Bolgatanga -The Korea International Cooperative Agency (KOICA) has presented farming implements valued at 32,000 dollars to 11 farmer based organisations (FBOs) and farmer based co-operatives (FBCs) in the Upper East Region.

Organisers of the Accra Senior Open tennis championship have announced the 17th edition of the competition.

Statistics available indicate that close to 7,000 children suffer congenital heart diseases every year in Ghana, with only 0.5 per cent chance of receiving treatment within two years after birth.

The lack of ambulances in the Upper East Region to convey expectant mothers to major referral health facilities was responsible for the high maternal mortality ratio in the region.

The Managing Director of Consolidated Bank Ghana (CBG), Mr Daniel Wilson Addo, has said that the foundation for a world class bank has been laid.

Rafael Nadal was forced to dig deep inside himself as he dramatically claimed his nineteenth Major on Sunday after beating off a stunning fight back from 23-year-old Russian Daniil Medvedev to win the US Open.

The country's Insurance penetration rate has dropped to 1 percent from the previous rate of 1.12 percent, the 2018 report of the National Insurance Commission has revealed.

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says no effort is being made to suppress freedom of expression in Ghana, as the continuing vitality of the Ghanaian media and the intense diversity of the public discourse remain some of the most internationally admired traits of Ghanaian democracy.

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says his Government remains committed to protecting the public purse.

"It is not my job to clear or convict any person accused of wrongdoing, or of engaging in acts of corruption. My job is to act on allegations of corruption by referring the issue or issues to the proper investigative agencies for the relevant enquiry and necessary action.

Mrs. Barbara Oteng - Gyasi, the Member of Parliament for the Prestea Huni-Valley Constituency, has organised a two-day health screening exercise for 700 constituents.

Prestea Huni-Valley Municipal Assembly has donated equipment to 77 Persons with Disability to help them start their own business.

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has given his assent to the Vigilantism and Related Offences Act, 2019, which bans acts of vigilantism in the country, disbands vigilante groups, including political party vigilante groups and land guards.

Smallholder farmers in Ghana are adopting drone technology for crop surveillance in a bid to increase yields and incomes.

The often-marginalised communities who live in the vicinity of Ghana's forests have often had little or no say in how they were run. What's more, until fairly recently, locals would watch as vast profits from razing the tropical forests flowed out of their areas without a trace. No longer.

The Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) and the Ghana Athletics Association (GAA) have signed an agreement to telecast the 2019 IAAF World Championships in Doha, Qatar from September 27 to October 10.

The Black Queens yesterday defeated the Female Hawks of Togo 4-1 in an international friendly match played at the El-Wak Stadium.

The National Chief Imam, Sheikh(Dr) Usman Nuhu Sharubutu, in consultations with his elders has appointed his Special Assistant, Alhaji Khuzaima Osman, as the acting Director of Youth and Interfaith Relations Programme in the Office of the National Chief Imam.

Black Meteors Assistant Coach, Michael Osei, has declared that the first leg draw with Algeria would not mark the end of the journey for the team as far as their dream qualification to the Africa championship and subsequent Olympic Games qualification were concerned.

Ho -A 12-year-old boy has been arrested by the police in connection with the murder of eight-year-old girl, Yawa Adzimah, whose naked body was found in the bush at Nyive, in the Ho municipality, last Wednesday.