I’m a reggae addict and one of my all-time greats is Andrew Peter Tosh. My favourite among his many great hits is “Glass House”. The first four lines read, “If you live in glasshouse, don’t throw stone. And if you can’t take blow brother, don’t throw blows.” I remember vividly the first time I heard … Read more
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyepong has claimed that the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) is hatching plans to cause his arrest before the December 7th polls. This, he said forms part of a bigger plan by the NDC to cause chaos in the country ahead of the elections so … Read more
By KWAME GYASI E-mail: [email protected] “! (2) This Constitution shall be the supreme law of Ghana and any other law found to be inconsistent with any provision of this Constitution shall, to the extent of the inconsistency, be void”. —Chapter One of the Ghanaian Constitution The illegal use of the frightening enormous powers of the … Read more
By Africanus Owusu-Ansah “No man is an iland intire of it selfe Every man is a peece of the continent, A part of the maine… Any man’s death diminishes me For I am involved in mankinde. And therefore never send to know For whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee…” John Donne Larken Rose … Read more
“No man is an iland intire of it selfe Every man is a peece of the continent, A part of the maine… Any man’s death diminishes me For I am involved in mankinde. And therefore never send to know For whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee…” John Donne LARKEN ROSE writes: “The truth … Read more
A Political Science Lecturer Dr. Amoako Baah has likened members of the Council of State to a rubber stamp of the country’s Parliament who are not serving any significant purpose. President John Dramani Mahama upon a Council of State recommendation on Monday ‘freed’ the Montie trio who are serving four months jail term each at … Read more
A Message To Koku Anyidoho. I’ve had a lot on my hand and mind these days. Hence, the luxury of time and to some extent a ‘fertile mindset’ to produce opinion pieces and articles pertaining to matters of national discourse has entirely eluded me. However, even when restricted by the most demanding and inescapable schedules … Read more
Accra, Ghana: On Tuesday, 12th July, 2016 over two thousand (2000) women in Accra will be marching in protest of Kennedy Agyapong’s derogatory and disrespectful comments against the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission of the Republic of Ghana, Ms Charlotte Osei. The Member of Parliament for Assin Central insinuated that Ms Osei obtained her position … Read more
As the Mahama administration dispatches Ghana’s negotiating team with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to Washington in the United States for further talks on the financial bailout, the IMF says figures presented by the government are not accurate and that they have been grossly massaged. According to the IMF, it has detected disparities in statistical … Read more
The President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, has reportedly sacked all of her ministers and other senior government officials who defied her order to return to the west African nation to help in the fight against the Ebola epidemic. According to an Agence France-Presse report, President Sirleaf had told overseas ministers to return within a … Read more
The despondency creeping into the Ghanaian social fabric, largely as a result of the country’s declining economic fortunes, has continued to deepen even after the Senchi Economic Forum. Many have argued that Senchi has failed to restore hope, and that only changes at the Ministry of Finance; Energy and Petroleum; Bank of Ghana or in … Read more
Right Reverend Emmanuel Nartey, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana has expressed his deep seated reservations about President Mahama’s choice of appointees in government. The professor who has become increasingly vocal about the shortcomings of the current ruling political party has bemoaned the pedigree of politicians at the helm of Ghana’s affairs, especially in … Read more
President John Dramani Mahama on Monday charged his ministers to roll up their sleeves and get to work, as there is a lot of critical and urgent work to be done. “Our people are tired of listening to fine talk, what they want to see is the deliverables that will make their lives better…I, therefore, … Read more