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Retrieval of state owned vehicles from ex-Ministers and other former government officials in the immediate past New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration became a topical issue in Parliament yesterday, when deputy Minister of Information, Agyenim Boateng appeared in the House on behalf of Zita Okaikoi, the substantive Information Minister, to answer questions pertaining to his Ministry.
A KNOWN youth activist of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. Michael Ampong has stated that before the party can win the 2012 elections, it is important for the leadership, particularly the national executives that would be elected into office to re-brand the party.
Kunta-Kinte's first appearance on life stage performance, after being diagnosed with paralysis with stone beside him
Experts in the telecommunication industry in the West African Sub-region have called for policy implementation to regulate and also break the monopoly of cyber optic cables in the hands of few players, whiles intensifying the penetration of broadband access to the sub-region.
The Executives of the Film Producers Association of Ghana (FIPAG) and also Item 3 House, event organizers, have endorsed their signatures in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the commencement of the maiden edition of the "Ghally Gold Awards 2009," to be held next year.
Prominent Nigerians and other personalities in African will attend this year's maiden edition of Nigerian Topleaders Magazine's International Conference/Awards and magazine launch in Accra, Ghana, next month.
A Researcher and lecturer at the University of Education, Winneba, Mr. Vincent Adzahlie, has asked Ghanaians to desist from mob violence. He said there have been cases when alleged suspects who have turned out to be innocent have been beaten by a mob, a situation which could have been averted if the suspect had been handed over to the Police. He said anybody could be a victim of mob violence.
Eight trainees have successfully passed out of the Institute of Local Government Studies (ILGS) Microsoft IT Academy with certificates in Digital Literacy after undergoing a five-day programme from November 9-13.
'Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in good health, even as thy soul prospereth,' the Deputy Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Elvis Afriyie- Ankrah, echoed these Biblical words following a health walk organized by Zenith Bank at the last weekend.
Bangladeshi twins nearly three years old, Trishna and Krishna, last Tuesday passed a 25-hour operation to be separated, foreign media reports. Conjoined twins joined at the top of the head traveled to Australia and passed a successful operation.
A collaborative effort to launch a project to revitalize the family planning and reproductive health global agenda was announced on Wednesday in Kampala by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, with support from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
The government has been given thumbs up for its plan to formulate a framework that will guide the oil industry in accordance with the demands of Extractive Industry Transparency Initiatives (EITI) principles.
Compared to non smokers impotence is approximately 85% higher in male smokers and it is a key to erectile dysfunction (ED).
The Danish Ambassador to Ghana, Mr. Stig Barlyng has advised various stakeholders in the health sector not to burden the system through unnecessary administrative and reporting parallel systems so as to ensure the best possible care for patients.
African farmers are seeding prosperity. Just ask the woman they call "Marie Nerica" who is sowing a new breed of Nerica rice in Sierra Leone. She now produces enough to sell the surplus in local markets and to the government. Her success sprang from the government's renewed commitment to agriculture, sealed when it recently signed a compact known as the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development ...
A study recently conducted in 24 African countries shows that the poor state of infrastructure in Sub Saharan Africa - its electricity, water, roads, and information and communications technology (ICT) - cuts national economic growth by 2 percentage points every year and reduces business productivity by as much as 40 percent.
The President of Ghana Medical Association (GMA), Dr Emmanuel Adom Winful, has observed that the challenges of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) have the potential to cripple health care delivery in the country.
The 2009 MAMA African best performer, Samini, has rocked Kumasi on the first destination of his four nationwide tour dubbed Samini Experience Ghana 2009. He performed at Heroes Park, fore court of the Baba Yara Sports Stadium.
Gonje was formed five years ago by Prof. Karikari. The group has lived up to its full billing of how well traditional music is anchored and the accompanying excitement levels it generates.
"Growth and Stability" The 2010 Budget
Ghana after missing out of a seeding slot will discover Friday who they face at the 2010 African Nations Cup in Angola from Pot 2.
Choosing a brand name for a product is important from a promotional perspective because brand names communicate product concepts and help position the product in the mind of customers. Names like Key (soap) Blue band (margarine), Omo (washing powder) Ideal (milk) ,Arid (antiperspirant deodorant) and spic and span (floor cleaner) all clearly communicate the benefits of using these products.
At the United Nations General Assembly in September 2000 in New York, 189 world leaders gathered to adopt what has now become the millennium declaration. The declaration which was among other things to spare no effort to free fellow men, women and children from the abject and dehumanizing conditions of extreme poverty, to which more than a billion of them are currently subjected to. They also ...
The Million Balls Africa Project for children and young people has hit the Volta Region with the presentation of 31 soccer balls and other equipment to three schools in the South Tongu District as a booster to institutions ahead of some upcoming events.
After going past Royal Ambassadors with an emphatic 3-0 victory over Royal Ambassadors in their opening Chairman Hockey challenge last Saturday, Exchequers cross swords with Kumasi Seniors tomorrow at the national Hockey Stadium. Push off time is 5.30pm
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