Archive for June, 2011
Posted by Contributor on June 29, 2011 at 1:04 pm in Environment, Local News
The Acting Executive Director of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has directed staff of the organisation to empower themselves with the EPA Act 490 (1994) to initiate criminal action against all environmental crime offenders. Mr Daniel S. Amlalo said the legislation gave authority to the Agency to prosecute environmental crimes nationwide, warning that those who failed [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 1:03 pm in Health, Local News
A former National Security Coordinator, Mr. K.B. Quantson, has supported the Narcotics Control Board’s (NACOB) demand to be granted autonomy. NACOB is presently part of the Interior Ministry. According to Mr. Quantson, NACOB would work more effectively and efficiently if government grants them autonomy since they do not seem to be doing much now to [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 1:02 pm in Other Top Stories, Politics
Seventy-three per cent of Ghanaians now prefer elections to any other methods of selecting their leaders, surveys from the Afro Barometer have indicated. Although the study indicated that the two leading political parties in Ghana – the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) – enjoyed a specific social support base, that [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 12:58 pm in Local News, Other News
Executive Secretary of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB), Akrasi Sarpong, lost his cool on Monday and virtually went ballistic when he told a leading member of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe to the face to give him “a f**king break”. The NPP guru had called for Mr. Akrasi’s head and had [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 12:56 pm in Business, Other Business Stories
By Rachel Graham Oil rose in New York, extending the biggest gain in six weeks, amid concern OPEC may reduce output in response to the International Energy Agency’s move to release oil stockpiles. Futures advanced as much as 1.5 percent after rallying 2.5 percent yesterday. The IEA’s plan to release strategic reserves sparked speculation that [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 12:54 pm in News From Other Newspapers, Politics
Presidential Aide Stan Dogbe says Ghanaians should not be surprised at the jitters felt by members of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) over threats by the Executive Secretary of the Narcotics Control Board to pursue any politician who dares use drug money to influence next year’s elections. The NPP, according to Stan Dogbe, “took [...]
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Posted by News Desk Report on at 12:44 pm in Top Story
Nigeria’s economy may reach about $400 billion by the end of the decade and could overtake South Africa by 2025, economist at Morgan Stanley said in a research note.
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Posted by Contributor on at 12:41 pm in Feature Articles, Politics
By Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr. Ph.D. In the wake of former President Kufuor’s being named co-winner of the Ohio-based World Food Prize, many of his critics, primarily members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), publicly wondered whether, indeed, the Asante Atwima-Nwabiagya native deserves any such award for supposedly halving the percentage of hungry Ghanaians during his [...]
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