[Ghanaian Chronicle]A former Assembly Member for Krisan-Eikwe in the Elembelle District is raising the consciousness of the Ghana Navy, Western Naval Command, and the recently formed Marine Police, in protecting Ghana's territorial waters from pirates and other forms of attacks.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Accra -With the rains threatening, the sun was missing from the sky. It had gone hiding behind the clouds leaving a rather cool and slightly windy afternoon, yesterday, when my old banger screeched to a stop and ready for the street lights to direct me towards the Abeka-Lapaz Road near the Peace FM building at Tesano in Accra.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Global corruption perception barometer Transparency International has published its 2013 Corruption Perception Index for 177 countries.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Osongaa Nii Adjei Kraku II, Tema Paramount Chief, has cut the sod for the commencement of $500,000 two-storey building, comprising nine classrooms for St Nicholas Preparatory School in Tema.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Somotex Ghana Limited, a subsidiary of the Mohinani Group of Companies, formerly Poly Group of Companies, and the sole distributor of LG electronics and home appliances in Ghana, with retail outlets (Electromart) in Accra, Takoradi, Kumasi and Tamale, has partnered with LG electronics to open a commercial air-conditioning academy in Accra for the provision of the latest offerings on the functionality and after sale service of numerous products to construction engineers and architects.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Kumasi -A FOURTEEN-Day Training Capacity Enhancement workshop, aimed at enhancing the skills and performance of staff of COCOBOD to deal with the deadly swollen shoot disease that attacks cocoa in the country has ended in Kumasi.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]A three-day consultative dialogue between the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) and the Korea Foundation for International Healthcare (KOFIH) has ended in Accra with a commitment by the two partners to collaborate more effectively on areas of mutual interest to understand their challenges and solution to addressing health problems.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]NANA KWADWO Gyasi, the Chief Executive Officer of Nana K. Gyasi Company has received a platinum Award at the 3rd Ashanti Business Leaders Excellence Awards for his tremendous effort and major contribution to the economic development of Ashanti and the country at large.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Ghana made an improvement in the 2013 corruption index with a score of 46 out of 100 and ranked 63 out the 177 in the latest ranking by Transparency international (TI). The score is an improvement in last year's ranking of 64 with a scoring 45 out of 100

[Ghanaian Chronicle]The Member of Parliament (MP) for Adansi Asokwa, Kobina Tahir Hammond, has noted that the only way the nation can solve the ongoing electricity problem is for the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and the Ministry of Energy to, as a matter of urgency, begin investigations into the distribution and formula for metering in the new pre-paid meter system.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]To boost cocoa production in the country, the Royal Netherlands Embassy, Ghana, has signed a 7 million Euro grant for a four-year Cocoa Rehabilitation and Intensification Programme (CRIP). The Dutch Ambassador to Ghana, H.E. Hans Docter, indicated that the grant is expected to leverage an additional private sector cocoa industry funding of 14 million Euros.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]This year's three days international Hair Beauty (IHBE) Expo, which is its maiden edition in Ghana, would be targeted towards developing stakeholders of the industry and the importance of adding value to their business to attract investors into the industry.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]THE DIRECTOR General of Ghana AIDS Commission, Dr. Angela El-Adas has stated that Ghana has reduced the number of new HIV infections among children by 76% - due to increased coverage of anti-retroviral prophylaxis for pregnant women living with HIV.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]A former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Martin Amidu, has questioned the constitutionality of the committee set up by the Chief Justice to investigate claims made by former deputy Minister of Communication Ms. Victoria Hammah, that Nana Oye Lithur influenced the outcome of the election petition.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]The Member of Parliament for Manhyia South, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has cautioned Ghana Cocoa Board and the government not to increase the purchase price of cocoa on the local market.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Unemployment is expected to rise in the country in the coming years, if concrete measures are not put in place by the government and tertiary institutions to train the youth to acquire knowledge and skills to be self-employed, the Director of Global Connect Consultancy, Mr. Paual K. Drapson, has observed.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]The Israeli embassy has set the 12th, 13th and 14th of December, 2013, as the dates for its first film festival to be held in Ghana. This was contained in a statement released by the embassy.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]The Government of Ghana is reportedly seeking to derive a much higher income from her mineral resources than is currently available on the table.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]THE DECISION by the embattled former Presidential Candidate of the United Front Party (UFP), Mr. Akwasi Addai, aka Odike, to publicly invoke curses on the Kumasi Metropolitan Chief Executive and the Chief of Asokwa, could have serious repercussions on his political career.

[Ghana Govt.]A Research Associate from the Oxford University School of Geography and Environment, Mr. Mark Lynax, has expressed regret on the rejection of the Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) by the Anti-GMOs formed in the United Kingdom (UK) in the 1990s.