Accra, May 1, GNA – Adequate investments in science and technology is crucial for meaningful and sustainable economic growth and development in countries in the Southern part of the world.

Accra, May 1, GNA – Workers in the country have been urged to use dialogue and negotiation to resolve all outstanding concerns.

Accra, May 1,GNA – Mr Mark Owen Woyongo, Minister of Defence, on Tuesday assured the Ghana Armed Forces of governments readiness to equip the 48 Engineer Regiment to enable it contribute to the country’s development.

Funsi (U/W), May 1, GNA - Twenty–five farmer-based groups in the Wa East District of the Upper West Region have agreed to sell their produce to the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP).

Essipong (W/R) May1, GNA- The Trades Union Congress (TUC) on Wednesday proposed that all public office holders specified under Articles 71 and 190 of the 1992 Constitution should be placed on the same salary structure.

Akatsi (V/R), GNA, May 1, GNA- A downpour lasting for about three hours, disorganised the Volta Regional May Day Durbar at Akatsi on Wednesday.

Accra, May 1, GNA – The 2013 Global Monitoring Report of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund has revealed that in Sub-Saharan Africa poverty is concentrated in rural areas where 75 per cent of the poor reside.

Accra, May 1, GNA - The Trades Union Congress (TUC), on Wednesday proposed to government to consider introducing Basic Income Grant for those who are 60 years and above and are not on pension.

WACD said “discussions with the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Republic of Ghana and law enforcement agencies confirmed a regional reality that many drug users and small traffickers end up in jail with harsh sentences, while the “big fish” often escape arrest and prosecution”.

Accra, May 1, GNA – Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo said Ghana is no exception in the menance of illicit drugs bedevilling the West Africa Sub-Region.

It aimed at creating awareness among the youth, encourage and educate them on the pursuit of their talents and passion.

Available statistics from the Out-Patients Department (OPD) of the health facilities show that the cases dropped from a total of 29,829 in year 2011 to 26,290, last year, after the distribution.

The two-hour walk drew participation from the police, prisons, military, immigration and the Ghana National Fire Service.

In addition, the company screened children of the orphanage to check their health status as part of activities marking this year’s May Day celebration.

The Minister gave the advice at his maiden visit to the 48 Field Engineers Regiment and the commissioning of the newly constructed Regimental Headquarters building in Accra.

The workers had earlier gone on a route march through some of the principal streets, carrying placards with messages like “Housing for workers is a must now”, “Health sector, the engineer of the nation”, “Our retention premium must be increased, The teacher deserves better salary”, “Mr President help MMT like JAK and Mills did”, and “Inflation, interest rates, unemployment, strikes, government must sit up”.

Available statistics from the Out-Patients Department of the health facilities show that cases dropped from a total of 29,829 in 2011 to 26,290, last year.

He said the region had the climates, land and landscape and the waters to support vast cultivation of the produce, now virtually a staple, and needed only the investments and technical expertise to proceed.

Ernest Asiedu, Neem Adams, Prince Yeboah, George Annor and Osei Tieku Hwedie, pleaded guilty and were each fined GH¢600.00 and would serve 12 months imprisonment in default.

This brings to 14 the number of research institutions under the umbrella of the CSIR, each with a mandate covering specialiSed areas like agriculture, industry, social sciences and some aspects of health.