The election season is here once again. Emergency projects are being commissioned. Emergency good is being done. Wonders are happening. Nothing seems impossible in an election year. There is a diarrhoea of promises and constipation of fuel hikes. Thank God for elections. Thank Him for promises. One man ‘this’. One man ‘that’. If the Ghanaian … Read more
Ghana, together with six other African countries, has agreed in a declaration signed on Wednesday to protect their tropical forests from being cut down to make way for palm oil crops. The other countries are the Central African Republic, Ivory Coast, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Liberia, the Republic of Congo and Sierra Leone. Palm … Read more
With Trump win, China looks to seize Asia China will position itself as free trade’s new champion at an Asia-Pacific summit this weekend, with the Communist government seeking to project economic leadership as a U. S.-led Pacific Rim trade pact languishes under President-elect Donald Trump. Beijing aims to capitalize on the Trump-induced coma of the … Read more
The People’s National Convention (PNC), has disclosed that, it will introduce ‘cottage industrialization’ under its agricultural policy to create jobs for the teaming unemployed youth in Ghana if elected into office in the December polls. The General Secretary of the party, Atik Mohammed, said the concept of cottage industrialization which is different from the NPP’s … Read more
The People’s National Convention (PNC), has disclosed that, it will introduce ‘cottage industrialization’ under its agricultural policy to create jobs for the teaming unemployed youth in Ghana if elected into office in the December polls. The General Secretary of the party, Atik Mohammed, said the concept of cottage industrialization which is different from the NPP’s … Read more
Three Dutch World War Two ships considered war graves have vanished from the bottom of the Java Sea, the Dutch defence ministry says. All three were sunk by the Japanese during the Battle of the Java Sea in 1942, and their wrecks were discovered by divers in 2002. A report in the Guardian says three … Read more
Marcello Lippi, head coach of China’s national soccer team, reacts during the press conference for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Asian Zone Qualifiers against Qatar at Tuodong Sports Stadium in Kunming, capital of southwest China’s Yunnan Province, on Nov. 14, 2016. (Xinhua/Lin Yiguang) Marcello Lippi starts mission almost-impossible today as he bids to take China … Read more
2016 APEC Economic Leaders’ Week kicks off on Monday in Lima, capital city of Peru, with the theme “Quality growth and human development.” Running from Nov. 14th to 20th, it will bring together leaders, senior officials and business elites from the 21 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member economies to discuss the future of international trade … Read more
Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the 24th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation （APEC） Economic Leaders’ Summit in Lima, Peru from November 19 to 20. China has been an active participant and contributor, playing a significant role in promoting the construction of the family Asia-Pacific. President Xi Jinping has repeatedly elaborated his views on regional cooperation in … Read more
I can hardly hide my puzzlement when some people continue to argue that it is somehow trite and oxymoronic to suggest that even though we started life with the likes of South Korea, Singapore and Malaysia, we are happy to secure loans and other assistance from them. How could any forward thinking individual oppose such … Read more
President-elect Donald Trump promised to bring jobs back to America’s Rust Belt by getting tough on Mexico and China. To do that, Trump threatens to use tariffs. His argument: if he makes doing business in China and Mexico too expensive, he’ll convince companies to bring their jobs back to states like Ohio, Michigan and Indiana. … Read more
A searing selloff rocked Asian shares and emerging market currencies on Friday as investors feared higher U. S. interest rates under incoming President Donald Trump will spark capital outflows from the region. European shares are expected to open slightly higher after moderate losses in the previous session, with spread-betters seeing major European indexes, such as … Read more
The Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) has deleted an earlier Facebook post that said its leader, Prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua had prophesied “a woman” will win the 2016 US Presidential elections. The post on Sunday afternoon quoted TB Joshua as saying, “Ten days ago, I saw the president of America with a narrow win… What I … Read more
It is less than 30 days to the elections and as it is expected the political climate in Ghana is highly charged. There are both excitements and emotions throughout the country as almost everyone is getting involved. The reasons for the excitement and emotions are not farfetched. As one would-be voter told me: ‘It is … Read more
Wife of the presidential hopeful of the Progressive People’s Party, Mrs. Yvonne Nduom, has advocated the need for mechanised agricultural system where modern farming implements would be used instead of primitive and traditional ways of farming. Speaking in an interview with Joy FM in Accra yesterday on a wide range of issues including her husband’s … Read more
The Progressive Peoples’ Party (PPP) has said it feels embarrassed when it compares Ghana to countries like Malaysia and Singapore. Ghana and Malaysia were colonised by the British, attained independence in 1957 and started afresh with virtually the same rich natural and human resources, but the latter is doing better in terms of development than … Read more
As part of our drive to share views of universities administrators on how they want prospective students to select their career and university, we reached to Prof. Clement Dzidonu, President of Accra Institute of Technology, Ghana. Prof. Dzidonu shared his views on education transformation in Africa with e-learning and how AIT is playing a crucial … Read more
Soul 1:”I have come of age and can see the end of my time on earth. It has been a wonderful journey with many ups and downs, never a standstill, never a going back to where we had started. Looking around me…oh, Buddha, truly and surely you were always on our side. Long time ago … Read more
MH370 was out of control and spiraling fast before crash – Report Missing plane Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was plunging toward the sea with no one in control when it made its last satellite communication, new analysis reveals. A report released Wednesday by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau provided the clearest picture yet of the … Read more
Whom do we love: Kotoka or Nkrumah? Last Wednesday, November 26, Peace FM’s ‘Working Time’ programme presenter, Kofi Kum Bilson, reminded the nation of the birthday anniversary of Major-General Emmanuel Akwasi Kotoka, co-leader of the infamous coup d’etat that ended the rule of Dr Kwame Nkrumah. In doing so, this presenter posed a question which … Read more