Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong, Ghana’s representative in Alpine Skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics held in Vancouver, Canada, came in 53rd place in Men’s Slalom. He was second to last, but that is irrelevant; the important point is that he was there. When I was growing up, my family would always watch the Olympics together. Of course, we would watch the opening and closing ceremonies, but we would also... 

The Prof. John Evans Mills led National Democratic Congress (NDC) government has not yet begun to measure up to what the erstwhile New Patriotic Party (NPP) government left in 2008, former President John Agyekum Kufuor, has noted. He said the NPP government practicalised their motto which is “Development in freedom” while they were in power hence increasing the state coffers from US$4 million to... 

The Board of Directors of the Crops Research Institute Co-operative Credit Union in Kumasi has as at June 2009, posted a net profit of GH¢53,099 representing a percentage growth of 17.24 over GH¢ 45,292 profit realised the previous financial year. The Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, Sampson Obeng Antwi announced this during the Union’s 12th Annual General Meeting held in Kumasi last week.... 

The founder and Director of Professional Institute of Journalism (PIJ), Mr Eric Nii Odartey Lamptey, has inaugurated a newly constructed ultra-modern studio facility at the school. According to the director, the new ultra-modern studio began like a mustard seed sown with little hope but has now materialized. Nii Odartey Lamptey disclosed that PIJ started in September 2008 and runs a year diploma in... 

INFORMATION Communication Technology (ICT) has contributed immensely to the development of many countries in the world. THE crucial role that ICT plays in Ghana’s development process cannot be overlooked hence the need for structures to be put in place for effective teaching and learning of ICT. THE Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) is calling on government to fast-track the provision... 

The US Ambassador to Ghana, H.E. Donald Teitelbaum, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Justice and Attorney-General that will train prosecutors who will assist in the against drug trafficking in the country. According to the Ambassador, the prosecutors will be trained for the investigation of money laundering and complex crimes so as to curb the rate of crimes in the... 

It is now official! Former President J.J. Rawlings is to be relocated temporarily at the Australia House, a state facility officially known as the Executive State Lodge, weeks of Today’s hounding have established. The facility is thus undergoing serious renovations to befit the status of the former first family. The former first family, the paper discovered, would be expected to move into the house... 

There was tragedy at the Sofoline Roundabout in Kumasi last week Friday when a truck carrying iron rods ran over an apple seller, killing her instantly. The victim only identified as Becky, believed to be in her early thirties and a mother of one, had left her apple stand which was near the roundabout to sell her fruits to a passenger as they normally do. As she returned, the truck with registration... 

Tomorrow offers a defining moment for the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP). It’s a major decision time that will shape the destiny of the group. It’s one major decision that has the dangerous potential of further deepening the crack within the party on one side and another, a choice of a neutral person who commands the necessary wherewithal to heal wounds. But rather strange to recount, the... 

So it came to pass. Last week Saturday, February 27, 2010 the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) held its one-day annual national delegates conference in Kumasi in the Ashanti region. The purpose of that conference was to allow the party’s delegates to elect national officers to manage the affairs of the party from now till 2012. Mr Jake Otanka Obetsebi-Lamptey So the conference brought together...