The Socialist Party of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has increased the number of governorships it holds, early results from state elections show.

President Barack Obama has said the US must do more to protect its children in the wake of Friday's shootings at a school in Newtown, Connecticut.

The role of the modern pharmacist has evolved from just filling up prescriptions, compounding, and selling medicines to a more patient-centred orientation.

This year’s presidential and parliamentary elections moved Ghanaians a lot closer to the internet – with political parties’ campaigns turning to online ads, targeting and using social media in an incredible way. Notable social media platforms included Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Blogger and Google+.

I admitted last week, my prediction that this election would be a two-round affair and then an eventual NPP win was wrong. This week I am back to my prediction.

We continue to focus attention on the NPP at this point in the post-election assessment of our national life. The threat to national stability posed by the riotous behaviour of its members still persists.

Until December 9 at exactly 10:30pm, when the EC Chairman announced the 2012 elections in favor of the NDC candidate John Dramani Mahama, I would have put my head to it if anybody told me it would be as such.

The Progressive PeopleÂ’s Party is greatly disturbed by current development with regards to the 2012 Presidential and Parliamentary elections. The PPP is worried that the current situation does not augur well for this countryÂ’s democracy and its socio-economic development.

Former Information Minister John Tia is looking forward to serving in John MahamaÂ’s administration but says his own people plotted to have his Talensi seat snatched by the New Patriotic Party candidate.

It looks almost certain Mrs Joyce Bamford Addo would not be retained as Speaker of Parliament under the new John Mahama-led government in 2013.

Ashanti Regional Chairman of the NPP, Fredrick Fredua Antoh says all is set for the party to hit the streets of Kumasi to protest what he says was unfair discrimination against the people of Ashanti Region by the Electoral Commission in the just ended elections.

The Accra Ring Road Central (RCC)branch of Rotary Club in partnership with the Rotary Club of Nykobeng, Denmark has organized a medical outreach programme for patients at the Maamobi general hospital in Accra.

The new group Chief Executive of ECOBANK, Thiery Tanoh has indicated that the institution has plans of acquiring another bank in Ghana.

Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems (GhIPSS) has said the customersÂ’ use of the ATMs of other banks following the launch of the shared ATM platform has experienced a significant growth of transactions per week.

There is little doubt that there was official manipulation and massaging of both the voting process and the outcome of election 2012 to hand a first round victory to President John Mahama.

Presidential Policy Advisor Dr Suley Gariba says the president is unfazed by the New Patriotic Party (NPPÂ’s) decision to contest his victory in the December 7 polls at the law court.

If your Christmas is too often one of tacky decorations, over-cooked turkey and bitter family feuds, now may be the time to put the baubles back in the attic and plan yourself a yuletide getaway.

With more people traveling that ever before, the UNWTO launches a campaign aimed at encouraging tourists to make a positive difference

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The ECG is intensifying its preventive maintenance programmes to reduce power outages for its feeders, especially during the yuletide.