Articles from the ‘Politics’ category

NDC youth threaten to resign from NDC if…

Posted by on February 6, 2012 at 10:30 am in Politics, Top Story

  The Volta Youth for Action in the Ho East Constituency has threatened to resign from the National Democratic Congress if President Mills does not arrest past government officials indicted in the EOCO report. The EOCO presented an interim report on the judgment debt scandal to the President last Thursday. NDC bankroller Alfred Agbesi Woyome [...]

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Mills commended

Posted by on at 8:38 am in Local News, Politics

*For appointing deputy C/R minister Some founding members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Central Region have commended President John Atta Mills for appointing a Deputy Minister for the region in the person of Mr. Aquinas Tawiah Quansah, the Member of Parliament for Mfantseman West. At a press conference at Winneba, they commended [...]

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Fall-out from NDC primaries…

Posted by on at 8:32 am in Politics, Top Story

Some of the twenty-two (22) sitting Members of Parliament (MPs) who lost their candidacy in the recent National Democratic Congress’s (NDC) parliamentary primaries have started boycotting proceedings.

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‘AMA has interest of residents at heart’

Posted by on at 8:06 am in Local News, Politics

Members of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) on Thursday said all activities undertaken by the assembly are in the best interest of residents. “We admit that some of these actions by the AMA could inconvenience the dwellers but they need to be under taken to make the capital cleaner, safer, healthier and stress free,” AMA [...]

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Abuse of incumbency allegation…

Posted by on at 8:04 am in Local News, Politics

Back with data–Caemmi   The Executive Director of the Centre for African Elections Media Monitoring Index (CAEMMI), Dr. Messan Mawugbe, has cautioned politicians and media players in Ghana and Africa to ensure that their allegations against state owned media abuse of incumbency are based on consistent, scientific, systematic and comprehensive research data and not on [...]

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‘NDC, NPP ARE GHANA’S WOES’

Posted by on at 8:03 am in Feature Articles, Other Top Stories, Politics

    The Brong Ahafo chapter of the Progressive Youth Movement, which represents the Progressive People’s Party’s wing in tertiary institutions wishes to emphatically make the point that multiparty party democracy is undoubtedly the best form of governance for the development of every state.   In fact, there is enough evidence globally to support the [...]

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Nevada Republicans favour Mitt Romney in caucuses vote

Posted by on February 5, 2012 at 3:50 pm in International, Other Top Stories, Politics

Mitt Romney has declared victory in Nevada’s Republican caucuses, cementing his frontrunner status in the race to be the party’s presidential candidate. With just over 70% of the votes counted, he had secured 47.6% of the vote – well ahead of his nearest rival Newt Gingrich on 22.6%. It is Mr Romney’s second victory in [...]

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Snow for the first time in Rome 26 years

Posted by on at 3:37 pm in International, Other Top Stories

Snow fell in Rome on saturday for the first time in 26 years as freezing temperatures took the death toll across Europe to more than 150. The Italian capital is usually blessed by a moderate climate but the snowfall prompted authorities stop visitors from entering the Colosseum, the Roman Forum and the Palatine Hill, the [...]

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