Public Agenda (Accra)
Ghanaian weekly independent newspaper
October 12
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Ghana: Election 2012 Countdown - Education! Education!! Education!!! [opinion]
This is the second in our series of articles relating to the key issues of this election campaign. For this issue we will look at the key area of education. Read more »
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Ghana: Red Alert! Yaws Resurrect in Ghana
If any Ghanaian had the notion that Yaws, a long-term chronic infection that mainly affects the skin, bones, and joints of the body, was no more, then he/she would have to rescind... Read more »
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Ghana: Meditations of a Patriot
Homemaker, Come Home Read more »
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Ghana: Good Governance Critical to Success of Resource Funds ? Study
A recent study has emphasised that good governance is critical to the success of natural resource funds set up by African countries for managing resource revenues. Read more »
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Ghana: The Education System Is 'Poor'
Ibis, a non-profit, Danish non-governmental organisation operating in Ghana, has delivered a verdict on Ghana?s basic education system, describing it as poor. Read more »
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Ghana: Load Shedding Can't End Before 2015
The quest to achieve reliable electricity supply and hence end load shedding cannot be realised before 2015, independent analysts of energy policy options have stated. Read more »
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Ghana: Elections Alone Can't Guarantee Good Governance, Says Ex-Prez
Elections by themselves cannot guarantee good governance in African countries, but they can help resolve political differences and disputes, states Festus Gontebanye Mogae, former... Read more »
October 8
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Ghana: Restrategise to Transform Economy
The Executive Director of the Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC), Mr Bishop Akolgo, has emphasised the need for the ruling elite to restrategise by focusing on the... Read more »
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Ghana: Former Bank of Kenya Governor Visits Isodec
The former governor of the Central Bank of Kenya, Mr Micah Cheserem, on Tuesday paid a courtesy call on the Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC) to discuss fiscal... Read more »
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Ghana: Cholera Eradication Taskforce Launched
The Ministry of Health and the Ghana Health Service, in collaboration with the Better Ghana Management Service Limited (BGMSL), have outdoored a team dubbed "Cholera Eradication... Read more »
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Ghana: Sixth Edition of GLSS Underway
The sixth edition of the Ghana Living Standard Survey (GSLL 6), a survey conducted every five years by the Ghana Statistical Service to provide information for assessing poverty... Read more »
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Ghana: NDC Dodges Education Debate
...As list of 40 problems in education sector pops up Read more »
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Ghana: GHS, MOE Must Intensify Eye Care Education [editorial]
It is an indisputable fact that a healthy nation is generally highly productive. And one sense organ of the body whose absence poses a huge challenge and grave constraint to... Read more »
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Ghana: Blindness Scare!
It appears blindness is on the rise in Ghana as available World Health Organisation (WHO) information indicates that the country is leading in the prevalence of glaucoma in the... Read more »
October 5
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Ghana: My Manifesto: Education: What Are the Real Issues? Part 3 [analysis]
Education: What are the real issues? Part 3 ...Putting SHS education in proper context Read more »
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Africa: CSOs Engagement With the AU - Mechanisms and Opportunities [analysis]
In the wake of a "revitalised" African political and developmental agenda, the role of the African civil society, both in the consultative and in the ongoing processes in... Read more »
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Ghana: Water Ministry Emphasises Support for Partners
The Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing (MWRWH) has re-emphasised the crucial role of Development Partners (DPs) in promoting diverse interventions in the Water,... Read more »
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Ghana: Report Documents Abuse of Mental Patients
Human Rights Watch has released a report on abuse of people with mental disabilities, saying "The Ghanaian government has done little to combat such abuse or to ensure that these... Read more »
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Ghana: Persons With Mental Disabilities Deserve Some Dignity [opinion]
It is common knowledge that persons with mental disabilities have in the past suffered grave human rights abuses from society and even in the face of a health legislation... Read more »
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Africa: Journalists Commit to Promote Africa's Trade & Development
The Second African Trade Forum (ATF II), which came off recently in Ethiopia witnessed the formation of a new journalists group, the Network of Journalists for Trade and... Read more »
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Ghana: Genetically Modified Foods Are Safe to Eat - Scientist
Contrary to the arguments by individuals and civil society groups that Genetically Modified (GM) products are dangerous for human consumption, a research scientist at the Savanna... Read more »
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Ghana: In Perspective - Road Safety Management Services
The Road Safety Management Services Ltd. (RSMSL), a Ghanaian-owned private firm, was established to manage the spate of road accidents in Ghana. This was in response to the... Read more »
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Ghana: Nduom Dares Mahama, Nana to Anti-Graft Contest
Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, flag bearer of the Progressive People's Party, has put fellow presidential hopefuls Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and President... Read more »
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Ghana: Coca-Cola Donates Waterhealth Centres
The Ledzokuku-Krowor Municipal Assembly (LEKMA) south cluster of schools has received two Waterhealth centres, 120 household toilets and two institutional toilets jointly provided... Read more »
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Ghana: Free High School Education - a Veiled Privatisation Plot [opinion]
"We'll be remembered more for what we destroy than what we create" - Chuck Palahniuk Read more »
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