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Friday, November 20, 2009 |
I listened to finance minister Dr Kwabena Duffuors budget presentation mostly with rapt attention There were a few occasions when I felt myself dozing off especially at those stages when he drifted into calling out numbers that meant nothing to me All those numbers make my head swirl to the point of delirious dizziness Blame it on poor edu ... Read more |
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009 |
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Its hard to believe that Private Seth Goka one of the three soldiers standing trial for the murder of Alhaji Issa Mobila just got up and walked out of the military detention facility he was being kept in He must have been helped Thats my gut feelingAlhaji Issa Mobila who was the Northern Regional chairman of the CPP died in military cu ... Read more |
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009 |
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Ive had one of the most miserable weekends ever Thanks to the ECG They took out the power in Labone at am on Saturday It was for a scheduled maintenance operation which was very widely advertisedPower was supposed to be restored at pmIt did come back on in good time but just a few minutes later they took it away again It didnt come ... Read more |
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Monday, November 16, 2009 |
Nelson Mandela is the greatest African of all time No one can top that Even Kwame Nkrumah will have a hard time filling his shoes Mandela is an angel and on the day hes called to the yonder the heavens will stand still to welcome him back homeNo human being spends unjust years in jail and comes out oozing with forgiveness For to be f ... Read more |
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Friday, November 13, 2009 |
A little over two months ago Nii AfoteyAgbo the MP for KponeKatamanso was criticising information minister Zita Okaikoi for failing to live up to her responsibilities He made history He was the most senior member of the ruling party to publicly criticise the information minister whose ability to deliver began being seriously questioned aft ... Read more |
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Thursday, November 12, 2009 |
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I am writing this article as a parent and a Ghanaian All views represented below shall carry this tone and intentThe Great Lamptey Mills case is one of several that will never find their way to the front pages of our newspapers or the front burner of our socalled radio analysis programs They are simply not political and they do not seem to ... Read more |
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009 |
John Kufuor wont be happy The mansion he built under heavy criticism is not going to be used for the purpose he intended And according to the former presidents chief of staff the Indian government which provided money for the project would also be peeved with the decision to convert parts of the new presidential palace into the temporary h ... Read more |
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009 |
The fall of the Berlin wall meant a big deal not just to the East Germans who earned their freedom with the collapse of the mile concrete barrier It also meant a big deal for the rest of the world The iron curtain came down with the wall marking the beginning of the end of the cold war and the eventual collapse of communismSo the fall of ... Read more |
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Thursday, November 05, 2009 |
After all the noise all that came out of the GTVodafone probe is a decision by government to reengage the British multinational to ensure compliance with the countrys laws What does that meanWell simply put it means government cannot reverse the agreement It also means that despite all their claims there isnt a scintilla of evide ... Read more |
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Wednesday, November 04, 2009 |
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When I heard about the proposal for an all parties forum to discuss educational delivery in Ghana I screamed an expletive It was involuntary and it was out of exasperation What the heck When will government make up its mind and act with supreme urgency to fix our shambolic education systemAny Ghanaian who is blessed with eyes ears and a ... Read more |
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Tuesday, November 03, 2009 |
Our hardships have just been increased by five percent and when we look around the only person we can blame is John Atta Mills He promised to keep petroleum prices to the barest minimum So why have petroleum prices been hiked I can hear some government official blaming the increase on deregulation Its all in line with the world price of cru ... Read more |
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Tuesday, November 03, 2009 |
In a country where public transport is seen as a curse of the hustling and the impoverished the decision by some ministers of state and MPs to use public buses popularly known as trotros was as unusual as it is significant at least for them They said they wanted a firsthand experience of how the public transport system workedDeputy t ... Read more |
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Thursday, October 29, 2009 |
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Its been exactly one week since a whole government bureaucracy the foreign ministry was razed down by a fire outbreak Without the necessary equipment to put out the inferno fire personnel looked on in amazement as the blaze caused havoc The next day the president and other top government officials visited the scene of the destruction expres ... Read more |
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Thursday, October 22, 2009 |
All throughout his presidency John Kufuor felt he was the best thing that ever happened to Ghana He also saw himself as one of the best leaders ever to come out of the African continent Thats why he shamelessly decided to reward himself by spending our millions to buy a medallion to reward himselfEvery Ghanaian who is not blinded by petty ... Read more |
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009 |
Apparently the Nigerian Pastor TB Joshua gave coach Sellas Tetteh a few coaching lessons that helped him lead the Black Satellites to win the FIFA Under World Cup in Egypt And being the publicity seeking type the sort who never allows the chance to claim the credit pass by TB Joshua socalled Prophet has posted a clip on the video shari ... Read more |
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Friday, October 16, 2009 |
Government has been groping in the dark for months frantically looking for something to smear the agreement to sell majority shares in Ghana Telecom to the UKs Vodafone So far the fishing expedition doesnt seem to be yielding much That the Mills administration finds it necessary to publicly disagree and vehemently so with the committee it ... Read more |
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Thursday, October 15, 2009 |
I learnt something recently in a training seminar The teacher said more warm bodies do not necessarily increase productivity and efficiency He was right and the inconsistencies of the governments information management team provides ample evidence five different people in different parts of the national capital doing a job that can very eas ... Read more |
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009 |
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What is the difference between the presidency and the information ministry And whats the difference between the presidential spokesman and the director of communications at the presidency These are some of questions that have engaged my mind since John Atta Mills became president especially with regards to his information managementI just ... Read more |
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Friday, October 09, 2009 |
Kofi Boakye is a happy man Hes just gotten his job back as a senior police officer after almost three years on interdiction Hes not completely off the hook though A service enquiry is to be instituted to investigate his conduct which resulted in the recommendation by the Georgina Woode Committee that he should be prosecutedWhen the news ... Read more |
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Wednesday, October 07, 2009 |
Mr PresidentIts my pleasure to welcome you back from the America I get the impression that your ego was quite bruised by the fact that your drab address to the UN General Assembly was not broadcast live on state television Its just an impression but thats the sort of vibe I get from your ministers expression of shock at GTVs failure to ... Read more |
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Friday, October 02, 2009 |
First of all let me say I love the man Ekow SpioGarbah I fell in love with him several years ago In fact I took the decision to go to journalism school after reading his profile in the Daily Graphic I still have a cutting of that piece with me If SpioGarbah were a woman you could say that Ive nursed a crush on him for well over a decad ... Read more |
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Friday, September 18, 2009 |
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When President Mills promised to be father to all was he joking or he was just speaking by heart Could it just be that he spoke without knowing what it meant to be father to allThe moment the NPP lost the elections in many would have expected the creation of a new set of political orphans NPP faithful who had thrived on politica ... Read more |
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Monday, September 14, 2009 |
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All throughout the weekend Ive been getting a lot of calls and email from people asking me if I had seen this Ato Kwamena Dadzie grow up or shut upIts an article castigating me for raising questions about the competence of Zita Okaikoi my poo ... Read more |
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Friday, September 11, 2009 |
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The volume of water generated in Ghana is not enough to flush toilets in Lagos State Thats a statement attributed to Nigerias defence minister Godwin Abbe He is also quoted as saying that the number of teachers you have to pay salaries in the whole of Ghana is not more than Western Nigeria the whole of the Ghanaian Armed Forces ... Read more |
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Wednesday, September 09, 2009 |
wish to congratulate the Black Stars for qualifying for next years World Cup in South Africa Most importantly I also want to congratulate the President of the Ghana Football Association Kwesi Nyantekyi for leading the team to two successful World Cup appearancesSomehow that man makes me think this country needs some sort of youthful rev ... Read more |
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Wednesday, September 09, 2009 |
It might just be the beginning of the end of an empire And it took just four tubers of yam to smash the glamorous empire of Ibrahim Shima to nearsmithereens The emperor of Exopa Modelling faces the prospect of a long term in jail after he was arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle cocaine onto a Dusseldorfbound Lufthansa flight The stuff ... Read more |
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009 |
The Ghana Journalist Association has decided to name its top journalism prize after a great man Paul Archibald Vianey Ansah He is one of the four men who have shaped my philosophy of what journalism is all about Besides PAV Ansah there is Kwaku SakyiAddo Kwesi Yankah provice chancellor of the University of Ghana and the socialistminded f ... Read more |
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Monday, August 17, 2009 |
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By the end of this week the people of Akwatia will know who their representative in parliament will be It most certainly will not be deputy Eastern Regional Minister Baba JamalHe knows that only a miracle will give him the Akwatia seat and that might explain why he has been urging his supporters to stage a jihad to help him win the rerun ... Read more |
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009 |
From Ashaiman to Tamale from Bibiani to Asuagyaman and from Cape Coast to Nima supporters of the ruling NDC have been flexing their muscles demanding that its their time to rule and so they should be allowed to take charge of everything from bus terminals to public toiletsIts been going on for months In some cases they have threatened v ... Read more |
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Friday, July 31, 2009 |
The police administration insists that there is no official directive for officers to shoot and kill suspected armed robbers Thats hard to believe especially after the IGP decorated and rewarded the officers who recently gunned down suspected armed robbers in KumasiWithin a space of less than a month officers have shot and killed suspe ... Read more |
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Thursday, July 30, 2009 |
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Until last Friday the saying that the law is an ass was exactly that to me a saying But thanks to a preposterous ruling by the three appeals court judges in the case of Kwabena Amaning and Alhaji Abass I now know that the law indeed is an ass upon which criminals ride into undeserved freedomLawyers for Tagor and Abass had argued in cou ... Read more |
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Friday, July 24, 2009 |
Mr PresidentI just wanted you to know that you are turning out to be the most humane and sensitive president weve ever had in Ghana You may not necessarily be the most competent you will need to do a lot more to prove your competence And you are definitely not the most upbeat You seldom inspire confidence and your gaffes are getting to ... Read more |
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Thursday, July 23, 2009 |
Most Ghanaians didnt need a committee to help them come to the conclusion that there was something fundamentally wrong and almost criminal about the package exPresident Kufuor was going to retire on We all knew that he didnt deserve two houses six cars and an exgratia of more than dollars all on top of a monthly salary of about ... Read more |
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Monday, July 20, 2009 |
So the president travels abroad for a few days He has been away for just about four days Upon his return there is a whole retinue of ministers special assistants presidential aides and protocol officers waiting at the airport to welcome him Why should government officials including the vice president drop everything else they are doin ... Read more |
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Sunday, July 19, 2009 |
Rawlings and Kufuor hate each others guts Thats a fact Rawlings acknowledges it and even though he says he cannot tolerate his successor he insists that he is working on that Whatever that means Kufuor on the other hand appears to be in denial He says there is no bad blood between him and Rawlings But every Ghanaian knows that two me ... Read more |
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Sunday, July 19, 2009 |
The action in the courtrooms has been quite exciting today In fact it seemed like a football match And so far the NPP and the NDC have scored one apieceFirst to concede a goal was the NPP An Accra High Court ruled that the partys MP for Bawku Central Adamu Dramani is not qualified to occupy the seat The case was brought against the ... Read more |
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Sunday, July 19, 2009 |
Members of Parliament are demanding some RESPECT And they are using the DirectorGeneral of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation to make their case It all stems from William AmpemDarkos verbal exchanges with the MP for AdansiAsokwa KT HammondMr Hammond started it all by questioning the competence of Mr AmpemDarko which is somethi ... Read more |
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009 |
From the way our ministers of state and MPs were fallen over each other just to shake hands with Barack Obama I suppose most of them are not going to bath for a few days just to make sure that his touch stays with them for a long time Did you see the ministers at the airport They broke protocol and created a chaotic scene as they whipped out ... Read more |
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Friday, July 10, 2009 |
Through no fault of his Barack Obama is getting on my nerves His impending visit has unleashed an unprecedented bout of Ghanaian foolhardiness and its annoying me Yes I am nobody but I am annoyed all the sameBoth government officials and some private individuals are behaving as if Obamas visit will end all of our problems and turn Ghana ... Read more |
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Wednesday, July 08, 2009 |
The allegation by the MP for Asikuma Odobeng Brakwa P C Appiah Ofori that his colleagues on the NPP side took bribes to approve the privatisation of Ghana Telecom is hard to swallow I doubt if any such thing happened AppiahOfori just blowing needless wind and the stench will create more problems for him than anyone elseTo begin with he ... Read more |
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Wednesday, July 08, 2009 |
Of all the problems in Accra the citys new mayor has made it a top priority to get rid of street hawkers in the central business district and a couple of other commercial centres Its been tried before Alfred Vanderpuije knows it but he seems determined to succeed where those before him failed But he wont do any better than his predecessors ... Read more |
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Wednesday, July 01, 2009 |
It so happens that I care deeply about peoples emotional wellbeing I hate to see people suffer in relationships that are supposed to fill their hearts with joy So I have been counseling a few of my friends who experience the occasional emotional rollercoaster In preparation for this years Joy Bridal Fair the organizers asked me to go publi ... Read more |
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009 |
I thought initially that this document had been widely publicised on the web Thats why I didnt put it out earlier But it seems many visitors to this site have not seen or read it So here is it in full After reading help clear the cobwebs ahem in my head by answering this question how does this report exonerate Muntaka Mubarak Mohammed ... Read more |
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Monday, June 29, 2009 |
Muntaka Mubarak Mohammed has been covered not cleared Last Thursday Mr Mubarak tendered in his resignation as Youth and Sports Minister and President Mills gladly accepted it Thats ironic considering that he resigned on the same day government issued a statement which suggested that he had been exonerated of allegations that he had made irre ... Read more |
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Monday, June 29, 2009 |
It was the Chief Executive of Multimedia Broadcasting parent company of JOY FM who called to tell me about the breaking news on Sky NewsThey say Michael Jackson had suffered a heart attack KT saidI tuned to Sky News immediatelyThey were showing pictures from the hospital to which he had been taken I turned the channel to CNN The ... Read more |
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009 |
Call it the Accra Auto Show and you may not be far from the truth The various car dealerships in Accra have turned much of the space around Parliament House into some sort of an exhibition centre where they are displaying their fourwheel merchandise to lawmakersLast Friday instead of sitting their bums down to do the work they have been ele ... Read more |
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Friday, June 19, 2009 |
The Mills administration has set a new record in shameful profligacy And for a government that has vowed to keep needless spending to the barest minimum this is as shocking as it is disappointing They tell us that democracy is not cheap We get that But what are we to say or think when the processes involved in making the transition from th ... Read more |
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Thursday, June 18, 2009 |
Six months into retirement and former President Kufuor has not received a single pension He joins a long list of Ghanaian pensioners who hardly get their pensions on time Some of those who retired before Kufuor often travel over long distances say from Tarkwa to Accra to get a meagre pension half of which might be taken up by t ... Read more |
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009 |
Was he running away from justice The former information minister says he was going on a vacation with his wife and kids Its a pretty striking coincidence that Steven Asamoah Boateng aka Asabee decided to make the trip just a few days after his former deputy Frank Agyekum had gone to the Bureau of National Investigations to sing about a ... Read more |
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Monday, June 15, 2009 |
You are sitting your somewhere You get a call Hello the voice on the other end says This is the Bureau of National Investigations You are cordially invited to our offices for a special interactive session Is it a party you ask Oh no the BNI man responds We just want to have a friendly chat with you and if you are in ... Read more |
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Thursday, June 11, 2009 |
The presidents press secretary sees nothing wrong with his acquisition of new tractors from the Agric Ministry And the words he speaks to defend himself ring unsurprisingly familiarThose tractors were for sale to anybody who knew about them he says They are sold for us not at any cheaper price what they are selling to any other p ... Read more |
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009 |
The case against Youth and Sports Minister Muntaka Mubarak is shaping up to be the first corruption scandal of the Mills era and I am afraid the administration is not handling it as well as it should to send out a strong message that graft will not be tolerated It took the president almost a week to instruct Mr Mubarak to step aside to make way ... Read more |
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Tuesday, June 09, 2009 |
There are two issues I need to address and I am going to do so as briefly as I canFirst is a question Can the Bureau of National Investigations or the police hold anyone for a period not exceeding hours Yes Thats what I said in the piece about the NPPs irresponsible invasion of the premises of the Bureau of National Investigations I ... Read more |
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Monday, June 01, 2009 |
In my last days in journalism school a man I admire so much came to my class and delivered what may be described as a motivational speech His message was simple shake the basket I will never forget that day and that phrase When the speech ended I pondered how I could go out into the real world and shake the basket as the class had been ent ... Read more |
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Friday, May 29, 2009 |
Hello KofiIts been a pretty long while since we last communicated Last time I wrote congratulating you on your graduation from law school you threatened to sue me The prospect of you taking me to court really delighted me so I called up my lawyer to start preparing my defence Sadly it seems you were just blowing hot air I just want to let ... Read more |
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009 |
In a few hours all of us on this wretched continent will be celebrating African Union Day May th will be a public holiday in almost every country except in Morocco which is not a member of the AU Its a commemoration that is supposed to remind us to focus on the need to unite as one big nation After all they say we are one people torn ... Read more |
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009 |
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Finally Befakor has decided to do what is right Its too little too late but the decision by the former speaker to return items he took away from his official residence should hopefully help him regain a modicum of the respect he has lost But what will help him most is a public display on contritionIn a letter to the Parliamentary Service ... Read more |
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Monday, May 25, 2009 |
Hundreds of young Ghanaian men and women are resorting to getrichquick schemes popularly known as sakawa Most of these schemes are hatched and executed on the internetIn internet cafes from Accra to Agona Swedru and from Kumasi to Keta people are using the World Wide Web to defraud people of money and other worldly possessions Sakawa ... Read more |
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Sunday, May 17, 2009 |
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Its been well over three months since President Mills delivered his first sessional address to parliament But that speech is very much the subject of conversation between many Ghanaians most of whom are still laughing at the major slip of tongue that made him say ecomini instead of economyThat slip is proving to be one of the most enduri ... Read more |
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Thursday, May 14, 2009 |
For eight years we had a president who took an inordinate pleasure in racking up the frequent flyer miles Few Ghanaians except those privileged enough to have travelled with John Kufuor will let go an opportunity to criticise him for travelling like Gulliver Most of his journeys were mere tourist expeditions cloaked as useful investment tour ... Read more |
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009 |
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I was quite shocked and disappointed when I heard the news that the Shama District Assembly had rejected the nominee for District Chief Executive Emelia ArthurI have known Miss Arthur for almost a decade I have never gone out with her for a drink but whenever we meet we can keep a pleasant conversation going for quite a while Last time we ... Read more |
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009 |
Will there ever be a time when electricity supply in this country will be regular stable and reliable That should be the day when we can thump our chests and say we have arrived But that day is so far away I feel I will not live to see itAfter the electricity crisis of about two years ago I hoped that we will only use the phrase load she ... Read more |
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Thursday, April 23, 2009 |
I knew it wasnt supposed to be a vacation but I didnt expect it to be this hectic First the journey was long way too long Ive done the sixhour flight to Amsterdam several times and so it wasnt much of a surprise But the hour flight to Los Angeles was the most arduous journey Ive ever undertaken It seemed like it was never going t ... Read more |
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009 |
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I knew it wasnt supposed to be a vacation but I didnt expect it to be this hectic First the journey was long way too long Ive done the sixhour flight to Amsterdam several times and so it wasnt much of a surprise But the hour flight to Los Angeles was the most arduous journey Ive ever undertaken It seemed like it was never going to en ... Read more |
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Saturday, April 18, 2009 |
On his first day in office President Mills was heard rumbling and fumbling unable to say his vows coherently He was also seen stumbling unsure of his steps The days that followed those first hours of the Mills presidency have been marked variously by uncertainty inactivity and in some cases serious missteps which have seen the p ... Read more |
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Saturday, April 18, 2009 |
The irony was hard to miss and so when it struck me I couldnt help but laugh within The occasion was the relaunch of Ghana Telecom and Onetouch under the new brand name of the companys new owners Vodafone Both vice president John Mahama and communication minister Haruna Iddrisu seemed quite delighted to be part of the event which w ... Read more |
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Thursday, April 16, 2009 |
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There is something strikingly missing in the governments response to all the agitation against the nomination of certain people as District Chief Executives Its alright to hear the local government minister tell the agitators to back off because the president has exercised his constitutional prerogative Its also very heartwarming to hear ... Read more |
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Wednesday, April 08, 2009 |
A few months into the Mills presidency one of the most powerful men within the ruling NDC has been whining about how the ruling party has lost grounds to the opposition in the mediaIn a sevenpage memo to none other than the president Paul Victor Obeng who was largely thought of as the unofficial Prime Minister under the Rawlings regime ... Read more |
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Monday, April 06, 2009 |
First let me say it didnt happen I was never arrested It was all an April Fools Day prank instigated and executed by Israel Laryea with my full support He came to me that morning in a every excitable state asking for ideas for an April Fools Day prank My first suggestion was for him to go and announce that I had been arrested with cocaine ... Read more |
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Monday, April 06, 2009 |
Before he became Speaker of Parliament Ebenezer B SakyiHughes had quite a successful law practice in Takoradi Everyone considered him a made man and one of the wealthiest in the city His plush house in the Beach Road suburb has acres of evergreen lawn and a lot of maids who work around the clock to keep it manicured So he became Speaker os ... Read more |
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Friday, April 03, 2009 |
Since he was swornin President Mills has been holed up at the Castle for weeks hardly venturing out Then suddenly he decides to embark on his first regional tour and where does he go first The Central Region his home region A few hours before going to the region he cancelled a scheduled trip to the oil rig at Cape Three Points which ... Read more |
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009 |
If we take former president John Kufuor to one of those aladura churches one of the first demons they will cast out of him will be the demon which made him place his luxury and comfort above the basic needs of the people he governed It is this demon that made him decide that it was more prudent for him to spend millions of dollars to build a pr ... Read more |
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009 |
Northern Regional Minister Samuel Nayina quite rightly is determined to take away the illegal weapons in circulation in that part of the country But quite frankly he is using the wrong approach Shortly after assuming office he gave the people a day ultimatum to voluntarily surrender their illegal weapons One month from today surre ... Read more |
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Friday, March 20, 2009 |
President Atta Mills is a very angry man Someone has gotten in his nerves and it is so serious that when he met with the executive of the Ghana Journalists Association he made no attempt to conceal his anger His voice was shriller than usual almost to the point of squealing his head was swinging like a pendulum as usual and he was quite hy ... Read more |
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Monday, March 16, 2009 |
There is a reason why the German manufacturers of BMW market the luxury vehicle as the ultimate driving machine Their message is simple if you are not driving a BMW you could as well be trudging along or riding on a chariot with square tyres Like most of us former President Kufuor knows that there is no car like a BMW not to mention a ... Read more |
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Monday, March 16, 2009 |
The MP for Akyem Abuakwa South Samuel Atta Akyea seems to be quite adept at making enemies for himself He drew the whole nations ire when at the height of the electoral tensions he went to the court on a holiday to try and file a writ to stop the Electoral Commission from declaring the results of the presidential elections last December If the ... Read more |
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Monday, March 09, 2009 |
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Efo KokuYou are a very perceptive man I am very impressed with your diagnosis of the cobwebs in my head I appreciate your attempt to have them removed Sadly you failed Your prescription for removing the cobwebs wasnt effective because you overlooked the basic reasons why they got into my coconut in the first place Your boss the Pre ... Read more |
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Saturday, March 07, 2009 |
I fail to understand all the buzz around Kwame Nkrumah I know he led this country into independence No doubt he had a lot of visionFifty years ago he foresaw some of the major problems we are facing today and tried to resolve them He tried He was a great visionary But he was also despot who passed off his parochial ambition to be the ... Read more |
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Saturday, March 07, 2009 |
The director of communications at the presidency Koku Anyidoho issued the following statement It is in response to what I wrote about the size of the Mills government so far I said he never misses and opportunity to rant and rave didnt I Enjoy As a professional I have restrained myself from allowing the ignorance of certain perso ... Read more |
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Saturday, March 07, 2009 |
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For the attention of Mr Gordon Brown Prime Minister of Great BritainDear SirI hope this letter reaches you in good health I am a young man writing from Accra the capital of Ghana I hope you know where my country is If you dont I am very sure that at least you know who my former president is Hes that tall with the bulging eyes and ... Read more |
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Wednesday, March 04, 2009 |
President Mills has pulled a fast one on GhanaiansIn his sessional address to parliament he proudly proclaimed that he has so far succeeded in helping government shed off some excess fatWe have already delivered on our promise to establish a lean but effective government by realigning and reducing the number of Ministries he proclaime ... Read more |
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009 |
We all know officials of the former government are keeping state vehicles that do not belong to them Some of them have refused to give these cars up and have even put them up for sale Government needs these cars back in its fleet and it has every right to use all legitimate means to retrieve themBut there should be more sensible and less re ... Read more |
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Friday, February 06, 2009 |
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There is a cholera outbreak in four of our countrys ten regions The epidemic according to the Ghana Health Service has been with us for more than four months The Ghana Health Service cannot produce statistics on how many people have died What they know is that the cholera outbreak has its roots in the water shortages that many communities have ... Read more |
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009 |
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In a country where about percent of the people do not have decent places to perform the final rites of digestion the management of public toilets is big business Never has this fact been made clearer to me than the recent disputes in several parts of the country over who has the right to manage public toilets NDC supporters in Accra Kuma ... Read more |
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009 |
Just about a year ago Kojo Mpiani President John Kufuors chief of staff was literally telling Parliament and everyone else to stop pestering him with questions over the expenses of the Ghana Secretariat the bureaucracy established to oversee the needlessly ostentatious celebration of Ghanas th independence anniversary Today Mr Mpiani ... Read more |
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Sunday, January 25, 2009 |
After the unprecedented public outcry over the ludicrous and unjustifiable retirement package for President John Kufuor Members of Parliament are coming forth with all sorts of excuses as to why they approved ChineryHesses recommendations Some of them are claiming that they were hoodwinked into approving the package But Ghanaians are not buy ... Read more |
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009 |
In Jerry Rawlings mind there has been a coup his third coup in years This one however seems different and a bit weird In the first two coups there was no need for him to go around the country to campaign to win the hearts and minds and the mandate of the people He forcefully came to power through the back door with a gun in his h ... Read more |
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009 |
Dear President Mills If youve been looking for an opportunity to show the nation that you really have balls a solid pair your predecessor has provided you with one As I write this my blood is boiling like abenkwan on fire and if I were anywhere near your age I would have suffered a heart attack and fallen dead Like most Ghanaians I a ... Read more |
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009 |
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You are working for a company After a rigorous performance appraisal your employers decide that your output is not good enough You are fired Immediately you receive your dismissal letter you are required to surrender every company property in your possession including office pins and A sheets You wont take anything away with you If yo ... Read more |
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Friday, January 09, 2009 |
President John Mills might go down in history as one of the most diffident leaders the world has ever seen His effeminate gestures his frail voice and the general manner he carries himself like tossing his head about when speaking doesnt exude confidence in any measureA man who has set himself the task of rallying the nation to build a ... Read more |
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Tuesday, January 06, 2009 |
Nana AkufoAddo has made it very clear that he and the NPP intend to go to court to challenge some of the second round presidential poll results from the Volta Region They are convinced that the votes from Volta were so skewed against them because their party agents were hounded from some polling stations and in some cases severely beaten making ... Read more |
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Monday, January 05, 2009 |
The motivational speakers of the world will soon be pointing to Prof John Atta Mills victory as a very useful lesson in perseverance The fact that he lost two previous bids led some people to write him off His illhealth also sent out very bad signals about his ability to lead Ironically it was in the year he was tagged as livingdead that ... Read more |
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Friday, January 02, 2009 |
Pardon my asking but are there any wise men and women left in the ruling New Patriotic Party Against all good judgment and common sense the NPP seems so hell bent on clinging to power Instead of conceding defeat and allowing the country to start healing from an acrimonious political season they have resorted to the silliest sort of politic ... Read more |
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Thursday, December 18, 2008 |
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As the nation prepares for the presidential runoff later this month everyone realises that the stakes are even higher now than they were two weeks ago and as a result tempers tend to fly much more easily But we need all the calm we can get Thats why the two incidents in Kumasi over the weekend both involving former president J ... Read more |
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008 |
Its difficult to understand why the opposition National Democratic Congress seems to be complaining about anything and everything these days And only few of the complaints merit any serious attention They complained and justifiably so about Nana AkufoAddos use of state resources to campaign Their vice presidential candidate Joh ... Read more |
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Wednesday, November 05, 2008 |
It wasnt exactly a debate The three main presidential candidates plus a threetime also run didnt exactly engage each other in a debate but they merely fielded questions from two veteran journalists on a wide array of issues ranging from why a certain engine has not been cranking as well as it should to whether Ghana should adopt nuclear energ ... Read more |
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Friday, September 19, 2008 |
Dear Papa OwusuAnkomahI heard some disturbing news the other day I am told you are thinking of placing a ban on second hand clothing with particular emphasis on underwear popularly known as broni wawu pietoI dont think you wear anything secondhand I have never seen your wife at the bend down boutique so Im sure shes not into it ... Read more |
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Friday, September 19, 2008 |
Hello KwameFirst let me congratulate you for taking the bold decision to go up north to assess whats happening there for yourself But for Gods sake where in heavens name is your brother the president I know you are interior minister and these things fall perfectly within your domain But you dont have as much clout as your brother does a ... Read more |
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Friday, September 19, 2008 |
There are very few men on earth who can thump their chest and say I staged two successful coups in one country Jerry John Rawlings is one of themCorrect me if Im wrong but I think hes the only one I even gave advanced notice before staging the second he can boast And no one could stop meSurely living under the shadow of a m ... Read more |
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Wednesday, July 23, 2008 |
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For the attention of Mr Gordon Brown Prime Minister of Great BritainDear Sir I hope this letter reaches you in good health I am a young man writing from Accra the capital of Ghana I hope you know where my country is If you dont I am very sure that at least you know who my president is Hes that tall lanky African president the ... Read more |
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Tuesday, July 15, 2008 |
Im still recovering from the shock that our dear presidents latest set of blings cost us a good pounds each and he bought five of them You do the maths Add up all what was spent on honouring so many people more than half of whom we all consider to be completely undeserving of such high national recognition and youll realise that ... Read more |
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Friday, July 11, 2008 |
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How will history remember President Kufuor Only time will tell But Im very sure that he will be remembered as the guy who so vain and so full of himself decided to decorate himself with a national honour He will also be known as the guy who gave away national honours like bofrote to his pals and yes men and womenHow could ... Read more |
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Friday, May 23, 2008 |
In a few days all of us on this wretched continent will be celebrating African Union Day May th will be a public holiday in almost every country except in Morocco which is not a member of the AU Its a commemoration that is supposed to remind us to focus on the need to unite as one big nation After all they say we are one peopl ... Read more |
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Monday, May 12, 2008 |
Last Wednesday the presidential candidate of the NDC John Atta Mills gave the best speech Ive ever heard him make When I listen to a speech I like to take some quotable quotes away with me I hardly get any from President Kufuors speeches From Prof Mills they come in dribs and drabs But last Wednesdays speech was full of them and that ma ... Read more |
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Friday, May 09, 2008 |
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I really feel sorry for the people of Bawku My heart particularly bleeds for the innocent majority who have never handled a weapon and have nothing to do with the fighting in the township These are the people whose lives are disrupted and sometimes ended abruptly whenever the Mamprusis and Kusasis decide to get at each others throats And ... Read more |
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Monday, May 05, 2008 |
When the UP tradition split up for the elections I was a twoyearold malnourished boy with a stomach as hard as my hand with borntosuffer written all over me Times were hard Whiles my mother and I agreed that my kwashiorkor needed to be dealt with William Ofori Atta aka Paa Willie and Victor Owusu couldnt agree on the simple matter ... Read more |
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Friday, May 02, 2008 |
I am beginning to think that cocoa has lost its position as Ghanas number one export commodity Gold is also not as high as it used to be on our exports lists The economists advised us to diversify our exports and we are doing exactly what they want us to do Cocaine now seems to be our number one export commodity closely followed by heroine and ... Read more |
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Wednesday, June 20, 2007 |
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This is not a sermon Trust me it is not But allow me friend to beg your indulgence to cite biblical text to support a point am just about to make Thanks for your attentionSoon after the launch of Christs ministry on earth a huge debate arose between His disciples and those of John the Baptist You see friend for many years prior to ... Read more |
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Monday, February 20, 2006 |
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Are we Ghanaians not a fascinating people or what Many things we do or say are very peculiar to us alone Like the way we talk and the sort of points we raise during a debate or an argument to buttress our perspective Often only the speaker or proponent of an idea or a point understands his or her own logic To everyone else listening th ... Read more |
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Wednesday, February 01, 2006 |
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Picture this The year is Ghana has had its elections Former President Kufuor is now a private citizen having handed over power to the newly elected President on January th A beaming President AttaMills sits at the current seat of government the Osu Castle with a broad toothpaste smile welcoming dignitaries and accepting th ... Read more |
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Thursday, January 26, 2006 |
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When on January th the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon suffered his massive stroke and was consequently put in a medical coma by the neurosurgeons I found myself questioning what life on this planet is really worth Sharon has always been a powerful and controversial figure From his days as a General in the Israeli Defense Force IDF ... Read more |
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Wednesday, January 11, 2006 |
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Friends have you ever wondered why the United States government has made it a policy not to negotiate with terrorists Even in the face of the imminent death of her citizens several US Presidents have stated we do not negotiate with terrorists Ever wondered why that is so Why would any sensitive President in the face of threats of the beheadi ... Read more |
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Saturday, January 07, 2006 |
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Ato Kwamena writes The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked who can know it Jeremiah That man is innately evil cannot be questioned It is only the fear of a morally perfect God that tempers our innate orientation to do evil Where there is that lack of a fear of God man has over and over again proved throu ... Read more |
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Monday, January 02, 2006 |
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The Northern politician has never ceased to amaze me His modus operandi his thought process his actions his words and the extent to which he will go to please his bosses nevermind the cost to society are all astonishing to me By Northern Im counting the three northern regions of Ghana Upper West Northern and Upper East Regions Out ... Read more |
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Wednesday, November 09, 2005 |
A cursory glance through any Ghanaian newsprint is enough to send a shockwave of fear down a persons spine Stories have headlines which have nothing to do with the content of the article they purport to address Sensational headlines with the sole goal of catching the buyers attention to the disregard of the message within have become the main ... Read more |
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Sunday, July 03, 2005 |
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ON THE EFFORT TO ALLOW GHANAIANS ABROAD TO EXERCISE THEIR FRANCHISE This article is in response to KB Asantes piece in the Daily Graphic of June The above article can be retrieved from the Daily Graphic website at wwwgraphicghanainfo It is recommended that readers read Mr Asantes article first as this will help them understan ... Read more |
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Thursday, June 16, 2005 |
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Friends there is an occult but cancerous mole in the character of our beloved nation that needs to be brought to our collective cognizance Otherwise this insidious but malignant trait if allowed to perpetuate unabated will grow to such gargantuan proportions that we will be overwhelmed by its sheer enormity and its incapacitating metast ... Read more |
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Monday, June 06, 2005 |
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Friends there is a dangerous turn of events in the politicking of our dear nation that needs to be addressed True this dangerous turn has been insidious from the onset but of late has assumed such astonishing speed and momentum that someone needs to stop and sayStop it Just stop it or Wait a minuteWhat is this Ours is a country of ... Read more |
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Saturday, January 15, 2005 |
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I have for quite a while resisted the temptation to react to certain sentimental newspostings on Ghanawebcom I had assumed that such sensational and sentimental stories written or spoken purposefully by people with evil inclinations to incite the worst tendencies we all possess in order to turn brother against brother sister against sister ... Read more |
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Saturday, November 01, 2003 |
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Many a comment has been made about the proposed merger between Ashanti and Anglogold Unfortunately many of these comments have been coming from people who are not wellinformed about the whole merger issue or have little knowledge on how modern businesses operate Some journalists like the Kwesi Pratts who should have had the time to rese ... Read more |
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Monday, October 13, 2003 |
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I read AssaasieGyimahs rebuttal to the NRC allegation of one Dr Matthew Narh Tetteh who claimed to own the Unibrick Housing Units at Dansoman and Adenta AssaasieGyimahs rejoinder was carried by Ghanawebcom Though AssaasieGyimah was asked by the NRC to make information on the ownership of the properties available to them he c ... Read more |
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Saturday, September 20, 2003 |
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Its expected that Mr Mahama being the man in charge of communication and the spin doctor of the NDC will state part of the story and spin it in such a way as to make it skewed in favor of his parochial interest Thats democracy and thats how it works everywhere including under the current democratic dispensation that we have been enjoying f ... Read more |
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Saturday, August 02, 2003 |
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In Ghana today the biggest threat to our national security and our continued existence as one Nation is the private media There are many Ghanaians who think that Rawlings is the biggest threat Ofcourse Rawlings by his history alone and unstateman behavior is a threat but he is far from being the biggest threat The private media is Yes ... Read more |
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Saturday, July 19, 2003 |
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Please kindly allow me space on your website to respond to the above article on your website by Casmed Ahmed His article containted subtle misinformation that misrepresented facts which cannot be glossed over Thanks for your time the response is pasted below I appreciate your sharing of your views on the relationship between President Ku ... Read more |
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