—Supreme Knight Marshall As we celebrate the feast day of the Noble Order, Marshallan Day, I send you fraternal greetings on behalf of the Supreme Council and Grand Court. We celebrate this day with various activities that underscore the element of love in our Marshallan identity, and also in gratitude to God for his blessings on the Noble Order. Marshallan Day is of great significance to the members... 

Moses Asaga, Minister of Employment and Social Welfare On 2nd May, 2012 there was a news report on BBC with the headline: “Ghana private universities ‘cause unemployment.” The report indicated that Ghana’s minister for employment and social welfare and MP for Nabdam blamed private universities for high levels of graduate unemployment.  According to the report, he stated emphatically that “these... 

ARTICLE BY: MAAME ALAKE Apathy, self centeredness, haughtiness, self-importance, self-possession, swell-headedness, self-glorification, and lack of passion for human suffering is what the writer observed in most of the politicians in Ghana. This kind of attitude and behaviour of some Ghanaian politicians envelope my darkest fear, reminding me of war, and genocide of countries like Rwanda, Uganda,... 

ARTICLE BY: SARFO SILAS While the government of Ghana’s free school uniforms programme for deprived communities appears to be a laudable, well-intentioned, pro-poor initiative, critical questions must be asked concerning whether this initiative is really benefiting our nation. Undoubtedly, parents will certainly welcome the handing out of free school uniforms to their children, but in the first place,... 

Many parents may think that taking a hard line with their kids will keep them on the straight and narrow, but a new study suggests this is not always the case. Uber-strict parents who rule with a controlling, iron fist — while not giving their children a chance to speak their mind — are more likely to raise children who are disrespectful and engage in delinquent behaviors such as stealing,... 

ARTICLE BY: ROVERMAN PRODUCTION Imagine that you grew up in ancient Egypt and followed the exploits of one very high profile prince in the land. Then you heard the terrible news that he was wanted for subversion against the state but he had escaped arrest just in the nick of time and become a fugitive.   One day, you travel abroad and find this prince now reduced to working as a labourer for... 

The 7th Day Sabbath Church of Christ has honored Peace FM news caster and host of ‘Wogyedie ne sen’ Daniel Agyei Peprah popularly known as Nana Agyei Sikapa for the unique way in which he recites appellation about God. The Church, which focuses on rural missions, the poor and the needy especially widows, presented a plaque and a very expensive Kente to Nana Agyei Sikapa at its annual convention... 

In Matthew 5: 36, 10: 30, Luke 12: 7, and 21: 18, Jesus Christ talks in a monologue to his followers about facial hairs. In these verses, he reveals how God strives to keep in place, wherever He has placed man’s facial hairs and to give them colours that He wishes. Let us quote here this thirty-sixth verse of Matthew chapter five: “Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make... 

Ghana faces several security challenges including growing influence of drug cartels, weapons proliferation, shipping piracy, climate change, and spill-over effect of terrorism, and militancy from neighbouring countries. These threats were acknowledged when the Chiefs of the Ghana Armed Forces recently held a seminar for junior officers and senior non-commissioned officers at the Jungle Warfare School... 

ARTICLE BY: DANIEL OWUSU-KORANTENG Many happenings give cause for worry about the ease with which we throw away our good values and traditions that give us our identity as Ghanaians. It may take a different discourse to discuss fully, the factors that prone us to negative cultural adaptation at a fast rate. Adoption of cultural waste It is a fact that global interaction has created a world of cultural...