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‘I prefer to be Rawlings’ traitor than an enemy’
Kojo Adu Asare, MP for Adentan
National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Adenta, KojoAduAsare says he will prefer to be a traitor than an enemy of former President Jerry Rawlings.
He stated that the recent comments by Mr. Rawlings smacks of ingratitude to those who sacrificed their lives and time to defend the former first couple through ‘thick and thin’.
Adu Asare was reacting...
Sack Ken Agyapong now! NDC students tell Parliament
Ken Agyapong
The Accra City Campus branch of the Tertiary Education Network (TEIN) of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on the leadership of Parliament to sack the Member of Parliament for Asin North Hon. Kennedy Ohene Agyapong over his recent widely condemned hate speech on his radio station, Oman FM.
According to the group, the call has become necessary because the Assin North...
Ghana first to achieve MDG
On halving hunger
Ghana has become the first sub-Saharan African country to achieve the Millennium Development Goal on halving hunger, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) announced in the first Africa Human Development Report published May 15, 2012.
Dr Kwabena Duffuor, Finance and Economic Planning Minister
“Since 2000 rural poverty has declined sharply, enabling Ghana to become the first...
Atiwa Quarries begin operations
Kwame Gyan, CEO of Atiwa Quarries Crushing Plant & Equipment, speaking to journalists during the outdooring ceremony
A $9-million stone quarry company was yesterday outdoored to commence operations in the country.
Atiwa Quarries Crushing Plant and Equipment which operates on a 77-acre land, is a solely-owned Ghanaian company, and is sited at Opeikuma, a suburb of Kasoa, in the Central Region.
Addressing...
Muslim leader raises red flags on Hajj
The leader of the Tijaniya Muslim Council of Ghana, Alhaji Ahmed Abul Faidi Maikano Jallo, has expressed grave worry over what he describes as day light robbery during the organisation of their annual pilgrimage to Mecca, known as Hajj.
He alleged that some so-called Muslim leaders indirectly cheat and deprive the poor and youth of the Muslim society the right to participate in the Hajj,...
Diana Hamilton embarks on peace tour
Diana Antwi Hamilton, Peace Ambassador
Diana Hamilton, a popular gospel musician, has called on persons in authority to wake-up from their slumber and speak against things that threaten the peace and unity in the Ghanaian society.
“Government officials, the clergy, Parliamentarians, chiefs and assembly members must as a matter of urgency rise up and condemn what is happening in our country today.”
Mrs...
USAID donates equipment to hospitals in C/R
The Central Regional Health Directorate on Tuesday took delivery of some clinical equipment and four ambulances donated by the USAID Focus Region Health Project and the Ghana Health Service at short ceremony in Cape Coast.
The equipment, worth 350,000 dollars, include stethoscope, blood pressure apparatus, delivery sets and tables, weighing scales, lights, autoclaves and examination tables, would be...
Akufo-Addo meets artisans
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
The 2012 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has met hundreds of artisans and professional workers in Koforidua to listen to their concerns, frustrations and opinions on how to improve their various working conditions.
The town hall meeting in Koforidua is part of Nana Akufo-Addo’s ‘tour to restore hope’.
Representatives...
MPs meet Ghanaians in NY
Ken Kanda, Ghana’s Ambassador to the UN
Ghanaians with Dual Citizenship do not need visas to travel to their country, provided they have valid Ghanaian passports, Ghana’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Mr. Ken Kanda stated.
“To this end, all Ghanaians in the USA, who want to travel home should ensure that they have valid passports...







