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Also entertainment, business, science, technology and health news. en-uk Sun, 21 Nov 2009 02:42:19 +0100 BO Adamson - info@modernghana.com 11/21/2009 2:42:19 AM Bright Owusu - webmaster@modernghana.com All trademarks and copyrights on this page are owned by their respective owners. 60 The opposition New Patriotic Party is simply being virulent about the budget What economic sense does it make to spend millions of dollars annually buying imported food from abroad In the last five years for example the country has spent US billion on sugar imports alone This is the kind of recklessness the opposition NPP and their agents w ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/250219/1/budget-is-a-boon-for-ghanaians.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250219/1/budget-is-a-boon-for-ghanaians.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250219/1/#showcomments2 Fri, 19 Nov 2009 19:19:23 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/news/250217/1/a-case-for-branding-the-environment.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250217/1/a-case-for-branding-the-environment.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250217/1/#showcomments2 Fri, 19 Nov 2009 19:19:23 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/news/250016/1/water-and-life.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250016/1/water-and-life.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250016/1/#showcomments2 Thu, 18 Nov 2009 20:35:39 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/news/249784/1/ghana-as-an-oil-nation.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/249784/1/ghana-as-an-oil-nation.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/249784/1/#showcomments2 Wed, 17 Nov 2009 18:15:09 +0100 0 LET IT be stated for the record that Madam Akua Sena Dansua is currently the Minister of Women and Childrens Affairs Madam Dansua recently let fly a bolt of anger at advertisers for what she perceived to be the negative portrayal of women in advertisements in contrast to the positive presentation of men I was bemused by her criticism ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/249626/1/women-advertisements-and-akua-dansua-senas-beef.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/249626/1/women-advertisements-and-akua-dansua-senas-beef.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/249626/1/#showcomments2 Tue, 16 Nov 2009 20:07:37 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/news/249450/1/time-for-real-solutions.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/249450/1/time-for-real-solutions.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/249450/1/#showcomments2 Tue, 16 Nov 2009 08:16:01 +0100 0 Even old men will be boys from time to time for sheer sport or to give the ageing genes some spark and President Mills may well have very deliberately contrived the now famous ecomini thing he struggled with in his address to Parliament the other timeTo the bafflement of those watching his every move while murmuring there goes Professor S ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/249268/1/the-presidents-corner-kicks.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/249268/1/the-presidents-corner-kicks.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/249268/1/#showcomments2 Sun, 14 Nov 2009 12:01:45 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/news/249177/1/the-state-of-town-planning-in-ghana.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/249177/1/the-state-of-town-planning-in-ghana.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/249177/1/#showcomments2 Sat, 13 Nov 2009 17:34:20 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/news/248950/1/how-safe-are-our-banks-and-their-customersthe-secu.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/248950/1/how-safe-are-our-banks-and-their-customersthe-secu.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/248950/1/#showcomments2 Fri, 12 Nov 2009 19:10:53 +0100 0 Some time in I came to Lagos on holiday during the long vacation and having just past out from primary school in my remote village in Enugu state The first impression I had about Lagos as I saw it then was heaven or paradise on earth with the beautiful houses and bridges that dots the cityThe well tarred roads and running taps I felt I w ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/248798/1/ghana-the-hope-and-future-of-africa.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/248798/1/ghana-the-hope-and-future-of-africa.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/248798/1/#showcomments2 Fri, 12 Nov 2009 09:07:11 +0100 0 So finally last weekend President Mills went on a thank you tour of the Ashanti region Indeed and in need the president could have in the true spirit of father for all declared Ashanti as his third home after Central and Volta but he did not Rather and much to my surprise he decided to use the Ashanti region as the platform whe ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/248762/1/the-era-of-errors.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/248762/1/the-era-of-errors.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/248762/1/#showcomments2 Thu, 11 Nov 2009 21:04:02 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/news/248730/1/the-kennedy-era-and-africa.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/248730/1/the-kennedy-era-and-africa.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/248730/1/#showcomments2 Thu, 11 Nov 2009 18:26:45 +0100 0 Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and wellbeing of himself and of his family including food clothing housing and medical care and necessary social services and the right to security in the event of unemployment sickness disability widowhood old age or lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his contr ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/248536/1/any-hope-for-the-poor-of-our-time.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/248536/1/any-hope-for-the-poor-of-our-time.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/248536/1/#showcomments2 Thu, 11 Nov 2009 09:59:31 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/news/248532/1/daily-posts-anti-betty-mould-publications.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/248532/1/daily-posts-anti-betty-mould-publications.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/248532/1/#showcomments2 Thu, 11 Nov 2009 09:59:31 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/news/248480/1/managing-ghanas-oil-revenue-and-expectations.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/248480/1/managing-ghanas-oil-revenue-and-expectations.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/248480/1/#showcomments2 Wed, 10 Nov 2009 17:16:18 +0100 0 The security officers at the banks entrances who are they protectingWhat do you think of a public safety security system which offers no protection for the people it is supposedly designed to protect What about the one that makes the enforcer vulnerable and a target of armed robbers vengeanceIf you do not see anything wrong with this ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/248247/1/how-safe-are-our-banks-and-their-customers.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/248247/1/how-safe-are-our-banks-and-their-customers.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/248247/1/#showcomments2 Wed, 10 Nov 2009 08:40:05 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/news/248009/1/on-cheating-in-sports.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/248009/1/on-cheating-in-sports.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/248009/1/#showcomments2 Tue, 09 Nov 2009 22:22:02 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/news/247961/1/the-questioner.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/247961/1/the-questioner.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/247961/1/#showcomments2 Tue, 09 Nov 2009 20:50:04 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/news/247678/1/and-the-world-recovers.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/247678/1/and-the-world-recovers.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/247678/1/#showcomments2 Sat, 06 Nov 2009 18:53:38 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/news/247343/1/brainteaser-for-us-all.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/247343/1/brainteaser-for-us-all.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/247343/1/#showcomments2 Thu, 04 Nov 2009 16:47:56 +0100 0 I listened to Kwesi Pratts comments on an article by a a certain columnist in the Punch newspaper on th November on Peace FMMuch as I am against the language the writer used in describing certain people I am surprised the way Kwesi Pratt condemned the writer and forgot what Rawlings Tony Aidoo and others have described Ashantis before ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/247037/1/hypocrisy-in-the-highest-order.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/247037/1/hypocrisy-in-the-highest-order.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/247037/1/#showcomments2 Wed, 03 Nov 2009 11:33:21 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/news/246988/1/cpp-cautions-government-against-full-deregulation.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/246988/1/cpp-cautions-government-against-full-deregulation.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/246988/1/#showcomments2 Wed, 03 Nov 2009 09:17:35 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/news/246830/1/atta-mills-the-president-you-can-trustto-deliver.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/246830/1/atta-mills-the-president-you-can-trustto-deliver.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/246830/1/#showcomments2 Tue, 02 Nov 2009 11:51:26 +0100 0 Recognizing the need to assist impoverished nations move vigorously in the area of development member states of the UN on the th of September adopted the MDGs aimed at improving the social and economic conditions of the worlds poorest countries With only six years until the deadline to achieve the MDGs there are clear and vivid evi ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/246545/1/bad-governance-the-bane-of-africas-underdevelopmen.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/246545/1/bad-governance-the-bane-of-africas-underdevelopmen.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/246545/1/#showcomments2 Sat, 30 Oct 2009 17:07:49 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/news/246124/1/raising-honest-children.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/246124/1/raising-honest-children.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/246124/1/#showcomments2 Thu, 28 Oct 2009 22:20:58 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/news/245947/1/moving-forward-in-the-right-direction.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/245947/1/moving-forward-in-the-right-direction.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/245947/1/#showcomments2 Thu, 28 Oct 2009 19:43:14 +0100 0 Lets call a spade a spade The disaster at foreign affairs ministry cannot be an electrical fault as been suggested by the said director Morgan Brown The director should be invited for detailed questioning as his preview proves to have an idea about how the fire got started He should be considered as prime suspect in the investigation of the ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/245686/1/director-of-foreign-affairs-is-a-suspect.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/245686/1/director-of-foreign-affairs-is-a-suspect.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/245686/1/#showcomments2 Tue, 26 Oct 2009 08:51:21 +0100 0 Ghanaians woke up on Thursday October to the bizarre news of a charred foreign affairs ministry with an attendant loss of vital information which invariably may be impossible to recover given the extent to which the inferno which reminisces the much touted biblical hell fire awaiting a sinful world swallowed up almost every physical mat ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/245682/1/business-information-backup-bank.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/245682/1/business-information-backup-bank.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/245682/1/#showcomments2 Tue, 26 Oct 2009 07:47:23 +0100 0 To many the word NEWS has a wide range of definitions depending on the understanding of the word and its relevant application especially to professional journalists around the world When a story comes to the knowledge of the public it is expected that it must have gone through a thorough analysis and check by the relevant authorities Then comes ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/245450/1/the-true-prophet-of-god.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/245450/1/the-true-prophet-of-god.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/245450/1/#showcomments2 Mon, 25 Oct 2009 01:14:51 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/news/245445/1/a-new-northern-region-gonjas-others.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/245445/1/a-new-northern-region-gonjas-others.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/245445/1/#showcomments2 Sun, 24 Oct 2009 21:51:08 +0100 0