Archive for July, 2011

Atta Akyea’s arrest was unfortunate

Posted by on July 15, 2011 at 2:35 pm in Editorial

Today is deeply concerned about the modus operandi the police used in apprehending the Member of Parliament (MP) for Abuakwa South, Samuel Atta Akyea, on Tuesday, July 12, 2011 while in court for alleged stealing and dishonesty. A contractor, Joseph Adom, of J. Adom Limited, a construction firm, had accused the lawyer and New Patriotic [...]

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ALL SET FOR CPP CONGRESS

Posted by on at 2:28 pm in Top Story

While the Convention People’s Party (CPP) is set for congress to nominate new executive officers to steer affairs of the party for the next four years, its clear mandate would be to do it in a way that will disabuse public minds of the age-long criticism that the CPP is a party of the old guards.

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High air fares killing PANAFEST

Posted by on at 1:58 pm in Top Story

Chairman of Pan-African Historical Theatre Festival (PANAFEST), Mohammed Ben Abdallah, has stated that PANAFEST is fast losing its significance.

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MTN, tiGO: This is awful!

Posted by on July 14, 2011 at 1:10 pm in Editorial

TODAY was indeed sickened when it was reported that the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly KMA last Tuesday closed down the offices of MTN and tiGO in Kumasi. What necessitated the Assembly to take such a punitive action, according to the report, was against the fact that these so-called two major players in the telecom industry had [...]

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Teachers angry over delay in promotion

Posted by on at 11:02 am in Other Top Stories

A number of teachers in the Sunyani Municipality are worried that their promotion has been delayed for more than a year; two years after satisfying all requirements. According to the teachers, the delay in their promotion to the right rank has become a canker not only in the Sunyani municipality, but across the length and [...]

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Konadu Bores journalists with ‘empty’ speech

Posted by on at 11:01 am in Other Top Stories

Former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings, yesterday failed to come definite on her next line of action, following her humiliating defeat to President John Evans Atta Mills, in the Sunyani National Delegates Congress of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). At a crowded press conference, which was attended by Konadu herself, but addressed by her [...]

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CPP and the Forward match

Posted by on at 9:58 am in Other Top Stories, Politics

Hans-Hermann Hoppe in his superb analysis of democracy observes that “prime ministers and presidents are selected for their proven efficiency as morally uninhibited demagogues. Thus, democracy virtually assures that only bad and dangerous men will ever rise to the top of government.” Those who seek political office appear to be eager to break the moral [...]

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The Growing Unemployment Crisis in Ghana

Posted by on at 9:55 am in Top Story

The importance of employment to human sustenance and a country’s development cannot be overemphasized. To a nation employment is not only as a catalyst to growth but also a means to poverty reduction. To the individual employment does not only improve the quality of life but also provides opportunities for self fulfilment.

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