Archive for November, 2011
Posted by Contributor on November 21, 2011 at 1:07 pm in Other Top Stories
The exponential growth in the palm oil sector, which accounts for a third of the total global trade of 130 million tons of vegetable oil annually, is strongly challenged by indigenous peoples and civil society organisations. Indiscriminate land clearing and acquisition for oil palm plantations is resulting in rapid habitat loss, species extinctions and alarming [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 1:06 pm in Other Top Stories
By Nwaorgu Faustinus The role textbooks play in the advancement and enlightenment of humanity cannot be over stressed especially in the education of public and private primary school pupils as well as their secondary school counterparts. Apart from being a veritable source of acquiring knowledge, it also serves as an invaluable medium for preparing public [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 1:03 pm in Other Top Stories
The Mo Ibrahim Foundation, in partnership with three of the world’s most influential multilateral organisations, has announced the selection of the first Ibrahim Leadership Fellows. The Fellows are Omolade Dada (Nigeria), Yvonne Mensah (Ghana) and Jacqueline Musiitwa (Zambia). The Fellows will spend one year in the executive offices of the UN Economic Commission for Africa [...]
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Posted by Contributor on November 18, 2011 at 5:14 pm in Feature Articles
There is no longer any doubt that targeted killing of ‘terrorists’ has become official US policy, writes Crossed Crocodiles. ‘Terrorist’ is evolving to mean anyone who questions the US quest to control oil and other natural resources or who opposes global capitalism. ‘Somalia is a counterterrorism planner’s dream. ‘We’ve moved from using UAVs primarily in [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 5:07 pm in Other Top Stories
Despite the neocolonialist excuses of humanitarian motives, the real motivations’ for Gaddafi’s assassination ‘keep popping up’, writes Nana Akyea Mensah. But ‘where is the international outrage and condemnation’?Mr Kwesi Pratt, Jnr, a leading member of the Socialist Forum and managing editor of the Insight newspaper, was certainly not amused at hearing the news concerning the [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 5:05 pm in Other Top Stories
Our attention has been drawn to the fact that the government is peddling falsehood and allegations to the effect that the Unemployed Graduates Association of Ghana (UGAG) has registered its support for the 2012 Budget. The association would like to place it on record that we have not declared, neither have we registered our support [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 4:58 pm in Other Top Stories
The Government of Ghana, through the Ministry of Finance will on Monday November 21st hold a National Conference with its development partners to review the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) strategy and also explore mechanisms to raise both short and long-term funding for the authority. The conference is expected to agree on the next steps [...]
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Posted by Contributor on November 17, 2011 at 2:47 pm in Other Top Stories
STORY: JAMES APPIAKORAANG JR., KUMASI, A/R There was near pandemonium at Breman, a suburb of Kumasi, on Monday when the Minority Leader in Parliament, Hon. Osei-Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, was reported to commission a Getfund school project in his Suame Constituency. The Breman Roman Catholic (RC) School was reported to be the center of attraction when some [...]
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