Archive for January, 2011
Posted by Contributor on January 31, 2011 at 1:04 pm in Football, Sports
Apart from the professional skills to the game of football always displayed on the field of play by talented Ghanaian footballers, there is also another significant thing they always display which is worth emulating by all. It is about the way Ghanaian professional footballers plying their trade in foreign countries join their various families after [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 12:58 pm in Football, Sports
As the controversy over the Ghana Football Association (GFA) $1million bribery scandal rages on, the GFA President, Mr. Kwasi Nyantakyi, has confessed that his outfit spent $100,000 on gifts for FIFA officials whose decisions affect Ghana’s football. According to him, the $100,000 was spent on those FIFA officials during the 2010 World Cup in South [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 12:50 pm in Business, Other Top Stories
STORY: BEATRICE DEDE ASIEDU & BERNICE AHOTOR Oil exploration partners at Ghana’s Jubilee Field in the Western Region led by Tullow Oil Ghana Limited last week organised a three-day short course for stakeholders in the oil industry. The short course brought together traditional leaders, journalists, representatives of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and officials of [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 12:44 pm in Health, International
WHO is responding to an outbreak of yellow fever in the Côte d’Ivoire. So far a total of 64 suspected cases and 25 deaths have been identified. The ministry of health of Côte d’Ivoire has started an emergency vaccination campaign targeting over 840000 people aged nine months and older, with support from WHO and UNICEF. [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 12:41 pm in Football, Sports
Ghana has been allocated 25,000 for their fans for March’s historic friendly against England at Wembley, Ghanasoccernet.com can exclusively reveal. Black Stars fans have been clamoring for tickets for the first match between the two sides at senior level on March 29. Many fans will be travelling from Ghana to watch the game while Ghanaian [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 12:40 pm in Environment, Other Top Stories
STORY BY: GIFTY CLARKE AMOAH The habit of throwing rubbish and discarded items haphazardly would soon become a thing of the past with the coming into being of a new taskforce. The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) last week inaugurated a new taskforce that would help ensure sanity and inculcate the habit of self-discipline amongst the [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 12:35 pm in Business, Other Business Stories
AspectDSC, the real time market information decision support center for energy, metals and commodities traders and other professionals now includes palm oil data, extending its versatility into the biofuels industry. The move comes with the addition to AspectDSC of crude palm oil futures from Bursa Malaysia, one of Asia’s largest exchanges and located right at [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 12:26 pm in Football, Sports
The Ghana Football Association is pleased to announce that the accreditation process for the England vrs Ghana international friendly on 29 March 2011 at the Wembley Stadium is now open exclusively via the GFA Media Channel for onward delivery to the English FA. Deadline for accreditation applications: 28 February 2011. It is important to note [...]
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