Archive for September, 2010

GIA workers receive salaries tomorrow

Posted by on September 29, 2010 at 1:31 pm in Business

The Industrial and Commercial Workers Union has said it has reached a partial settlement with the government over the dismissal of some 140 workers of the ailing national carrier, Ghana International Airlines. It said it has subsequently secured a promise from the President to have the workers paid five months salary pending the conclusion of [...]

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Zero tolerance for maternal deaths – Our target

Posted by on at 1:30 pm in Other Top Stories

Three individuals have recounted how they lost their babies under conditions they described as ‘avoidable’, in different health-care facilities in Accra. Three individuals, identified only as Jimmy, Priscilla and Elizabeth, recounted how they lost their babies under conditions they described as ‘avoidable’, in different health-care facilities in Accra. With tears in her eyes, Priscilla narrated [...]

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Essien , Kwadwo Asamoah, Kevin in the race for CAF footballer of the year

Posted by on at 1:24 pm in Football, Sports

The dearth of talented and performing Nigerian footballers in the international scene has had another negative highlight with the release of the list of players short listed for the biggest African awards of the year, the Glo-CAF Awards with only one Super Eagles player in the 17-man list. The one man standing for the country [...]

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Ghana Soccer Under Political Siege

Posted by on at 12:41 pm in Sports

Ghana football is riding high. That is without a shadow of doubt. After the relative success of the Black Stars of Ghana in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa in June and July, when only the ungodly hands of Luis Suarez prevented a semi-final berth, Ghana is held in the international arena as the [...]

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BoG uncertain about Ghana’s future

Posted by on at 12:34 pm in Top Story

Ghana’s snail pace growth process is causing serious threat to achieving significant transformation in the lives of the people and for government to achieve its “Better Ghana Agenda.”

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Zain supports Odumase Presby JHS

Posted by on at 12:33 pm in Business, Other Business Stories

Just a year after Zain Ghana reconstructed the six block classroom of the Odumase Presby Junior High School in the Manya Krobo District of the Eastern Region, the students have performed remarkably in the Basic Education Certificate Exams (BECE) as pass rates improved from 43% to 100%. This year, for the first time since 1997 [...]

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Church of Christ marks founder’s birthday

Posted by on at 12:27 pm in Local News, Other News

The Cape Coast Church of Christ auditorium was last Sunday filled to capacity amid drumming, singing and dancing to mark the centenary celebration of the founder, Prophet John Kojo Sarfo Mensah. Members from the various districts across the country joined the Cape Coast congregation since it was the head quarters of the church to celebrate [...]

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Junior Chamber Int. tackles malaria at UCC

Posted by on at 12:24 pm in Health, Local News

Members of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) chapter of Junior Chamber International (JCI), a non-governmental organization, on Saturday distributed mosquito nets and malaria learning materials to children below five years, pregnant women and nursing mothers at Amamoma near the university to reduce the spread of malaria and its devastating effects. The NGO also embarked [...]

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