Archive for February, 2010
Posted by Contributor on February 27, 2010 at 1:45 pm in Business, Mining
GNA – Dr. Thomas Akabzaa, Senior Lecturer at the Earth Science Department of the University of Ghana, has called on government to immediately develop a national mineral policy, spelling out the country’s expectations of her mineral wealth. He said the development of such a policy should involve effective and well coordinated public participation with a [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 1:44 pm in Business, Other Top Stories
GNA – The Loading Gantry of the Tema Oil Refinery, (TOR) which was damaged in the recent fire outbreak would take several months to be restored due to the extent of the damage. The cost of damage to the gantry is estimated at GH¢120,000 whilst physical damage at the refinery is estimated at 2.5 million [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 1:43 pm in Other Top Stories
GNA – Mr Peter Mac Manu, Out-going National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), is upbeat about the Party’s chances of winning back political power in 2012 as delegates from the 230 constituencies gather to elect new National Executives. All that the in-coming leadership would need to do, he said; “is to stay in [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 1:42 pm in Other Top Stories
Over the last decade the United States has successfully transformed its foreign aid efforts. Dollars aren’t simply being delivered to corrupt regimes, helping keep them in power with nothing expected in return.
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Posted by GNA on at 1:37 pm in Top Story
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) National Delegates’ Congress started this morning in Kumasi as delegates started trooping into the Baba Yara Sports Stadium by 0630 hours. The earliest arrivals were from Central and Volta Regions.
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Posted by Contributor on at 1:37 pm in Other Top Stories
GNA – President John Evans Atta Mills on Friday stressed the need for peace in Niger, hit last week by a coup d’tat that ousted President Mamadou Tandja. He said peace was pre-requisite for development. President Mills said the events in Niger were a matter of concern to all, because leaders in the sub-region considered [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 1:36 pm in Other Top Stories
GNA – Mr Emmanuel Paa-Nii Quaye, an associate programmes officer of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, (GAIN) Africa, expressed concern, on Thursday, that about 50% of salt on the Ghanaian market is not iodated, 16 years after the introduction of iodized salt in the country. According to him, only about 30% of iodized salt [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 1:35 pm in Other Sports, Sports
GNA – Eight Regional athletic records, five in the women’s division and three in the men’s event were broken at the end of the two-day Ashanti Region Schools and Colleges Super-Zonal Athletics competition held at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium on Friday. William Akuka Awunime of Prempeh College produced an outstanding performance to set new [...]
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