Archive for August, 2010
Posted by Contributor on August 30, 2010 at 3:12 pm in Business, Feature Articles
Recently, Standard & Poor’s, decided that Ghana deserves a lowered rating because of “large fiscal deficits and a lack of clarity on oil-industry laws”. What??? That is precisely what I thought to myself when I was reading that trash. I did some research and realized this corrupt organization is now out of the mainstream because [...]
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Posted by William Beeko on at 2:52 pm in Entertainment
MTV Networks Africa (MTVNA) has partnered telecommunications giant, Bharti Airtel, to hold the 2010 MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMA) in Lagos, Nigeria. MTVNA’s jubilant celebration of contemporary African music and creativity will be held at the EKO EXPO hall, Lagos on 11 December 2010, focusing on the spotlight of Africa’s most outstanding musicians, from the [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 2:45 pm in Court News, Politics
An Accra Circuit Court on Friday found Abed Okunnor, 2008 New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary aspirant for Ningo Prampram Constituency, guilty for fraud. He pleaded not guilty for defrauding by false pretences. Okunnor, a Clerical Officer of Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), defrauded Mr. Stephen Takyi, a Kumasi-based trader, in the sum of GH¢15,500 under the [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 2:44 pm in Health, Local News
The National Health Insurance Scheme in the Asunafo North Municipality is meeting today to decide on what actions to take against the MP for the area who has failed to pay an amount of eight thousand Ghana cedis he owes the scheme since 2008. Mr. Robert Sarfo Mensah registered over 700 of his constituents during [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 2:39 pm in Politics
Mr Samuel Okudjato Ablakwah, Deputy Minister of Information, gave the assurance that Government would not criminalize free speech in the country. He said that Ghanaians would not be prevented from expressing their concerns about Government no matter how negative they might be. Mr Ablakwah, who was interacting with journalists in Takoradi on Thursday,said that Government [...]
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Posted by ANTHONY KWESI COOMSON on at 2:19 pm in Other Top Stories
Executives of the National Association of Local Government, (NALAG) last week paid a courtesy call on the Minster of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Joseph Yieleh Chiereh, at his ministry to express their profound gratitude for his immense support. The courtesy call also offered NALAG the opportunity to formally introduce its members who are [...]
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Posted by MAGDALENE SEY on at 2:16 pm in Other Top Stories
A call has gone to the youth to discard negative western cultures and fully embrace Ghanaian culture to liberate themselves totally from slavery. They have also been urged to put a stop to indecent dressing all in the name of fashion and try something Ghanaian and indigenous to protect their cultural heritage. The call was [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 2:14 pm in Feature Articles
ARTICLE BY: GABBY ASARE OTCHERE-DARKO Ghana’s Deputy Attorney-General recently introduced an element of footsoldierism to the courts by announcing on radio that the presiding judge in the murder case involving 2002 killing of the King of Dagbon, Ya-Naa Andani II, was bias. With that he has succeeded in getting the judge to excuse himself from [...]
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