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Government presents budget of hope

Ghana News - Osumanu Al-Hassan - ‎22 hours ago‎
Government will in the next three years provide permanent buildings for schools currently operating under trees and also expand facilities in schools still running the shift system.

FEATURE: Has Wisdom Evaded the "Book-Long" NPP?

Peace fm Online - ‎21 hours ago‎
The NPP are self-destructing through bickering, backstabbing, and what may be a vivid display of political immaturity. This internal wrangling, bizarre as it is, is in anticipation of securing the flagbearership of the party for the leader of one ...

DCE supports needy students

Peace fm Online - ‎8 hours ago‎
Mrs Theresa Adomako-Tawiah, District Chief Executive for Atwima Mponua, is supporting the education of 10 brilliant but needy students of the Nyinahin Catholic Senior High School.

Doe Adjaho Averts Tension In House

Peace fm Online - ‎15 hours ago‎
The intervention of the First Deputy Speaker, Mr. Edward Doe Adjaho, who conducted the business of Parliament yesterday, averted the anticipated tension that would have characterized discussions on the number of vehicles recovered from officials of the ...

Ghanaian media full of "he said" stories - GACC report

Ghana News Agency - ‎Nov 19, 2009‎
Accra, Nov 18, GNA - A monitoring report on "Media Reportage of Corruption" has found that the Ghanaian media is replete with too many "he said" or straight news reports from workshops, speech events and pronouncements by prominent individuals rather ...

Upper East PNC expresses shock at the death of Banaba

Ghana News Agency - ‎11 hours ago‎
Mr Banaba was shot dead on the 12th of November 2009 at Nalerigu by an unknown person. The statement said the actions that led to the death of Mr Binaba was unacceptable under the present democratic dispensation and should be investigated fully.

NCCE Holds Stakeholders Meeting on Improving Local Authority Structures

Ghana News Agency - ‎11 hours ago‎
He noted that such platforms would compel duty bearers to appreciate the need to give equal impetus to the development of rural Ghana where the majority of the people lived but had no access to simple social necessities such as water, electricity and ...

Big stride for EAC as leaders sign protocol

The Citizen Daily - Constantine Sebastian - ‎36 minutes ago‎
East African Community (EAC) leaders yesterday formally agreed to allow free trade, movement of people and right of residence in the region, with the signing of the protocol establishing a common market.

Guinea's opposition rejects mediator's proposals

AFP - ‎16 hours ago‎
OUAGADOUGOU - Guinea's opposition on Friday rejected proposals to end political deadlock made by the mediator, President Blaise Compaore of Burkina Faso, on the grounds that they ignored the will of Guinea's people.

S.Africa police arrest 22 over xenophobic attacks

AFP - ‎14 hours ago‎
JOHANNESBURG - South African police said Friday that 22 people were arrested for public violence after 3000 mainly Zimbabwean migrants fled their homes due to tensions with locals over competition for farm jobs.

Profile: First EU President Herman van Rompuy

BBC News - ‎3 hours ago‎
The eu's first permanent president, Belgian Prime Minister Herman van Rompuy, is a camera-shy man who has been catapulted from relative obscurity.

UNFPA Nepal Calls For Women's Empowerment In Climate Change

Bernama - ‎1 hour ago‎
KATHMANDU, Nov 21 (Bernama) -- The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Nepal has called for a renewed debate and actions to respond to population issues and Nepali women's empowerment in the face of climate change, local media reported on Saturday.

Cumbria flood areas forecast rain

BBC News - ‎1 hour ago‎
Flood-stricken parts of the UK are bracing themselves for more rain after an "unprecedented" deluge swamped homes and brought down bridges.

Monetary Policy Committee reduces prime rate to 18 per cent

Ghana News Agency - ‎11 hours ago‎
The move was motivated by signs of stabilisation in prices and strong performance of the cedi against major trading currencies. "There are signs of stabilisation in prices and the foreign exchange market.

Prudential Bank now offers moneygram service

Peace fm Online - ‎7 hours ago‎
The Prudential Bank Limited (PB), in partnership with moneygram International, a global payment system provider, has launched money transfer service to offer customers the convenience to receive money from relatives abroad.

Pensioners To Access Benefits Through Mobile Phones

Peace fm Online - ‎Nov 19, 2009‎
The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) is installing an Integrated Pension Administration System, a database where pensioners can easily access their pension information.

IRS introduces income tax software for taxpayers

Ghana News Agency - ‎11 hours ago‎
He was speaking at a one-day workshop on the application of the software, which was dubbed: "IRS Tax Helper" for representatives of medium and small enterprises at Takoradi.

Government to promote ICT nation-wide - Minister

Ghana News Agency - ‎11 hours ago‎
He noted that the new world economic revolution required intensive and intelligent use of ICT that must not be limited to the urban centres but should be extended to the grassroots as well.

Workshop to solicit views on innovative policy

Peace fm Online - ‎7 hours ago‎
A national consultative workshop to solicit views for a national science, technology and innovative policy was held in Accra on Friday.

Facebook acts on follower trade

BBC News - ‎16 hours ago‎
Facebook has threatened legal action against a service that sells friends on the social networking site. It said it would take the action against marketing firm USocial unless it stopped violating Facebook's rights.

Climate Change Consciousness Week

Philippine Star - ‎Nov 18, 2009‎
The Philippines, on global television, has become a vivid victim of climate change disasters with the serial onslaught of super typhoons Ondoy, Pepeng, Santi.

As Oprah heads to cable, will her golden touch go with her?

Boston Globe - Johnny Diaz, Megan Woolhouse - ‎37 minutes ago‎
Oprah Winfrey yesterday on the set of her show in Chicago. (REUTERS/George Burns-Harpo, Inc./Handout (Unites States Entertainment)) By Johnny Diaz and Megan Woolhouse There is no way to overstate the influence of Oprah on the life of 49-year-old ...

Vote for your star to win at Joy FM Nite With The Stars

Joy Online - ‎2 hours ago‎
It is your time to have a say in who glitters on the night of the JOY FM NITE WITH THE STARS 9. Cast your vote for your favorite stars in 5 categories featuring the top five stars that have excelled so far this year.

Gezelle Addai crowned Miss Malaika 2009

Modern Ghana - Chris Twum - ‎10 hours ago‎
Eighteen year old graduate of Holy Child Senior High School and aspiring lawyer, Gezelle Addai has been crowned Miss Malaika , after a keenly contested competition that tested 10 beautiful young ladies for ...

Dad of 'Jackson sex claim' boy kills himself

Joy Online - ‎17 hours ago‎
The father of Jordy Chandler, a boy who accused Michael Jackson of sexual abuse, has committed suicide. Evan Chandler, 65, was found by a concierge in his New Jersey apartment after the alarm was raised when he missed a doctors' appointment.

I.Coast coach confident in 'Group of Death'

AFP - ‎11 hours ago‎
LUANDA - Ivory Coast coach Vahid Halilhodzic brimmed with confidence here Friday despite having to face fellow World Cup qualifiers Ghana, Togo and Burkina Faso in the African Nations Cup 'Group of Death'.

Gyan apologises for truancy

Ghana Broadcasting Corporation - ‎20 hours ago‎
Ghanaian striker, Asamoah Gyan has issued a grovelling apology to head coach Milovan Rajevac for aborting the team's trip to Angola last Monday for an international friendly.

World Cup swansong will be bittersweet finale for Henry

Times of India - ‎3 hours ago‎
PARIS: As a rising star his budding skills helped France along the route to World Cup glory 11 years ago. But assuming Thierry Henry makes the France squad for what would be his fourth and last World Cup finals in South Africa next summer the attention ...

Prestigious school in Accra closed down after H1N1 breakout

Joy Online - ‎9 hours ago‎
Officials of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) will soon begin investigations into how some students of the Lincoln Community School in Accra got infected with the deadly H1N1 or swine flu virus.

AIDS, malaria eclipse the biggest child-killers

The Associated Press - Margie Mason - ‎Nov 19, 2009‎
HANOI, Vietnam - Diarrhea doesn't make headlines. Nor does pneumonia. AIDS and malaria tend to get most of the attention. Yet even though cheap tools could prevent and cure both diseases, they kill an estimated 3.5 million kids under 5 each a year ...

World Diabetes Day Launched

Ghana - ‎17 hours ago‎
The Minister for Health designate, Dr. Benjamin Kumbour, has disclosed that, it is estimated that diabetes will cost the world economy at least US$376 billion in 2010, or 11.6 percent of total world healthcare expenditure.

U. of Nebraska Defeats Tighter Limits on Stem Cell Research

New York Times - Monica Davey - ‎4 hours ago‎
The University of Nebraska Board of Regents cast a tie vote on human embryonic stem cell research on Friday, defeating a rare effort to limit such research at a university system beyond what state and federal laws allow.
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