Archive for February, 2011
Posted by Contributor on February 25, 2011 at 8:23 pm in News From Other Newspapers, Politics
An ardent Nkrumaist, Kwesi Pratt Jnr., has lampooned the leadership of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) for losing focus on the necessary measures they needed to adopt to bring the party back to power. He said instead of showing interest in building party structures from the grassroots level, the opposite is what is currently prevailing [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 8:16 pm in Court News, Other Top Stories
An Accra fast track high court has acquitted and discharged former Foreign Affairs Minister, Mr. Akwasi Osei-Adjei and Daniel Charles Gyimah, former Managing Director of the National Investment Bank (NIB) in six of the eight charges leveled against them in a case involving the importation of rice from India.The two have been standing trial for [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 4:05 pm in Health & Lifestyle
By David Zinczenko with Matt Goulding “How did Americans get so fat?” Of all the questions I get, this is by far the most common. There are many reasons: We’ve added extra calories to basic foods, everything from pasta sauce to ketchup. We’re drinking more calories than ever—450 a day, on average. And, of course, [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 4:00 pm in Politics
A Reverend Minister has appealed to politicians in Ghana not to take for granted revolts sweeping across parts of Africa, especially North Africa. He said it was becoming evident that the youth of Africa could no longer tolerate the flamboyance, arrogance and lavish spending by politicians and their relatives. Rev. Samuel Agyei, National President of [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 3:59 pm in Education, Other Top Stories
The University of Ghana (UG) on Thursday, announced major changes in this year’s admissions process for entry into bachelor degree programmes, a release copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra said. The move had become necessary because the West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), on which the University normally relies for most [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 3:57 pm in Politics
The National Chairman of the Convention Peoples Party (CPP), Mr Ladi Nyalander, has invited all members of the party to accept to work hard and make the needed sacrifices to win political power in Election 2012. He said they must remain loyal, telling them that, genuine members could not offer “conditional support. “You cannot claim [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 12:38 pm in Business, Other Top Stories
Airline passengers should prepare themselves for sticker shock this year. As the carriers have tried to keep up with rapidly rising oil prices, they have already increased their fares four times since the start of the year, compared with only three increases for all of 2010. The airlines have also raised some of their fees, [...]
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Posted by ANTHONY KWESI COOMSON on at 12:29 pm in Local News, Other Top Stories
The North Tongu District Assembly in the Volta region has held a workshop at Adidome, district capital of the North Tongu, on the theme: ‘Local governance and development, present framework and future prospects.” Prominent amongst the dignitaries included Minister of Roads and Highways, Hon. Joe Gidisu, MP for Central Tongu, Hon. Bubey Dzinadu, DCE, North [...]
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