Articles from the ‘News From Other Newspapers’ category

Welcome To The New Crop Of Black Parliamentarians

Posted by sampah on July 31, 2010 at 3:09 pm in News From Other Newspapers, Politics

In 1983 some Black candidates who attempted to stand for the Labour Party were deselected because their selection involved Black Sections, a group within the party that had not been endorsed by the leadership. To some of us, 1987 represented the fulfilment of the Black political struggle in Britain when four black people took their [...]

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Has Posterity Started To Judge The NDC?

Posted by Contributor on at 3:07 pm in News From Other Newspapers, Politics

In Christian circles when someone is maltreated or falsehood is peddled against him, he comforts himself with the belief that “judgment is mine says the lord”. When one comes to the ordinary life circles it is very difficult for one to forgive and forget of bad treatment meted out to him by a fellow person [...]

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Ministry Scale Up Activities To Eliminate Child Labour In Cocoa

Posted by Contributor on at 3:04 pm in Local News, News From Other Newspapers

Remediation activities under the National Programme for the Elimination of Worst Forms of Child Labour in Cocoa (NPECLC) should by the end of this year cover all 68 cocoa growing districts in the country. Implementation is currently underway in 47 districts and over 500 communities, where some 6, 300 vulnerable and distressed children have been [...]

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Poultry farmers cry out

Posted by Daily Graphic on at 2:33 pm in Business, News From Other Newspapers

The Ghana National Association of Poultry Farmers (GNAPF) has appealed to the government to discourage what it calls the “dumping of cheap imported poultry products into the country” and create fair competition for the local poultry industry. It said that could be achieved by the government reducing permits for the importation of poultry products. The [...]

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Alan has once again shot himself in the foot – Nyaho-Tamakloe

Posted by Contributor on at 2:32 pm in News From Other Newspapers, Politics

By Citifmonline.com Dr Nyaho-Tamakloe Ghana’s former ambassador to Serbia and Montenegro Dr. Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe has said one of the five competing candidates for the New Patriotic Party’s upcoming August 7 congress Alan Kwadwo Kyeremanteng, has again shot himself in the foot for the second time in his decision to contest the position after he failed [...]

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Nurses And Mid-wives To Strike Over Unpaid Salary Arrears

Posted by sampah on July 30, 2010 at 7:18 pm in News From Other Newspapers

Several hundreds of newly recruited nurses and mid-wives across the country have threatened to embark on a strike action if their 18-months salary arrears are not paid by the Health Ministry in the next few days. The junior Nurses and Mid-wives say several complaints forwarded to the Ministry of Health have yielded no results. They [...]

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Accounting & finance challenges facing oil and gas executives

Posted by Contributor on at 6:38 pm in News From Other Newspapers

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS BY: FRANK AGYEMANG The oil and gas industry typically requires extremely high levels of speculative investment with absolutely no guarantee of a successful return. It is characterised by lengthy time periods between the initial investment and returns, if any. The industry also attracts several regulatory accounting rules and standards. Managing oil and gas [...]

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Vodafone In Trouble

Posted by sampah on at 11:16 am in Business, News From Other Newspapers

Vodafone Ghana is presently going through turbulent times as some major distributors and dealers in its products are withdrawing from working with the company, investigations by The Enquirer have revealed. The Enquirer can confirm that six out of the 10 distribution companies do not have anything to do with Vodafone Ghana presently, because of unfriendly [...]

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