Archive for May, 2010

HANS Hotel – A unique place of comfort

Posted by on May 31, 2010 at 10:46 am in Hotels, Travel & Tourism

STORY: BEATRICE DEDE ASIEDU HANS Hotel—a first class hotel—is one of the most prestigious and beautiful hotels in Ghana. Located in Kpobiman, near Accra, off the Nsawam road, HANS has played host to many guests from within and outside the shores of Ghana. Among those who have enjoyed the comfort and serenity of HANS include [...]

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Alan takes to Northern regions

Posted by on at 10:44 am in Politics

Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen, presidential aspirant of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), resumes his campaign tour of the country with visits to the Northern, Upper East and Upper West regions yesterday Sunday, 31st May, 2010. His tour in the northern regions of Ghana will end on Monday, 14th June, 2010. This was disclosed in a [...]

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CPP takes steps to strengthen party

Posted by on at 10:43 am in Other Top Stories, Politics

The Central Region branch of the CPP met on Friday, May 28 at Mankessim to review progress towards the complete reorganisation of the party in the region following the less than expected results of the 2008 election. The meeting was chaired by Mr Edu Ansah the Regional Chairman of the party and attended by the [...]

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Checking indecent dressing…

Posted by on at 10:42 am in Local News, Other Top Stories

..Pastors wives urged to help The Brong Ahafo Regional Territorial chairperson of the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) Ministers Wives Association, Mrs Regina Duku, has called on wives of pastors to help check the current trend of indecent dressing among women, especially Christian ladies. Mrs Duku said “wives of reverend ministers and young ladies in our [...]

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So who are the real property-owning democrats?

Posted by on at 10:41 am in Feature Articles

ARTICLE BY: GABBY ASARE OTCHERE-DARKO Last week I wrote, “As an ardent believer of a property-owning democracy and a fierce critic of the shameful, lackluster commitment that the NPP showed in realizing this – its philosophy – when it was in office for 8years, my initial reaction was one of great excitement to the news [...]

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Mining must benefit us; and not make us poor

Posted by on at 10:37 am in Editorial

Last week Friday, May 28, 2010 Wacam, an advocacy non-governmental organisation, which has carved a name in championing the rights of mining communities in the country, organised a one-day roundtable discussion on the one year anniversary of the ratification of the ECOWAS Directive on Mining. The programme brought together journalists, civil society groups, legal practitioners, [...]

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Assembly members want DCE sacked

Posted by on at 10:37 am in Other Top Stories, Politics

The Assembly members in Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese District of the Central region have unanimously decided to withdraw their support for the District Chief Executive, Madam Aba Edusah. The assembly members have accused Madam Edusah of looking on unconcerned whilst almost all the vehicles of the assembly are damaged, which situation according to them, has hampered the implementation [...]

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Amnesty International Whips CJ

Posted by on at 10:25 am in Other Top Stories

The Justice for All Programme initiated in 2007 by the Ministry of Justice and the Judiciary to speed up the trials of people remanded in prison custody has had no significant impact, the Amnesty International Report 2010 has revealed. The programme is spearheaded by the Judicial Service with the support of the Attorney General’s Department, [...]

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