Archive for October, 2009
Posted by Contributor on October 31, 2009 at 7:52 pm in Local News
GNA – The Project for improving Water Governance in the White Volta Basin shared by Ghana and Burkina Faso which was started by the two neighbouring countries in 2004 is steadily making positive progress, according to a Validation Report. The Project is aimed at managing, sustaining and protecting the natural resources of the White Volta [...]
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Posted by GNA on at 7:50 pm in Other Top Stories
GNA – Vice-President John Mahama on Saturday said government will convey an all-party conference to dilate on how to overcome the dysfunctions in the education sector and develop strategies to meet national aspirations. He said the mode of instruction in schools should be capable of instilling in the students a ‘twenty-third century mentality’ and empower [...]
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Posted by GNA on at 7:49 pm in Top Story
The Metropolitan Archbishop of Accra, Most Reverend Bishop Palmer-Buckle on Friday described the appointment of Peter Cardinal Appiah Turkson to preside over the “Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace” as the step in the right direction.
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Posted by Contributor on at 7:41 pm in Education
GNA – Mr David Newton, Rector of the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ), on Saturday said the Presidential Charter granting the Institute as a fully-fledged university, had important opportunities to create new faculties and adopt a wider cross disciplinary approach to curriculum development. Mr Newton, who was addressing the 9th Matriculation of 312 students for [...]
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Posted by GNA on at 7:40 pm in Other Top Stories
GNA – The mortal remains of the late Apostle Joseph Anim, 60, immediate past President of The Apostolic Church, Ghana, was laid to rest at the Osu Cemetery on Saturday. He was also the former Vice President of the Ghana Pentecostal Council between 1999 and 2004. The late Apostle Anim joined the Church in 1967 [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 7:40 pm in Business, Other Business Stories
GNA – Participants at a forum on the interim Economic Partnership Agreement (iEPA) have called on the government to demonstrate practical commitment towards the promotion of modernized agriculture to ensure food security and reduce poverty. The participants, drawn from farmer-based and civil society organizations, small scale traders and security services, insisted that modernized agriculture was [...]
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Posted by GNA on at 7:39 pm in Other Top Stories
GNA – The Construction and Building Materials Workers Union (CBMWU) of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has entered into bilateral agreement with the national unions of Nigeria to fashion out strategies and proposals towards speedy economic development. This was contained in a communiqué issued after the signing of the agreement with the National Unions of [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 7:38 pm in Education, Local News
GNA – Five out of 79 schools that registered for this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), in the Kwahu South and East Districts scored zero percent. They are made up of 116 candidates including 48 girls. However, 12 schools in the two districts obtained 100 percent passes with 15 boys obtaining aggregate six. The [...]
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