On Fitch's B+ Rating of Ghana's EconomyMonday, October 01, 2012
In a statement released by Fitch Ratings, on Friday, 21 September, 2012, Ghanas economy was rated as B, indicating a stable outlook. The rating from the London agency comes just as the economy needed some good news, after some bashing from the conservative Forbes Magazine and Standard Poors rat ...
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Stop the anti-Obamacare PropagandaThursday, August 16, 2012
A few weeks ago I received a message from a friend via Whatsapp. I have subsequently seen the same message on Facebook and Ive been informed that some people have received the message via e-mail. The message purports to be a revelation of the US governments intention to place microchips under the ... |
NUGS Congress 2012: All is Not LostTuesday, August 14, 2012
The 46th Annual Congress of the National Union of Ghana Students NUGS came to an abrupt halt in the late hours of Sunday, August 12 2012 after the SRC Presidents and Local NUGS Presidents of member institutions, in a crunch meeting, decided to suspend congress and form an interim committee with th ... |
Ethnic Associations in Tertiary InstitutionsFriday, June 01, 2012
The Ga-Adangme Students Union, Asante Students Union and the Akyem Students Union are just a few of the ethnic associations you can find in Ghanaian tertiary institutions. Youd also find the Brong Ahafo, Northern and Volta student unions which include a range of ethnicities. The Northern Students ... |
Passion of a fruit sellerTuesday, May 08, 2012
On January 14 2011 , Zine El Abidine Ben Ali stepped down as president of Tunisia after 23 years in power. He was forced out by mass protests. The people had been angered by the death of Mohammed Bouazizi, a street vendor of fruits who set himself on fire to protest the seizure of his wares. This ha ... |
International Labour Day-GhanaTuesday, May 01, 2012
The International Labour day is celebrated on May 1 in several countries around the world. It is an important celebration for Workers movements, Trade Unions and other leftist organisations. In Ghana, it is referred to as May Day or Workers Day.The celebration commemorates the police firing on ... |
To the Clergy: Be Non-Partisan not NeutralFriday, April 27, 2012
In intervening in Libya, one thing UN chief Ban Ki-Moon said that stuck with me was that they were not being neutral, but non-partisan. The intervention in Libya is another matter altogether, what Im interested in is what it means to be non-partisan and not neutral, particularly in a polarised poli ... |
A Taylor of Two CitiesThursday, April 26, 2012
If youre a reader of Dickens youll immediately get the title. Its a pun on one of his best books A Tale of Two Cities set in the era of the French Revolution. The two cities referred to were London and Paris but Im referring to Freetown and Monrovia, and the significantly different reaction of ... |
France Election: Rise of the Far-Right?Monday, April 23, 2012
The centre-left Francoise Hollande of the Socialist Party Parti Socialiste won the first round of the election yesterday with 28.6 beating Nicolas Sarkozy of the Union for a Popular Movement Union pour un Mouvement Populaire who took 27.1. In third place was Marine Le Pen of the far-right Nati ... |
Winner takes all?Sunday, April 22, 2012
Former president John Agyekum Kuffour once said, It is better to be a messenger in the ruling party, than the General Secretary of a party in opposition. Former Minister of education, Dr Ekow Spio- Gabrah once described life in opposition as hell. You see to understand sometimes what goes on in ... |
Party versus CandidateTuesday, April 03, 2012
This is a follow-up to a previous article I wrote Why do you support your party? http://www.modernghana.com/news/385594/1/why-do-you-support-your-party.html published 26/02/2012, in which I tried to identify the factors that will determine which party one votes for. But in an interaction with tw ... |
Why not a Ghanaian coach?Friday, March 30, 2012
We are in a political season, I know. But we are also about 10 months away from the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa. Im not really a sports enthusiast or expert, but with the bitter taste left in my mouth by the Gabon/Equatorial Guinea debacle, I think its in order to give my opinion on ... |
Was Government’s Multimedia Boycott Illegal?Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Governments recent decision to boycott Multimedia Group Limited, a private media company, made headlines in Ghana and abroad. Multimedia Group Limited operates Joy FM, Hitz FM, Adom FM, Asempa FM, Nhyira FM, Luv FM and Multi TV. The official government statement on the boycott stated instances of b ... |
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