Mr Rojo Mettle- Nunoo, Deputy Minister of Health said on Saturday that the departure of the Israeli rescue team was an indication that their Ghanaian counterpart had the needed requirement to continue with the mission.

The 2012 Campaign Coordinator of President John Dramani Mahama, Mr. Elvis Afriyie Ankrah, has rendered an unqualified apology to victims of the recent Melcom tragedy and their families for using the collapsed building as an example in explaining why the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) is slightly favoured to win the December 7 elections.

Vice President Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur on Saturday evening arrived in Abuja- Nigeria to attend an Extraordinary Summit of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government to be held on Sunday, November 11.

The president of Central African Republic is reported to have ordered the detention of his own son for refusing to pay a large hotel bill.

The Chairman of the Melcom Group of Companies, Bhagwan Khubchand-Ani, has dismissed reports that the collapsed mall at Achimota used the upper 3 floors as a warehouse and had overloaded the place with stocks for the upcoming Christmas season.

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) wishes to extend its condolences to the bereaved families of the MELCOM Mall disaster which occurred at Achimota in Accra on Wednesday.

Mrs Ama Benyiwa-Doe, Central Regional Minister, on Friday said the government would remain committed to the provision of infrastructure to enhance the development of the country especially the rural areas.

Seven of the nine workers declared missing by the management of the collapsed Melcom shopping centre, have since said they were safe and sound.

Mr Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, Minister of Local Government and Rural Development on Friday urged farmers to collaborate with agricultural extension officers and research institutions to help increase their produce.

The Mayor of Accra, Mr Alfred Okoe Vanderpuije, says his tenure of office has seen the institution of programmes to allow unauthorised developers to regularize their buildings documents.

The Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, says Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies must be proactive to ensure that the right procedures are followed when putting up structures in order to avert any future disaster.

A retired priest allegedly had his ear bitten off in an unholy punch-up with another retired clergyman.

An Accra Circuit Court on Friday sentenced Peter Gift, a mason, to 30 years in imprisonment for pouring petrol on a pharmacist and threatened to set her ablaze if she did not surrender all the monies in her possession.

A prophetess caused a stir at an Accra Circuit Court on Thursday, when she suddenly got possessed and started speaking in tongues to put the ‘fear of God’ into the presiding judge, and was remanded into prison custody.

An apprentice seamstress of about 18 years met her untimely death in Tamale at about 1430 hours on Friday when she was hit by a tipper truck with registration number NR 5027C close to the SSNIT flats at Fuo.