Archive for December, 2011

SOLDIERS RUN RIOT

Posted by on December 21, 2011 at 9:30 am in Top Story

Illegal miners in Esaase-Bontefufuo, a farming community in the Amansie West District of the Ashanti Region, received the shock of their lives when military personnel stormed the area and subjected them to very severe beating.

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Prez Mills is Not ‘Edwumawura’

Posted by on at 9:29 am in Other Top Stories

We have observed with great reservation an attempt by Prof. Mills and his NDC to deliberately, arrogate and plagiarize the term ‘Edwumawura’ as an Atta Mills attribute. We have noted, that on the Saturday, 17th December 2011, when H.E Prof. Mills Arrived from his one month tour, his supporters and sympathizers who were bussed to [...]

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Trial judge in cocaine-turned-baking soda case was wrong – Committee

Posted by on December 16, 2011 at 5:26 pm in Other Top Stories

  From: Ghana l Myjoyonline.com The Chairperson of the committee set up by Chief Justice Georgina Wood to probe the cocaine-turned-baking soda saga says the trial judge erred in citing the Supreme Court case, Justice Smith v. KLM Dutch Airline, to back his order for a retesting of the substance. Justice Agnes Dodzi said Mr [...]

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Andre ‘Dede’ Ayew named BBC African Footballer of 2011

Posted by on at 4:56 pm in Football, Other Top Stories, Sports

Ghana and Marseille winger Andre “Dede” Ayew has been named the BBC’s African Footballer of the Year for 2011. The 21-year-old took over a third of the votes to follow in the footsteps of his father, Abedi “Pele” Ayew, who won the inaugural BBC award in 1991. Ayew beat Yaya Toure, Gervinho, Samuel Eto’o and [...]

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Inflation subdued ahead of festive season

Posted by on at 4:41 pm in Business

From: Ghana | The B&FT Fuel subsidies will cost GH¢364.94 million this year – Finance Minister Kwabena Duffuor Consumer inflation shed a marginal 0.01 percentage points in November to reach 8.55 percent, keeping price expectations subdued ahead of a high-spending holiday season. This should support a neutral stance on monetary policy as the Bank of [...]

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Vodafone introduces new call plan

Posted by on at 4:37 pm in Business, Other Business Stories

From: Ghana | The B&FT Vodafone has introduced a new call plan that gives customers an ultra-low rate of 1 pesewa (GHS 0.01). The 138 Plan gives pre-paid customers superior value for money spent with special call rates every day of the week. Catering to the different call needs and lifestyles of its customers, this [...]

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Rawlings bemoans the state of indiscipline in Ghana

Posted by on at 4:34 pm in News From Other Newspapers, Politics

From: Ghana | Myjoyonline.com | Joy News Former president Jerry Rawlings has said that the indiscipline in the country has reached a crescendo. He believes the country is stagnating as a result of such unruliness. Mr. Rawlings expressed the views when former Black Stars player, Samuel Osei-Kuffour went to him to formally invite him to [...]

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