[Ghanaian Chronicle]The Ministry of Communications has assured Ghanaians that telecom service providers in the country have given an undertaking to the observance of good quality of communications services during this festive season.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Mr. Okletey Terlabi, Deputy Minister of Defence, has charged graduands of the junior staff course 61 of the Ghana Armed Forces to always put the interest of the nation first in whatever decision or action they take.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Ho -Volta region has seen much development in the area of quality healthcare delivery in 2013, particularly in maternal mortality and general health care provision, but lags behind in the area of education, as performances at both the basic and second cycle level are not encouraging.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Despite the roof top pronouncement by the government that a whopping 70% of Ghana's domestic revenue is being used to pay workers under Single Spine Salary Policy (SSSP), it has, at the same time, put a stopper on the policy being pursued by stakeholders to help reduce the huge public sector wage bills.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Tema -Sampson Ahi, deputy minister of Works & Housing has appealed to the board and management of the Tema Development Corporation (TDC) to consider providing more accommodation to help reduce the 1.8 million housing deficit facing the country presently.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]The sprawling city of Ashaiman, which is considered as one of the fastest growing cities in Ghana, with its attendant crime rate, has been deprived of a higher judicial outlet.

[Ghana Govt.]Mr Bossman Osei Hyiaman, the District Chief Executive of the Twifo Atti-Morkwa District Assembly has promised to build a teachers' bungalow for teachers at Kyeaboso District Assembly Basic School to motivate them to do more for the community school.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Organised Labour on Friday, December 13, 2013, called on the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) and the Bank of Ghana to suspend the sale of Merchant Bank Ghana (MBG) to Fortiz Private Equity Fund Limited.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]The youth of Abenase in the Ejisu Juaben Municipality have appealed to Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene, to, as a matter of urgency, intervene and resolve the chieftaincy dispute in the area.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]There is a general uproar in the country's insurance industry over the presidential directive on insurance cover for government businesses, which industry players say does not only nail the coffin for the collapse of the private insurance companies, but also flies in the face of the law that governs the industry .

[Ghanaian Chronicle]The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Prof. Ohene Adjei, has hinted that the hospital is devising more efficient ways of service delivery in order to enhance the quality of healthcare for its clients.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]The management of Kessben FM, a private radio station in Kumasi, brought smiles and joy on the faces of inmates of the Mampong Babies Home, ahead of the Christmas festivities, when the station presented items worth over GH¢20,000 to the home.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Several hundreds of residents across the length and breadth of the Tema Metropolis, last Saturday joined officials of the Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) and other stakeholders to embark on a clean-up exercise to rid the city of fifth.

[Ghana Govt.]The Silver Jubilee anniversary of the Melcom Group of Companies will be marked in Ghana, next year, with a series of activities, Mr Godwin Avenorgbo, Director of Communications of the Melcom Group of Companies, has disclosed.

[Ghana Govt.]Ghana has been elected President of the Bureau of UNESCO's Management of Social Transformation (MOST) Programme's Intergovernmental Council.

[CISA]Accra -The Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference says the increasing rate of corruption is a threat to the country's peace.

[Vanguard]Nollywood actor, Jim Iyke, may have returned to his old ways of being in the news for the wrong reasons. He was reportedly arrested in Ghana after being involved in a public fight.

[SPS]Accra -The Republic of Ghana reaffirmed Thursday its "strong support" to the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination and independence, reported a statement issued by SADR embassy in Accra.

[Ghana Govt.]The Queen's Baton Relay, a much loved tradition, which offers an unparalleled opportunity to showcase each nation and territory in the Commonwealth, would be in Ghana from the 3rd to the 5th of January, 2014.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Kumasi -ASPIRING ASHANTI Regional Chairman of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. Bernard Antwi Boasiako, aka Wontumi, has vowed to deliver 80% of votes for the party in Ashanti region if elected as regional chairman of the party.