Editorials

A RELIEF FOR COMMERCIAL VEHICLE OWNERS
15th August, 2011
THE announcement by the Ghana Cylinder Manufacturing Company that a special designed Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders for commercial drivers will be introduced next year, will serve as a major ...
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IN THE INTEREST OF PEACE
6th August, 2011
FOR the second time in two years, the popular festival of the Gas, ‘Homowo’ is to be celebrated indoors in areas of conflict in the Greater Accra Region. This has become necessary to avoid ...
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LET’S MAINTAIN DIGNITY OF THE HOUSE
23rd May, 2011
THE Parliament of Ghana is an indispensable institution which must be revered and protected in all aspects of national endeavours. Due to its peculiar nature of making laws and ensuring probity and ...
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A HASTY DECISION
15th May, 2011
THE Chief Executive of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly, Alfred Oko Vanderpuije, has reacted angrily against reports that the abolition of the shift system has caused congestion in schools in the ...
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CURBING THE BLOOD CONTRACTORS’ BUSINESS
11th May, 2011
‘KORLE-BU Blood Bank besieged by contractors’ was the banner headline on the front page of last Thursday’s Times which attracted a lot of public attention. The story read in part: “The ...
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PURGING THE CHURCH OF CHARLATANS
8th May, 2011
The Bishop of Tema Diocese of the Methodist Church, Rt-Rev. Winfred H. Ametefe, spoke his mind when he threatened to withdraw the leadership of ministers whose teachings mislead the flock. He ...
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NO ROOM FOR SHODDY WORK
12th March, 2011
The state of the country’s road network has been a source of worry to users over the years. Construction is often shoddy, and in no time, what appears as a beautiful job done turns out to be a big ...
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AMATEUR BOXING DESERVES BETTER
23rd February, 2011
From the days of Roy Ankrah, Eddie Blay, Azumah Nelson and Ike Quartey, Ghana’s place in amateur boxing on the international stage had never been in doubt. Mention top international ...
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A DREAM COME TRUE!
16th December, 2010
GHANA yesterday made history, when it finally joined the world’s oil producing nations. Ghana’s crude, christened Jubilee oil, was outdoored at an impressive ceremony at the Takoradi AirForce Base ...
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SECURING THE OIL FIELD
2nd December, 2010
LEARNING from other oil producing countries where the discovery of that all-precious commodity has turned out to be more of a curse than blessing, Ghana is not taking chances to protect its oil fields ...
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LET’S PROTECT THIS NATIONAL ASSET
30th November, 2010
THE demand for water is higher than what is available today, therefore, there must be a conscious intervention to protect the country’s water bodies. The Weija dam, built in 1978, is currently ...
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A SCHEME WORTH SUSTAINING
19th November, 2010
A lot of accidents on our roads are caused by human error. This is either through negligence or lack of knowledge of the rules and regulations of driving. Meanwhile, the existing punitive measures ...
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A CALL FOR SACRIFICE
17th November, 2010
ANOTHER landmark event on the Muslim calendar was observed throughout the country yesterday. Dubbed, “Eid-ul-Adha” which is also described as the Festival of Sacrifice, the occasion marked an ...
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POTAG HAS SHOWN MATURITY
16th November, 2010
The controversy surrounding the University Teachers Association (UTAG ) calling off its month-long strike seems to be over. The association has suspended its strike and directed its members ...
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THE CHURCH-STATE RELATIONSHIP
15th November, 2010
It is interesting watching every Sunday, the number of people neatly dressed, making their way to church to hear the word of God. This is an indication that many Ghanaians are turning to ...
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THE CONCERNS OF MUSLIM WOMEN
13th November, 2010
Muslims women feel that their rights are being trampled upon by Imans and parents, when it comes to giving their hands in marriage. They are, therefore, appealing to their leaders to re-consider ...
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MANAGING DISASTERS IN THE COUNTRY
15th October, 2010
Currently, it is not clear that either the African continent or the international community has yet come to grips with the urgency of the Somali war-torn situation. In the first quarter of 2010, ...
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UPGRADING SKILLS OF CIVIL SERVANTS
27th September, 2010
ONE of the factors that have been identified to be the cause of slow growth in certain business concerns is the absence of training. The majority of Ghanaian companies, both state-owned and ...
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ZERO BALLOTS! HOW COME?
10th August, 2010
Listening on radio to results of last Saturday’s NPP flag-bearer race as they trickled in, and reading the cold figures in print this morning a fact of Ghana’s recent political life does not fail to ...
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LISTEN TO AGI AND EMPLOYERS
1st July, 2010
The Trades Union Congress has threatened to embark on a series of strikes with effect from July 13 if by that date, the PURC has not announced a downward re-adjustment in utility tariffs. The new ...
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