Archive for November, 2011

KORLE-BU BOSS ORDERS ASSAULT ON MEDIA MEN

Posted by 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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Tension in the CPP

Posted by 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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Verification won’t solve electoral fraud – Afari-Gyan

Posted by 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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Mumuni: I welcome probe into Gambian expenditure

Posted by 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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BoG approves Access Bank Ghana and Intercontinental Bank merger

Posted by 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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Banda counsels workers to plan for retirement

Posted by 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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Gabby kicks against Cameron-Nana Addo audio evidence

Posted by 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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Catholic priests support verification system

Posted by 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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