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Friday, July 17, 2009 |
No doubt about it in the last years at least the euphoria that greeted the visit of the US President Barack Obama was second only to the excitement that gripped Ghanaians when the Black Stars participated in the World Cup in Germany Such was the excitement that it instantly turned honourable Ministers of State into paparazziBut as th ... Read more |
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Tuesday, July 07, 2009 |
On Monday July parliamentary debate on the million World Bank loan had to be suspended when the NPP MPs walked out because an NDC MP had reiterated an accusation that NPP MPs took incentive package each last year to approve the Vodafone takeover of Ghana TelecomNow the NPP MPs have stated that they will continue to boycott t ... Read more |
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Friday, May 22, 2009 |
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AS is usual in Ghana his praisesingers are out singing his praises They are touting his credentials and telling us how he will be the salvation of the police He will do this and he will do that All the praisesinging begs the question of where he has been all this time while the problems have been piling up In response Mr Quaye has promise ... Read more |
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Thursday, April 09, 2009 |
Change your network and keep your number But MTN resisting mobile number portability moves by NCA Govt In April Ghanas telecoms regulator the National Communications Authority announced plans to offer number portability on both landline and mobile networks The new Communications Minister Harruna Iddrisu MP has also expre ... Read more |
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Saturday, January 17, 2009 |
Yesterday we published what we think is a timely advice to members of the New Patriotic Party to cease fire on the postelection body contact game of blaming individuals and groups within the party A particular line of publications in the Chronicle since last week from Maame Coomson to Maame Boatemaa Boateng has exhibited the worst ... Read more |
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008 |
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The association of Akyem Abuakwa nationals in London to which I belong is called Susu Biribi Think About Something That Is Positive Unfortunately many Ghanaians remember Susu Biribi through a oncedoughty football club But I can assure you that another Susu Biribi is alive and kicking and meets once every two months at St Anselms ch ... Read more |
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Saturday, September 13, 2008 |
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Playing scrabble with Tekpor while Dzandu sat by one evening I asked them why they killed the judges and the retired army officer Tekpor was a fantastic scrabble player for his educational background There was a momentary silence Then Mr Mike you are going to raise this topic again Dzandu said Ive told you we dont feel proud about ... Read more |
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Thursday, September 04, 2008 |
By the time of the trial it had become clear that the Rawlings government was the most bloodthirsty government the country had ever known And to think that Rawlings was let off after a failed coup on May and Kodjo Tsikata after being involved in a coup and was sentenced to death by firing squad he was reprieved and the government that ... Read more |
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Monday, September 01, 2008 |
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Tommy Thompson the publisher of the weekly Free Press of Accra drove his Volvo Turbo to his office in Kokomlemle on June A very able football administrator he had been Chairman of Accra Hearts of Oak football club founded in the oldest in the country for seven yearsWhen the ban on political parties was lifted in it becam ... Read more |
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Wednesday, February 13, 2008 |
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Elections are about the right organisation the right leadership the right vision the right programme and the right strategic communications For an incumbent the first task is in marketing your achievements for the electorate to continue buying your leadership For the opposition the first task is in marketing the incumbents weaknesses in the ... Read more |
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Tuesday, December 13, 2005 |
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RECENT political events Eric Amoatengs drug case in the US and the so called Esseku tape have first shown the good bad and ugly faces of the media and second brought to the fore the lack of coordination andor cooperation between the organs of government responsible for dealing with the media and their rapid response capabilities ... Read more |
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Wednesday, November 09, 2005 |
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A commentary by Asare Gabby OtchereDarko EditorinChief of The Statesman THERE is a crisis in Ghanaian leadership that is partly due to the declining authority of a political establishment An establishment which is formed mainly by a combination of a ruling party that often behaves like it is in office but not in power and a mediocre op ... Read more |
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Monday, August 22, 2005 |
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WHEN Kenneth Starr and the Republicans took the scent of the cigar and the presidential skid marks in Monica Lewinskys dress and went for Bill Clintons blood Hillary Clinton described it as a vast rightwing conspiracy Minority Whip David Bonior Democrat said this at the time This is a charade of justice The American people throug ... Read more |
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Sunday, August 21, 2005 |
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An indepth analysis by Katie Ball for Statesman COUNTS of massive corruption within governments weave their way through almost every nation Yet the accusations surrounding President Kufuors involvement in the Hotel Scandal seems negligible and overhand when compared to past and ongoing corruption scandals hitting the headlines elsewhere I ... Read more |
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Monday, August 15, 2005 |
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ON Tuesday President John A Kufuor put up what was described by this paper as a Good Show It was such a success of a news conference that his critics and supporters alike began wondering why he does not have more of those His office can start by creating a Spin Room similar to that sponsored by Spacefon at the Ministry of Information So o ... Read more |
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