Browsing all posts in March, 2010.
A-G Replies Critics
The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Mrs Betty Mould-Iddrisu, has reaffirmed her commitment to President Mills’s principle of justice within the confines of the law. In a statement issued in Accra, the minister noted that despite calls from all quarters for haste in bringing cases to court, she was following the principle of thoroughly investigating [...]
Bio-Passports Ready: Migration Starts Tuesday
All is set for the take-off of Ghana’s migration to the use of biometric passports on Tuesday, March 23, 2010. So far, the Central Operations and Productions (COP) centre and the two Passport Applications Centers (PACs) for Accra are all ready for the smooth take-off. Within six weeks of the launch, the PACs in Kumasi, [...]
Government Has Propaganda Unit- Okudzeto Ablakwa
At a time when all manner of noise is being made about the cost that the former New Patriotic Party (NPP) allegedly incurred through the formation of communications teams, the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) has done exactly the same thing, by forming its own propaganda unit with the job to boost government’s image! According [...]
Otumfuo Shakes Mills
The political temperature in the country rose to an unusual level yesterday when the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II put President John Evans Atta Mills on a tight rope by asking him to choose between him and the Techimanhene, a less influential chiefdom, but said to be openly sympathetic to the ruling National Democratic Congress [...]
Ashantis Resolve Not To Do Business With People From Techiman
Road Barriers Erected… There is simmering tension in the Ashanti Regional capital city of Kumasi as an irate group of well-built men said to belong to a group calling itself Ashanti Freedom fighters besieged the Techiman Bus Terminal at the Race Course in Kumasi, virtually ransacked the place and subjected drivers, commuters and traders at [...]
Government to embark on urban renewal programme
Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Sunday reiterated government’s commitment to embark on an Urban Renewal Programme as captured in the 2008 Manifesto of the ruling National Democratic Congres= s (NDC). He stressed:” A committee is currently tasked to make feasibility studies on the programme and as soon as its recommendations are given, Government would [...]
Asantehene calls for removal of Minister
The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II is calling for the dismissal of Brong Ahafo regional minister and the regional police commander. He accuses the two of being bias and unprofessional in their conduct culminating in needless clashes within the region. The Brong Ahafo region has been in the news for the wrong reasons following clashes [...]
Freedom is indivisible
by Temba A Nolutshungu It is not possible to have liberty for some and not for others in the same country. Whilst blacks were being oppressed by apartheid in South Africa, the liberty of whites was being compromised by the measures necessary to suppress the aspirations of their fellow citizens (actually non citizens). Recently I [...]
Big men prey on girls
A woman of 24 years is bitterly lamenting the psychological trauma she has to endure in her search for a job. According to her, out of the eight workplaces she has gone so far to look for a job, all the top men want to sleep with her before giving her the job, reports Merari [...]
Foreign Ministry recovers documents
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has recovered a significant portion of the documents lost in the fire that gutted its offices in Accra in October, last year. The ministry got the documents through secondary sources and from its partners and is currently pursuing other avenues to update its information profile. The sector [...]
