Archive for July, 2009

Y FM / Stone Lagger Beer to promote Pool Sports

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

The game of pool (snooker) is suddenly generating a lot of interest among the youth in Ghana . The game is currently enjoying a high patronage among the youth today especially in the pubs, restaurants, and spots. It is in this vein that Y-FM, an Accra based radio station has worked hard to partner Stone [...]

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Country Must Set Standard for Policing in Africa – Okudzeto

Posted by on at 12:01 pm in Other Top Stories

Phyllis D. Osabutey THE CHAIRMAN of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) Advisory Committee, Mr. Sam Okudzeto has stated that Ghana deserves the best policing that would be a standard for other African countries to follow and also enhance the esteem of the police service. According to him, “Ghanaians like to shine and so we [...]

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Ghana native leads effort to send computers to villages

Posted by on at 11:59 am in Local News, Other News

by Tiffany March To the customers at the Columbia Heights Best Buy in Washington, D.C., Seth Owusu of Laurel is a loyal member of the Geek Squad, a group of tech-savvy computer experts. But to the children from 18 villages in Ghana and Nigeria, he has opened up a new world of technology by bringing [...]

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Ghana’s only winter athlete went from ‘zero’ to Olympics

Posted by on at 11:58 am in Other Sports, Sports

By The Vancouver Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong, the self-styled Snow Leopard of Ghana, knows he’s literally in a league of his own. In a country known more in sporting circles for boxing and soccer, Nkrumah-Acheampong is not just the president of the fledgling Ghana Ski Team. He’s its chief fundraiser, booster and its only skier. Oh, and [...]

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Perseus to Ayanfuri gold project, defines large reserve

Posted by on at 11:57 am in Business, Mining

Article from: AAP PERSEUS Mining says it will proceed with its flagship Ayanfuri project in Ghana,where the junior explorer has defined a large maiden gold reserve. The Perth-based company has reported a 2.14 million ounce (oz) reserve at the project in the proved and probable categories of Australia’s mineral reporting code. This positions Perseus within [...]

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Ghana To Battle Zambia In London

Posted by on at 11:55 am in Football, Sports

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has confirmed that the Black Stars will take on Zambia in a warm-up match on August 12 ahead of their World Cup qualifier next month. According to the official website of the GFA, the match will be played at the Matchroom Stadium, also called Brisbane Road, the home ground of [...]

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Is China the new African Savior?

Posted by on at 11:53 am in Editorial

After many years of enduring the rigors, manipulation and exploitation of Western colonial powers, Africans are hoping that patronage, peace and progress may come at last from the East, aligned by China. After centuries of slavery, wars and poverty, China has stepped forward to offer what appears to be a trustable hand of friendship to [...]

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Homosexuals and AIDS: Confronting a dangerous African taboo

Posted by on at 11:47 am in Health, Health & Lifestyle

by Claire Schaffner The internationally acclaimed medical journal The Lancet Monday published the first scientific study showing that male homosexuals are more often than not infected with HIV than the general adult population in sub-Saharan Africa. With their presence in the African society sometimes denied and sometimes ostracized by society, these men are forgotten during [...]

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