By Emmanuel Opoku Acheampong Introduction U. S. immigration law classifies visa applicants into immigrants and nonimmigrants. The visa classification and the reasons for the refusal will determine the options that may be available to you. This article attempts to discuss some of the options you may consider if your visa application is refused. It must … Read more
In a show of unity of purpose, the seven presidential candidates contesting the December 7 general election yesterday signed a peace declaration at a ceremony in Accra that attracted the attention of the international community. A momentous occasion coming just five days to the general election, the declaration sent positive signals to the rest of … Read more
The automation of Ghana’s birth registration process, a programme spearheaded by the Births and Deaths Registry, UNICEF and the mobile network operator Tigo, won the ‘Changing Lives Award’ at the just-ended AfricaCom2016 Awards in Cape Town, South Africa. AfricaCom is the biggest gathering of all African telecom service providers and vendors to network, showcase and … Read more
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has expressed confidence Ghana will have a peaceful and successful presidential and parliamentary election on 7 December. At an event under the auspices of the National Peace Council in Accra on Thursday, 1 December, where all seven presidential candidates contesting in this year’s election signed a peace … Read more
Colombian authorities say evidence is growing that a plane carrying a Brazilian football team crashed because it ran out of fuel as it tried to land. The plane had no fuel on impact, an official said, corroborating audio of the pilot asking to land because of a fuel shortage and electric failure. The capital Bogota … Read more
I was born and raised in Zimbabwe and I never got to witness the struggle that brought my country independence. I grew up enchanted by stories of the liberation struggle and as a child, one of my many ambitions was to become a soldier…apart from being a superhero with super powers. Like everyone else born … Read more
The Islamic State group says it was behind a car and knife rampage at a US college that left 11 people injured. Monday’s attack at Ohio State University was carried out by one of its students, Somali-born Abdul Razak Ali Artan, the authorities said. The IS-affiliated Amaq news agency called the 18-year-old business undergraduate a … Read more
US President-elect Donald Trump has picked Tom Price, a strong critic of President Obama’s healthcare reforms, as his future health secretary. The Georgia congressman and orthopaedic surgeon, 62, chairs the House of Representatives budget committee. He will play a key role in Republican plans to replace the Affordable Healthcare Act (Obamacare). In his campaign, Mr … Read more
Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia is the vice presidential candidate of the NPP in the upcoming December 7 elections. It is not in the nature of presidential contests for a party or campaign to aim a significant portion of its attacks and propaganda at the vice presidential candidate of its main rivals. Of course, being an integral … Read more
Introduction U. S. immigration law classifies visa applicants into nonimmigrants and immigrants. The visa classification and the reasons for the refusal may determine the options that may be available to you. This article attempts to discuss some of the options you may consider if your visa application is refused. However, it must be emphasised that … Read more
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau must have been feeling the heat. Mr Trudeau will not attend Fidel Castro’s funeral in Cuba this week, despite the decades-long friendship between his father and the former Cuban communist leader. Canada will be represented by Governor General David Johnston at a memorial service in Havana on Tuesday. Mr Trudeau’s … Read more
Trump to name Georgia lawmaker Tom Price as health secretary President-elect Donald Trump is set to announce on Tuesday that he has chosen Republican U. S. Representative Tom Price, an orthopedic surgeon and vociferous critic of the Affordable Care Act, as health and human services secretary, two sources told Reuters. If confirmed by the Senate, … Read more
Three of Australia’s four biggest banks will be barred from collectively bargaining with Apple Inc (AAPL. O) in relation to its mobile digital payments system, under a draft decision released by the antitrust regulator on Tuesday. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said letting banks collectively offer their own integrated digital wallets in Apple iPhones, … Read more
Why Bawumia is a threat to NDC – H Kwasi Prempeh Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia is the vice presidential candidate of the NPP in the upcoming December 7 elections. It is not in the nature of presidential contests for a party or campaign to aim a significant portion of its attacks and propaganda at the vice … Read more
Are women more romantic than men? Being a guy, the last things I’d want on Valentine’s Day or any other romantic holiday are flowers, chocolate or even jewelry. A massage, albeit pleasurable and sensual, doesn’t cut it, either. Romance doesn’t seem to rouse my imagination. Maybe women are more romantic than men? But since I’m not 100 percent … Read more
I heard Alfred Agbesi Woyome, accuse me on Citi News on 24th November 2016 at the 5.30 pm news of having ordered or authorized the Ministry of Finance to pay him part of the GHC51.2million unconstitutionally looted by the incumbent Government for Woyome. I also heard him allege that I ordered or authorized a September … Read more
Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia is the vice presidential candidate of the NPP in the upcoming December 7 elections. It is not in the nature of presidential contests for a party or campaign to aim a significant portion of its attacks and propaganda at the vice presidential candidate of its main rivals. Of course, being an integral … Read more
Former Attorney General and Minister of Justice Martin Alamisi Amidu has pointed out that the only constitutional means for Ghanaians to retrieve the GH¢51.2 million judgement debt from businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome is to vote the current government out on December 7, 2016. He said he, as an individual, is resorting to the law courts … Read more
Former Attorney General Martin Amidu has said he had no hand in the GHS51.2million judgment debt payment made to businessman Alfred Woyome, which the Supreme Court has ruled must be refunded to the state because it was ill-gotten. Mr Amidu, in a statement, said contrary to recent claims by Mr Woyome that he (Mr Amidu) … Read more
Former Attorney General, Martin Amidu, has said businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome, is exhibiting symptoms of “mental exhaustion and frustration” hence his constant and unrestrained outbursts in the media. In his recent Citi News interview, Mr. Woyome, who is at the center of the 51 million Cedis judgment debt, accused Mr. Amidu, the former AG, of … Read more