[Ghana Govt.]New York -The United Nations has called on people and Governments everywhere to reject xenophobia and embrace migration as a key enabler for equitable, inclusive and sustainable social and economic development.

[Ghana Govt.]The Shalon Indigenous Foundation, a Non- Governmental Organisation (NGO), in collaboration with the Bible Baptist Church, has donated items worth GH₵3000 to the 37 Military and the Ghana Police Hospitals in Accra.

[MFWA]The already low level of women's participation in public discourse seems to be getting worse. The latest report from the Media Foundation for West Africa's gender-monitoring project has revealed that women's participation in media discourse in the month of November has gone down. Comparing the findings to that of the preceding month (October 2013), the report shows that women's participation in media discourse reduced by 6%.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Ho -The Volta region branch of Zoomlion Ghana Limited, the leading waste management company in the country, has saved the inmates of the cured lepers' village in Ho from severe hunger, by donating food items and cash to them.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Just a year after the 2012 presidential and parliamentary elections, the Biometric Verification Machines (BVM), which were acquired at the cost of $94 million and used for the exercise, have started deteriorating at the Electoral Commission (EC).

[Ghanaian Chronicle]The Deputy Chief Executive of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), in- charge of food, John Odamme Darkwa says that vitamin and mineral deficiencies continue to be a public health challenge in West Africa.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]From William N-lanjerborr Jalulah, Bolgatanga THE DIRECTOR of the Department of Urban Roads in the Bolgatanga Municipality, Mr. Abass Awolu, has disclosed that all roads under construction in the municipality would be disability friendly, in conformity with the disability Act 715.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]The Ranking Member on the Committee on Youth, Sports and Culture, Isaac Asiamah, has challenged the Ministry of Youth and Sports to explain what went into the spending of GH¢1,435,903.14 that the sector claimed to have spent in 2013, on ground preparation work for the construction of the Cape Coast Stadium.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]The rain was pouring fast and thick. With the time gone past nine in the night, it was almost impossible to see one's way through the maze of confusion around. What passed for a road had become a thicket. In such an unfriendly atmosphere, motorists tried their very best to rush through. But that was when disaster nearly struck.

[Ghana Govt.]Parliament has approved an amount of GH¢16,829,806,546 as budget estimates for the services of Other Government Obligations for the 2014 financial year.

[Ghana Govt.]Parliament, yesterday, approved a request by the government to enter the European bond market again to raise an amount of US$1 billion to accelerate infrastructural development in the country.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]It was fun and exciting last Saturday at "Red Island" exclusive party organized by Vodafone Communication Ghana for its loyal costumers at the La Beach Hotel in Accra.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Industrialists and workers in the textile industry in the country are on the warpath.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]iROKOtv, the Africa-based movie platform for Nigerian movies has announced a funding round of $8 million, led by existing investor Tiger Global, with further participation from Sweden-based Kinnevik and introducing new investor to this round, US-based Rise Capital.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]A cross section of Koforidua media practitioners, the Headmistress of the Akropong School for the Blind, and management of Mensvic Grand Hotels, one of the largest and finest hotels in East Legon, broke down in tears last Monday, during a presentation to the school by the latter.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Government of Japan signed a bilateral Exchange of Notes for a loan of $100 million.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]In the wake of the cyclical fall in gold prices on the world market, members of the Ghana Mineworkers' Union (GMWU) have asked mining companies operating in Ghana and beyond to cut their excessive spending to enable them remain in business.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]It was the early part of May 1975, and please, don't you let me forget and add it was a year that I am not likely to forget in one life-time. The sun did shine in a way that reminded me of where I grew up on the planet that teasers used to call "the Dark Continent." The sun, which was visible in the skies, or heavens, when we would get up, would be full of clouds, often not so dark, and there would always be more of inducement to be among the cocoa trees with your catapult in a bag that you made yourself,

[Ghanaian Chronicle]The Volta Regional executives of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have suspended elections in six constituencies in the region, following reports of fraudulent activities by some of the candidates. The Regional Chairman of the party, Kenwuud Nuworsu, who disclosed this to The Chronicle in an interview at Ho yesterday, mentioned some of the constituencies as Ho Central, Akatsi South, Keta, and Biakoye.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]The usual bustle and hustle amidst euphoria that herald the celebration of Christmas, appears to be on the down side in the capital of the Eastern Region, Koforidua, as there is virtually no Christmas feelings of excitement in the air.