Archive for November, 2010
Posted by Contributor on November 30, 2010 at 3:49 pm in News From Other Newspapers, Politics
Intra-party hostilities between the camp of President John Evans Atta Mills and Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings over the presidential slot of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), is threatening to develop into a full scale internecine war. Members of the Movement for Konadu for 2012, a pressure group championing the former first lady’s suspected presidential ambition, [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 3:45 pm in Other Top Stories, Politics
Mr K. B. Asante, a retired Diplomat, has said Dr Kwame Nkrumah was remorseful about the detention of Dr J. B. Danquah under the Preventive Detention Act (PDA). “Nkrumah was not happy with the consequences of the PDA…he could not justify the detention of Danquah and wanted Danquah to stop writing those ‘articles’ for his [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 3:44 pm in Court News, Local News
Mr Ahmed Boahene, a Missionary of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Movement, on Monday, denied any alleged mass rape on an Accra-Tamale-Bawku bound Yutong bus, before an Accra Circuit Court. Mr Boahene, Missionary-in-charge of Chereponi, in the Northern Region and second prosecution witness, told the court that, “he slept shortly after the bus took off at the [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 3:26 pm in Business, Other Top Stories
Former flagbearer of the Conventions Peoples Party, Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom has said he disagrees with the view that Ghana’s oil revenue should be collateralized. He has however expressed support for the idea of a Heritage Fund. Dr. Nduom further proposed that 20% of the oil revenue should be deposited in the Heritage Fund to [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 2:35 pm in Politics
I am Mrs. Mary Brobbey, a subject of your write-up on the above subject in your newspaper, published on Wednesday, 24th November, 2010. I wish to state that I have never been a part of the so called Campaign of the subject, Mr. Asante Boateng. I have been away to U.K. and China since 27th [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 2:34 pm in Business, Other Business Stories
Markets covered by Esoko in the country showed mixed commodity price performance in the week ended November 26. Average prices for the seven markets and 12 commodities used in the construction of the Esoko Commodity Index- Retail and Wholesale- showed mixed performance, with the average price of seven commodities registering declines in the week, one [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 2:34 pm in Editorial
The main reason why many African countries have adopted Western style multi-party democracy is to avoid coup d’états and its attendant effects. The African continent is one place that has gained notoriety in coup d’états. And this has largely contributed to the underdevelopment of many African nations. Even before Ghana was ushered into the Fourth [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 2:33 pm in Local News, Other News
The Kasoa central branch of the Musama Disco Cristo Church- MDCC, on Sunday November 28 held its annual harvest service to raise funds for the development of the church. The service was dubbed: “Let’s Build a House for the Lord.” The Resident Pastor of Kasoa MDCC, Rev. Peter Wallas Oteng Boabeng, delivering his sermon quoted [...]
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