Archive for October, 2009

BluMail striving to support education, development

Posted by on October 30, 2009 at 7:02 pm in Local News, Science

GNA – BluMail, a gateway for global email, education, networking, jobs and entrepreneurship, is providing a platform through the Internet to its clientele to contribute towards the development of their countries. A statement signed by Dr Sarah MacCue, Founder and Board Chair of BluMail, United States, said her outfit would provide free email accounts, educational [...]

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Residents of Sodom and Gomorrah should co-operate with the authorities – Tackie Komme

Posted by on at 7:01 pm in Politics

GNA – Mr. Jonathan Nii Tackie Komme, Member of Parliament (MP)for Odododiodioo, has appealed to residents of Sodom and Gomorrah slum at Old Fadama, affected by a planned eviction by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly to relocate. He said their voluntary relocation would facilitate works on the Korle Lagoon Restoration Project. Mr. Komme gave the advice [...]

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Minority tells NDC to take a dose of their own bitter medication

Posted by on at 7:01 pm in Other Top Stories

GNA – Whether President John Evans Atta Mills nomination of new judges to the Supreme Court was an addition or replacement of members of the bench took centre stage in Parliament on Friday. This was precipitated after the Minority Leader had asked if the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), would be ready to accept the [...]

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2010 budget ready by November 19

Posted by on at 6:59 pm in Top Story

Mr. John Akologu Tia, Deputy Majority Leader, has announced that the 2010 Budget Estimates and Financial Policy of the Government would be laid before Parliament not later than November 19.

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New sports website launched

Posted by on at 6:56 pm in Football, Sports

GNA – A new video based sports website aimed at providing exclusive on line sports news and audio visual images to Ghanaian football fans has been launched in Accra. The site with a website name of www.ghanasports.tv, will offer news and videos on a wide range of sporting disciplines including local traditional disciplines like ludo, [...]

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GIMPA Rector pledges to push institution higher

Posted by on at 6:54 pm in Education, Other Top Stories

GNA – The new Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Prof. Yaw Agyeman Badu, has pledged to transform the institution into a strong internationally recognised institution. “My vision is to consolidate and expand GIMPA into a great institution with a worldwide reputation for high quality work. This is the journey [...]

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Greater Accra Health Directorate faces challenges in fighting TB

Posted by on at 6:53 pm in Health, Local News

GNA – The Greater Accra Regional Health Directorate has for the first half of this year, recorded 1,322 cases of Tuberculosis (TB) as against 1,675 cases recorded for the same period last year. In 2008, the region recorded a total of 2513 TB cases with Accra metro and Maamobi in particular, being the most endemic. [...]

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Milan On Verge Of Signing Under-20 Ghana Star Dominic Adiyiah – Report

Posted by on at 10:21 am in Football, Sports

The Rossoneri have apparently targeted the young African star following his exploits in Egypt… Milan are close to signing Ghana Under-20 star Dominic Adiyiah, according to La Gazzetta dello Sport. Adiyiah was one of the key members of Ghana’s U-20 World Cup victory in Egypt. The player scooped up two awards during the tournament – [...]

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