Archive for March, 2009
Posted by Contributor on March 30, 2009 at 1:45 pm in Other Top Stories
Kofi Annan has today called on Kenya’s leaders to accelerate implementation of the country’s reform process agreed in February 2008. Speaking in Geneva, Mr Annan stated: “Kenya is at a crossroads. The time to act is now.†Mr Annan’s remarks were made at the Opening Plenary of ‘The Kenya National Dialogue and Reconciliation – [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 1:12 pm in Top Story
The Member of Parliament for Essikuma-Odoben-Brakwa Constituency, P. C Appiah Ofori has called on the police to immediately arrest and prosecute the former speaker of Parliament, Ebenezer Sekyi Hughes, for theft.
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Posted by Contributor on at 11:59 am in Business
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has introduced an innovative Bureau de Change service in a determined effort to bring new levels of convenience and world class services to the retail foreign exchange market in Nigeria. This followed the official launch of a new subsidiary known as UBA FXMart (Bureau de Change) Limited in [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 11:56 am in Sports
Sulley Muntari and Michael Essien Black Stars midfielder Sulley Muntari admitted that the team struggled to find their feet and panted for breath in Sunday’s joint 2010 qualifiers against Benin at the Baba Yara Stadium. The Inter Milan ace was a pale shadow of his former self and had to be substituted after 86 minutes. [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 11:50 am in Other Top Stories
Over one hundred Ghanaian students on state scholarships abroad face possible expulsion from their Universities for failure to pay their fees. Since late last year, the cash-strapped National Scholarship Secretariat has been struggling to pay the fees of students in Benin, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. As a result, most of [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 11:49 am in News From Other Newspapers
The First Meeting of the First Session of the Fifth Parliament of the Fourth Republic ended last Friday with a call on Members of Parliament (MPs) to strive to consolidate the consensus building approach that permeated discussions of issues that were brought before the House during the meeting. The Speaker of the House, [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 11:48 am in Other Top Stories
Former Speaker, Ebenezer Sekyi Hughes Former Speaker, Ebenezer Sekyi Hughes, has told the Minority Leader, Hon Kyei Mensah-Bonsu that he is ready and willing to pay for all items he took away from his official residence if that decision is taken. Hon Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu tells Citi News Mr Hughes expressed his willingness to [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 10:07 am in Feature Articles
Author: The Statesman You can imagine my outrage when in flipping through the pages of the Daily Graphic of Friday March 27 2009, I came across an advertisement placed by the Ghana Education Service titled "GES STUDY LEAVE WITH PAY QUOTA’. Even without reading further I took my phone and called up a [...]
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