Articles from the ‘Local’ category
Posted by Contributor on February 2, 2011 at 12:38 pm in Local, Politics
Participants at the Governance Issues Forum (GIF) Work Planning Retreat, has called for effective training of newly elected assembly members to enable them to deliver their mandate. They also called for the designing of public buildings to be in compliance with the disability law, to make it possible for people using wheel chairs, clippers, crutches [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 10:21 am in Local, Politics
It was a nasty scene at the studios of Boss FM in Kumasi last Wednesday evening when a National Democratic Congress (NDC) goon on a political show at the station turned the place into a boxing ring. Ebenezer Opoku Alookee shocked radio listeners in Kumasi when he pounced on the New Patriotic Party (NPP) activist [...]
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Posted by Contributor on January 31, 2011 at 1:14 pm in Local, Politics
Alhaji Said Sinare, a one-time Member of Parliament (MP) for the Ayawaso Central As tens of thousands of people gather in central Cairo for a seventh day of protest, calling for a general strike against embattled President Hosni Mubarak, who has been in power for three decades, amidst calls on him to step down, a [...]
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Posted by Contributor on January 27, 2011 at 11:43 am in Local, Politics
The Effutu constituency executives of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have expressed concern about allegations in some newspapers to discredit the Member of Parliament for Effutu, Mr Mike Hammah. In a statement signed by the constituency chairman, Mr Kojo Asmah Bondzie, and read at a press conference on Tuesday the executives described Mr Hammah as [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 11:38 am in Local, Politics
Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, the out-going Eastern Regional Minister, on Tuesday said, President John Evans Atta-Mills has indeed remained focused on the “Better Ghana Agenda”, which is being pursued by the National Democratic Congress (NDC), government. He said the NDC’s ideology is to identify and support the vulnerable and to ensure development in every society. “Ours [...]
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Posted by Contributor on January 26, 2011 at 9:33 am in Local, Politics
Nineteen out of 137 females who contested the 2010 District Assembly Elections in the Northern Region were elected. The figure, compared to the 2006 results shows a reduction of 19 as 38 females’ secured seats in the 2006 Dstrict Assembly Elections in the region. This is contained in a statement issued by the Northern Region [...]
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Posted by Contributor on January 24, 2011 at 11:07 am in Local, Other Top Stories, Politics
The Convention Peoples Party (CPP) has set September 30, 2011 as the date to elect its Flagbearer for the 2012 general elections. The party has also resolved to elect national officers between April 29 and 30, 2011. This was contained in a resolution adopted by members of the National Executive Committee after a meeting held [...]
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Posted by Contributor on January 20, 2011 at 1:35 pm in Local, Politics
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Ellembelle and Deputy Energy Minister, Mr Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah, has organized a get-together dinner for Assembly Members-elect in the Ellembelle Constituency. The function was held at the Aiyinase Community Centre where he gave the assurance that he would assist the newly-elected members to deliver. The MP said being [...]
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