Africa
GHANA: First batch of pilgrims depart
The first batch of 253 Muslim Pilgrims left Accra at about 2130 hours on Monday, for Mecca, as part of the annual hajj pilgrimage. The pilgrims, who left aboard an Egypt Air flight, are the […]
Month: October 2010
Opinion
Ghana striker Asamoah Gyan nominated for World Player of the Year
Ghana striker Asamoah Gyan has been named by Fifa for the World Player of the Year award. The Sunderland striker is among the 23 players nominated by the world governing body for the biggest personal […]
Africa
African-Americans: Have They Forsaken Us?
Like most of you, I still remember when Barrack Obama came to Ghana on a visit. The country was charged with euphoria. Ghanaians, obviously, were happy to have this man in their midst, even if […]
News
NDC: Konadu must denounce campaign posters
The ruling National Democratic Congress’s General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah is asking former first lady, Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings to dissociate herself from campaign posters seeking to promote her candidature for the 2012 general elections. […]
Europe
Slovenians Elect Ghanaian Doctor for Mayor
Peter Bossman, a Ghana-born doctor, is to become the first black mayor in the former East bloc – in the Slovenian coastal town of Piran. Peter Bossman and some of his supporters celebrate his victory […]
Europe
Lamy: Doha a “stepping stone” to better trade rules in natural resources
WTO (World Trade Organisation) Director-General Pascal Lamy, in a speech at the Third BDI (Federation of German Industries) Raw Materials Congress in Berlin on 26 October 2010, said that “carefully crafted cooperation on rules for […]
Business
SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY MEASURES
New pest rules for containers on horizon, cash-strapped agency tells WTO New standards having a major impact on international trade in goods could be agreed in up to three years, the International Plant Protection Convention […]
Feature
NDC May Be Getting Its Own Evil Wish, says Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr.,Ph.D.
During the heat of the 2008 electioneering campaign, then-Candidate John Evans Atta-Mills vowed to bring the suspected murderers of Ya-Na Yakubu Andani II to book by hook or crook. The impression created in the minds […]
Feature
Doctor appeals to men to test for prostate cancer
A medical officer has appealed to men aged 40 years and above to have medical examination annually to test for prostate cancer. Dr Alfred Adjei of the Volta River Authority Hospital said men aged 40 […]
Europe
Perforation complications in endoscopy: are they avoidable?
Endoscopic complications such as perforation will inevitably occur if an endoscopist undertakes a large number of procedures. The risk of perforation is typically higher in operative procedures than in purely diagnostic ones. However, as Prof. […]