Browsing all posts in January, 2010.
No computers in many basic schools in Western region
Barely three years after the introduction ICT into the school curricular, school children in several rural communities studying Information Communication Technology ICT have never seen a computer before. The access to electricity, lack of appropriate structures to serve as ICT laboratories and the refusal of some qualified ICT teachers to accept postings to such rural [...]
Tullow technology designed to prevent oil spills on Jubilee fields
The Government and External Affairs Manager of Tullow Oil Ghana Mr. Kofi Essoun has stated that though the risk of Oil spillage is inherent in any offshore operations the technology being used on the Jubilee fields would highly reduce the risk of significant oil spills. Mr. Essoun says the likelihood of a major oil spill; [...]
Use oil resources to promote a diversified Ghanaian economy
Dr Richard Darko Osei, a Senior Research Fellow, has called for judicious use of the country’s oil resources to promote a diversified economy where the revenue collected would benefit both the present and future generations. He said the lack of information often left the citizenry in the dark about how the government is managing the [...]
Stars date with history
The African continent will witness the revival of one of the age-long rivalries in football on Thursday, when the Black Stars of Ghana lock horns against the Super Eagles of Nigeria in a semi-final duel at the 11th November Stadium located at the southern part of Luanda, capital of Angola. For obvious reasons, one expects [...]
MOFA to enforce the Fisheries Act
Mr Kwesi Ahwoi, Minister of Food and Agriculture (MOFA), on Monday said that MOFA would enforce the Fisheries Act to bring sanity to the fishing industry in the country. He said the Ministry was collaborating with the Ghana Navy to arrest and prosecute people who would engage in illegal fishing. Mr. Ahwoi gave the assurance [...]
Reshuffle Blues: Sena Dansua Heads Sports Ministry.
For the first time in the times gone by of the fourth republican constitution, a woman has been appointed to head the controversial and mafia prone Ministry of Youth and Sports. In President Mills’ first reshuffle, Ms. Akua Sena Dansua, a trained journalist has been appointed the Minister responsible for Youth and Sports. The current [...]
British-Ghanaian Adjoa Andoh on her star role in Clint Eastwood’s Invictus
The audition for Nelson Mandela’s chief of staff in Clint Eastwood’s new film Invictus was down to three actors – two South Africans and a British Ghanaian – Adjoa Andoh. When she got the call – “Mr Eastwood wants you” – she danced for joy round her living room in south London. Andoh could not [...]
Ghanaians hailed Black Star's victory over Angola
Hundreds of jubilant football fans thronged principal streets of Dansoman, suburb of Accra, to celebrate Black Stars victory over their Angolan counterpart in a 1-0 quarter-final on Sunday. The fans most of whom were adults defied traffic regulations on the streets as they chanted and sung victory songs amid drumming and dancing. The Black Stars [...]
Consider the interest of Westerners… Awulae charge government
The Paramount Chief of the western Nzema traditional area has challenged government to factor in the interest of the six coastal districts in the western region when investing the revenue that will accrue from the production of oil from the jubilee fields. Awulae Annor Adjaei says since districts like Shama, Jomorro, Sekondi Takoradi, Ahanta West, [...]
lack of isolation wards frustrates the fight against H1N1 Pandemic
The lack of adequate medical facilities to quarantine people who get infected with the HINI influenza virus has been identified by medical experts as a major setback in the fight against the pandemic. The Deputy Western Regional Director of the Ghana Health Service in charge of Public Health Dr. Kwaku Anin Karikari says though the [...]
