Statistics show that last year, the Brong-Ahafo Region recorded 170 young mothers who wrote the Basic Education Certificate Examination. This is an increase from 101 in 2011 and 77 in 2010.

The United Nations on Friday observed World Press Freedom Day, under the theme "Safe to Speak: Ensuring the Safety of Journalists and Media Workers."

President Mahama says his administration is not only working feverishly to end the current load shedding that is causing discomfort to Ghanaians but also to ensure that Ghana enjoys energy security over the next 20 years

The government and Agence Francaise Developpement (AFD) have signed the second financial agreement of the District Development Facility (DDF) aimed at improving regulatory performance of metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs).

Parliament has recommended to government to consider increasing allocation to the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) from the current 7.5 per cent of the total national revenue to 10 per cent in order to ensure meaningful growth and development at the local level of governance.

The first of three units of the Bui Hydroelectric Power Project came on stream yesterday to add 133 megawatts (MW) of power to the national grid.

The United Nations (UN) has issued a call to action to guarantee the safety of journalists in every country.

A ceremony has been performed for construction works to start on a GH¢1,398,464.00 storm water drainage improvement system at Tepa in the Ahafo-Ano North District.

The Police Administration has suspended the introduction of the spot fine under which offending drivers will be charged on the spot for committing minor offences.

A massive fire has engulfed sections of the Kantamanto Market in Accra, eyewitnesses have reported.

A US Peace Corps volunteer, Danielle Dunlap is dead.

Mr Kwesi Ahwoi, Minister of the Interior said at the weekend that Ghana has set up a National Integrated Programme (NIP) as an effective regional response to the threat pose by organised crime.

Seven Communities in the Sissala East District of the Upper West Region are living in fear as a broken bridge along the Tumu-Chinchan road remains unfixed.

The National Road Safety Commission is set to launch a pedestrian campaign as part of their road safety initiatives. Scheduled to be launched on May 2, 2013 at Lapaz in Accra, it comes with the theme, “Be alert, Look out for other road users.”

Sixty percent of Ghanaian women, who were often victims of wife battery, according to a Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) conducted by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) say wife beating is justifiable.

There was drama at Agotime-Kpoitoa in the Volta Region on Friday evening when the chiefs and elders of the village prevented the family of the 50-year-old man from burying him in the village.

Brother John Alexander Osei, Chairman of the Executive Council of Wacam, human rights, environmental and mining advocacy Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has won a National May Day Award for defending the rights of impoverished communities affected by mining.

The Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council and the Accra Metropolitan Authority (AMA) on Saturday launched its Operation Clear Choked Drains in the Metropolis, as a preventive mechanism against flooding.

A Government delegation led by the Greater Accra Regional Minister Mr Julius Debrah, on Saturday toured Sodom and Gomorrah, a slum in Accra, gutted by a fire on May 3.

The Coalition on the Right to Information (RTI) on Thursday said there was the need for all workers to be well informed on their pension rights and responsibilities in order to hold their employers including the government accountable.