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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
Credit Unions Not Gold Mines
Sunday February 28, 2010
Credit unions are not gold mines, the chairman of the board of directors of the Ho District Teachers Co-operative Credit Union, Mr Stephen Dzorkpata, has cautioned. He said “we should not see credit unions as gold mines or our property and thus misuse the contributions of members”. Mr Dzorkpata gave the caution at the 13th...read more
Koranchie Ankrah Dines With Prisoners On Birthday
Sunday February 28, 2010
The General Overseer of the Royalhouse Chapel International, Bishop Sam. Korankye-Ankrah, celebrated his 50th birthday anniversary by feasting and evangelizing to the inmates of Nsawam Medium Security Prisons on Thursday.
As a result about 3,000 inmates were served with rice and chicken and soft drinks all worth about GH¢5,000.
It was all...read more
Ministerial Advisory Board Inaugurated
Sunday February 28, 2010
The Minister of Justice and Attorney General’s Department last week inaugurated its Ministerial Advisory Board. The board was formed to fulfil the mandate of the Civil Service Act, 1993 (PNDC Law 327), section 39, to establish a Ministerial Advisory Board. The members of the board were sworn in by Justice Marful Sau of the Appeal...read more
MOU On Child Protection Signed
Saturday February 27, 2010
The country’s efforts to protect children from exploitation and abuse were boosted yesterday when stakeholders signed a Memorandum of Understanding to kick-start the implementation of a national plan of action. The main goal of the action plan is to reduce the worst forms of child labour to the barest minimum by 2015, while laying...read more
Obstetricians And Gynecologists Of Ghana Hold AGM
Saturday February 27, 2010
The society of obstetricians and gynecologists of Ghana on Friday held its annual general meeting on the theme: “Achieving the Millennium Development Goals 5” The theme implied reducing maternal mortality by seventy five by the year 2015. Addressing members of the society, the First Lady, Mrs. Ernestina Naadu Mills stated that...read more
Six Anglican Priests Installed As Canons
Saturday February 27, 2010
SIX Anglican priests have been installed canons by the Dean of the Cathedral Church of Holy Trinity, Accra , the Very Rev. Dr Emmanuel I. K. Addo. They are Canon Kwaku Dua-Agyeman, Canon Bernard Tetteh Antwi, Canon Victor L. Acquaye, Canon Stephen Quaye Adjei, Canon M. Ewuley and Canon Samuel Lamptey. The office of a Canon in the Anglican...read more
Empower The Needy And Vulnerable In Society - Alberta Quartey
Saturday February 27, 2010
Mrs. Alberta Quartey, chairman of the Board of Trustees, Ghana National Trust Fund, has expressed the need to empower the needy and vulnerable in society to enable them to live a useful life. She appealed to the training schools under the Ministry of Employment and Social Welfare to equip the disabled not only with skills limited to their...read more
Sustain Ghan\'sCultural Practices -- Asum - Ahensan
Saturday February 27, 2010
THE Minister of Chieftaincy and Culture Alex Asum-Ahensah, has called for the sustenance of Ghana’s cultural practices that protect water resources and the environment. There are countless traditional methods of environmental preservation and conservation based on indigenous knowledge that continued to protect both fauna and flora., he...read more
Govt Will Spend In Areas That Will Bring Value & Hope - Minister
Friday February 26, 2010
THE Minister of Finance, Dr Kwabena Dufuor, has reiterated Government’s commitment at spending its budget. “Yes we shall spend, but in areas that will bring value and hope into the lives and well being of Ghanaians” he said. Dr Duffuor said this in a speech read on his behalf at a meeting of members of the Ghana Employers...read more
