YESTERDAY our editorial asked the question: How prepared are we for the rains? Our reason for asking that question is based on the fact that the rainy season comes and goes yet we are where we are. We have not found a lasting solution to the floods that normally accompany the rainy season and the havoc it wreaks on Ghanaians particularly in the capital city. WE still have in Accra buildings sitting... 

THE coast of Ghana was hit by a devastating rainstorm which left in its wake debris and filth. The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) and the Ghana Fire Service were at wits ends once again as they sought to respond to the disaster.   IN the capital, some trees fell from the impact of ravaging storm, while giant billboards tumbled on roads, thus resulting in serious traffic congestion... 

THE Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has for the third time cited the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) and some of its operatives as the guiltiest in the use of indecent language on radio. THE report released last Thursday and covering media monitoring between April 29 and May 5 places the ruling NDC second to the NPP when it came to the use of indecent language. THIS however followed a... 

ON Tuesday, May 15, 2012, the Vice President, John Dramani Mahama, went to the Northern Region on a working tour that also took him to Buipe, where a section of the community made the allegation that he (the vice president) was interfering in the chieftaincy matters of the town.   RESPONDING to the allegations, John Mahama stated that the allegation is untrue and to provide justification that the... 

IT is a known fact that the mainstay of the Ghana’s economy is agriculture. This dates back to the days even before the advent of the Dutch and British in the then Gold Coast. The agriculture sector contributes significantly to our gross domestic product (GDP): and this is an undisputable fact. It is also the sector that employs the highest percentage of the Ghanaian workforce. YET, in the face of... 

THE flag-bearer of the Progressive People’s Party, Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, last Monday touched on an issue that has received mixed reactions from stakeholders in this year’s elections. Dr Nduom at a press conference in Accra on Monday, May 14, 2012 urged the Electoral Commission to completely abolish the polling agent phenomenon in Ghana’s elections. WE at Today see Dr Nduom’s reasons for his... 

THE news that Ghana’s flagship hospital, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH), will from October this year, begin kidney transplantation is indeed refreshing. We at Today make this admission because it will not only bring huge relief to kidney patients in the country who need kidney transplant but also save them the cost of travelling outside the country to undertake kidney transplant.   THIS was... 

THE internal crisis facing the NDC has now reached a fever pitch with the former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, claiming ownership of the NDC’s logo. According to a letter written to the National Chairman of the NDC, Dr. Kwabena Adjei, by Nana Konadu’s solicitors, Nana Konadu gave her unhindered permission to the party to use the logo but later at the party’s Sunyani Congress reminded... 

MAY 9, 2001 will forever be indelible in the minds Ghanaians, especially fans of Accra Heart of Oak and Kumasi Asante Kotoko, because on that fateful day about126 persons lost their lives during a stampede at the Accra Sports Stadium. THAT incident has gone down in history as the worst stadium disaster to have ever taken place in Africa. It occurred during a match between Ghana’s two most successful... 

REPORTS in a section of the print media yesterday suggested that some Fulani herdsmen in the Eastern Region were on rampage attacking innocent residents in the region. So far areas which have witnessed the Fulani attacks, according to the report, include Kwahu East, Kwahu North and Fanteakwa districts of the region. THE reports further say that the attacks have already led to the death of some innocent...