Arthur Kobina Kennedy, the author I have been watching and listening to the raging debate on ex-gratia with increasing despair and frustration. It says a lot about our nation’s priorities and the concerns of the ruling classes that with so many problems, our nation is as pre-occupied with something as insubstantial as this. The ex-gratia [...]
Read the rest of this story »Mr. Kwame Alorvi, President of National Association of Graduate Teachers, has argued that the solution to improving the quality of education in Ghana does not lie in extending course durations. He said there is no reason to subject Ghanaian school children to four years Senior High School when Liberia and Sierra Leone, among other members [...]
Read the rest of this story »Morale is high in the camp of the Black stars as they prepare to face their Ugandan counterparts in a friendly. The Stars held their first training session at the Tamale stadium ahead of their friendly international against Uganda on May 31.. Nineteen players including three goalkeepers participated the one hour session to fine-tune for [...]
Read the rest of this story »Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide Newspaper, Kweku Baako Jnr. has demanded full disclosure from the Parliamentary Service Board (BSD)in the case of the unbridled saga of soft furnishings that has rocked the country’s law making body. Ex-speaker, Ebenezer Sakyi-Hughes has been accused of looting state property after he took away soft furnishing at his [...]
Read the rest of this story »A leading member of pressure group Committee for Joint Action (CJA), Alhaji Mohammed Ramadan told Citi news that the group may resist reported attempts by government to pass on increment in world petroleum prices to the Ghanaian consumer. He says if government fails to explore other options to lessen the burden on the ordinary Ghanaian, [...]
Read the rest of this story »Ghana’s gold output in the first quarter of 2009 was 675,151 ounces, up 9 percent on the first three months of last year, while higher world prices pushed cumulative mining revenue up 11 percent to $641.2 million, Chamber of Mines data showed on Saturday. Ghana, the world’s no.2 cocoa producer, is also Africa’s second biggest [...]
Read the rest of this story »By MERCY GAKII www.nation.co.ke Three local universities are set to offer training to micro and small to medium enterprise owners in a programme meant to enhance their performance. Strathmore University, Jomo Kenyatta University of Science and Technology (JKUAT) and the United States International University-Africa are working in partnership with the Copenhagen business school and Danish [...]
Read the rest of this story »Sabrina Gordon, Business Reporter GraceKennedy Limited has rebranded its United Kingdom operations and collapsed WT Foods into what is now called Grace Foods UK, headed by Michael Ranglin. Now that unit, coming off a lossmaking year, is looking into undeveloped markets in India and West Africa, as well as new opportunities in Europe, to drive [...]
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