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.

Tema, April 23, GNA - Nii Adjei Kraku, Paramount Chief of Tema Traditional Area (Tema Mantse) has appealed to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to nominate an indigene of Tema as its Metropolitan Chief Executive. In an interview with the Ghana News Agency at his palace in Tema Manhean, he said “my people have come out boldly to tell me that they want their own flesh and blood to lead the development drive of the area and I fully support them. Their demand is not an emotional

  Mr. Akwasi Addae-Boahene, Programme Manager for Transforming Teacher Education and Learning, (T-TEL Programme) has noted that Ghana’s socio-economic development remained threatened unless the quality of education in the country was addressed. He was therefore, of the view that the matter of quality teacher education was an issue for all to prioritise in the country’s national development planning agenda.

  Mr Mustapha Hamid, Minister for Information has stated the resolve of the Ministry of Information to re-brand the government. He said the initiative was to create a “brand portfolio…and harmonise the entire government look.”

Dr Kwaku Afriyie, the Western Regional Minister has stated that the modalities for the creation of a new region out of the exiting Western Region would soon be out. He said the creation of a new region was to promote rapid development and progress in the region and not to bring division among the traditional authorities and the people of the regions as perceived by some people.

  Ms Abla Dzifa Gomashie, a former Deputy Minister for Tourism, says some aspects of the country’s cultural heritage should be left untouched by modernisation. “Even though culture is dynamic, some aspects of our culture should not be modernised for any gains,” she added.

  Dr. Sazrar Opata, the Board Chairman of the University College of Management Studies (UCOM), on Saturday, urged graduands at its Sixth Congregation to translate their knowledge and skills to bring the needed change in the society. He challenged the graduands to be imaginative and not simply conform to the status quo, but pursue their dreams and passions in life.