Archive for July, 2010

Police And New Accommodation

Posted by on July 31, 2010 at 3:10 pm in Local News, Other News

The first phase involves a $1.5 billion housing deal for the construction of about 30,000 housing units for the country’s security agencies, which has sparked a heated debate between the minority and the majority in Parliament. The minority insists that although it supports the deal in principle, it is expensive and would not benefit ordinary [...]

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Welcome To The New Crop Of Black Parliamentarians

Posted by on at 3:09 pm in News From Other Newspapers, Politics

In 1983 some Black candidates who attempted to stand for the Labour Party were deselected because their selection involved Black Sections, a group within the party that had not been endorsed by the leadership. To some of us, 1987 represented the fulfilment of the Black political struggle in Britain when four black people took their [...]

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Congress Will Decide On Planned League Expansion

Posted by on at 3:08 pm in Football, Sports

A proposal seeking to expand the Premier League from 16 teams to a 20-club competition has not been sanctioned yet, President of the Ghana Football Association, Kwesi Nyantakyi has confirmed. Lots of talk in the media has claimed that the proposal has already been approved even before Congress gather for its August 18 Extra-Ordinary session [...]

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Has Posterity Started To Judge The NDC?

Posted by on at 3:07 pm in News From Other Newspapers, Politics

In Christian circles when someone is maltreated or falsehood is peddled against him, he comforts himself with the belief that “judgment is mine says the lord”. When one comes to the ordinary life circles it is very difficult for one to forgive and forget of bad treatment meted out to him by a fellow person [...]

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GIDC And Germany To Contest STX Korea

Posted by on at 3:05 pm in Other Top Stories

Open letter to: The President of Ghana. The members of parliament. The Media. The Minster for Roads and housing (Hon. Alan Bagbin). The general public. Ladies and gentlemen, I will like to take this authority on behalf of the Ghana International Development Consortium, (GIDC), which has its base in Germany, to inform our nationals that, [...]

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Ministry Scale Up Activities To Eliminate Child Labour In Cocoa

Posted by on at 3:04 pm in Local News, News From Other Newspapers

Remediation activities under the National Programme for the Elimination of Worst Forms of Child Labour in Cocoa (NPECLC) should by the end of this year cover all 68 cocoa growing districts in the country. Implementation is currently underway in 47 districts and over 500 communities, where some 6, 300 vulnerable and distressed children have been [...]

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Alan K visits Alma Mater

Posted by on at 3:03 pm in Other Top Stories

One of the leading contenders of the NPP flagbearership race, Alan Kyerematen has congratulated the staff and students of his Alma mater Adisadel College for a very successful Centenary celebration. Mr. Kyerematen said he highly appreciated the hard work he knew they put in, to ensuring a successful celebration. He commended the students for their [...]

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US church to ‘burn Korans’

Posted by on at 2:35 pm in Other Top Stories

A Florida church said it plans to publicly burn copies of the Koran on the ninth anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, prompting threats from Islamic groups and warnings the move will trigger a rise in hate crimes. The Dove World Outreach Center of Gainesville, Florida said on its Facebook page it will hold [...]

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