[Ghanaian Chronicle]The Sunyani West District Assembly has increased its rates to generate enough revenue to realize its objective for the year. According to the Budget Officer, Mr. Benjamin Atsutse, who spoke to The Chronicle in an interview, the increment was necessitated by the number of projects the assembly is to undertake this year, which is estimated to cost GH¢976,795.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]A new publication, Financial Inclusion in Africa, published by the Complex of the Chief Economist of the African Development Bank (AfDB) finds that for sustained and inclusive development to thrive, a great deal of innovation is needed to ensure that appropriate financial services and instruments are put in place for the benefit of the poor and other vulnerable groups in Africa.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]From Issah Alhassan, Kumasi THE MEMBER of Parliament for the Kwadaso Constituency, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has launched a community infrastructural initiative programme aimed at addressing the overwhelming road infrastructure challenges confronting commuters and drivers in the constituency.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]A driver has been remanded into custody by an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly robbing a taxi driver of his Toyota corolla vehicle worth GH¢13, 000. Prince Ganyo is alleged to have acted together with one Ben, currently at large.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]The government has blamed the challenge facing the Ghanaian economy on what it describes as "needless" Supreme Court case embarked upon by the opposition New Patriotic Party's (NPP) to challenge the verdict of the 2012 Presidential elections.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) on Wednesday commenced the rotation of troops serving with the United Nations Multi-dimensional Integrated Support Mission in Mali.

[Ghana Govt.]President John Dramani Mahama will arrive in the Northern Regional capital, Tamale, later today for a two-day working visit to the region.

[Ghana Govt.]Hon. Helen Adjoa Ntoso, the Eastern Regional Minister has expressed sympathy to families whose relatives were burnt in a gas explosion that occurred at Kwahu Fodoa, a farming community off the main Nkawkaw-Kumasi road.

[Ghana Govt.]Hon. Amidu Amin Sulemani, Member of Parliament for the Sissala West Constituency has applauded staff of Gwollu hospital for their selfless efforts under strenuous conditions to ensure health care delivery.

[Ethiopia Government]Ethiopian Foreign Minister Dr. Tedros Adhanom met President John Dramani Mahama of Ghana on Tuesday (January 14). He conveyed the warm greetings of Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn to President Mahama and expressed Ethiopia's readiness to take the longstanding relations between the two countries to a higher level. Dr. Tedros said Ethiopia could learn from Ghana's experience, citing the Akosombo Dam and the country's development of a green economy, which he said demonstrated visionary leadership in natur

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Sunyani -The Brong-Ahafo Regional Anti-Bushfire Committee could not undertake its monitoring and supervisory roles last season due to lack of funding.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Tamale -THE NANDOM Constituency Chairman of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Moses Atsem has fiercely accused his party's Member of Parliament, Dr. Benjamin Kumbour, also the Majority Leader in Parliament, for allegedly creating confusion and division in the NDC in the area.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Ho -The Central Tongu District Assembly is prioritizing agriculture development in the area to create wealth for the people through the adoption of modern best agricultural practices.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Some members of the Ho Municipal Assembly are on the warpath following President John Dramani Mahama's re-nomination and the assembly's final confirmation of Mrs. Fafa Adinyirah as their MCE.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Sunyani -A former Brong-Ahafo Regional Women Organizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mrs. Felicia Peprah Adomah has advised members of the party vying for the various executive positions to be decent in their campaigns in order not to provide their opponents with ammunitions that would be used against the party in the 2016 General elections.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Dipali -THE NORTHERN Rural Growth Project (NRGP), under the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has secured 170 hectares of farm land for the cultivation of various crops; including rice, maize, sorghum and millet, under a large scale irrigation system at Dipali in the Savelugu-Nanton Municipality of the Northern Region.

[The Point]Pa Famara Jatta, widely known as JJ Jatta, has expressed confidence in winning all major golf competitions this year, saying 2014 is going to be his year of golf calendar.

[Ghana Govt.]Up from 13.2% in November 2013, the year-on-year inflation rate, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), stood at 13.5% in December 2013, while the monthly change rate for December 2013 was 1.0% against the 0.8% recorded in November 2013.

[Ghana Govt.]The Public Utility Regulatory Commission (PURC) is committed to ensuring the development and delivery of the highest quality of utility services to consumers and aims to achieve efficiency, reliability and equity in the provision of these services.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]THE SOCIETY FOR the Aged-Ghana (SOFAR), a Non-Governmental Organization has urged the government to always consider prioritizing the needs of the aged in the society in policy making and yearly budgetary allocations.