Archive for June, 2011

GSA elects new chief commissioner

Posted by on June 29, 2011 at 8:55 am in Other Top Stories

The Ghana Scout Association has at a Special General Meeting of the National Scout Council in Accra elected Mr. Gregory Manful as its new Chief Commissioner for the next three years. With his election Mr. Gregory Manful becomes the youngest Chief Commissioner in the 99-year history of the Association. He takes over from Mr. Isaac [...]

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NPP welcomes Kufuor

Posted by on June 28, 2011 at 11:28 am in Politics

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor arrived home on Sunday night from London to a warm welcome by party supporters’ led by flagbearer, Nana Akuffo Addo, at the Kotoka International Airport, Accra. A statement signed by Mr Frank Agyekum, spokesperson for the former President, said thousands of party supporters sang and chanted praises, showing the party’s [...]

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Atta Mills cannot be trusted – COWOM

Posted by on at 11:18 am in Top Story

A pressure group in the NDC named Coalition of Worried NDC Members (COWOM), has expressed their dissatisfaction at the manner in which Prof. Atta Mills and his G.A.M.E are managing the affairs of the party.

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Including The Concerns Of The Deaf In National Development

Posted by on at 11:01 am in Feature Articles

The Ghana National Association of the Deaf (GNAD) wish to draw the attention of public and private social service institutions about the need to include the concerns of the deaf and hard of hearing persons in national development programs. Issues of concern to the deaf community include but not limited to accessibility to education, employment, [...]

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MTN restates commitment to MNP

Posted by on at 11:00 am in Business, Other Business Stories

GNA – Mobile telecommunication giant MTN on Monday reiterated its commitment to the introduction of Mobile Number Portability (MNP), saying it had “consistently played fairly and adhered fully to all NCA (National Communication Authority) directives on the project”. “We believe that this will eventually impact positively on our operations and cause us to have a [...]

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Ahwoi lauds women’s contribution to agriculture

Posted by on at 10:59 am in Business, Other Business Stories

GNA – The Minister of Food and Agriculture, Mr Kwesi Ahwoi, has lauded women for their contribution to agriculture, saying they have distinguished themselves in food production, processing and family nutrition. He said even though there were about equal number of men and women in agriculture, available statistics indicated that women produced about 80 per [...]

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Petition To The President Of Ghana …

Posted by on at 10:58 am in Feature Articles

HIS EXCELLENCY JOHN EVANS ATTA MILLS TO ASSIST IN EXTRADITION OF MADAM AMA BENYIWA DOE,CENTRAL REGIONAL MINISTER TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA TO FACE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS INVOLVING THE MURDER OF MR OSCAR DOE HER HUSBAND cc- Amnesty International-United Kingdom The Minister for Africa, Foreign Office United Kingdom Human Rights Watch, Geneva Switzerland Director of [...]

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Help – I am being overwhelmed by all these new economic terms!

Posted by on at 10:56 am in Feature Articles, Other Top Stories

The global financial crisis started sometime in 2007. No Ghanaian living abroad could have failed to notice its effects. Even though there are still some jitters here and there in the developed world (what with the crises in Portugal and Ireland and Greece on the tipping edge?) it is generally agreed that the worst is [...]

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