The Minority in Parliament has described the recent hikes in utility tariffs as “insensitive” and “outrageous”.

Breast milk, which is deemed the most hygienic and nutritious food for babies, is becoming contaminated from chemicals found in e-waste and plastics.

A team of the police, national security operatives and officials of the Shama District Assembly has foiled an attempt by a gang to smuggle about 13,000 litres of premix fuel to Cote d’Ivoire and Liberia, using canoes.

A solemn ceremony was held yesterday at the Lashibi Funeral Home to send home Professor Kofi Awoonor, the immediate past Chairman of the Council of State, who was killed in a crossfire in Kenya on September 21, 2013.

The Vice-President, Mr Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur, has asked operators of savings and loans companies to focus their activities on growing small and medium enterprises (SMEs), instead of the established large-scale business entities.

Alliance For Accountable Governance (AFAG) has urged the government to seriously consider enacting a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act to govern the conduct of Ghanaian businesses globally.

Irate young men and women besieged the headquarters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Accra yesterday, where the National Executive Committee (NEC) was meeting over fresh proposals to prepare the party for the 2016 general election.

The Member of Parliament for Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) Municipal Area, Dr Nana Ato Arthur, has stressed the need for the country’s security services to be beefed up.

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Keta Constituency, Mr Richard Quashigah, has donated 30 computers and Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) devices to two educational institutions at Abor in the Keta Municipality in the Volta Region.

The Accra Fast Track High Court has awarded a $730,252.30 judgement against Noble Gold Bibiani Limited, an Australian mining company, for breach of contract.

The Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communication (GIFEC) has presented a set of computers and accessories to the Blind Unit of some selected senior high schools.

Residents of La Bawalashie, a suburb of Accra, have called on city authorities to supply them with refuse containers to help collect refuse in the locality and stop the indiscriminate disposal of waste.

The Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana (PSG) has donated GH¢20,000 worth of drugs to the Tano Dumasi Anglican Health Centre at a special ceremony at Tano Dumasi in the Atwima Mponua district of Ashanti Region.

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Atwima Mponua in Ashanti Region, Mr Stephen Yeboah, has advised assembly members to relegate partisan considerations to the background in the discharge of their mandate.

The Minister of Health, Ms Sherry Ayittey, has called on religious and traditional leaders to join the crusade to intensify education on adolescent reproductive and health issues among the youth.

Crop scientists and other stakeholders in the agriculture sector have been urged to find solutions to the annual  post- harvest losses experienced by  farmers in the country.

The Ghana Egypt Fibre Glass Industry (GEFGI) has introduced culvert covers, a new technology for application on Ghana’s road network, to ensure the safety of vehicular traffic and pedestrians.

Representatives of five communities in the Bibiani Forest District (BFD) in the Western Region have agreed to assist forest officials to check illegal logging, mining and farming in the forest reserves in the area.

The Dansoman branch of the Knights and Ladies of Marshall, a Catholic friendly society, has presented a cheque for GH¢1,000 and items worth GH¢2,000 to the Oncology (Cancer) Unit of the Korle-Bu Children’s Block.

President John Dramani Mahama has urged development partners to increase foreign direct investment in Ghana.