Archive for November, 2011
Posted by News Desk Report on November 15, 2011 at 10:07 am in Top Story
Four media practitioners and a member of the Board of Directors of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) were on Friday, November 11, 2011 assaulted on the orders of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Hospital, Prof. Otu Nartey.
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Posted by Contributor on at 9:25 am in Other Top Stories, Politics
Perfection resides in quality and not quantity and we the members of KNUST TESCHART have come to realize that the Convention People’s Party which was built, supported and propagated by the youth of this great Nation is on the verge of collapsing and being scrapped off from the archives of the political cubicles in Ghana. [...]
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Posted by Contributor on November 14, 2011 at 7:45 pm in Other Top Stories
The Chairman of the Electoral Commission, Dr. Afari-Gyan has stated the numerous calls for a verification system of the proposed biometric compilation of the voters register will not be the panacea to curbing electoral fraud in Ghana. He believes appropriate vigilance and proper policing at polling stations on the day of election is the key [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 7:44 pm in Politics
The Foreign Affairs Minister of Ghana, Alhaji Mohammed Mumuni, has welcomed calls for a probe into the US$500,000 expenditure made by his ministry as part of funeral expenses for some slain Ghanaians in The Gambia. The Gambian government made available to Ghana some amount of money to compensate the families of the deceased and to [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 7:43 pm in Business, Financial Institutions
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has approved the merger of Access Bank Ghana and Intercontinental Bank Ghana. The BoG has approved the change of control processes for IBG’s operations within Ghana. It is expected that IBG will be merged with Access Bank Ghana by the second quarter of 2012. Till then, both banks will operate [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 7:40 pm in Business
A business mogul Alhaji Asoma Banda has called on Parliament to pass a law which will make it compulsory for public sector workers to plan for their retirement years before they are due for retirement. Alhaji Banda said one of the reasons why many of the youth are unable to get jobs in the public [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 7:39 pm in Politics
The Executive Director of the Danquah Institute, Gabby Asare Otchere Darko, has noted demand by the NDC for a tape recording of last week’s meeting between NPP flagbearer Nana Akufo-Addo and UK Premier, David Cameron, is weird. The General Secretary of NPP, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, broke details of the meeting to Citi News last Friday, [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 7:37 pm in Local News, Other News
Most Reverend Joseph Osei-Bonsu, president of the GCBCThe Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference (GCBC) has added its voice to the call for a verification mechanism in the biometric registration for the 2012 general election. This was contained in a communiqué issued by the conference at the end of its five-day Annual Plenary Assembly in Takoradi and [...]
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