The people of Awutu Dodokwa, a farming community, are now benefiting from a mechanised borehole constructed by the Member of Parliament (MP) for Awutu Senya West, Nenyi George Andah, and the Milani Pineapple Company Limited, at a cost of GH¢15,000 to change their age-old problem of lack of access to potable water.

Fans of pretty actress Emelia Brobbey may have noticed her new look and wondering what she is up to but the Anibre Nye actress says she just wanted a new look. Emelia currently sports a low crop hair-do and pictures of her new look have gone viral. She told Showbiz yesterday that she just felt like changing her looks.

Gospel musician, Joyce Blessing has lashed out at secular musicians who produce risque videos to accompany their songs and wishes TV stations in the country would stop airing such tasteless clips.

The Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH), in collaboration with the Latter Day Saint Charities and the Ghana Health Service (GHS), has organised a one-week training programme for maternal and neonatal health care providers in northern Ghana. Participants, including pediatrician doctors, nurses, midwives, and birth attendants, were drawn from the Upper East, Upper West and Northern Regions.

The Founder and General Overseer of Family Chapel International, Rev. Dr Victor Osei, has attributed the escalating illegal mining in the country to previous governments’ failure to crack the whip.

The Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr Pius Enam Hadzide, has called for the relocation of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) and the Youth Enterprise Support (YES) to the Ministry of Youth and Sports.  This, he says, is a necessary first step towards realigning all pro-youth interventions, policies and programmes to help avoid duplication and wastage.

A team of senior government officials, led by the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, have moved to New York to sell Ghana’s success story on a non-deal roadshow. The roadshow is expected to help attract investors into the country and comes a day after the annual spring meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund in Washington DC in the United States of America.

An independent Presidential Candidate in the 2016 Election, Mr Jacob Osei Yeboah, has acknowledged that though the first 100 days of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s administration points to positive signs of good things to come, there should be no room for complacency, since the task ahead is huge.

Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) president, Ben Nunoo Mensah, has proposed that Africa should benefit financially when its athletes switch nationality to compete for other countries, particularly countries in Europe and Asia. He revealed that the GOC had begun discussions with the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) on the possibility of charging fees as part of the process for any such nationality switch.

The Managing Director of FirstBanC Financial Services, Mr Amenyo Setordzie, has asked for circumspection on the discussion around the US$2.25 billion bond issued earlier this month.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has pledged to make Accra the neatest and best city in Africa by the end of his first term of office. “The commitment we are making and which I want you all to make with me is that by the time we end our four-year term, Accra is going to be the cleanest city in Africa,” he stated.

In spite of the rampant destruction of the environment and water bodies left in the trail of galamsey activities in most communities across the country, there are some who have guarded against the menace and it is so refreshing to know.

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has given Mr Ibrahim Mahama, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Engineers & Planners, a private engineering firm, a two-week ultimatum to pay almost GH¢13 million, being import duties and interest on equipment he brought into the country.

Lionel Messi scored his 500th Barcelona goal to send them top of La Liga with an injury-time winner against 10-man Real Madrid at the Bernabeu. Barca, whose win put them top because of a better head-to-head record, have five games left, Real have six to play.

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr David Asante-Apeatu, has been inducted into office, with a charge on him to lead a Police Service that will wage a relentless war on lawlessness by vigilante groups and other nagging security challenges.

N'Golo Kante has won the Professional Footballers' Association Player of the Year award for 2016-17. The Chelsea midfielder, 26, beat Eden Hazard, Harry Kane, Romelu Lukaku, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Alexis Sanchez in the vote by his fellow players.

The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr John Peter Amewu, has given a 30-day ultimatum to operators, dealers in and owners of excavators and other mining equipment to remove them or have themselves to blame.