Editorials
AT CAPE VARS, AND AT LEGON
Thursday March 25, 2010
An event took place at the University of Cape Coast at the weekend which confirms our hope for the future.
The Students Representative Council of the university has accessed credit from a private bank to begin a hostel project to accommodate the hundreds of students who, year after year, are compelled to go through the painful and...read more
MATTERS ARISING FROM OIL FORUMS
Wednesday March 24, 2010
Ahead of the commencement of the drilling of oil at the Jubilee field at Cape Three Points in the Western Region during the latter part of the year, public forums are being organized across the country to collate views on how the oil revenue should be managed efficiently for the benefit of the nation. The idea is to involve the public in all...read more
A FUND WELL PROPOSED
Tuesday March 16, 2010
GLOBAL demand of cocoa is projected to reach about 4.3 million tonnes per year by 2020.
Although Ghana was the world’s largest producer of cocoa in the early 1960’s, by the early 1980’s, production had dwindled almost to a point of insignificance.
The drop from the average of more than 450,000 tonnes per year to as low as 159,000 tonnes in...read more
YES, SIR, IT''S NOT ABOUT POWER
Monday March 15, 2010
All over the continent of Africa, the demand of the citizenry, led by civil society, for accountability from governments continues to remain on top of the agenda.
Whereas in some countries peace has remained elusive even after more than a decade of futile attempts at its pursuit, we in Ghana have mercifully had a relatively long period of...read more
IN IGNORANCE THEY CALL IT ‘VERNACULAR’
Sunday February 28, 2010
Ghana, last Sunday joined the rest of the world to commemorate International Mother Tongue Day. The day was instituted by the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 1999 in recognition of the value of mother tongue as an instrument for transmitting culture for the socio-economic development of the...read more
ALL HANDS ON DECK
Friday February 19, 2010
IT is a fact that lack of basic infrastructure in the education sector has contributed immensely to the fallen standard of education in the country. The fact that some basic schools in parts of the country continue to score zero per cent in the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) annually goes to confirm that not all is well on the...read more
RAIN, RAIN GO AWAY
Monday February 15, 2010
It rained heavily in Accra at the weekend. For residents of “safe places” in the capital, it was welcome relief from the weeks of sultriness in the tropical sunshine. For people on the other side of town – those unfortunate to have rented houses in “unsafe” territory - however, it was another nightmarish...read more
BUNGALOWS FOR CRONIES AND RENT (1)
Saturday February 06, 2010
Early this week, it came out that only 78 out of the 186 occupants of government bungalows in Sunyani pay rent to the state. The Regional Minister, surprised by the revelation, promised to investigate.
Two days later, the reasons for non-payment of rent came out; at least, two of the reasons.
One was lack of any update of the data on...read more
LET THERE BE ORDER AT NSS
Thursday October 29, 2009
Events unfolding at the headquarters of the National Service Scheme (NSS) have the potential of creating a serious national crisis if not properly handled and on time too. Over the last few weeks, tension at the headquarters has gone high following a number of allegations by the workers against the acting Executive Director, Mr Vincent Senam...read more
GIVING CHINESE BUSES A BAD NAME AND…
Tuesday October 20, 2009
For buses that had been on Ghanaian pot-holed streets for as long as four years, doing the heavy-duty rounds associated with omnibus service, carrying everything from human beings to market wares, the Times thought that that was to the credit of the manufacturers. So we were surprised to hear from “the horse’s own mouth”,...read more
