Archive for December, 2011

Woyome is falling on his own daggar – Kofi Adams

Posted by on December 22, 2011 at 1:09 pm in Politics

From: Ghana/myjoyonline.com/Dorcas Efe Mensah Mr Kofi Adams, spokesperson of former president Jerry John Rawlings, has advised National Democratic Congress (NDC) financier Alfred Agbesi Woyome to stop commenting on the GHS 41 million judgement debt to save himself further embarrassment. According to Kofi Adams, Mr Woyome has been speaking too much on the issue to the [...]

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Gov’t is trying to steal from the taxpayer – Ursula

Posted by on at 1:07 pm in Other Top Stories

From: Ghana|Myjoyonline.com|Dorcas Efe Mensah The National Democratic Congress (NDC) government was trying to steal the taxpayer’s money, charges Ursula Owusu, New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidate for Ablekuma South. According to her, the Mills-Mahama administration was hiding behind NDC financier Albert Agbesi Woyome to rob Ghanaians of their money. Mr Woyome sued the State for [...]

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‘Bitter Christmas’ for NPP caucus as Woyome readies to sue

Posted by on at 1:05 pm in Politics

From: Ghana | Citifmonline. The New Patriotic Party (NPP) minority in Parliament should brace themselves for a legal showdown as solicitors of NDC financier, Alfred Woyome, serve notice they will sue them for meddling in the GhC42 million judgment debt saga. An additional solicitor of embattled Woyome, Mr. David Annan, disclosed to Citi News that [...]

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December 2011 the best; 2012 full of hopes – Mills declares

Posted by on at 1:03 pm in Other Top Stories

From: Ghana l Dzifa Bampoh l Isaac Essel President Atta Mills promises more opportunities for 2012 President John Evans Atta Mills has declared that with the number of successes chalked under his leadership within three years, 2012, without mincing words, would be full of hopes and opportunities. Lending credence to claims by the Information Minister [...]

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Ghana Cocoa Shipments Disrupted at Least Two Weeks After Dispute

Posted by on at 12:52 pm in Business, Other Business Stories

By Isis Almeida (Bloomberg) — Cocoa shipments from Ghana, the world’s second-largest producer, have been disrupted for at least two weeks at Safmarine Container Lines NV and A.P. Moller- Maersk S/A after a dispute about who is responsible to pay a fee to the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority. Safmarine said on Dec. 9 it [...]

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Parliament approves GHc19.9bn for 2012 govt business

Posted by on at 12:50 pm in Other Top Stories

GNA – Ghana’s Parliament on Wednesday, under a certificate of urgency, passed the Appropriation Bill, authorizing the utilization of Ghc19.9 billion from the Consolidated Fund and other funds to meet government’s expenditure for the 2012 fiscal year. Thus, after debate on the budget estimates of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), and in accordance with constitutional [...]

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GCB wins Bank of the Year in Ghana award

Posted by on at 12:47 pm in Other Top Stories

GNA – Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB) has been awarded Bank of the Year in Ghana award in recognition of its strong management skills, sound business model and prudent risk approach for 2010. The awards programme, organised annually by The Banker Magazine, a publication of the Financial Times Group in the UK, is to reward and [...]

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Beauty of Remembrance…

Posted by on at 12:42 pm in Arts, Other Top Stories

By McPhilips Nwachukwu The caption of this story is shaped by the experience of this reporter during a three day intensive media workshop appropriately tagged; Annual Course for Reporters organized for journalists by Guaranty Trust Bank Plc last week. Held in Accra Ghana, and right in the bowel of prestigious MovenPick Hotel in the central [...]

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