Archive for July, 2009

CPP traders hike price – ER Minister

Posted by on July 31, 2009 at 9:47 am in Local, Politics

                Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, Eastern Regional Minister, has warned that government would not sit unconcerned for a group of people to create difficult economic situations to discredit it.      He said although the economic crunch had affected everything including the prices of items, government would not allow people to use politics to hike prices [...]

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Minister expresses concern about misuse of funds in the assemblies

Posted by on at 9:45 am in Local, Politics

      Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, Eastern Regional Minister, on Thursday expressed worry about the misuse of funds in the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDA’s).      He said; “Funds meant for development with the intention of alleviating poverty, are disbursed recklessly,” adding it was unfortunate that most members did not emphasize the plight of the [...]

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Add Study of “Water” school curricula -participants

Posted by on at 9:44 am in Education, Science

        Participants at a just ended three-day two-in-one workshop in Accra on Thursday, advocated integration of the study of water into Social Studies and Environmental Studies at the basic school level.      This is to instil the sense of respect for potable water and water bodies in children at tender age to ensure that [...]

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School of Allied Science, University of Energy to be established

Posted by on at 9:43 am in Education, Science

Mr. Kofi Opoku Manu, Ashanti Regional Minister, on Wednesday said government has planned to establish a School of Allied Science and a University of Energy, to help improve the manpower needs of the country.      He said it was the wish of government to absorb greater percentage of the funding tertiary education to enable more [...]

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MTN goes dirty on Tigo, Vodafone

Posted by on at 9:41 am in Top Story

With the kind of stiff and keen competition in the telecommunication industry, it is expected that key players in the sector would play to the rules of the game and not to be seen undermining each other’s efforts at wining more subscribers.

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Ministry undertakes cassava project to fight poverty

Posted by on at 9:32 am in Local News, Science

  The Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology in collaboration with stakeholders is to undertake a National Cassava Project to fight poverty, Ms Sherry Ayittey, sector Minister said on Thursday.      She said; “The ministry in conjunction with the Ministry of Agriculture and the Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), is designing a programme [...]

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Attorney General’s office to study Tagor’s case

Posted by on at 9:32 am in Other Top Stories

  The Attorney General’s (A-G’s) Office is considering the  next step to take, following the acquittal and discharge of Kwabena Amaning a.k.a. Tagor and Alhaji Issa Abass’s in the MV Benjamin cocaine case. A cursory look at the basis for the acquittal and discharge of the two indicate that it is imperative to critically assess [...]

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Nigeria in the shadow of Sudan or Rwanda: A Political and Social quagmire

Posted by on July 30, 2009 at 12:04 pm in Feature Articles, Other Top Stories

A legendary religious multiculturalism under threat by Prince Ofori-Atta Inter-communal tensions have been one of the major causes of civil strife in Africa, and more often than not, politics, which is to help curb this growing trend, has made matters worse. Although recent religious clashes and renewed violence in the central and northern regions of [...]

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