Bert Martinez was hiding something from his wife, and it was eating him alive. He was tense, uptight, and withdrawing. His wife Joelle knew something was up, but couldn’t put her finger on it. In the meantime, communication between them was shutting down, and their marriage hung in the balance. But it was nothing like [...]
Read the rest of this story »By Peter Apps, (Reuters) – Taking the world by surprise, Egypt’s uprising may prompt renewed focus on political risk in emerging economies at a time of rising food and fuel prices, raising investor fears of unorthodox or repressive policy moves. That could see investors demand a higher risk premium on investments particularly in authoritarian emerging [...]
Read the rest of this story »By Patrick Werr (Reuters) – Egypt has substantial reserves to avoid an external payments crisis but these could be seriously depleted within weeks if political protests continue, while its banks may struggle to cope with a rush of withdrawals. In the two working days after the protests erupted last Tuesday, which was a bank holiday, [...]
Read the rest of this story »Ayigbe Edem Hiplife musician, Ayigbe Edem has expressed his displeasure over government’s inability of providing adequate malaria health care to the many Ghanaians. He said although several international donor agencies, the UK government and the Bill Gates Foundation have come to the aid of deprived countries, including Ghana, with some monitory assistance there is still [...]
Read the rest of this story »The New Patriotic Party [NPP] has appointed the Member of Parliament for the Okaikoi South Constituency and a ranking member for Communications, Nana Akomea as Communication Director of the NPP and its 2012 campaign office. In a release issued in Accra and signed by the party’s General Secretary Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, it said the former [...]
Read the rest of this story »As with Iran 30 years ago, American leaders again are wrestling with the moral conflict between Washington’s demands for democracy among its friends and strategic coziness with dictatorial regimes seen as key to stability in an increasingly complex world, particularly the Middle East. The turmoil in Egypt — and its potential for grave consequences for [...]
Read the rest of this story »A gigantic multi-billion cedis state-of-the-art mansion put up by Mr. Stephen Asamoah Boateng, former Minister for Information and National Orientation under the Kufuor regimen is stirring controversy and outrage over the building’s source of funding. Overlooking the Mankessim-Cape Coast stretch of the highway, the six-bedroom mighty edifice at Kromantse, Asamoah Boateng’s hometown has been estimated [...]
Read the rest of this story »The Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems (GhIPSS) together with Ghana Commercial Bank are enrolling Senior High School (SHS) students onto the e-zwich. The Exercise which began late November of 2010 has so far registered over 15,000 students and staff of the schools. The move is part of the plan to get as many people [...]
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