Archive for February, 2009
Posted by Contributor on February 28, 2009 at 5:25 pm in Other Top Stories
Ghana and France on Friday took steps to renew their bilateral ties and to explore areas of economic interest to both countries. To that end, the Government of Ghana has given an assurance that it would remove all bottlenecks that hindered the smooth flow of transactions, it would also revisit areas of mutual interest that [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 5:22 pm in Top Story
…Can NDC help?

The economy is spiraling down at an accelerating pace, threatening to undermine the Mills administration, which anticipate vigorous rates of growth in years to come.
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Posted by Contributor on at 4:13 pm in Sports
AngloGold Ashanti, owners of Ghanaian Premier League side AshantiGold Football Club, have severed ties with the British-based consortium Fortia over the management of the club. Fortia in September last year announced their take-over of the Obuasi-based club and promised to transform the club. AshGold last won the league in 1996 and were losing finalists to [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 4:12 pm in Feature Articles
Since the outburst of hip-hop music on the musical scene in the Bronx in the early 1970s among African Americans, its lyrical appeal backed with its solid beats has enthralled not only Americans but many other societies and cultures. From the technologically advanced countries of the North to the traditional cultures of the South, hip-hop [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 4:10 pm in Feature Articles
It is unfortunate that Ghana International Airlines is in a financial struggle and needing some huge cash injection. Nevertheless, I don’t believe GIAL, looking at its structure and composition, is viable enough for such a huge amount of money to be pumped into it now. According to stories in the media, so much has been [...]
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Posted by Sydney Abugri on at 4:08 pm in Feature Articles
Years ago, I attended Mass at St. David’s Cathedral in Cardiff city in South Wales and when it came to the Gloria, I levitated in the pews, mind, body and soul. You don’t believe me, do you? I had been nostalgic for the Catholic Latin Mass since liturgical changes replaced it with the English and [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 4:03 pm in Education
An educationist has observed that given the needed motivation teachers can prepare students of Senior High Schools (SHS) to successfully complete their programme in three years. Mrs. Beatrice Rosina Boakye Ansah Prempeh, the Obuasi Municipal Director of Education who made the observation, emphasized that with an attractive remuneration, the teacher can work above himself or [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 4:02 pm in Local News
Mrs Christina Carl Operabea, a Deputy Director at the Western Regional Office of the Centre for National Culture on Friday said every Ghanaian dance has a meaning and a purpose. “Dance unite us as people and entertains us,†she said. Mrs. Operebea was speaking at a costume dressing and cultural dance competition in Takoradi. The [...]
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