Posted by isurboi isurboi on Friday, September 14, 2012,
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 The National Democratic Party (NDP) has said information gathered through its polls and research, is clear evidence that the party will not only make a showing at this year’s elections, but will win with an incredible margin to silent those who doubt that the party has come to stay.
Speaking on Multi TV’s current affairs program pm:EXPRESS, National Chairman, Dr. Nii Armah Josiah Ayeh said the NDP is well prepared to contest t... Continue reading ...
Posted by isurboi isurboi on Friday, September 14, 2012,
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 Statements attributed to the PRO of the Presbyterian Church, Mr. Emmanuel Osei Akyeampong for reportedly describing derogatory comments from Mr. Aseidu Nketia, NDC General Secretary as having been made most likely under the influence of alcohol must be applauded.
The Presbyterian church's contribution in establishing over 100 SHS, a fully-accredited University, conducting health, social campaigns on common yet vital national concerns ough... Continue reading ...
Posted by isurboi isurboi on Friday, September 14, 2012,
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 Ex-President John Kufuor has said he is strong enough to embark on the campaign to get the New Patriotic back into power but he will however be cautious in doing so.
The former president, 73, has been walking with the aid of a stick after he underwent an operation early this year.
Concerns have been raised about whether the former president, who remains key in the NPP’s strategy to return to power is fit enough to be part of the ment... Continue reading ...
Posted by isurboi isurboi on Thursday, August 16, 2012,
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 Former Attorney General, Martin Amidu is raising national constitutional and NDC constitutional issues on the decision of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the NDC to “impose” President Mahama as the flag-bearer of the ruling party in the 2012 general elections.
In a statement issued on Thursday, he cautioned: “Does the NDC have to court destructive internal conflict and disunity by handling the transition to the election of a ne... Continue reading ...
Posted by isurboi isurboi on Tuesday, August 14, 2012,
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The economy of the eurozone shrank 0.2% in the three months from April to June compared with the previous quarter.
The figures from Eurostat covering the 17 countries that use the euro followed zero growth in the previous quarter.
Europe's biggest economy, Germany, grew by 0.3% in the second quarter, helped by exports and domestic consumption.
France announced its economy had recorded zero growth in the period, which was better than had been expected.
The Frenc... Continue reading ...
Posted by isurboi isurboi on Tuesday, August 14, 2012,
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Entertainment
NBC's coverage of London 2012 was the "most-watched television event in US history", the TV network has announced.
Citing Nielsen ratings figures, NBC said more than 219
million viewers watched the Games on its networks, compared to the 215
million who tuned in for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
The network broadcast some 5,535 hours of Olympic coverage on TV and online.
But it drew criticism for delaying the broadcast of popular events until primetime hours.
... Continue reading ...
Posted by isurboi isurboi on Tuesday, August 14, 2012,
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Jose Mourinho
believes he should be labelled the “Only one” instead of the “Special
One”, after becoming the only coach to win the so-called top-three
European Leagues.
Speaking to Portuguese television channel SIC on Monday,
Mourinho explained that as his managerial career has progressed, he has
become less selfish and less focused on individual goals.
"Things have been going well for me, thank God,| he told the station.
"I am focused on others much more these days. The pleasur... Continue reading ...
Posted by isurboi isurboi on Tuesday, August 14, 2012,
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SPORTS
Jose Mourinho
believes he should be labelled the “Only one” instead of the “Special
One”, after becoming the only coach to win the so-called top-three
European Leagues.
Speaking to Portuguese television channel SIC on Monday,
Mourinho explained that as his managerial career has progressed, he has
become less selfish and less focused on individual goals.
"Things have been going well for me, thank God,| he told the station.
"I am focused on others much more these days. The pleasur... Continue reading ...
Posted by isurboi isurboi on Tuesday, August 14, 2012,
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POLITICS
 Parliament’s Subsidiary Legislation Committee
responsible for deliberating on the constitutional instrument creating
forty-five new constituencies wants the Electoral Commission to withdraw
the document so it can correct some significant errors it identified.
The
latest move comes after the EC is said to have attempted to correct the
errors in a memorandum submitted to the committee at a meeting last
night.
Joy News has learnt the committee is insisting the EC
will have to go through... Continue reading ...
Posted by isurboi isurboi on Tuesday, August 14, 2012,
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Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo will go up against each other again for Uefa's Best Player in Europe award.
Last year's winner Messi is joined in the final three
by Barcelona team-mate Andres Iniesta, while Real Madrid's Ronaldo makes
it two years in a row on the shortlist.
The winner will be announced on 30 August in Monaco on the same day as the Champions League group stage draw.
Bangor City's Les Davies did not make the final round.
... Continue reading ...
Posted by isurboi isurboi on Monday, August 13, 2012,
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POLITICS
 The Funeral Planning Committee (FPC) says it has made amendments to its original schedule on public access to the Asomdwee Park, due to the overwhelming resolve by the general public to pay their last respect, and drop flowers at the final resting place of the mortal remains of His Excellency Professor John Evans Atta Mills.A statement signed by Mr. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Deputy Minister of Information and member of the FPC, said th... Continue reading ...
Posted by isurboi isurboi on Sunday, August 12, 2012,
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 A thanksgiving service in honor of late President Mills is scheduled to come off on Sunday in the Central regional capital, Cape-Coast.
The ceremony is expected to be graced by Vice President, Paa Kwesi Ammisah Arthur together with other top government officials.
The service comes two days after the late President was laid to rest at the Asmdwee Park here in Accra.
The family of the late President had requested for a private thanksgiving service that would be held at the Wesley Methodist Churc... Continue reading ...
Posted by isurboi isurboi on Sunday, August 12, 2012,
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The Funeral Planning Committee (FPC) has announced that members of the general public who wish to visit the final resting place of His Excellency Professor John Evans Atta Mills to drop flowers and pay respect at the Asomdwee Park are free to do so between 8am and 5pm Sunday and Monday.
The FPC however added that that the Asomdwee Park will be closed on Tuesday the 14th of August, 2012 for a few days in order to carry out further work... Continue reading ...
Posted by isurboi isurboi on Saturday, August 11, 2012,
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 The New Patriotic Party has blamed President Mahama and Directors of Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, for deliberately not capturing their presidential candidate Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo in the television coverage on the first day of the late president's funeral.
A member of the NPP communication team, Nii Kwartei Titus-Glover said the NPP was shocked at the attitude of the state broadcaster and will file a complaint with the Nati... Continue reading ...
Posted by isurboi isurboi on Saturday, August 11, 2012,
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 The Minority in Parliament is grieving not only about the death of President John Mills but a missed opportunity to reconcile with him.
Its leader Osei-Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu said the criticisms of the late president whilst he was alive were without malice.
In a glowing tribute paid to the late president on the floor of Parliament, Thursday, the Minority Leader said the criticisms were not meant to be insulting, assuring the spirit of the late president that they did not harbor ill-feeling.
“My ete... Continue reading ...
Posted by isurboi isurboi on Saturday, August 11, 2012,
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POLITICS
 For if we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord's. – Romans 14:8
My earliest memory of John Evans Atta Mills was as a sportsman at Achimota School.
Though Prof, as I preferred to call him, served in several institutional capacities during my tenure as Head of State, close contact was renewed when he was nominated and subsequently confirmed as Vice-President when the NDC won the December 1996 Presidential elections.
Pro... Continue reading ...
Posted by isurboi isurboi on Thursday, August 2, 2012,
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SPORTS
 NBC has experienced problems trying to run the Olympics on tape delay, and now we're seeing that they're encountering problems running things live.
At one point during the Spain-US women's water polo match on Tuesday, a Spanish player's swimsuit was pulled, leaving her breast exposed. The shot was noticed by many viewers and began circulating online (NSFW version at Deadspin). An NBC commentator says it was Kami Craig who grabbed the suit and exposed the breast. She had four goals in the 9-9 t... Continue reading ...
Posted by isurboi isurboi on Thursday, August 2, 2012,
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POLITICS
 The Committee organizing the funeral of late president John Evans Atta Mills has agreed to hand over his body to his family after an initial burial by the State.
The agreement was reached following a meeting with the late president’s family Thursday.
Joy News’ parliamentary correspondent Sammy Darko reported that the committee has also agreed to fully include the family in the arrangement of the funeral.
The family will take steps to recover the body for reburial, he stressed. Continue reading ...
Posted by isurboi isurboi on Wednesday, July 25, 2012,
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Posted by isurboi isurboi on Wednesday, July 25, 2012,
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POLITICS
Prof John Evans Atta Mills, President of the Republic of Ghana is dead according to reliable information reaching Peacefmonline.com.
His death occurred at the 37 Military hospital in Accra on Tuesday afternoon.
Prof John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills was born on 21st July 1944 and was Sixty Eight-years-old (68-years-old).
He was the third and current President of the Fourth Republic of Ghana and was inaugurated on the 7th of January 2009, having defeated the ruling party's candidate Nana Akufo-Addo in... Continue reading ...
Posted by isurboi isurboi on Wednesday, July 25, 2012,
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 It was with great regret that I learned of the passing of President John Evans Atta Mills of Ghana. I will always remember my trip to Ghana in 2009, and the hospitality that President Mills and the people of Ghana showed to me, Michelle, Malia, Sasha and our entire delegation. I was also pleased to host President Mills in the Oval Office earlier this year. President Mills tirelessly worked to improve the lives of the Ghanaian people. He helped promote economic growth in Ghana in the midst o...
Posted by isurboi isurboi on Tuesday, July 24, 2012,
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POLITICS
 A leading member of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kakra Essamuah has blamed opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) for what he described as the payment of preventable judgement debts by government.
He alleged that the needless abrogation of contracts by some government officials in the erstwhile Kufuor administration contributed to the state incurring gargantuan judgement debts.
Lawyer Kakra Essamuah was reacting to the controversial Isofoton judgement debt saga on Asempa FM’s... Continue reading ...
Posted by isurboi isurboi on Tuesday, July 24, 2012,
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POLITICS
 I DID NO WRONG…Mpiani Tells Critics
He was vilified, called names, smeared with obnoxious dirt and virtually pronounced guilty in the infamous Isofoton judgment debt saga by proponents of a so called ‘Sunlight Campaign’ by the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), but with a single telephone call, Kwadwo Okyere Mpiani, a Former Chief of Staff and Minister of Presidential Affairs under the erstwhile Kufuor administration, has dimmed the light of the widely condemned selective campai... Continue reading ...
Posted by isurboi isurboi on Monday, July 23, 2012,
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Business
 Finance Minister, Dr. Kwabena Dufuor has challenged the Minority in Parliament to prove their claim that the 2012 supplementary budget does not add up.
The Minority insists there is a fundamental discrepancy between the specific sector estimates captured in the budget and the total amount of 2.6 billion cedis requested.
The finance ministry confirmed last night that it has recalled the document distributed to MPs for correction.
But Dr. Dufuor maintains the corrections have nothing to do with... Continue reading ...
Posted by isurboi isurboi on Monday, July 23, 2012,
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SPORTS
 TOTTENHAM have fined Luka Modric £80,000 for going AWOL - and warned the midfielder he will not force an exit from White Hart Lane.Spurs boss Andre Villas-Boas if fuming that Modric failed to show up for the club's tour of America claiming that his mind was not in the right place.The Croat is desperate to join Real Madrid, but despite indicating they would be prepared to sell, Spurs insist they will not lower their £38m valuation.Villas-Boas has already hit him with a fine of a week's wages... Continue reading ...
Posted by isurboi isurboi on Monday, July 23, 2012,
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 Daniel Sturridge has revealed the agony of meningitis left him struggling even to walk as he thanked Chelsea's doctors for rescuing his Olympic dream.Sturridge admitted he came within a whisker of being forced to pull out of Great Britain's historic squad for the London Games after being hit by the killer bug three weeks ago.The striker, 22, made a remarkable recovery, playing 45 minutes for Team's GB's friendly against Brazil on Friday night.Sturridge, who hopes to be part of Britain's first... Continue reading ...
Posted by isurboi isurboi on Monday, July 23, 2012,
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SPORTS
 The Italian press have got a bit upset with all the news over the weekend involving Robin van Persie and a Manchester United transfer. They've felt a bit left out and where transfer rumours are involved, that just won't do.
It was always likely that today would see them hit back with more Juventus links. It may sound odd but there's a huge competitive edge to the Italian media and once a player is heavily linked with one of their clubs it almost becomes a matter of pride that they are proven r...
Posted by isurboi isurboi on Monday, July 23, 2012,
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POLITICS
 The Institute of Economic Affairs is to investigate and identify the offending political party in the disagreements between the NDC and NPP over who owns the People Matter, You Matter slogan for the December polls.
The NDC and NPP are both claiming ownership of the slogan “People Matter, You Matter” which they want to headline their campaigns.
Both political parties have also set the same date to launch their national campaigns.
The actions constitute a violation of the Political Parties ... Continue reading ...
Posted by isurboi isurboi on Monday, July 23, 2012,
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POLITICS
 On Joy FM’s Newsfile programme last Saturday, 21st July, 2012 out of the blue, Felix Ofosu-Kwakye, the young professional propagandist for the NDC, called Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom a "populist". We assume that this young man understands the meaning of populism. As young men and women ourselves, we know the value of being young. We can be smart, intelligent, enthusiasm and have a lot of vim. But we also know that without discipline, good direction and respect for our elders, our future will be a... Continue reading ...
Posted by isurboi isurboi on Monday, July 23, 2012,
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 A sense of determination and confidence was evident as the Black Satellites ended their test match preparations with a 3-0 win over Eleven Wise in Sekondi.Ghana's U-20 team, have won all three arranged matches against local sides ahead of their 2013 Africa Youth Championship qualifier against Uganda this week.The team has now scored 10 goals in three games, having conceded one.Maxwell Konadu's side on Sunday finished off with an impressive performance against the former Premier League side, W... Continue reading ...
Posted by isurboi isurboi on Monday, July 23, 2012,
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POLITICS
 A Former clerk of Parliament, Mr Rex Owusu-Ansah, has pointed out that section 11 of the Presidential Transitional Act 2012, breachers articles 95 (3) and 112 (1) of the 1992 Constitution.
For instance, Articles 112 (1) on sessions of Parliament and how the Speaker of Parliament could by Constitutional Instrument summon Parliament, directly contravened section 11 of the Presidential Transitional Act 2012.
The former clerk of parliament made the observation in the series of seminars on the coun... Continue reading ...
Posted by isurboiradio on Monday, July 23, 2012,
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POLITICS
 A former Flagbearer aspirant of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Prof Agyeman Badu Akosa, is of the firm belief that until the two frontline political parties, the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) are relegated to the political background, the destiny of the nation will be nothing to write home about. Prof Akosa describes the two major political parties as nation wreckers who assumed the reins of power solely to satisfy their selfis... Continue reading ...
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