Can’t we do decent politics?

THIS paper is compelled to re-visit the subject of our way of doing politics in this country, which more or less could be described as politics of insults, mudslinging with aspects that could best be described as “You do me I do you.” BEFORE we even continue with our submissions, we on this paper condemn [...]

Save us now! Effiduase residents plead

To residents of Effiduase, a suburb of Koforidua in the Eastern Region, it would have been better to live in primitive societies than to occupy their current location in the 21st Century. Though a well-known community in the New Juaben Municipality, Effiduase cannot boast of good facilities and building that would help improve their living [...]

MINOR, 16, IN K’SI PRISON

…Social Welfare awaits his release

The Social Welfare Department in Kumasi has ascertained the age of a 16-year-old minor who was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment by a Kumasi Circuit Court last month

Minister tours LESDEP offices

Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Dr. Kwabena Duffuor, has paid a working visit to the Local Enterprise and Skills Development Programme (LESDEP) Head Office and Training Centres on Monday, 25th July, 2011. He interacted with management, staff and trainees of the Programme and took the opportunity to observe some of the facilities and machinery [...]

Passengers bemoan rickety ‘tro-tros’

STORY: GRACE ANYOMI & SARAH ANNANG, GIJ INTERNS Passengers in Accra metropolis have bemoaned the state of commercial vehicles, otherwise known as tro-tro, which ply various routes in the capital. According to some of the passengers, who spoke to our team of reporters, the state of some of the tro-tro vehicles in Accra ‘leaves much [...]

Life in Ghana is Hellish

Former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings, is yet to get over the ominous defeat at the hands of President John Evans Atta Mills, and as together with her husband swore after the NDC presidential nomination, is continuing with her harsh criticism of the current administration.

NDUOM EXPLORATORY TEAM FINALIZES WORK IN ACCRA

In the past few weeks, members of the Youth for Nduom 2012 Exploratory Committee have been touring the Nation to ascertain the viability of Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom’s candidature for president of Republic of Ghana in 2012. The team has after touring nine out of the ten regions have arrived in the Greater Accra Region [...]

‘I am unstoppable in the 18-yard-box’ said Kassim Suleman

The young talented international Ghanaian footballer Kassim Suleman beat chest emphatically in an exclusive interview with the Ghanaian journalist, that no defender or midfielder can stop his midas touch in the 18 yard box because he sees them like toys. During our notification we have seen him score some beautiful goals for his former clubs [...]