs Bridget Katsriku has charged public servants to be bold to confront the challenges that face the service.